Shen Yi doesn't have much demand for credit, mainly because his current credit is already big enough.
Now his official career is mainly restricted by his age and seniority. Otherwise, it would be more than enough for him to be a minister of the Ministry of War.
Therefore, his demand for taking the Northern Qi Emperor Yanshenggong back to receive the reward would not be particularly strong.
Kong Shangzhen looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then sighed and asked, "Then what does Mr. Shen want?"
"The Confucius family in Qufu returned to Dachen."
Shen Yi looked calm and said: "I have already told your brother this once, but to give Yan Shenggong some face, I will say it again."
"Dong Yan Shenggong personally drafted a proclamation for the Northern Expedition. I sent someone to send Duke Yan to Jiankang, and he personally presented this proclamation to me, the Emperor Chen."
"Then, when the Kong family in Qufu surrendered to the Hu people, Shen will treat it as a coercion of the Kong family and will not pursue it further."
Kong Shangzhen looked at Shen Yi and said silently: "After Kong goes to Jiankang, who will be in charge of the Kong family in the future?"
Shen Yi grinned: "Shenggong Yan wants to ask, can you continue to be Shenggong Yan in Dachen in the future?"
Kong Shangzhen said nothing.
Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It depends on what Your Majesty wants, but the Chongshenghou lineage was also a direct branch of the Kong family at the beginning. They have been with Chen for seventy years. Your Majesty can't let their family feel cold, right?" "
"Otherwise, when the imperial court comes, will there still be loyal ministers there?"
Kong Shangzhen was silent.
He sat on the chair, thought for a long time, and then asked: "Shilang Shen, what if Kong is unwilling to write this document?"
Shen Yi looked calm and said, "That couldn't be better."
"The Confucius family in Qufu encountered war. The ferocious Qi people burned down the Confucius temple and broke into the Confucius mansion. As a result, the Confucius family suffered heavy losses and the direct lineage withered."
"The emperor had no choice but to order Chongshenghou's lineage to take over the Confucius family in Qufu and inherit Yanshenggong."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen smiled and said: "This will probably be written in the history books in the future."
"And the marquises of the Chongsheng Marquis lineage will probably be preserved, with one family and two titles."
Shen Yi said with a smile: "If Duke Yansheng nods and agrees now, then in the future, he will probably be able to exchange titles with Chongshenghou Mansion."
Kong Shangzhen looked a little ugly. He raised his head and looked at Shen Yi, then lowered his head: "Senior Minister Shen, many of my family members are still in Yanzhou Mansion."
…
He whispered: "Although the Kong family made mistakes seventy years ago, the Kong family today is not guilty. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Southern Chen Dynasty, my father was invited to Jiankang as a guest, and the Jiankang court gave him My late father’s status as a son of a country is to offer wine.”
"There is no enmity between the Kong family and Chen Guo..."
"Senior Minister Shen, if you take down Yanzhou and even the whole of Shandong, the Kong family will naturally return to the Chen court. Why do you have to be so aggressive?"
Master Shen sneered.
"To put it bluntly, your family still wants to sit on the fence!"
"Now, the war in Shandong has not yet begun, and there will be a decisive battle in the near future. Do you think that we, Da Chen, may not be able to win, nor may we be able to defend Qufu."
"So he shirks my conditions in every possible way."
"Say something a little harsher."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "If my master, the king of Dachen, is now pushed to the gate of Yandu City, I am afraid that without me opening my mouth, Yan Shenggong will take the initiative to go south to Jiankang to pay homage to me, the emperor?"
Kong Shangzhen didn't speak, but his face turned a little pale.
After a long time, he looked up at Shen Yi and said in a hoarse voice: "Senior Minister Shen, Kong will leave immediately south to Jiankang to meet the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty."
"There is something that Kong and Emperor Hongde are discussing. What do you think, Minister Shen?"
A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face.
He smiled and shook his head: "No."
The emperor was limited by his profession and had many restrictions on his words and actions. Therefore, there were some things that Shen Yi could do but the emperor could not.
For example, Mr. Shen can now make things difficult for the Kong family and vent his anger on the former court, but as the emperor, the emperor cannot treat Duke Yan Sheng lightly.
If word spread, it would be detrimental to the emperor's reputation and also affect his image in the minds of scholars in Dachen.
Kong Shangzhen's eyes widened.
"Shilang Shen, why is this?"
"According to Shen's conditions, Shen arranged for Yan Shenggong to go south to Jiankang."
"If it shouldn't be."
Mr. Shen said softly: "Shen will also make good arrangements for Yan Shenggong."
Having said this, Mr. Shen looked at the sky outside and said, "Shenggong Yan, Shen will start to attack Yanzhou in a few days. Once I start to attack Yanzhou, what we just said will not count. ."
"Wars are raging in Yanzhou Prefecture, and the Qi people are extremely ferocious. When the time comes, Shen may not be able to protect Duke Yan Sheng."
