Chapter 743: The First Scholar of the Hongde Dynasty
The old Prime Minister Yang Jingzong resigned from office in the sixth year of Hongde's reign, and five full years have passed now.
In the past five years, Yang Jingzong has been living in Jiankang City. Except for occasionally going out to play in the city, or going to temples and Taoist temples to burn incense, he has basically never left Jiankang City.
Because the emperor did not allow him to return to his hometown.
This is tantamount to house arrest in disguise.
However, the "power" that Old Man Yang had accumulated in the imperial court in the past few years was so great that his bowl of tea was extremely hot and did not cool down for five years.
Up to now, some officials of the old "Yang faction" have entered Jiankang. After going to the Ministry of Personnel, they will go to the Yang family again to pay a visit to the old prime minister.
Especially some time ago, Yang Fan, the son of the old prime minister, was directly promoted from the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry to minister of the Ministry of Industry. This kind of unusual promotion made people feel that the emperor still did not give up the "Yang faction".
Therefore, in recent times, the Yang family's "incense" has become more prosperous.
Almost everyone thought that the old prime minister could live a peaceful old age.
But now, the censor at the Censorship Station suddenly attacked Yang Fan.
After hearing his father-in-law's emotion, Shen Yi silently glanced at the document in his hand. He didn't feel much joy in his heart.
Instead, he frowned subconsciously.
Although he and Yang Jingzong, or people from Yang Jingzong's faction, were "political enemies," he felt something was not right about this matter.
Because, this is unlikely to be something done by the emperor.
The emperor originally let Zhang Jing go home, but refused to let Yang Jingzong go home, which meant that he had already made a choice on whether to go for the Northern Expedition or not.
The emperor... must know how to conduct the Northern Expedition.
No matter whether we can win or not, or to what extent we fight, we must definitely have a chance to fight with the people from the north.
When the war is about to break out, there will definitely be many people in the court who were originally from the "Turtle Sect" who will oppose it. At that time, the emperor will take action against Old Man Yang, taking this opportunity to completely unify the views of the court and the Northern Expedition.
No one will have any objections to the matter.
If necessary, you can even kill Yang Jingzong to sacrifice the flag!
But now, the emperor has just made up his mind to deal with the Zhao clan. There is still a long way to go before the Northern Expedition. At this moment, it is impossible for the emperor to do such a thing.
And if the censor's participation in Yang Fan's performance at the Yushitai was not authorized by the emperor, then there is only one possibility.
Shen Yi stared at the document for a long time, then bowed his head slightly to Mr. Lu and sighed: "Father-in-law and son-in-law may have to rush back to Jiankang."
Master Lu was not surprised by Shen Yi's departure. He just said "hmm" and said: "Actually, I wanted to mention this to you two days ago. Are you now the commander of the Ministry of War, or one of the four major military commanders?"
The leader of the doctors should come back to visit the clan and pay homage to his deceased mother, but he should not stay in Jiangdu too long and miss his important responsibilities."
The little old man paused and asked, "When will you leave?"
Shen Yi looked at the sky outside and said, "Let's do it tomorrow."
"There may be some changes in Jiankang. My son-in-law needs to go back and take a look."
Master Lu nodded again, and then said: "You can go back, but Qingque mother and son..."
"It's better to stay in Jiangdu for a while."
The little old man stroked his beard and said: "
It just so happens that Yuan'er's child is now at the age where he is learning to speak. He can also learn Jiangdu dialect in Jiangdu, lest he won't even be able to speak Jiangdu dialect when he grows up in the future."
Master Lu's words are a bit biased. Although Shen Yuan grew up in Jiankang, everyone in Shen's house basically speaks Jiangdu dialect, so they can teach him this.
However, Shen Yi naturally couldn't expose such words.
He smiled and said: "My father-in-law doesn't want to let them go, so he just lets them stay in Jiangdu for a while."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused, picked up the knight on the chessboard, and jumped forward.
"General."
Mr. Lu was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at the chessboard again, he saw that the chess piece was irreparably dead.
He had no choice but to surrender and cursed with a smile: "I was distracted for a moment, so you kid took advantage of me."
Mr. Shen was not angry and cleared the chessboard with a smile.
"Lucky, lucky..."
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Early the next morning, Master Shen said goodbye to his family, took Jiang Sheng and several entourage, and rode back to Jiankang.
