marquis of jingan

Chapter 584 A Trip to Lin'an Mansion

This time, Shen Yi didn't stay in the anti-Japanese army camp for long, he only stayed for about two days, and after basically confirming the list of hundreds of households, he left the anti-Japanese army camp.

Before leaving, Shen Yi received the "combat plan" from Ling Su. After half a month, the commander of the capital, Xue Wei, will lead two battalions of thousands of households to go south to Fujian, and begin to wipe out the Japanese pirates along the coast of Fujian.

Shen Yi just read it briefly, then agreed to the plan, and hurriedly left the anti-Japanese army camp, and went back to Yueqing City.

Because the governor of Zhejiang and the three provincial chief officials of Fantai and Taiwan have already arrived in Yueqing and are waiting to have dinner with Shen Yi.

Faced with such a big official in the frontier, Shen Yi couldn't bear to give others face, so he could only rush back to have a meal with the three leaders.

It is worth mentioning that the current governor of Zhejiang is still the original Zhou Yishan and Zhou Futai, and the former chief minister Qian Qing and Qian Fantai have been transferred to unknown places and no longer serve as Zhejiang chief minister.

The current Zhejiang chief envoy has the same surname as Shen Yi. After the two met and saluted, he stepped forward and pulled Shen Yi's sleeve, and they were very affectionate with each other.

Even this Shen Fantai took Shen Yi to narrate his seniority, but after two or three generations, he knew that although the two people had the same surname, they were not of the same clan or branch. It can only be said that there was a high probability that they belonged to the same family 500 years ago .

When the three chief officials at the provincial level saw Shen Yi, they all had quite enthusiastic smiles on their faces, especially Governor Zhou, who called out "Little Xianggong" one by one, which made Shen Yi feel a little embarrassed.

Halfway through the meal, Zhou Futai, who was over fifty years old, looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile, "Mr. Yes, but there is a lot of business to be done in the province, and I really can't get away, so until now, I have only met two or three times."

The chief envoy surnamed Shen was relatively young, and he also echoed with a smile: "That's the truth. If you want me to say, Mr. Shen, it's better to move the imperial envoy to Lin'an Mansion. Lin'an Mansion is not too far away from Yueqing." It will not delay business, and Lin'an Mansion is much more comfortable than Yueqing."

Shen Fantai said with a smile: "When we arrive at Lin'an Mansion, we can also walk around with Mr. Shen more, and hang out with those rough people all day, what's the point?"

Master Shen lowered his head and took a sip of his wine. He didn't comment on Shen Fantai's words, but silently picked up his glass and smiled: "Thanks to the love from the three seniors, this junior respects you."

Shen Yi got up with the wine glass in his hand, and the other three stood up one after another, and drank the glass of wine with Shen Yi.

After drinking a glass of wine, Master Shen smiled and said: "This junior is in Wenzhou Mansion, and there are still many errands assigned by His Majesty that have not been completed. It is unlikely that he will move to Lin'an Mansion in a short time, but when it comes to Lin'an Mansion, After a while, maybe I really have to go there, and then I will bother the three seniors."

Zhou Futai put down his wine glass and asked with a smile, "When will Mr. Shen go?"

"Just go when you're done with what you're doing here."

Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said with a soft smile: "It's considered a sneak peek, and I went to see the paradise on earth."

"Be sure to say hello then."

Zhou Yishan smiled and said, "Don't just sneak by yourself."

Zhou Futai put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the old man is from Changzhou Prefecture, and the distance from Jiangdu Prefecture is not too far. You and Mr. Shen are half of the same town. At the end of this year, this old man is planning to go to Jiangdu Mansion, visit the old Taishan who visited Mr. Shen."

Master Shen was thoughtful, then smiled and said: "I think Zhou Futai has a young master who wants to study?"

"Ugh."

