marquis of jingan

747--Andrew
"Zhao Clan..."

After the emperor said these two words, he suddenly stopped talking. Shen Yi immediately looked at the servants who were waiting in the main hall, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone go out, no one is allowed to come in."

The servant girls of the Shen family retreated immediately, and not long after, there were only three of them left in the main hall. The emperor took another sip of tea and said with a smile: "The tea is not bad."

He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Xu Fu got it for you?"

Xu Fu opened a tea shop in Fujian, and indeed he could get a lot of good tea, and he would occasionally send some tea to the palace.

Shen Yi shook his head, and said, "This is some tea I brought back from my father-in-law in my hometown in Jiangdu. I don't know where it is produced. If your Majesty likes it, I will write to my father-in-law to ask about the source and bring some to the palace."

"That's not necessary."

The emperor chuckled: "Occasionally, it is the real taste, but if it is too much, it will be tasteless."

What he said seems to have something to say.

Shen Yi's mind turned quickly, he thought of Gu Hengbo in the harem...

When Gu Hengbo was outside the palace, the emperor thought about her day and night, and went out of the palace to work when he had free time. Could it be that he was getting tired of entering the palace now?
However, Shen Yi didn't have much interest in the matter of the harem. Thinking of this, he didn't continue to think about it, but subconsciously flattered him and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is transparent."

The emperor coughed.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

He put down his teacup, pondered for a moment, and said, "Since Hongde's big defeat in seven years, the Zhao Clan has settled down a lot in the past few years, but they have never stopped making small moves behind their backs."

"For example..."

The emperor slowly looked at Shen Yi: "For example, Shen Qing, when you were in the southeast of the city, there were people who wanted to sabotage secretly, and even now..."

"Many smuggled merchant ships have appeared in the southeastern provinces. I suspect that the Zhao family is behind the scenes."

Master Shen was stunned: "Your Majesty, when I was in the southeast, I didn't feel..."

"That's because the inner guards that can be dealt with have already been dealt with. Those inner guards who can't deal with it, and for various reasons, have not confronted you head-on."

The emperor continued: "For example, the commander of the capital of the Fujian capital has now been dismissed."

"This man..."

"At the beginning, I planned to meet Cheng Tingzhi head-on in Fujian."

"My southeast, although it has just been cleaned up, there are always people who are secretly obstructing it. Now, it has only been half a year, and there is some delay."

Shen Yi thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, a ruthless person must be sent to take care of this Southeast."

"Although Eunuch Sun is a good person, sometimes he is a little soft-hearted."

The emperor heard the words and looked at Shen Yi.

"Do you have a choice?"

Shen Yi shook his head: "This person... must come out of the inner court, and after using it..."

After use, it must be disposed of.

Because this person is used to attract hatred, after attracting hatred, it is natural to use him to resolve conflicts.

Then he told the outside world that His Majesty the wise and mighty emperor was deceived by the traitor, and now the traitor has been dealt with.

So as to quell the so-called "public grievances".

In fact, this is not public grievances, but the grievances of vested interests.

This is one of the most commonly used methods by the emperors. His Majesty the current emperor had thought of asking Shen Yi to do similar things before, so he was very familiar with this method. Hearing this, he nodded silently and smiled at Shen Yi: "That's right. , the inner court needs a powerful character."

As he said that, the emperor glanced at Gao Ming pointedly, but did not speak.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly and did not speak.

The emperor didn't say much. After a pause, he said, "After arriving at the Huaihe Navy, see if Zhao Lu is willing to talk to you."

"If you are willing to talk to you, you can have a good talk with him."

The emperor paused, and said slowly: "If you don't want to talk to you, then you don't have to talk to him. Come back when you should, and start the next step."

Shen Yi nodded silently, and asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, if we talk about it, how should we talk about it?"

"Look at you."

The emperor said with a smile: "You have a sense of propriety in doing things, I can rest assured."

Shen Yi also smiled and reminded: "Your Majesty, I have enmity with the Zhao Clan."

"That's why I asked you to talk to them."

The emperor said indifferently: "If he has the sincerity to persuade you, I will give their family a good end, if not..."

"Then what to do."

