Chen Yichen rode on the tall horse and looked at the magnificent city gate of the capital in front of him, and suddenly felt mixed feelings. This was not the first time he led his troops back from Andingmen, but every time he arrived, he had a different state of mind.

From the initial excitement, excitement, to the sighs and feelings of the present, the spirit of those young men who once held a three-foot sword and made unparalleled achievements seemed to have been wiped out by the cruelty of wars, and they tended to be more heavy with one general's success.

When he went from Wuzhao, Fujian to the north to Dagu Haifangkou to meet with Shandong Guards, Chen Yichen led a total of 60,000 local garrison soldiers. Now more than three years have passed, and the boy who can still follow him alive and set foot in the capital again, only 30,000 left.

Moreover, most of the soldiers who were injured and killed could not even return to their roots, and could only sleep forever in the vast grassland. The only thing that is thankful is that Chen Yichen took back that land from the Mongolians. At least their souls were returned to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, not a foreign land!

Hu Yi looked at Chen Yichen and came to him, took a few steps forward with a staggering figure, and then shouted loudly: "I am on the order of the emperor to welcome the elder Chen Ge and the soldiers of the conquest army at Andingmen. The achievements of opening up the territory and exploring territory demonstrated the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty's martial virtues and the prosperity of the country!"

"I am in love with Chen, and I am grateful to His Majesty for his kindness on behalf of the soldiers of the conquest army!"

Chen Yichen turned over and dismounted, and thanked the emperor for his gratitude towards the Forbidden City. Then Hu Yi helped his arm up and said with a friendly smile: "Chen Zhongtang please get up. Your Majesty has already held a celebration banquet in Wuying Hall and is waiting for you to come over and express your personal condolences."

Chen Yichen slowly stood up and looked at Hu Yi, the Minister of Rites who was close to Chi Chi. He hadn't seen him for almost two years. He seemed to have grown much older, and his whole body seemed to be old, no longer as old as the old horse he met back then.

Perhaps in the past few years, there have been too many changes in the capital, which far exceeds the control of an old minister like him. If he is powerless for a long time, his state will naturally become depressed.

But seriously, the relationship between Chen Yichen and Hu Yi has always been in the category of general friendship. Apart from the unexpected and sigh that has not been seen for a long time, there was no more touch. Soon he looked at Yu Qian standing on the back of Hu Yi's left.

As the Minister of War, he must have welcomed the soldiers who returned from the army. However, the department in charge of the ceremony was the Ministry of Rites. In addition, Hu Yi had no choice but to say anything, regardless of his official title, qualifications, and status.

The two looked at each other, and Yu Qian smiled at Chen Yichen Dandan. He was not a social person at all. It was enough for Hu Yi to say polite words, and everything in his heart was indifferent.

Compared to Yu Qian's free and easy life, Chen Yichen's eyes turned red at this time. He still remembered that Yu Qian went out to the local governor of the town. Even if he offended Wang Zhen and was targeted in various ways, he still had high fighting spirit and uphold his principles and justice.

As a result, after becoming the Minister of War, the huge court seemed to be alone. Now, as the crown prince, Shaobao, the Minister of War, he has the power to govern the world's troops, but Yu Qian turned a blind eye in just a few years.

If it weren't for the still familiar face, Chen Yi seemed to Chen feel that he was seeing a strange old man. I don't know what he had experienced in the turbid officialdom in the past two years, so that he would have become so tired.

Withdrew his gaze, Chen Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down his somewhat depressed mood, and then asked Hu Yi: "Boss, besides the celebration banquet of the officials, can the imperial court prepare a banquet for the soldiers of the conquest army?"

The contribution of conquering the three guards of Urianha was caused by tens of thousands of soldiers fighting in Mongolia in southern Mongolia for two years, so the celebration banquet could not be enjoyed exclusively. Chen Yichen held it in his heart for two years that the imperial court deducted the additional salary of the Xuanda border army. He knew very well that if he did not help the soldiers at the bottom, no one in the court would look down on them!

"Of course, the court will not treat the meritorious soldiers who fought for the country. Don't worry, Chen Zhongtang."

Hu Yi is worthy of being an old fox in the officialdom. His words are so easy to say that people cannot find any faults.

"Then the official is here, thank you first."

"Chen Zhongtang, please don't let Your Majesty wait for a long time, please."

After saying that, Hu Yi led a group of greeting officials to turn sideways and gave way to Chen Yichen and the soldiers of the conquest army to go first.

