marquis of jingan

Because of the temporary information, this small meeting in Ganlu Hall was extended for another hour, and it was not until sunset and dusk that His Majesty the Emperor let several prime ministers and two ministers leave.

Because the prime ministers are not young, when they leave, they either hold their hands on their waists or support each other.

His Majesty the Emperor quietly watched these ministers leave.

He sat alone for a long time on the emperor's throne in the Ganlu Hall, motionless.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that he closed his eyes tiredly, and lay down on the soft couch with a lazy voice.

"clever."

Eunuch Gao has been waiting on the left, and when he heard this, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty."

The emperor didn't even open his eyes, and asked: "Recently, what happened to Shen Qi?"

Eunuch Gao lowered his head without thinking, "Return to Your Majesty."

"When Shen Langzhong first arrived in Huai'an, the few battles he fought were very hard. However, after he dragged the Huaihe Navy off the field, although there were still battles in Huai'an, the pressure was much less."

After a pause, Gao Ming said, "It has been more than two months since the Coastal Capital Division took over Huai'an. Of the 2 people in the original capital division, more than 5000 people have been injured, but the capital division recruited 2000 troops in Huai'an. There are many people, and the current strength of Huai'an is about 7000."

"In recent days, because the Qi people have been attacking Huai'an for a long time, the fighting along Huai'an has been much less than last month..."

The emperor opened his eyes, put his hands behind his back, turned his head to look at Eunuch Gao, and said, "Gao Ming, I want to go to Huai'an Mansion to have a look."

"Go to the Huaihe defense line and take a look."

Hearing this, eunuch Gao was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, this slave will never dare to be the master, slave..."

Hearing this, the emperor smiled dumbly: "Okay, I didn't let you make the decision."

Speaking of this, the emperor said helplessly: "I... just think about it."

"Those ministers in the imperial court are easy to persuade, but the queen mother will never allow me to go to the front line no matter what."

The Empress Dowager is still young.

Although these years, the Empress Dowager has returned most of the "monarchy" to His Majesty the Emperor, but as His Majesty's own mother, the word "filial piety" is enough for her to be half an emperor in Dachen.

The emperor rubbed his temples, sighed and said, "But Zhen, I really want to go to the north to have a look."

Speaking of this, the emperor said slowly: "Go and send the news of the Northern Qi's increase of troops to Huai'an Mansion immediately, and send it to Shen Qi."

Speaking of this, the emperor thought for a while and continued: "Since the battle in Huai'an has eased a lot, I will send him another letter and tell him to let him ride back to Jiankang on a fast horse. I want to see you." Him, tell him something."

Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

If the emperor insisted on letting him get himself out of the palace and go to Huai'an, as the emperor's private servant, he could only obey, but when the emperor returned to Jiankang, the empress dowager would scold his own son at most, but his "" Most of the evil servants of the "abduction" emperor will die under the board of the Kunde Palace.

Ever since, the great eunuch bowed his head deeply, knelt down in front of the emperor, and kowtowed: "Your servant obeys."

The emperor glanced at him, and said: "Send it urgently, let Shen Qi come and come back quickly, so as not to miss the front line."

Eunuch Gao lowered his head again.

"The servant understands."

…………

Jiankang is less than four hundred miles away from Huai'an, and the urgent documents from the imperial court were delivered to Master Shen at noon the next day.

At this moment, Master Shen is doing the recruitment of soldiers.

After receiving the secret document from the imperial court, he first read it with a frown, and then without hesitation, he immediately went to the magistrate's yamen, where he found Zhang Jian.

"Brother, I have to leave Huai'an for a few days."

Shen Yi paused, and said: "The front line is still fighting. It is not appropriate to disclose the matter of my departure, so as not to affect morale."

"Therefore, I will leave in secret."

After thinking for a while, Shen Yi said: "In the past few days, I have said that I am sick to the public. If someone else came to see me, I would avoid it. If it is Xue Wei, Ling Su, um..."

Master Shen hesitated for a moment and added.

"And Su Ding."

"If these three people come to see me in Huai'an, the senior brother will come forward and tell them that I have gone out to do some errands. It will take two or three days at the shortest time, or four or five days at the earliest, and then I will be back."

