marquis of jingan

Chapter 776 Who Is The Cake King?
After receiving the imperial edict from the imperial court, especially the imperial edict to appoint an imperial envoy, according to the rules, one should enter the palace to meet the emperor and listen to the emperor's "work arrangement".

Although Shen Yi is already very familiar with His Majesty the Emperor, there is still a process to go. After all, he does have a lot of things to tell His Majesty the Emperor in advance.

After comforting his wife for a while, Shen Yi changed into his official uniform, sat in a carriage, and it was around mid-afternoon.After entering the imperial city, he didn't stay in the imperial city, but went all the way to the gate of the palace. After the notification, he was quickly taken to the gate of Ganlu Hall.

When Shen Yi arrived at the entrance of Ganlu Hall, His Majesty the Emperor was receiving ministers. Master Shen could only wait at the entrance of the hall. After waiting for about a cup of tea, he finally saw an old man who came out of Ganlu Hall and saw the appearance of this old man After that, Shen Yi hurried forward, slightly lowered his head and cupped his hands.

"I have seen Mr. Ping An."

This old man is Chen Jing.

Chen Jing looked Shen Yi up and down, and then showed a faint smile on his face: "Before Ziheng went to the Huaihe Navy as an imperial envoy, I asked you to go to Zhongshu. When did you come back? Why did you come back? Won't you go to Zhongshu to see the old man?"

"It's been a few days since I came back."

Master Shen coughed, and said, "It's just that I'm a low-level official, and I don't dare to disturb Prime Minister Chen until I've been summoned by Zhongshu."

"Fourth grade Zhongshun doctor."

Chen Jing said with a smile: "No matter who it is, you can't say that you are a minor official."

Speaking of which, he patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "This time, after completing the errands for His Majesty, Ziheng may be able to go further. At that time, it will not be a small official position, but a high position. .”

Hearing what he said, Shen Yi couldn't figure out whether he was talking about the scene, or being eccentric, so he could only slightly lower his head and say, "Your official, I only want to do a good job in the imperial court, not for high position and authority..."

Chen Jing chuckled, reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and left with his hands behind his back.

"Okay, go in quickly, His Majesty is already waiting for you inside."

Only then did Shen Yi walk into the Ganlu Hall thoughtfully.

In the Ganlu Hall, His Majesty the Emperor was not dealing with official business, but half lying on the soft couch with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep. Shen Yi walked over cautiously, and when he was hesitating whether to wake the Emperor, his eyes froze. His Majesty the Emperor, who did not open his mouth, said directly, "Find a place to sit down and talk."

Shen Yi immediately bowed and said: "I have seen Your Majesty."

The emperor slowly opened his eyes, rubbed his brows, and said, "Have you seen old man Chen?"

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "I see, I just had a face-to-face meeting with Mr. Chen at the door."

The emperor snorted: "This old man."

"I don't know anything at all."

The emperor gritted his teeth, and whispered with the voice of only the monarch and his ministers: "I will replace him sooner or later!"

Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Your Majesty, is it because of the minister's matter that Prime Minister Chen disagrees?"

"No."

The emperor shook his head, looked at Shen Yi, curled his lips and said: "He didn't even mention it. It's because I want to build a Buddhist hall in the palace for my mother, and chant Buddha for her old man. If you are an immortal, if you are invited into the palace, you are not a true immortal."

"It's not a real god, it's useless to worship."

The emperor rubbed his head, and said helplessly: "The quarrel can't quarrel with them. It's really annoying. These scholars want to take care of everything."

Speaking of this, the emperor saw the embarrassment on Shen Yi's face, and immediately coughed and said: "Except for Shen Qingyi, except for you..."

Shen Yi didn't care, but asked: "Your Majesty, is this Buddhist hall to be built by you, or the empress dowager?"

"I want to fix it."

The emperor stretched his waist and said: "A few days ago, when I went to pay my respects to my mother, I heard her old man mention it, so I thought about building a Buddhist hall for her old man, so that the old man would be happy."

Shen Yi nodded, but did not speak.

But he understood why Chen Jing disagreed.

Because of this, there is a good chance that something will go wrong.

Building a Buddhist hall in the palace is not a big deal, the Ministry of Households can afford the money, even if the Ministry of Households does not pay, the internal funds of the palace are still enough, but building a Buddhist hall is equivalent to setting up a family temple .

In the family temple of the Tian family, it is indispensable to invite monks to be the abbots, to give lectures to the empress dowager...

