marquis of jingan

Chapter 495 The reason for the strange

After coming out of the palace, Shen Yi was honest for several days, except for going out for a drink with Zhang Jian, he didn't even dare to go out.

The main reason was that he had just stabbed Lou Zi, and he was somewhat guilty, afraid that he would be stabbed to death by a descendant who suddenly appeared while walking on the street.

However, on the day of Laba, Shen Yi still went out, to be precise, he took a few family members out together, and went to Zhao Shangshu's mansion for a banquet.

Today is Laba, the Zhao family boiled a large pot of Laba porridge early in the morning, and specially invited Shen's family, Zhang's family and son-in-law Song's family to drink Laba porridge at home.

Of course, it is impossible for Shen Yi to bring the whole family with him.

Originally, he wanted to take Shen Zhang and Shen Heng with him, but neither father nor son wanted to go to Zhao's house for dinner. Three people, my father-in-law, went to Zhao's house for a banquet.

Today's Zhao family is extremely lively, with a large table gathered. Zhao Shangshu, who has always been unsmiling, seems to be very happy today because of the arrival of an old friend. He has a drink with Lu Anshi from time to time. The old man's face turned red from drinking.

On the side, Mrs. Zhao of the Zhao family and the eldest daughter of the Zhao family were surrounding Lu Ruoxi, looking at the child in Lu Ruoxi's arms, taking it over and hugging it from time to time, boasting how cute it is.

Zhao Shangshu drank a glass of wine, looked at the child next to him, and said to Lu Anshi with a smile: "This child is good-looking, and he will definitely be a handsome man in the future. Have you chosen a name yet?"

Lu Anshi shook his head, and said helplessly: "I was worrying about this matter, and Ziheng asked me to name this child. In the past half month, I have looked through countless ancient books and books, but I have never thought of a name that I am particularly satisfied with. "

"Haha."

Zhao Shangshu smiled, and said: "Your brother works as the head of the academy in Jiangdu Prefecture. Throughout the year, I don't know how many people will come to ask for names for our children. You can handle them well. Why did they come to your children? But it stumps my younger brother?"

Master Lu lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, then shook his head with emotion: "This is probably the case with people, but caring makes chaos."

Zhao Shangshu lowered his head slightly, and after thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "How about just taking the word Yuan?"

"deep…"

Master Lu lowered his head and thought for a while, then murmured: "Shen Yuan..."

He glanced back at Shen Yi beside him, and asked, "What do Ziheng think?"

Shen Yi also bowed his head and thought for a while, then said with a smile: "My son-in-law has no problem, I asked Qing Que, and if Qing Que has no objection, I will choose this name."

So, everyone turned their attention to Lu Qingque, who was hugging the baby, this Mrs. Shen lowered her head and thought for a while, and then she also agreed on the name.

The name of Shen's eldest son was decided in this way.

After the name was chosen, everyone continued to eat. Lu Anshi didn't drink as much as Zhao Changping, and after half of the banquet, he drank a little too much. Zhao Shangshu personally helped him up and sent him to the Zhao family's guest room to rest.

Maybe it's because of his age, Zhao Changping struggled to set up Lu Anshi, his son-in-law Song Ying was very winking, and immediately stepped forward to help, Zhao Shangshu shook his head slightly: "You can have a few more drinks with Yi Anshi."

As he said that, he looked at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng is here to help."

Only then did Shen Yi quickly stand up, one left and one right with Zhao Shangshu, and carried Master Lu back to the backyard to rest.

After Lu Anshi was settled, Zhao Shangshu and Shen Yi left the guest room one after another. The two of them walked in the backyard of the Zhao family one after the other. Shall I?"

"Ah."

Zhao Shangshu nodded, then sighed slightly: "I wanted to find you a long time ago, but I was afraid that it might affect your work, so I didn't call you over."

He hiccupped, then tightened his clothes, and said, "It's cold outside, let's talk in the study."

The two entered the study, one behind the other. After Shen Yi entered, he first lit the stove for Zhao Shangshu, and then sat down. Zhao Changping nodded first, then looked at Shen Yi and said, "Two days ago, the palace Seems like something went wrong..."

He looked at Shen Yi thoughtfully: "Ziheng, you are right there, aren't you?"

