marquis of jingan

Chapter 394 Exclusively for the court!

When Shen Yi got married, Zhao's second son, Zhao Jizhou, went to the Zhao family. Zhao Changping was not able to go to Jiangdu to congratulate him because he was the Minister of the Household Department. However, he gave Shen Yi a private seal, which was engraved by Zhao Changping himself.

Scholars in this era, especially those who have become officials, more or less have some skills, some craft painting, some like engraving seals or flowers, wine making, antiques and so on.

When Zhao Changping was young, he learned how to carve seals from a famous stonemason in Jiangdu. By the time he became a Jinshi, he had mastered the skill of engraving seals.

Da Jiuqing, the majestic imperial court, was able to free up his hands to carve Shen Yi's seal, which shows that Zhao Shangshu still cares about Shen Yi, a junior.

So after seeing Shen Yi at this time, Zhao Shangshu was very happy, got off the sedan chair, stretched out his hand to pull Shen Yi's sleeve, and said with a tired smile: "Yesterday I was talking about you to Jizhou, thinking about when you can come back Come to Jiankang, I don’t want to come back today, did Qingque come to Jiankang with you?”

Shen Yi nodded with a smile and said: "She also went to Jiankang together, and she is talking with her aunt."

"Ah."

The two of them walked towards the house while talking, Zhao Shangshu said with a smile: "After the two of you got engaged a few years ago, I asked someone to buy a piece of nanmu and ordered a bed for you. It's almost ready now, and I'll send it to your home in a few days, it's a congratulatory gift from me, an elder, to you young couple."

Shen Yi stopped immediately, shook his head and said: "Master, this is too precious, how can this make..."

"Otherwise, it's better to send it to your house for the two senior brothers to use."

Shen Yi doesn't know how much a piece of nanmu is worth, but nanmu that can be used to make a bed will definitely not be cheap, and the process of making a bed is very complicated. It will take half a year to customize, and the labor cost is not a small expense.

With Zhao Changping's salary, he definitely couldn't afford it.

But Zhao Changping has a very rich wife in his family, so the money can still be used.

"It's not for you."

Zhao Shangshu laughed and said, "It's for my niece, she didn't even refuse, why did you refuse?"

While the two of them were talking, they had already entered the dining room of the Zhao family. Zhao Changping, the head of the family, came back, and the Zhao family's dinner could be eaten normally. Soon the whole family arrived and had a meal together.

Zhao Changping looked at Lu Ruoxi, and asked some questions, which roughly meant that if Shen Yi bullied her, let her come to Zhao's residence to file a complaint, treating the Zhao family as his natal family.

Lu Ruoxi smiled and agreed.

Soon, a dinner party was over, and several women from the Zhao family pulled Lu Ruoxi to talk, asking when the young couple was going to have a baby.

Shen Yi, on the other hand, consciously followed Zhao Changping into the Zhao family's study.

In the study, after Zhao Changping took his seat, he signaled Shen Yi to find a place to sit down. After both of them sat down, Zhao Changping asked, "Tomorrow, are you going back to the residence to report to the secretary?"

Shen Yi nodded and said: "The inner guard came back with my nephew, and I'm going to report to the mansion newspaper tomorrow, otherwise the palace will know that my nephew is tired."

"Remember not to forget to go to the Hanlin Academy to get some advice."

Zhao Changping smiled and said: "For you, the status of the Imperial Academy is actually more important than the errand of the residence newspaper department."

Shen Yi nodded yes.

After the two chatted for a few words, Shen Yi asked softly: "Master, is Your Majesty planning to clean up the coastal pirates?"

Zhao Changping was startled, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, I haven't heard of this matter in the past few days."

He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "How did Ziheng know, because of the Dibao?"

"Ah."

Shen Yi nodded, lowered his eyebrows and said: "To tell you the truth, uncle, the article about Japanese pirates that was published in the mansion newspaper a few days ago was written by my nephew."

