This old eunuch's surname was Du Minghuai, and he was an eunuch who entered the palace during the reign of Emperor Xianzong.
During the reign of the late emperor, his status in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was already very high, and he was only one step away from Gao Ming's current position. Unfortunately, he was not from the Prince's East Palace. Therefore, after the current emperor ascended the throne, he accompanied Gao Ming in the East Palace. Gao Mingcai came from behind and took charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In terms of seniority, he must be the senior one.
But after all, Gao Ming's qualifications are too low, and his popularity is not too high. As a chamberlain, he has a heavy workload. He can't handle it all by himself, and can only handle some core things. Most things still need to be done by an old man like Du Huai. Do it.
Although there are many purple-clad eunuchs of the older generation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who secretly dislike Gao Ming and feel that Gao Ming is in his current position because of luck, Du Huai belongs to the relatively gentle eunuchs of the old school. He also had a good relationship, so Gao Mingcai assigned him the task of going south this time.
After asking for his name, Shen Yi invited Eunuch Du to the Wang family mansion, arranged a banquet, and welcomed the eunuch in purple. At the wine table, Shen Yi toasted Eunuch Du with a glass of wine, and then asked with a smile: "Eunuch Du is not in the palace to receive blessings, so why did he come all the way to Taizhou Prefecture?"
"A life of hard work."
Because Eunuch Du entered the palace early and was promoted quickly, he didn't do much menial work. He is in pretty good shape now. Although he is over fifty years old, there are no wrinkles on his face. He and Shen Yi After having a glass of wine, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty has some instructions for Prince Jin and Shen Hanlin, please ask our family to deliver them."
Shen Yi smiled: "If there is any order from the palace, just send Eunuch in blue to deliver it. How can I work for Eunuch Du?"
"I'm older and have been in the palace for a long time. It's time to go out and do some activities."
With that said, Eunuch Du took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "This is a document from the imperial court. Can Shen Hanlin take a look?"
Shen Yi looked serious and was about to stand up and salute. Du Huai waved his hand and shook his head and said: "It's not His Majesty's imperial edict, it's a document from the Ministry of Personnel. Shen Hanlin can just take a look at it and there is no need to salute."
Shen Yi then sat back down again, took the document and looked at it.
This document from the Ministry of Civil Affairs is very simple. It means that the yamen of Di Newspaper Division has been upgraded.
The upgrade of the Di Reporting Department did not surprise Shen Yi, because even if the Di Reporting Department dismantled the intelligence capability part, the Di Reporting Department alone would have more than an eighth-level job.
The current Chen State's court lacks publicity as a whole, and the Di News Department is basically all the Chen State's propaganda channels. In another world, Shen Yi's position is not much worse than those of the local chief envoys.
Because it was for the promotion of Di Di Newspaper Division, Shen Yi was promoted to one rank by the official of Di Di Newspaper Division, so there was no document or imperial edict specifically for Shen Yi.
The purpose of this is also obvious.
It's to protect Shen Yi.
After all, last year's new Jinshi had reached the seventh level in just one year. He climbed up to the Sanding Armor faster than last year. It was a little bit hateful to spread the news, so he just quietly promoted it to Mr. Shen.
After Shen Yi read the document, he just put it away silently, then raised his hands to Du Huai and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Du."
Du Huai looked at Shen Yi in surprise, and then smiled dumbly: "Our family has been in the palace for so many years, and we have seen many second-ranked Jinshi, especially the new Jinshi. When they were promoted for the first time, they were all excited. If you can't do it yourself, how come Shen Hanlin has been promoted to four levels in a row, but there is no look of joy on his face?"
Mr. Shen sighed: "Promotion or promotion is nothing more than a few taels of silver a month in salary. Eunuch Du doesn't know that although our Di newspaper office is a small yamen, there are quite a lot of people eating there. This time the Di newspaper office If you are promoted to the first rank, your monthly salary will be much higher."
Du Huai was stunned.
The old eunuch asked in astonishment: "Shen Hanlin, isn't the salary from the Di newspaper department paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Shen Yi smiled and did not answer directly.
The official salary of the Di Bao Department is indeed paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but there are not many officials and dignitaries in the Di Bao Department. Most of them have no rank, that is, there is no establishment.
Except for the monthly subsidy from the palace funds, Mr. Shen is responsible for the rest.
"Eunuch Du doesn't know something. Every yamen has sutras that are difficult to recite. This kind of thing will not be clear for a while..."
Du Huai smiled hoarsely: "Our family thinks that the Di News Agency is a good yamen to run. After so many years in the palace, this is the first time we have seen any yamen that can allow His Majesty to withdraw money from the internal funds every month. Money subsidized.”
Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi's expression moved slightly.
He put down his chopsticks, looked up at Du Huai, and asked, "I forgot to ask, Eunuch Du is a chamberlain..."
Du Huai smiled and said: "I am too old to do anything important. I just manage money for His Majesty and maintain the expenses of the palace."
Good guy…
It turned out that the "Hubu Shangshu" from the palace had arrived.
Shen Yi pondered for a while, then raised his glass thoughtfully and saluted Du Huai: "Eunuch Du came to Taizhou in person this time, maybe it's not just for the sake of a small newspaper office?"
"Your Majesty has received the letter written by Shen Hanlin to His Majesty."
Du Huai looked calm and said with a smile: "Shen Hanlin wrote in the letter that the Wang family in Taizhou Prefecture has a millionaire, and only has more than 200,000 taels in cash. Your Majesty knows that Shen Hanlin doesn't have many people around him, and he doesn't have much cash for expenses. Problem, but properties such as land, house, land, and shops are not easy to deal with."
Having said this, Du Huai paused and continued to say with a smile: "Your Majesty said that Prince Jin and Shen Hanlin want to search not only the Wang family, but also many wealthy families who want to search, and they are probably too busy to handle, so they asked our family to take care of them. Let some people come over and help with some chores and deal with these properties, so that it will be much easier for Shen Hanlin and you to do things."
Mr. Shen was stunned for a moment, and then he let out a sigh of relief.
A sweet date brings a slap.
This sweet date is still very sweet, because the starting point of the eighth grade is too low. After quietly being promoted to the seventh grade, it became more logical for the emperor to want to promote Shen Yi.
And the slap...
It's not particularly painful, but this hand is very precise in holding it.
The emperor had previously promised that during this patrol, if anyone tried to cross the Japanese border and their property was confiscated, all of it would be used to form the Coastal Defense Force, which is now the Anti-Japanese Army.
Originally, if the money could be freely spent by Shen Yi and Li Mu, there would be a lot of profit and flexibility in its use. Now, although the emperor did not break his promise and did not want to get the money back, he sent a group of them. The "accountants" are here. From now on, whether it is Li Mu or Shen Yi, if they want to spend money, they must say hello to these "accountants".
Mr. Shen showed a respectful look on his face and said with relief: "I am worried about how to deal with these stolen properties. It would be great if the palace can send someone over!"
Du Huai was all smiles.
"Shen Hanlin just doesn't dislike us people."
Shen Yi shook his head quickly: "They are all doing things for the imperial court. It's too late for me to be happy."
Eunuch Du smiled slightly and continued: "Besides this matter, our family also wants to meet the Crown Prince of Jin and announce the decree to the Crown Prince."
After saying this, he picked up the wine glass and touched it with Shen Yi, smiling.
"The Ministry of War has approved the establishment of an anti-Japanese army."