marquis of jingan

It's not easy for ordinary people to do business. It's not that business routes are hard to find, but that even if they can make some money, they don't have the ability to keep it.

However, Xu Fu himself has the background of the imperial merchants, and his Majesty the Emperor personally invested in the shares. This Liulichang is destined to go smoothly in the future, and no one can stop it from growing.

Moreover, this colored glaze workshop may become an iconic place name like "Liulichang" in the future.

After a busy afternoon at Liulichang, after personally communicating with two Westerners and giving his "constructive opinions", Master Shen returned to Jiankang by carriage and went to Guiyunlou to talk to his subordinate Zheng Ling. Had a meal.

The meal time was really not short, until late at night, only the meal for two people was over.

At this time, Zheng Yuanwai, who was newly promoted, was already drunk and unconscious.

As for Master Shen, he was only three or four points drunk.

In fact, Zheng Ling, a "Veteran Ministry" who has been in the officialdom for a long time, has a much better drinking capacity than Shen Yi, but he drinks too hard, and Master Shen takes a sip casually, and he drinks it with his head raised.

The way to fully show respect for leaders is to drink yourself under the table.

Zheng Yuanwai practiced this sentence perfectly, and was carried back by his family without knowing what he was drinking.

As for Master Shen, he returned home safe and sound.

For the next two or three days, nothing happened.

Until an imperial decree came to the Ministry of War.

To be precise, it was an imperial decree for Shen Yi.

The content of the imperial decree is very simple, something that Shen Yi already knew.

The general idea is that because someone wrote to the imperial court, calling it the Huaihe Navy, the internal officers were redundant, the officers and soldiers were uneven, and some of the more important passes were even short of major generals.

Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered Shen Yi, the military officer of the Ministry of War, to inspect the Huaihe Navy as an imperial envoy on behalf of the imperial court and the Ministry of War.

Although inspecting the place should be an errand of Yushitai theoretically, but Shen Yi, a doctor of the Ministry of War, is in charge of the military officer's personnel affairs, and the emperor himself appoints generals, so he is an imperial envoy in the capacity of the Ministry of War, which can barely be justified .

Ever since, Master Shen respectfully accepted the order to thank you.

After Shen Yi received the imperial decree, before he could sit firmly in his public room, a small official from the Ministry of War came to report that Jiang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of War, invited him to speak.

Master Shen could only put aside the imperial decree in his hand, and after tidying up his clothes, he pushed open the door, walked to the door of the Minister of War's public room, and knocked on the door.

"Tang Zun."

There was no response from the room. After waiting for a while, the door opened, and it was Jiang Shangshu who opened the door for Shen Yi himself. With a smile on his face, the Minister of the Ministry of War made a gesture of invitation.

"Come in, Ziheng."

Shen Yi cupped his hands slightly, walked in, then stood with his hands down, and said: "Tang Zun has something to tell the next official?"

"It's not about orders, it's just talking to you."

Jiang Shangshu had a kind smile on his face. He pointed to the chair in his room and said with a smile, "Ziheng doesn't need to stand, but sit and talk."

Shen Yi nodded first, then sat down silently, looked at Jiang Jian, and said, "What do you want to say?"

"Today's Decree"

When Jiang Shangshu said this, he paused for a moment. He stroked the beard on his chin, thought for a while, and then continued: "Did Ziheng know in advance?"

Shen Yi looked up at Jiang Jian, but didn't speak.

This is an imperial decree, who dares to say that he knew it in advance?Besides, this imperial decree was issued by the imperial court because someone recently raised the Huaihe Navy. If it is accepted, isn't it saying that His Majesty the Emperor directed and acted on his own?
So naturally it cannot be answered.

Jiang Shangshu probably realized that there was something wrong with his words, so he coughed and said, "Does Ziheng know that your Majesty asked you to find the Huaihe Navy for the purpose of..."

Master Shen shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, how can a courtier guess what His Majesty is thinking, just follow the imperial court's wishes and do things honestly."

