marquis of jingan

Chapter 480 Dialogue Between Peers
In the early morning of the next day, Master Shen changed into a brand new sixth-grade court dress, and went to the palace to face the saint.

It is worth mentioning that he is now the head of the sixth rank, and his official uniform is no longer the original poop-green robe, but a blue official uniform. The whole person looks not only energetic, but also expensive. I got a little angry.

Ok…

If you can wear red, it will be even more expensive.

Today is not the day of the court meeting, so there is no need to wait until the court meeting is over before going to see the emperor. When Shen Yi arrives at the gate of the palace, he reports to be called as usual.

Ordinary officials do not need to see the emperor, nor can they see the emperor.

For example, Shen Yi's current position as the head of the Ministry of War, if the Ministry of War is dispatched to a local area to do business, he only needs to report to the Ministry of War after returning, and then submit a letter to the emperor. As for whether the emperor will see him or not, it depends on the emperor's will.

The reason why Shen Yi had to go to see the emperor after returning to Beijing was mainly because he, Master Shen, was on an imperial errand when he left Beijing, and after returning, he needed to make an errand with the emperor.

Of course, the more important reason is that this trip to the south to patrol the sea is of great significance to the emperor, and it is also the first major project undertaken by the emperor since he came to power.

The apparent person in charge of this project is Li Mu, but in fact it is Shen Yi.

Now that Shen Yi has returned to Beijing, the emperor, the big boss, of course wants to invite him, the person in charge, to inquire about the progress of the project.

In fact, this is also the case. Shen Yi, a sixth-rank official who is very inconspicuous in Jiankang, waited for less than half an hour at the gate of the palace before being invited into the palace by several palace people. Under the leadership, Shen Yi walked through many halls, and finally in the Ganlu Hall, he saw His Majesty the Emperor in winter uniform.

At this time, many stoves had already been lit in the Ganlu Hall, and the stoves were filled with tribute silver bone charcoal. Under the baking of these charcoal fires, the Ganlu Hall was not only warm as spring, but also had some intriguing aromas.

Shen Yi knelt on the ground obediently, kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Shen Yi, the head of the minister's military department, kowtows to my emperor."

The emperor looked up at Shen Yi who was kneeling in front of him, and he was not in a hurry to get him up. Instead, he glanced at him lightly and asked, "A son has been added to the family?"

Shen Yi nodded honestly and said: "Yes, the minister's family added a son yesterday."

The emperor stepped down from the throne, came to the side of Shen Yi, glanced at Shen Yi who was on the ground, and said in a sour tone: "Good thing."

"Get up and talk back."

The vast majority of families in this era are patriarchal, and the existence of this universal phenomenon is naturally not simply due to the so-called feudal concept, but more importantly, it is caused by the social background.

For peasant households, males represent productivity and labor force. With only one son left, he can take off to work in the field at the age of seven, eight or nine, and the family will have one more helper.

For a noble family, having one more boy means one more hope and one more heir.

And even more so for the royal family.

Especially for the current little emperor.

He wants a son very much, because he is childless as the emperor, which means that the throne is not firmly in his hands, and other people, especially the clan, are likely to covet his position .

After all, as long as he is killed, the throne will immediately change hands.

And once he has a son and a successor, it means that the throne has been completely stabilized in his line, and other branches of the clan, such as the line of the Jin Palace, such as the side of the Second Highness Li Yu, will be completely consolidated. Put out this thought.

For the emperor, this kind of thing that is conducive to the stability of the country is naturally the sooner the better.

In fact, Empress Dowager Sun was anxious to let the emperor get married and have children, partly because of this.

After all, among the three sons of the first emperor, only the present emperor was born of her, and the other two princes were born of other concubines.

After Shen Yi stood up, he bowed to the emperor and said, "I also heard that Your Majesty has a daughter, and I congratulate Your Majesty..."

Hearing this sentence, the emperor first snorted, then glanced at Shen Yi, and said angrily: "You mean let me hear what you said, if you let the queen mother hear it, I have to give you something to look at." .”

Shen Yi smiled and said: "The Empress Dowager naturally wants her grandson, but His Majesty is young, so there is no rush."

The emperor waved his hand, and Gao Ming understood, and immediately brought a chair over and put it behind Shen Yi.

At this time the emperor did not sit down, so Shen Yi naturally did not dare to sit down either.

The emperor looked at the young man in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he said lightly: "The Queen Mother knows about Miss Gu."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi was startled and couldn't help but look up at the emperor.

He was a little worried right now.

Worried that the little emperor sold himself to the queen mother...

If this is the case, the Empress Dowager might blame herself for bringing her son under her wing, and her political future will be in jeopardy at that time...

Seeing Shen Yi's bewildered expression, the emperor smiled dumbly: "It's not as serious as you think, and it's not as serious as I think. The queen mother just mentioned a casual sentence here, and didn't go into it."

Speaking of this, the emperor sat down on the imperial steps and sighed: "Unfortunately, the empress did not give birth to an eldest son. If she gave birth to a son, the empress dowager would not intervene in my private affairs anymore..."

I don't know why, maybe it's because the two are of the same age. When His Majesty the Emperor was alone with Shen Yi, he was very relaxed. Although Shen Yi always remained respectful, His Majesty's attitude towards Shen Yi was sometimes Treat it more like a friend.

Of course, he did not use any of the means that the emperor should use...

As for the private matters of the Tian family, especially the matters concerning the empress dowager, Shen Yi, a foreigner, was naturally not easy to talk about, so he could only bow his head and remain silent.

The emperor saw that he was silent, and he was not interested in gossiping. After stretching, he looked at Shen Yi and said lazily: "Before Shen Qing came back, she sent a good news from Fujian. The princes of the province have all read it."

Speaking of this, the emperor smiled and said, "It's a good fight."

"After two days of the Great Court Meeting, you, Shen Qing, will also come to talk to those ministers about patrolling the sea."

Speaking of this, the emperor said in a muffled voice: "When I mentioned this matter to them in the first half of the year, they were one on the left and one on the right opposed it. In less than a year now, the anti-Japanese army has already begun to clean up the Japanese pirates. A big-headed scholar who can only talk empty words, even a pirate can't die now!"

This sentence is more critical.

Standing in front of the emperor, Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, on this sea patrol, I am just supervising the manufacture of military weapons as an official of the Ministry of War."

"It seems inappropriate for the minister to tell the princes about this matter."

"It's only appropriate to say it in your capacity."

The emperor said indifferently: "If my cousin came back and talked about this matter in the court hall, he might be attacked by those civil servants, saying nonsense about the clan being in charge of soldiers."

The little emperor said disdainfully: "Whether the clan is in charge of the army, don't I know better than them?"

Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Shen Yi again, and said with a smile: "I heard from Jin Shizi, Shen Qing, you are going to sail out to sea to suppress Japanese next year. Come, have a good talk with me."

There was some excitement in his tone.

"What kind of suppression method?"

(End of this chapter)