After Zhao Lu said this, he left Wanghuai Tower directly.
Didn't even eat.
As for Shen Yi, he sat silently on the fourth floor of Wanghuai Tower for a long time.
He stood by the window on the fourth floor, silently looking at the Huai'an Mansion that he could almost see, without saying a word.
He was awakened from his trance when the waiter came to serve the food. After the waiter left, Shen Yi did not touch the food on the table, but continued to look out the window silently.
After less than half an hour, Master Shen's eyes gradually became firm.
He took a deep breath and whispered in his mind.
"I am different from Zhao Lu..."
"If I don't work hard like this, I won't be able to sleep well for the rest of my life."
Thinking of this, he didn't even eat, opened the door and left this private room, and walked out of Wanghuai Tower.
Looking downstairs at Wanghuai, Jiang Sheng and other entourage were waiting downstairs. When he saw Shen Yi coming out, he hurriedly greeted him, lowered his head and said, "Master, you scared me to death. You haven't come down for so long..."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "What's there to worry about? I have nearly a thousand cavalry outside the city. This Huai'an Mansion is the boundary of our Dachen territory. No one can touch me."
After saying this, Shen Yi glanced at Jiang Sheng and said, "You should be hungry too, and I haven't eaten either. Let's find a place to eat first. After eating..."
He looked at Jiang Sheng and said, "After dinner, go and help me find a place to live, one closer to the Huai'an Magistrate's Yamen."
Mr. Shen paused and said, "Remember to make it bigger. In the future, it may be used as my cabin to handle official business."
"Remember to give money when you should give it to others."
Shen Yi thought for a while and said, "Let's rent it for two years first."
Jiang Sheng nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I will go look for him immediately after eating."
“If you can’t find a suitable one, or if they don’t want to rent it, you don’t have to force it.”
Shen Yi stretched out and said lazily: "Just find one farther away, or smaller."
Jiang Sheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, young master, as long as the money is enough, I will rent it out even if you don't want to."
For Shen Yi now, this kind of thing is really not a big deal. If he were not worried about Jiang Sheng and others taking advantage of their power, he would not even explain it.
After saying these words, the group of people found a restaurant on the street. After having a meal, Jiang Sheng took two people to find a place for Shen Yi.
Mr. Shen, on the other hand, wandered the streets of Huai'an with four or five followers, experiencing the scenery of Huai'an.
In the evening, Jiang Sheng and others finally found a house for Shen Yi.
To be precise, it should be said that it is a separate courtyard. Because no one is currently living there, and the price given by Jiang Sheng is generous, it only took half a day to rent it and go to the Yamen to sign a contract.
In fact, if Shen Yi revealed his identity as an imperial envoy, or even Jiang Sheng revealed his identity as an imperial envoy's entourage, it would be impossible for them to pay a penny to stay in Huai'an Mansion.
Because the local wealthy households in Huai'an would rush to donate their mansions, or invite Shen Yi, the imperial envoy, to live in their homes.
After all, Shen Yi, the imperial envoy, had 20,000 troops.
Let's put it this way, in the next two years, I dare not say it in other places, at least in Huai'an Prefecture, Master Shen's power can be described in four words.
Live or die!
These big local people naturally want to please Shen Yi.
However, Shen Yi was too lazy to use this identity. After hearing that Jiang Sheng successfully rented the yard, he had no intention of hanging out due to the fatigue of traveling all the way, so he returned to his residence under the leadership of a few followers.
Jiang Sheng and others were already waiting at the entrance of the courtyard. After seeing Shen Yi, Jiang Sheng immediately came up to him and said, "Sir, hot water has been prepared for you, and dinner is also being prepared. You have worked hard these days, so you can wash your hands." Take a shower, eat something, and rest early."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Take me to the study. I want to write an urgent letter to Jiankang."
Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, led Shen Yi all the way into the study room in the courtyard, and very wisely helped Shen Yi light the oil lamp, and then stood aside to polish ink.
Soon, a letter was written. Shen Yi took off his private seal from his waist. After sealing it, he sealed the envelope and handed it to Jiang Sheng. He said in a deep voice: "Send it to the palace quickly using the inner guard's method." go."
It was impossible for ordinary people to write directly to the emperor, not even ordinary officials. Most of the memorials written by officials to the emperor had to go through Zhongshu or other yamen before being delivered to the emperor.
But when Shen Yi was in Southeast a few years ago, he had direct authority to Tianting.
When Jiang Sheng heard this, he knew that things could not be neglected. He carefully took the letter with both hands, and then turned around to deliver the letter.
