marquis of jingan

Chapter 585
Lin'an Mansion has been a very prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, and it is one of the most prosperous cities in the Chen Kingdom.

When Shizong traveled south, he had considered moving to Lin'an Mansion, but the Kingdom of Chen rose in Jiankang at the beginning, so it almost fell in Jiankang in the end.

Let's put it this way, if Jiankang is not the actual capital of Chen State, in terms of prosperity, there is a high probability that it will not be as prosperous as Lin'an Prefecture.

When Shen Yi was in charge of the Dibao Department, he ordered Zheng Hu, the leader of the fourth group, to go south to Taizhou Prefecture and set up a Dibao Division branch in Taizhou Prefecture. government.

After all, only a big city like Lin'an Prefecture has room for the residence newspaper to survive and make money.

But now, even though Shen Yi is not in the mansion's newspaper department, old people like Zheng Hu still recognize him as an "old leader".

Facing these young people who came to pick him up, Shen Yi didn't have too much doubt.

After all, if these few people have problems, basically they can't get close to themselves, and they will be cleaned up by the inner guards.

Ever since, Master Shen nodded with a smile: "You guys lead the way."

The young man who spoke nodded and led the way for Shen Yi. After walking a few steps, the young man seemed to remember something, turned his head and bowed to Shen Yi and said, "Shen...Shen Sizheng, can I call you a sedan chair?" ?”

"No need."

Shen Yi waved his hand, looked left and right, and then said with a smile: "This is the first time I've come to Lin'an Mansion, and I just happened to see the style of Lin'an City."

Hearing what Shen Yi said, the young man nodded silently, and continued to lead the way with his head down. A few people had just walked for a while, and a middle-aged man who described it as ordinary, bought some anxious small steps, and hurried away. Come over, after seeing Shen Yi, he hastily made a deep bow and saluted: "Zheng Hu of the fourth group, I have seen... I have seen the imperial envoy!"

Right now, the group of people are all on an inconspicuous alley, so Zheng Hu's words did not attract the attention of others. Shen Yi smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why did you change your name? Don't recognize me Is this justice correct?"

Zheng Hu blushed slightly, lowered his head slightly and said, "My lord, what are you talking about, Di Baosi... After all, it is only a seventh-rank yamen, and the humble official is worried that you will be underestimated."

Master Shen chuckled: "It's true that it's a seventh-rank yamen, but where are the seventh-rank officials who can preside over this yamen?"

"You should still call me Si Zheng, so that we can be kinder to each other."

"Yes."

Zheng Hu also breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Hearing what you said, I feel relieved too."

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly, and said: "To tell you the truth, the lowly officials are counting on you when you will be able to take charge of the newspaper again..."

Master Shen glanced at him, and asked indifferently: "Why, Eunuch Sun wronged you?"

"I can't even talk about grievances..."

Zheng Hu looked left and right, then walked to Shen Yi's left back, lowered his head slightly and said, "That is, when you were in charge in the past, Jiankang's mansion newspaper department did not ask the local mansion newspaper department's Du Zhi, but now the local mansion newspaper All the income of the company must be handed over to Jiankang, and any expenses must be reported to the unified expenses..."

"Although this is troublesome, if Jiankang gives the money happily, the low-ranking class will not say much, but now, Jiankang's payment is getting slower and slower. I'm in arrears with my subordinates..."

Shen Yi frowned, looked back at Zheng Hu, and asked: "The local newspaper office, is it too late to pay?"

"Arrived."

Zheng Hu sighed: "Sizheng, if Jiankang doesn't take our money, the income of the newspaper office in Lin'an Mansion will exceed the expenditure by a lot, and the lowly position can expand more people, but..."

Shen Yi nodded, and said: "I know about this matter, Sun Jin is also in Zhejiang now, I will ask him about this matter in person in a few days."

Zheng Hu bowed his head and said, "Don't say that Si Zheng said it was from a humble job..."

"rest assured…"

Shen Yi smiled dumbly: "I know it well."

