marquis of jingan

Chapter 552 The Emperor's Means

Since the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army, the number of victories has been reported eight times if not ten times.

The previous times, His Majesty the Emperor would actually mention them at the court meeting.

Because the "project" of forming the anti-Japanese army to suppress the Japanese was established by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and this project has achieved some results. Naturally, the initiator of the project should mention a few more words to make himself look good.

However, so many times before, it was not to the extent of publicly reporting the victory, and it was a big victory.

Eunuch Gao responded, and immediately bowed his head and said, "Yes, I will do it right now, servant girl."

"Um…"

The emperor took Shen Yi's secret performance, read it again, then put it in his sleeve, and said lightly: "In the afternoon, let the officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials go to the Ganlu Palace to discuss matters, and then... the Prime Minister of Zhongshu... "

"Chen Jing invites you here."

Chen Jing is the new Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, the so-called "Chief Assistant" and "Prime Minister". This time, His Majesty the Emperor wants to see if the Zhongshu Prime Minister suits his wishes.

Eunuch Gao nodded again and said, "Yes, this servant obeys."

The emperor touched the beard that was slowly growing under his chin with his hand, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Well, then, you go to draw up an order and ask Shen Yi to go back to Jiankang, and let him follow Zhong Shu Xianggong and the officials of the Ministry of War will report on the progress of the Japanese suppression in the past two years, and secondly, I also have some private matters for him to deal with."

Wenzhou Prefecture is only a thousand miles away from Jiankang. If you ride a horse, go faster, and you will arrive there in seven or eight days.

It didn't particularly delay Shen Yi's great cause of suppressing the Japanese.

Gao Ming bowed and saluted: "Yes..."

After all, the eunuch left respectfully.

After receiving Shen Yi's memorial, His Majesty's mood became better. He asked the little eunuch who was waiting on the side to rehook the bait, and threw the hook into the water again.

In the pond in the back garden of the palace, there are countless ornamental fishes. It is very easy to catch them. These fish are not easy to breed, and they are just for fun, and they will not really eat them.

After a while, the emperor caught seven or eight fish, then dropped the fishing rod in a dispirited mood, left with his hands behind his back, sat on a soft sedan chair, and headed towards the Ganlu Hall.

Sitting on the soft sedan chair, His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the south and sighed inwardly.

It's a pity... It's a pity that he is a Jinshi from an academy, and it's a pity that some senior teachers and seniors have complicated roots.

It would be nice if he was born in a wild way.

His Majesty the Emperor thinks so.

If you are from a wild family background and have no other support in the court except the emperor, His Majesty the emperor can use it as you like, and you don't have to worry about other things. If you want to be promoted, you can promote Shen Yi to the fourth rank or even the third rank at any time official.

Even if Shen Yi was given the title of "Lucky Jin", the emperor didn't care.

After a few years, if the civil servants are really offended, the work that needs to be done will be done. At that time, we will give Shen Yi a way out and let Shen Yi leave the court.

It's a pity that Shen Yi still has some influence in the court.

Then it can't be used as a wild way.

Thinking of this, the Ganlu Hall was already in sight, the emperor got off the soft sedan chair and walked into the Ganlu Hall with his hands behind his back.

At this time, Chen Jing, the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, the ministers of the Ministry of officials and the ministers of the Ministry of war, had all arrived.

Seeing the emperor walking in, these important court officials immediately stood up, bowed respectfully and said: "My lord, see Your Majesty."

Everyone did not kneel down.

To be exact, there is no need to kneel down.

According to the rules of the Chen Kingdom, when the emperor met with the ministers in private, he usually bowed and did not need to kneel down to salute. However, I heard that the rules in the Northern Qi Dynasty were stricter. Some courtiers had to kneel when they saw the emperor.

The emperor yawned, sat in his seat, then greeted all the ministers, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be formal, everyone sit down and talk."

The seven people took their seats one by one.

After everyone was seated, the emperor glanced at them and said with a smile: "The official document of the Anti-Japanese Army has been sent to the Ministry of Education, and you should know why I asked you to come here?"

Chen Jing, Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, lowered his head slightly and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the veteran has just informed you about the great victory of the Anti-Japanese Army. It's just..."

He lowered his head slightly and said, "It's just that this official document was sent by Eunuch Gao to the Ministry of Education, according to the rules..."

According to the rules, it should be Shen Yi who writes official documents to the Zhongshu Province, and then the Zhongshu Province reports to the emperor.

To be more troublesome, it should be Shen Yi who first reported to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War reported to the Zhongshu Province, and then the Zhongshu Province submitted it to the emperor.

Jiang Jian, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also coughed and smiled at the emperor: "Your Majesty, Chief Shen is in charge of the Ministry of War. It stands to reason that this victory in eastern Zhejiang is also due to our Ministry of War. Why has the Ministry of War not seen it until now?" The official documents of Chief Shen..."

The emperor first frowned slightly, then glanced at the crowd lightly, with a calm expression: "He, Shen Yi, is not a new official who just won a Jinshi. The official document is just my official document, which was urgently sent by the inner guard from Yueqing six hundred miles away."

The emperor glanced at the two people, and said calmly: "The official documents for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Zhongshu should still be on the way?"

Jiang Shangshu and Chen looked at each other, then bowed their heads together and said yes.

"All right."

The emperor said impatiently: "I'm not here to discuss any official documents or unofficial matters."

He coughed, and said, "Two years ago, when I was going to establish a coastal defense force, everyone objected to it one by one. It can be said that the crowd was outraged. What do you say now?"

Speaking of this, seeing that the ministers were silent, the emperor smiled: "Now, I didn't take a tael of silver from the Ministry of Households to build up this coastal defense army and defeat the Japanese pirates. What do you say?"

The seven ministers all lowered their heads and stopped talking.

The emperor was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Now it seems that my method is effective after all. Since it is effective, we must continue to do it. I am going to expand the anti-Japanese army and establish an anti-Japanese military commander along the coast..."

As soon as the emperor's words fell, Jiang Shangshu of the Ministry of War stood up like a spring. He looked up at the emperor, bowed his head and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, the establishment of a capital is no small matter. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The two ministers of the Ministry of War also stood up, and they all said one thing, probably saying that the establishment of a new capital is a major matter for the court, and it requires the six ministries and nine ministers to sit together for public discussion, and moreover, the support of the Ministry of Households is needed.

After all, if a capital is established, it is impossible not to take money from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Moreover, if the capital is established, it is impossible for Shen Yi to command the army.

The personnel of the command and envoy must also be carefully considered.

Seeing the opposition from the three members of the Ministry of War, the emperor frowned first, then looked at Chen Jing, and asked, "What does Prime Minister Chen think?"

Chen Jing first sighed in his heart, then stood up, cupped his hands to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that since Master Shen has already defeated the Japanese pirates in eastern Zhejiang with five thousand anti-Japanese troops, is it necessary to expand the capital? It's still up for debate..."

"The old minister begs His Majesty to seriously consider it..."

The emperor frowned even deeper.

He stood up from the dragon chair, glanced at these ministers, and waved his hands impatiently.

"That's all, it's all in charge or not, let's put it on hold for now."

"Whether Du Si stands up or not, you don't have to talk about it now..."

The emperor glanced at the crowd and frowned.

"Then Shen Yi has made such a great contribution, why can't you not even give him a promotion?"

(End of this chapter)