marquis of jingan

That night, Shen Yi had a good night's sleep.

The warmth of the family dissipated a lot of his fatigue these days. When he woke up the next morning, Master Shen became a young man with a radiant look. While putting on his clothes, he smiled and said to Lu Ruoxi: "Next year, As a husband, I probably don’t have to leave Jiankang, and I can spend time with my wife and Yuan’er.”

Lu Ruoxi had also gotten up at this moment, and while helping Shen Yi put on her official uniform, she said softly: "I've been traveling outside for a whole year, and I've been on the road for half a month, why did I get up early in the morning and not sleep for a while?"

Shen Yi shook his head and sighed slightly: "I went back to Jiankang yesterday afternoon, so I can excuse that it was too late yesterday, if I don't go to the palace today to pay the edict, even if the emperor doesn't blame me, the censor will probably join me. "

Speaking of this, Master Shen touched his wife's head, and said with a smile: "It's just a matter of a couple of days. After handing in the errand, the husband can rest at home for a while. The court will at least wait until the end of the year. will use me to do things.”

He smiled heartily: "Maybe it can be longer."

At this moment, the anxiety in Shen Yi's heart has disappeared in sevens and eighties.

Regardless of the emperor's attitude towards him, considering Shen Yi's current situation, the worst outcome would be nothing more than being left idle.

He is still a fifth-rank official and a second-best Jinshi. No one can bully him, so he can live his life in peace.

With this thought in mind, Shen Yi left the Shen mansion in official uniform when the sky was just dawn, then took a carriage to the gate of the imperial city, and then walked all the way from the gate of the imperial city to the gate of the palace.

This time, Master Shen waited for more than half an hour before he was brought into the side hall of Ganlu Palace by a young eunuch to wait for his edict.

Waiting for another hour.

It wasn't until near noon that a little eunuch came over and led Shen Yi all the way to the inner hall of Ganlu Hall. Holding the documents in his hand, Master Shen walked all the way into the inner hall. In the inner hall, he met His Majesty the Emperor.

"Shen Yi, a doctor of the minister's military department, greets His Majesty."

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor, as usual, was flipping through a book in his hand, but his mind was obviously not on the book. As soon as Shen Yi's voice sounded, he slowly put down the book in his hand, and then deeply He took a deep look at Shen Yi who was kneeling on the ground.

After being silent for a while, the emperor said slowly, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Shen Yi knelt on the ground, and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "I didn't wait long."

The emperor glanced at Shen Yi lightly: "There is no need to tell such lies, I know that you have been waiting outside for a long time, and I also know that you, Shen Qi, are impatient."

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Shen Yi quietly, expressionless: "The foreign ministers probably have to wait so long to see me."

For such a long time, Shen Yi, as long as he entered the palace to face the saint, unless the emperor was receiving ministers, he would basically be able to see the emperor very quickly.

The meaning of the emperor's words is that before you, Shen Yi, was able to see me, it was my special treatment for you.

It is my "holy family" to you.

Now, whether this "sacred family" is still there, you have to weigh it yourself.

Master Shen was still kneeling on the ground, he also raised his head to look at the emperor, lowered his head slightly and said: "I...thank you for your kindness."

Seeing Shen Yi's face like Pinghu, His Majesty the Emperor felt a little angry for no reason, but he suppressed his anger and said in a muffled voice: "Give me a seat."

Soon, a small stool was placed behind Shen Yi, and Master Shen sat down without changing his face.

The emperor took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and then said: "Shen Qing, you were ordered to patrol the sea in Hongde for eight years, and you have been in the southeast for several years in a blink of an eye, and you can report the situation in the southeast to me."

Master Shen lowered his head slightly, and said, "Yes."

"Your Majesty, I have been in the southeast for several years, and I have experienced the local customs of the three provinces in the southeast."

"Zhejiang...Fujian and Guangdong provinces, the problems in each province are very big..."

"The Japanese problem is only a small part of the problem."

"Officials are corrupt, people are poor, and local land mergers are intensifying..."

Master Shen raised his head, looked directly at the emperor, and said in a deep voice, "It's all a chronic disease, and it cannot be resolved by a governor or a few imperial envoys from the three courts."

"And based on this inference, not only the three southeastern provinces, I am afraid that all the provinces and yamen in Dachen have this problem."

The emperor's expression turned a little ugly again.

He stared at Shen Yi for a long time, and said slowly: "From what Shen Qing said, it seems that my great Chen is already in turmoil, and the country's ruin is only a few days away."

