marquis of jingan

Chapter 695

"The old man has a really good temper."

The emperor personally sent Zhang Jing out of the Ganlu Palace, and specially gave two people to carry the sedan chair, and sent the old man out of the palace. Watching the sedan chair go farther and farther away, His Majesty the Emperor said with a smile: "It's even faster than I expected. Much calmer."

Standing behind the emperor, the eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly, and said, "Ms. Zhang has always been indifferent to his emotions and anger. Only he knows in his heart whether he is angry or not."

The emperor turned around with a smile and walked into the Ganlu Palace. As he walked, he said, "The old man is not alone. He can have a good temper. His former students and officials may not tolerate his good temper."

Gao Ming followed behind the emperor, bowed his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty is Gao Ming, with this letter from Bachelor Shen, Bachelor Shen will immediately be incompatible with Zhang Xiang's party."

Shen Yi did not impeach anyone, let alone Zhu Gui, in the secret memorial to the emperor.

He just mentioned the situation in Guangdong, and asked the emperor to strengthen the autonomy of the Shibo Division and the power of the five guards under the Dusi Yamen, so that the Shibo Division and the Five Guards do not have to be subject to the local government, and can operate independently of the local government. .

And the emperor, taking advantage of this letter, gave him a slight push.

The emperor put his hands behind his back and spoke calmly: "Shen Qi asked me for too many things. He has made a lot of contributions, so it's not good for me not to give them to him."

The emperor returned to the Palace of Ganlu and said slowly: "However, the competent minister should delegate power to him in handling affairs, and I have already made preparations to continue to delegate power to him in the future."

Having said that, the emperor didn't continue talking.

But the meaning of the words is obvious.

He can delegate power to Shen Yi, not only the current power of the coastal capital, but also in the future when it comes to the Northern Expedition or cleaning up the Zhao faction, the emperor can delegate power to Shen Yi within the maximum tolerance.

But there is a price to pay for this kind of authority.

For example, Shen Yi was too close to the Zhang family.

Although Shen Yi was not very popular in the court, and basically had no friends except Zhang Jian, but he didn't need too many people, just Zhang Jian and Zhao Changping, and the background of Master Shen suddenly became deeper.

Of course, Zhang Jian didn't need to say much. Although the old Xiangguo stepped down, his influence was still there. It can be seen from the fact that he can influence the governor of Guangdong two thousand miles away.

And Zhao Changping is the head of a university faction.

With these two forces behind him, Shen Yi's background among civil servants is actually very deep.

This is also one of the places where the emperor is not at ease.Compare
As far as Shen Yi's current performance in Southeast is concerned, he will make great use of Shen Yi in the future.

Since it is going to be of great use, it is necessary to plan ahead and cut off some of Shen Yi's branches and leaves in advance, so that he can have no distractions, and a trunk grows up with peace of mind.

At this moment, the emperor had vaguely planned to make Shen Yi a lonely minister.

It's just that the bond between Shen Yi and Ganquan Academy is too deep. Only Shen Yi can break this bond, and the emperor has no way to break it.

After sitting on the chair and thinking for a while, the emperor looked back at Gao Ming, and said, "Go and invite Minister Chen, and then the Minister of the Household Department. I want to discuss with them the suitable candidate for the new governor of Guangdong."

Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said, "Yes."

The emperor paused, and continued: "Also, you write a letter to Shen Yi in my name, asking him to do whatever he wants in Guangdong, without having to worry about the local yamen, but there are two points that must be clearly told to him."

"First, don't mess up my Guangdong."

The emperor looked calm, and continued: "Second, by the end of this year, regardless of whether the Guangzhou Shipping Department has been completed or not, let him rush back to Jiankang to celebrate the New Year. I will have another important use for him."

Gao Ming nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the five municipal bureaus are about to be completed one after another, and one Sun Jin must be too busy. Do you think you can send a few more eunuchs from the palace to take charge of several municipal bureaus..."

The emperor said "hmm".

"You arrange it."

After saying this, he glanced at Gao Ming, and said lightly: "Let them clean their hands and feet. If they have money in their hands, and some silver flakes are stuck between their nails, I can pretend that I didn't see it..."

"But Shen Qi, who worked so hard to make the Shibosi, those disciples and grandchildren under your command, if they want money, they dare to reach out to get it."

The emperor closed his eyes, expressionless.

"Don't blame me for not remembering the old friendship."

This sentence was clearly stated to Gao Ming.

Because the emperor actually has no relationship with the eunuchs who are doing things. He only has a relationship with Gao Ming. After all, Gao Ming followed him all the way from the East Palace, and he also watched him grow up when he was young.

Eunuch Gao was a smart person, so he naturally understood the meaning behind the emperor's words, so he knelt down and bowed his head deeply to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, someone is really blind, reaching out to the money..."

Eunuch Gao gritted his teeth: "The servants will cut them alive!"

"Ah."

The emperor waved his hand calmly: "Go down and do some errands."

…………

Afternoon, Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Jian, the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple who had just got off work from Taichang Temple, returned home, just changed his official uniform, and was about to go out to the Qinhuai River to have a look at the river view, when a servant girl of the Zhang family hurried over and saw After Zhang Jian, he bowed his head and gave a blessing, and said: "But the third young master, the master ordered you to go see him after you go home..."

