Shen Yichen and Shi Heng walked out of Donghua Gate together, and Canghuo and others, who had been waiting not far from the palace gate, saw the proprietor leaving the palace and hurriedly called the coachman to come over with a carriage to greet them.

"Zhongguo Gong is riding a horse to the court, if you don't dislike it, how about riding together?"

Shen Yichen didn't see the carriage of the Zhongguo Mansion, and many of the military generals who were in the prime of life and had actual combat experience in guarding the border passes were generally used to riding horses to the court. In addition, in the Ming Dynasty, there will be a special dismount monument in the palace gate, Confucian temple and other places to remind the civil officials to get off the sedan chair and the military attache to get off the horse.

So Shen Yichen naturally invited Shi Heng to ride in a carriage with him, but the other party laughed out loud, and replied in a flamboyant tone: "Xiangbei, you have been in Liaodong in the past few years, and you have not kept up with the changes in the Beijing Division, how can there be a comfortable sedan in the carriage?" ”

Almost at the moment when Shi Heng's words fell, from the alley not far from the palace gate, hundreds of people emerged, among which there was a luxury sedan chair, showing luxury and dignity.

"Grandpa, I've kept you waiting!"

A sturdy man came to Shi Heng and saluted him with his fists, judging from his body shape, he should be a family guard.

"To the north, how about coming and seeing the sedan chair of my father?"

Shi Heng was proud of showing off at this time, the "Daming Huidian" originally stipulated that officials were not allowed to take a sedan chair, but in the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed it, and only elderly or disabled officials were allowed to take a sedan chair to the court, which has continued to this day.

However, with the development of time, this regulation has gradually been exceeded, especially the thirteen superintendent imperial histories stationed in the locality, most of whom travel in sedan chairs in violation of regulations. For example, when Shen Yichen left the town of Shandong, Zhang Qiuxian ordered Meng Anwei to prepare a reception guard of honor with eight sedan chairs, the reason is that he has the identity of the imperial history of the capital and is also a Beijing official.

On the contrary, at the feet of the Son of Heaven like Jingshi, in order to avoid being impeached by the officials of the Kedao Yan, the officials are relatively well-behaved, almost all of them travel in carriages, and there are very few scenes of riding in sedan chairs, let alone using luxurious eight-lift sedan chairs like Shi Heng.

Judging from this point alone, Shi Heng, the loyal prince of the country, who is a very human minister, is indeed a little floating.

Seeing that Shen Yichen didn't respond, Shi Heng thought that he was shocked by the luxurious pomp, so he simply pulled him into the sedan chair.

Shi Heng's actions immediately aroused the vigilance of Canghuo and the others, and they subconsciously surrounded the sedan chair, ready to ask Shen Yichen what the situation was. However, Shi Heng's family guards were also the elite of the border army, and they quietly formed a human wall, blocking the access of Canghuo and others, and the two sides showed a tense situation.

"Don't be impulsive, the proprietor is fine, let's just follow the sedan chair."

Staff member Bian He is very familiar with the sophistication of these officialdoms, the other party is Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, and this is an important place in Beijing. Not to mention that the two sides have fought side by side, and the relationship is good, even if it is a political enemy, it is impossible to openly do it, and Canghuo is a little too nervous.

"Yes, Mr. Bian."

Hearing Bian He's stop, Canghuo and the others retreated, but they were still staring at the family of the Zhongguo Mansion.

On the other side, Shen Yichen sat in the sedan chair, and the brazier inside was burning, which instantly dispelled the coldness in the spring. In addition, everywhere you look, you are wrapped in silk brocade, and all the gold and silver threads are used for the stitching on it, and the patterns are extremely exquisite and complex, and it costs a lot of money at a glance.

To tell the truth, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, can also be regarded as a veteran relative of Fengtian Jingnan, and the luxury of the Gongfu carriage is far from the interior of Shi Heng.

"Shi Chong, go to the Agarwood Building."

Shi Heng shouted outside the sedan door, and soon the eight-lift sedan chair slowly left the ground and walked towards the restaurant unusually smoothly.

After getting up from the sedan chair, I saw Shi Heng leaning back on the back of the chair with a comfortable face, and then said meaningfully: "To the north, this is more comfortable than the carriage, power is really a good thing......"

Shen Yichen has not sat in a sedan chair, and it is indeed much more comfortable to ride a sedan chair than a carriage. The reason is that the carriages of this era have no rubber wheels, let alone a shock-absorbing yellow mechanism, and even if the royal road level of the Beijing Division, it is still impossible to avoid the high and low brick joints, not to mention the ordinary potholed dirt roads.

