marquis of jingan

Chapter 951

After returning to Huai'an, Master Shen relaxed a lot.

It's not that he was unhappy in Jiankang's house, it's just that in Jiankang City, there are always several prime ministers and an emperor oppressing him, and no matter what he does, he must consider the reactions of all aspects.

But it's different in Huai'an, where he alone has the final say, so he can be a little more casual in what he says and does.

Of course, it can't be completely random.

It's just that you don't have to be careful with your words.

After explaining the affairs of these generals, at noon, the seven of them sat together for a meal and a drink.

Mr. Shen is the leader, but no one poured alcohol on him. The other six drank a lot. Among the six, Zhang Meng was the worst drinker. There was a burst of laughter.

The reason why he laughed at him was because the man born to General Zhang was tall and burly, but he drank like a child.

After a round of drinking, Master Shen went back to his room to rest. He had just returned to his room, before he lay down, when he heard someone knocking on the door.

"Mr. Shen."

It was Su Ding's voice.

Shen Yi rubbed his temples and said, "Come in."

Su Ding cautiously opened the door and walked in. His face was a little red because of the alcohol. When he saw Shen Yi, he lowered his head and cupped his fists and said, "I'm sorry to disturb Mr. Shen. I have something to ask, so I'll leave as soon as I finish."

Shen Yi looked up at him and let out a mouthful of alcohol.

"You said."

Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen said just now that you can recruit soldiers in Huai'an, or you can go to Zhejiang to recruit soldiers. The next official is from Mingzhou Prefecture..."

After hesitating for a while, he still gritted his teeth and bowed his head: "I grew up in Mingzhou Prefecture, and I know many fellow villagers who are also military households. I think..."

"Can you recruit soldiers from Mingzhou?"

Master Shen looked up at Su Ding, and then smiled dumbly: "I just said that as long as you don't recruit soldiers from Taizhou and Wenzhou, the southeastern provinces are actually fine, and General Su wants to go to his hometown to recruit soldiers, naturally there is no problem. "

Speaking of this, Master Shen glanced at Su Ding with a half-smile, and asked, "Why? Do you feel that you are weak in the Huai'an army?"

Su Ding lowered his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Originally, when the Shangguan asked this question, the general should have denied it, but when Duke Shen asked, the general dared not tell the truth."

He let out a sigh of relief, and said in a helpless tone, "It's really difficult for the last general to lead the army. Fortunately, General Xue fully supported him..."

Master Shen glanced at him with a calm expression: "Which people are not convinced by you, you tell me their names, and I will deal with them for you."

Su Ding's face changed slightly, and he shook his head again and again, "Mr. Shen, this subordinate is not here to complain. If you deal with this matter, your subordinate will never be able to lead the soldiers on the Eastern Front."

Su Ding is on the eastern front, after all, his foundation is shallow. He became a monk halfway, and was promoted by Shen Yi along the way. The people below are somewhat dissatisfied with him.

But for this kind of thing, he can only rely on his ability to subdue the generals on the eastern front slowly. If he relies on Shen Yi to suppress it, it will be effective for a while, but maybe secretly, it will make the generals on the eastern front look down on him even more .

Master Shen nodded, and said, "Alright then, I'll leave the Eastern Front alone, but there is one thing that you and I need to agree on in advance."

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "On weekdays, I can tolerate their tempers, but when it comes to war, no matter who it is, even Xue Wei, they must obey the general's order, otherwise they will be killed without mercy."

Su Ding quickly lowered his head and said, "Don't worry about this, Mr. Shen. Our brothers on the eastern front will never be ambiguous when we fight."

Having said that, he paused, hesitated for a while, then lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen, just now General Xue was outside, and asked his subordinates to ask you..."

Seeing his appearance, Shen Yi felt a little funny. He looked at Su Ding and asked, "Xue Da asked you to ask me when we will fight with the people of Qi, right?"

Su Ding lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen still understands General Xue."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly.

"Go and tell him that after the spring, there will naturally be his battles."

Su Ding heaved a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and said, "If that's the case, this subordinate will retire, Mr. Shen, please rest well."

After that, he carefully exited Shen Yi's room, turned around and left.

After he left, Shen Yi yawned.

Because of the fatigue from the journey, and the drowsiness from drinking, he quickly lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, it was almost evening.

After Master Shen got up from the bed, he asked Jiang Sheng to boil a bucket of hot water. After washing off his tired body, he changed into clean clothes and called Jiang Sheng to go out.

The imperial envoy went out and turned left, and not far away was the magistrate's yamen, so Shen Yi didn't take a car, just walked, and it didn't take long to reach the gate of the magistrate's yamen, and he walked in without notifying.Soon came to the backyard of the government office.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Master Shen smelled a not very strong smell of sheep. He looked around in the backyard, and sure enough, he found a lamb in a corner.

Master Shen approached and looked at the lamb curiously. Just as he was looking at the lamb, Zhang Fuzun's voice came from behind him.

