marquis of jingan

To Shen Yi, being in Jiankang and being in Yueqing are two completely different feelings.

In Jiankang, Master Shen had to be low-key and low-key. Whether it was facing the emperor, the ministers in the court, or even the wise men around the emperor, Shen Yi had to be careful with him, and he even had to be careful when speaking. It was very exhausting.

But in Yueqing, or in the anti-Japanese army group, Shen Yi is the existence with the highest status, and is the small boss of this small group.

And in Yueqing, including the county magistrate of Yueqing, no one has a status comparable to him.

At this time, in a restaurant in Yueqing, Shen Yi was surrounded by seven or eight current main generals of the Anti-Japanese Army. These people stood up one after another and toasted Shen Yi in turn.

And it was them toasting, Master Shen's casual toast.

With many people speaking nice and obedient words, Shen Yi felt a lot more relaxed, and was already a little swayed for a while.

People like to listen to good things, it is by nature, the difference is that some people just listen to it for fun, while some people really take these flattery words seriously.

Master Shen obviously belongs to the former. After a group of people drank for a while, Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and asked, "Ling Qianhu, have you stopped the daily training of the Anti-Japanese Army since I left? what is the problem?"

"Hasn't the payment of military pay been delayed?"

Seeing that Shen Yi asked three questions in a row, Ling Su was silent for a while, and then smiled awkwardly: "Master Shen, I am here to welcome you. I will report to you in private later on about the anti-Japanese army."

Shen Yi frowned slightly.

He glanced at all the people present, they were basically generals of the Anti-Japanese Army, most of them were from hundreds of households, and Xue Wei had already tried thousands of households.

"Here are all our own people, what can we say?"

Ling Su sighed, silently lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, without speaking.

Shen Yi's heart ached, he looked at Xue Wei at the side, and asked, "Xue Wei, tell me."

"Yes…"

Facing Shen Yi's inquiry, Xue Wei did not hesitate at all, and did not even raise his head to look at his immediate superior Xue Wei. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Master Shen, it has been three months since you returned to Jiankang last November. In three months, apart from the normal New Year holidays, there are still more than two months left."

"To tell you the truth..."

Xue Wei only glanced at Ling Su at this moment, then lowered his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "In the past two months or so, the training of the Anti-Japanese Army has slackened a lot."

Shen Yi frowned.

"The reason?"

"Because some people in the army think that the Japanese pirates along the coast are vulnerable, and they have almost beaten them. Even if they encounter Japanese pirates, they will not be a threat to us."

Xue Wei took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "Part of the daily training is in charge of Ling Qianhu, and the other part is in charge of the subordinates. The training of the subordinates may be more ruthless. Take off your clothes to brighten your scars, and show off your merits..."

"There are also some people who say...that the Japanese pirates are gone, there is no need to train anymore..."

When Master Shen heard the words, his heart suddenly became angry.

He frowned first, then looked at Ling Su, and asked, "Is that the case?"

"Not too bad..."

Ling Qianhu lowered his head slightly and said, "However, Xue Qianhu still hasn't explained some details clearly. Let me explain the situation to Master Shen..."

"Our anti-Japanese army was almost brought out by you, Mr. Shen. Naturally, we also know that when the anti-Japanese army was first established, there were basically no low-level generals. The existing generals of the anti-Japanese army, including everyone here Many of them fought the enemy bravely and grew up from the battlefield."

"Although these generals have been promoted, most of those who are lax in training are their comrades who have fought Japanese pirates together, so they are not ashamed to punish..."

"After going back and forth, the trouble gradually became bigger..."

Shen Yi finally couldn't listen anymore.

He took a deep breath, reached out and patted the table directly, furious.

"Those who don't want to train, no matter who they are, will all be driven out of the barracks, but those who have killed Japanese pirates, when they leave, they will be given an extra two taels of silver per Japanese pirate!"

"I, Shen Yi, will pay for this money!"

Master Shen said angrily: "It doesn't matter if all five thousand people are gone, at worst, I will spend another year to go to various places to recruit soldiers. How long have I been away, and you are so slack!"

Seeing that Shen Yi got angry, these generals of the anti-Japanese army couldn't help shrinking their necks, swallowing their saliva and daring not to speak.

Still Ling Su bowed his head and said: "Master Shen, please don't be angry. I have actually thought about dismissing the staff, but I only used them to fight a few battles last year. This year, Chu Ping drove them away and spread the word..."

"It's not good for the imperial court or your reputation."

Ling Su sighed, and said: "Some people will gossip behind their backs, saying that the imperial court crossing the river and demolishing bridges will not be good for the future development of our anti-Japanese army..."

Having said this, Ling Su paused for a moment, and then continued to speak in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, I also thought about governing the army strictly, but just a few days after it was implemented, the people below began to complain again, even some low-level generals. , and also complained behind his back, saying that Xue Qianhu and I, while you were away, Mr. Shen, issued an official to treat them harshly..."

Ling Su said in a deep voice: "This matter can be big or small, and the specific situation is a bit complicated, so I want to report it to Mr. Shen separately afterwards."

Master Shen lowered his head and took a sip of his wine. He closed his eyes and calmed down his mind.

According to what Ling Su said, then this matter is indeed not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Maybe someone is instigating and playing tricks behind the scenes.

As for who wants to destroy the Anti-Japanese Army, there is not much to think about.

Because there are too many people in Jiankang City who want to make this bad, and they may not be able to count them with one hand.

After Shen Yi was silent for a while, he looked up at Ling Su and everyone present, and he slowly raised his wine glass and toasted everyone.

After drinking a glass of wine, Master Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Ling Qianhu is right, maybe this matter can't be too urgent, so let's go to the barracks tomorrow to see the situation, and then think about it .”

"However... Before that, Shen has a word of advice to everyone."

Shen Yi looked around at the seven or eight generals of the anti-Japanese army present, and said slowly: "No matter what the soldiers below think, I hope you can hold on, and don't lose the original intention of our anti-Japanese army to eradicate Japanese chaos. "

The eight people stood up in unison, bowed their heads solemnly to Shen Yi: "We must bear in mind Master Shen's teachings!"

After a group of people gathered together and had a meal of wine, it was not until evening that Ling Su and Xue Wei sent Shen Yi to the residence in person.

At this moment, Shen Yi was only three or four points drunk. Before parting, Master Shen looked at Ling Su and asked, "Ling Qianhu, how is the shipbuilding in the dock, have you visited it recently?"

"I just went to see it the day before yesterday. Master Xie said that the first boat is already being painted."

Speaking of warships, Ling Su was much happier, and grinning at Shen Yi, said: "Master Xie said, it won't be long before our anti-Japanese army will have two warships launched."

"Well…"

Shen Yi rubbed his aching temples.

His headache was not caused by drinking, but by the tricks that the servants used to fight against the Japanese army.

"That's great."

Shen Yi said slowly: "When the internal affairs of the anti-Japanese army are resolved, we can start preparing to go to sea to hunt Japanese."