"My lord, Jiang Musheng, please pay homage to the prince!" Jiang Musheng knelt down and saluted uprightly.
"Nonsense, my threshold is not high, it's just that Governor Chiang won't come." Li Qiu said with a smile, "Please come in and talk. Come on, let's serve tea!"
When Li Qiu formed the Haining Navy, he often went to Haining, but he mostly went to the military port and never to Haining Mansion. Jiang Musheng only greeted him a few times and basically didn't say a few words.
It was probably because Jiang Musheng was so close to Li Shi that the young prince was so cold to him.
This was also the reason why he didn't dare to come by himself and insisted on Xiao Chen's help in introducing him, because he was afraid that he would be rejected if he came rashly.
Sure enough, despite Mr. Xiao's introduction, the young prince's attitude towards him, Jiang Mu Sheng, was lukewarm. After changing the tea three times, he asked calmly, "If you have nothing to do, go to the Three Treasures Hall. You, Governor Jiang, come to see me." , I guess something is wrong? Please tell me if you have anything, did Haining Navy disturb the place? "
"Reply to the prince!" Jiang Mu Sheng said hurriedly, "The Haining Navy is the king's army. The military discipline is strict and the military appearance is neat. The brothers never leave the station for leisure, let alone enter the city without reason. They do no harm to the place!"
"Well, that's good, otherwise I will definitely punish you severely." Li Qiu said, "However, my navy is stationed in your place, and it is inevitable that there will always be things to trouble you, Magistrate Chiang. You need to take more care of me."
"Your Majesty..." Li Qiu's words made Jiang Mu Sheng unable to accept them.
"My lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to trouble Mu Sheng with all these things in the future." Xiao Chen said with a smile, "Mu Sheng admires our emperor and the Holy Lord, and wants to work as an errand in Fengyang Mansion at the foot of our world."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Li Qiu raised his eyebrows.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. I am not immune to this. I really have such a small idea." Jiang Mu Sheng spoke boldly.
"Hahaha, Mu Sheng turns out to be an interesting person!" Li Qiu laughed, "I didn't notice it before."
"Mu Sheng is very interesting. We have known each other for a long time and have always been friends. The main reason is that he has good conduct and is an honest person. He has no evil intentions." Xiao Chen said, "It's just that he is a little more cautious. It belongs to the pattern. Big, but timid.”
"What Mr. Xiao Hou said is really..." Jiang Mu Sheng was greatly moved when he heard the words.
"As long as the situation is big enough, it doesn't matter if you are less courageous?" Li Qiu said, "It doesn't matter if you are more cautious. Zhuge has always been cautious in his life."
Just when the words made some sense, suddenly a report came from outside, saying that a man named Lin Wenbai came to see him.
Li Qiu then called in. Everyone bowed to each other and sat down again.
Jiang Musheng and Lin Wenbai also knew each other, and they were admitted to Jinshi together in the same year.
"Wen Bai, why did you come to see the prince?" Xiao Chen asked, "Are you going to play chess with him again? To be disrespectful, the prince's chess skills are on par with mine. They are both bad chess players. If you play chess with him and don't let half of your chariots, horses, and cannons play, there's really no point in playing chess with him."
"Princes and princes are all very skilled at chess, and their subordinates are always willing to be inferior." Lin Wenbai was thinking about what kind of chess to play? Wasn't it you who sent someone to find me? I haven't asked you what's the matter, but you're asking me this!
As for playing chess, you are right. A marquis and a prince add up to two bad chess pieces. Not to mention the bad chess playing, the quality of the chess is not good. You can regret dozens of moves in one game. How can you let it go? You don’t say anything if you can’t win, but you still curse me if you lose!
"But as a court official, you should think about contributing to the court and sharing the emperor's worries. You can't think about playing chess all day long!" Xiao Chen said, "You have nothing to do, but people who worship the saints are extremely busy all day long. Live!"
"What Xiao Chen said makes sense. Wen Bai, you should also consider doing something. Isn't it because of Lin Dongyang that you resigned? Now that Lin Dongyang has been reactivated and became the governor of Langya County, you still have What are you worried about?" Li Qiu said.
"I don't have any concerns, it's just..." Lin Wenbai didn't know what the Marquis and the Prince meant when they said this in front of Jiang Musheng? So I don’t dare to start a fight casually.
"By the way, I heard that Zhao Yu came to see you?" Xiao Chen said, "He seems to want you to work in his Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"Lord Zhao Yu mentioned this matter. He wanted me to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be the censor of Qiandu, the Prime Minister of Jiangdong and Jiangnan... How can I be a low-ranking official and dare to take on such an important task? I had to decline. Since ancient times, there has been no one to wait for me. The reason why a guilty official should be the censor of Qiandu, and besides, a lower official is barely competent to govern a place, but the censor cannot do it either."
"Then what do you want to do?" Xiao Chen asked, "Would it be good to be a Fengyang Mansion?"
"Haha, Mr. Xiaohou, you know how to joke with me." Lin Wenbai couldn't help but laugh.
"Huh, who are you kidding me? Don't you just want to govern the place? Fengyang City is just a place after all, and Fengyang Mansion is also a prefecture, similar to your Anyang Mansion." Xiao Chen said.
"How can the capital city be compared with other places?" Lin Wenbai said, "It's not that they are similar, but they are completely different!"
"Well, Wen Bai can't be in Fengyang Mansion, but what do you think about Mu Sheng being here?" Li Qiu said casually.
"Of course Brother Jiang can. He has served in the Sixth Ministry since he won the Jinshi, and he has served in Haining Prefecture for many years. He must be very familiar with the situation in the capital. Besides, his talents and conduct are far above our generation." Lin Wenbai road.
"Brother Lin, what did you say in front of the prince and marquis?" Jiang Mu Sheng asked hurriedly.
"To be honest, among us of the same age, you, Brother Jiang, are the most talented. This is something that everyone recognizes." Lin Wenbai said.
"Don't say that, you won't make the prince laugh!" Jiang Mu Sheng said, "In terms of talent, you, Brother Lin, are still the best. If you hadn't insisted on going to work in a local area, now I'm afraid that you would be a Hanlin scholar. He is a bachelor of the academy or a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
"Your words will make the prince and the marquis laugh." Lin Wenbai said with a smile, "We don't need to brag to each other. In short, if I were the Minister of Civil Affairs, I would have to let you be the lobby of Fengyang Mansion!"
Lin Wenbai dared to joke like this in front of Li Qiu and Xiao Chen. It showed that he had a close relationship with the two people, which made Jiang Mu Sheng thoughtful.
"If Mu Sheng builds the lobby of Fengyang Mansion, who will do it in Haining Mansion?" Xiao Chen said.
"Yes, this is really a problem." Li Qiu frowned, "Mu Sheng and I, Haining Navy, got along very well and helped me a lot. If he really left, it would really be a disaster. I escaped."
"How about you, Wen Bai, take over from Mu Sheng and go to Haining Mansion?" Xiao Chen said.
"Ah? This, this..." Lin Wenbai was completely surprised.
"Huh? It's so good." Li Qiu looked at Jiang Musheng, "What do you think of Mu Sheng?"
"Uh, this, this..." Jiang Mu Sheng showed a wry smile and said in his heart, of course that's no problem, but I don't dare to accept your words, Your Majesty, it doesn't count if I say it!
