marquis of jingan

Chapter 851

Early the next morning, before Master Shen woke up, Jiang Ming, the eldest grandson of Jiang Shangshu's family, arrived at Shen's house to report.

Master Shen was sleepy, and as soon as he opened the door, he heard an energetic voice.

"Uncle Shen!"

Master Shen rubbed his eyes, glanced at the somewhat burly man in armor in front of him, and sighed helplessly.

He didn't correct the name of Young Master Jiang again.

It's useless to correct it anyway, he called him, Shen Yi himself called himself.

"Master Jiang, have you eaten yet?"

At this moment, Jiang Ming was wearing the armor he got from someone who didn't know where. He looked very imposing. He clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Go back to Uncle Shen, my nephew has eaten it!"

Shen Yi still couldn't help but glanced at him, and said: "Young Master Jiang, it will take a few days for us to go to Huai'an this way. There is no need to wear armor at this time. If you really want to wear armor, we will talk about it after you arrive in Huai'an."

Jiang Ming grinned, and said: "This little nephew knows, my little nephew is just like asking Uncle Shen, how is this suit of armor on his body? This is what my little nephew spent a lot of time getting, it is Da Chen's best armor! "

Shen Yi glanced at the well-made armor he stretched out, and after being silent for a while, reached out and patted the young master Jiang on the shoulder, and asked, "Master Jiang is really going to fight the enemy?"

"That's natural!"

Jiang Ming widened his eyes, patted his chest and said, "Uncle Shen, my nephew has disliked Qi people since he was a child! Especially those envoys of Qi people often show off their power in Jiankang City, and even some Qi people who come to do business, They don't take us Dachen people seriously, with their nostrils turned upside down!"

"My nephew has long wanted to join the battle, and after a while, these Qi people will be ready!"

He said loudly: "My nephew has been depressed for 20 years, this time I go to Huai'an, I have to kill a few Qi people to vent my anger!"

Jiang Ming's situation is not uncommon in Jiankang City.

Because there are some Qi people who really look at people with their nostrils up to the sky. For example, the Northern Qi envoys who came to Jiankang in the seventh year of Hongde didn't even take the Great Chen court seriously.

Those people from Qi who came to Jiankang to do business sometimes ran amok in Jiankang.

In the early years, Yang Jingzong and Prime Minister Yang were in charge of the Great Chen court. From top to bottom, the court advocated abbreviation. Therefore, even if the people of Qi made trouble in Jiankang, the disturbance went to the Jiankang government office, and even reported to Zhongshu. In most cases, the attitude of the Great Chen court is to calm things down.

He didn't want to make things big and give Qi people an excuse to use force.

To put it bluntly, it is to highlight a word of counsel.

Even if the Qi people beat someone, caused trouble, or even severely injured the people in Jiankang, the government will still release the Qi people in the end, and generally will not punish them, or the punishment will not be too severe.

And if the people of Dachen hurt the people of Qi, then the government will strike hard.

After all, Prime Minister Yang at that time was only thinking about "peace between the two countries."

This made many bloody Chen Guo people very upset, so after Shen Yi threw the Northern Qi princess at the beginning, he once became a little celebrity in Jiankang.

Now, Huai'an has won several times, making people like Jiang Ming even more excited.

Master Shen stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Well, I'll arrange specific errands for you when we get to Huai'an."

After saying this, Shen Yi walked to the front hall of his house. Jiang Sheng and the others had already packed up and saluted, but the meal was also prepared for Shen Yi. The whole family was waiting for Shen Yi to eat.

After Shen Yi sat down, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

After eating two mouthfuls of rice, Master Shen glanced at his brother Shen Heng who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Are you still going to be in the Imperial Academy this year?"

Shen Heng was taken aback for a moment, then put down his chopsticks, and said, "Brother, the Imperial Academy will stay for three years, and now it's less than two years..."

He was Hongde's probationary student for ten years, and he has been in the Imperial Academy for almost a year and a half.

Shen Yi nodded, and said: "Yes, you are still young, it is not a bad thing to stay in the Imperial Academy for one more year, and when you have any ideas, write to me."

Speaking of this, Master Shen paused, and continued: "When you have nothing to do, you can visit Master Zhao and learn how Master Zhao is an official."

Shen Heng nodded quickly, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry about me, I will never have any accidents in Jiankang, but you, brother..."

Shen Heng sighed, and said, "If it wasn't for this year's marriage, my younger brother would have asked for an order to go to Huai'an. Even if I was a county magistrate in Huai'an, I would be able to help my elder brother to some extent."

