marquis of jingan

Chapter 638: Old Prime Minister's Influence

It was near noon that Shen Yi sent Zhang Jian out of the gate of Shen's house.

It's not that Mr. Shen is stingy and doesn't want to keep him at home for dinner. He is really a big family with many rules at home. Today is New Year's Eve. As the grandson that Mr. Shen valued most, Zhang Jian can go out for a while. It's not easy, if you don't go back to eat lunch, I'm afraid the old man will start a family law against him.

Compared with the Zhang family, although the Shen family is also a noble family, they don't pay as much attention to the rules as those big families. At noon that day, the family sat together for a reunion dinner. In the evening, Master Shen sat down with his family to make a meal After eating a bowl of flat food, the family is ready to watch the year and set off firecrackers.

Not long after eating, the little guy Shen Yuan yawned and fell asleep. When midnight was approaching, Lu Ruoxi also lay on the bed and fell asleep slowly.

Finally, at midnight, Shen Yi put on his clothes and walked out of the room. Just as he was about to light the firecrackers at midnight, he saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walking towards Shen's house under the moonlit night with a bunch of firecrackers in his hand. the gate.

He took out the firecracker from his arms and lit the last firecracker in Hongde's nine years.

It is also Hongde's first firecracker in ten years.

As soon as the firecrackers were fired, the young man turned around and saw Shen Yi standing at the door of the room. He smiled and said, "Brother still not asleep?"

"I thought of setting off firecrackers."

Master Shen looked at Shen Heng with some emotion: "When our brothers were in Jiangdu before, if my father didn't come back, I would have been the one who set off the cannons."

Shen Heng lowered his head slightly and said, "Brother has a lot to do, I want him to rest earlier."

Shen Yi stepped forward, patted Shen Heng on the shoulder, then silently turned and went back to the bedroom.

In the past few years, especially after he passed the entrance examination and became an official, because his own ability has far surpassed that of everyone in the family, Shen Yi subconsciously put all the responsibilities and burdens on his shoulders.

It wasn't until that night that Shen Yi had a vague feeling in his heart.

That is.
This younger brother who has been dependent on him for many years seems to be...
has grown up.

This is a good thing.

Whether it is for Shen Heng himself or for the entire Shen family, it is a good thing.

After Mr. Shen returned to the bedroom, he hung his clothes beside the bed, lay down in the warm blanket, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

This time, he slept soundly.

………………

The next day, when Master Shen woke up, everything had been renewed and everything was renewed.

The time jumped from Hongde's nine years to Hongde's ten years.

Together with Shen Heng, Shen Yi mixed half a bowl of paste, and then took the Spring Festival couplets written in advance, and carefully pasted them on the front door of his house.

However, the two brothers only stuck to this one door, leaving the rest to the servants in the family.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Shen Yi still didn't go out, but was busy at home for a long time, and then read books in his study for a long time.

In the evening, the sky was cloudy all afternoon, and it began to snow heavily.

This snowfall was extremely heavy. In the past few years, Shen Yi spent the Chinese New Year in Jiankang City. In his memory, at least in recent years, there has never been such a heavy snowfall.

The goose feather snow drifted for only one day and one night.

In the afternoon of the next day, the heavy snow stopped, but although the snow didn't last long, it still dyed Jiankang white.

On the second day of the new year, it was already the day of New Year's greetings, because it snowed in the morning and did not go out. After the snow stopped in the afternoon, Shen Yi and Lu Ruoxi went out with their son to celebrate the New Year.

In fact, there are not many people that the couple want to pay New Year's greetings to. There are only three people on the left and right, Mr. Gu from Dayifang, Zhao Changping, Minister of the Household Department, and...

Old Prime Minister Zhang Jing.

The first two are half teachers with Shen Yi. Whenever Shen Yi is in Jiankang during the New Year and holidays, he has to carry things to see. As for the last one...

It was because of Zhang Jian.

He has a very close personal relationship with Zhang Jian, so he should meet the old Xiangguo of the Zhang family during the New Year's greetings.

Although the snow in Jiankang City is very thick, but because it is the actual capital, the "municipal" work is still done quite well. There are special people responsible for shoveling snow. When the couple go out, the main road of Jiankang Basically everything was cleaned up, so the couple brought their son Shen Yuan together to celebrate the New Year.

The little doll during the New Year's Day is undoubtedly a red envelope harvester. Even Mr. Gu, who is not very rich, made a small red envelope for Shen Yuanxian with red paper, stuffed a few pieces of scattered silver into it, and stuffed it in the small pocket. In the hands of the doll, I made lucky money for the child.

As for the Zhao family, Mrs. Zhao and the two daughters-in-law of the Zhao family loved Shen Yuan so much that they stuffed the children's clothes with lucky money wrapped in red paper.

