Regarding the discussion and gaze of the people in the Hanlin Academy, Shen Yichen didn't care at all. On the contrary, he also felt that he could be out of sight and out of mind when he repaired books in the book hall every day, and his mood was much more relaxed.

And this performance was in Ni Qian's eyes, he was indeed a little surprised, it was difficult for a person who wanted to chase fame and fortune to calm down and repair books, let alone be as serious as Shen Yichen.

Can this son really do what he says, and do not care about his deeds?

Ten days later, Shen Yichen got a vacation in turn, and he finally had free time to start dealing with some personal matters.

Since the beginning of the Taizu period, the Ming Dynasty has been very strict with the official vacation system, except for designated holidays, basically all year round.

If you really can't bear it and want to take a vacation, you can only pretend to be sick or wait for the drop out of the court to take a vacation.

However, there are special circumstances, that is, the two major departments of the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian have the right to take regular vacations.

It is clearly recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "The Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, who rests every five days, will make the ministers accompany him and give the school captain a follower." ”

Translated into it, it is Shu Jishi, an intern of the Hanlin Academy, who can take a five-day break. And when traveling during the vacation, you have to arrange for the ministers and captains to follow, and the platoon is in place.

The formal Hanlin official is treated a little worse, after all, he is not an intern, and he can only take ten days off. The treatment of the school officials of Guozijian is even worse, "only Shuowang gives leave", which means that the first and fifteenth days of the first and fifteenth days of each month are off.

But even so, it also highlights the noble status of the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian. After all, even if the other yamen are weighted by the cabinet and the six ministries, they can't get a regular vacation for a day.

On his vacation, Shen Yichen did not stay in the Chengguo Mansion, but under the leadership of Canghuotou, he came to a secluded street near Xuanwu Gate in the inner city, where there were two mansions that he had ordered to buy before.

"Shen Gongzi, the little one bought two houses according to your orders, one with three courtyards and one with four courtyards. In addition, I have purchased some necessary furniture, and if there is anything missing, I will buy it again. ”

"Very well done."

Shen Yichen nodded and praised Canghuo's first sentence.

To be honest, he began to hand over this matter to Canghuotou, and he was still a little uneasy, thinking about whether it was better to find Xu Fengyuan to deal with it.

After all, Canghuotou was born as a Fujian miner, and the amount of information he was exposed to was far inferior to that of a combination of literati and businessmen like Xu Fengyuan.

Now it seems that Canghuotou can stand out among tens of thousands of miners and be selected by Ye Zongliu as a close confidant, he must have his own ability.

Not to mention anything else, choosing these two mansions near Xuanwu Gate, rather than near Donghua Gate, where the Chengguo Mansion is located, means that Canghuotou has carefully considered it.

The layout characteristics of the inner city of the Ming Dynasty are probably as follows: Xun Qi Di is outside the Donghua Gate, Zhongguan is outside the Xi'an Gate, and the rest of the Qing, Temple, and Taiwan Province Zhulang Cao are in the Xuanwu Gate.

The relatives do not need to go to the yamen to work, they only need to enter the palace to participate in the court meeting, so their mansions are close to the Forbidden City, which can save a lot of commuting time.

But Shen Yichen is an official, he works more in the Hanlin Academy, if the address of the mansion is near the Chengguo Mansion, it means that he has to go around most of the inner city every day.

In the past ten days, Shen Yichen has been employed in the Hanlin Academy, and in order to avoid running back and forth, Shen Yichen even lived directly in an inn not far from the Hanlin Academy, he didn't want to toss like this every day in the future.

Pushing open the door of the Sanjin courtyard and entering, Shen Yichen looked around. Naturally, this place is not comparable to the splendor of the Chengguo Mansion, but it has a quiet and simple appearance, and he is already very satisfied.

Sanjin Courtyard is converted into later units, covering an area of about five or six hundred square meters, and the construction area is about three hundred square meters. He and his mother are more than enough, even if Chen Qingtong is married in the future, it will not be crowded.

The reason why the ancient courtyard was so spacious was that in many cases, a house was not only lived in by the family, but also considered the maids, retinues, men, grooms, porters, and so on.

These subordinates add up, as few as a dozen people, and as many as hundreds of people, it is not surprising, and the mansion that is not so big is really not enough.