The distance of two hundred miles may take several days by horse carriage, but on horseback, even if you are not riding particularly fast, if you travel day and night, it will only take you one day at most.
In the evening of that day, Shen Yi and others had already entered Jiankang Prefecture. However, because the city gate was closed in the dark sky, they could not enter the city, so they could only stay overnight in an inn outside the city. Early the next morning,
Mr. Shen and his party entered Jiankang.
After entering the city, Shen Yi and others first had a meal on the roadside before riding back to Shen's house.
As soon as he returned to Shen's house, another piece of information from the Di newspaper department was delivered to Shen Yi.
According to the information, in just one day yesterday, there were five or six more censors participating in Yang Fan's performance at the Yushitai, and this time...
He also brought along the old Prime Minister Yang Jingzong.
The crime is, covering up his parents and children.
Mr. Shen first briefly read the information. After washing his face, he took it in his hand and read it carefully.
While he was still looking at this information in a trance, Jiang Sheng quickly walked up behind him, lowered his head slightly and said, "Sir, someone from the palace has sent a message that His Majesty has summoned you to the palace."
Hearing this, Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then walked to his yard and looked around.
He didn't find anyone following him, but he knew that someone must be following him.
Thinking of this, Mr. Shen muttered in a low voice: "I just got home and my butt is not even warm yet."
Digu returns to Digu, you still have to enter the palace when you should.
Mr. Shen put on his crimson official uniform and dragged his tired body onto the carriage. The carriage stopped at the gate of the imperial city. He walked all the way and entered the palace directly.
There were two young eunuchs waiting for him at the entrance of the palace. After seeing Shen Yi, the two young eunuchs led him directly to the Manna Palace.
This time, there was no announcement at all. The two young eunuchs took him directly into the Manna Hall and brought him to the emperor.
Mr. Shen bowed his head respectfully and said: "I, humble minister, pay homage to Your Majesty."
"No need to be polite."
His Majesty the Emperor stood up from the soft couch with two dark circles under his eyes.
It seemed that he hadn't slept well in the past two days.
After taking a look at Shen Yi, the emperor first yawned and then asked: "You just returned to Jiankang today?"
"I rode back from Jiangdu early yesterday morning."
The emperor said "Yes" and slowly exhaled a breath: "Originally, if you didn't come back, I was going to send someone to Jiangdu to tell you that you were back."
Shen Yi was stunned and asked: "How can I be so valued by His Majesty when I have such a low position..."
"It has nothing to do with the position."
The emperor snorted and said, "Shen Sizheng has a sharp ear and eyes. He should know what is going on in Jiankang City, right?"
"I know a little bit, but I don't know if it's what His Majesty said."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "I heard that the Yushitai seemed to be participating in the performance of Yang Xiang and his son in the past two days..."
The emperor said "hmm".
"That's why."
At this point, he said with some annoyance: "These censors on the censorship platform talk about doing things for the country, but secretly they are actually mad dogs raised by others. They will bite whoever they ask them to bite!"
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly.
"When the Yushitai Feng heard about the incident... it has always been like this..."
The emperor squinted his eyes, looked at Shen Yi, and asked: "Shen Qing has always been smart. At this time, you might as well guess who is behind these censors who participated in the work of Yang Jingzong and his son?"
Shen Yi stood in front of the emperor, was silent for a while, and then said: "In my humble opinion..."
"It should be the instigation of Yang Xiang and his son."
When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up, he put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "This was found out by your newspaper department, or it was you Shen Qi who guessed it."
"I guessed it."
Shen Yi bowed slightly and said: "Because I have been thinking about it for a long time, no one in Jiankang City should be interested in their father and son at this time."
"The only ones who can join them are themselves."
The emperor touched his palms and clapped his hands.
"He is indeed the first Jinshi of the Hongde Dynasty as people say. He is really smart and intelligent."
Shen Yi was stunned and said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, where do we start talking about this?"
The emperor chuckled: "Everyone is saying that you, Shen Yi, have the greatest official position among the Jinshis since I came to power, so I call you the first Jinshi of the Hongde Dynasty."
Having said this, the emperor touched his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Speaking of which, even if we count the two subjects of Jinshi in the first year of Hongde and the fourth year of Hongde, there are probably only a few who are older than you, Shen Qiguan.
Not much."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and did not answer.
The emperor narrowed his eyes and continued: "Then Shen Qing, guess why they sued themselves?"