Because they stayed in Zhao's house for too long, when the couple came out from Zhao's house, it was already past Wei Shi and approaching Shen Shi.

At around [-]:[-] Shen Shi, the Shen family's carriage stopped at the gate of Zhang's residence, but only the husband and wife got down.

The little guy, Shen Yuan, was sent back to Shen's house by them.

Because the relationship between Shen Yi and Mrs. Gu Zhao Shangshu is similar to that of master and apprentice, so they are closer. It is only natural to bring the child to a few elders to have a look, but when it comes to the Zhang family, there is no need to bring the child, otherwise It seemed a little abrupt.

After getting off the carriage, the couple handed over greeting cards, and soon Zhang Jian and Zhang Yi'an came out to welcome the couple in person.

As the Zhang family is a big family, there are naturally many women in the family. Lu Ruoxi only sat in the main hall for a while before being taken away by these young wives of the Zhang family.

And Shen Yi was invited to meet in the study by the old master Zhang Jing.

At the door of the study, Shen Yi shook off some snowflakes on his body, then reached out and knocked on the door, and said, "Old Xiangguo."

Soon, the door was slowly opened. Zhang Jing, a thin but energetic old man, looked Shen Yi up and down, with a happy smile on his face: "I remember the last time I saw Qilang, the old man said to Qilang, Ask Qilang to come and walk around the house if you have nothing to do, Qilang agreed at that time..."

For ordinary friends, Shen Yi should be called Biao Zi. Only people of the same clan, or people who are very close can call Shen Yi's seniors.

Even for the elders, they generally respect Shen Yi's current achievements and call him Ziheng.

But for Zhang Jing, an old senior in the officialdom, the old Xiangguo, he could call Shen Yi "Qilang", that was to express his intimacy and to give Shen Yi face.

The old man smiled and said, "Count it up, how long has it been since we saw each other?"

Shen Yi was a little ashamed, bowed his head and said: "Firstly, I am busy with things, and secondly, I am afraid of disturbing Lao Shangshu's cleanliness."

The old man turned his body sideways and let Shen Yi walk in, then he closed the door and smiled heartily: "Has the old man entered Taoism, what do you want to be clean?"

"As people get older, what they fear most is cleanliness. It's better to be more lively."

Shen Yi also nodded with a smile, and said, "Since that's the case, from now on, whenever I have free time, I'll come and bother the old man."

"That's what it sounds like."

The old man pointed to the chair in the study and signaled Shen Yi to sit down. After Shen Yi was seated, he looked at Shen Yi with a smile on his face: "I heard about Qilang's errands last year, and they did a good job. "

The old man slowly sat down and looked at Shen Yi with admiration: "The chaos in the southeast has been brought to life by you in just two years. Since the Hong De dynasty, you, Shen Qi, can be said to be the number one hero."

Shen Yi shook his head. Just as he was about to say a few words of modesty, he heard the old man continue to say: "When the new year starts again, Qilang should be going to run the Guangzhou Shipping Department, right?"

Shen Yi was not at all surprised that the old man knew about the court's "secret project".

Those who have been able to wrestle with Yang Jingzong for many years and have not been defeated by Lao Yang naturally have his means.

As for the five city ship divisions...

Now out of the five municipal bureaus, only one Zhejiang municipal bureau has been established, but among the five municipal bureaus, Songjiang Mansion is very close to Jiankang, within the absolute radiation range of the emperor, and a city bureau was established in Songjiang Prefecture , basically there is no difficulty.

And next year, if Cheng Tingzhi can be used as the governor of Fujian, then there will be no problem with the Fuzhou and Quanzhou Shipping Departments in Fujian.

The rest is the Guangzhou Municipal Shipping Department in Guangdong.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked up at the old man, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This old man, who has not been in court for many years, can still see the key to the matter at a glance!

This kind of political sensitivity is absolutely insane!

And this kind of political sensitivity, on the one hand, is a test of vision, but more of it is due to talent.

It has to be admitted that some people are naturally suitable to mix in the officialdom, because they not only have political insight, but also have good enough acting skills.

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Yi nodded and said, "It's probably the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Shipbuilding."

"Governor of Guangdong..."

The old man chuckled and said, "It's the old man's disciple."

Having said that, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it in front of Shen Yi: "I know Qilang is coming, so I prepared it for Qilang in advance."

Shen Yi received the letter with both hands, and asked, "Old Xiangguo, this is?"

"A letter from the old man to Zhu Gui, governor of Guangdong."

The old man smiled and spoke lightly.

"If he sells the old man's face, Qilang's job next year will be much easier."

(End of this chapter)