After coming out of the mansion, Shen Yichen said to the Canghuo head beside him: "Wait a minute, I will write two letters of worship, and you will go and deliver them to the Jingwei Command Envoy and the Beizhen Fu Division respectively." ”

Now that the house has been completed, it is natural to move over, Shen Yichen didn't plan to hold any housewarming banquet, but he still wanted to invite a few Yingtian partners to come over and have a lively time.

In addition, he also has some things that he plans to discuss with Zhao Hongjie and Li Da.

"Yes, the little one understands."

The carriage returned to the Chengguo Mansion, Canghuotou went to the guard to pay his respects, but Shen Yichen went to the study of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, to inform him that he was going to move out of the mansion.

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong didn't like literary affairs, so as soon as Shen Yichen came to the small courtyard where the study was located, he saw him in the courtyard comparing a set of boxing techniques.

Now Zhu Yong is over fifty years old, but he is still in good shape, and he wields a tiger and a tiger with boxing moves. Seeing Shen Yichen coming, he stopped what he was doing, picked up a towel to wipe his sweat, and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Shen Yichen understood that Zhu Yong had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and so did the other party. Today, this kid will come to the study to find himself, and he must have something to say.

"Back to my grandfather, the younger generation plans to move out of the mansion."

Since he asked, Shen Yichen didn't bend around, and bluntly stated the purpose of his visit.

"Why did you move out of the mansion?"

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong was a little surprised, put down the towel and looked at Shen Yichen, he didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this matter.

"Now that the younger generation has entered the office, the public mansion is far away from the Hanlin Academy, and it is inconvenient to travel every day. In addition, my mother will soon be in Beijing, and she will have to arrange a place to live. ”

"So the younger generation bought a house near Xuanwumen, and planned to move there today."

Hearing this, Zhu Yong's face was a little serious. Shen Yichen's wedding is imminent, if he moves out of the mansion at this time, how will the ministers of the government and the opposition view the reverie?

will definitely think that his father and son are not in harmony, and the big wedding will not be held in the Chengguo Mansion.

"No, even if you want to move out, you have to wait for the end of the wedding with the Marquis of Taining!"

Without the slightest room for negotiation, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, gave a negative answer.

During this time, he made a lot of concessions to Shen Yichen, but this kind of problem involving the bottom line, Cheng Guogong will not back down.

"Then in what capacity is my mother in the Chengguo Mansion, maidservant? Concubine? Or an outsider! ”

This matter also touched Shen Yichen's bottom line, and he didn't care if he was in the genealogy or not. And in this era, the mother must not be nameless and have no share, and bow to the so-called mother-in-law of the Lin family at the wedding banquet!

Shen Yichen's question, in fact, has been considered by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, since that day. That's why at the end of the feast, he asked him to repair a letter to respond to the heavens, and let the Shen family come to the wedding banquet.

"I will give your mother a concubine."

This answer is the decision and compromise of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo.

You must know that Shen Yichen's mother Shen's previous identity in the Chengguo Mansion was a slave maid in the concubine's room, and the level of the girl in the connecting room was a little worse.

Later, he was unexpectedly favored by Cheng Guogong, saying that if it sounds good, it can be called a concubine, but if it is ugly, it has just reached the status of a girl in the room.

Now that Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, is willing to take up a concubine, it is equivalent to giving the Shen family a name, breaking away from the slave class and being promoted to half a master.

But the reason why Zhu Yong compromised was not because he still had any affection for the Shen family, but because of Shen Yichen.

Mother is more expensive than child!

Hearing Zhu Yong's words, Shen Yichen was silent, he really didn't expect that the other party would give an answer so quickly.

To be honest, Shen Yichen didn't expect any concubine, which could not compensate for his mother's hardships after being abandoned for many years.

But he also understands that in the context of the Ming Dynasty, the Lin family occupies the title of wife, and Zhu Yong can do this at most, and it is impossible to raise his mother to the position of mother-in-law.

For some reason, Shen Yichen suddenly remembered Zhu Yi's words in his mind, that is, Zhu Ji can become a son-in-law, who dares to guarantee that he will not be in the future?

Do you want to join forces with Zhu Yi to bring down the Lin family?

