marquis of jingan

Chapter 777

Ever since Shen Yi promised the coastal capital to defend the Huaihe River, he never only thought about defending the Huaihe River.

For him, this is a very rare opportunity.

Because he finally had the opportunity to take a look at what the extremely powerful Bei Qi in the book looked like, and what kind of combat power he would have.

And this time, the chances are great.

Because... there will probably be a fight.

Even if it can't be the kind of national war that bets on the fate of the country, it will at least be a large-scale war, because now, Northern Qi needs a big war to wash away the humiliation of their envoy Zhu Man and revive the glory of Northern Qi .

More importantly, the commander-in-chief of the Huaihe Navy, General Zhao Lu Zhao, also needs a moderate war to prove the capabilities of the Huaihe Navy and the importance of the Zhao Clan in the court.

When both sides need war, war will definitely be fought.

In the palace, after drawing a big cake for the emperor, His Majesty the Emperor happily ate the big cake, and dragged Shen Yi, chattering a lot.

After talking for a while, the time was almost up. His Majesty the Emperor walked in front of Shen Yi, patted Shen Yi's shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Qing, marching and fighting is no different than usual, not even like you are fighting against Japanese in the southeast. Every move must be done carefully and carefully.”

"Everything, the first priority is to stabilize the word."

Speaking of this, His Majesty the Emperor paused, and there was some excitement in his eyes. He lowered his voice and whispered: "However, if you really have the opportunity to go further north, then go! Even..."

"Even if there are casualties with the enemy, as long as you stand on the land north of the Huaihe River!"

His Majesty the Emperor took a deep breath, and his tone was a little excited: "Then, no one can stop Hong De's northern expedition!"

His Majesty the Emperor has been in charge of Hongde for six years, and the major things he has done in the past few years are basically preparations for the Northern Expedition. People can have the final say.

Because in the imperial court, many people have "fear" of Northern Qi.

If at that time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty do not agree to fight this battle, then even if His Majesty insists, the battle may not be able to continue.

So, Da Chen needs a win now!
Even if it is a formal victory!

After all, this country has not heard the news of victory for too long since the defeat of the first emperor's dynasty!
Shen Yi nodded quickly, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as there is a chance."

"I will definitely give it a try!"

"You can try, but don't be rash."

The emperor ordered in a low voice: "At a critical moment, you can make a decision on the fly, but if you have time, you'd better say hello to me first."

This sentence even delineated the scope of power of Shen Yi's "decision-making on the fly".

Having said that, the emperor paused, looked at Shen Yi, and said in a low voice: "Furthermore, those ministers in the court cannot agree to such a risk for you, so even if I agree with you to do this, you go north, You can only win, not lose."

The emperor's words were very clear.

It means that it is impossible for him to agree with Shen Yi to go north at an appropriate time. It is impossible for the prime ministers of Zhongshu, including the Sangong Jiuqing in the court, to agree to Shen Yi's doing so.

Therefore, this matter was only permitted by the emperor in private, rather than issuing a permit to Shen Yi in the name of the imperial court.

The difference is that...

If Master Shen took advantage and won the victory during the northward march, then His Majesty the Emperor would naturally blow his nostrils to the sky and brag for Shen Yi. So…

It was difficult for the emperor to preserve him in the court.

It is not irresponsible for the emperor to say such words to Shen Yi, on the contrary, he is very responsible.

Because if it was some irresponsible "leaders", they would not have made it so clear to Shen Yi in advance. When something happened, they would jump out to pick the fruit if they won, and clear their responsibilities if they lost, as if they hadn't said anything.

And the emperor made it clear to Shen Yi in advance, which meant that he handed over the initiative to Shen Yi, and it was up to Shen Yi to decide whether to do it or not.

Master Shen lowered his head slightly, and said, "I...understood."

The emperor smiled and nodded, and said: "Tomorrow, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion should be able to discuss the specific river section. At that time, the Coastal Metropolitan Division will send some people to communicate with the Huaihe Navy first."

Shen Yi nodded silently.

He thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I still want to borrow some craftsmen from the Bingju Bureau to take them to the front line together, especially those gunpowder craftsmen who went to Wenzhou Mansion with me earlier, I don't think so. Take it to the edge of the Huaihe River."

"In addition to gunpowder craftsmen, I also want to bring some blacksmiths who make weapons. Your Majesty, you also know that the army of the coastal capital is not very good in terms of weapons and equipment..."

He paused and took a deep breath: "Some brothers are still using Japanese swords seized from Japanese pirates."

