marquis of jingan

Chapter 459 Ventilation
For Shen Yi, this imperial decree was neither disappointing nor surprising.

The emperor promised his sixth-rank military department to be in charge, after all, he gave it to him.

But nothing happened, and it was given to the head of the Arsenal Division.

The Armory Division is in charge of the world's ordnance, and it can be regarded as a relatively important function in the Ministry of War, but compared with the Military Selection Division, it is much worse.

Wuxuan Division, also known as "Military Division".

As the name suggests, it is in charge of the selection, assessment, promotion, etc. of military officials in the world, which is equivalent to the official department of military officials.

In comparison, Arsenal is much inferior.

However, the emperor gave Shen Yi the position of head of the military department, and asked him to be responsible for supervising the construction of firearms and large ships along the coast. In this way, it is also considered a professional counterpart, which is reasonable.

It is worth mentioning that although the Armory Division is in charge of the world's ordnance, it is not responsible for the production and manufacture of ordnance.

The one that actually manufactures ordnance used to be called the Military Weapons Supervision, but in this dynasty it was called the Bingzhan Bureau. This yamen is usually run by eunuchs sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it can be regarded as a yamen directly under the emperor.

However, although this yamen is under the control of the inner court, it is also bound by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry to a certain extent, especially the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War generally gives the specific number of weapons, armor, and firearms produced by the Ministry of War. Then the Military Bureau is responsible for manufacturing.

The cost of manufacturing weapons and firearms is all paid by the Ministry of War, that is to say, how much the Ministry of War needs, it has to be paid accordingly.

It's an order.

Under the Bingzhan Bureau, there is the Gunpowder Division, which is responsible for the production of gunpowder and firearms.

That is to say, the firearms workshop that Shen Yi asked for from the emperor will eventually be recruited from the Inner Court War Bureau, but this military war bureau is controlled by the Ministry of War to a certain extent, so the emperor wants to give Shen Yi an arsenal department of the Ministry of War In this way, neither the Empress Dowager nor the prime ministers of Zhongshu Province have anything to say.

Master Shen brought his family members, knelt on the ground, and respectfully received the imperial edict. After Shen Yi got up to accept the imperial edict, he immediately said to Qing'er: "Quickly invite the two father-in-laws into the house to serve tea."

The two eunuchs looked at each other, then shook their heads at Shen Yi quickly and said: "Master Shen, after the servants and servants finish their imperial missions, they will go back to the palace to return to the palace. Don't dare to delay, so I won't disturb Master Shen."

At this time, Lu Qingque, who was already a little pregnant, walked out of the inner courtyard of Shen's house with her waist slightly supported. She walked in front of the two eunuchs, and turned to look at Lian Er behind her. Lian Er immediately held a wooden plate Stepping forward, there are two ingots of silver placed neatly on the plate.

The mistress of the Shen family smiled gently at the two eunuchs, and said, "The two father-in-laws have worked hard all the way, and these scattered silver are for the father-in-laws to drink tea."

It is said that it is scattered silver, but it is actually a whole ingot of silver taels. Judging from the size, it should be two ingots of ten taels of silver ingots.

According to the rules, the imperial decree for promotion is to give some rewards to the eunuch who announced the decree, or the small official who reported the letter to the official department.

It is precisely because of this that no matter whether it is in the palace or in the Ministry of Officials, the will for promotion or documents are the most sought-after, and everyone rushes to give them away.

The two young eunuchs looked at each other, then reached out to take the silver, bowed to Lu Qingque repeatedly, and thanked him repeatedly.

"Thank you Madam Shen, thank you Madam Shen..."

After thanking them, the two young eunuchs happily turned around and left.

After the two young eunuchs left, Shen Yi turned his head and smiled at his wife, and said, "I heard from my family that Madam spends a lot on weekdays, but how can she be so generous today?"

"Husband has been promoted."

Lu Qingque put one hand on her stomach and smiled gently: "This is a happy event, we can't let people say that our family is stingy."

