At the dinner table, after the family had eaten, the two brothers found a small dining table and drank some wine.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Shen asked: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince lives in my eldest brother's house. Should I go and pay a visit?"
"Stay with me first."
Mr. Shen shook his head and said with a smile: "But living in my house is too unfair for him. After he came back from outside the customs, I asked him to move to a Northern Qi palace outside. If you want to go see it, I will have someone take you there tomorrow."
"I'm no longer at Big Brother's house."
Shen thought thoughtfully and said, "No wonder Prince Jin and Prime Minister Song didn't come to eldest brother's house today."
He looked at the dark night outside and said softly: "Most likely, they are already meeting His Royal Highness by now."
Mr. Shen smiled calmly: "I'd like to see you there."
Shilang Shen stretched out his hand to add wine to Shen Yi and asked with a smile: "Eldest brother, aren't you worried that His Highness the Prince is saying bad things about eldest brother behind his back?"
"He can't say anything bad about me."
Mr. Shen clinked glasses with his brother again and said, "He won't be stupid enough to say bad things about me."
Shen thought for a while and said with a smile: "That's the truth."
After the two brothers chatted with the Crown Prince for a while, they then talked about the construction of Kangcheng. Shen said: "Next year, my mother and her children should move to Yanjing with the imperial court, but..."
He looked at Shen Yi, sighed and said, "Master Zhao will probably stay in Jiankang and take charge of Nanjing affairs in the future."
Shen Yi said "Yeah": "It makes sense."
Minister Shen tightened his clothes.
"But speaking of it, it is indeed much colder in the north than in the south."
Lord Shen sighed: "I'm used to it."
Shilang Shen didn't say much, but changed the topic and said, "I'm afraid neither my father nor my teacher are willing to come to the north."
Shen Zhang returned to his hometown in Jiangdu five years ago after his uncle Shen Hui died of illness. Now he is the patriarch of the Shen family in Jiangdu and is enjoying his life.
Of course, Shen Ling was still responsible for the main affairs of the Shen family in Jiangdu, and Shen Zhang mainly kept his name, and then showed himself as a saint in front of his hometown people.
As for my mentor Lu Fuzi, after he established Ganquan Academy in Jiankang a few years ago, he took the initiative to leave Jiankang and returned to Ganquan Academy in his hometown in Jiangdu, where he still served as the mountain director.
It would be difficult for the two old men to leave Jiangdu and come to the north.
When Shen Yi heard this, he was also a little silent and sighed: "You and I, in the next few years, I'm afraid we will have to spend most of our time trapped in Yanjing, unable to move."
Shen lowered his head and took a sip of wine and said with emotion: "Brother, I miss my hometown in Jiangdu."
"I miss the days when we two brothers depended on each other."
Minister Shen wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
"In the blink of an eye, it has been twenty-five years."
Master Shen gave him more wine and said with a smile: "I'm almost a Dajiu Qing. Why are you still crying like a child?"
Minister Shen raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, shook his head and said: "After twenty years of ups and downs in the officialdom, now I can only cry in front of my eldest brother."
Shen Yi was also a little silent. He patted his brother on the shoulder.
"Don't cry, don't cry, there is still a day for us to return to Jiangdu."
"As for the past few years."
Mr. Shen said softly: "The two old men don't want to come. We brothers can't go back. Fortunately, the children at home have grown up slowly. Let them go back to Jiangdu for us and have a look."
Shen then exhaled a breath of alcohol and nodded silently.
"What the eldest brother is saying is that the children..."
"It's time to go back to Jiangdu more often. We can't forget the fundamentals of our family."
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The next day, two brothers, Shen Yi, went to see His Highness the Crown Prince together.
That night, Shen Yi held a banquet at his home to entertain a group of officials from Jiankang. His Royal Highness also attended and drank heavily with the officials from Jiankang.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed by, and Shen spent the New Year's reunion with his brother Shen Yi at the Shen family.
A few days after the New Year, Shen, the Minister of Rites, led a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites to get busy. They were busy every day, trying to make the etiquette of moving the capital perfect without any mistakes.
After all, when His Majesty the Emperor arrives, he will definitely go to the altar to offer sacrifices and pray to God.