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Master, do you want to listen to the Tian family's private affairs?"

Zhao Changping shook his head slightly: "Since it's a private matter of the Tian family, then don't talk about it, it's not good for you or me."

Speaking of this, he looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a while, and asked, "The anti-Japanese army that Ziheng runs in the south already has a guard?"

One guard is 5000 people.

"There is a guard."

Shen Yi replied: "If there are no accidents, next year His Majesty will expand the Anti-Japanese Army, and a new capital may be established by then."

Zhao Changping lowered his head, calculated silently, and asked, "Lack of money?"

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly said: "Master, no matter whether the anti-Japanese army is short of money or not, the household department cannot allocate money to the anti-Japanese army, let alone actively allocate money to the anti-Japanese army. If the household department is loose Well, His Majesty is probably going to be suspicious of our academy..."

"rest assured."

Zhao Shangshu smiled slightly and said, "Master, you don't need to teach me about this kind of thing. The Ministry of Household Affairs must firmly oppose allocating funds to the Anti-Japanese Army at any time. The household department will not distribute a cent of money to the anti-Japanese army."

Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head slightly and said, "Uncle Master is wise."

"Stop flattering."

Zhao Shangshu lowered his head slightly and said: "However, if Ziheng really has no money to spend, the Ministry of Households can think of some ways to let His Majesty issue an edict..."

What Zhao Changping meant was that he could object openly, and then use means to get the emperor to issue an edict to the household department to force the household department to allocate funds.

Shen Yi was silent for a while, but still shook his head. He looked up at Zhao Changping with a serious expression on his face: "Master, our Majesty..."

"I'm no longer a child."

Master Shen's drunkenness has faded away, he said in a deep voice: "Now, although he can't be said to have insight into people's hearts, he is very familiar with the emperor's mind, and the uncle can only do his job with peace of mind, in case something happens to be self-defeating..."

Zhao Changping thought about it, then nodded, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Since that's the case, my uncle will not interfere with this matter, but whether the anti-Japanese army can be completed is very important to the court, Ziheng you The burden on the shoulders is also very heavy.”

"And be careful."

The original intention of the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army was to replace the Huaihe Navy one day, or to replace the role of the Huaihe Navy in defending the border in a short period of time during the period of turmoil in the Huaihe Navy.

Although the emperor has only discussed this matter with Shen Yi, the discerning people in the court have already seen some clues.

Even the Zhao faction itself had some doubts about the anti-Japanese army in the southeast.

Zhao Changping naturally felt something vaguely.

And if it can "replace" the Huaihe Navy and overthrow the Zhao Clan, it will naturally be beneficial to the court.

And for the civil official group, it is a great joy.

Because the Zhao clan is the only one in the generals group that can challenge the civilian group. If the Zhao clan falls, then the civilian officials will completely overwhelm the military officials...

and…

Ganquan Academy will also play an important role in this matter, and it is likely to flourish in the new dynasty in the future.

Zhao Changping is not only a civil servant, but also the speaker of Ganquan Academy, so he naturally takes this matter very seriously.

After the two talked for a while, Zhao Shangshu seemed to suddenly remember something. He looked at Shen Yi and said quietly, "That's right, Ziheng."

"Your Majesty may not be in a good mood these few days, so you should stay at home honestly and don't go into the palace."

Shen Yi was a little curious, and asked, "How did Master Master know?"

"Because the Qi people's envoy came again yesterday."

The tone of the Minister of the Household Department was full of helplessness: "Come to ask for money, grain and cloth for next year."

Shen Yi frowned: "Isn't the "betrothal gift" that should be given to them already finished this year?"

At the beginning of the year, His Majesty the Emperor got married and married a princess from the Northern Qi Dynasty as his concubine. For this, the court paid tens of thousands of taels of silver, as well as a lot of cloth and silk.

"That's why His Majesty is angry."

Zhao Shangshu breathed out a foul breath, and said slowly: "Those Qi people said that Northern Qi spends a lot of military pay and food every year to block the invasion of foreign races in the north for Da Chen, so I, Da Chen, will also be responsible for part of the expenses..."

"This bunch of fools."

Zhao Shangshu cursed angrily.

"Obviously they are also aliens!"

(End of this chapter)