No matter how good the carriage is, it is inevitable that all kinds of shaking and shaking, and the sedan chair can greatly reduce this discomfort of riding.

But Shen Yichen was indifferent to luxury, he only smiled politely and said: "Zhongguo Gong, what you said after you retired from the dynasty, can you say it clearly if you forgive the little brother for being stupid?" ”

Seeing that Shen Yichen was still thinking about Yi Chu, Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Xiangbei, you said that you are young, why do you only know about officialdom and government affairs like the old man of the court, and don't know the pleasures of life." ”

"Go to the Agarwood Building first, and then talk to you slowly for my brother."

Shi Heng does have a narrow-minded side, and he will definitely take revenge if he offends and humiliates him. But as long as he gets his approval, Shi Heng will show an open-minded and righteous side, and he will never forget to drink soup from his brothers when eating meat.

This led to him constantly inserting clan cronies into the border army, and also tried his best to exaggerate and falsify military exploits, helping his brothers, nephews and other relatives to become officials and become knights, which completely explained what it means to be a person who attains the Tao and a chicken dog ascends to heaven.

Shi Heng is so close to Shen Yichen, and he has the idea of courting him, but it is more of an appreciation and recognition from the bottom of his heart, otherwise with his current identity and status, he would not have put his attitude so low.

The other party said this, and Shen Yichen couldn't continue to ask, so he could only nod and obey.

Soon this ostentatious eight-lift sedan chair came to the front of the agarwood building, Shen Yichen is not a stranger to this place, after returning to Beijing from the town of Shandong, Chen Xun led himself here to have a meal.

Many years have passed, and the Agarwood Building is still firmly on the first floor of the Beijing Division.

In front of the busy building, when they saw the arrival of the sedan chair of Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng, the guests immediately brushed their way out, not daring to offend the upstart of the dynasty.

Only the old mother who greeted the guests at the door leaned over with a smile on her face with fear in her heart, and flattered her affectionately: "Grandpa is really a distinguished guest, the box can always be prepared for you, the girls have been looking forward to it for a long time." ”

But when the curtain of the sedan chair door was opened, what caught the eyes of the old mother was a strange young face, which made everyone present stunned. There is only one sedan chair in Zhongguo Gong, who is qualified to ride his sedan chair, let alone look so young.

If you are a teenager younger, it may be Shi Hong, the son of your grandfather, but this is really hard to guess.

However, when Shen Yichen got down from the sedan chair, the people present were instantly stunned, this young man was actually wearing a scarlet official uniform, which meant that he was at least a fourth-grade high-ranking official.

Before everyone could react to what was going on, Shi Heng, the Duke of Zhongguo, came out of the sedan chair and said in a playful tone: "The old lady on the first floor of the Beijing Division is really not good, I only know that my father is coming, but I can't see the real distinguished guest. ”

"Cabinet Minister and Military Secretary Standing in front of you, can't you recognize it?"

Cabinet Minister and Secretary of the Ministry of War?

Hearing these titles, the old mother of the Agarwood Building and the guests outside the door all stood in place in a daze, their eyes full of shock and disbelief.

There are only a handful of cabinet ministers, and there are only four who can hold the title of six books. Coupled with this young face, then the identity of the person who came is about to come out, he is the world-famous Shen Yichen!

"The old mother has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so please don't be surprised by Shen Ge."

As she spoke, the old mother was panicked and frightened, and knelt down as soon as her knees were weak.

"I don't know what the official is guilty of, I'm just coming over to have a few drinks with my grandfather, please lead the way."

Shen Yichen smiled and raised his hand, signaling the old mother to stand up and lead the way, but he couldn't help but think of the scene of the last time he came to the Agarwood Building.

At that time, I didn't wear official clothes, and I didn't even say hello to the bustard and turtle after coming to the Agarwood Building. Now that time has passed, even if this is the first floor of the Beijing Division, the guests who come are either rich or expensive, it can still make the old mothers who have seen the market tremble.

Power, it's a good thing.

"Yes, yes, the little one will lead Shen Ge Lao and his grandfather in."

After the old mother stood up, she hurriedly led the way in front, and Shen Yichen and Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, followed behind.

Compared with the low-key banquet held by Ma Yu, the first assistant of the cabinet, Shi Heng's style of acting can be described by no one in his eyes. didn't care about the gossip that going to the brothel of the Qinglou with the cabinet ministers, and even disdained the small roads taken by ordinary dignitaries, and let the old mother lead the way through the main entrance.

At this time, the lobby was originally full of people, but when they saw Shen Yichen and Shi Heng coming in, they instantly became silent. Especially the people who recognize their identities, they don't even dare to gasp, this is absolute power and coercion!