As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Jian's changed clothes, and said, "You...don't go out."

Zhang Jian is the third among his peers, but because he is currently the only Jinshi in the third generation of the Zhang family, so he is the most favored by Zhang Jing on weekdays. Hearing his grandfather's call, Zhang Jian immediately extinguished his thoughts of going to the Qinhuai River to see the river scenery. Immediately nodded and said: "Okay, I will go to see my grandfather right away..."

He picked up the bronze mirror in the room and took a look. He felt that the clothes he was wearing were a bit fancy, so he changed into a serious blue dress, and after asking his wife to tidy up his hair, he came to a place in the backyard of the Zhang family. I was at the door of a small separate courtyard, and knocked lightly on the door: "Father, Jian'er has come to see you."

Zhang Jian waited at the door for a while before the wooden door opened slowly. A rich old woman looked Zhang Jian up and down and asked softly, "Did you make your father angry?"

This is Zhang Jian's grandmother. She was very kind to Zhang Jian since she was a child. When Zhang Jian was a county magistrate in Jiangdu, she often went to Jiankang for a few months just to visit her grandmother.

Compared with the body of the grandfather, the body of the grandmother is much worse.

Zhang Jian looked blank and shook her head: "Grandmother, hasn't your grandson done anything bad recently?"

The old woman nodded slowly, then pointed to the study, and said: "Your elder father was called into the palace early in the morning, and when he came back, he hid in the study and didn't come out. He didn't eat much for lunch. He's still in the study now, go see him."

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Jian was a little timid.

He shrank his neck and said cautiously: "Grandmother, eldest father..."

"Go at ease."

The old woman patted Zhang Jian on the back and said softly: "Grandfather and grandson, can he still eat you?"

Only then did Zhang Jian take a deep breath, and tremblingly walked to the door of Zhang Jing's study, knocked on the door, and said respectfully, "Father, grandson is back."

"Come in."

Old Xiangguo's voice was calm, and he still couldn't hear any emotions or anger.

Zhang Jian cautiously opened the door and went in. Seeing the old man sitting behind the desk, writing something, Zhang Jian stood cautiously, not daring to say a word.

The old man didn't raise his head, and asked lightly: "What do you think of Shen Yi?"

Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Father, my grandson thinks that Zi Heng is excellent both in character and ability..."

Zhang Jing raised his head, glanced at his grandson, then lowered his head silently, expressionless.

"The old man thought so too, that's why he asked you to make friends with him."

"Last year when he went back to Jiankang for the New Year, the old man gave him some advice and wrote him a letter asking Zhu Gui, governor of Guangdong, to help him with his errands in the southeast."

The old Xiangguo raised his head, looked at his grandson, and said slowly: "But he turned around and gave Zhu Gui a chance to participate, and he still participated in the secret performance."

Zhang Jian's face turned pale with fright, but he still gritted his teeth and asked, "Father, what is Zi Heng participating in Zhu Gui?"

"Greedy ink."

Zhang Jing snorted and said, "It's the first time I've seen the majestic governor of a province who was accused of being greedy! This Shen Qi is either a person who sells his name or is blindfolded by the word credit." !"

There was finally a hint of emotion in the old man's tone.

"Lengtouqing!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian finally understood what happened. Seeing that he was not the one who made his grandfather angry, he was not so nervous. Instead, he found a chair and sat down. After thinking about it with his head down, he carefully He looked at Zhang Jing and asked, "Is Daddy angry?"

"How can you not be angry?"

The old Xiangguo's beard was about to blow out: "That is the head of a province! I only have half of the country, how many governors are there in total?"

"How can you not be angry!"

The old man was naturally very angry. In fact, he really wanted to keep Zhu Gui's position as the governor, but the old Xiangguo saw it very clearly in the Ganlu Palace just now.

It's hard to keep.

Zhang Jian looked directly at his grandfather for the first time. After the young Taichang Temple Prime Minister glanced at his grandfather, he lowered his head and said, "Father, my grandson thinks that there must be something hidden behind this incident!"

Zhang Jing glanced at his grandson, and said in a muffled voice, "So you believe in that Shen Qi?"

"Ziheng is by no means the one who sells his name and uprightness as the father said, and he will not be blinded by his achievements..."

"Father, don't be impatient. Grandson will write to him immediately to ask clearly."

"Father is not in a hurry."

Zhang Jing shook his head and sighed: "However, Zhu Gui called his father one teacher at a time, and he was considered a member of the so-called Zhang Party back then. If the father didn't respond to this matter, then no one would listen to his words in the future. .”

He looked at Zhang Jian, and continued: "Father is old and not in court, it doesn't really matter if anyone listens to what you say, but you..."

"You have just entered the official career."

The old man's voice was serious: "If no one listens to your elder father's words, there will be no one to take care of you in the court in the future. You can't expect Shen Qi, who is one subject later than you, to take care of you, right?"

Zhang Jian looked serious.

"Father, you have been in office for four years."

"The Zhang party you are talking about...no one knows how many people will recognize it."

Zhang Jian took a deep breath, lowered her head and said, "Don't worry."

"Let's wait for grandson to ask about this matter before we talk about it..."

(End of this chapter)