This sentence "Who told you not to have a surname of Li" left Mr. Shen speechless.
This is the art of reincarnation.
When it comes to reincarnation skills, there is no way to compare between him and Li Mu. Even in Shen Yi's opinion, the fate of a prince is better than that of an emperor. After all, he saw with his own eyes the little emperor's writings in the Manlu Palace day after day. , he is also busy scheming with ministers, and his life is far less comfortable than an idle prince.
The main reason why Li Mu wanted to go south for business was because he didn't want to show off. If he was willing to show off, there would basically be nothing else to do except eating, sleeping and playing with women every day.
Don't be too happy.
After drinking with this Tianhuang nobleman for half the night, Shen Yi got dressed early the next morning and prepared to accompany Cheng Tingzhi's family south.
At this time, Xue Wei and more than two hundred cavalry were also ready and ready to follow Shen Yi southward at any time.
As for the three Qianhu battalions he brought with him, since most of them were infantry, they led the three Qianhu battalions and headed south to Fuzhou.
Shen Yi and the Cheng family met at the gate of Yueqing City. After seeing Shen Yi, the youngest daughter of the Cheng family came up to him, saluted Shen Yi, lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "I've met Uncle Shen."
The youngest daughter of the Cheng family was nicknamed Jing'er. As for her maiden name, it was private and Shen Yi had no way of knowing it.
The youngest daughter of the Cheng family is the most interesting. When she first met Shen Yi yesterday, she first called her brother. After being scolded by Cheng Tingzhi, she called Shen Yi "sir." Today, for some reason, she changed her name to uncle.
After the little girl came up to greet her, the two sons of the Cheng family also came up to salute Shen Yi and called her "uncle."
Shen Yi shook his head helplessly, then glanced at the two "nephews" who were the same age as him, the older one was one or two years older than him, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "You two don't have to listen to Cheng Zhongcheng. We are of the same age and we are friends as if we were equals."
The two young men looked at each other and shook their heads slightly: "Don't dare, don't dare."
In this era where etiquette trumps everything else, the father's orders are the law of heaven. Especially for children who grow up in scholarly families, they will never dare to do anything unfilial.
Shen Yi looked at the little girl again and said with a smile: "The little girl called me brother yesterday, why did she call me uncle today?"
Compared with Cheng Tingzhi, the two sons who have been strictly educated since childhood, the little girl's personality is obviously more out of the ordinary. She rolled her eyes and smiled playfully: "Then when daddy is not here, I will call you brother, daddy." When you are here, please call me uncle."
When the two sons of the Cheng family heard this, their expressions changed slightly. The eldest, Cheng Yanhe, whispered: "Little sister!"
"Don't be rude!"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, we are all of the same age."
The little girl rolled her eyes, glanced at Shen Yi curiously, and asked: "Uncle Shen, you are about the same age as us. We are neither relatives nor have the same surname. Why did our father let us call you uncle?"
Cheng Zhongcheng's attitude towards Shen Yi has been very low.
He is the newly appointed governor of Fujian. According to the official position in the imperial court, he is almost at the level of the Sixth Minister. He is much higher than Shen Yi, a fifth-rank official. His actual power is not lower than Shen Yi. He originally had no It is necessary to have such a low profile.
He wanted to make friends with Shen Yi and make plans for his children.
After all, as the governor of Fujian, he could only serve two terms of six years at most.
Six years later, he would either retire and return home, or be assigned a sinecure, and he was destined to offend many people in the past few years.
When the time comes, these people will attack in groups.
In Cheng Tingzhi's opinion, Shen Yi, six years later, would probably be able to hide them.
Faced with this question from the little girl, Shen Yi said with a smile: "Zhongcheng thinks highly of me, and we have been friends for many years."
The little girl nodded in understanding.
Shen Yi looked at Cheng Yanhe and asked, "Where is your father's court?"
Cheng Yanhe lowered his head slightly and said in a helpless tone: "My uncle didn't know something. My father wrote a letter to my family saying that our family was moving to Fuzhou, so my mother brought all the things she could bring with her and loaded them into several cars. My father said that there were too many things and they were cumbersome, so he wanted to throw some away. Right now, the two elders are still... discussing what to do with those belongings."
He said "discussion", so it was probably a quarrel.
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely: "What's so difficult about this? We are traveling with two to three hundred sergeants. We can find a few people to help move things. All we have to do is hire one or two more carriages. You can move them from thousands of miles away." If you bring your belongings to Yueqing, there is no reason to leave them halfway."
