marquis of jingan

Chapter 845 Jane in the Emperor's Heart

King Yue is a member of the royal family, His Majesty's younger brother, even if Zhongshu Zaifu sees him, he has to respectfully call him His Highness.

In the imperial court, there were not many who could call him a child, and even fewer called him a hapless child.

The Prince Jin in front of him is one.

But he could shout like that, but Shen Yi couldn't answer like that. After all, his identities were very different. If he was overheard by those bad censors next to him, he might have to sue Master Shen.

He smiled politely at Prince Jin, did not answer, but asked: "My lord, the officials are busy these days, and I haven't had time to visit Prince Jin's mansion. I don't know if the son has come back for the New Year. In two days, the officials will go look for him and treat him to a meal."

Hearing Shen Yi mention Li Mu, Prince Jin's expression became a little unsightly. He lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, and said in a muffled voice, "I haven't come back."

"His mother wrote him an unknown number of letters, but she insisted that she had a mission, so she couldn't come back, so as not to be blamed by the court."

Having said that, Prince Jin snorted.

"It's an empty job, and I don't know what he's doing there."

Li Mu, the son of the Jin Dynasty, is still in the yamen of the capital of Fuzhou, serving as the commander of the capital.

According to the establishment of the imperial court, Li Mu is the supreme commander of the current Huai'an defenders. Now, 5000% of his subordinates have arrived in Huai'an, guarding Huai with Shen Yi. A city ship division.

Hearing what Prince Jin said, Shen Yi knew that this "uncle emperor" was more or less dissatisfied. After Master Shen lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, he said, "My lord, there are five other city bureaus in the southeast, and five Although there are not many people in the guard of the capital, but after all, the yamen is there, maybe the prince is also busy with business..."

"What business is involved?"

Prince Jin curled his lips: "This king sent someone to Fuzhou, and he may not be able to go to the Dusi Yamen even in ten days. He messed around there, married three concubines, and two of them were pregnant."

Prince Jin squinted his eyes, and said in a muffled voice: "After the new year and the spring, if he doesn't come back, I will go south and catch him back."

Good guy!
Hearing this, Shen Yi was also a little stunned.

He hasn't paid attention to the news from Fuzhou for a long time, and only occasionally communicates with Ye Chan. It seems that he hasn't seen each other for more than a year. The elder son is very happy in Fuzhou, and he is a bit "lost to miss home". Taste it.

Seeing that Prince Jin was a little angry, Shen Yi could only smile and look back at the young man not far away from time to time.

The young man seemed to be a little afraid of King Jin. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't dare to approach, and retreated to his seat in frustration.

Master Shen heaved a sigh of relief, cupped his hands to Prince Jin, and said, "Thank you, Prince, for your protection. I will go back to my seat first."

Prince Jin nodded silently, and also glanced at Yue Wang Li Yu who was sitting not far away from him, and said slowly: "The kid is thinking about it, you can't help him, the one who can really help him is himself, and..."

Having said that, he didn't continue talking, but just waved his hand to let Shen Yi leave.

Only then did Shen Yi quickly walk back to his seat. It was already dusk and the dinner party was about to start. Shen Yi glanced at Li Yu. His Royal Highness the King of Yue sat obediently in his seat and did not get up again. mean.

Only then did Shen Yi feel relieved.

As the sky darkened, the dinner party soon began.

After His Majesty the Emperor arrived at the scene, all civil and military officials stood up and saluted, and then presented the emperor with a New Year's congratulatory form. After receiving the congratulatory form, His Majesty the Emperor smiled and ordered the officials to sit down.

Sitting on the throne, the young Emperor His Majesty glanced at the officials below, then slowly stood up and raised his wine glass.

The civil and military officials naturally did not dare to be negligent, and stood up one after another, toasting the emperor.

After the monarchs and ministers finished drinking a glass of wine, His Majesty the Emperor put the wine glass down again. He looked at the ministers again and said slowly, "I just heard that many lovers are talking about Minister Cheng of the Ministry of Industry."

"There is also a prime minister in Zhongshu, who mentioned it to me, saying that my punishment for Cheng Shilang is too severe, and some are too harsh."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and continued: "Cheng Bin, from the eighth year of Hongde to the eleventh year of Hongde, in three years, he was in charge of the palace and renovated three halls, among which the Chongming Hall is Hongde was on fire for five years, and it was not until last year that it was rebuilt."