"Last year, Ziheng, you were going to give a tooth sacrifice to the Huai'an army, so I temporarily put a few sheep and pigs in this mansion."

Shen Yi turned his head and saw Zhang Fuzun saying quietly: "It so happened that two sheep gave birth to cubs, and they were seen by my naughty son. They wanted to raise them desperately, and his mother spoiled them, so she forcibly vacated my garden. One corner, to raise sheep for him."

Master Shen clapped his hands and smiled: "My eldest nephew is quite compassionate."

"At his age, he wished he could kick the dog to death while walking on the road. How could he have any compassion?"

Zhang Jian's eldest son, Zhang Lian, was eight or nine years old last year, and will be almost ten years old this year after the Chinese New Year.

This age is indeed the best time.

Zhang Fuzun said angrily: "He just looks at the novelty, and he goes outside to pull weeds every day and comes back to feed this sheep. He cares more about his father than I do."

Master Shen laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Brother, there is a lot of resentment in what you said."

Zhang Jian shook her head slightly, sighed and said, "It has to be heavy."

Under the leadership of Zhang Jian, the two brothers and sisters came to the living room of the back house and sat down. After Master Shen sat down, he smiled at Zhang Jian and said, "Senior brother, go and call my nephew. I will give it to him from Jiankang." Bringing a novelty over here."

Zhang Jian refused at first, and then someone called Zhang Lian over. Although this child is skinny, he has a good family education. After he came in, he first kowtowed to his father Zhang Jian, and then kowtowed to Shen Yi, calling him uncle.

Master Shen smiled and took a pair of binoculars from his sleeve, handed them to the doll, and said with a smile: "This is a novelty in Jiankang. It can see thousands of feet in the distance. Uncle specially brought it For you to play."

Seeing this thing, Zhang Jian's face immediately changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Ziheng, isn't this a heavy weapon in the army? How can you give him a child to play with? It's absolutely impossible."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly.

"The year before last, it could be said that it was an important weapon in the military, because no one else had it."

Master Shen said helplessly: "But it won't happen this year. There are too many losses. The senior generals in the Qi army probably already have a telescope in their hands."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi pointed to the telescope in Zhang Lian's hand, and said with a smile: "The novelty of this thing is that it is binocular, and it is a new thing made by Jiankang Liulichang recently. Before it, even They are telescopes used in the military, and they are all single-lens."

Zhang Jian asked thoughtfully, "Is this thing going to be sold?"

"It is estimated that it will be sold in the first half of this year."

Master Shen smiled and said: "There is no way, the landlord's family is also short of money."

Only then did Zhang Jian feel relieved, and said to Zhang Lian, "Don't you thank your uncle?"

Zhang Lian was overjoyed when he got this novelty, knelt down again with a plop, kowtowed to Shen Yi, turned around and ran away.

Zhang Jian chased it out and warned, "Don't break it!"

After exhorting the child, he looked back at Shen Yi and asked, "When did Ziheng come back, this morning?"

Shen Yi nodded and said: "I arrived outside the city in the morning, but I knew that my brother was probably busy with political affairs, so I didn't come to the government office to disturb my brother."

Zhang Jian couldn't help laughing: "According to the rules, when you come back Ziheng, you have to bring Huaian officials out of the city to greet you as a brother, so why bother me?"

Before Shen Yi returned to Huai'an, if he wrote a letter to the Huai'an prefect's yamen, then the prefect's yamen really had to bring officials out of the city to meet Shen Yi.

But Shen Yi didn't say anything in advance, so it doesn't matter.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and Shen Yi told Zhang Jian about Yuan Tan.

After finishing speaking, Shen Yi said with a smile: "Usually the imperial court dispatches governors to be given the title of Vice Capital Censor. This Yuan Vice Xian has a very high rank."

"When he arrives in Huai'an, he will probably overwhelm senior brother."

Zhang Jian snorted, a little dismissive, but he still looked at Shen Yi and asked: "Ziheng, didn't your majesty trust you in the past, why did you suddenly send a supervisor over?"

"There are too many people."

Master Shen is very free and easy: "It's probably not that His Majesty wants to send a supervisor over here, but that the imperial court needs such a supervisor."

Zhang Jian thought deeply, then nodded silently.

"This Yuan Fuxian, brother, has never been listened to before, does Ziheng know what it is?"

"Checked some."

Master Shen took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "He is also a scholar of the second list. A few years ago, he was only the fifth-rank Dali Temple Chancellor. After a few years, he has changed suddenly and is already the deputy constitution of the court."

Speaking of this, Master Shen said with emotion: "It's really a steady rise."

Zhang Jian glanced at Shen Yi, and said helplessly: "Speaking of rising to the top, who can compare to you?"

But immediately, he frowned slightly and said, "You should pay more attention to this supervising army, Ziheng. It's probably not a fuel-efficient lamp. Don't bring any trouble to the Huai'an army."

"Brother, don't worry."

Master Shen put down his teacup with a smile on his face.

"In Huai'an, this Vice-Xian Yuan..."

"I can't hold anything."

(End of this chapter)