Ordinary people could not see the emperor, nor could ordinary officials.
If you are not summoned by the emperor to meet the emperor, the process will be very troublesome. You must submit a memorial to the palace in advance, and then wait obediently for a response from the palace.
Even if the emperor agrees to see you, you still have to queue up in the palace. After all, the emperor has more than one or two people to see every day. Sometimes if you can't queue up, you might not be able to see you.
However, Shen Yi didn't have such troubles. Eunuch Gao once said hello to him and asked him to go to the palace to meet the emperor after he recovered. With the approval of the eunuch, it would not be difficult for Shen Yi to meet the emperor.
However, he still waited for Sun Jin to leave before entering the palace alone.
There is nothing wrong with making friends with eunuchs. After all, Shen Yi does not discriminate against this group, but it is not a good thing to be too close to eunuchs openly. If those sharp-eyed censors see it, they may file a report against Shen Yi. .
Shen Yi received the imperial edict in the early morning, and he entered the palace around midnight. Because it was the day of the court meeting, Shen Yi was led by several eunuchs and waited in a side room at the entrance of Deqing Hall. After waiting for almost half an hour, after all the civil and military officials in the Deqing Palace had retired, a young eunuch came to the side room and led Shen Yi into the Deqing Palace, the back hall of the Deqing Palace.
At this time, the emperor was meeting with ministers.
After a while, the minister walked out and passed by Shen Yi.
Shen Yi, the minister, didn't recognize him.
The good news is that the minister doesn't recognize Shen Yi either.
The minister strode away, while Shen Yi was led by a young eunuch into the emperor's small study in Deqing Hall.
After entering, Shen Yi tidied his Jinshi robe, then knelt down and saluted the emperor, kowtowed and said: "I, the new Jinshi Shen Yi, kowtow to Your Majesty."
"God's Coming"
The emperor stopped writing, but did not raise his head, but said lazily: "Find a stool and sit down."
The emperor's official study room was in the Ganlu Hall, and the Deqing Hall was the main hall for court meetings. The study room in the Deqing Hall was only a place for temporary offices and meetings with ministers, so there were many chairs in the room for the ministers to sit.
This is the advantage of the Han Dynasty. You don’t have to kneel the whole time when you meet the emperor. I heard that in the Northern Qi Dynasty in the north, when ministers enter the palace to report to the emperor, sometimes they have to kneel the whole time. From top to bottom in the court, everyone They are all kowtowing bugs.
Shen Yi stood up and found a small bench to sit on.
The emperor lowered his head and was writing something. After a while, he finished writing what was in his hand and handed it to Gao Ming aside. Then he turned his attention to Shen Yi. He glanced at Shen Yi's face and arms and asked : "Have your injuries healed?"
"Return to Your Majesty."
Shen Yi quickly lowered his head and said, "It's already fine."
"I've wronged you."
The little emperor's expression was a little helpless. He sighed and said, "In the final analysis, you were beaten like this because of me, because of the Di News Agency. As a result, not only did I fail to bring those people to justice, I even gave you The compensation was delayed for ten days, and it was only delivered to you today."
At this point, the little emperor became a little angry and said in a low voice: "The Ministry of Education is too abominable. The edict I drafted many days ago was only sent out today."
Each of the three provinces has its own responsibilities.
Zhongshu is responsible for drafting edicts, and sometimes the Hanlin Academy also helps with this, which is the so-called decision-making power.
The Menxia Province is responsible for reviewing edicts and has the power to refute them.
The six ministries in charge of the Shangshu Province are responsible for the specific implementation of the decree.
Among them, the governors of the two provinces under Zhongshu are all prime ministers, but the meeting hall is in Zhongshu. Therefore, several prime ministers work in Zhongshu Province most of the time and are called Zhongshu Prime Ministers.
Shen Yi quickly lowered his head: "Your Majesty's holy grace is like a dragon from the sky. I feel extremely ashamed to receive it. With my virtue, I should not go to the Hanlin Academy..."
"You can go if you are told."