The old mother continued to lead the two upstairs, and followed the guards behind her to guard the staircase, Shen Yichen had been here once, and knew that the upstairs wing room was the exclusive place for distinguished guests, and ordinary people did not even have the qualifications to go upstairs.

After arriving upstairs, Shi Heng did not let his mother lead the way, but took Shen Yichen to a side room by himself, and standing at the door, he could already faintly hear the noise inside.

"To the north, after entering this gate, you will be your own people, and the world of the Ming Dynasty will be decided by us!"

Shi Heng's expression showed a touch of fanaticism at this moment, and then slowly pushed open the two doors, and there were already several gorgeously dressed magnates sitting or lying inside. Now Shen Yichen is not the little character who didn't have much knowledge at the beginning, he recognized at a glance that there were Dingyuan Bo Shi Biao, Wu'an Hou Zheng Hong, Chengshan Bo Wang Cong and other relatives.

In addition, in addition to the existence of the military generals, Shen Yichen also accidentally discovered Liu Bendao, the head of the household department, Sun Hong, the head of the Ministry of Works, and Chen Ruyan, a member of his military department.

What's even more outrageous is that even his nominal brother-in-law, Chen Huan, the sister-in-law of the current Taining Marquis Chen Jing, is also in the crowd.

For a while, Shen Yichen's head was buzzing, and he couldn't help but recall that when he returned to the dynasty victoriously, he was entrusted by Dingxiang Bo Guo Deng, who handed over to him, that is, after returning to the dynasty, he must restrain Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, otherwise it will be a big disaster!

Judging from the current situation, Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, has gone farther than he imagined on the road of power lust, and has formed a party faction and formed a huge force in the court.

"To the north, these are all acquaintances in the court, so I don't need to introduce them to you."

After that, Shi Heng strode into the room and said in an impassioned tone: "Everyone, let's see who came with this father, and why don't you get up to welcome the old man of the Shen Pavilion?" ”

The ministers in the house, in fact, were also full of shock and surprise when they saw Shen Yichen after the door opened, they never expected that Shi Heng would bring Shen Yichen over.

However, being able to bring it here means that everyone will become a person in the same boat, regardless of Shen Yichen's youth and high position, the future is immeasurable. As far as the power of the Chengguo Gong clan behind him is concerned, it has a pivotal position in the old Xunqi group in the DPRK and China, and the power of the group will be greatly enhanced!

"Welcome to Shen Ge Lao."

"It's really a distinguished guest, beyond Benhou's expectations."

"Brother Xiangbei, if you come, you are your own person, so you don't need to be polite."

"I didn't expect Shen Zhongtang to have such a friendship with my grandfather, and the real person doesn't show up!"

The room was full of compliments and sighs, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, Shen Yichen and Shi Heng belonged to the objects that the eight poles could not beat, who would have thought that they would become members of the party?

Among them, only Chen Huan, the son of the Marquis of Taining, had a cloudy and uncertain face, he should theoretically be the person with the closest relationship with Shen Yichen, but at the funeral of the former Marquis of Taining, Chen Qingtong had a great unpleasantness with Shen Yichen.

And as a gentleman's son, the future heir of the Marquis of Taining, he has a sense of arrogance, and he can't change his head to bow to Shen Yichen.

Looking at the harmonious scene in front of him, after Shen Yichen recovered from the shock, he also hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Colleagues are polite, the loyal prince heroically led this official here, it is rude to come here for the first time, please forgive me." ”

Seeing Shen Yichen's polite greeting, Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng patted him on the shoulder helplessly and said, "Xiangbei, you're welcome, you see this again." ”

"Needless to say, sit down and drink two glasses first, and you will naturally get acquainted."

After that, Shi Heng pulled Shen Yichen to sit in the front row, and it can be seen from this detail that he attaches great importance to it. Even if there are all the super-grade relatives in this, at least in Shi Heng's eyes, Shen Yichen's ability is above everyone.

Under such circumstances, Shen Yichen couldn't shirk it, so he could only sit down and use the hypocritical face of officialdom to push the cup and change the lamp.

After three rounds of drinking, Shi Heng had a slightly drunk look on his face at this time, shook his head and said to Shen Yichen: "Xiangbei, didn't you keep asking my father on the way, what is the suspense of the emperor's eldest son Yi Chu?" ”

"Now my father can tell you that the eldest son of the emperor is now seriously ill and bedridden, and there is a great possibility of early death. The people sitting in this room now are just to join forces to deal with the coming great changes and support the true prince of the future! ”