On this day, General Zhou Shizhong served wine in Chunfeng Tower to practice for General Tu Yuantu.
Not many people were invited to this banquet, only Zhou Shizhong and his son, and Mr. Yan Li and Yan were present.
As for the Lang family, the mother clan of the Son of Heaven, they did not invite them.
Because the plate is now bigger, they, the Conglong Ministers, have to form factions, otherwise Emperor Zhaowu, who has just ascended the throne, will not be able to sleep peacefully.
Among the entire Conglong Group, it is obvious that the Lang family, which has both generals and prime ministers, is the most powerful.
Therefore, Zhou Shizhong and his son and Yan Xianggong parted ways with the Lang family.
General Tu Yuantu did not participate in these factional disputes, and he seemed to be a pure general.
In the elegant room of Chunfeng Building, four people sat at a table. Mr. Yan raised his wine glass and toasted Tu Yuan.
After drinking a glass of wine, Mr. Yan sighed softly: "During this period, I have read a lot of battle reports from Yanzhou Prefecture. The young man named Shen in the south is really quite powerful."
"In the Sishui County area, the forces were almost evenly matched. In just two days, Tong Ying was killed and defeated, and he fled in embarrassment."
Hearing the name Tong Ying, Zhou Shizhong lowered his head, took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes and said, "Tong Ying is very capable. It stands to reason that even if he were to fight against the Tatars, with the same force, he would not be able to fight like this. "
"He was defeated in two days. I think it was because he was discouraged and didn't want to fight."
Why did Tong Ying lose his temper? These people present were the instigators. When they heard Zhou Shizhong's words, they all remained silent in a tacit understanding.
Zhou Yuanlang suddenly said: "This Tong Ying must be killed."
Tong Jian and Prime Minister Tong were overthrown by a few of them. Although the Tong family had a great business and would not be implicated in the whole family because of one Tong Jian, for Zhou Yuanlang and others, some of Tong Jian's remnants in the court , they will definitely not hesitate if they can clean it up easily.
Moreover, in the Yanzhou battlefield, someone needs to stand up and take the blame.
Yan Li looked at Zhou Yuanlang with admiring eyes and said with a smile: "Master Zhou is really smart."
Although Zhou Shizhong and Tu Yuan did not speak, they each narrowed their eyes, and the meaning was self-evident.
Next, the four people sat together and began to discuss how to deal with the Southern Dynasty's army.
Prime Minister Yan's attitude was as conservative as before, believing that as long as he held firm for a period of time, the Southern Dynasty's offensive would be self-defeating.
Zhou Yuanlang had some different opinions. He looked at Yan Li and said: "Prime Minister Yan, I have received some news some time ago that Shen Yi has been actively farming in Jiangbei Road, which is the capital of the states near Xuzhou. Local production has resumed.”
"He now occupies the entire Jiangbei Road and the Yanzhou Prefecture. If he is allowed to farm in a down-to-earth manner, it's hard to say whether the military salary will be enough, but the food will probably be enough for their Northern Expeditionary Army."
Jiangbei Road is the name of the prefectures near Xuzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty. This area was called Southern Zhili by the Chen State.
But previously, the Northern Qi Dynasty only had half of the Southern Zhili, so they called it Jiangbei Road.
Yan Li shook his head slightly.
"Master Zhou, if there are no living people in such a large area, then the fields cultivated are indeed enough to feed the Southern Dynasty army. However, the people of the Southern Dynasties pride themselves on benevolence and righteousness and will never drive away the people. If there are people in the land,
The vast majority of the food must be supplied to the people."
"The rest cannot be eaten by the Southern Dynasty army."
As he said this, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "How did Mr. Zhou know so much about the news in the south when he was in the court? Could it be..."
Prime Minister Yan hesitated for a moment and asked: "Could it be that Mr. Zhou is in charge of Qingjing..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yuanlang shook his head and said, "The emperor only allowed me to consult the intelligence of the Purity Department for my own advice."
"That's pretty amazing too."
Yan Li praised: "In all these years, I have never heard of any foreign minister who can enter the Purity Department."
"correct."
