marquis of jingan

Chapter 426

The old eunuch's surname is Du Minghuai, and he was an eunuch who entered the palace during the time of Emperor Xianzong.

During the first emperor's reign, his position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was already very high, and he was only one step away from Gao Ming's current position. It is a pity that he was not born in the East Palace of the Crown Prince. Gao Ming came from behind and became the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In terms of seniority, he is going to be a generation older than him.

However, after all, Gao Ming's qualifications are too low, and his popularity is not too high. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of things to do. He can't handle things alone, and he can only handle some core things. Most of the things need to be done by an old man like Du Huai. do it.

Although many eunuchs in purple clothes of the older generation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not very pleasing to the eyes of Gao Ming behind their backs, and think that Gao Ming is sitting in his current position because of luck, but Du Huai belongs to the more moderate eunuchs of the old school. The relationship is also good, so Gao Ming assigned the errand to the south this time to him.

After asking for his name, Shen Yi invited Eunuch Du to the Wang family mansion, and arranged a feast for the purple-clothed eunuch. On the wine table, Shen Yi toasted Eunuch Du, and then asked with a smile: "Eunuch Du is not enjoying blessings in the palace, why did he come all the way to Taizhou Mansion?"

"Work hard."

Because Eunuch Du entered the palace early and was promoted very quickly, he didn't do much rough work. He is taking good care of himself at the moment. Although he is over 50 years old, he can't see any wrinkles on his face. He met Shen Yi After drinking a cup, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a few orders for Jin Shizi and Shen Hanlin, let our family send them."

Shen Yi smiled: "If there is any order in the palace, just send it to a father-in-law in blue. How can you work for Father-in-law Du?"

"I'm getting older, and I've been in the palace for a long time, so I just came out to do some activities."

Saying so, Eunuch Du took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "This is a document from the court, Shen Hanlin, have a look?"

Shen Yi's face was serious, and he was about to stand up and salute. Du Huai waved his hands, shook his head and said, "It's not an imperial decree from His Majesty, but a document from the Ministry of Officials. Shen Hanlin can take a look at it, so there is no need to salute."

Only then did Shen Yi sit back down again, took the document and looked at it.

This document from the Ministry of Officials is very simple, that is, the yamen of Dibaosi has been upgraded.

Shen Yi was not surprised by the upgrade of the Dibao Division, because even if the Dibao Division removed the part of the intelligence capability, the Dibao Division alone would not only be an eighth-rank job.

The current court of the Chen Kingdom lacks publicity as a whole, and the Di Baodi is basically all the propaganda outlets of the Chen Kingdom. In another world, Shen Yi's position is not much worse than that of the chief envoys in those places.

Because it was for the promotion of the mansion newspaper department, Shen Yi was promoted to a rank by the official of the mansion newspaper department, so there were no documents and imperial edicts dedicated to Shen Yi.

The purpose of doing so is also obvious.

It was to protect Shen Yi.

After all, last year's Xinke Scholars achieved the seventh rank in just one year. Compared with last year's Sanding Jia, they climbed faster. It was a bit hateful when it was spread, so they just quietly promoted it to Master Shen.

After reading the document, Shen Yi just silently put it away, then cupped his hands to Du Huai and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Du."

Du Huai looked at Shen Yi in surprise, and then smiled dumbly: "Our family has been in the palace for so many years, and we have seen many second-list Jinshi, especially Xinke Jinshi, when they were promoted for the first time, they were all excited. If you can't do it yourself, why does Shen Hanlin not see any joy on his face when he has been promoted to four levels in a row?"

Master Shen sighed: "Promotion or not, it's nothing more than a few taels of silver salary a month. Eunuch Du doesn't know. Although my mansion newspaper office is a small yamen, there are quite a lot of people who eat under it. This time the mansion newspaper Si is promoted to a rank, and the monthly salary will be increased a lot."

Du Huai was stunned.

The old eunuch asked in astonishment: "Shen Hanlin, isn't the salary of the Di Baosi paid by the Ministry of Households?"

Shen Yi smiled, but did not answer directly.

The salary on the surface of the mansion newspaper department is indeed paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but there are not many people in the mansion newspaper department with official rank, and most of them have no rank, that is, they have no establishment.

Except for the monthly subsidy from the palace funds, Master Shen is responsible for the rest.

"Eunuch Du doesn't know something. There are hard-to-recite scriptures in every yamen. This kind of thing will not be clear for a while..."

Du Huai smiled dumbly: "Our family thinks that Di Baosi is a very good yamen. Our family has been in the palace for so many years, and this is the first time we have seen any yamen that allows His Majesty to pay for it every month. subsidized by money."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi's expression moved slightly.

He put down his chopsticks, looked up at Du Huai, and asked, "I forgot to ask, Eunuch Du, Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

Du Huai smiled and said: "When you are old, you can't do any important things, that is, manage the money for His Majesty and maintain the palace's expenses."

good guy...

It turned out that the "Houbu Shangshu" from the palace had arrived.

Shen Yi pondered for a while, then raised his wine glass thoughtfully, and respected Du Huai: "Grandpa Du came to Taizhou this time in person, maybe it's not just for a small mansion newspaper?"

"Your Majesty has received the letter from Shen Hanlin to His Majesty."

Du Huai's face was calm, and he said with a smile: "Shen Hanlin wrote in the letter that the Wang family in Taizhou Mansion has millions of assets, and only cash has more than 20 taels. Your Majesty knows that Shen Hanlin doesn't have many people around him, so there is no problem with spending cash. , but it is not so easy to deal with industries such as land deeds and pavements.”

Speaking of this, Du Huai paused, and continued to smile and said: "Your Majesty said that the prince Jin and Shen Hanlin are not only going to search the Wang family, but there are probably a lot of big families who are going to search, and they probably won't be able to cope with it, so let our family bring If some people come over to help with chores and deal with these industries, it will be much easier for Shen Hanlin and you to do things."

Master Shen was stunned for a moment, and then let out a foul breath.

A sweet date brought a slap.

This sweet date is still very sweet, because the starting point of the eighth rank is too low. After being promoted to the seventh rank, it is logical for the emperor to want to promote Shen Yi.

And slap...

It's not particularly painful, but this hand is very precise.

The emperor had previously promised that during this sea patrol, as long as there were people who learned about the Japanese and confiscated their property in place, they would all be used to form the Coastal Defense Force, which is now the Anti-Japanese Army.

Originally, if the money was freely spent by Shen Yi and Li Mu, then there would be a lot of oil and water in it, and it could be used more flexibly. Although the emperor did not break his promise and did not want to get the money back, he sent a group The "counter" came over, and from now on, whether it was Li Mu or Shen Yi, if they wanted to spend money, they had to say hello to these "counters".

Master Shen showed a respectful expression, and said with relief: "I am worried about how to deal with these stolen properties. It would be great if the palace could send someone over!"

Du Huai smiled all over his face.

"It's good that Shen Hanlin doesn't dislike us people."

Shen Yi quickly shook his head: "They are all doing things for the imperial court, it's too late for me to be happy."

Eunuch Du smiled slightly, and continued: "Besides this matter, our family also needs to meet Jin Shizi and declare the decree to him."

After saying this, he raised his wine glass and touched Shen Yi with a smile on his face.

"The Ministry of War has approved the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army."

(End of this chapter)