Zhang Heling was approved by Chen Xi and was satisfied and took Zhang Yanling away.

The two brothers were very hostile to Chen Xi. This hatred attitude seemed so obvious to Hu Lian, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

After the person left, Hu Lian couldn't help asking, "Shangshu Chen, did you agree to the Hou of Shouning to arrange people into the expedition team?"

Chen Xi smiled slightly and said, "You are the head coach, do you have any objections?"

Hu Lian seemed very distressed, shook his head and said angrily: "How dare the lower officials have any objections? It's just that the lower officials are not worth it. The foreign relatives clearly want to arrange their confidants in your army, waiting for an opportunity to be detrimental to you... According to the implication of the Hou of Shouning, the responsibility for this group of people is to win or lose...."

Chen Xi nodded slightly: "Mr. Shouning is doing an open conspiracy this time... The reason why I cannot object is that I can't find any reason. You can consider the problem from my perspective. He proposed to send more people with an official attitude, and asked Your Majesty, and agreed to it. If Your Majesty issued an order to send more troops, would I have room for opposition?"

"this……"

Hu Lian thought carefully and finally shook his head.

Chen Xi sighed: "The Marquis of Shouning and Marquis of Jianchang came over, just saying hello to me. Although they meant to demonstrate, they had no way to object from my current position... If that's the case, why should I go against him and cause hostility?"

Hu Lian shook his sleeves: "The foreign relatives are notorious, and it is so easy for them to succeed in their conspiracy and intrigues. It is because they are unwilling to accept it."

Chen Xi looked at Hu Lian and said, "I can understand that you want to achieve something in your career, just like when I was an official, you are full of passion for work and always want to do your best."

"In fact, we have no way to resist many things. Why don't we try to cater to it first and gradually find a solution to the problem during the specific implementation process?"

"Shangshu Chen means..."

Hu Lian has not been an official for a long time and has not had that deep understanding of the way of being an official. He is still in a state of "angry youth", with clear distinction between joy and anger, and acting in his appearance.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "No matter how many troops assigned by the Beijing camp will accompany you to fight, the command power is always in your hands. If you are worried that someone will be restrained, you can try to cut off the route of sending information to prevent someone from secretly making trouble. The more troops on this route, they have food and their weapons and equipment, and they are also excellent. The military achievements belong to you. If you make mistakes, you can shirke it... If you change your thinking, why not do it?"

"ah!?"

Hu Lian did not expect that Chen Xi was so generous and actually proposed to let him adapt to this change.

Chen Xi said again: "The Beijing camp's troops are only 4,000 in the end, and it is still unknown whether they will join the expedition team in the end."

"The soldiers come and the generals block the water and the soil come and cover it. I value my brother just prepare for the expedition step by step. As for the problem of the Beijing camp, I will solve it on my behalf. You just need to relax your mind and lead the troops!"

With Chen Xi's support, Hu Lian felt full of confidence and immediately bowed: "As far as Secretary Chen is concerned, I'll go back and arrange it now!"

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Inside the leopard room.

Zhu Houzhao didn't wake up after noon.

Because I was accompanied by Shen Xi during the day yesterday, I was a little tired, and Zhu Houzhao did not stay up all night at night, and fell asleep just after midnight.

After waking up, Zhu Houzhao washed up briefly and prepared to have fun after dinner.

When he was washing his face, Qian Ning and Zhang Yuan stood in front of him and directed a group of palace maids and eunuchs to serve him diligently. Zhu Houzhao asked Zhang Yuan casually about the Three Thousand Camps. Zhang Yuan was extremely respectful and said that he could "abdicate the throne and give way to the wise" at any time.

After washing his face, Zhu Houzhao put down the veil, shook the water stains on his hands, picked up a dry towel from a palace maid and wiped it, and said, "You should also lead the Three Thousand Battalions at the moment. Since Eunuch Wei is not convenient for supervising the Three Thousand Battalions, you can take on this errand... I believe you! But you seem to hand over the position of the supervisor of the East Factory!"

Zhang Yuangang was complacent about increasing his power. Now Zhu Houzhao asked him to delegate power, so he was naturally unhappy, but he did not dare to openly go against the emperor's wishes, so he could only lower his head and ask, "Your Majesty, who do you want to take over the East Factory?"