"look at you."

Jiang Shangshu shook his head slightly, and sighed: "It's still too cautious. You and I are officials in the same yamen, and the old man has no other intentions. I just want to plan ahead."

To put it bluntly, Jiang Jian wanted to know the meaning of His Majesty's actions this time.

After all, when the Huaihe Navy is discussed at the court meeting in the future, he, Minister of the Ministry of War, must speak and express his position.

At this time, through Shen Yi, the emperor's pulse, at that time, will not step on the emperor's red line, maybe when the emperor is happy, he will be promoted to Zhongshu.

After all, with Jiang Jian's current qualifications, there is absolutely no obstacle to entering Zhongshu. The key is whether the emperor is willing to use him.

Master Shen lowered his head slightly, and said: "Tang Zun, I really don't know about this matter, but this trip to the Huaihe Navy, I may be able to get some goods."

"That's it, when the official comes back, first go to Tang Zun's mansion, how about paying homage to Tang Zun?"

Hearing this, Jiang Jian couldn't help showing a smile on his face. He reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Okay, then it's settled."

"If Ziheng has any difficulties, don't hide them. You must tell the old man. If the old man can do it, I will definitely do it for you."

Shen Yi got up, bowed his head slightly to Jiang Shangshu, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you Tang Zun."

"No thank you."

Jiang Jian said with a smile: "You and I are both officials of the Ministry of War, so naturally we have to help each other in the court."

"Tang Zun said so."

Master Shen also had a smile on his face: "Your official will write it down."

After chatting with the leader of the unit for a while, Master Shen said goodbye. During the whole process, he basically talked nonsense and didn't say a word of truth.

This is the basic skill of being an official.

Although Master Shen is young, he is not young in office. He has almost mastered all the basic skills that should be mastered.

After leaving Jiang Shangshu's office, Mr. Shen just returned to his own office, ready to deal with the paperwork on the table, and by the way, plan his plans for the future.

However, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Not long after he sat down, there was another knock on the door.

Master Shen put down the brush impatiently, frowned and said, "Who is it?"

"Mr. Shen."

A respectful voice came from outside the door: "There is a note from Zhongshu, please go over and ask questions."

"Zhongshu."

Master Shen was taken aback for a moment, then stood up and opened the door.

Standing at the door was an official from the Ministry of War, but he was holding an inconspicuous note with a seal on the bottom left of the note.

Shen Yi took the note and asked, "Which gentleman called me?"

Zhongshu.

To be precise, it should be called the meeting hall.

This yamen, or this institution.

It is the highest institution in all the yamen in Dachen.

Apart from imperial power, the council hall is the supreme existence.

And this "meeting hall" even divided part of the imperial power, which is why it can surpass the six departments and nine ministers.

There is not much difference between Zhongshu asking people to come and talk with him in a note, and His Majesty the Emperor personally inviting people to come and talk.

The official pointed to the red seal on the note, then lowered his head slightly and said, "Look at the seal, and the monogram. It should be Mr. Chen who invited you over."

Only then did Master Shen take a serious look at the seal on the paper.

It is not a public seal, but a private seal, and it is a flower name seal.

The words "Qingtian Old Man" were written on it.

Master Shen rubbed his head, shook his head slightly: "I'm confused, I didn't think about it for a while."

Chen Jing, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Yishitang, has the word Ping An and the name Qingtian Old Man.

As the chief minister of the current dynasty, all officials should have kept these basic information in mind. Naturally, Shen Yi also remembered these things, but there were too many things today, so he didn't remember them for a while.

Shen Yi did not dare to neglect the Prime Minister of the meeting hall. After greeting the officials in the department, he left the Ministry of War all the way and came to Zhongshu Yamen.

Holding this note from Chen Xiang, Shen Yi traveled smoothly all the way, and soon arrived at the door of Chen Jing's public house. Master Shen stood at the door, bowing slightly.

"Mr. Ping'an, Shen Yi from the Ministry of War asks to see you."