"For the three main halls, the Ministry of Industry reported 500 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Households, and the payment was divided into three years. In July this year, the Ministry of Households gave all the 500 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry."

"By the end of the year, someone reported that Cheng Shilang was greedy for ink. I asked someone to investigate, and it turned out..."

The emperor grieved and said: "Shocking!"

"Cheng Bin has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years. I don't bother to investigate what he did in the past. But with only these three halls and 500 million taels of silver, he has been greedy for more than 140 million taels!"

"And it's just him."

"Officials from the Ministry of Industry, as well as those petty officials, are innumerable!"

"I then thought, how much is the 500 million taels that the imperial court paid out, and what actually came to fruition in the end?"

"Half of it?"

The emperor shook his head and said slowly, "I'm afraid there is none."

"Government corruption, even here!"

"I know in my heart that no matter when, as long as someone tries to fight corruption and promote integrity, a large number of people will be offended."

"But now, I have to mention it."

"It's New Year's Eve, I didn't want to say these things at first, it spoiled the interest of all my lovers, but I still don't want to vomit some things."

"I hope you can take Cheng Bin as a warning."

Speaking of which, the emperor seemed to feel that it was not appropriate to say these things during the New Year's Eve. He raised his wine glass again and said with a smile: "Okay, the rest will be discussed after the New Year's Eve. Today's New Year's Eve, I Let's rejoice with the princes."

"Let us monarchs and ministers drink this cup together."

The civil and military officials stood up again, toasted the emperor, and shouted long live.

After this round of toasting, the eunuch Gao Ming began to arrange for the dishes to be served.

On the side of the civil servants, the lords naturally sit in the first row, followed by the six divisions and nine ministers, and fourth-rank officials like Shen Yi are in the third and fourth echelons.

Among the prime minister and Jiuqing, Shen Yi knew many people, but he was not very familiar with the fourth and fifth rank officials of the same rank, so Master Shen did not change cups like other ministers, but just sat down honestly. In your own place, bury your head in your meal.

The dishes were served quickly, and Master Shen ate very quickly. He was already [-]% to [-]% full in a short time, and stood up several times during the period, and followed other officials to toast to His Majesty the Emperor.

Master Shen had almost eaten just now, and when he was picking his teeth, a young eunuch walked over cautiously, bowed his head to Shen Yi and asked, "Is this Master Shen from the Ministry of War?"

Shen Yi nodded, looked at the little eunuch who was only fourteen or fifteen years old in front of him, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, little eunuch?"

"Your Majesty summons you to the apse."

Only then did Shen Yi raise his head, glanced at the throne, and saw that His Majesty the Emperor had left the banquet at some point and was no longer in the hall.

Shen Yi was thoughtful, and said: "Little eunuch, can you take me to some inconspicuous places to the apse?"

The little eunuch thought for a while, nodded and said, "I'm afraid it will take some detours."

It's better to take a detour than to be stared at by so many people!
Shen Yi nodded, followed the little eunuch, first left the main hall, then took a detour, and entered the apse of Deqing Palace through the side door. In the apse, he saw His Majesty the Emperor who was drinking tea.

After the emperor saw Shen Yi, he asked him to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Shen Qing, what did I say just now?"

Shen Yi nodded with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty, Shengming Yingrui, what you said is naturally excellent."

The emperor frowned: "Tell the truth."

Shen Yi thought for a while, then bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, if I'm telling the truth, I think I'm a little anxious..."

"Next year, the imperial court may fight a big battle. At this time, it needs to be twisted into one rope. At this time, large-scale punishment of corrupt officials may make some people feel dissatisfied and destroy it..."

The emperor laughed when he heard this.

"So I just scare them, and I'm not ready to actually do it. This matter is only up to Cheng Bin for the time being."

Shen Yi was a little puzzled.

The emperor waved to Gao Ming, eunuch Gao immediately understood, brought up a wooden box, and opened it in front of Shen Yi.

Inside is the title deed.

The emperor looked calm, and said with a smile: "If you don't find a reason, when the Cheng family's house is given to you, those greedy husbands in the court will regard you as the target of Shen Qi."

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the title deed in the box, feeling a little dazed.

"His Majesty…"

"It's time to change your house."

The emperor smiled.

"Gao Ming has been looking for this house for a long time..."

(End of this chapter)