For more than twenty years, the monarch and his ministers have worked hand in hand to accomplish great things. In the process, Lord Shen has gained a huge reputation, which can be said to be famous all over the world.
His reputation was so great that the imperial court would never dare to touch him, and could not touch him.
However, this is an era of kingship.
In other words, the achievements of all court officials, including Shen Yi's own achievements, will also be recorded on the head of Emperor Hongde.
Today's Emperor Hongde can be said to be the emperor whose achievements are second only to Emperor Taizu in the history of Dachen, and he is also the Holy Emperor of Dachen!
Once he died in the Shen family for no apparent reason, Shen Yi would not be able to escape even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
The infamy of a gentleman will definitely fall on his forehead.
What's more terrible is that now the entire Shen family, including Shen, is in Yanjing. With the emperor suddenly gone, Shen Yi's family may find it difficult to leave Yanjing!
The most terrifying thing is that once this kind of shit falls on Shen Yi's head, under the influence of thousands of years of loyalty to the emperor, even if Xue Wei grits his teeth and wants to rebel, the generals and soldiers under him...
You may not follow him.
In other words, if the emperor really dies in the Shen family without any explanation, all the back-ups that Shen Yi has deployed over the years will be ineffective!
Shen Yi's family, young and old, may all fall into the hands of the imperial court!
This is also the reason why Shen Yi's expression changed drastically.
"Ha ha."
When the emperor saw Shen Yi's expression, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and laughed.
"Sure enough, I frightened you."
The emperor smiled and said: "I am joking with you."
Mr. Shen forced a smile on his face.
At this moment, he also calmed down a little.
The emperor cannot die like this.
At least it is impossible to die now, because the court has not yet completely settled down, and the matter of the crown prince has not yet been completely settled.
In addition, Xue Wei's location is not only a question of whether he will rebel, but more importantly, whether he can stop the Tatars.
Due to various problems, it was impossible for the emperor to die in the Shen family, at least not at this time.
If all the time and conditions were right, Shen Yi suspected that this guy wouldn't even be able to tell a joke. He might just grit his teeth and become cruel and kill his own family.
After all, why did the Empress Dowager Sun disappear? Shen Yixin is still murmuring now.
As an absolutely excellent emperor, if Emperor Hongde really dared to marry his mother, then as long as it was beneficial to the court, he would probably not have any hesitation.
Mr. Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, please don't make such a joke. I am a coward, so I can't help being scared."
Emperor Hong De smiled and said: "For more than 20 years, I have been through fire and water. How could I be frightened by a joke?"
Mr. Shen smiled bitterly and said, "What you just said was too scary."
Emperor Hong De's words are indeed scary.
Fortunately, Shen Yi has a unique and different soul. He is not loyal and patriotic at heart, nor does he have too deep Confucianism.
If the ministers who were born and raised in this era were not frightened to death on the spot when they heard what the emperor just said, they would probably be frightened and their lives would be shortened by a few years.
"I still have many things that I want Shen Qing to do."
The emperor lowered his head to drink and said with a smile: "Besides, our relationship will not reach this level."
Shen Yi lowered his head in response.
The emperor put down the wine glass and tutted: "This wine is really good, very fragrant. Where did it come from?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "It's my brother-in-law in Fuzhou who asked someone to send it to you. If Your Majesty likes it, I'll ask them to send some tribute to the palace."
The emperor said "Hmm" and nodded: "Is he the one from the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce?"
"yes."
The emperor smiled and said: "Then let him send some to the palace. I have been greedy recently and sometimes I want to drink."
"Yes, I will send a letter to Fuzhou today."
The emperor stretched and said with a smile: "Okay, I will take a rest here, and you can go out and do your work."
"In a moment, call the prince in."
Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and responded.
Seeing his appearance, the emperor smiled dumbly: "Why, are you afraid that you will find me lying on the ground when you come back?"
Mr. Shen did not dare to say anything and left the Nuan Pavilion. As soon as he went out, he met His Highness the Crown Prince.
The prince bowed and saluted: "Uncle."
Mr. Shen also bowed his head deeply: "His Royal Highness."