Zhang Jian nodded silently at first, then looked up at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "The war in Huai'an has finally calmed down, unlike last month, when you slept by the Huaihe River for eight out of ten days, you should take care of yourself at this time." Rest in Huai'an, why do you want to go out suddenly?"

Master Shen didn't speak, but just pointed to the sky.

Zhang Jian immediately understood and asked, "What happened?"

Shen Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know if it's an accident or not."

He looked at Zhang Jian and said in a deep voice: "Senior brother, another 10 taels of cash will be sent to Huai'an Mansion tomorrow and temporarily stored in my imperial envoy's office. I will issue a document for you. You can take the cash as you like."

Zhang Fuzun was stunned, and smiled wryly: "What do I want your money for?"

"conscription."

Shen Yi said slowly: "In the past few months, conscription has been entirely voluntary. Up to now, there are only a few thousand people, and a group of people will be eliminated in military training. In the end, I don't know how many people will be left."

"I need mass conscription."

Shen Yi said solemnly: "At least, add the capital back to 2 people as soon as possible."

From September, after the fighting on the Huaihe frontline slowed down a bit, Shen Yi began to do the conscription himself, but because the frontline was fighting, the efficiency of conscription was really not very high.

Hearing this, Zhang Jian was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, since you're not here for a few days, I'll keep an eye on it for you to ensure that no one will make trouble."

"When are you leaving?" he asked.

"The top is in a hurry."

Shen Yi said, "I've already sent someone to prepare the horse, and I'll be heading back to Jiankang in a while."

He looked at Zhang Jian and asked, "Brother, do you have any letters for me to take back to Jiankang?"

The Zhang family has already gone back to their hometown with the old Xiangguo Zhang Jing, but Zhang Jian's family, his wife and children, are still living in Jiankang.

Zhang Jian shook her head slightly: "If you are in a hurry, I won't bother you. I want to write a letter back, so I can leave from the official post."

Shen Yi nodded, and after talking to Zhang Jian, he left the magistrate's yamen, got on his horse, and rushed back to Jiankang with a dozen or so entourages.

Because the emperor was in a hurry, Shen Yi and others changed horses at the official posts along the official road, and only slept for more than three hours at night.

They set off at noon, and in the evening of the next day, they entered Jiankang City before the gate of Jiankang City was closed.

After entering Jiankang, Shen Yi first went back home, greeted his wife, children and brothers, washed up, and changed into a brand new fourth-rank official uniform.

By this time, it was completely dark.

While helping Shen Yi tidy up his official uniform, Lu Ruoxi asked, "How can you enter the palace so late? Or you can go again tomorrow morning?"

Shen Yi shook his head, and said helplessly: "It was His Majesty who called me back urgently. I have to be in a hurry at this time. I will go to the palace first, and I estimate that I will be back in about an hour."

At this time, the Shen family had already prepared the carriage, and Shen Yi got into his own carriage and walked all the way to the gate of the imperial city.

At this moment, the gate of the imperial city has been closed.

Fortunately, a little eunuch had already waited at the gate of the imperial city. After meeting Shen Yi, the little eunuch took Eunuch Gao's badge, opened the gate of the imperial city and the palace all the way, and led Shen Yi to the gate of Ganlu Palace.

In the Ganlu Hall, the lights are bright.

Master Shen took a deep breath and walked in. After seeing His Majesty the Emperor, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I, Chen Yi, kowtow to Your Majesty."

Right now, His Majesty the Emperor was reading at night with the lamp on. After hearing Shen Yi's voice, he put the book in his hand aside, stood up himself, walked up to Shen Yi, and stretched out his hand to help Shen Yi up.

"Gao Ming, give Shen Qing a seat."

Eunuch Gao immediately moved a small pier and placed it behind Shen Yi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Shen Yi took his seat, His Majesty the Emperor looked Shen Yi up and down, and then said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and Shen Qing seems to be a bit haggard again."

Shen Yi bowed slightly, and said: "I will do my best for His Majesty, I should..."

The emperor patted him on the shoulder, smiled slightly, did not speak, but walked back to the soft couch and sat down.

"Shen Qing."

After sitting down, he looked at Shen Yi with piercing eyes.

"Qi people are in a hurry..."

He lowered his voice, and there seemed to be some excitement in his voice.

"I suspect that Emperor Yongping of the Northern Qi Dynasty..."

"I can't hold it anymore!"

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