marquis of jingan

Chapter 399 Yin-Yang Weiqi!

This question is somewhat sensitive.

Because so far, the war between Dachen and Northern Qi that lasted for more than half a year has ended. During this half a year, both sides suffered casualties. The casualties of the Huai River Navy and the Forbidden Army totaled more than [-].

Naturally, not all of these [-] people died, most of them were only injured, but they really lost their combat effectiveness.

However, regarding the results of this war, especially the casualties of the Northern Qi Dynasty, neither the official data released nor the internal documents of the imperial court gave details.

even…

Even Zhao Changping, the Minister of the Household Department, did not know about it.

Zhang Xiang sat on the chair, looked at Shen Yi, and smiled dumbly: "Ziheng, you are an official in the court, and you don't even know it. How can this old man who has retired from office know?"

Shen Yi let out a foul breath, and said, "To tell you the truth, old Xiangguo, this junior once asked Mr. Zhao this question, but Mr. Zhao, the Minister of the Household Department, only knows how much compensation the court needs to give, but he doesn't know anything about the casualties of Qiren. After thinking about it, apart from His Majesty, the only one in the court who can tell the younger generation is you, Old Prime Minister."

Only the emperor, the Zhao family, and the officials of the Ministry of War knew about this kind of thing.

Shen Yi is in the Ministry of War and has no connections.

But Zhang Jing is different. The old man has been the prime minister for more than ten years. Like Yang Jingzong, there are many former students and officials everywhere. Although he is not in office, he probably knows many things that Shen Yi doesn't know.

"Some things are useless if you know them."

While tidying up the pen and ink on the table, the old man said, "It just adds to your troubles."

"Last year, this junior has seen too many documents from the front line in the Mansion Reporting Department, so I am very curious in my heart, and must know the casualties of the Qi people."

Zhang Jing was silent for a while, then lowered his eyebrows and said, "Well, the old man will tell you."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said: "But what the old man said today, can come out of my mouth and into my ears. If you leave this door, the old man will deny you."

Shen Yi nodded: "The junior understands."

The old Xiangguo sighed, and said: "Last year when the imperial court fought with the Qi people, there were more than [-] casualties, and the Qi people..."

"It should only be half that amount."

"And most of them are wounded soldiers, the real dead, up to 5000 people."

Every time Zhang Jing said a word, Shen Yi's face became unnatural, and when he finished speaking, Shen Yi couldn't help but muffled: "This is a big defeat!"

Zhang Xiang shook his head slightly, and said calmly, "This is to repel a strong enemy."

Shen Yi was silent.

He sat on the stool and didn't speak for a long time. After being silent for a while, he let out a long sigh: "Old Xiangguo is right. I shouldn't have asked. After I asked, I felt even more resentful."

"I feel sullen for no reason."

Old Xiangguo smiled, and said, "Young people must have this kind of resentment in their hearts. Otherwise, the whole country will think that I, Chen Guo, are safe and peaceful, and He Qing Haiyan, and I may die someday."

Shen Yi shook his head and stopped talking.

Zhang Jing patted Shen Yi's shoulder and said with a smile, "Stay home for dinner tonight?"

Shen Yi shook his head and said: "No, old Xiangguo, this junior has just returned to Jiankang, and there are still many things to be busy at hand. When I have free time, I will come to bother old Xiangguo again."

"it is good."

Zhang Jing smiled and said: "I know you don't want to have dinner with a bad old man like this old man. I'll invite you over when Yi An comes back."

Shen Yi bowed his hands to Zhang Jing, then took his leave and left.

After walking out of Zhang's gate, Shen Yi began to make calculations in his heart.

He was estimating the extent of the emperor's resentment towards the Zhao Clan.

Shen Yi knew about the fact that the Zhao family was defeated in Lianghuai and was rewarded by the court early on. He just didn't know the specific data, so he didn't know what the emperor thought about this matter.

Now, with the data he got from old man Zhang, he can already estimate the emperor's hatred for the Zhao Clan more accurately.

The Huaihe navy faced the Qi people, and they didn't need them to win big or small. As long as they could drive the Qi people back, even if there were some small defeats, the emperor was very acceptable.

But now, after paying nearly [-] forbidden troops and [-] Huaihe navy casualties, the Huaihe navy only brought so little battle damage to the Qi people, and even forced the court to pay the Qi people "year-old coins", forcing The emperor had to accept the princess of Qi as his concubine!
More importantly, His Majesty the Emperor had to pinch his nose afterwards to reward General Zhao and the Huaihe Navy.

One can imagine the hatred in the emperor's heart after this coming and going.

If not, the emperor would not be so anxious to set his sights on the pirates along the coast, and wanted to use the pirates to form a new armed force to replace the Huaihe Navy.

After grasping the emperor's specific thoughts, Shen Yi can be bolder when doing things next.

After leaving Zhang's house, Shen Yi returned to his own home, and after meeting his wife, he went into the study, picked up the brush, and began to concoct articles.

Early the next morning, when he went to work at the mansion newspaper department, he stuffed this article into the first draft of the next mansion newspaper, and handed it over to the Ministry of the Interior for approval.

That afternoon, the first draft was delivered to Gao Ming. After reading the first draft, Eunuch Gao's expression became a little strange.

After hesitating for a while, he still took this manuscript into the Ganlu Hall and found His Majesty the Emperor who was reviewing the memorial in the Ganlu Hall. The eunuch Gao waved his hand and signaled the eunuch who was waiting on the side to step down, and then he replaced the eunuch position, standing behind the emperor respectfully.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't turn his head, but said indifferently: "Usually, at this time, you should be dealing with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why did you come here so early today?"

He looked back at Gao Ming with a calm expression: "What? What's the matter?"

Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly, and flattered him calmly.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The little emperor snorted: "I don't like to hear things like talking about things."

Eunuch Gao smiled and took out the draft from his sleeve, handed it in front of the emperor, and said with a smile: "Look, Your Majesty, I have seen an interesting article in the draft of the new mansion newspaper."

Eunuch Gao pointed to one of the articles on the first draft.

This article has a long title with two lines.

"The Forbidden Army's refusal to go north is more than half lost, and the emperor's army is showing signs of decline!"

"The navy's presence in the Huaihe River to stop the enemy only hurts the skin, but the northern border of the Great Chen is as solid as gold!"

Seeing this somewhat eccentric title, the little emperor immediately raised his brows, becoming interested.

He read this article with great interest, which was clearly a statement of the facts, but with a hint of eccentricity, his eyes became excited: "Written by Shen Qi?"

Gao Ming nodded and smiled: "Although the signature is not his, ninety-nine percent of it is written by him."

Speaking of this, Eunuch Gao paused, and continued: "Aside from other things, based on this title alone, the imperial guards will probably be very annoyed when they find out about it."

"Annoyance is also annoyance at the Huaihe Navy."

"Besides, the Huaihe Navy has made great achievements in resisting the enemy, and it should be "boasted"."

After saying this, the emperor looked at the title again, and the more he read it, the happier he became, and he said with a smile: "This article will not change a single word, let the Palace Newspaper Office print it immediately, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, I will see it It spread throughout Jiankang!"

He turned his head to look at Gao Ming again, with a smile in his eyes.

"I want to reward Shen Qi, think about it for me, what should I reward!"

(End of this chapter)