marquis of jingan

Chapter 501 The Seed of Doubt
Something inexplicable suddenly appeared in the house. Originally, if it was some worthless gadgets, then Shen Yi would not pay attention to it, but now someone sent a carload of silver bone charcoal, which made Master Shen feel very strange .

The specification of this kind of gift would not be shabby for a prime minister's home.

If someone sent it by name, spent a lot of money, and made friends with Shen Yi, a future star, then it would make sense, but such a valuable thing was sent for nothing, but he didn't intend to ask for this kind of favor, which is a bit weird.

Shen Yi asked his family to collect all these things, and found two more unusual gifts.

One of them is a vase that looks quite exquisite. The gift list says that it is ordinary porcelain for flower arrangement, but there is a seemingly ordinary inscription on the bottom of the vase, which proves that this thing is from the official kiln of the previous dynasty. It's been 300 years now.

This thing has a real price in Dongshijie Antique Alley, about 2000 taels to 3000 taels of silver.

The other one is a volume of landscape paintings, and the gift list says imitation paintings. Shen Yi is not familiar with the set of antiques, and he didn't take it to heart at first, but because of the previous porcelain, Shen Yi bought it from Dongshi Street. I found a master in this way to come to the house to appraise it. The master looked at it for half an hour and gave an evaluation that it was probably authentic.

This painting is also the work of a famous artist in the former dynasty. If it is authentic, it is estimated to sell for five or six thousand taels of silver.

Master Shen frowned when he heard the news.

He didn't think it was a bribery incident.

Because he is not in charge of the Ministry of War, and he is not in charge of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. The generals are all acquaintances, it is impossible to do this for no reason, let alone spend so much money without leaving their names.

It's also unlikely that someone wanted to use the stigma of "bribery" to discredit him.

Because of corruption and bribery, it has never been a big problem for the emperor. The emperor knows better than anyone else that there are not many officials below who are not corrupt, but as long as they are not excessive and do not step on the red line, it is useful to the court. Close one eye.

Taking Shen Yi's current situation as an example, even if the emperor knew about his corruption and acceptance of bribes, he would probably not deal with him, and would even worry about whether the money for the anti-Japanese army would be enough for him...

Now that the two possibilities have been denied, these gifts of unknown origin are even more weird.

The next morning, Shen Yi sat in his own home thinking about this problem. After lunch at noon, he asked people to seal up these things on the spot, and then he left the house and went straight to the imperial city.

After entering the imperial city, he didn't go anywhere else, but went to the Mansion News Agency.

Today's Dibao Division is running very smoothly, and it is already a relatively successful yamen under the inner court. The eunuch Sun Jin who works here is also very popular with the high eunuchs. He was even arranged by Gao Ming to serve the emperor twice in the Ganlu Hall.

After entering the Mansion News Agency, Shen Yi didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to Sun Jin. After the two saluted, Shen Yi looked at Sun Jin and said in a deep voice, "Eunuch Sun, I want to see Eunuch Gao, can you inform me on your behalf? "

Sun Jin was taken aback for a moment, and then squeezed out a smiling face: "Isn't Si Zheng often banned in the palace? Go directly to the gate of the palace to pass the news. It should not be difficult to see Eunuch Gao."

After all, Shen Yi is the old leader of the Dibao Department. Sun Jin here calls Si Zheng instead of the chief, not because he doesn't remember things, but because he wants to get closer to Shen Yi.

"In a hurry…"

Shen Yi whispered: "And it's not convenient to make public..."

"Eunuch Sun, please do me a favor."

After Sun Jin hesitated for a moment, he nodded silently and said, "Okay, I will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in person. If Eunuch Gao is not serving His Majesty, I will have someone call Si Zheng to enter the palace immediately."

As the status of the Dibao Division became more and more stable, Sun Jin's status in the palace was not low. Not long after he entered the palace, a young eunuch came to the Dibao Division and led Shen Yi all the way into the palace. , In a side hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I saw the eunuch Gao who was drinking tea and warming up by the fire.

Shen Yi hurried forward, lowered his head slightly and said, "Eunuch Gao."

Gao Ming looked at Shen Yi in surprise, and said with a soft smile, "Master Shen is so anxious to see our family, what happened?"

Foreign ministers generally do not meet with internal officials in private. After all, they have seen them a lot. When arguing with other civil officials, they may be scolded with harsh words such as eunuchs.

Shen Yi found a chair by himself and sat down. After sorting out his thoughts, he roughly talked about the family affairs, then he looked up at Gao Ming, and said in a low voice: "Eunuch Gao, in Jiankang City, I'm afraid Only you can help the officer."

"How can Master Shen want our family to help?"

Gao Ming lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and asked, "Do you want the inner guard to investigate this matter?"

Shen Yi nodded: "Yes, Xiaguan wants to know who is the person who gave the heavy gift to Xiaguan's family, and what is the relationship behind it..."

"In Jiankang City, the matter has passed for several days. I am afraid that only the inner guards will be able to find out."

Gao Ming put down the teacup in his hand, lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Shen Yi, and asked: "Major Shen must have someone to suspect in his heart? Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have come directly to the palace to look for our family."

"Have…"

Shen Yi was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "The lower official suspects that... the Qi people did it."

For this answer, Gao Ming was not surprised, he looked at Shen Yi lightly, and said softly: "In order to separate the monarch and his subjects, and destroy Your Majesty's trust in Master Shen?"

Shen Yi was silent and didn't answer.

After a while, he whispered: "I don't think it's that important, but I have doubts in my heart, so I want to ask my father-in-law for verification."

Eunuch Gao lowered his head to drink tea again, and then looked at Shen Yi indifferently: "Master Shen, if it is really a gift from Qi people, it doesn't matter whether you take these things or not."

Yes.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, there will be cracks in the trust between two people, the difference is only the size of the crack.

If this is really what the Qi people did, then this is the conspiracy of the Qi people.

It only takes a little money to make the emperor suspicious of Shen Yi. As long as the emperor is suspicious enough, he will definitely not use Shen Yi in military affairs in the future.

Shen Yi naturally understood this truth.

He stood up and said slowly: "That's why the official came to look for the father-in-law in a hurry, and wanted the inner guard to prove his innocence for the official."

Gao Ming is a close servant of the emperor, a confidant of His Majesty, talking to him is not much different from talking to the emperor himself.

Shen Yi came to the palace in a hurry, just to confess.

After all, if he didn't take the initiative to "report" to the palace, one day the internal guards would find out about this matter, then this matter would be beyond debate.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head to drink tea again, then glanced at Shen Yi, and said calmly: "Our family knows about this matter, Master Shen, don't panic, just go back and wait for the news."

"Once there is news from the inner guard, our family will send someone to notify you."

Shen Yi cupped his hands to thank Gao Ming, and then said: "Elder-in-law, those things of unknown origin in the lower official's house..."

"Master Shen just keep it for himself."

Gao Ming smiled.

"Your Majesty knows, most likely he will reward you."

(End of this chapter)