Behind them were soldiers from the Beijing camp, and even further away there were people from the capital who heard the sound. At this time, the countless pairs of eyes looking at Chen Yichen were filled with worship and fanaticism. After all, excluding the halo of youthful positions, the real territory brought by generals and ministers is enough to make people yearn for and admire them!

"Look, Master Chen is here, he finally returns to the court!"

"The Northern Expedition of the Tartars and opened up the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Chen Ge Lao was the mainstay of the court."

"At a young age, Chen Ge was a general and a prime minister, and made the contribution to expanding territory. He may be awarded the title of marquis in the future."

"At this time, the Tartars were attacked, and the anger that had been since Tumu Fort was raised, and the wolf-household seal was just around the corner!"

"Gei Chen is mighty!"

"Gei Chen is mighty!"

Thousands of words finally gathered into fanatical shouts and slogans. No matter how good the kingly education is, in the eyes of the people, they only know that they can attack the Tatars in the north and open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, which is a great contribution.

Listening to the praises from the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the people of the capital, Chen Yichen looked behind him, and then shouted with all his strength: "The Ming army is mighty!"

This shout made Feng Zheng, Li Zan and other generals following behind stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted and cooperated with Chen Yichen with excitement and shouted: "The Ming army is mighty!"

The sound waves quickly swept over the surrounding people. They transferred their personal praise to Chen Yichen to the whole of the Ming army. The tens of thousands of soldiers of the conquest army followed behind changed from "The mighty and mighty" of the military and civilians of the capital.

After just a brief surprise, they understood Chen Yichen's painstaking efforts, and many people's eyes could not help but be filled with tears.

After all, after two years of hard fighting outside the Great Wall, countless brothers fell on the grassland. The "slight" achievements that could be remembered by the people of the Ming Dynasty could eventually bring people great comfort and touch.

The thunderous shouting sound passed through the imperial city and leaped into the Forbidden City. Until Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu at the banquet in Wuying Hall, he could vaguely feel the lively scene outside.

"It seems that Chen Qing returned from two years of conquest, and his prestige remains the same as before."

A sentence that is an ordinary sigh for others is put in the Forbidden City and spoke it from the emperor's mouth. In this way, the civil and military ministers in the hall looked at each other, not knowing how to respond, for fear that Zhu Qiyu would have some advice.

Seeing the ecstasy anger moving in a strange direction, Duke Zhongguo Shi Heng smiled and rescued: "Don't look at the fact that Chen Ge is a literati, he is not inferior to a military man in the battles. He has the talent of becoming a general and a prime minister."

"I still remember the scene of fighting side by side in Liaodong, not to mention the ordinary people in the capital."

Although Shi Heng is arrogant and domineering, he also has the simplicity and pleasure of a warrior in some aspects. At least in terms of being grateful to him, if you give him a little bit of favor, he will give you some kindness.

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In a sense, Shi Heng's personality and behavior are not like a Duke of Ming Dynasty, but more like a gang boss. He is good at face and loyalty, and brings a group of younger brothers to enjoy themselves. However, as long as he gets offended, he will retaliate without hesitation.

"Is that true? Just in terms of talent, Chen Qing really deserves to be a capable minister."

Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu nodded with a smile and used this praise to resolve the possible ambiguity in the previous sentence, but the emperor himself probably knew whether he really thought this way.

The longer you are in the throne, the more powerful the emperor's mind will be!

I rode all the way along Yujie to Chengtian Gate to get off the horse, and looked at the familiar and unfamiliar Forbidden City in front of me. In the past two years, many people and things changed. Only this palace representing imperial power always stands majestic and tall.

Seeing Chen Yichen coming, a robe eunuch standing in front of Chengtian Gate immediately greeted him and said, "We have met Master Chen, and we are waiting to welcome you into the palace."

The eunuchs who were able to wear red robes in the Ming Dynasty meant that this was the emperor's wardrobe. Chen Yichen looked closely and saw that the eucalyptus on his chest was embroidered with flying fish, which meant that the other party was at least a senior eunuch from the twelve jails, and even a supervisor took the lead in the seal.

So Chen Yichen bowed and said, "Let my father-in-law wait, how can I ask for the name of Gao?"

Seeing Chen Yichen so polite, the eunuch looked a little happy. After all, his body was incomplete and his mind was relatively sensitive. In addition, his identity and credit were placed there, and this courtesy face was shining.

The eunuch smiled and waved his hand and replied, "Our family is just a slave of His Majesty. How dare you call him Gao's surname in front of Master Chen, commonly known as Wang Cheng, and is currently the supervisor of the seal."

