marquis of jingan

The war lasted for almost half a year, and in this era, firearms have basically become popular for military use, so the damage to the Xuzhou area was particularly serious.

Of course, the biggest impact is agriculture.

After all, during the war, there were basically no conditions for farming.

Now that the Northern Qi army has basically withdrawn to the territory of Shandong, the most urgent task is to resume production and construction in the lost land.

In the following period of time, Shen Yi and Zhang Jian first restored Xuzhou's yamen system, and at the same time focused on restoring production so as not to delay next year's spring plowing.

After the reorganization, the Huai'an army, under the leadership of the chief general of the three armies, began to recover several prefectures and counties that were basically undefended after the Qi army withdrew to the north.

They are Yingzhou, Bozhou, Suzhou and Haizhou.

The defenders in these places have already withdrawn seven or eight times, and basically they can occupy them as soon as the soldiers arrive, without any difficulty.

In a blink of an eye, more than a month passed, and the time came to the end of Hongde's 13th year.

Master Shen has already changed into winter clothes. Together with Zhang Jian, he is drinking in Zhizhou, Xuzhou... no, it should be said that he is drinking at the Yamen of the Zhifu.

When Xuzhou was in the hands of the Northern Qi Dynasty, although there were counties under its jurisdiction, it was only a state-level unit. After the liberation, the Jiankang court decreed that it was the Xuzhou prefecture, so the magistrate's office changed suddenly and became the magistrate's office.

In the back hall of the magistrate's yamen, the two senior brothers sat across the table. Zhang Fuzun smiled at Shen Yi and said: "Things are progressing very smoothly. The spring plowing in all states and counties has been arranged. Just wait for the beginning of spring next year. sowing."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said, "It all depends on that senior officer under you, Ziheng, that all kinds of seeds can be delivered quickly, which is very timely."

Grain sowing is very particular. Generally, it is necessary to carefully select some full-grained seeds from the previous year's grain, and then soak them in advance before they can be used as seeds for the new year.

And throughout last year, there was turmoil near Xuzhou, and many local farmers ran away, and it was too late to save seeds. Fortunately, Mr. Xu is now very powerful, and quickly sent a large number of seeds to Xuzhou.

Master Shen lowered his head, took a sip of his wine, and said, "Planting the seeds is only the first step. The key is to see if we can keep it next year."

Zhang Jian was taken aback, and asked, "Haven't the people of Qi retreated north?"

"It's just a temporary northward retreat."

He said indifferently: "The new emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty has some problems with getting the throne. Now most of the time, he can't sleep well at night, and needs a large number of imperial guards to guard him."

"After the Northern Qi Dynasty is changed to the Yuan Dynasty next year, he will be able to sleep well after he has won the hearts of the people he should win over."

Shen Yi raised his head and drank the strong wine in the glass, then picked up a piece of charcoal with a tong, and threw it into the stove next to him, looking at the sparks splashing in the stove, a little lost in thought.

"At that time, the people of Qi will definitely go south again, trying to take back the states of Xuzhou."

"After winning that battle, there will be no obstacles in Shandong province. When the time comes..."

Shen Yi smiled and said, "You can push it directly to the edge of the Yellow River."

Zhang Jian also drank a glass of wine, thought for a while, and asked, "Is Ziheng sure?"

Shen Yi shook his head.

"I'm not sure about fighting Xuzhou, so I can't do it?"

"The strength of the Huai'an army is now several times that of when we were in Huai'an Mansion. Although I am not [-]% sure, I am not too worried."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi looked at the north, frowned and said, "I wanted to take advantage of the enemy's retreat to the north to see if we could take Yanzhou."

"result…"

He sighed and said, "Yanzhou now has tens of thousands of defenders, and it is difficult to take it down. We have to wait for the West Route Army to go north before considering Yanzhou."

When the West Route Army goes north, the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army will double immediately. When the West Route Army attacks Henan, the difficulty for Shen Yi to take Shandong will suddenly decrease.

The reason why Shen Yi gave up attacking Yanzhou years ago was because the intelligence of the inner guards had been sent back one after another recently, and the Qi army had completely turned from offense to defense, and was preparing to strictly guard Yanzhou.

