marquis of jingan

Chapter 993 The Blessed Bodhisattva
The story of Emperor Yongping vomiting blood and fainting spread throughout the entire elite of Yandu in a very short time.

Almost all the high-ranking officials in the Northern Qi Dynasty turned their eyes away from the banks of the Huaihe River, and looked at the palace in unison.

Because of the Emperor Yongping in the palace, Yuji has been in power for too long!
It has been less than 70 years since Immortal Zhu Li entered the customs. Although he has experienced four emperors, Emperor Yongping alone has been in power for more than half of the time!
Moreover, although what Emperor Yongping did can't be said to be a wise emperor through the ages, it can be said that he is a very qualified emperor.

He appointed Han officials and promoted part of Zhu Lizhen's Chinese language.

It was in his hands that Northern Qi's rule was completely stabilized.

Yandu, and even the entire Northern Qi Dynasty, were used to having such an emperor.

Now, the life of Emperor Yongping...

Seems like it's coming to an end?

No one would ignore such unprecedented news, and no one could ignore it.

All of a sudden, rumors spread everywhere in Yandu City.

At this time, Zhou Yuanlang, the fourth son of the Zhou family who was supposed to help his father in the war on the Huaihe River, quietly returned to Yandu.

Coincidentally, at this time, Ma Cheng, the Prime Minister of Tatar, also returned to Yandu.

On the day Ma Cheng returned to Yandu, Zhou Yuanlang brought most of the Zhou family's wealth to the prime minister's residence to visit the prime minister.

At the same time, in the entire city of Yandu, there are many people like Zhou Yuanlang who are busy for the word Conglong.

For a while, everyone was busy.

The elite circle in Yandu City has also become much more lively. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the princes who may become the new monarchs. They are already sharpening their knives and preparing to carve up the huge cake in Yandu City from the queen of the dragon.

For a while, no one even mentioned Huaihe and Xuzhou.

But at this time, Emperor Yongping had no energy to restrain the imperial court and those dignitaries in Yandu City.

In this way, under this frenzied atmosphere, time passed bit by bit.

Soon, it came to the beginning of August in the 34th year of Yongping.

At this time, Master Shen Yi has occupied Xuzhou for over a month.

During this month, Shen Yi has managed Xuzhou in a decent manner.

After all, after a month of getting along with each other, the people in Xuzhou City also discovered that these troops from Nanchen only aimed at the real Zhu Li, and would not harm the Han people. In addition, Shen Yi and others were indeed selling food at a low price .

As a result, the people in Xuzhou City gradually let go of their guard against Shen Yi and others.

Of course, there's nothing you can do if you don't let go of your guard. When the food at home is gone, you always have to go out to buy it.

When you are hungry, one bite is bigger than the sky.

After the common people came out to buy food and found that the Huai'an army would not harm them, the streets of Xuzhou City regained some popularity. Started a business.

Walking on the streets of Xuzhou City, Shen Yi watched the people's livelihood in Xuzhou City recover gradually, and he felt much better. He put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "After a few months, people from the imperial court will come to take over Xuzhou, and Xuzhou City will be recovered. gone."

He looked back at Lin Sheng who was following behind him, and said with a smile: "When the time comes, let the imperial court raise Xuzhou to Xuzhou Prefecture, and you will be in charge here, how about it?"

Lin Sheng was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "Si Zheng, this subordinate should continue to work as an errand in the report department of the mansion."

Shen Yi looked at him and said with a smile: "Didn't I promise you before that I would give you a fifth-rank civil servant."

"The Dibao Division will now be promoted to the fifth-rank Yamen. If you reach the fifth-rank in the Dibao Division, you can only give up my division to you."

As the Dibao Division has made efforts in various aspects in recent years and played an increasingly important role, it will naturally attract the attention of Emperor Hongde. Raise this small yamen, which was originally only up to the eighth rank, to the fifth rank.

This has been very difficult.

You must know that Lu Weishuai of the inner guard is only a third-rank military officer, that is to say, the weight of the Di Baosi in the eyes of the emperor has begun to compare with that of the inner guard.

"That won't work."

Lin Sheng shook his head again and again and said: "Your subordinates can't manage the entire mansion's newspaper department. Sizheng, you report to the imperial court and arrange a deputy for your subordinates."

Shen Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no deputy in the newspaper department."

Seeing Lin Sheng scratching his head and bowing his head in silence, Master Shen asked with a smile: "It's been a month, have you cleared up the misunderstanding with your wife? Is she willing to go back to Jiankang with you?"

Hearing this sentence, Lin Sheng lowered his head slightly, and said silently: "This subordinate hasn't told her my identity yet."

"Now she still thinks that her subordinates are running outside every day to make a living for Xiaojia."

Shen Yi patted Lin Sheng on the back to express his understanding.

This kind of thing is really not easy to say.

I can't go home, hold my little lady's hand, and tell her that I am a spy of the enemy country, and I married you to get close to your uncle, and I even shot your uncle to death.

This kind of words...it is too cruel to say it.

It's no wonder that Lin Sheng wanted to keep hiding it from her.

After all, most of the time, lies don't hurt.

The truth... is the sharp knife.

