marquis of jingan

Chapter 783
After Zhao Lu finished speaking, he left the Wanghuai Tower directly.

Didn't even eat.

As for Shen Yi, he sat silently on the fourth floor of the Wanghuai Building for a long time.

He stood by the window on the fourth floor, silently looking at the Huai'an Mansion, which could almost be seen as far as the eye could see, without saying a word.

It was only when Xiao Er came to serve the food that he woke him up from his trance. After Xiao Er left, Shen Yi didn't touch the food on the table, but still looked out of the window silently.

After half an hour, Master Shen's gaze slowly became firm.

He took a deep breath and murmured in his heart.

"I'm different from Zhao Lu..."

"If I don't fight this hard, I won't really sleep well for the rest of my life."

Thinking of this, he didn't eat any food, he opened the door and left this private room, and walked out of Wanghuai Tower.

Wanghuai Downstairs, Jiang Sheng and other followers were waiting downstairs. Seeing Shen Yi coming out, he quickly greeted him, lowered his head and said, "My lord, you scared me to death, and you haven't come down for so long..."

Shen Yi smiled and said, "What is there to worry about? I have nearly a thousand cavalry outside the city. This Huai'an Mansion is our Dachen territory, and no one can touch me."

After saying this, Shen Yi glanced at Jiang Sheng, and said: "You should be hungry too, I just haven't eaten yet, let's find a place to eat first, after the meal..."

He looked at Jiang Sheng and said, "After dinner, go and help me find a place to live, which is closer to the Yamen of the prefect of Huai'an."

Master Shen paused, and said: "Remember to be bigger, it may be used as my Xingyuan in the future to handle business."

"When you should give money to others, remember to give money."

Shen Yi thought for a while, and said, "Let it for two years first."

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, and said, "Yes, the little one went to look for it immediately after eating."

"If you can't find a suitable one, or people don't want to rent it out, you don't have to force it."

Shen Yi stretched his waist, and said lazily: "Just find a farther one, or a smaller one."

Jiang Sheng said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry, as long as the money is enough, if you don't want to rent it out, you will also rent it out."

For Shen Yi now, this kind of thing is really not a big deal, if he is not worried about Jiang Sheng and others bullying others, he would not even confess.

After saying these words, a group of people found a restaurant on the side of the street. After eating, Jiang Sheng took two people to find a place for Shen Yi.

Master Shen, on the other hand, wandered the streets of Huai'an with four or five entourages, seeing the scenery of Huai'an.

In the evening, Jiang Sheng and the others finally found a house for Shen Yi.

To be precise, it should be said to be a separate courtyard, because there is no one living there, and Jiang Sheng offered a good price, so it only took half a day to rent it, and went to the Yamen to sign a contract.

In fact, if Shen Yi revealed his identity as an imperial envoy, or even Jiang Sheng revealed his identity as an imperial envoy, it would be impossible for them to pay a penny for staying in Huai'an Mansion.

Because the big local families in Huai'an will rush to donate their mansions, or invite Shen Yi, the imperial envoy, to live in their homes.

After all, Shen Yi, an imperial envoy, has [-] soldiers and horses in his hands.

Let's put it this way, in the next two years, I dare not say it in other places, at least in Huai'an Mansion, Master Shen's power can be described in four words.

Life or death!

The big families in these places naturally want to curry favor with Shen Yi.

However, Shen Yi was too lazy to use this identity. After hearing that Jiang Sheng had successfully rented the yard, he didn't have the mood to wander around because of the tiring journey, so he returned to his residence under the leadership of a few entourages.

Jiang Sheng and the others were already waiting at the gate of the courtyard. After seeing Shen Yi, Jiang Sheng immediately greeted him and said, "My lord, the hot water has been prepared for you, and dinner is also being prepared. You have worked hard these days, wash Take a bath, eat something, and go to bed earlier."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said, "Take me to the study, I want to write an urgent letter to Jiankang."

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, led Shen Yi all the way into the study in the courtyard, and helped Shen Yi light the oil lamp in a sensible way, and then stood aside to grind ink.

Soon after a letter was written, Shen Yi took off his private seal from his waist, sealed it, then sealed the envelope, handed it to Jiang Sheng, and said in a deep voice: "Use the way of the inner guard, and send it to the palace as soon as possible." go."

It is impossible for ordinary people to write directly to the emperor, not even ordinary officials. Most officials’ memorials to the emperor have to go through Zhongshu or other yamen before they can be sent to the emperor.

But when Shen Yi was in the southeast a few years ago, he had direct access to Tianting.