"Well…"

Zhao Shangshu lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "According to what you said, His Majesty may have some thoughts, but the pirates along the coast, as soon as Master Wang arrived, they fled in all directions, and when Master Wang left, they also went and returned. , like maggots attached to the bone, it is very difficult to get rid of, even if His Majesty really has some thoughts, I am afraid it will be difficult to see results within a year or two."

Shen Yi nodded and didn't say much. He smiled at Zhao Changping and asked, "Uncle, I haven't been in Jiankang for the past few months. What happened to Jiankang?"

"It's nothing big."

Zhao Changping looked at Shen Yi, said with a smile: "If there is anything to say, there is something about your residence newspaper."

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"After the Shangyuan Festival, Your Majesty's Great Dynasty, someone wrote a letter to participate in the Di Baosi, saying that the Di Baosi, as the official office of the imperial court, collected money from merchants in Beijing and competed with the people for profit..."

"They're going to ban the House Press."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi didn't panic at all, he blinked at Zhao Changping, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Di Baosi can't be defeated."

Zhao Changping laughed and said, "How can you see that?"

Shen Si was full of confidence, and said with a smile: "The reason, I will tell my uncle later."

Half of the income of the Mansion News Agency goes into internal funds, and the remaining half is responsible for various daily expenses, which means that most of it goes into internal funds.

This is the emperor's business, not yellow.

The two chatted in the study for more than an hour, and it was not until late at night that Shen Yi took his wife to leave.

The Zhao family insisted on keeping the couple to rest at home, but Shen Yi insisted on leaving, so they couldn't keep them.

It was still the first lunar month, and the weather in Jiankang was still very cold. Even though the stove was lit in the carriage, when they returned home, the young couple were still shivering from the cold.

As soon as she entered the house, Qing'er came up to greet her. She first bowed her head to Lu Ruoxi to salute, and then whispered in Shen Yi's ear: "My lord, Brother Xu is here."

Shen Yi nodded, reached out and patted Lu Ruoxi's back, signaling her to go to rest first, and then followed Qing'er to the main hall of Shen's house.

At this moment, a stove was lit in the main hall of Shen's house, and a young man sat beside the stove to keep warm.

Seeing Shen Yi walking in, the young man quickly stood up, knelt down in front of Shen Yi without saying a word, bowed his head and said, "I've seen you, Young Master."

Shen Yi helped him up, looked at Xu Fu who had a respectful face and hadn't seen him for a long time, and said with a smile, "Why are you here so late?"

Xu Fu lowered his head, and his tone was a little complicated: "I want to see the young master, and I'm afraid it will only be at night."

"Congratulations, young master, on your wedding."

Shen Yi nodded slightly, and asked: "Didn't you already ask Ding Man to congratulate you? Why, do you have anything else to ask me?"

"Um…"

Xu Fu looked up at Shen Yi, took a deep breath, and said, "My lord, during the day yesterday, Eunuch Gao came to me and said..."

"He says…"

Xu Fu tried his best to calm himself down, and then said word by word: "Eunuch Gao said that in the future, I can be responsible for purchasing some palace supplies..."

"I know this is a big matter, I'm not sure, so I want to ask the young master's opinion..."

Master Shen was stunned.

After a while, he looked at Xu Fu and said in a low voice, "It's fine to do shopping for the palace, but you have to remember a few points."

"Don't give food, rice, meat and vegetables to the palace, and don't touch anything, even medicinal materials."

Xu Fu nodded and said: "Eunuch Gao means that he is responsible for the purchase of some study rooms first..."

Shen Yi sighed silently, he looked at Xu Fu, and said, "These things should have been supplied regularly by someone before... If you take them, you will offend others."

"Ah."

Xu Fu lowered his head and said, "That's why I'm not sure, I want to ask you, Young Master."

"It's not impossible if you really want to do it, but you have to..."

"Be authentic."

"also…"

Shen Yi said solemnly: "No matter how much money you earn, you will give [-]% or [-]% to Eunuch Gao. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want it, but you have to give it."

Xu Fu bowed his head: "I remember."

Shen Yi looked at him again, and then asked thoughtfully: "Your Majesty...do you listen to music more frequently?"

(End of this chapter)