Apart from the emperor, the only big person Shen Yi has met so far is his uncle Zhao Changping. Apart from that, he has never met any other big officials.
The retired Prime Minister Zhang Jing is undoubtedly a very powerful figure. This old Prime Minister, who has been the second prime minister under Yang Jingzong for more than ten years, currently has political resources on hand that are not even worse than those of the current little emperor. How many.
Being able to meet such an old man is the dream of every newcomer to the court.
Sometimes there is no need for any substantial support, just a few words of advice from the elderly, which is enough to benefit a lot.
The main entrance of the Zhang family's mansion is very low-key, but it is much wider after entering. However, in terms of luxury, this Zhang family's mansion can only be regarded as ordinary. Although it is much better than Zhao Changping's Zhao Shilang's house, it is worse than the Jin Palace. I don’t know how many.
Judging from Zhang Jing's resume and rank, his prime minister's residence can be called simple.
But on this day, the simple Prime Minister's Mansion was bustling with people.
Not only was the entire front yard of the Prime Minister's Mansion crowded with people, but at least within seven or eight steps, you could see a few people gathering together and chatting. Some people rushed there without even taking off their official uniforms. Shen Yi looked up and saw Two or three official uniforms of fourth and fifth rank caught my eye.
You know, Mr. Shen is still only an eighth-grade official.
For him, officials of the fourth and fifth grades can also be called bosses.
It was almost noon now. After Shen Yi wandered in the front yard for a while, Zhang Jian had already welcomed the guests and pulled Shen Yi into Zhang's backyard with a smile.
Compared to the front yard, there are far fewer people in Zhang's backyard. Although there are dozens of people at first glance, it is relatively quieter than the front yard.
Among these people, some were little old men, and some looked young. They probably knew each other and exchanged a few words with each other from time to time.
Zhang Jian arranged for Shen Yi to sit down at a table, and then said with a smile: "Zi Heng, just sit here. After you finish eating, I will take you to see your grandfather."
Shen Yi smiled and nodded, then looked around.
There were a total of eight people at this table. Apart from him, most of the other seven were young people. However, these young people all had fair skin and rich clothes. At first glance, they were from the first-class big families in Jiankang City.
These seven people should all know each other. After seeing Shen Yi sitting down, they all looked at Shen Yi with curious eyes. One of the young men in purple who was sitting next to Shen Yi looked at Shen Yi up and down and said with a smile: "This brother looks like It’s a stranger, but I don’t know which family it is from?”
Shen Yi has even met the emperor, so he will naturally not be frightened in front of these second generations. He smiled, nodded, and said: "I'm not from a big family. Most of you don't know it, but I have some personal connections with Brother Zhang, so I was invited. Come."
The purple-clothed young man was originally very polite to Shen Yi, but after hearing Shen Yi speak, he frowned and whispered: "Foreign accent..."
After muttering this sentence, he turned his head away and did not look at Shen Yi.
It is obvious that these local government officials in Jiankang look down upon outsiders, even those from Jiangdu, which is very close to Jiankang.
Shen Yi didn't expect to have any friendship with these people. Seeing that these people ignored him, he was happy and sat quietly waiting for the food to be served.
While Shen Yi was waiting for the food to be served, the voice of a servant of the Zhang family came: "The Crown Prince of Jin is here to congratulate the old prime minister on his birthday..."
Hearing this voice, everyone looked around. Li Mu, the eldest son of the Jin Palace, who was wearing an apricot-yellow robe, walked into the main hall of the Zhang Mansion with a smile and a servant holding a gift list. They met in the main hall. Zhang Jing, the old prime minister.
Even Zhang Jing stood up to greet Li Mu after seeing him, but Li Mu didn't even dare. After helping the old prime minister sit down, he asked his servants to hand over the gift list, smiled and said a few auspicious words, and then left Zhang Jing. The main hall of the house.
After the Jin Prince paid his birthday, he was invited to the backyard of the Zhang Mansion by the servants of the Zhang family. The servants respectfully led him to the top table. Li Mu was about to sit down when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Shen Yi on many tables. With his eyes brightened, he no longer paid attention to the servants of the Zhang family behind him, and walked towards Shen Yi with a smile.