Zhu Houzhao first frowned, then looked at Qian Ning and asked, "How about Qian Qianhu do it?"

Qian Ning was shocked immediately and knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I don't have this ability... Please find someone else!"

Zhu Houzhao was dissatisfied: "Look at what I scared you. I asked you to take charge of the East Factory. Do you think you want to harm you? Humph, I am so proud of you that I promoted you."

The emperor spoke easily, Qian Ning complained in his heart and thought to himself: "Do you have no idea at all? I wonder if the only eunuch in charge of the East Factory?"

"Oh, no, Liu Jin reminded me before that if I was deeply favored by His Majesty, His Majesty would probably castrate me and sent me to the palace and take office in the 24th Prison. I have never taken it seriously. Now it seems... Liu Jin will not deceive me!"

Qian Ning looked at Zhang Yuan with a look of help, but Zhang Yuan didn't want to speak for Qian Ning. With his distorted personality, he wished that everyone would be like him and become a eunuch when he became an adult.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Since Qianhu is unwilling to do so, letting Eunuch Zhang take too much power is irresponsible to the court. I will pay attention to who is suitable for this job in the next few days!"

Now Zhang Yuan’s opinion is even bigger.

"The emperor used to trust Liu Jin so much and gave him all the power. At that time, he didn't say that Liu Jin was in power too much. Why was it my turn to be here? I was just irresponsible to the court?"

I am afraid of comparison in everything. Zhang Yuan always compares himself with Liu Jin, thinking that he can reach Liu Jin's height, but he does not have as many talents as Liu Jin, and his skills in doing things are even worse.

Zhu Houzhao was about to leave, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "Oh, by the way, hasn't the Ministry of War sent someone to deliver the memorial today? Shangshu Shen said before that with a detailed plan to send troops, he would hand it over to me as soon as possible."

Qian Ning felt like he was escaping from death, so he quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Go back to Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has not sent anyone to deliver memorials. Logically speaking, even if there is one, it should be sent to the cabinet."

"oh."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, as if thinking about her worries.

Zhang Yuan took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Shouning presented a plan to send troops... This is his memorial, please check it out!"

After saying that, Zhang Yuan took out a memorial from his arms, held it up with both hands, and presented it to Zhu Houzhao.

When Zhu Houzhao saw the memorial, she frowned and asked, "Why did Hou Shouning come to you for reporting? Are you working in the Sili Supervisor?"

Although everyone in the court knew that Zhang Yuan was Zhang Heling's person, and even Zhu Houzhao had some doubts, Zhang Yuan had been trying to hide this background and quibble:

"When I came to the Leopard Room, I happened to meet the Marquis of Shouning. Without saying a word, he handed over the memorial to me and asked me to find an opportunity to submit it to His Majesty!"

"This uncle is becoming more and more unruly in his work!"

Zhu Houzhao complained, but there was no more expression. He lowered his head and opened the memorial. After reading it carefully, he put the memorial on the table next to him, stroked his chin and pondered, and said to himself: "Whose Hou Shouning actually offered to increase his troops. What is this intention? Since he had such a plan, why didn't he say it yesterday?"

Qian Ning and Zhang Yuan looked at each other, and based on their understanding of the Zhang brothers, they naturally understood that the Foreign Relatives wanted to limit the power of the Ministry of War.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't think about this at all.

Zhang Yuan would not attack the benefactor behind the scenes and said with a smile: "The uncle of the country is clearly concerned about the safety of the Ming Dynasty. After returning and thinking carefully, he believed that more troops should be sent to ensure victory. This is also that the uncle of the country is in mind and sharing the worries of the king. It is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Eunuch Zhang, why do you always speak for Shouning Hou? You can't accept his benefits secretly, right?"

Zhang Yuan knelt on the ground with a "thump", kowtowed continuously, and said, "Your Majesty, even if I have ten courage, I dare not accept benefits in private... Your Majesty, you know my loyalty!"

