marquis of jingan

Chapter 581 The Temptation of Power

As soon as Shen Yi's carriage arrived at the gate of Yueqing City, he saw a group of local officials of Wenzhou Prefecture, big and small, already waiting at the gate of the city. Master Shen could only jump off the carriage to deal with these local officials.

Sun Jin's carriage was behind Shen Yi's carriage, and now he got out of the carriage with Shen Yi. Eunuch Sun looked up at so many magistrates, and immediately smiled with emotion: "Mr. Let's greet each other."

Shen Yi glanced back at him, and said with a half-smile: "Eunuch Sun, most of these people have already received the imperial court's letter. Of course some of them came to welcome me, but some of them came to welcome you, Eunuch Sun."

Speaking of this, Master Shen looked at Jiang Youde, the governor of Wenzhou Prefecture, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Sun, have you seen him?"

Sun Jin followed Shen Yi's gaze, lowered his head slightly and said, "Our family saw it."

In the past, when Sun Jin was still a young eunuch, he always called himself a "servant" in front of Shen Yi. Later, even when he was promoted to purple clothes, he still called himself the same, but this time it was different. I am an angel, so I can't put my posture too low.

Shen Yi smiled and said: "This person is the prefect of Wenzhou."

"Eunuch Sun, if you want to set up a city bureau in Wenzhou Prefecture, you will inevitably have to deal with this person. In the next two or three years, you will probably stay in Wenzhou Prefecture, Eunuch Sun. You might as well get to know him better at this time."

While the two were chatting, the gang of Wenzhou government officials had already surrounded them with smiles on their faces: "Wenzhou prefect Jiang Youde, together with Wenzhou government officials big and small."

With a gentle smile on his face, Prefect Jiang bowed his hands and said, "I have seen the two imperial envoys."

Shen Yi had already dealt with this kind of situation with ease, and coped with it with a few casual words, but it was Sun Jin's first assignment abroad, which seemed a little unnatural.

After the formalities were over, a group of Wenzhou government officials bowed their hands to Shen Yi again. Jiang Zhifu also looked at Shen Yi and said enviously: "Mr. , is really enviable."

The status of a bachelor's servant in the Imperial Academy is extremely noble, and it is not unreasonable for these local officials to call him a gentleman.

Master Shen sighed, shook his head slightly and said, "It's just a false name."

He smiled and said: "Don't talk about the status of a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, even if you give it to a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Shen can't stay in the court, why don't you still have to go back to Yueqing for business?"

"It's just eye-catching."

Jiang Zhifu had a smile on his face: "Shen Xianggong's words are more transparent than all of us here, but they are too modest."

"You have the status of a bachelor's degree attendant. When we finish our errands in the southeast, maybe you will go back to Zhongshu Province when you go back. At that time, you will be worthy of the name."

"It's not that easy."

Shen Yi shook his head helplessly: "Jiang Fuzun, you and I are old acquaintances, it's not something a good friend should do."

"How dare you lower the official."

The prefect of Wenzhou coughed and said, "Several adults in the province will come to Yueqing in two days to meet Mr. Shen."

"By the way, I will also have a meal with this angel from the palace. When the time comes, I would like to invite Mr. Shen to honor you."

Shen Yi thought about it, then nodded and said: "It must be."

He smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I have never been to Lin'an Mansion. If I have time, I can visit it."

"Lin'an Mansion, the lower officials are very familiar with it."

There was a smile on Jiang Zhifu's face: "Shen Xianggong, if you want to go, I can introduce you to some good places to ensure your satisfaction."

……

A group of civil servants gathered together, and what they said was nothing more than these mutual flattering words. Shen Yi chatted with Jiang Zhifu for a few words, and then pushed Sun Jin to them and asked them to talk to Eunuch Sun.

And he found Ying Zhao, the county magistrate of Yueqing who didn't say much, and pulled Ying Zhao aside to talk: "Mr. Ying, is everything going well in Yueqing recently?"