In addition to various etiquette and rules, many places in the imperial city and the Ancestral Temple were touched by Zhu Zhenren. Although Shen Yi has basically restored the old view of the Imperial City of Chen Yi in the past few years, some details still need to be elaborated. And officials from the Ministry of Rites polished it bit by bit.
Mr. Shen finally took the time to have a meal with Jin Wang Li Mu at a restaurant in Yanjing City.
At this time, Prince Jin had a lot of white hair on his head. The two sat across the table from each other. Li Mu took the initiative to pick up the wine glass, toasted Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "I've been walking around Yanjing City these days. Turn around, the prosperity of Yanjing is no less than that of Jiankang. In the past ten years, I have made great contributions."
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is just flattering. To be honest, in the past ten years, I have basically ignored too many political affairs. In the first six years, my senior brother was in charge here, and in the next four years It is Song Ying who is in charge here."
"It is only in the past six months that I have finally done some things that a civil servant should do. To be honest, the prosperity of Yanjing has little to do with me."
Li Mu smiled and did not answer. Instead, he changed the topic and said: "Because of the matter of moving the capital, the imperial court can be said to be in violent shock. The most obvious thing is that because of the establishment of two capitals, some old ministers will stay in the capital. In the Kang court and the Yanjing court, many positions will be vacant all of a sudden, and many people will fight with their heads and blood because of this."
Shen Yi lowered his head to drink and said with a smile: "If they want to fight, let them fight. I only need to run my own errands and don't think about other things."
"Although I won't argue with you, your status is here..."
"For example."
Prince Jin smiled and said: "The relocation of the imperial court involves fundamental matters. Some ritual matters must have been handled by the Minister of Rites. Why did your Majesty send Zi Chang here?"
"This shows that the original Minister of Rites will probably stay in Jiankang."
"And the vacant minister of the Ministry of Rites is none other than Zichang."
"Tsk."
Prince Jin shook his head and said: "Da Jiuqing, who is in his thirties, is incredible when he thinks about it."
Mr. Shen was much calmer. He toasted Li Mu with a glass of wine and said, "Although my younger brother is not very old, he was admitted as a Jinshi when he was only a teenager. In terms of official qualifications, there are people who are older than him in the imperial court. many."
"Even among the officials of Dajiuqing, when talking about their friendship, some of them would call them Brother Nian."
"That is."
Prince Jin said with a smile: "The Shen family is a double master, and it has already become a legend in the government and the public."
Shen Yi looked towards the direction of the imperial city and said with emotion: "Actually, my younger brother is also top-notch in the imperial court for his abilities. It's just that I, the elder brother, harmed him, so that when people mention him now, they say he is Shen Yi's younger brother."
"Let me tell you."
Mr. Shen shook his head and said, "You should call me Brother Shen."
"Big Shen and Xiao Shen are just as good."
Prince Jin said with a smile: "For other people, one of them is the smoke coming out of the ancestral grave. The Shen family suddenly got two Qilin talents. Even I am jealous, right..."
Prince Jin put down his wine glass, looked at Shen Yi, and said, "His Royal Highness has been in the north for almost half a year..."
"What do you think of the prince?"
Mr. Shen was startled, then smiled and said: "When the prince asked about this, it was..."
Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty asked me to ask you something."
Mr. Shen then became serious and replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been cautious and steady in the past six months without making any mistakes."
Li Mu thought for a while and said with a smile: "That means, there is no credit at all."
Mr. Shen shook his head and smiled too.
"The prince said this, I didn't say it."
Prince Jin picked up the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, and then let out a long sigh.
"Being an emperor is difficult."
Mr. Shen had a glass of wine with him, with a smile on his face.
"The prince also said this, I didn't say it."
Prince Jin looked at Shen Yi helplessly and said, "Don't you think so?"
"Your Majesty, these years have been very difficult."
Prince Jin whispered: "It is too difficult to be a saintly king and wise master. Your Majesty is only this age, and your hair is growing white before your eyes."
Shen Yi lowered his head in silence and took a sip of wine.
"You shouldn't worry too much as a human being, but Your Majesty..."