But now, one is that the siege equipment is not complete, and the other is that the army is not too strong, so Shen Yi is going to let go of the attack on Yanzhou.

"Brother..."

Shen Yi put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Zhang Jian, and said with a smile, "I'm going back to Jiankang in a few days."

Zhang Jian nodded first, and then asked, "Are you homesick? Or is your Majesty summoning you?"

"All."

Shen Yi said softly: "It's been three days since His Majesty's edict calling me back, it's just these few days..."

He rubbed his head, and said: "After the reorganization, the Huai'an Army is not as smooth as before. Many thorns popped up, and some of them have to be dealt with by me personally..."

"So it was delayed for a few days."

He looked at Zhang Jian and asked, "Brother, will you go back to Jiankang? I'll take you back together."

Zhang Jian shook her head and said with a smile: "My family members have all gone back to Yuqian. Even if I go home, I will go back to Yuqian. What are you doing back in Jiankang?"

"It's you, Ziheng."

Zhang Jian was thoughtful: "Go back to Jiankang now..."

"No problem."

Master Shen smiled and said: "There are people watching from the north all the time, and the information will be sent to me all the time. As for the Huai'an Army..."

"Su Ding and Ling Su are both very stable and nothing will happen."

Zhang Jian couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "From what Zi Heng said, is General Xue not very stable?"

"He can't be too steady."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "The vanguard army must have the courage to fight, otherwise it can't be called a vanguard."

"It makes sense."

After taking a sip of the wine, he said, "Xuzhou has many specialties, including pastries. I'll prepare some for the past few days. When Ziheng returns to Jiankang, he will bring them to my teacher."

Zhang Fuzun sighed and said: "In a blink of an eye, I haven't seen my mentor for more than two years, and I don't know if he is still as handsome as an old man."

Hearing him mention Zhao Changping, Shen Yi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "I will bring my second brother with me when I go back this year. When the uncle sees the second brother, he should be several years younger."

Zhang Jian smiled dumbly: "You take my deputy away, the uncle is young, I'm afraid I will be several years older."

"Brother, don't panic, after the New Year's Eve, I'll bring you a few more county magistrates back."

Master Shen joked: "It's just that it's not good to bring people from our academy, otherwise the government and the public will say that our Ganquan Academy has formed a clique."

"Speaking of the academy."

Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi, and said, "My teacher sent a letter saying that Your Majesty wants Uncle Lu to be an official or to run a school in Jiankang, do you know about this?"

"know."

Shen Yi said softly: "That's why I went back to Jiankang at this moment, father-in-law..."

"It should be Jiankang by now. I will celebrate the New Year at my home this year. I will go back..."

"Discuss with him."

Zhang Jian nodded.

"From this point of view, Ziheng should indeed go back."

"Don't worry, I have me in the political affairs here in Xuzhou, and there won't be too much trouble."

Shen Yi took out a waist card engraved with Shen characters and seal characters from his arms, put it in front of Zhang Jian, and said, "Brother, this is my card."

"If something happens, you take this sign..."

"Go to Su Ding."

Zhang Jian picked up the sign, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Couldn't this sign be able to transfer troops?"

This is a bit taboo.

Because the transfer of troops is a major national event, it is not a joke, generally only the emperor's brand can transfer troops, and even the emperor's brand is not very easy to transfer troops.

Master Shen smiled wryly: "Senior brother, don't be joking."

"Just let him cooperate with the senior brother to do things."

Zhang Jian accepted the sign and smiled.

"Ziheng is now more and more demeanor of a feudal official."

………………

A few days later, after Shen Yi finished handling the affairs of the Huai'an army, he set off for Jiankang.

It is already the twelfth lunar month.

He rode all the way, covering a distance of more than 600 miles for about four days, and finally arrived in Jiankang on the fifth day.

At the gate of Jiankang City, His Majesty the Emperor personally greeted them.

Shen Yi got off his horse and kowtowed to the emperor.

"Minister Shen Yi, I greet Your Majesty."

"I live up to my holy hope. Now Xuzhou, Yingzhou, Bozhou, Suzhou, Haizhou and other states have all been restored."

Master Shen lowered his head, his voice was low and powerful.

"The whole province of Da Chennan Zhili has been restored!"