He put his hands in his sleeves and said, "Take me to see Zhongcheng, and I will explain to him."
Cheng Yanhe's face turned a little red. He sighed and said, "Uncle, it's not a matter of being able to take care of him. The main problem is that my father..."
"I hate those pots and pans..."
He did not continue.
But what follows is very obvious.
It's just that I feel ashamed of these things.
After all, Cheng Tingzhi was appointed governor of Fujian this time, and was actually the first constitution of the province. It would be a shame to bring all these miscellaneous things into the governor's office, which would make his colleagues laugh at him.
Shen Yi felt a little emotional.
You should know that before Cheng Tingzhi took office as the governor of Fujian, he was already the chief envoy of Fujian, the nominal head of the province.
Other chief ministers can dig out gold and silver just by digging a little bit of mud under their fingernails.
But Mrs. Cheng is still so frugal to this day.
If it weren't for a show, it would be really admirable.
Anyway, Shen Yi couldn't do it on his own.
If he becomes a local chief minister, although he will not become a corrupt official, at least his family's life will not be too bad. Take now, for example, although he is only a fifth-rank official, he still takes a lot of money from his family every year. There are several thousand taels of silver.
Of course, Mr. Shen's money to subsidize his family was all drawn from Xu Fu, which was legal and compliant.
After Shen Yi saw Cheng Tingzhi, after some persuasion, the Fujian governor finally agreed to take everything with him. When he got on the carriage, his face turned red and he held his hands to Shen Yi and said, "I'll make my dear brother laugh."
Shen Yi looked serious and returned the courtesy with his hands raised: "I just saw Ming Li Gong's integrity today, and Shen Qi admires him so much."
In this way, the group embarked on the road to Fuzhou.
It was already mid to late February.
The weather has slowly gotten warmer, and the grass is growing and warblers are flying. It's a good time to go on a journey. Plus, the weather is getting warmer as you go south, so this journey is not too painful.
It was about seven hundred miles away, and because they brought a small family with them, they arrived at Fuzhou City in about ten days.
Before entering Fuzhou City, Shen Yi saw from a distance the officials from Fuzhou who came out of the city to greet him. They lined up in two rows to greet the newly appointed governor of Fujian.
What was surprising was that Sun Fu, the former governor of Fujian, was also waiting at the city gate.
Although he, the old governor, had to hand over some errands to the new governor, because he was promoted rather than demoted or dismissed, he only had to wait for the new governor at the official office, and there was no need to go out of the city gate to greet him.
Upon seeing this, Shen Yi and Cheng Tingzhi both got off the carriage and met Governor Sun and the officials from the Third Division behind him.
Sun Fu also greeted the two with a smile, but he did not salute Cheng Tingzhi first. Instead, he looked at Shen Yi first, cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen comes to Fuzhou again. Fuzhou is very honored."
After saying this, he turned to look at Cheng Tingzhi, and smiled and handed over his hands: "Brother Mingli, you have finally managed to get ahead after three years in Fuzhou. Congratulations."
Cheng Tingzhi also had a smile on his face and returned the courtesy: "It all depends on Sun Shangshu's cultivation."
Shen Yi was also smiling.
"Congratulations to Sun Shaobao for being ranked as the ninth minister, and he is expected to be the Prime Minister!"
"Scholar Shen made fun of Sun."
Sun Fu sighed slightly and said: "I am old. Now that I go to the court, it is unclear whether I can serve as the Ministry of Works, let alone become the prime minister."
"On the contrary, it's you, Scholar Shen."
He sighed: "Senior Master Shen will most likely become the prime minister in the future."
This is what officialdom is like, even if you are filled with hatred, you still have to smile and praise each other on the outside.
Shen Yi and Sun Shangshu naturally had no grudges, but the conflict between Cheng Tingzhi and Sun Fu was not small. But even so, when the two met here, they still smiled brightly at each other.
After greeting Sun Fu for a few words and then the chief officer of the Third Division, Sun Fu turned slightly sideways and made a gesture of invitation.
"I have already held a banquet in the city to greet you two. I will wait for you two to have dinner and have a good night's rest."
"tomorrow…"
He looked at Cheng Tingzhi and said with a smile: "I will hand over the errands of the governor's Yamen to Brother Mingli again."
Cheng Tingzhi's eyes flashed, but he did not object.