marquis of jingan

Chapter 723
In the court meeting on the first day of the new year, there were naturally many things to discuss. During the extremely tormenting process, the discussions in the Deqing Hall were not concluded until the afternoon was approaching evening.

His Majesty the Emperor propped his head with his hands, sat on the dragon chair, and waved his hands wearily: "Okay, that's all for today's discussion. The rest of the matter should be handed over to Zhongshu first, and the prime ministers will deal with it."

After saying this, the emperor stood up and left Deqing Hall with his hands behind his back.

Civil and military officials knelt to send the emperor off.

After everyone got up, Master Shen heaved a sigh of relief.

At this moment, he felt very bad about himself.

Waking up before dawn, meetings going on all day, and no one getting any better.

Even though Shen Yi has been fishing, he still can't stand it.

However, Shen Langzhong still learned something during this court meeting.

For example, he saw a little old man standing nearby, who could sleep while standing, and stood very steadily, without shaking.

It can be said to be a stunt.

What's more, he saw many people hiding things in their sleeves, sometimes sneaking a bite.

Anyway, each has its own tricks.

As for the inexperienced Master Shen, he really suffered a lot. When he walked out of the Deqing Palace with a group of officials, he felt his legs were a little weak.

Zhang Jian followed Shen Yi, supported him, and said with a smile: "You don't have much experience when you look at Ziheng. The court meetings at the beginning of the year and the end of this year are the most procrastinating. Before you go out, you have to take ginseng to survive. , when the elder father went to court, he always prepared ginseng pieces on his body."

"I'll bring you some later."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said helplessly: "I'm not hungry, but my legs are a little sore from standing there for too long, and it will be fine in a while."

Master Shen Yi was young after all, after walking out of Deqing Palace, he returned to normal within a short while. At this moment, Jiang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of War, greeted at the entrance of the main hall, and let all the officials of the Ministry of War pass by.

Shen Yi glanced at Zhang Jian next to him, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that the Shangshu of our military department has the same name as the senior brother."

"It's a lot of the same name."

Zhang Jian said with a smile: "This official family likes to use simplified characters for future generations, but where can it be simplified? Jiankang City is very complicated."

The two had a conversation, and Shen Yi went to Jiang Shangshu to listen to "instructions".

There were not many officials above the fifth rank of the Ministry of War, and they gathered in front of Jiang Shangshu after a while. The Shangshu looked at the sky, stroked his beard and said, "Everyone, it's too late today, so there is no need to go back to the Ministry of War. Everyone, go back to your home. I’ll go back to the Yamen to do business tomorrow.”

When everyone heard the words, they naturally applauded in unison.

Jiang Shangshu looked at Shen Yi again, and said with a smile to everyone: "This is Shen Ziheng, the new doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. You all know each other well, so that you don't recognize anyone in the yamen."

In fact, there are very few people in the Ministry of War, especially those officials above the fifth rank, who do not know Shen Yi.

After all, apart from the three hall officials of the Ministry of War, only Master Shen was wearing a scarlet official uniform, so he was the only one in the Ministry of War.

When the Minister of the Ministry of War introduced the newcomer, other members of the Ministry of War naturally saluted Shen Yi, and Shen Yi also returned the salute one after another, as if he got to know his colleagues.

After everyone saluted, Jiang Shangshu looked at Shen Yi with a smile, stretched out his hand and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, the Department of Military Selection is the most important job in the Ministry of War. You should pay more attention. Don't go out." What's wrong."

Except for Shen Yi, among the officials above the fifth rank in the Ministry of War, the youngest one is more than one round older than Master Shen. Seeing Shen Yi, the military selection officer at this moment, it is inevitable that I feel a little sour in my heart, but on the surface everyone is still Stay decent.

Master Shen is also very sensible, and invited these colleagues from the Ministry of War to have a meal at Guiyunlou.

This meal cost Master Shen a lot of money.

After the meal was finished, the sky outside was completely dark. Shen Yi, who was three or four times drunk, staggered away from Guiyun Tower. After distinguishing the path, he got into his own carriage and faced the driver. Jiang Sheng said, "Go to the Zhao family."

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, and drove Shen Yi all the way to Zhao Changping's residence.

Master Shen was already a frequent visitor to Zhao's house, and basically all the concierges knew him, so they entered Zhao's house without notifying him.

