marquis of jingan

Chapter 714
The emperor obviously had no ability to resist the big cake given by Shen Yi.

After all, for this Emperor Hongde, the greatest wish in this life is probably the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, he will be willing to do anything that is beneficial to the Northern Expedition.

If someone else came to draw this kind of big cake with him, even if the emperor agrees with the plan, he would probably let the inner guard do it instead of handing over the task to the "advisor". It is so beautiful, even if the errands in Guangdong are not perfect, it does not affect Shen Yi's overall achievements in the past few years.

If Shen Yi can successfully "spread" the Dibaosi out, then it will naturally be of great benefit to the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, the emperor only thought about it for two or three days, and on the morning of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month in the tenth year of Hongde, the palace secretly issued a document to Shen Yi, officially handing over the intelligence department of the Mansion Reporting Department to Shen Yi.

This is nothing out of the ordinary.

Because although Mr. Shen has not been the official of the Di Baosi for a long time, in the past few years in the southeast, Shen Yi has never broken the connection with the Di Baosi. It can even be said that he has always been the real boss of the Di Baosi. Controller.

It's just that this kind of control is not so direct.

Now, Master Shen once again regained control of the Dibao Division, or half of the Dibao Division.

On the afternoon of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Mr. Shen had just borrowed two books from the Liquan Tower and returned home. When he walked to the front yard, Qing Er, the servant girl, ran all the way to Shen Yi, lowered her head slightly and said, "Master, there is a man named Lin Sheng The person who said he was your subordinate wanted to see you..."

Shen Yi stretched, smiled and said, "Where is it?"

Qing'er said softly: "I'm waiting for you in the living room."

Master Shen nodded and said, "Go and tell him to wait for me in the study."

Qing'er nodded and stepped back.

Shen Yi wandered around in the front yard, waited for a while, and then came to the door of his study with the two books in his hand.

Master Shen pushed the door open and walked in.

In the study room, sat a young man who looked a little thin, about 24 or [-] years old, his face was slightly pale, after seeing Shen Yi, he hurriedly stood up, bowed his hands respectfully to Master Shen: "I have seen Si Zheng. "

Lin Sheng, one of the eight chiefs of the Mansion News Agency appointed by Shen Yi.

At the beginning when Shen Yi formed the intelligence agency of the Dibao Division, it started from scratch, and seven people were seconded from the inner guards. Only then did the seven groups of the Dibao Division take shape.
Later, when Shen Yi sent out the Dibao Division, he sent out the six groups from the second group to the seventh group, but he left two groups in Jiankang to maintain Jiankang's Dibao Division, and Responsible for investigating the intelligence in Jiankang City.

These two groups are one group and eight groups.

(It was mentioned earlier in this paragraph.)
And this group is a bit different from the eighth group. The leader of the first group is still a man seconded from the inner guard. In essence, he is not a pure man from the Mansion Reporting Division, but an extra member of the Mansion Reporting Division's seven teams. The eighth team formed was personally selected by Shen Yi. All of them were recruited by the Dibao Division and basically had nothing to do with the inner guards.

Of course, the people in the eighth group also grew up in the other seven groups in the first few months.

In the eighth group, Shen Yi originally planned to train him as his direct descendant in the Dibao Division, but it is not as good as the sky. Not long after Shen Yi just set up the Dibao Division, he was sent by the emperor to follow Li Mu to patrol the sea south went.

Later, most of the Di Baosi that Shen Yi came into contact with were Zheng Hu from the second group and Duan Chong from the fourth group.

The other groups don't have much contact.

And this young man in front of him, who looks like a frail scholar, is the eighth team leader Shen Yi appointed when he was in the Dibao Department.

Lin Sheng.

Unlike everyone else in Di Baosi, this young man named Lin Sheng... is a scholar.

He was selected as a scholar when he was very young, but later he failed the township examination twice, and his livelihood became a problem again. He happened to be recruited by the Dibao Division, and by accident, he was admitted to the Dibao Division.

The academic qualifications of this group leader Lin are quite explosive in the entire Dibao Department, even in the compilation of texts in the Dibao Department.

And this was also the reason why Shen Yi made an exception to promote him back then, and promoted him to be the leader of the eighth team.

After all, scholars have a lot of minds, and it is easy to use, especially for this kind of scholars who have failed the rankings. There is no other way out, so it is even more convenient to use.

Seeing Lin Sheng, Shen Yi's thoughts were in a trance for a while, and he came back to his senses after a while. He first sat on his main seat, then looked up and down at the scholar in front of him, and said with a smile: "Almost three years have passed. , why are you still so thin, isn’t the salary of Di Baosi not enough for you to eat?”

"Si Zheng made fun of..."

Lin Sheng smiled wryly and said, "I was born with this physique, no matter how much I eat, it won't help."