Shen Yi nodded silently.

"My minister...thank you for your trust."

On this day, the emperor stayed at Shen's house for more than half an hour, and finally hugged Shen Yuan for a while before getting into the sedan chair and leaving.

The three members of the Shen family sent them all the way out of the alley, and waited until the sedan chair was far away before turning around and going home. After turning around, Lu Ruoxi heaved a long sigh of relief, and said, "So your majesty looks like this."

She looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Although I know that His Majesty is young, but when I heard people talking about it before, I always thought he was a big man with a long beard."

The emperor's portraits are generally painted in the direction of majesty. For example, they will deliberately draw the emperor to be fatter to show his majesty.

If it's a thin monkey, it won't be able to control the situation.

Therefore, in the past dynasties, except for the emperor who was indeed very thin, most of the portraits of other emperors were somewhat fat.

Shen Yi laughed softly: "He is the same age as you and me, only two or three months older than me."

"You are only half a year older than you, madam."

Lu Ruoxi said with emotion: "It's amazing to be in charge of Jiangshan Sheji at such a young age."

"The current Majesty is indeed powerful."

Speaking of this, Master Shen smiled and said: "But your husband, I am also very good."

Lu Ruoxi cast a reproachful look at Shen Yi: "Let people listen, you have a short relationship with the emperor in private, so you have to write a letter to join you."

Shen Yi smiled dumbly and didn't care.

However, he still remembered the business, coughed, and said: "By the way, madam, I may have to go out in a few days."

Lu Ruoxi blinked her eyes.

"Isn't my husband the commander of the Ministry of War? Why do you want to go out again?"

"There are things to go out and do."

Master Shen thought for a while, and said: "When I'm not at home, you don't want to leave Jiankang, let alone go back to Jiangdu."

"I'll write a letter to Jiangdu later, asking my father and Zichang to come back to Jiankang first."

"Especially Zichang."

Mentioning his younger brother, Master Shen was a little unhappy. He frowned and said, "It's too outrageous. After returning to Jiangdu, he doesn't want to come back. He still has an errand for the Imperial Academy. If you don’t return, what will the officials of the Hanlin Academy think?”

"When he comes back later, I will take him to invite the chief officer of the Hanlin Academy to dinner."

Seeing that Shen Yi was a little angry, Lu Ruoxi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Jiulang is still young, so it's not surprising that he is greedy for some children's affair. Just find a way to welcome the young lady into the gate of Shen's house, and bring them to Jiankang together."

"Ah."

Master Shen nodded silently, and sighed: "I hope that father will think about it earlier, otherwise the two of you may have a rift."

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Because of the incident of running naked on the Qinhuai River, the entire Northern Qi mission was very embarrassed, but Master Shen provoked it, causing the Northern Qi envoy Zhu Man to hold a grudge against Pei Yuan. When the two met again, Zhu Man even almost Add fists and kicks to Pei Yuan.

It is a pity that both sides had subordinates present, so there was no real fight.

But there was definitely nothing to talk about. Zhu Man had been arguing all afternoon in the Ministry of Rites, yelling and cursing loudly.

In the end, the officials of the Ministry of Rites couldn't stand it anymore, and the two sides almost spat at each other.

And Pei Shilang, after meeting with Zhu Man, did not show up again, and simply handed over the matter to the doctor of the host and guest department, and went to hide himself.

In other words, in the summer of Hongde's 11th year, a new round of conflicts began between Chen and Qi.

This also means that the peaceful state that has lasted for three years since Hongde's eight years is likely to come to an end.

And on the second day after the streaking incident, Mr. Shen, the person involved, was sitting leisurely in his military office.

In front of him stood Zheng Ling, the head of the Ministry of War.

Chief Zheng looked respectful, bowed his head and said, "Why is your lord summoning the next official?"

Master Shen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "In the past few months, Director Zheng has done a good job in matters related to the Wuxuan Division."

"This officer, I have a future for you. I wonder if Mr. Zheng would like it?"

Zheng Ling was taken aback for a moment, then without hesitation, he bowed deeply to Shen Yi directly.

"My lord...thank you for your help!"

(End of this chapter)