The little emperor snorted: "Last year, I asked the people from the Hanlin Academy to write the Di Di newspaper. I don't know if they were careless or their skills were limited. No one could write better than you. Since there is no If you write better than you, you will naturally be admitted to the Hanlin Academy."
He lowered his eyebrows and looked at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "Besides, this benefit is not only for you, but also for those people."
After saying this, the little emperor stretched himself out and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Shen Yi."
Shen Yi quickly stood up, lowered his head and said, "I'm here."
"You originally told me what you would do if I gave you the position of newspaper secretary. Now that you are the chief of the newspaper secretary, tell me, what do you plan to do in the future as the newspaper secretary?"
Shen Yi has already thought about this.
He lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I asked Eunuch Sun at home today. The Di Newspaper Company is currently printing and distributing. I only have two to three hundred people in total to collect news outside..."
"These people are absolutely not enough."
He said slowly: "I plan to expand the manpower of Di Newspaper Division to 3,000 people in one to two years. At that time, Di Newspaper Division will still publish Di Newspaper, but it will be divided into two parts, internal and external."
"The external copy is the Di News published by the Di News Department. It is distributed throughout the world and serves as the mouthpiece of the imperial court and His Majesty."
"And the internal report..."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "It will be sent directly to His Majesty's desk. Whatever His Majesty wants to see will be written on it."
The little emperor stretched out again, half-lying on the couch, and said indifferently: "It sounds no different from the intelligence yamen, and you want to expand the manpower of the Di Reporting Department tenfold..."
"The Di Newspaper Department is under the name of the Ministry of Rites. When the time comes, the Ministry of Household Affairs will not allocate money to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites will not allocate money to you."
As he spoke, the little emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't have any spare money in my inner treasury to give you."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I am in charge of the Diji Reporting Department. I only need the current expenses and will not cost the court an extra copper."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused and then coughed: "The premise is that the court does not allow anyone or any Yamen to issue a second report."
It couldn't be easier to make money by controlling the monopoly of public opinion.
Shen Yi only needs to open a new section of "Jiankang Famous Foods" and "Jiankang Famous Shops" in the Di newspaper, and Shen Yi can make as much money as he wants.
At that time, when Shen Yi builds Di newspaper branches in various cities, he can also adapt to local conditions, such as opening a "Jiangdu Famous Food" page in Jiangdu and a "Suzhou Famous Food" page in Suzhou.
Businessmen pursue profits.
When those doing business see the huge traffic involved, they will rush to invest money in Di News.
Hearing Shen Yi's words, the little emperor's eyes lit up.
Building a new intelligence organization did not interest him much.
But the big boss of Chen State is interested in building a new intelligence organization that doesn't cost much money.
No one knows that firewood and rice are expensive. Even if he is an emperor, he sometimes needs to spend money carefully.
"Well, that's interesting."
The emperor smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Then you go ahead and make some results for me to see."
"Tell me, what are you going to write in the first edition of the Di Newspaper after you go to the Di Newspaper Department?"
Shen Yi blinked: "Your Majesty, can you write the news about the Zhao family's assault on their ministers?"
The emperor's face darkened, he shook his head and said, "No."
Shen Yi asked again: "Can I write about the war on the front line?"
The emperor still shook his head: "I've suffered a small loss, so I'd better not write it."
He said in a low voice: "I don't want to use my residence to report to the Secretary to praise the Zhao family."
Shen Yi thought for a while, and then said, "Then write about Young Master Yang?"
The little emperor was stunned for a moment, then he put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, let's write about him!"
Now the Zhao family is at war and cannot move, but Prime Minister Yang, or the Yang family, who has retreated, can do something about it.
Even if they don't go to death, they must at least express the emperor's dissatisfaction. After all, there is something unclear about the Zhao and Yang families secretly.
After giving a work report to the emperor in the Deqing Hall, Shen Yi handed the brass key to Gao Ming, then left the Deqing Hall and strode towards the Di Reporting Department.
On this day, Shen Si was taking office.
