marquis of jingan

Chapter 429
Shen Yi managed the conscription in Taiping County fairly smoothly. After all, Taiping County belongs to Taizhou Prefecture. People here have heard about what happened in Taizhou Prefecture. In fact, there is no need for Shen Yi to come here to recruit troops. Many men from Taiping County went to Fucheng to join the army.

Because of the large number of applicants, Master Shen didn't bother to make the registers himself, but hired two local talents to make registers for these recruits.

It is worth mentioning that these two scholars, seeing that Shen Yi was young at first, did not think highly of Shen Yi, thinking that Shen Yi was probably the son of some official in Jiankang City, until they heard that Shen Yi was a new scholar of the new department last year, the two The scholar's attitude changed drastically, and he couldn't stop bowing to Shen Yi, shouting at each gentleman.

If it wasn't for Shen Yi to let them do things, these two people would probably have to drag Shen Yi to ask for advice.

After handing over the errand of making the booklet, Shen Yi took some time off. It happened that the county magistrate of Taiping County invited him to dinner, so Shen Yi went to eat with the county magistrate.

The county magistrate of Taiping County is the seventh rank, and Shen Yi is also the seventh rank now, but he is the seventh rank of the Beijing official, which is much more expensive than the seventh rank of the local official, plus the status of a Hanlin. It's respectful, let Shen Yi sit in the upper seat when eating.

In this way, after staying in Taiping County for three days, more than 400 people were registered in the recruit list. After a few days of training by Xue Wei, more than half of these [-] people were eliminated. Down, only three or four hundred people remained.

However, this number is not too small. After all, Shen Yi recruited soldiers in Fucheng for more than a month, and there were only more than 200 people.

On the fourth day, there were no new recruits in Taiping County, so Shen Yi simply stopped recruiting and asked Xue Wei to set up a camp outside the city to concentrate on selecting recruits.

As for Shen Yi himself, he ate and drank with Chang Youde, the magistrate of Taiping County.

The magistrate of Chang County is also very willing to make friends with a handsome young man like Shen Yi. When Shen Yi went to Taiping County for three days, he invited Shen Yi to dinner for three days, and he never stopped.

At noon on the fourth day, Changxian Zun took Shen Yi to drink in a restaurant in Taiping County. After changing the cup, Chang Xianzun was drunk. Shen Yi picked up the wine glass and toasted the county magistrate , said with a smile: "Brother Chang has entertained you for a few days, and Mr. Shen is very grateful, and I will respect Brother Chang."

Chang County Magistrate shook his head again and again, covered his head with his hands, and said with a wry smile: "My dear brother, Brother Yu really can't drink anymore, so I will stop here today, and I won't go to the county government office tomorrow, I will drink with my brother for a day!"

Shen Yi took Chang County Magistrate's hand and said with a smile: "Brother Chang didn't talk about the county government. I almost forgot that I came to Taiping County to do business. In a blink of an eye, I drank for three or four days and forgot about my business."

Although Chang County Magistrate was a little dizzy at the moment, after hearing this, his eyes cleared up a little. He looked at Shen Yi with a big tongue: "Zi... Brother Zi Heng, if you have anything to say, just say it here. In Taiping County, Brother Yu will do it for you!"

Chang Xianzun said this with full confidence.

Because he has been in Taiping County for more than five years and is about to serve his second term, his influence in Taiping is not insignificant.

Shen Sizheng poured him a glass of wine with a smile.

"Brother Chang also knows that when my brother was in Linhai City, he captured a family of Japanese pirates and killed some Japanese pirates. Taiping County is also near the sea. Brother Chang has been in Taiping for many years. Do you know anything about Japanese pirates?"

When Magistrate Chang heard this sentence, the last three or four points of alcohol in his eyes dissipated. He hiccupped, looked up at Shen Yi, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Ziheng, the county Once the pirates are found, the county government will report them immediately, and after Brother Xian defeated the pirates in Fucheng, the pirates have subsided a lot these days, Brother Yu really doesn’t know where there are pirates..."