In an instant, Shen Yichen felt a chill behind him, and his thoughts today were the same as the chips thrown by Zhu Yi. If this is a step he has planned a long time ago, it is too terrifying, and the accurate control of human nature and the situation can be called a last resort!

In the past, Shen Yichen changed his opinion of Xun Qi's children in Zhu Yi, and now he may have to change his opinion of the ancients.

Is this the top strength of the Ming elite?

"Grandpa, the younger generation can hold a wedding banquet in the mansion, but if you kneel down to worship your parents, you have to sit on the throne of my biological mother."

Zhu Yong took a step back, and Shen Yichen could also compromise, but he couldn't accept that it was Lin's mother who knelt down on the joy of his wedding.

"Shen Yichen, you don't want to get an inch!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, couldn't hold back his anger, and pointed at Shen Yichen's nose and scolded angrily.

If this scene is placed in the eyes of civil and military officials, wouldn't it be criticized for "spoiling concubines and destroying wives"?

Zhu Yong has a strong life, and he attaches great importance to face, and he will never allow this kind of criticism of etiquette to appear on him.

Shen Yichen was also tough, and arched his hand: "Grandpa, my mother has worked hard for many years, as a son of man, she should practice filial piety, and the younger generation will never bow down to Mrs. Zhu!" ”

In ancient times, filial piety came first, which is righteousness and political correctness.

Of course, the mother-in-law also occupies the moral high point of the word "filial piety", and is even more politically correct than the biological mother.

But the key point is that Shen Yichen has not been included in the genealogy at all, and Cheng Guogong can also say that blood relationship is his biological father, what kind of cow and horse is the Lin family?

The last sentence "Mrs. Zhu" is equivalent to Shen Yichen pointing out the identity of the Lin family, she is just the Duchess of the Kingdom, not her mother!

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yong was dumbfounded.

During this period of time, he subconsciously regarded Shen Yichen as his son, and the genealogy and interests that he had been obsessed with gradually faded away.

Today's words are also equivalent to reminding Zhu Yong that Shen Yichen is not included in the genealogy, and the Lin family is not the nominal mother-in-law, and he has the right not to bow down.

For some reason, Zhu Yong felt a little empty in his heart at the moment, because this also meant that Shen Yichen was not his nominal son.

"Well, just do as you say."

The anger dissipated, only loneliness remained, and at this moment, Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, seemed to be much older.

"The juniors are retiring."

Shen Yichen gave up his hand to leave, and for some reason, he also had mixed feelings in his heart.

Maybe it's because Zhu Yong feels less and less like a prince now, more like a father.

Exiting the small courtyard, Shen Yichen returned to his West Wing Courtyard and informed Ah Niu to pack some important items and prepare to take the newly bought mansion first, including the original evidence of Wang Shan's crimes.

Although it is basically certain now that this incriminating evidence was known to Zhu Yi, there is still a big difference between knowing it and having the evidence in hand.

If he disappears in the Chengguo Mansion one day, then he and Zhao Hongjie may be doomed.

After packing up his things, Shen Yichen came to the new house with Ah Niu, and when he saw that there was suddenly such a big yard, Ah Niu was naturally extremely surprised.

"Brother Chen, you are too exaggerated, you bought a mansion without making a sound."

"There is more than one, and I bought it next door."

At this time, Ah Niu was even more surprised, and asked, "Brother Chen, what are you doing when you buy two yards?" ”

"The room next to it will be left for Canghuotou to live in the future, and they have been living in the inn during this time, which is quite inconvenient."

"Brother Chen, is Canghuotou helping you do things, there are some things I can do too!"

In fact, during this time, Ah Niu had already realized that Canghuo and the others stayed in Beijing to help Shen Yichen do things.

This made Ah Niu feel very useless, after all, except for doing some chores in the public mansion, it seemed that no other place could help.

Hearing this, Shen Yichen smiled, then patted Ah Niu on the shoulder and said, "You have actually been helping me do things all the time, it's just a different division of labor." ”

"If you really want to do something else, when Wang Neng and others come to Beijing in a while, you can go and learn from him."

Although Canghuo and others were also miners, they have killed officials and rebelled over the years, wandering all over the country, and their knowledge and experience far exceed that of ordinary farmers like A Niu.

So many things are not that Shen Yichen doesn't trust Ah Niu, it is true that he can't do it, and if he wants to be alone in the future, he must have some experience with Wang Neng and them.

