marquis of jingan

Chapter 675

Objectively speaking, most women are not suitable for politics.

Of course, most men are not suitable for politics.

However, purely in terms of the proportion of "political talents", women are less than men.

Because women are often irrational, and if they want to survive in the officialdom, they must first control their emotions, and they must have a chest full of thunder and a face as flat as a lake.

Although most women are irrational, there are always some exceptions.

For example, the eldest daughter of the Ye family in front of me is like this.

She is not only smart, but also very rational. She is already a very qualified official who can take one step and see three steps.

If she can enter the imperial court as an official, although she dare not say that she is named as a prime minister, it should not be difficult for her to be a fourth-rank and fifth-rank official.

For ordinary people, even if they are two ranks of Jinshi, the fourth and fifth ranks are already the limit. To go up, firstly, they need contacts, and secondly, they need opportunities.

It's a pity that time has restrained her.

It is impossible for her to be an official in this era, and it is impossible for her to be on the political stage.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi was slightly dazed.

He thought of another smart woman in Jiankang City.

And that woman already has all the elements to be on the political stage...

Seeing that Shen Yi was in a daze, Ye Chan lowered her head slightly and said, "Master, I praise you, I just have some cleverness, and I won't be able to make it to the big stage."

Master Shen came back to his senses, looked at Ye Chan, and said with a smile: "Miss Chan'er's only weakness is that she pays too much attention to her family. It was the same three years ago, and it will be the same after three years."

Three years ago, Ye Chan's father was seriously ill and was bedridden. If he thought about it rationally, the best choice for Ye Chan was to get married.

Because of the affairs of the Ye family, she shouldn't be in charge of it.

For the sake of her family, she stood up and took care of the family affairs.

Three years later, Ye Chan is willing to recommend herself to Shen Yi. A small part of the reason is of course that she has some admiration towards Shen Yi, but the bigger reason is for her family.

Although she is also a member of the Ye family, if something happens to the Ye family, she will most likely suffer, but with this woman's means, it is not difficult to get herself out of the Ye family. After marrying herself, the court Most likely it won't be pursued.

And this Miss Ye, for the sake of her family, took the initiative to find Shen Yi, and was willing to lie down and be a little girl.

This is very rare in this era where chastity is valued, and it is not much easier than suicide.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Ye Chan, who had lowered her head slightly, suddenly felt a sense of grievance welling up in her heart, and her eyes immediately turned red.

However, she quickly controlled her emotions. After wiping her tears with her sleeve, she looked up at Shen Yi and squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile: "The concubine's family should have said this to the concubine, but In the past three years, no one in the family has spoken a word to my concubine."

"I didn't expect to hear it from the young master."

She lowered her head slightly and said: "Young master can understand me, I am grateful from the bottom of my heart."

"These things aren't hard to come by."

Master Shen took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The Ye family doesn't want to understand you. There are two kinds of people. One is those side branches who hate you for spoiling their good deed."

"The second type of person is Lingdi."

Shen Yi smiled and glanced at her.

"I'm afraid Brother Ling is rarely willing to see Miss Chan'er now?"

Ye Chan raised her head abruptly, she looked at Shen Yi, her eyes widened: "Your...you..."

He wanted to ask, how did you know, my lord.

Master Shen looked calm.

"As long as you put yourself in the situation and think about everything, it's not difficult to guess the thoughts of others. If I were Brother Ling..."

Master Shen sighed: "Most likely I will feel guilty to the extent that I don't want to see you."

Seeing Ye Chan froze on the spot without speaking for a long time, Shen Yi stood up and stretched his waist: "Before I knew it, the conversation went too far."

After he smiled, he continued: "Since I have entrusted you to take care of those properties, then how to deal with them is your business, and I don't care."

"This Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce, you make up your own mind. If you encounter any difficulties, come to me again."

At this moment, Ye Chan's mood had stabilized. She walked behind Shen Yi, first poured a cup of hot tea for Shen Yi, then stretched out her hand to squeeze Shen Yi's shoulder, and said softly: "Actually, my son, you don't have any other thoughts about this concubine. Look at it, don't you?"

"I'm afraid it's not your original intention to choose me to handle the property of the Fuzhou gentry."

Shen Yi put down the teacup in his hand, and glanced back at the woman standing behind him.

"how do I say this?"

"I guessed it myself."