Shen Yi picked up the wine glass with a smile, touched Chang Xianzun, and after drinking it all, Master Shen said lightly: "Brother Chang may not know that the last time because of the Japanese pirates in Fucheng, Yuan Yuan, the magistrate of Taizhou, Deng Quan, the magistrate of Linhai County, was charged with negligence by the Ministry of Officials."

"Brother Chang finishes his job this year and will be transferred next year. Surely he doesn't want to have any bad records with the officials?"

The county magistrate Chang's expression froze, he froze in place, and did not speak for a long time.

Master Shen patted him on the shoulder with a calm tone: "Brother, you have been in Taiping for many years, and you should know something about Japanese pirates. Now that Master Wang is here, you don't have to worry about it, just say it."

County magistrate Chang raised his head, drank the strong wine in the glass, then spit out a mouthful of alcohol, looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said: "Brother Ziheng, brother Yu really drank too much today, and now his mind is in chaos. It’s because I can’t remember anything, and when I wake up tomorrow, Brother Yu will come to find Brother Yu again.”

Master Chang's words meant that he had to go back and think about it before he could decide whether to stand completely with Shen Yi or not.

Shen Yi also knew that for a person like Chang Youde, who had been in Taiping County for many years, his own interests had been inextricably linked with the interests of the local gentry, and there were some things that he really couldn't decide for a while.

Shen Yi didn't force it either, just nodded with a smile: "My little brother will stay in Taiping for three days, waiting for Brother Chang at any time, but I still have a word to give to Brother Chang."

Master Shen paused, then said flatly: "The government doesn't know how to understand Japanese."

Shen Yi's words were not to threaten Chang Youde, but to reassure him.

What he meant by this sentence was that the local government, as a subordinate institution of the imperial court, was itself a part of the imperial court, and of course the Dachen imperial court did not and could not communicate with Japanese.

In other words, regardless of whether the local government has connected the Japanese or not, they have not.

In other words, no matter what the reason, the crime of Tongwo will not be placed on the head of the Taiping county government and him, the county magistrate.

And as far as Shen Yi knew, the Chang county magistrate did not know Japanese, at most he had close contacts with local gentry.

Chang Youde let out a sigh of relief, bowed his hands to Shen Yi, then turned and left.

Shen Yi got up to see him off, and sent him to the gate of the yard, then squinted his eyes and watched his leaving back with playful eyes.

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While Master Shen was investigating Japanese affairs in Taiping County, Eunuch Du Huai's report was also sent to Jiankang and sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the imperial city.

It was placed on the desk of eunuch Gao Minggao.

For some important memorials of the imperial court and foreign ministers, Gao Ming has always been very dutiful. He has always handed them directly to the emperor, and he will not read them himself.

But after seeing Du Huai's memorial, Eunuch Gao hesitated for a while, and read it in advance. After seeing that there was nothing about him in it, he put the memorial in his sleeve and sent it to the emperor's desk. .

It was already night, and His Majesty the Emperor was still staying up late and working overtime. After seeing the memorial book handed over by Gao Ming, he took it casually, unfolded it and asked, "Du Huai sent it back? What did you say?"

Gao Ming bowed his head respectfully and said: "The servant glanced at it, it should be about Shen Sizheng."

"Well…"

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor has come to read the book.

He read this memorial very carefully.

After reading it from the beginning to the end, His Majesty the Emperor put down the memorial, looked into the distance, and lost his mind for a long time...

"This Shen Ziheng... is really courageous."

After saying this, the emperor squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "No, he is not only bold, but also a bit deviant. He doesn't look like a student from an academy at all, someone who was still writing essays last year. Xinke Scholars."

After saying this, the emperor turned his attention to Du Huai's memorandum. After hesitating for a while, he reached out to pick it up and read it carefully again.

After reading it for the second time, His Majesty the Emperor closed his eyes and said slowly, "Gao Ming."

Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully: "The servant is here."

"Go and invite Zhao Shangshu and tell him that I have something to discuss with him."

The chief eunuch was very respectful, and his waist was bent very low.

"The servant obeys..."

With that said, the eunuch turned around and left.

The emperor looked at Gao Ming's leaving back and murmured.

"Bold, unconventional, rebellious, negligent, let's see what the teachers of your academy think of you..."

(End of this chapter)