When Jiang Sheng heard this sentence, he knew that things should not be neglected. He took the letter carefully with both hands, and then turned to deliver the letter.

After Jiang Sheng left, Shen Yi took a deep breath and went to the bedroom to take a shower.

He was really tired, and he didn't think about anything else at the moment, lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.

………………

While Master Shen was sound asleep, his letter was sent to Jiankang by the inner guard at an expedited speed of five hundred miles.

Huai'an Mansion is only eight or nine hundred miles away from Jiankang, so on the third day after Shen Yi finished writing the letter, his letter was delivered to the emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor, he had just finished seeing the generals of the Imperial Army at this time, when Gao Ming handed Shen Yi's letter in front of him, he opened the letter with a yawn, only glanced at it, and then frowned slightly.

"This Shen Qi wants more and more."

Gao Ming stood aside and did not speak.

The emperor snorted: "I actually want me to change him to a prefect of Huai'an so that he won't be at a disadvantage in the war..."

It sounded like he was talking to himself, but Gao Ming knew that the emperor was asking for his opinion, otherwise he wouldn't have said the contents of the letter.

The eunuch thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Shen Langzhong is in power at this time, and [-] soldiers are about to be stationed in Huai'an. If the prefect of Huai'an doesn't deal with him, he may be able to change it himself."

Eunuch Gao paused, then lowered his head slightly: "It's just that when the time comes, there will be a lot of trouble."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked back at Gao Ming.

Eunuch Gao looked respectful, without any expression on his face.

The emperor snorted: "You are talking to him more and more."

Eunuch Gao quickly knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, slave... slave..."

"All right."

The emperor frowned and said, "I didn't say anything about you, so there's no need to make a fuss."

After saying this, the emperor looked at the letter in his hand and said thoughtfully, "Go..."

"Call Zhao Zhi to the palace, and say that I want to ask him about politics."

Gao Ming nodded quickly, and immediately sent someone to the Household Department to invite the Minister of the Household Department to the Ganlu Palace.

About half an hour later, Zhao Changping arrived in the Ganlu Palace. He half-bent, cupped his hands towards the emperor, and said, "Minister Zhao Zhi, I pay my respects to Your Majesty..."

The emperor showed a smile on his face, and said: "Zhao Qing doesn't need to be polite, just sit down and talk."

After Zhao Changping thanked him, he sat down honestly.

After all, at his level, he is only one step away from being an extremely human minister, and he has fought for the old Li family all his life. Now facing the emperor, his heart is completely at peace.

After Zhao Changping took his seat, the emperor handed the letter in front of him to Gao Ming.

"Go and show it to Zhao Qing."

Eunuch Gao immediately took the letter and handed it to Zhao Changping. Zhao Changping was known as a child prodigy since he was a child.

Because it involved his own "children and nephews", Zhao Changping subconsciously wanted to veto the matter in order to remove the suspicion of "political alliance" between himself and Shen Yi, but the minister of the household department still didn't say anything.

After all, when one is in the court, although one must always pay attention to protecting one's self wisely, one must always protect oneself wisely.

Sometimes, what needs to be said must be said.

Otherwise, my conscience will be uneasy.

Zhao Shangshu looked up at the emperor, then heaved a long sigh, and said: "Your Majesty, as an imperial envoy, Shen Yi has a heavy army in his hands. I am afraid that anything in Huai'an Mansion can be settled with one word. There is really no need to change the prefect."

"Writing a letter at this time to ask for a change of magistrate is not good for him."

"But he wrote to His Majesty again, asking for a change of magistrate."

Zhao Shangshu sighed again, and his tone was a bit sad: "From the old minister's point of view, he asked to change the magistrate not to fight for power in Huai'an, but to have a magistrate who can wholeheartedly cooperate with him."

The emperor asked thoughtfully, "What do you cooperate with him?"

Zhao Changping was silent for a while.

Then he looked up at the emperor, and his speech was rarely frustrating.

"Shen Yi said in the letter that he sent a new magistrate there to reassure the people and improve morality. The veteran thought that this meant that the new magistrate..."

"Cooperate with him when necessary..."

Zhao Shangshu said quietly: "Relocate the people in Huai'an."

Hearing these words, even His Majesty the emperor, who is a master of political power, was quite moved.

He stood up silently, walked in front of Zhao Changping, picked up Shen Yi's letter again and looked at it, then turned to look at Zhao Changping, with a rare serious expression.

"Zhao Qing thought..."

"Who is suitable for this magistrate?"

(End of this chapter)