Governor Zhou shook his head slightly, and said with some helplessness: "The youngest son in the family was said to be a child prodigy since he was a child. He was admitted as a student at the age of 14, but he is now nearly [-]. He has repeatedly failed the provincial examination. He wants to send him to Ganquan Academy. Mr. Jizhong, teach and teach."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "Zhou Futai is in a high position, and it's really rare to be able to keep such thoughts."

What Shen Yi meant was that Zhou Yishan, a big official in the borderlands, who wanted to get his son up there didn't necessarily have to rely on his real talents and knowledge. Sometimes it would be risky to arrange a Jinshi for his son, but it would be risky to arrange a Juren. It's not that troublesome.

"The way to study must be fair and upright."

Zhou Yishan said seriously: "Otherwise, the foundation of the imperial court will be ruined."

Shen Yi didn't think that the imperial court or the country's foundation was in the inflexible scientific examination, but he was too lazy to argue with these civil servants who passed the examination, so he just smiled and didn't speak.

In this way, Shen Yi stayed with the chief officials of the three provinces for two days and had three meals together before sending the three chief officials out of Yueqing.

After sending away the three troublesome spirits, Shen Yi spent a few days to clean up the chores in his hands and the things that had not been dealt with before, and then he greeted Sun Jin, and began to pack his luggage and prepare to go out.

Well, I'm going to visit Lin'an Mansion.

The reason for going to Lin'an Mansion is because there are a few people in Lin'an Mansion that Shen Yi needs to meet.

To be precise, it was a few foreigners.

Since last year, Shen Yi has told the people in the Dibao Division to help him pay attention to some foreigners who come to Dachen for business, especially Western businessmen. Most of the goods these Western businessmen come to Dachen to buy are tea, silk, and porcelain. kind.

As one of the famous big cities along the coast, there are a lot of Western businessmen in Lin'an Prefecture. When Shen Yi just returned to Yueqing from Jiankang a few days ago, the newspaper office in Lin'an Prefecture sent him a letter He said that he had made an appointment with a few Western businessmen, but these Western businessmen were very vigilant and refused to go to Yueqing, so they could only ask Shen Yi to go to Lin'an Mansion.

Originally, Shen Yi was wondering whether to go to Lin'an with those big officials in frontiers, so that it would be more majestic, but thinking back, he could still keep quiet about things like meeting foreigners, so he Wait for those three people to leave before setting off for Lin'an Mansion.

Master Shen is a person who thinks of something and will do it immediately. After he made up his mind, he immediately asked Jiang Sheng to prepare the car. That morning, Shen Yi's carriage quietly left Yueqing and drove to Lin'an Mansion.

Lin'an Mansion is the provincial capital of Zhejiang Province, but it's not too close to Yueqing, and it's about [-] miles away. Fortunately, Shen Yi is not in a hurry now, and he is not in a hurry. It took five days to travel and travel all the way. , to the foot of Lin'an City.

At the gate of Lin'an City, Shen Yi got out of the carriage and walked into Lin'an City.

After entering Lin'an City, Shen Yi and Jiang Sheng looked around. Seeing the prosperity of Lin'an, Master Shen turned his head to look at Jiang Sheng, and said with a smile, "How is this place better than Jiang?"

Jiang Sheng traveled here and there with Shen Yi in the past few years, and also saw a lot of things in the world. Hearing this, he smiled at Shen Yi and said, "It seems to be a bit more lively and prosperous than our Jiangdu, but..."

Jiang Sheng laughed and said, "But I still like Jiangdu more."

Shen Yi smiled and patted Jiang Sheng's shoulder: "You probably also miss home in your heart. This year's Chinese New Year, I will let you go back to Jiangdu for a few months."

Jiang Sheng scratched his head: "It's good that the young one can follow the young master..."

Shen Yi wanted to speak again, three or four young people leaned closer to the two of them, and the first young man stepped forward, looked at Shen Yi cautiously, and asked, "Is this Master Shen from Jiangdu Mansion?"

Shen Yi nodded lightly: "It's me."

The young man bowed his head immediately, and called out "Si Zheng" respectfully.

Then he said cautiously: "The team leader ordered us to pick you up..."

(End of this chapter)