Kong Shangzhen's face turned pale.
His voice was hoarse: "Could Mr. Shen tolerate me for a few days?"
Shen Yi said with a smile: "Of course it is possible, but Shen may attack Yanzhou tomorrow."
Hearing these words, Kong Shangzhen looked to the north, gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind.
"Okay, Kong agreed!"
He gritted his teeth and said: "After Kong returned, he drafted a statement for the Northern Expedition, and then personally took the statement with him and sent it to Jiankang."
Shen Yi stared at Kong Shangzhen, then shook his head slightly, his eyes a little disappointed.
"As expected of Duke Yan, he is capable of bending and stretching."
Kong Shangzhen's face didn't look good after being criticized like this. He took a deep breath and said, "Shilang Shen is pressing harder and harder, and there is nothing Kong can do."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Yan Shenggong has many methods."
"Just now Mr. Yanshenggong looked to the north. I guess that Mr. Yanshenggong still has his descendants and family members in Yanzhou Mansion."
"Even in Yandu, there are officials from the Confucius family."
"You, Mr. Yan Shenggong, voted for Chen. Northern Qi can claim to the outside world that you were violently kidnapped by me. At that time, Mr. Yan Shenggong's family will still be able to stand firm in the Northern Dynasty."
"Probably, it will also be Yan Shenggong."
Shen Yi touched his chin and said, "In the end, he will also be a Chongshenghou. Is Shen right?"
Kong Shangzhen did not answer.
Mr. Shen clicked his tongue and shook his head, sighing: "The saint's legacy is really boundless. Although your family is built on a wall, this wall was built up by the Master's merits back then. Most people really can't push it down."
This sentence was particularly touching to Shen Yi.
Because in another world, no one could overthrow the Kong family store for more than two thousand years, until that person appeared...
However, Shen Yi is still far behind that person. At least now, he can't overturn this Kong's store.
Even, it is not easy to knock down this wall.
Kong Shangzhen stood up.
Shen Yi stood up to see him off, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow morning, I will arrange for someone to escort Yan Shenggong south."
Duke Yansheng looked at Shen Yi with a complicated expression: "Senior Minister Shen is not afraid that I will change my mind after arriving in Jiankang?"
"so…"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Before Yan Shenggong sets out, the message needs to be shown to Shen first. Shen will send someone to send it to Jiankang at night."
"If Duke Yan Sheng changes his mind temporarily..."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen sighed: "The war in Yanzhou has caused military disasters everywhere. The situation of the Kong family in Qufu may be unpredictable..."
Kong Shangzhen's expression changed again, and she cupped her hands at Shen Yi.
"Shilang Shen is thoughtful and considerate."
"Kong admires me."
Mr. Shen returned the gift with a smile and said: "Shenggong Yan, please go slowly and don't see me off."
………………
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
At this time, Shen Yigang had just sent away Duke Yan, whose surname was Kong, and had just captured Jining Prefecture. Just as he was preparing to attack Yanzhou, rumors spread in Jiankang City in the south.
It can't be said to be rumors, it can only be said to be hearsay, spreading like wildfire.
The content of the message is also very simple.
Shen Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army of the Imperial Northern Expedition, burned down the Confucius Temple with a fire after his troops entered Qufu!
That is the Confucian Temple that has stood for two thousand years and is a holy place in the hearts of countless scholars in the world!
After this news reached Jiankang, the opinions of the Jiankang government and the public were polarized for a while.
Ordinary people, after hearing the news, clapped their hands and applauded, feeling that Mr. Shen had vented his bad breath on Da Chen's behalf.
When the scholars heard this, they were inevitably filled with righteous indignation. They felt that Shen Yi, a lucky minister who was a double-ranked Jinshi, was too barbaric and had ruined the Confucian Temple of the saints, which was treason.
When the news reached the court, it also caused a great uproar.
Soon, at the ensuing imperial meeting, a total of fifteen censors from the Yushitai jointly submitted a letter to impeach Shen Yi for bullying his master and destroying his ancestors, which was a treasonous act.
In addition to the imperial censor who heard about the incident, some important officials in the imperial court who were already in the fourth rank also wrote to impeach Shen Yi and angrily denounced Shen Yi at the court meeting.
There was an old scholar from the Ministry of Etiquette who was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. It seemed that if the court did not deal with Shen Yi, he would be killed in Deqing Hall.
Emperor Hongde in the Golden Palace sat firmly on his throne and looked at the courtiers in the audience quietly without saying a word.
After a while, he winked at Eunuch Gao.
Gao Ming immediately stepped forward and bowed his head respectfully: "Your Majesty."
His Majesty the Emperor kept his eyes straight, still looking at the ministers below, and said calmly: "Let's find out how the news from Qufu reached Jiankang."
"also…"
His Majesty the Emperor showed a look of disgust.
"How did it reach the ears of these corrupt people?"