Is the internal official in charge of the seal?

When Chen Yichen heard the other party’s title of internal official, he was subconsciously stunned. You must know that the position of internal official supervisor is Cheng Jing’s.

Could it be that Cheng Jinggao was promoted to the Sili Supervisor as the chief seal?

The key skills required by the eunuchs in the inner officials include observing their expressions and observing their expressions, which naturally cannot be concealed by Wang Cheng's eyes.

He then smiled and explained: "Geor Chen went out to the border and had no idea about the changes in the court. Last year, Eunuch Cheng reported to His Majesty for retirement and returning to his hometown to visit the grave, and our family replaced him as an official in charge of the seal."

Cheng Jing returned to his hometown?

When Chen Yichen was surprised when he heard this, he understood why Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu had a drastic change in temperament, obsessed with alchemists refining elixirs, and collecting folk prostitutes in the palace.

For Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, Cheng Jing played the role of being a master and a father in a sense, and he was also essentially different from Wang Zhen, who had a similar identity.

You should know that although Wang Zhen has a good reputation, he has completed the accumulation of original capital in the palace by relying on his identity as a juren. However, Wang Zhen entered the palace by himself. This ruthlessness and courage are hard to imagine, and he is destined to embark on the road of eunuchs' autocracy.

Cheng Jing had a higher reputation and a more realistic Jinshi, a typical traditional Confucian scholar. He was purely implicated in the rebellion of the Han King. In order to preserve his family's reputation, he had to be castrated and entered the royal palace to become a eunuch.

If Cheng Jing is apart from his physiological defects, he is a teacher with a literary character and will inevitably restrain and persuade the emperor in all aspects. Only when he is the Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu can he listen to it in full.

Now that Cheng Jing has retired and returned home, it is obvious that his successors such as Wang Cheng have not reached the point of persuading and restraining the emperor. In addition, the Ming Dynasty Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen Bintian, Zhu Qiyu completely sat firmly on the throne without external threats, and could let himself go and act recklessly, which led to many absurd behaviors.

"So that's it. Then please take care of Eunuch Wang from now on."

He put away his imagination and Chen Yichen politely complimented Wang Cheng. If he remembered correctly, he seemed to be an old man from the time of the Qiandi Mansion of Prince Hui. In addition, although the internal officials and officials did not have much real power, their status was a bit similar to the Ministry of Rites among the Six Ministry. If he was not a confidant of the emperor or an important person, he would not be able to sit in this position.

Thinking about the cooperation with Cheng Jing, Chen Yichen resolved several crises and was able to control the movements of the Forbidden City and the true thoughts of the emperor as soon as possible. Now that Wang Cheng has taken office, he naturally has to establish a good relationship in advance.

"Ge Chen, please be polite, then let's go around more from now on."

Wang Cheng replied with a smile, "The foreign official wants to curry favor with the inner official and get first-hand news from the palace."

If an internal official has ambition, he or she also needs to make good friends with external officials to convey government orders, and even further control the government and the opposition. Both sides are mutually beneficial.

However, Wang Cheng's attitude made a strange light flash in Chen Yichen's eyes. If Cheng Jing had answered this sentence after hearing it, he would never say he would walk around more, but would immediately reply and say he could not afford it.

What level of eunuch is? Why can you take care of cabinet ministers on the surface and not reach the point where Wang Zhenquan is in power? Are you worthy?

But this also exposed Wang Cheng's ambitions and intentions. He was unwilling to be just a civil servant in the Forbidden City and wanted to usurp greater power.

Chen Yichen didn't know at this time that in the camp of officials who welcomed victory in Andingmen, there was a newly promoted cabinet minister and left minister of the Ministry of Rites, named Wang Yining.

He entered Wenyuan Pavilion to participate in the maintenance service, but did not follow the normal process of ministers' recommendation. On the contrary, it was quoted by eunuch Wang Cheng, and Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu directly appointed him to the cabinet, thus setting a precedent for eunuchs to introduce them to the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Chen Yichen would definitely not reveal his thoughts. He immediately showed his intimate attitude and agreed: "That is naturally necessary to walk around with Eunuch Wang. I wonder if there are any major changes in the officials in the palace besides Eunuch Cheng?"

Chen Yichen was in the border for two years. To be honest, he didn't pay much attention to the matters in the palace. After all, compared to the iron horses, the changes in concubines and eunuchs are really irrelevant at the family, country and the world.

"The big change is nothing. Guo Jingmou has also left the position of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's Seal, and Eunuch Cao later took over."

"Eunuch Cao?"
Chapter completed!