Ye Chan said softly: "You pretended to be in the same room with my concubine that day. It should be for other people to see. I went back and thought about it. This kind of thing is not a good thing for the young master. There is no reason for the young master to publicize this matter. go out…"

"unless…"

Ye Chan looked to the north, but didn't speak.

Shen Yi smiled dumbly: "What else? What else did you guess?"

Ye Chan said in a low tone: "Also, the young master told my concubine that there is a big and medium tea shop in Fuzhou, which is a business in the palace. You said that the owner of your tea shop said hello, which means you know the owner of this tea shop. of."

Speaking of this, Ye Chan glanced at Shen Yi, and there was some resentment in her eyes.

"Two days ago, my concubine heard that the Dazhong tea shop sent several large boxes of silver to the governor's office."

"I haven't heard anything about the relationship between the new governor and the Dazhong tea shop, so this money..."

"Most likely you transferred it, young master."

"My lord, you want to use the money, you transferred it from the Dazhong tea shop, but you didn't withdraw it from my concubine..."

She sighed faintly: "It means that this big and medium tea shop is closer to you than a concubine."

"It's still the same now, let alone last year."

Ye Chan's voice was soft: "Besides, you rejected me last year. I thought, you originally intended to let the owner of the Dazhong Tea House take care of the property confiscated by me and other Fuzhou gentry, didn't you?"

Hearing this, Master Shen couldn't help clapping his hands and praised: "Miss Ye is really smart."

"But you didn't ask the Dazhong Tea House to do this. You also said that the Dazhong Tea House is a business in the palace, which means that the palace rejected you..."

"All right."

Shen Yi interrupted her, shook his head slightly and said: "That's all for now, it's not appropriate to go any further."

What I have to say is that this girl from the Ye family is indeed intelligent to a certain extent. With just a few incidents that seem to be completely unconnected, she was able to connect these incidents together and almost restore them to the original state. Eighty to ninety percent.

Shen Yi stood up from the chair, looked back at the woman carefully, and after thinking for a while, asked: "Miss Chan'er, it seems that you are not showing off, why did you suddenly say everything in your heart in front of me today?" come out?"

"Because I know that you didn't choose to be a concubine."

She raised her head and looked directly at Shen Yi, took a deep breath and said, "I just want to tell the young master that I am not stupid."

"I can handle things in Fuzhou well..."

Candidates, show your ability to the boss.

Master Shen rubbed his chin, then smiled: "Miss Chan'er is not only not stupid, she is so smart that it gives me a chill down my spine."

"So far, you've almost guessed everything right."

Ye Chan's eyes flickered, but she didn't speak.

If she guessed all of them correctly, it meant that the Lord Shen in front of her that day was playing with her, and it was for the emperor to watch!

She didn't understand what kind of relationship Shen Yi had with the emperor, but now she knew very well in her heart that she and this Lord Shen...

Seems to be a family already.

At least it is with the emperor.

Master Shen found a free teacup, poured Ye Chan a cup of tea, and said, "Today, Miss Chan'er will stay with me for a while, and leave here when it gets dark, so that I can deal with the dozen or so families tomorrow." It’s easier when you’re human.”

Master Shen sat back in his seat, and said calmly: "Fuzhou Wei is recruiting soldiers. I will go to Langqi Island tomorrow to take a look. I don't think I will be back in seven or eight days. I'm not in Fuzhou. If Miss Chan'er encounters something For matters, you can go to the governor's office to find Cheng Zhongcheng."

"Um…"

Speaking of this, Shen Yi pondered for a while, and then said: "When you see Cheng Zhongcheng, just say that you are from the Dusi Yamen, and he will naturally help."

Ye Chan lowered her head and said, "My lord, don't worry, nothing will happen to me."

Shen Yi nodded, looked left and right, and found a chessboard beside his desk. He looked at Ye Chan and asked with a smile, "Can Miss Chan'er know how to play backgammon?"

Ye Chan nodded.

Backgammon originated very early and has a long history in this world. Although it does not have the high status of Go, it can be regarded as one of the folk entertainment games. Gentlemen like Ye Chan can naturally play it.

While setting up the chessboard, Master Shen sent out invitations.

"I'm bored left and right, it's still early before dark, how many games shall we play?"

Ye Chan rolled her eyes and whispered, "My lord, if someone is staring at us, why don't we go to the bedroom?"

She wanted to cooperate with Shen Yi in acting.

"It's okay."

Master Shen said with a smile.

"In their eyes, it doesn't matter which room we are in."

"all the same."

(End of this chapter)