After Jiang Sheng left, Shen Yi took a deep breath and went to the bedroom to take a shower.
He was really tired, and he didn't think about anything else at the moment. He lay on the bed and fell asleep.
………………
While Mr. Shen was sleeping, his letter was sent to Jiankang by the internal guards at an accelerated speed of 500 miles.
Huai'an Mansion is only eight or nine hundred miles away from Jiankang, so on the third day after Shen Yi finished writing his letter, his letter was delivered to the emperor.
His Majesty the Emperor had just met with the generals of the Forbidden Army. When Gao Ming handed Shen Yi's letter to him, he yawned and opened the letter. He only glanced at it and frowned slightly.
"This Shen Qi wants more and more."
Gao Ming stood aside and said nothing.
The emperor snorted: "You actually want me to change him to a Huai'an magistrate, so that he will not be disadvantaged in the war..."
This sounded like he was talking to himself, but Gao Ming knew that the emperor was asking for his opinion, otherwise he would not have revealed the contents of the letter.
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The great eunuch thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "Mr. Shen has great power at this time, and 20,000 soldiers will soon be stationed in Huai'an. If the prefect of Huai'an does not deal with him, he himself can probably be replaced."
Eunuch Gao paused and lowered his head slightly: "It's just that when the time comes, it won't be very nice."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked back at Gao Ming.
Eunuch Gao looked respectful, without any expression on his face.
The emperor snorted: "You are talking to him more and more."
Eunuch Gao quickly knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, slave... slave..."
"alright."
The emperor frowned and said, "I didn't say anything to you, so there's no need to make a fuss."
After saying this, the emperor looked at the letter in his hand and said thoughtfully: "You go..."
"Call Zhao Zhi to the palace and tell him that I want to ask him about politics."
Gao Ming nodded quickly and immediately sent someone to the Ministry of Hubu to invite the Minister of Hubu to the Ganlu Hall.
About half an hour later, Zhao Changping arrived at the Manlu Palace. He half-bent, bowed his hands to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Zhi, pays homage to your Majesty..."
A smile appeared on the emperor's face and he said: "Qing Zhao, there is no need to be polite. Sit down and talk."
After Zhao Changping thanked him, he sat down politely.
After all, at his level, he was only one step away from becoming an extremely human minister, and he had worked hard for the old Li family all his life. Now that he was facing the emperor, he felt completely at ease.
After Zhao Changping took his seat, the emperor handed the letter in front of him to Gao Ming.
"Go and show it to Zhao Qing."
Eunuch Gao immediately took the letter and handed it to Zhao Changping. Zhao Changping was known as a child prodigy since he was a child. He could read ten lines at a glance and read a letter in just a moment.
Because it involved his own "nephews", Zhao Changping subconsciously wanted to veto the matter in order to eliminate the suspicion of a "political alliance" between himself and Shen Yi, but when the words came to his lips, the Minister of Household Affairs still did not say them out.
After all, although people in the court should always pay attention to self-preservation, it does not mean that they must be self-protective at all times.
Sometimes, you still have to say what needs to be said.
Otherwise, my conscience will be uneasy.
Zhao Shangshu raised his head and looked at the emperor, then let out a long sigh and said: "Your Majesty, Shen Yi is an imperial envoy and has heavy troops in his hands. I am afraid that anything in Huai'an Mansion can be decided with one word. He There is really no need to change the prefect."
"Writing a letter to ask for a change of prefect at this time would be detrimental to him."
"But he happened to write to His Majesty again, asking for a change of prefect."
Zhao Shangshu sighed again, his tone a little cold: "Old minister, it seems that his request to change the prefect is not to compete for power in Huai'an, but to have a local magistrate who can cooperate with him wholeheartedly."
The emperor was thoughtful and asked: "Why cooperate with him?"
Zhao Changping was silent for a long time.
Then he raised his head to look at the emperor, his words rarely faltered.
"Shen Yi said in the letter that a new prefect should be sent there to calm the people's hearts and improve their saintliness. The old minister thought that this sentence meant that the new prefect..."
"Cooperate with him when necessary..."
Zhao Shangshu said quietly: "Relocate the people of Huai'an."
Hearing these words, even His Majesty the Emperor, who is highly skilled in power, was quite moved.
He stood up silently, walked to Zhao Changping, picked up Shen Yi's letter again and read it, then he turned to look at Zhao Changping, his expression becoming rarely serious.
"Zhao Qing thought..."
"Who is suitable to be the prefect?"