You know, those monks are not productive, and everything except energy is energy.

And the empress dowager is not yet forty this year, and she is in a long time...

Although the empress dowager's personality does not seem like someone who would be promiscuous in the harem, but in order to prevent scandals in the royal family, "someone" like Chen Jing would naturally not agree to build a Buddhist hall in the palace.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't take this matter very seriously, but after seeing Shen Yi, he casually complained to Shen Yi, and after seeing Shen Yi sitting down, he smiled at Shen Yi and asked, "When are you leaving?"

Master Shen replied: "I'm making some preparations now. When the preparations are almost done, I will set off and go to Songjiang Mansion."

"I've heard."

The emperor smiled and said, "I heard that you were in the Ministry of War and briefed Jiang about [-] pieces of armor, right?"

Shen Yi nodded, sighed, and said: "To tell you the truth, I want to ask Jiang Shangshu for [-] pieces of armor, but I'm afraid that after I open my mouth, he will drive me out of the military department, so I only asked him for a piece of armor." Thousands of pieces."

"Your Majesty, you also know that the equipment of the coastal capital is very poor. Some people don't have all the weapons at hand. They can't fight without armor. They need [-] pieces of armor from the Ministry of War, and the remaining [-] pieces of armor. You have to figure out your own way."

The emperor smiled dumbly and asked, "Did Jiang Jian give it to you?"

Shen Yi shook his head.

"Jiang Shangshu said that he needs a few days to think about it slowly. I estimate that it is not easy to give an estimate of [-] pieces. It is estimated that there are seven or eight thousand pieces."

"Small and petty."

The emperor rubbed his chin for a moment, then said: "Well, I will send a note to the Ministry of War and ask the Ministry of War to give you [-] pieces of armor, and the rest, uh..."

After pondering for a while, he opened his mouth and said, "I will send you another three thousand pieces of armor from the imperial army, and the remaining seven thousand pieces..."

He looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said, "You have a lot of tricks, you can figure it out yourself."

"My lord, I am about to tell His Majesty about this matter."

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty, fighting a war is a very expensive thing. This time, I want to apply to Your Majesty. When necessary, I can use the money from Xu Fu."

Although Xu Fu is a big boss, his "startup capital" is the emperor's money, that is to say, he is a general manager at best.

Regarding this point, the emperor was very generous. He waved his hand and said, "When you have money, just use it."

Speaking of this, the emperor said with a smile: "Just don't cooperate with Xu Fu inside and outside, and make fake accounts to cheat my private money."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, not even daring to say.

After the two chatted for a while, Shen Yi lowered his head again and said: "There is one more thing, I want to ask Your Majesty."

The emperor nodded.

"Don't be so cautious, you are going to do something important this trip, just say what you have to say."

Shen Yi nodded, he took a deep breath, then raised his head to look at the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, what I want to ask is, is the coastal governor guarding the Huaihe River this time, is he only guarding the Huaihe River? If the opportunity is right, I..."

Master Shen raised his head and asked a very bold question.

"Can you go to the north of Huaihe River and have a look?"

This question directly stunned the emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the chair and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he looked at Shen Yi and even swallowed: "Shen Qing, you just..."

"What did you just say?"

Shen Yi spoke again, but his voice became firmer.

"I said that if the opportunity is right, I would like to go to the north of Huaihe River to take a look and meet those Qi people for a while?"

"Don't be so ambitious."

Your Majesty the Emperor, I am a little unconfident right now.

He coughed and looked at Shen Yi, but there was a little excitement hidden in his seemingly calm tone.

"Really...is there a chance?"

"Now I don't know."

Shen Yi said in a low voice: "I have only seen Northern Qi's iron cavalry in the book, but I have not seen it with my own eyes. I don't know what the Qi army looks like now."

"According to my estimate, at the beginning, the coastal capital had to guard for a while."

Having said that, Master Shen's eyes sparkled.

"But after fighting a few battles, I feel confident in my heart."

"I don't have to go further north, I want to ask His Majesty..."

Master Shen stood up, cupped his hands and said, "If the opportunity is right, and I can definitely take advantage of it, I...can you go?"

These words made His Majesty the Emperor very excited.

He also stood up, breathing a little short of breath.

"As an imperial envoy..."

Speaking of this, His Majesty the Emperor swallowed secretly, then gritted his teeth slightly.

"You make a decision on the fly!"

(End of this chapter)