Shen Yi smiled slightly, pointed to the chair in his study, and said, "Sit down and talk."

Lin Sheng sat down carefully, and then squeezed out a smile on his face: "After Si Zheng left the mansion, the subordinates have been thinking about Si Zheng very much. Now that they finally see Si Zheng again, the subordinates feel that I couldn't be happier."

Master Shen glanced at him with a half-smile.

"Is it?"

Lin Sheng nodded hastily and said: "Of course, if you don't believe Si Zheng, you can go to the mansion to ask Si Zheng, brothers..."

Shen Yi interrupted him unceremoniously, and said with a chuckle: "Although I spent most of my time in the southeast these few years, I also spent a lot of time in Jiankang. Why didn't Siwu Lin come to see me at my house?"

Lin Sheng smiled awkwardly, bowed his head and said, "Isn't this worried about contacting Si Zheng in private and causing trouble for Si Zheng..."

"You can speak."

Shen Yi poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked: "The eight groups I gave you back then, how is it now?"

Hearing this, Lin Sheng patted his chest proudly, and said, "The subordinates have naturally done a good job in handling the matter that Si Zheng entrusted. Our eighth team has been working for three years. Now in the entire Jiankang City, as long as Sizheng, there is nothing that the eight teams don't know about what you have come up with!"

Master Shen smiled and asked: "Then let me ask you, what is the relationship between Princess Yue and King Yue?"

Hearing this question, Lin Sheng immediately became hesitant.

Emperor Hongde's younger brother, Yue Wang Li Yu, married the youngest daughter of General Zhao as his concubine. No matter who these two people were, they could be described as sensitive in the Hongde Dynasty.

But now, Princess Yue has given birth to a son, so the Palace of Yue Wang is even more sensitive in Jiankang.

Not to mention whether Lin Sheng knew about this kind of thing, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't dare to say it.

Lin Sheng wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, bowed his head to Shen Yi and smiled wryly, "Si Zheng, my subordinates don't know..."

The smile on Shen Yi's face faded.

"It seems that you haven't made a name for yourself in the past few years."

Lin Sheng smiled awkwardly, and said, "That's right, without you sitting in charge, Si Zheng, the subordinates will naturally be in a bad shape..."

Master Shen got up and put the two books borrowed from Liquan Building on the shelf. He didn't look back, but said lightly: "You are well-informed in Jiankang. Your Majesty reported to the mansion about the secretary's promotion. You I guess I already know it, when next year starts, you will be the eighth-rank secretary of the Dibao Division."

Shen Yi turned his head, glanced at Lin Sheng, and said, "Do you want to have a higher status and higher grade?"

Lin Sheng hurriedly bowed his head deeply and said, "Sizheng, this subordinate has neither fame nor talent, all thanks to your support, Sizheng, it is already a fluke to have an eighth-rank background. Dare to think of him again!"

"Just listening to your words, if I don't know, I think Siwu Lin is an honest person who works hard."

Lin Sheng cupped his hands with a wry smile and said, "Si Zheng Mingjian, my subordinates are indeed honest people!"

Master Shen raised his brows and asked: "How did the official hear that the Jiankang Mansion newspaper office accepts money from scholars and promises to help others publish their poems and manuscripts in the mansion newspaper."

He looked at Lin Sheng and asked indifferently, "Could it be that I have misheard the rumors?"

Lin Sheng hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands to Shen Yi and said, "Si Zheng, this subordinate has wronged you!"

Master Shen's face was calm: "Where does the injustice come from!"

"Subordinates..."

He lowered his head and said, "The subordinates did receive the money, but the subordinates have read the poems and essays in advance. After confirming that they are top grade, they will be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for review..."

He yelled: "Besides, the subordinates refunded the money for those that could not be printed again!"

"This subordinate guarantees with his head that he has never interfered with the publication of the Mansion Newspaper..."

Siwu Lin had a bitter face, and was about to cry.

"Not a single word!"

Seeing this young man with a sad face in front of him, Master Shen only felt a little funny, and he said dumbly: "So, you are a person who is dedicated to his duties?"

"It's natural!"

Lin Sheng almost patted his chest and said, "Si Zheng, you can go and ask. In the past few years, the Jiankang Mansion Newspaper Secretary has been under his subordinates... um... under the efforts of his subordinates, it can be said to be impressive!"

"It's quite impressive."

The smile on Shen Yi's face subsided, and he said lightly: "Otherwise, Siwu Lin, you wouldn't be able to occupy two outer rooms in the Qinhuai River."

Lin Sheng's face turned pale, and he knelt down in front of Shen Yi with a plop, lowered his head and said, "Sizheng...I...subordinate..."

Shen Yi glanced at him lightly, and smiled again on his face.

"I have an errand now, and Siwu Lin can make up for it."

"Do you want to do it?"

(End of this chapter)