After saying this, she took Shen Yi's hand and said softly: "Okay, let's go into the house and change clothes. According to the rules, you have to enter the palace to thank you."

Shen Yi nodded, entered the house with Lu Ruoxi, changed into a Hanlin uniform, said goodbye to his family, and went to the palace to thank him.

He was a sixth-rank official who entered the palace to thank him. Normally, the emperor would not see him, but this time the emperor still gave him some thin noodles for Master Shen, and called him into the Ganlu Palace to encourage him before letting him go. leave.

After Shen Yi left Ganlu Hall, he left the imperial city all the way, walked around in the imperial city, and when he passed by the Ministry of War, he originally wanted to go in and see his colleagues in the Ministry of War, but now the seals and documents of the Ministry of Officials are still available. It didn't come out, and it was a bit too hasty to go to the military department at this moment, and it might cause a laughing stock. After Shen Yi thought about it, he still didn't enter the military department, but went back to the mansion to report.

At this moment, the news of Shen Yi's promotion had not yet spread in the Dibao Division, and when the people in the Dibao Division saw him, they still shouted one by one.

Shen Yi wandered around in the newspaper department of the mansion, and then found Sun Jin, the eunuch sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After Eunuch Sun saw Shen Yi, his attitude was still very respectful. After he bowed to Shen Yi, his face was full of smiles: "Sizheng will be promoted in a few days, right?"

Shen Yi smiled and said: "The imperial decree has come down today, because I can't bear to part with Eunuch Sun, so I came back to take a look."

A smile appeared on Sun Jin's face immediately: "Congratulations, Si Zheng!"

After saying this, he slapped himself on the mouth lightly, and said with a smile: "Look at my mouth, I wonder which yamen Shen Hanlin you have been promoted to?"

"Military Department."

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "The head of the Ministry of War."

"Congratulations, Master Shen!"

Sun Jin made a bow first, and then patted his chest and said: "Master Shen, don't worry, Eunuch Gao has already explained to the servants a few days ago, and the servants of this mansion newspaper are just in charge of you. No matter which yamen you go to, What it was before, it will be what it will be in the future.”

This is what Shen Yi wanted.

After hearing this sentence, he breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Sun Jin, smiled and said, "Eunuch Sun is too polite, I will still be in Jiankang these few days, so I can treat Eunuch Sun to dinner when I have time? "

"Don't dare..."

Sun Jin quickly shook his head and said, "There are a lot of things going on in the maidservant's palace, so I guess it's hard to go out."

"Then next time."

Shen Yi stood up from Sizheng's chair, then supported Sun Jin to sit on the chair, and said with a smile: "Next time I go back to Jiankang, I will definitely treat Sun Sizheng to dinner."

Hearing the words "Sun Sizheng", Sun Jin waved his hands again and again: "It's just acting as the palm, just acting as the palm..."

It's not that he's being modest.

It's really because he is a eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his rank in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not low, at least...

It is far higher than Di Baosi, the seventh-rank division.

After staying in the newspaper office for half a morning, Shen Yi still "leaved early" and got off work after noon.

This is also his last privilege as the boss of the yamen.

After all, he will be a member of the Ministry of War in the future.

In the next period of time, he will be sent to the coast to do things, but if he returns to the military department in the capital one day, he can't be late and leave early like this.

After all, the Ministry of War is a big government office.

If you want to be so casual in the Ministry of War, you must at least become a servant.

After staying in the imperial city for a morning, after Shen Yi left the imperial city, he found a restaurant on the side of the road to have lunch, and then went home to take a nap in the afternoon.

When it was almost evening, Shen Yi changed into casual clothes again and left the Shen family.

After leaving home, he went to Dongshi Street to buy some gifts, and then walked towards Zhao's house in Beicheng with the gifts in hand.

Now, his position as head of the Ministry of War has been confirmed.

Moreover, the concept of coastal shipbuilding and artillery is basically a certainty.

It's time to talk to his Shangshushi Botong...

(End of this chapter)