marquis of jingan

Chapter 687

Chapter 687

After Chen Xiang got up and exited the Ganlu Hall, His Majesty the Emperor, who had been pretending to be reading, casually threw the scroll in his hand and laughed heartily.

"readily!"

He got up and stretched, then laughed and said: "Now, I feel comfortable all over."

He was talking to Gao Ming.

The emperor is a very lonely profession. There is no way to say a lot of things to outsiders, even with people close to him, because the identity of the emperor needs a sense of mystery, and he cannot reveal too many personal emotions in front of outsiders.

Otherwise, people know you too well, so they won't be afraid of you.

So no matter who the emperor met, no matter what he thought in his heart, he would be relatively dull when he showed it.

But Gao Ming is different.

An eunuch like Gao Ming in the inner court does not have his own personality. To put it a bit mysteriously, Gao Ming can be said to be a part of the emperor.

Therefore, many things that cannot be said to outsiders can be said to Gao Ming, and it can barely resolve some loneliness.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly, lowered his hands and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen has handled the errands in the southeast in the past two years very well. Not only has he put down the pirates in the southeast for the court, but also made your majesty feel proud. He is really a capable minister."

Gao Ming's words were as if he hadn't said them.

However, this is also limited by his status. As an accessory of the emperor, when the emperor does not need him to express his own opinions, he is not suitable to say anything with personal subjective intentions.

Therefore, it became Eunuch Gao's habit to say this kind of chatter.

After the emperor smiled for a while, he sat back on his throne, and his mood gradually calmed down. He yawned and said, "It doesn't really matter whether I can feel proud, what matters is that he pacified the southeast region for me. The Japanese pirates also need to help me build five city bureaus that can make money."

The emperor took a deep breath and looked up.

He seemed to see Shen Yi far away in the southeast.

Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor muttered to himself: "The Japanese have been suffering for more than 20 years. The first emperor and several ministers have not been able to get them. Get this thing done..."

"What a skill this is..."

Hearing the emperor's whisper, the eunuch Gao behind him immediately bowed his head, not daring to say a word.

He knew his young master very well, and he knew that the emperor's words were by no means simply praising Shen Yi for his ability.

The emperor propped his chin with one hand, as if he was talking to himself: "Such a capable person cannot be allowed to enter Zhongshu..."

The power of civil servants is extremely strong in Chen Guo.

Auxiliary ministers left behind by the late emperor, such as Yang Jingzong and Zhang Jing, can directly threaten the imperial power to some extent.

Because these civil servants are inextricably linked to each other, and they will hug each other tightly when necessary. If the emperor wants to stabilize the court, he can't easily move them.

Moreover, these civil servants belong to more than one circle.

In addition to the "Yang Dang" left behind by Yang Jingzong, there are various small circles, the more typical one is the so-called "Oasis School".

Ganquan Academy, because of the large number of Jinshi, has vaguely formed a party in the court. If it is just a party in the court, it is nothing. What is more important is that like Ganquan Academy has mastered high-quality educational resources. The academy already has a taste of "students".

And the so-called "students" all over the country are by no means the only Ganquan Academy.

In this situation where the power of civil servants is unprecedentedly strong, His Majesty the Emperor has been extremely afraid of the power of civil servants since he took the throne, and has been trying to weaken the power of civil servants in the past two years.

For example, the five prime ministers in Zhongshu are almost the same age, which was deliberately arranged by His Majesty the Emperor in order to weaken the power of civil servants.

Under such circumstances, the emperor naturally didn't want to see a "capable person" like Shen Yi enter Zhongshu as a chancellor in the future.

That would make Shen Yi uncontrollable.

Eunuch Gao didn't seem to hear anything, he lowered his head slightly and said nothing.

The emperor glanced back at him and said angrily, "Are you deaf?"

Eunuch Gao lowered his head as if waking up from a dream, "Your Majesty, this servant is not asleep."

The emperor glared at him, and said angrily: "Shen Qili has made such a great contribution, when he returns to Jiankang this year, there seems to be nothing else to reward him except Zhongshu Walking."

"Say, what should I do?"

Eunuch Gao thought for a while, then lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, slaves have two options."

The Emperor glanced back at him.

"Say."

Gao Ming bowed his head and said: "The first way is, after Xueshi Shen returns to Jiankang, His Majesty can try his best to overcome all opinions and force him to be the Minister of the Ministry of War with his great achievements in the southeast."

Hearing this, the emperor immediately frowned.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head and continued: "In this way, Xueshi Shen's status as a lucky minister will be confirmed, and he will definitely be envied by all civil officials, and will not be tolerated by those civil officials... It will be extremely difficult to enter Zhongshu in the future."

"No."

The emperor immediately shook his head, and looked at Gao Ming with some displeasure: "He has done so many things for me, and when he comes back to Jiankang, I ruined his reputation and future, how can this be done?"

"Shen Qi is a smart person."

The emperor frowned and said, "He will be chilled."

