As a student from Ganquan Academy, after Shen Yi returned to Jiankang, he should come to Zhao Changping, the actual head of the Ganquan Sect, to report his truth.
Moreover, Zhao Shangshu has indeed taken great care of Shen Yi over the years, and Shen Yi misses his kindness very much.
The two people entered the courtyard of the Zhao family one after another. Shen Yi first went to visit Mrs. Zhao, then met Zhao Shangshu's two sons, and then had a meal together at the Zhao family.
At the dinner table, Mrs. Zhao looked at Shen Yi with a smile on her face: "Why didn't you bring Qingque with you?"
Shen Yi put down his chopsticks and said helplessly: "Auntie, you don't know that the child at home is very noisy and often stays up all night. Qingque takes care of him by himself most of the time, so he can't live without others."
Many children from wealthy families were brought up by nannies. Shen Yi had hired a nanny for his children before, but Lu Ruoxi still took care of them herself most of the time and was unwilling to be separated from the children.
"This is what first babies look like."
Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "You two are still young. Once you have a few more children, Qingque will probably not have the energy to take care of you."
At this time, Zhao Shangshu, who never spoke much at the dinner table, also smiled: "It is true that we need to have more children. If you have more children, my dear brother will have to make more trips to Jiankang. I will also I can see him more often."
Shen Yi smiled politely and said nothing.
The meal was finished quickly. Zhao Shangshu took a chessboard and watched Shen Yi go to the pavilion in the backyard of Zhao's house to play chess.
It was summer now, and the cool breeze was blowing under the pavilion, which was still very comfortable. The only disadvantage was that there were a lot of mosquitoes. Fortunately, both of them were wearing robes, so it was difficult to bite them.
Shen Yi is a junior, so he naturally takes the first step.
When it comes to Go, Shen Yi is not Zhao Shangshu's opponent, but he is pretty good at chess. The two of them are equally good at chess, and their games are back and forth.
After Zhao Shangshu ate up Shen Yi's rook on the chessboard, he looked up at Shen Yi and said softly: "This time, in order to promote you, I heard that your Majesty called all the officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War to Ganlu Hall, and together with them Together with Mr. Chen, we argued for half an hour before His Majesty made the final decision on your official position."
While playing chess, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said softly: "I have also seen your three official positions. I believe that being a doctor is an official position and should be sought after. The position in the Hanlin Academy is the foundation of your career. You cannot There may be a shortage, and the position of doctor in the Ministry of War..."
Zhao Shangshu moved again and said slowly: "In fact, you have not served in the Ministry of War in the past few years. Your Majesty should not force you to give you such a position as a chief official. It is useless on the one hand, and it is just a waste of irritating the villain." jealous."
This old man, who has been in the officialdom for decades, looked calm: "Based on what you are doing now, it is best for Your Majesty to give you the status of a censor in the censorship. With this status, you can go out to serve as a censor." It makes sense for the imperial envoy to be an imperial envoy."
"And the censor's rank is not high, so others won't say much."
Shen Yi also moved the chess pieces and said with a smile: "According to what my uncle said, it's best to do this. However, my nephew previously served in the Ministry of War and was promoted in the Ministry of War, which makes sense..."
"also."
Shen Yi paused and continued: "Your Majesty may have arranged this just to give my nephew a bad reputation among the civil servants."
Zhao Shangshu frowned slightly. He first said, "Don't make assumptions, Your Majesty." Then he raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi, and the chess piece in his hand stopped in mid-air.
After a long time, the chess piece in his hand fell down, and then he exhaled a breath: "You can think so in your heart, but you can't say it out loud."
"If it weren't for you, uncle, I wouldn't be able to say a word."
Having said this, Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "Uncle, the Japanese pirates in the southeast should be cleared up by next year at the most."
"By then, the conflicts in the court may become even more acute."
Zhao Shangshu moved his body and said calmly.
"That's not necessarily the case. Pei Yuan has been reinstated and Cui Yu has been reinstated. In the past six months, His Majesty has been showing kindness to the people over there."
Shen Yi ate one of Zhao Shangshu's pawns and said softly: "It's just to paralyze them."
Zhao Shangshu looked serious. He looked up at Shen Yi and shook his head slowly: "Not necessarily..."
He only said three words and then stopped abruptly. After thinking for a long time, he looked at Shen Yi and whispered: "Zi Heng, there are some things that you must be mentally prepared for."
"Your Majesty has shown goodwill to the Lord and the faction, and he has a way out."
"Even an old man like me, who has been following along for a long time, has a way out. The great thing is to return to his hometown and teach."
"But as a young man like you, you have no way out."
The old minister took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Young people are all very ambitious, but this ambition comes and goes quickly. Now look at our majesty, he looks like he is working hard to govern and is the master of ZTE. But, More than twenty years ago…”
Zhao Changping's mood became depressed, and he sighed helplessly: "More than twenty years ago, we looked at the late emperor like this too..."
When the late emperor took over the throne of Emperor Xianzong, he was as ambitious as the emperor today and was determined to expedition to the north.
However, the reality is very cruel and ruthless.
"The national power is weak."
Zhao Changping said silently: "This is a situation that everyone knows. We certainly have to be ambitious and try our best to do some things, but our national strength lies here."
"One day..."
Zhao Shangshu lowered his eyebrows and said: "One day, if your majesty becomes like the late emperor, Zi Heng, you will have to find a way to escape."
"At that time, you'd better..."
He moved his horse again and said: "The best ending is to leave the court and return to Jiangdu just like your father-in-law did."
"He also left the court because he lost his temper."
No matter what angle you look at it, what Zhao Changping said to Shen Yi is something that can only be said to one's own people.
What he said is right. The emperor's identity is there, and sometimes the things he does are not based on the emperor's own will.
A very simple and cold fact.
It doesn't take too many times.
In the future, as long as His Majesty the Emperor suffers a huge defeat at the hands of the Northern Qi Dynasty, his current anger may be completely vented. After two or three defeats, he will naturally become a leader who maintains his integrity.
When the time comes, radicals like Shen Yi will definitely be given up.
This has nothing to do with national interests, but only with the emperor's personal interests, or the interests of the entire royal family.
The ultimate goal of any emperor is to continue his rule as long as possible.
Once he does something that may threaten his own rule, no matter what he thinks in his heart, his identity will make him stop the matter immediately and start to live in peace.
In Shen Yi's opinion, the current emperor will most likely be no exception.
In other words, if there were no Shen Yi in this era, there is a high probability that the current emperor would have followed his father's old path and eventually slowly lost all his youthful spirit and turned into a clay statue of the Shoucheng Emperor.
Fortunately, there is Shen Yi in this era.
With Shen Yi, a soul who is not entirely of this era, Nan Chen finally has some hope.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi moved the rook on his chessboard, then smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle, for your teaching."
"But no matter what His Majesty thinks, my nephew will always give it a try."
After Shen Yi paused, he looked at the chessboard and said with a smile: "General."
Zhao Shangshu was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the chessboard. After a while, he had no choice but to surrender.
He looked at Shen Yi and sighed sincerely.
"Our generation is already old."
The court boss reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder.
"I want to try to live a few more years and see what you, Shen Ziheng, can do."
"Uncle, you will live a long life."
Master Shen smiled while packing up the chess pieces.