Because Shen Yi was afraid of being embarrassed, the table arranged by Zhang Jian for him was mostly filled with young people from big families. There were no senior officials who really held high positions in the court. Although these young people could also be called yameni, But compared to Li Mu, there is a big difference.
At this moment, Shen Yi's table was full. Li Mu glanced at the young man in purple next to Shen Yi and frowned: "From Uncle Changning's family?"
The young man in purple quickly stood up and bowed his head respectfully: "Yes, the crown prince, I am Han Zhong, and my father, Changning Bo Han Min..."
Li Mu pointed to the table at the front and said calmly: "Let's change places. You can go sit at that table."
This young man named Han Zhong looked at the table at the top, then swallowed, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, please sit down, I'll find a seat by myself..."
After that, he left dejectedly.
Li Mu didn't care, he sat down carelessly, reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Is Zi Heng feeling better?"
"It's been fine a long time ago."
Shen Yi smiled and replied: "It's thanks to my son that Dr. Sun is really good at rejuvenating the disease. It will be cured in about ten days."
Li Mu smiled slightly and was about to speak when he heard the Zhang family's servant shout again.
"Young Master Yang of the Yang Mansion is here to congratulate the old prime minister on his birthday..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Fan, who had already put on some weight, led his servants into the main hall of the Zhang family with a gift list, kowtowed to Zhang Jing, and called him uncle.
Prime Minister Zhang was also very polite. He helped him up personally and said a few kind words to him.
After Mr. Yang paid his birthday, he was also led to the banquet. Mr. Yang glanced and saw Shen Yi, but he also saw Li Mu who was talking to Shen Yi. So Mr. Yang , walked behind Shen Yi, reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, then turned and left.
Shen Yi didn't even look back.
Li Mu on the side looked back at Yang Fan, then smiled at Shen Yi and said: "The Yang family is already at this time, and they are still pretending to be scary. Zi Heng doesn't need to be afraid of him."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "After the Zhao family beat me up last time, I got a lot of benefits for nothing. If Mr. Yang comes to trouble me again, maybe I will rise to the top and go straight to Zhongshu."
Li Mu laughed, picked up the teacup on the table, touched it with Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "This is so free and easy. Let's have tea instead of wine, let's have a drink."
The two clinked their tea cups, and soon the banquet started.
After Li Mu took a few bites of the food, he patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Zi Heng, it's not convenient for me to stay for a long time. It's fun to eat a little. You eat slowly, I'll leave first."
Shen Yi stood up and said, "I will send the crown prince off."
"No need to."
Li Mu smiled and shook his head: "This is a circle of civil servants. If Zi Heng mixes well and becomes a middle school secretary in the future, he might be able to take care of me."
Having said that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up, went to say goodbye to Prime Minister Zhang, and left.
Shen Yi was still sitting in his seat, eating quietly, but now, the eyes of the yamen at the same table looking at him had completely changed.
After finally having a full meal, Shen Yi stood up and stretched. As soon as he left the table, he heard Zhang Jian's hearty laughter.
"Zou Ziheng, I will take you to see the old man."
Shen Yi was dragged by him all the way to the back house of the Zhang family, and came to a pavilion. At this moment, two old people were sitting under the pavilion, playing chess under the pavilion.
Zhang Jian stepped forward and said something to one of the old men. The old man looked back at Shen Yi, and Shen Yi quickly bowed his head in greeting.
The old man waved to Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Little baby from Jiangdu, come closer."
Shen Yi walked up and bowed and saluted: "Shen Yi, the capital of Jiangdu, has met the old prime minister."
The old man smiled kindly, looked at Shen Yi up and down, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, I have wanted to see you for a long time. Please wait a moment until the game of chess is over."
As he spoke, he looked at the old man opposite him and urged.
"Old man Liu, hurry up."
"I am anxious to talk to the little baby."
Old man Liu's beard was a little disheveled. Hearing this, he turned to look at Shen Yi and snorted.