The prince coughed and asked, "Uncle, where is my father?"
"In the house, I will take His Highness over."
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On this day, the wedding was very successful.
Although His Majesty the Emperor did not actually perform the wedding ceremony, the whole audience watched the ceremony. After the newlyweds kowtowed to Shen Yi and his wife, bowed to heaven and earth, and entered the bridal chamber, His Majesty the Emperor, accompanied by all the palace officials, entered the wedding ceremony. Long Nian left the Shen family.
Everyone in the Shen family walked all the way to the door.
After the emperor left, the ministers of the imperial court left one after another. Zhang Jian was not in a hurry to leave. Shen Yi took him home and had another drink.
Also drinking this meal were King Li Mu of Jin, Minister of Household Affairs Zhao Jizhou, and Shen Yi's brother Shen.
At the wine table, Prince Jin raised his glass to Shen Yi and said with a smile: "You are so proud of me. When my sons get married, Your Majesty has never been here even once."
Mr. Shen shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is just taking this opportunity to show his face. It has nothing to do with being shameless."
Prince Jin was thoughtful and asked: "Sir, Your Majesty..."
He put down his wine glass and whispered: "Can I say it or not?"
Mr. Shen looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "If there are outsiders here, I naturally can't say anything to anyone, but today we are all our own people, so I will just say a few words."
"His Majesty…"
"I've been a little too tired over the past few years, and now I've become a little lazy. I think the government will have to delegate some of the government affairs to the people below."
Speaking of this, Shen Yi said softly: "From now on, the princes of the imperial court will speak louder."
This rhetoric was discussed by His Majesty the Emperor and Shen Yi, and was specially revealed to some important officials in the imperial court.
First, it was to explain why the emperor had not shown up for more than a month, and to provide some ventilation for the emperor's subsequent work.
This is the double reduction plan belonging to Emperor Hong De.
One is to reduce meetings with ministers, and the other is to reduce the handling of government affairs.
Everyone believed Shen Yi's words.
After all, no one would think too badly of His Majesty the Emperor, who has just turned 40.
Zhao Jizhou picked up the wine glass, toasted Zhang Jian, and said with a smile: "It seems that from now on, we will all demand more from our seniors. It's a pity that my father didn't catch up with this good time, otherwise I might be ranked ninth now." Your Majesty."
Zhang Jian clinked the wine glasses with him and smiled hoarsely: "You are so lazy and unwilling to seek connections. To be able to serve as the minister of the Sixth Ministry is already a favor from His Majesty."
After saying that, he looked at Shen and said softly: "Is Zichang going to be the examiner in this year's examination?"
Shen put down his wine glass, nodded and said: "Among the two seats, I will probably have a seat."
"Be more careful."
Zhang Xianggong reminded: "The issue of students from the north and the south is very sensitive now."
Shen raised his glass to Zhang Jian and said softly: "Senior brother, I will take your words to heart."
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A few days later.
"Dad, my son has just got married. Are you so anxious to drive him away?"
Shen Yi glanced at him and said angrily: "I'm not asking you to go alone. Are you allowed to take your wife with you?"
Shen Yuan chuckled and said, "Dad..."
"If you want to take that girl named Su, my father can pretend not to see her, but she is probably having a temper."
"Whether you want to go with you or not depends on your own ability."
Shen Yuan nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, my son will handle his own affairs."
"also."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and reminded softly: "That girl, my father has sent people to check many times. No problems can be found for the time being, but you still have to be a little careful on weekdays. After all, she is from the north. people."
"More than ten years ago, this was the territory of Northern Qi and the Purity Department."
Shen Yuan patted his chest and promised, then quickly packed his luggage, took his newlywed wife to say goodbye to his parents, and left Yanjing City.
Mr. Shen took Lu Ruoxi and Ye Chan and sent them out of the city.
Ye Chan said softly: "I am too impatient. I will drive Da Lang away now."
"that is."
Lu Ruoxi also said: "We have to stay here for a month or two before we talk."
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly and said nothing.
He didn't really want to rush his son and daughter-in-law away, but he had no choice.