marquis of jingan

Chapter 483 Who's Who's Who

After leaving Ganlu Hall, Shen Yi left the palace all the way, but did not leave the imperial city.

Because he was going to the Ministry of War to say hello.

He is now the head of the Ministry of War, and he is not a temporary post, but a real head of the Ministry of War, a serious official who occupies one of the eight positions of the Ministry of War.

As an official of the Ministry of War, after returning from overseas assignments, he should go back to the Ministry of War to take a look and say hello to the superiors of the Ministry of War. After all, Master Shen will most likely continue to develop in the Ministry of War for a long time in the future. Offended the leaders and colleagues in the unit.

The Ministry of War is in the imperial city, and it's not too difficult to find. Shen Yi has also been to the Ministry of War a few times, and he quickly touched the entrance of the Ministry of War. The Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War.

As one of the four divisions of the Ministry of War, although the Armory Department has relatively lower authority, the place is really not small. Shen Yi wandered around in the Armory Department, but did not find another head of the Armory Department with the same position as himself, but I met a member of the Arsenal Division.

That is Shen Yi's immediate boss.

After the two greeted each other, Shen Yi, led by him, went to meet Lu Cong, the right servant of the military department in charge of the Arsenal.

This Lu Shilang can be said to be the highest-level boss that Shen Yi can touch in the Ministry of War. As for the Minister of the Ministry of War, who is higher up, he is more often dealing with and discussing state affairs and formulating some general directions. Deal with departmental affairs.

After Lu Shilang saw Shen Yi, he also maintained a considerable degree of politeness, poured a cup of tea for Shen Yi himself, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, when His Majesty appointed Ziheng as the head of the Ministry of War and sent you south, the Ministry also talked about this matter. I remember at the time Han Shilang said that this matter was a bit of a joke, and if it was not done well, it would affect the reputation of our military department. I didn't expect that in just a few months..."

Lu Cong looked at Shen Yi with admiration in his eyes: "In just a few months, Ziheng defeated the Japanese pirates in two places in Fujian, and made great achievements."

"In this way, our Ministry of War can be regarded as a bit of glory."

The right servant of the Ministry of War, although he was talking about scenes, was somewhat provocative, and accidentally told Shen Yi that another servant of the Ministry of War spoke ill of you behind his back.

As soon as this kind of words were said, it meant to win over Shen Yi and pull the hills in the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

This is not surprising, but extremely normal.

The right servant of the Ministry of War is slightly lower than the left servant. The most obvious difference between the two servants is that the left servant is in charge of the most important military selection department and the staff department in the military department, while the right servant is in charge of driving. Ministry Division and Arsenal Division.

In other words, Shen Yi was originally Lu Shilang's subordinate.

As far as this point is concerned, Lu Shilang's wooing attitude is extremely normal, it's not even intentional, it's just a habit of being an official, and he just said it casually.

Faced with this kind of official language, Shen Yi did not express his opinion too much, but just made a few casual remarks.

After chatting with Shen Yi for a few words, Lu Shilang's mood increased a lot. He pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Feng Shangshu is not here today, otherwise I will take you to meet Feng Shangshu and introduce him to you." It’s not okay to introduce young people.”

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, with a calm smile: "After I am dismissed, I will probably stay in the Ministry of War all the time, and I will always see Lord Shangshu."

"Not necessarily."

Lu Cong smiled and said: "Feng Shangshu's health is not very good, maybe he will retire next year, Ziheng took more time to run to the military department, I will take you to get close to the old Shangshu."

Shen Yi also smiled back.

"Your officer obeys..."

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After staying in the Ministry of War for more than an hour, Shen Yi left the Yamen of the Ministry of War. It was almost noon now, so he simply ate a meal of oily noodles at a noodle stall at the gate of the imperial city.

After a brief meal, Shen Yi went to the Liquan Building, walked around the Liquan Building, borrowed two or three books that he had never seen before, and brought them home in his arms.