He looked at Zheng Hu and asked, "Where are we going now?"

Zheng Hu smiled at Shen Yi.

"Humble job will pick you up to report to Lin'an Mansion."

While he was speaking, a carriage was already driving over. Zheng Hu helped Shen Yi open the curtain, and then asked Shen Yi to sit in. After Shen Yi sat in the carriage, he waved to him. Zheng Hu hesitated and sat down. went in.

The carriage moved slowly.

Master Shen sat in the carriage, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, looked at the scene in Lin'an City, and asked, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"And there is..."

Zheng Hu lowered his head and said cautiously: "Also, when you sent our brothers to Jiankang, Si Zheng, you promised us that we would work hard outside for a few years, and you would find an official for us after a few years. body, but now..."

Zheng Hu sighed, and said: "To tell you the truth, Sizheng, you can't say that the mansion and newspaper office in Zhejiang was built from scratch with a humble job, at least it has a certain appearance after hard work. But now, Jiankang has already sent a few eunuchs to take charge of the affairs, and I am afraid that it will not be long before the low-ranking people will be kicked out of the mansion newspaper department, and the people in the palace will be in charge of the local mansion newspaper department..."

"Is there such a thing?"

Shen Yi frowned again.

He really didn't know.

In the early years, he gave up the position of Sizheng of the Dibao Division because the emperor promoted him, and he couldn't bear the old vacancy after being promoted, but now, what he left behind in the Dibaosi has been a bit rooted out. up.

"You will be able to see some father-in-laws in the palace later."

Zheng Hu smiled bitterly and said: "No matter what, a humble official would not dare to tell you nonsense."

Master Shen closed his eyes, thought for a while, and then said: "At the beginning, I did promise you that I would give you an official vacancy. At that time, the idea was that after the formation of the Mansion News Agency, it should be promoted as a fifth-rank official. , In the end, even the yamen of the fourth rank of the chief official, when the time comes, the few team leaders assigned to the localities, how can you get mixed up with a rank of seventh rank."

"Later, for various reasons, I left the Dibao Division and went to the Ministry of War."

Shen Yi clapped his hands and said, "Things are out of my control."

He looked at Zheng Hu, and said softly: "But don't worry, what I say is counted. After this time is busy, I will write a letter to His Majesty, requesting His Majesty to transfer the Di Baosi to the Hanlin Academy, and try my best to get back to you." If you don’t succeed in being in charge of the mansion’s newspaper department…”

Master Shen lowered his brows and said: "If it doesn't work out, let's give up the mansion office. At that time, I will find a way to transfer you guys to work under me, and I will still give you an official status."

Zheng Hu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and was about to kneel down to Shen Yi, but the carriage was so narrow that he couldn't stand up at all, so he could only bow his head deeply to Shen Yi: "Humble job... low job..."

Before he could speak, Shen Yi waved his hand to stop him from continuing.

"You don't need to say too much to be polite. Let's talk about the origin of those Western businessmen."

Zheng Hu nodded immediately, and said solemnly: "Yes, Si Zheng, those Western businessmen once came to our Lin'an mansion to report to the mansion to advertise in the mansion...to buy high-quality porcelain and tea, etc., and also want to buy some from us. The daughter of the Han family took it back to the West."

"However, the humble job only advertised for them to buy goods, and the buyers ignored them."

"These Western businessmen are rich."

Zheng Hu lowered his head slightly and said: "Spending money like water in Lin'an, I feel that their influence in the West should not be small, and they are the kind of people you need, Si Zheng."

"So I kept an eye out and dealt with them a little bit."

"They know that the Dibao Division is a job of the imperial court, so they still trust us. The humble official told them that the imperial envoy of my court wants to meet them and discuss a business with them."

After Zheng Hu coughed, he continued, "They agreed."

Shen Yi nodded and asked, "When?"

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will do. I will send someone to say hello to them and then we can meet."

"Tomorrow then."

Master Shen said slowly.

"See you sooner, and know it sooner."

(End of this chapter)