"Brother Chen, I listen to you, I will follow Wang Neng to study hard!"

Ah Niu nodded solemnly, he didn't want to become the one who dragged his feet.

"Then now you go find a restaurant, order a table of food and let them deliver it later, and wait for a guest to arrive."

"Okay, Brother Chen!"

Seeing that Shen Yichen had arranged to do things by himself, a sincere smile appeared on Ah Niu's face, and he patted his chest and went to the restaurant to order a meal.

When night fell, Shen Yichen sat at the table, with a large table of wine and food in front of him.

It didn't take long to hear the sound of a horsehoe hitting the ground outside the courtyard, so Shen Yichen got up and walked towards the outside of the courtyard.

At this time, Li Da led a group of younger brothers who were in the outer courtyard at home, carrying two jars of wine in their hands, and looked at Shen Yichen and muttered loudly: "Big brother, you moved to a new house, and you didn't tell Brother Wei in advance, I really didn't have time to prepare gifts, so I only came with two jars of wine." ”

"Virtuous brother, don't be polite, let's go in first!"

Regarding Li Da's various opinions, Shen Yichen is now numb, so he can call him whatever he wants.

"Big brother!"

Not only Li Da, but also Zhang Qi, Wu Rong and others, the white fat men of the outer courtyard school, also came to Shen Yichen, bending down and shouting big brother.

Fortunately, this place is secluded, and the courtyards on both sides were also bought by Shen Yichen, otherwise it would have spread to the ears of the neighbors, and I am afraid that they would think that the bandits had entered the city.

"Keep it low!"

Shen Yichen looked helpless, he was also a leader in literati, and this style did not conform to his identity.

His eyes passed over Li Da and the others, and Shen Yichen saw Zhao Hongjie standing aside. Now his identity is embarrassing, coupled with the estrangement between the previous Jingwei command and the Tongzhi incident, it seems as if he has been isolated.

"Why are you standing so far away, have you forgotten to worship me as a big brother?"

No matter what happened, Shen Yichen never became alienated from Zhao Hongjie in his heart, he was always his first friend in this world.

"Big brother."

A smile appeared on Zhao Hongjie's face, and his tone was slightly vibrato.

"Let's go, let's go in first!"

One hand was on Zhao Hongjie's shoulder, and the other hand was also on Li Da's shoulder when he passed by.

Compared with the deceit of officialdom, the feelings of his student days are the most real, and Shen Yichen will do his best to maintain it.

When they returned to the house, everyone sat down, poured the cup full of wine and began to eat and drink, just like the time in Yingtianfu, most of the time it was Li Da and others who boasted about it, and Shen Yichen and Zhao Hongjie listened silently next to them.

The only difference is that Zhao Hongjie has become deeper and deeper.

After staggering, Li Da said to Shen Yichen: "Big brother, I heard that you are above the court, and bluntly said that the Tile Spur Department also threatened our Daming border first, because my brother thinks you are right, you must take precautions as soon as possible!" ”

"What I say is right, what is the use, and the holy ministers must be able to listen."

"This group of ministers is really a corpse vegetarian, if I am stationed on the frontier, I will definitely not give it a chance!"

Li Dahao is also the queen of the gate, and his father is Li Zheng, the governor of the Left Army, who fought with the Mongolian iron cavalry from the bottom guard, and compared with these civil servants in the court, he understands the fierceness and danger of the Tartars.

These words suddenly reminded Shen Yichen that although he couldn't change his concept from the top, he could start from the bottom to prepare for the future. Li Da and the others can't command the embassy in Jingwei to be an idle yamen, it's a waste of time!

"If you want to protect your family and defend the country, you can transfer from Jingwei to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and train a strong army, so that you can give it a chance first."

"I want to too, but the old man at home doesn't allow it."

Li Da's tone was a little helpless, he came to Beijing to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but he had no choice but to squat in the Jingwei Command Embassy.

"If you make up your mind, I can play the role of Chengguo Gong and transfer from Jingwei to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies."

Before, Shen Yichen and Cheng Guogong could be said to be like strangers except for the father-son relationship in blood, and they didn't say a few words for so many years, at most, they wrote a letter to recommend, and nothing else could be arranged.