When Master Shen was about to give advice to his subordinate, on the street, Luo Yong, another secretary of the Dibao Division, hurried over and hurriedly lowered his head and cupped his fists at Shen Yi: "Sizheng, there is important news Passed in!"

Shen Yi was a little surprised, and asked, "How did it come in?"

"The people below sneaked in."

Luo Yong bowed his head and said, "It's not difficult for our people to get in, but it's a bit difficult to get out."

In this era, most of the news can only be transmitted by manpower. Not to mention instant messaging, even communication is a big problem. Basically, communication can only be done by shouting, and traffic basically depends on walking.

For example, it is relatively easy for Di Baodi to send news across the encirclement, but once he enters Xuzhou, it is absolutely difficult to get out.

As for carrier pigeons and such...

In fact, when Shen Yi first came into contact with it, or in other words, when he first started to organize the Mansion News Agency, he had considered such things as carrier pigeons. If it was really as mysterious as it is in movies and TV dramas, Master Shen would definitely make a big fuss about it.

After all, this is a serious wireless communication, and the leading manual communication does not know how far away.

However, things like flying pigeons to pass letters rely on the habit of pigeons to recognize their families. They need special training for a period of time, and then they have to carry the pigeons with them. Go back to the cage.

At present, only Jiankang's Dibao Division has a pigeon cage and hundreds of pigeons are raised. Occasionally, someone takes the pigeons out under special circumstances. Just like this, many pigeons died on the way.

Whether it is convenience or message accuracy, it is much worse.

There is no pigeon cage in Xuzhou City, so there is no way to let the pigeons fly in. If you want to send a letter to Shen Yi, you can only use the stupid way of sneaking in.

Shen Yi looked left and right, found a gazebo in Xuzhou City, pulled two subordinates of the Dibao Department into it and sat down, then looked at Luo Yong, and said, "What news is so important, let the brothers cross Qi The army's blockade will also be passed on to me?"

Luo Yong took out a crumpled note from his arms, handed it in front of Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, it's the news from Yandu."

"Words spread from Yandu that the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty coughed up blood and fainted, and he will die soon..."

Master Shen raised his eyebrows, glanced at Luo Yong, and said angrily: "In the eighth and ninth years of Hongde, someone told me that Emperor Zhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty was about to die, and now it has been Hongde for 13 years. That emperor of Northern Qi is still alive and kicking."

Luo Yong accompanied him with a smiling face, and said, "Sizheng, the subordinates feel that it is credible to allow the brothers to send letters in at risk."

Shen Yi unfolded the note and took a look, then put the note into his sleeve, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If that Emperor Zhao is really going to collapse, for us Da Chen..."

"It's a godsend."

Shen Yi thought for a while and said, "I need to confirm the authenticity of this news."

He looked at Luo Yong, and said in a deep voice: "Just in time, my army is going out of the city in the past two days to fight against the Qi people who are besieging the city. When the time comes, let the brothers of Di Baosi wear military uniforms and escape from the encirclement in the chaos. Take a trip to Jiankang, and exchange information with Jiankang's internal guards."

"Try to send the accurate information back to Xuzhou City."

Luo Yong quickly bowed his head: "Si Zheng, don't worry, there is absolutely no problem."

Shen Yi nodded first, then turned to look at the north.

"If the news is true, the progress of the Northern Expedition will need to be mentioned again."

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Jiankang City, Manna Hall.

His Majesty the Emperor was flipping through miscellaneous books, Gao Ming stood by his side and read the news from the inner guards from Yandu.

His Majesty the Emperor put down the book in his hand, squinted his eyes and said, "Since I took over the government, you have been telling me that Zhao Zhen is dying of a serious illness, and now it is the seventh year of my own administration..."

Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, there was a lot of noise this time. According to the news from the inner guards, Emperor Hu coughed up blood and fainted. Several false kings of Hu Qi kneeled down in front of Emperor Hu's bedroom. night."

The emperor looked strange: "Can this kind of news spread out of the palace?"

Gao Ming let out a breath, and said: "This servant is also a little surprised. Logically speaking, this kind of thing is top secret, and it is impossible to leak it out, but it happens that it is widely spread."

"Either it was sent by Emperor Hu himself, or Emperor Hu has become ill and has lost control of the palace!"

Emperor Hongde stood up from the soft couch with his hands behind his back. He walked to the window and looked to the north.

"Gao Ming..."

Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully: "The servant is here."

"Find a way to contact Shen Yi and tell him that I can send someone to Xuzhou Mansion to pick him up at any time."

Having said that, the emperor paused and added.

"Besides, when you have nothing to do in the past few days, go to Jiming Temple to offer incense sticks for me."

Eunuch Gao was taken aback, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you have something to ask the Bodhisattva?"

The emperor turned his head and gave him a blank look.

"Go and ask the Bodhisattva to bless that fellow Zhao Zhen to return to heaven as soon as possible."

　Let me talk about the last chapter. Many people said that the last chapter has no content. In fact, the last chapter is the beginning of the most critical turning point of this book, and this turning point is the death of Yongping Emperor Zhao Zhen. This is a big plot. It has nothing to do with hydrology...

　　There is no water at all! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)