Eunuch Gao also seemed to know that the emperor would not do this, so he coughed and continued: "The second method is to give power to officials first, and then in the future, slowly let Xueshi Shen specialize in martial arts."

"Your Majesty, if you want to achieve a great cause, you must use swordsmanship. For things that need to be done by Bachelor Shen, if you specialize in martial arts for a long time, you will gradually lose your way to enter Zhongshu."

The emperor stroked his chin, pondered for a while, and nodded slowly: "This method seems to be feasible."

"But the specifics still need to be considered slowly, and we must grasp the scale."

The emperor said to himself: "Shen Qi is a Jinshi of the second list, if he behaved too blatantly, he might quit."

Eunuch Gao smiled and said: "Scholar Shen has enmity with the two Zhao families. I think he will do his best."

There are two Zhao families, one is the Zhao family of the Huaihe Navy, and the other is the Hu Zhao family of Yandu.

Hearing the word "Zhao's family", the little emperor's eyes became deep, and he subconsciously looked to the north.

He is waiting for an opportunity.

Waiting for the best opportunity to attack Zhao Clan.

The best opportunity for this is the death of the Northern Qi Emperor.

As soon as Emperor Qi died, Northern Qi would definitely shrink its strength as a whole, and would no longer be able to take care of the south, so he could rest assured that he would deal with the Huaihe Navy.

Thinking of this, the emperor murmured silently in his heart.

"Old stuff..."

"I've been ill for so long, when will I die?"

………………

At the same time, among the apricot orchards in Fuzhou City.

Miss Ye was sitting in Shen Yi's study. She looked up at Shen Yi who was writing a letter with her head down. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Master, you..."

"Are you going south to Guangdong tomorrow?"

"Ah."

After Shen Yi finished writing a letter, he carefully dried the ink. When folding the letter, he looked up at Ye Chan, and replied softly, "The Japanese pirates over there are almost done. I'm going to get the Guangzhou Shipbuilding Department up." , the generals under his command are good at fighting Japanese pirates, but they are really incapable of dealing with magistrates."

Ye Chan was silent for a while, then sighed: "Your Master, after leaving Fuzhou, will you come back again?"

Shen Yi was a little surprised.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because the concubine knows that the young master will return to Jiankang after finishing his errands in the southeast."

"Whether the young master will return to the southeast in this life is still unknown."

Shen Yi smiled, and said, "After I finish dealing with the affairs in Guangdong, I will come back to Fuzhou. After all, the coastal capital's yamen is located here, and I will come back to work."

"As for the future..."

Shen Yi paused, and continued: "Most likely I will come again."

In the future, once the conflict between the imperial court and the Zhao Clan broke out, the five guards under the Coastal Capital Division would definitely be mobilized to go north. At that time, Shen Yi might go south to lead the five guards of the Coastal Capital Division to the north.

Ye Chan got up, stood beside Shen Yi's desk, rubbed the ink lightly for him, and said while rubbing the ink, "My lord, should I live in Xingyuan tonight?"

Shen Yi raised his head, glanced at her, and was a little surprised: "Isn't it just to stay?"

Because Shen Yi was leaving, Ye Chan had to stay in Xingyuan for one night to increase her "deterrence" in Fuzhou.

That's why she appeared in Shen Yi's study at this time.

Ye Chan bit her lip lightly, and said "Mmm" in a low voice.

"I'm going to make the son's bed."

Shen Yi stretched his waist, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go to bed after I'm done with the things at hand."

Shen Yi was almost busy with the things in his hands, because he had to rush the next day, he didn't stay up too late, and after a while, he went back to his bedroom to rest.

In the bedroom, Ye Chan had already made a bed for him.

To be precise, the ground floor.

During this period of time, as long as Ye Chan stayed in the apricot garden, the two of them lived in the same room in order to show the inner guards a play, she slept on the bed, and Master Shen slept on the ground floor.

Originally, Ye Chan insisted on sleeping underground, but Shen Yi had a tough attitude, and she had no choice.

After entering the bedroom, the floor has been laid.

The weather outside this season is scorching hot, and sleeping on the ground is rather shady and cooler. Shen Yi first glanced at the bed and saw that Ye Chan was already lying in bed. He also stretched himself, took off his coat, and sat on the floor bunk in his underwear. Go up, after yawning, sleep together.

Not long after Master Shen lay down, the beautiful woman on the bed turned around, supported her head with one hand, and looked at Shen Yi who was sleeping on the ground quietly.

At this time, the moonlight happened to shine on Shen Yi's face, allowing her to see clearly the appearance of this young imperial envoy.

Young...and steady.

Miss Ye was distracted.

Master Shen didn't think too much, he had dealt with too many things during the day, and fell asleep not long after.

When he slept until the middle of the night, Master Shen was sleeping soundly, and vaguely felt a scent blowing towards his face.

Then, a body got into his bed.

"Son..."

In a daze, Shen Yi heard a woman whispering in his ear, her tone was soft but firm.

"The concubine has made up her mind, when my brother grows up..."

The woman's voice was as gentle as water.

"I will go to Jiankang to find you..."

(End of this chapter)