marquis of jingan

Chapter 946
"Have you seen how powerful they are?"

In the Ganlu Hall, His Majesty the Emperor clapped his hands and smiled at Shen Yi.

Although Master Shen didn't suffer a disadvantage in Zhongshu this time, he didn't take advantage of it. He was also suppressed by Cui Yu with his position, so he suffered a little.

Facing the emperor's question, Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, and said, "It's not that the five prime ministers are embarrassing the ministers, so it's not too embarrassing at all."

The emperor pointed to the stool and motioned for Shen Yi to sit down and talk, then clapped his hands and said with a smile: "If the five people agree on one thing, it will not be you, but I will be embarrassed."

His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said: "But even so, talking to them is very annoying. Sometimes because of one thing, you have to quarrel with them for a long time before you can win."

"I am alone, and it is a headache to deal with two or three of them, sometimes even three or four."

His Majesty the Emperor sighed, and sat down himself, with a smile on his face: "Sometimes, I can't beat them in arguing, but fortunately, I have a higher status than them, and I am younger than them. , torture them for an hour or two, and some people can't hold on anymore."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said: "Last year, the imperial court invested a lot in Huai'an, and it was because of my hard work that I survived."

Hearing this, Shen Yi couldn't help being a little surprised. He looked up at the emperor, and then smiled: "It's hard for Your Majesty."

"It's nothing."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "I'm going to fight with those old men, no matter how fierce the fight is, it's just a matter of drinking one more cup of tea and one less cup of tea in this Ganlu Palace or Deqing Palace."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said seriously: "On the other hand, Shen Qing, on the battlefield, every move you make may be to fight with your life, that is not easy."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and did not speak.

His Majesty continued: "Today in Zhongshu, no matter what the old men said to you, don't take it to heart. Everything is done according to what our monarchs and ministers have agreed to do."

Shen Yi nodded and said: "I can save it."

Speaking of this, the emperor was also a little thirsty. After Gao Ming served tea, he lowered his head and took a sip of water, and continued: "I know that Cui Yu has made things difficult for you. It is also this Prime Minister Cui who said in front of me on weekdays. You speak the most, and the voice of opposition is the loudest."

He paused, looked at Shen Yi, and said in a low voice: "But at this time, there is a need for such a prime minister in the court, so Shen Qing will bear with it."

The conflict between Cui Yu and Shen Yi has a long history.

As early as before Shen Yi became an official, Cui Yu, who had just entered the meeting hall to pay homage to the prime minister, was dismissed by the emperor because of Shen Yi's insult to the princess of Northern Qi.

Because of this incident, Cui Xiang, who entered the meeting hall at about the same time as Chen Jing, had a sudden drop in ranking. Now that Chen Jing has reached the top, Cui Yu is almost at the bottom of the meeting hall.

This is a great political rancor.

Although this matter should be more on the emperor, Cui Yu naturally did not dare to hate the emperor, so he could only hate Shen Yi.

In addition to this personal grievance, another thing is the issue of the school of the court.

Today, the former Yang Jingzong and Yang Xiang no longer exist, and the Yang Party has also been wiped out. However, those absolute conservatives who once belonged to Yang Jingzong's lineage cannot follow the collapse of the Yang family and his son.

And Cui Yu is the "talker" of the absolute conservatives after Yang Jingzong.

Because he was originally the prime minister who followed Yang Jingzong, and the re-prime minister was also around the time of the fall of Yang Jingzong and his son. He was originally an absolute conservative, or a political heir of the "Turtle School".

Now, among the five prime ministers in Zhongshu, he is the only prime minister who is from the Turtle faction. The remnants of the Turtle faction back then would naturally attach themselves to this Prime Minister Cui.

These Turtle Factions are waiting for their time.

They opposed the Northern Expedition, and at the same time they were vaguely looking forward to the failure of the Northern Expedition. The court began to shrink its tentacles from forging ahead, and returned to the state of the early years of the Hongde Dynasty.

In this way, they will come back from the ashes, and Cui Yu will be able to turn around.

The reason why the emperor would say that the imperial court needs a prime minister like Cui Yu is because it is better to be ignorant. At the beginning, many of the people under Yang Jingzong held important positions. in the light.

In this way, His Majesty the Emperor will be able to see this force.

One is that it can better balance the court situation, and the other is that one day in the future when the Northern Expedition succeeds or is in the stage of strategic success, they can be dealt with according to the list and complete the political liquidation between factions.

Of course, the so-called punishment does not mean that these people should be dismissed and questioned. In fact, the vast majority of political liquidations will not do this.

The so-called political liquidation is more to block the way to promotion, and then slowly marginalize this person.

These questions were all questions that Shen Yi had already figured out, so after the emperor finished speaking, he quickly lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise, and employing people is naturally the same. I never have any other thoughts."

The emperor said with a smile: "I'm afraid of you, Shen Qing, what's unpleasant in my heart."

"Shen Qing has a lot of ideas, so Cui Yu may not be able to fight you."

Shen Yi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has wronged the minister, and the minister has always been loyal to the country, how dare you go against the prime minister?"

The emperor laughed and didn't say much.

After the two chatted a few more gossips, the emperor remembered the business and said, "I took care of your business last year, as well as the armor, weapons, etc. of the new Huai'an army. Go run, I will tell Gao Ming to let him run through these yamen."

The emperor smiled and said: "If he goes to run, the effect will be much better than if you go, Shen Qing."

That's natural, eunuch Gao went to the yamen in person, there is no difference from His Majesty the emperor personally urging, naturally no yamen would dare to neglect!

This can save Shen Yi a lot of things. In this way, he doesn't have to run away for some matters in the court, but just wait for the corresponding documents quietly at home.

Master Shen quickly bowed his head: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't thank me."

The emperor looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said, "Shen Qing, where are you going to recruit the [-] new troops in Huai'an?"

Shen Yi replied: "Some are recruited locally in Huai'an, and the other is recruited from the southeast. The Huai'an army started in Zhejiang, and the speed of recruiting in Zhejiang will be much faster. I plan to send people to Zhejiang to recruit recruits, but..."

After a pause, he said, "There are too many soldiers and generals in Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture in the army. I plan to recruit troops from other prefectures in Zhejiang, and no longer recruit troops from Taizhou and Wenzhou."

When the emperor heard this, he smiled and said, "What? There are also township parties in the Huai'an army?"

Shen Yi smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, no matter where, as long as there are many people, there will be township parties."

His Majesty the Emperor gave a "tsk", shook his head slightly and said, "Where there are people, there are factions."

He was very satisfied with Shen Yi's arrangement, and nodded when he heard the words: "Then follow Shen Qing's arrangement, if there is anything else to do with the Huai'an Army, you can write a letter to me, without going through the Zhongshu Send it to me from the inner guard."

His Majesty the Emperor paused and added.

"When you need to make up documents for Zhongshu, make up another copy for Zhongshu."

Shen Yi nodded and said yes.

After the two monarchs and ministers finalized a lot of details about Huai'an, Shen Yi finally remembered something. He stood up, bowed his head to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, when I first entered Jiankang for the exam, I met a A good teacher, this good teacher guides the minister's literary strategy theory and the way of scientific examination, so that the minister can pass the provincial examination and the imperial examination successively."

The emperor squinted his eyes when he heard the words, but did not speak.

Shen Yi continued: "This teacher, Chen, lived in Jiankang in his early years and lost contact with his family members. I have been inquiring about the whereabouts of his family members for him. Recently, I found out..."

Shen Yi took a deep breath and said slowly.

"The teacher seems to have a relationship with Concubine Hui..."

(End of this chapter)