After entering the Zhao family and seeing the Zhao family, Shen Yi knew that his Master Zhao hadn't come back yet.

They should still be "working overtime" at the household department.

In desperation, Shen Yi could only wait for a while at Zhao's house. Fortunately, his acquaintance Zhao Jizhou and Zhao Er were rarely at home and could chat with Shen Yi.

Unknowingly, more than half an hour passed, Zhao Shangshu's sedan chair finally stopped at the door of Zhao's house, Shen Yi went out to greet Zhao family together, saw Zhao Changping in the front yard, cupped his hands to Zhao Shangshu and said: "Master."

Zhao Shangshu glanced at Shen Yi, with a smile on his face: "Just now I was talking about Ziheng with Yi An, and Ziheng really came."

Master Shen said with a smile: "It seems that brother has also stayed in the household department until now."

"There are a lot of things in the household department..."

He glanced at Shen Yi.

"At the beginning of the year, it is inevitable that we will be busy."

Master Shen touched his nose, but didn't answer.

He knew that Zhao Changping was implying that the Ministry of War was not busy.

This is also true. Compared with other yamen, Da Chen's Ministry of War does not have too many things to do. Like at the beginning of the year, Shen Yi's military selection department was the busiest task in the Ministry of War. Although other yamen also have things to do, they will not be in a hurry .

That's why Jiang Shangshu asked the people in the Ministry of War to disband on the spot.

As Zhao Shangshu walked towards the house, he said, "I haven't eaten until now, Ziheng will accompany me to eat some?"

Shen Yi was socializing with those colleagues in Guiyun Tower just now, and he did not eat anything. Hearing this, he nodded and accompanied Zhao Shangshu to have a meal at Zhao's house.

After eating, Master Shen naturally followed Zhao Shangshu into the Zhao family's study.

After entering the study, Shen Yi cupped his hands and said: "If there is any offense in the court today, please forgive me, Master."

"Everyone is doing their job."

Zhao Shangshu took a sip of tea and said, "There is no such thing as offending or not offending."

After a pause, he put down his teacup, looked at Shen Yi, and said, "But there is one thing I want to know."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "Master uncle just asks, but my nephew knows everything."

"What does Your Majesty want money for?"

Zhao Changping put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "As far as I know, His Majesty spends money frugally. He doesn't spend much money every year. The internal money has been surplus every year in recent years."

He looked at Shen Yi and asked: "Although there is no specific amount of Shibosi's money, the Household Department will definitely have a lot left over to support the capital's yamen. What will His Majesty do with so much money?"

Master Shen was silent for a while, then sighed slightly.

"Uncle, there are some things that my nephew doesn't say, you should be able to guess."

"Your Majesty has actually been doing the same thing for the past few years. It's not hard to guess why he wants money from the Shibo Department."

Zhao Changping nodded.

"That's for the north side."

Shen Yi nodded silently: "There is nothing else to do."

Zhao Shangshu shook his head and sighed: "If it was for the Northern Expedition, Your Majesty would not have to go through such troubles. As long as the court makes up its mind, the Ministry of Household Affairs will definitely not be short of money and food for the frontline."

"But the imperial court's determination is not easy."

Shen Yi was about to continue talking, but Zhao Changping waved to him and said, "Sit down and talk instead of standing."

Shen Yi sat down as he said, and continued: "Not only the Ministry of Household Affairs, but also the Ministry of War needs to nod, and more importantly, several prime ministers in Zhongshu nod."

Zhao Changping frowned upon hearing this.

"Does Your Majesty want to cross the court?"

"It's impossible to cross the imperial court."

Shen Yi said honestly: "But in my opinion, His Majesty wants absolute dominance."

He whispered: "It means that this battle cannot be stopped if the court says it won't be fought."

"If he says not to fight, then he can stop fighting."

Zhao Shangshu frowned even deeper.

"Wouldn't that be the only husband?"

Shen Yi coughed and said helplessly, "Master, don't say such things."

"Taboo."

"There are only you and me here, and there are no six ears."

Zhao Shangshu's face was calm: "If it comes out of my mouth and into your ear, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that walls have ears."

Shen Yi said softly: "And my nephew seems to..."

"It's been more than 60 years since I traveled to the south, and the situation in the south of Dachen Pian'an has gradually stabilized."

"At this time, I want to fight the battle completely."

"Sometimes, you really need a single husband who can make up his mind."

(End of this chapter)