Master Shen was silent for a moment, then continued: "If Your Majesty doesn't want to hear these things, I can say something pleasant, and I will send a congratulatory form to Your Majesty tomorrow, wishing His Majesty peace in the world and peace in the world."

There is a bit of yin and yang in this sentence.

The emperor finally couldn't hold back any longer. He waved his hand and signaled the high eunuch to screen out the palace people. Soon, the palace people in the inner hall of Ganlu Palace retreated, leaving only the emperor and his ministers and a high eunuch.

The emperor sneered: "You think I don't know what you said? But what's the use of knowing?"

"You scholars, you can only..."

He originally wanted to say that scholars can only talk empty words, but thinking of Shen Yi's "achievements" in the past two years, the emperor snorted and did not continue.

"His Majesty…"

Shen Yi bowed his head and said: "There is no dynasty in the world that lasts for a hundred generations. There will always be a day of decline in all dynasties, but as the emperor, His Majesty is determined to rejuvenate, so he can't continue to watch the government rot and the people suffer."

He stared at the emperor and said, "Always try to do something..."

"Let's not say that it is not for the sake of the common people, it is for the great Chen Guozuo..."

"You sound good!"

The emperor stood up from his chair and gave Shen Yi a cold look.

"You can say one thing and do another."

His Majesty the Emperor sneered and said, "Just like you, you Shen Qi kept saying that you would contribute to the country, but what happened?"

"Guangdong is a mess. If you say let it go, let it go!"

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor was obviously agitated.

Probably because he and Shen Yi are the same age.

Or because, there is no outsider present at the moment, so that he doesn't have to continue to put on airs.

Shen Yi stood up silently, bowed to the emperor, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I am a living person, and I must have friends."

"friend?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Should it be cronies?!"

When the two of them said this, they finally quarreled.

Master Shen really wanted to yell at this peer in front of him, but thinking of his identity, he could only hold back his anger, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is aware of the details, you should know that I have been doing things outside these few years, and have not talked to any court officials. There is a relationship of interest."

"There is no way to talk about the word cronies."

"As for what His Majesty said about Guangdong."

Shen Yi said in a low voice: "Since Zhu Gui was replaced, the matter of Guangdong has become difficult to deal with in my opinion. I know that my skills are shallow, so I consciously left Guangdong."

"Try not to mess up Guangdong more."

The emperor gritted his teeth: "You, Shen Qi, mean that I messed up Guangdong?"

"I dare not!"

Shen Yi quickly bowed his head and said.

No matter what, the emperor is sticky to the pot. You can't throw any pot on the emperor's head, otherwise it is very likely to hit your own head.

Although Shen Yi hastily denied it, His Majesty the Emperor was still a little angry, he said angrily.

"I want to cut off some external ties for you, and work for the court with peace of mind!"

"In case you, Shen Ziheng, look around in the court hall in the future and go astray!"

At this moment, this pair of monarchs and ministers are like quarreling friends.

However, Shen Yi maintained the greatest degree of restraint, and only scolded his mother in his heart.

And the little emperor, who had always been calm, became a little frustrated now.

"His Majesty…"

Master Shen bowed his head and said, "Shen Yi has no party."

The emperor curled his lips in disdain, and sat back in his seat.

"You are like this now, but it doesn't mean that you will be like this in the future. Besides, since there is no party, you know that Zhu Gui has committed crimes and misdeeds in Guangdong Province. Why not join him, but also protect him in front of me? "

"Because he is still useful."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "If he is unusable, I won't say a word."

"I think..."

"Your Majesty wants the Northern Expedition and Zhongxing, and sometimes you need to use talents or not."

The emperor sneered and said, "Then, Shen Qing, are you virtuous or capable?"

"minister…"

Master Shen took a deep breath, lowered his head slightly, and said: "I am neither of the two, I can only try my best to do small things for His Majesty and the court, it is useless."

Having said that, he took out a pure gold plaque from his pocket, held it in both hands, and bent down deeply: "Shen Yi, a doctor of the Minister's Military Department, has completed his patrol of the sea for the past two and a half years, and is here to return the gold medal to His Majesty. Return the decree."

The emperor silently glanced at the gold medal Shen Yi handed in front of him.

Logically speaking, he should have reached out to pick it up.

However, he still didn't reach out after all.

His Majesty the Emperor was expressionless and asked, "Have you used this brand?"

Shen Yi shook his head: "I haven't had time to use it yet."

"Then you can keep it for now."

The emperor sat back in his seat in a somewhat dispirited manner, with a lazy tone, and then laughed at himself.

"In the future when the world is in chaos, you can use it to exchange some money."