After visiting the Liquan Tower, Shen Yi bought some wine and meat, carried it to Dayifang, and went to have a drink with Mr. Gu.

It just so happened that at this time, my brother Shen Heng was also asking for advice from Mr. Gu. The two brothers stayed in Dayifang for more than an hour, until it was almost evening when the two brothers went home together.

After returning home, Shen Yi immediately went to visit his wife and children. At this moment, the little guy was already sound asleep. Shen Yi whispered a few words to his wife softly. After seeing that Lu Ruoxi was also tired, he acted lightly. He left the bedroom and went to work in the study.

It was already evening, and the Shen family quickly began to eat dinner. After dinner, Shen Yi went back to the study and began to look through some documents obtained from the mansion newspaper department.

Mainly information about Japanese pirate lairs.

This year is approaching the end of the year. Since Shen Yi is planning to go to sea to suppress the Japanese in the spring of next year, he naturally needs to make more preparations. In addition to accurately finding the Japanese pirates' lairs, some Japanese pirates' lairs occupy dangerous islands, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. , It is also necessary to make a detailed attack plan.

While Master Shen was working in the study, there was a light knock on the door, and a familiar voice came: "My lord, Brother Xu is here."

"I want to see you outside."

It was the voice of the eldest maid, Qing'er.

Shen Yi put down the dry brush in his hand, stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, and said, "Let him come to see me in the study."

Qing'er responded sweetly, turned around and left.

Soon, Xu Fu, who was dressed in cotton clothes, appeared in Shen Yi's study room. This senior officer Xu who was born as a beggar in Jiangdu bowed his head respectfully to Shen Yi and said, "Master."

Shen Yi looked at him and shook his head slightly: "How many times have I told you, there is no need to be so polite, just sit down and talk."

Xu Fu nodded, moved a chair by himself, and sat opposite Shen Yi.

Master Shen glanced at the clothes he was wearing, and said with a smile: "I heard that you are the top rank in Jiankang City, why are you still dressed so shabby?"

A smile appeared on Xu Fu's face: "Young Master Hui, I read Chen Law a few days ago, and Chen Law said that merchants are not allowed to wear silk and satin."

"Afraid of getting into trouble, I'd better wear plain clothes."

Shen Yi was a little speechless: "Those are the rules set down by the Taizu more than 100 years ago. Now, the capital of the country has been moved once. Few people mention these old things again. Look at the shopkeepers in Dongshi Street, where are they?" Isn't one dressed in silk and satin?"

Xu Fu lowered his head slightly, but did not answer.

Shen Yi glanced at him, and asked: "Run to find me in a hurry, should there be something wrong?"

Xu Fu sat opposite Shen Yi, silent.

After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Shen Yi with a firm gaze: "Master, Eunuch Gao asked me to come."

"Oh?"

Shen Yi raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "What did he ask you to do?"

"Let me convince you that I am still your son."

Xu Fu lowered his head, said the matter honestly, and then bowed his head and said: "Young master, Eunuch Gao said that he won the errand for me to go south in front of His Majesty, and Eunuch Gao also said... , will also say like him, in order to show favor to me..."

Shen Yi thought for a while, then smiled dumbly: "It seems that you have forgotten what your "uncle" said, and dare to tell me any truth."

Xu Fu took a deep breath, knelt down on the ground, and said in a low voice in Jiangdu dialect: "No matter when, I will always belong to the son, and I will always be the beggar who was rescued by the son from the sea of ​​suffering on Jiangdu Street..."

Seeing Xu Fu kneeling on the ground, Shen Yi helped him up, and said helplessly: "Speak as you speak, what are you kneeling for?"

After helping Xu Fu up, Shen Yi stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "But Xiao Xu, what you said today is very good, and you have completed the errand that Mr. Gao gave you."

Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and smiled.

"Now, I already believe that you are not from Eunuch Gao."

(End of this chapter)