The emperor nodded eagerly, looked back at Gao Ming, and said with a smile: "You are in charge of the Bingzhang Bureau, whoever Shen Qing wants to transfer later, you should cooperate as much as possible, just don't transfer too many people."

Eunuch Gao nodded with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this slave will cooperate with Langzhong Shen."

Hearing him mention the three words "Shen Langzhong", His Majesty shook his head slightly, and sighed: "It is reasonable to say that with Shen Qing, you are not only a fifth-grade doctor, but a member of the imperial court. Those old men talk too much about their qualifications, and I won't be able to grind them for a while."

"But Shen Qing, don't worry, as long as you fight well on the Huaihe River this time, you don't need to go north, as long as you can take the soldiers of the coastal capital and guard the Huaihe River for two years without any problems, I will wait for you to come back, no matter what. I will also give you a promotion."

It may be an "occupational disease", His Majesty is almost subconsciously drawing cakes.

But there was no other way, Shen Yi still had to give the emperor face, he could only pretend to be grateful, and bowed to thank him.

The monarch and his ministers chatted for a whole morning in the Ganlu Hall, until noon, the emperor left Shen Yi to have a meal in the Ganlu Hall before letting Shen Yi leave.

And this meal is not something to eat casually.

You know, if you fart in the palace, thunder can be heard outside the palace.

Every word and deed of His Majesty the Emperor will be stared at by countless pairs of eyes outside the palace. The news that he left Shen Yi in the Ganlu Hall and had lunch together will spread throughout the entire Jiankang upper class within half a day at most.

This is to tell those dignitaries in Jiankang, or the civil and military officials, that he, Shen Ziheng, is upright.

With this level of domineering fortune, when people in Jiankang City want to have crooked thoughts about Shen Yi, they have to consider the reaction of His Majesty the Emperor.

After eating a meal in the palace, Master Shen stretched his waist and left the palace. He didn't go to the Ministry of War or other yamen to report. Instead, he walked out of the imperial city and made a little more money at the food stalls on the street.

Because the food in the palace... um... I can't say it's bad, I can only say it's bad, some are for His Majesty's health, some are for some strange reasons, but I just don't go to the food stalls on the street tasty.

Moreover, eating with the emperor is very restrained, and you can't eat anything after a meal.

In the next few days, Ling Su and Xue Wei took the notes from Shen Yi and picked up supplies from each yamen in Jiankang.

On the fourth day, after everything was almost ready, the two men took more than 200 coastal capital officers and soldiers to escort the supplies, and set off from Jianjiankang to Songjiang Mansion.

When they went to the Ministry of War to pick up armor and ordnance in Kubusi, in order to prevent the people from the Ministry of War from embarrassing them, Master Shen also came to the scene in person and watched them put the last dozen pieces of armor into the car.

Tian Feng, the right servant of the Ministry of War at the side, was full of pain. After Ling Su and Xue Wei escorted the car away, he turned his head to look at Shen Yi, and sighed: "Brother Shen, to tell you the truth, This is you."

"If other people come to our military department to get things like this, not to mention that they took the note from the Tang Zun, even the note from the palace, they should be delayed for three months, or they must be delayed for three months!"

"Besides..."

Tian Shilang said in a low voice: "Other people come to pick up things, even if the imperial court writes [-] pieces of armor, it will not be easy to take away [-] pieces in the end."

It's an unspoken rule in the officialdom, and it's not a rare thing. Master Shen smiled, and said to Tian Shilang: "When the younger brother comes back, I must treat the servant to dinner."

"it is good."

Tian Feng said with a smile: "When you come back victorious, brother, you don't need to invite me. Brother Yu invites you to have a good meal."

After talking a few useless gossips with Tian Shilang, Master Shen watched Xue Wei and the others walk away, and then came to Jiang Shangshu's residence with a smile, and said to Jiang Shangshu: "Thank you Tang Zun, thank you Tang Respect."

Master Shen smiled all over his face: "A total of [-] pieces of armor, the majesty of the majesty."

"That is to give you Shen Ziheng face."

Jiang Shangshu sighed, and said: "You don't know, Tian Shilang refuses to let go, at most he is willing to give you [-] pieces, it's not that the old man gives up his old face, you don't even think about [-] pieces of armor!"

Shen Yi pouted in his heart.

If the emperor hadn't sent someone to hand it to you, you wouldn't be so generous.

But on the bright side, Master Shen still had a smile on his face, bowed his head slightly to Jiang Jian, and bowed his hands in salute.

"Officer..."

"Thank you, Tang Zun!"

(End of this chapter)