Ying Zhao raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi, with a smile on his face: "There is no reason why the Anti-Japanese Army is stationed here."

As he spoke, he cupped his hands to Shen Yi: "Congratulations Ziheng."

"Our own people, what are we doing when we see outsiders like this?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "No matter how high the grade is, if there is no real gap to fill, it is still a castle in the air."

As he said that, Master Shen said with a smile to Ying Zhao: "Mr. Ying, you have helped the anti-Japanese army to deal with Japanese pirates several times, and they have done very well. Your Majesty already knows about it. When you finish this magistrate, the next one will say Maybe I can give you a magistrate Dangdang."

Master Shen smiled and said, "Or I'll give you a magistrate from Jing County."

Ying Zhao glanced at Shen Yi faintly: "Ziheng don't want to lie to me."

"One day in the southeast, I can't go anywhere. I can see it clearly. The Ministry of Finance asked me to fill in the vacancy here, just..."

Shen Yi laughed.

"Sir, I have been in the southeast, that is, this year and a half. By the end of next year, your term as magistrate has not yet been finished!"

Ying Zhao's eyes lit up, and he stopped talking.

Shen Yi pointed to the people that Sun Jin brought over, estimated to be around 70 to [-] people, and said, "Sir, these are people from the palace, and I need you to arrange accommodation for the time being..."

Mr. Ying looked bitter, and said in a low voice, "Ziheng, it's not that I'm stingy..."

"It's really that the county government has no money in its books..."

This is a common feature of newly filled officials.

Not good at making money.

Or... well... I'm too embarrassed to make money.

This "symptom" will generally be alleviated in the second and third terms of office, and there will be no shortage of money by then.

Of course, Mr. Ying Zhaoying still has the potential to be a clean official. After all, after this old man won the Juren in his early years, if he wanted to make money, it was very easy, for example, to get more land under his own name, but he won After becoming a Juren, he did not buy a house for himself, and had no source of livelihood, so he taught at Ganquan Academy for a living.

He is a role model for scholars.

But no matter what, this kind of official who doesn't deal with money is still very respectable. Master Shen touched his chin, then nodded and said: "I will pay the money for the time being, and I will ask Eunuch Sun for it later."

"However, it's better for the local government to arrange their residence, what do you think, sir?"

"It's natural."

Ying Zhao smiled and nodded: "As long as it doesn't cost money, I'll do the errands."

……

It took about half an hour for Shen Yi to finish dealing with these local officials. When Jiang Youde called him to eat, he shirked that he was in a hurry and was unwell, and pushed Sun Jin to resist, while he returned to his residence in Yueqing.

Because the big garden he lived in Yueqing was set on fire last time, the place where he lives now is only a temporary residence. However, in view of the lessons learned from the last time he was set on fire, Mr. Outside, near the camp of the Anti-Japanese Army, a garden was built again.

This garden, if nothing else, should be called "Shen Garden".

This garden is still under construction, and it is estimated that it will be possible to live in it in more than two months.

Now, Master Shen can only live in a two-storey private house in Yueqing City.

At this time, in the study of this private house, Master Shen was writing hard.

A personal name was written on the paper by him.

Soon, more than 50 names were written on a piece of paper.

After Master Shen finished writing, he held a brush in his hand and looked at the paper full of names in front of him.

These are the list provided to him by Ling Su and Xue Wei, that is, the officer structure of the Anti-Japanese Army. Now he needs to have a plan in mind first, and then go to the Anti-Japanese Army camp to assess these people, and then submit the list Ministry of War.

On the side of the Ministry of War, Jiang Shangshu will not embarrass him. No matter how Shen Yi reports it, the Ministry of War will approve it.

In other words, the future and fate of these people are only in his thoughts.

Master Shen dropped the brush in his hand and smiled.

"It's a really good feeling."

He stretched.

"It's no wonder so many people are so obsessed with power."

(End of this chapter)