Qian Ning did not take any action and said, "Your Majesty, what Eunuch Zhang said today is probably from the heart and will not involve interests. In fact... Marquis Shouning and Marquis Jianchang are the uncles of the country and have a close relationship with His Majesty. If they don't think about the country and country of Ming Dynasty, who else can protect it?"

Zhu Houzhao slowed down and said, "It makes sense to speak a little, get up and talk!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Zhang Yuan stood up from the ground, sweating coldly on his forehead.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "I don't want to ask why my uncle proposed to send more troops. I think that as long as it is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, it is worth doing."

"As for whether the uncle has selfish intentions, I don't know, but the victory or defeat of this war is unknown. He insisted on getting involved in it to cause trouble for himself. I hope he won't regret it then!"

Zhu Houzhao is very narcissistic, because he is in control of what is happening.

Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning disagreed. They knew very well about the temperament of the Zhang brothers and knew that Zhang Heling was not kind-hearted to ask for such a request.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Since the uncle has proposed that I cannot rebel against his kindness, otherwise it will only be a blow to the enthusiasm of the court officials... Besides, it is not worth mentioning to recruit only 4,000 troops from the Beijing camp. It is also good to gather more troops and strong momentum. Do you think so, right?"

“Yes, yes!”

Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning responded at the same time.

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied and nodded, "Since it is a good thing, it just proves that the court is united. Who said that the relatives of the foreign country must be criminals?"

"My two uncles are clearly doing their best to serve the court, and even experiencing my hard work, and willing to share my worries. This is great."

"When Eunuch Zhang returned, he asked someone to draft an order and inform the Ministry of War Shangshu Shen of the increase in manpower... Oh, by the way, I would like to give rewards to the Marquis of Shouning and Marquis of Jianchang. I hope that other ministers in the court can have the same country as them!"

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Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict was issued, and more troops from the Beijing camp were sent to the Xuanfu to expedition.

Shen Xi had no way to object. In theory, it is reasonable for the brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling to do this. If he resisted the order, he would not only make the little emperor unhappy, but also make friends with the foreign relatives.

The enemy in front of him is still the eunuch party led by Liu Jin, and Shen Xi has to put aside the conflicts with the foreign relatives party.

"There are actually not much difference between how many people were sent to the war. After all, this battle was just a war between Dayan Khan showing off his military power to intimidate the grassland tribes. After the defeat three years ago, the Tatars no longer had the ambition to enter the Central Plains. It is estimated that this war will end in the tacit understanding between the enemy and us!"

There was only the last day left before the war. Chen Xi had been busy since he arrived at the Ministry of War in the morning. He arranged the troops and horses when the shift was about to end in the afternoon. He then took a breath and prepared to go home. At this time, Xie Qian sent someone to invite him to go and speak.

This time Xie Qian did not come to see him. As for the reason, Chen Xi guessed that Xie Laoer might be angry. He had basically never asked for his opinions on anything he did in recent times, so Xie Laoer must have been full of anger.

After calming down, Chen Xi arrived at Xie Qian's residence on Chang'an Street. Before he could enter, he saw Zhou Jing and Tu Xun walking out of it.

Only then did Chen Xi realize that Xie Qian was meeting guests before.

When Zhou Jing saw Chen Xi, he smiled and said hello: "Zhihou, come to see Shangshu Xie? Go in quickly. I want to go back to deal with official business. If you have any questions, I will discuss it again."

Chen Xi saluted respectfully and sent the two away respectfully, thinking about what Xie Qian would come with them to discuss.

With doubts, Chen Xi, led by the gatekeeper, entered the courtyard and came to Xie Qian's study. But when he saw that there were several open memorials in front of Xie Qian, he was writing quickly at this time. It was obvious that Xie Qian was very concerned about business and was not distracted by the sound of footsteps outside.

The concierge said, "Master, Secretary Chen is here."

"oh!"

Xie Qian did not look up, but responded softly and said, "You go back!"

"yes!"

The concierge did not dare to stay for too long, so he went out after saluting.

Seeing that Xie Qian was dealing with the memorial, Chen Xi could only find a place to sit down by himself. After almost a stick of incense, Xie Qian closed the memorial and looked up at Chen Xi: "Are you here?"
To be continued...