But now it's different, at least it's not much of a problem to help Li Da transfer from Jingwei to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and controlling real power and the army is the foundation of military generals.

"No problem, I don't want to stay in Jingwei for a long time!"

Li Da's face was happy, his dream was to fight on the battlefield, not to "go to prison" in the idle yamen.

"Big brother, I am also willing to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!"

"And my eldest brother, I'll go where the boss goes!"

"Big brother, don't forget me!"

As soon as he heard that Li Da was going to transfer to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, several other junior disciples from the Outer Courtyard School stood up and asked to go together.

One thing to say, although this group of goods did not learn and did not know how to do it when they were in the home school, but under the influence of Li Da, they always uphold the blood of the children of military generals and are not afraid of the battlefield.

"Okay, I'll tell my grandfather."

With Shen Yichen's consent, the younger brothers in the outer courtyard were in a higher mood, and they didn't stop pushing the cup and changing the lamp.

However, at this time, Shen Yichen looked at Zhao Hongjie and said to him: "Hongjie, I have something to ask you for help." ”

"Yichen, just say it."

Today's Shen Yichen can be said to be Zhao Hongjie's last friendship, and he cherishes it very much.

"Help me investigate who Zhu Ji drank with on the night of the 14th of last month, and what words he said. In addition, if you are sure, follow Zhu Ji's line and find out who the eldest prince Zhu Yi sent to warn them. ”

Shen Yichen originally sent Canghuotou to arrest someone back, but he didn't know if he was alerted by Zhu Yi, or if he didn't send someone to follow him later. Anyway, in the recent period, Canghuotou has no clues, so naturally he hasn't caught anyone.

In terms of investigation ability, Canghuo Tou is far inferior to a spy organization like Jinyiwei, and if he wants to find out, he has to let Zhao Hong excel.

"Don't you worry about the eldest prince Zhu Yi?"

The current Zhao Hongjie has long since faded away from the innocence of the family school, and he knows how much ability Zhu Ji has in this kind of goods.

Only Zhu Yi and Zhao Hongjie are not clear. Now that Shen Yichen wants to investigate, this eldest son must not be simple.

"Well, try not to reveal your identity."

Shen Yichen didn't know how many hole cards Zhu Yi had, and as the eldest son of Chengguo, he should know Zhao Hongjie and others.

Once exposed, not only will it affect Zhao Hongjie, but even their parents can't avoid it, so it's best to act secretly.

"I understand."

After Li Da on the other side heard it, he also spoke: "If your identity is not revealed, it means that Zhao Hongjie will not be able to mobilize a few Jinyi guards." I'll help too, there are still a lot of fresh faces in Jingwei. ”

Li Da is born with a self-familiar boss, whether it is the outer courtyard school or Jingwei, he can quickly call himself a brother and a brother.

This point is far inferior to Zhao Hongjie, he has not been in Jinyiwei for a long time, and he is still airborne into hundreds of households without his own team, so he should not be able to find a few reliable henchmen in secret.

Hearing these words, Zhao Hongjie looked at Li Da with surprise on his face, and couldn't believe that he would take the initiative to work with him.

"Don't put on a show like this, you will get angry when you look at it!"

Li Da was still unforgiving, but after a glass of wine, he continued: "No matter how unhappy Lao Tzu is, he grew up with you since he was a child and was your eldest brother!" ”

"What do you mean by that sentence, brother?"

Halfway through speaking, Li Da was stuck and looked at Shen Yichen.

"Brothers are on the wall, and they are insulted from the outside."

For this illiterate, Shen Yichen was really a little speechless.

"yes, that's it, can you help me stand by and watch?"

Not only Li Da, but the white fat man Zhang Qi also said: "Although Lao Tzu is also very angry after hearing what the boss said, how can he not stand by and watch." ”

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"That's right, his mother grew up together, can you watch Zhao Hongjie care?"

"Jinyiwei is Jinyiwei, what else can be done if they all go in."

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, and after drinking, the tone is a lot more vulgar.

But in any case, they are childhood friends who grew up together in Yingtianfu, and now they are going to Beijing together.

No matter what internal strife there is between brothers, they should unite in the face of outsiders!

Listening to everyone's words, Zhao Hongjie's eyes were red, and he could still see crystal tears under the candlelight.