Shen Yi shook his head silently, and said slowly: "You can't get involved in the Northern Expedition, it won't work at all."

Master Shen patted his brother on the shoulder, and put down his chopsticks: "Just be down-to-earth and be your Beijing official."

Northern Expedition... Shen Yi has confidence in his heart.

But this matter is not easy in the final analysis, nor can it be done [-]% of the time. If it can't be done, or if something happens in the future, the "Northern Expedition" will lose power. With Shen Heng, at least it can be guaranteed. The family will not collapse immediately.

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After having dinner with his family, Shen Yi bid farewell to his family, left Jiankang in a carriage, and headed north to Huai'an.

Along the way, besides the eldest grandson of Jiang Shangshu's family, the second son of Zhao Shangshu's family traveled with Shen Yi.

It is worth mentioning that although Jiang Ming called Shen Yi and Uncle Shen very affectionately, he refused to call Zhao Jizhou uncle, which made Zhao Er quite depressed. noisy.

Huai'an is only [-] miles away from Jiankang, even if it is a slow speed in a carriage, it took eight or nine days to reach the territory of Huai'an Mansion.

To be precise, on the first day of February, Shen Yi and his party arrived in Huai'an.

In the carriage, Zhao Jizhou, who has a good relationship with Shen Yi, was leaning lazily in the carriage. He stretched his waist and asked, "Ziheng, have we arrived in Huai'an? According to the schedule, today It should be here anyway."

Sitting opposite Zhao Jizhou, Shen Yi stretched out his hand to roast on the small stove in the carriage, then lifted the curtain to look outside the carriage, and said with a smile: "Look at the boundaries, we have already reached the realm of Huai'an."

"It is estimated that we will be able to enter Huai'an City before sunset today."

Hearing this, Zhao Er sat up straight and Shen Yi silently, he also lifted the curtain and looked outside the car, but he didn't see Huai'an City, so he retracted his head and looked at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng, what does the army of Qi look like? Vicious or not?"

"I heard storytelling when I was a child, and it said that Zhu Li went to the battlefield, all of them had red hair and blue faces, and they would open their mouths to eat people at every turn. It was very scary."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "At the end of last year, that prince Zhu Lizhen led his troops to attack Huai'an but failed. After returning to the north bank, he reported to the Northern Qi court that they had won the battle."

"A few days ago, I received the exact news that in that battle, the people of Qi claimed that they killed 5000 of our army..."

Having said that, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and did not speak.

In addition to this information, Shen Yi's buried residence in Huaibei reported to Si Linsheng and others, and also found news that some Han villages were slaughtered.

Although it is only sporadic news, it is enough.

After all, the two countries are against each other and do not need evidence.

If there is no accident, these slaughtered Han people have become the military exploits of the Northern Qi prince.

Seeing that Shen Yi suddenly stopped speaking halfway through, Zhao Jizhou was a little curious and asked, "Why didn't Ziheng say anything?"

Shen Yi came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Actually, we defeated the Qi people in that battle, which shows that these Qi people can only brag, and there is nothing special about it."

The carriage moved slowly along the official road.

While the two people in the carriage were talking, suddenly there was a sound of galloping horses outside.

Master Shen sat where he was, without moving.

Zhao Er stuck his head out and looked outside curiously.

At this time, both sides of the official road, at some point, were already full of soldiers from the capital.

On both sides of the official road, there are about two hundred riders on each side.

These two hundred riders rushed forward in unison, and the scene was very grand.

After approaching, the two strong men headed by the two hundred riders jumped down. Without saying a word, they half-kneeled in front of the carriage, bowed their heads deeply, and clasped their fists together: "Subordinate Ling Su!"

"Subordinate Xue Wei!"

The two big men respectfully bowed their heads and said, "Congratulations, Duke Shen!"

Following the shouts of the two strong men, the two hundred riders got off their horses one after another, half knelt down in front of Shen Yi's carriage, and their voices were neat.

"My subordinates are waiting to meet Shen Gong!"

Four hundred people made their voices at the same time, and the voices seemed to rush towards their faces, which was very shocking.

Zhao Jizhou was dumbfounded.

The son of the Minister of the Household Department turned his head in a daze, and looked at Shen Yi who was sitting quietly in the carriage.

Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder, smiled at him, and motioned him to sit back.

Then Master Shen said calmly, with a calm face.

"Go back to the city."

Outside the carriage, Ling Su and Xue Wei bowed their heads together.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)