Yan Li smiled and said: "The ancients said that if a minister is not secretive, he will lose his virginity. Now there are no outsiders here, which is good. If you are in front of outsiders, Mr. Zhou would be better off keeping some."
Zhou Yuanlang felt awe-struck in his heart. He stood up, lowered his head and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister Yan, for your teachings."
Yan Li waved his hand with a smile, looked back at Tu Yuan, and said: "General Tu is a master of the art of military affairs. As a layman, I won't say much, but I have one thing to warn the general."
Tu Yuan also lowered his head and said: "Strict Prime Minister's teachings."
"At this time, General Tu is going south. He should not seek merit, but seek no fault."
Tu Yuan thought for a while, lowered his head and replied.
"I understand...I understand."
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Yanzhou Prefecture.
At this time, Master Shen had occupied Yanzhou Mansion. Some time had passed. The Huai'an army had almost rested and began to send out scouts to explore their tentacles.
However, the Qi army, which had previously reached Ningyang and was only a few dozen miles away from Yanzhou, did not continue to move south during this period. Instead, it stayed in Ningyang and faced off with the Huai'an army at a distance.
Mr. Shen ignored them. During this period, he was mainly treating the wounded soldiers and restoring order in Yanzhou City.
In a short period of time, if there is no particularly good opportunity, he will not take the initiative to ask for a fight.
Because of the Battle of Yanzhou, the Huai'an Army also suffered a lot of casualties. Now Shen Yi is preparing to recruit new soldiers in the Xuzhou area behind to fill the vacancies and restore full combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
This afternoon, Mr. Shen was sitting in his study, looking through documents from all walks of life.
At this time, the Huai'an Army Group under his command was already quite large. There were nearly 100,000 Huai'an Army officers and soldiers alone, and together with some miscellaneous related personnel, there were probably as many as 100, 200,000 people related to Shen Yi.
With so many people, there are countless things that need to be dealt with every day. Even Shen Yi, who was born as a Jinshi, needs to spend two or three hours dealing with these things every day.
Fortunately, Miss Ye, who is in Xuzhou, is already on her way to Yanzhou. In a few days, she should be able to reach Yanzhou. At that time, Mr. Shen will be able to get rid of these documents and do the work.
Some other things.
While Mr. Shen was reviewing documents, there was a knock on the door, followed by Jiang Sheng's voice.
"Son."
Shen Yi raised his head and looked outside the door.
"You have something to say."
Jiang Sheng hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and walked in. He came to Shen Yi's table and lowered his head slightly: "Master, there is someone outside who wants to see you."
"See you, see you."
Mr. Shen shook his head and refused without hesitation.
During the period after he entered Yanzhou, I don't know how many people in Yanzhou wanted to see him. Most of them were vested interests under the original order of Yanzhou and wanted to maintain their vested interests by currying favor with Shen Yi.
Shen Yi never saw this kind of person.
Jiang Sheng lowered his head and said: "Young master, he is not the gentry from Yanzhou, but a young man who calls himself..."
He hesitated for a moment, then said: "I call myself Shen, and I am a member of your family, the young master."
"My family members?"
Shen Yi raised his head, frowned, and asked, "Why are my family members in Yanzhou?"
Jiang Sheng shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but he can name several masters, and..."
Jiang Sheng paused and said, "He speaks Jiangdu dialect, which is very authentic. If you are not from Jiangdu, or have not lived in Jiangdu, you cannot speak it."
Shen Yi frowned. Suddenly, a possibility came to his mind and he asked, "Has he ever said what his name is?"
"No."
Jiang Sheng opened his mouth and said: "But he said that he is a senior among his peers and calls himself Shen Liu."
After hearing this, Shen Yi slowly stood up.
After taking two steps outside, Shen Yi looked back at Jiang Sheng and said, "Take him to the living room to wait for me."
After a pause, Shen Yi said in a deep voice.
"Remember to search yourself."
Jiang Sheng quickly lowered his head and turned around to go down.
Mr. Shen looked up at the sky and frowned slightly.
His family in Northern Qi did still have one.
He is the biological brother of his father, Shen Zhang, and his third uncle.