marquis of jingan

Chapter 134 Capital
In fact, Li Mu didn't invite Shen Yi to live in the guest room of King Jin's Mansion, and he has already lived there for more than ten days.

But it is better for His Royal Highness to speak up, and Shen Yi can continue to live in the guest room of King Jin's Mansion with peace of mind, and live in the hospital for examination.

If he has a thicker skin, he can even live until the second half of the rural examination.

You must know that the guest rooms in Prince Jin's Mansion have carbon in winter and ice in summer, and the comfort level is definitely higher than that of any inn in Jiankang City.

After Shen Yi thanked Li Mu, he stood up and said goodbye.

Li Mu didn't stop him. After getting up to send Shen Yi away, he turned and walked towards his father Li Rui's study.

Shen Yi has already convinced him, now he is going to convince his father.

After Shen Yi bid farewell to Li Mu, he first found his father and explained the situation to him so that Shen Zhang would no longer worry about this matter.

While the father and son were talking, the little eunuch in the palace found Shen Yi and brought three wooden boxes to Shen Yi.

It is a gift from the emperor.

After the father and son received the reward and sent the eunuch away, they brought the three wooden boxes into the house and opened them.

A box contained ten gold ingots weighing twelve taels.

Another wooden box contains an inkstone, a brush, and two ink sticks.

In the last wooden box, there is a top-grade "Huanhua paper" that has been cut with one knife.

The so-called Huanhua paper was made by a poet in the previous dynasty. Most of the paper at that time was large and not suitable for writing poems. The poet designed this kind of paper with suitable length and width, and asked craftsmen to make it. There is a poem about Huanhua written on it, which says "Huanhua paper is peach-colored, write poems and chant jade hooks." Hence the name Huanhuajian.

This kind of paper is generally used to write poems, because Shen Yi's poem was "well written", so the emperor rewarded him with this kind of paper.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor would not personally intervene in such trivial matters. The four treasures of the study were all arranged wisely by the eunuch.

In addition to the knife and flower paper, the pen and ink and the inkstone are naturally tributes from the palace. This set of equipment is already the best for scholars in this era. Any scholar who receives this kind of thing, I'm afraid they will all be ecstatic.

But Shen Yi didn't feel much.

After all, in this matter, he was only used as a political tool. Although he gained some benefits in the process, these benefits were not worth mentioning.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi silently glanced at the direction of the palace, thinking secretly in his heart.

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor... is about my age."

Shen Yi looked down at these rewards again, and thought to himself: "At this age, you can think of using a poem to make a fuss to promote state affairs. This little guy...it seems not too simple."

Calculated according to his age in his previous life, Shen Yi was already in his 30s, and the little emperor who had just turned 16 in front of him was of course still a "little guy".

Just like Xu Fu, although he is only two years younger than him, he is still a child in his eyes.

Compared to Shen Yi's calmness, father Shen Zhang was ecstatic.

He looked at the three boxes in front of him, and for a while he didn't know where to put them. After a long time, Shen Zhang calmed down. He grinned at Shen Yi and said, "Son, since His Majesty rewarded you, the money Later, I will find a money shop for my father to save it for you, and then I will give you the exchange bill, and you can spend it as you want, as for these items..."

Shen Zhang's face became serious, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty rewarded you, you can use it during the hospital examination and the rural examination. If you pass the rural examination, you can use it in the next year's examination. After you use it... "

The fourth son of the first generation of the Shen family had a complex look on his face: "Don't use it after you've used it up. It's a gift from the emperor. Let's pass it on to the family."

Good guy, this is going to be confessed as a family heirloom...

Regarding Shen Zhang's idea of ​​offering up these stationery as a family heirloom, Shen Yi was very disapproving. Firstly, he didn't think the emperor was anything special, and secondly, offering up some stationery as a family heirloom was a bit of a shame.

But since Shen Zhang is happy, Shen Yi can only follow his will, and said with a smile: "Since father said so, then this ink and inkstone will not be used by my son. Father will put it away and take it back to Jiangdu's hometown when he is free." Go, as for the Dao Huanhua paper..."

Shen Yi thought for a while, and said: "Father wants to leave me a half knife, maybe it will be useful in the capital in the future."

This time, Shen Yi won the award because of that poem. Being famous has its advantages and disadvantages. In the future, when he hangs around in the capital, maybe someone will make things difficult for him with poems. At that time, these Huanhua who are specially used to write poems Note, maybe it can come in handy.

Shen Zhang shook his head and said: "It's not going to work, son, the things His Majesty bestows are all filled with dragon aura, if you take them to the examination room, they will be blessed with dragon aura..."

"After you finish the exam, you can take it home."

For the old man's superstitious thoughts, Shen Yi was very disapproving. After dealing with the little old man a few words, Shen Yi bid him farewell and left Jinwang Mansion.

He needed to go back and see how Xu Fu was doing.

To be honest, he was really worried that the inner guard named Zhao Ge would snatch the remaining 600 taels of silver. After all, if the money is calculated according to the purchasing power of future generations, it is at least a million-level Existence is very attractive.

After leaving the palace, Shen Yi ran all the way to the house where Xu Fu was, reached out and knocked on the courtyard door, soon there was a commotion in the courtyard, and then a pair of eyes glanced at Shen Yi through the crack of the door, after confirming that it was Shen Yi, The courtyard door was opened very quickly. After Xu Fu opened the door, he immediately bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "My lord."

Shen Yi hummed, and said, "Let's go in and talk."

The two entered the yard one after the other, and sat down in the main hall of the yard. After being seated, Xu Fu lowered his head and poured water while saying, "My lord, what's going on with you...?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm fine for now."

He looked at Xu Fu and asked, "How are you doing here? Didn't the inner guard make things difficult for you?"

"No."

Xu Fu quickly said: "Brother Zhao escorted us to the money shop, and helped us deposit 32 silver ingots in the money shop, a total of 600 taels, and the other 60 taels of silver, which Brother Zhao exchanged for us into loose silver. "

With that said, Xu Fu took out a stack of redemption notes from his arms, and handed them to Shen Yi.

"These are bills of exchange, young master, please keep them."

Shen Yi looked at the redemption tickets, but did not take them over, but asked, "Didn't I give those two inner guards 100 taels in the morning? It stands to reason that we should have 610 taels left, why is there an extra 50 taels of silver?" ?”

"They didn't want it."

Xu Fu lowered his head and said, "The elder brother surnamed Zhao said that 100 taels of silver was too much, and he didn't feel at ease. He said that 50 taels of silver was enough for their brothers to be happy in the Qinhuai River, so he only took 50 taels..."

Shen Yi nodded slightly, and said, "These two inner guards are good friends."

He smiled at Xu Fu and said, "I've been worried that they might rob the more than 1000 taels of silver by force."

Speaking of which, Shen Yi took over the stack of exchange notes. There were no large-denomination exchange notes in it, but sixteen 100 two-denomination exchange notes with the seal of the money shop on them, and some money shops used to prevent counterfeiting texture.

Shen Yi thought for a while, took eight pieces of silver and put them in his arms, and handed the other eight back to Xu Fu.

Xu Fu was a little anxious, and quickly shook his head: "My lord, I can't take this money..."

"Not all for you."

Shen Yi's face was calm: "Let's put this half with you first, and treat it as our capital. After all, we will stay in Jiankang for at least half a year, and there are still many things we can do..."

(End of this chapter)