In the next two or three days, Shen Yi basically spent time in the Ministry of War Yamen.
In addition to asking for as much stuff as possible from Old Man Jiang, the more important thing is to get officials from the generals below.
To this day, many generals in the Huai'an Army are still assigned to high positions with low grades due to insufficient qualifications. For example, a commanding officer like Zhong Ming is theoretically only one level higher than Qian Hu.
But in fact, he has already been doing the job of commander.
There are even those who work as Qianhu, doing commanding tasks.
As for those who work as hundreds of households and receive actual jobs from thousands of households, it is even more common.
Although there was not much progress in the war throughout last year, there was indeed a lot of military exploits. After all, the Huai'an Army killed and wounded many Qi troops throughout the year.
Therefore, Mr. Shen needs to recruit officials for his brothers.
You, the commander-in-chief, cannot afford to go back to Jiankang every year to get promoted, while the brothers below you remain motionless. This way, no matter how prestigious you are, over time, you will inevitably accumulate resentment in the army.
Fortunately, Mr. Shen himself was from the Ministry of War.
In particular, Zheng Ling, the current doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, is still his "old official". In addition, he has a good relationship with Old Man Jiang, so in the past few days, he has achieved very good results in the Ministry of War.
As long as the names are recorded in his merit book, they will basically be promoted.
On the nineteenth of the first lunar month, Shen Yi finally prepared everything and set off to return to the Yanzhou front line.
Originally, at this time, Ye Chan was already a beginner and should stay in Jiankang, but Shen Yi lacked someone to take care of him, and he also needed a personal "secretary" to help handle some things that were inconvenient for outsiders to see. Therefore, this time, Ye Chan Still following Shen Yi northward.
Even this time, she no longer took the carriage and prepared to ride north with Shen Yi.
This morning, Shen Yi said goodbye to his family members, relatives and friends, and even the eunuch Sun Jin who came to see him off on behalf of the emperor, and left Jiankang on horseback with his entourage.
After walking more than ten miles from the official road, Shen Yi, who was riding a horse, saw a cavalry of twenty or thirty people in front of him from a distance. He took a look with a telescope, then urged his horse forward, quickly approached, jumped off the horse, and faced the front The young people beside the road raised their hands and saluted: "Your Majesty."
It was Li Mu, the crown prince of Jin Dynasty.
Li Mu returned the salute, smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Shen Futai is polite."
Hearing this title, Shen Yi was startled.
Although he is already the actual governor of Shandong, this is the first time in these days that someone has called him that.
He shook his head slightly and said dumbly: "Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me. I am a governor in name only."
"Sooner or later, the name will be well deserved."
Li Mu was nearly thirty years old at this time. He looked Shen Yi up and down and said with a smile: "When I met Zi Heng in the early years, I saw that Zi Heng was not a thing in the pond. Now in just a few years, Zi Heng has He has jumped out of the pool and is on his way to success."
Shen Yi shook his head, said something modest, and said with a smile: "I am already more than ten miles away from Jiankang City. It is rare for the prince to see me off so far from the city."
Li Mu glanced at him helplessly, looked back at the large cars behind him, and said, "Can't Ziheng see that I'm going out too?"
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, but he still scratched his head and said, "It seems that the prince should not take this door when he goes south..."
"I heard that you are leaving Jiankang today, so I will wait for you here."
He looked at Shen Yi, sighed and said: "Zi Heng really found a good job for me. I don't know how many people I will offend on this trip south."
Shen Yi was also a little embarrassed.
"He who can do it should work harder."
"The prince should work harder and fight for a hereditary replacement for the younger prince."
After Li Mu went north the previous time, the emperor had promised him that he would not surrender for three generations. This was a rare grace, and it was only one step away from hereditary replacement.
In fact, three generations of Jin kings are already very rare.
After all, no one knows how many generations are left before the dynasty changes.
Therefore, after that, Prince Jin and his son gave up the idea of "struggle". Even Prince Jin Li Rui resigned from his job as Jiankang Yin, which he had worked for several years, and returned to the palace to enjoy life.
However, the words "hereditary and irreplaceable" sound better after all, and will gain face in the royal family in the future.
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "I hope so."
He looked at Shen Yi, coughed, and continued: "Waiting for Zi Heng here, first to see you off, and secondly, Zi Heng, you are the founder of Shibo Division. I want to ask Zi Heng, How should we deal with the current situation of the Shipping Department?"
"If the prince just goes south to check the accounts, he will definitely not find any problems."
Shen Yi just thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The crux is why the money is getting less and less every year, where does the less money start to become less, and why is it less."
"In other words, where did the money go?"
At this point, Mr. Shen showed his murderous intent: "Your Majesty, the imperial court is at war now and is very short of money. It does extraordinary things at extraordinary times. With those silverfish, we can't talk about discipline and rules."
"Kill if you must."
"There is no need to go through all the trouble to investigate, just kill the people who deserve to be killed, and the truth will come to light naturally!"
Li Mu touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Who do you think Zi Heng deserves to die?"
Shen Yi said in a dull voice: "The first is the official sent by the Ministry of Revenue to take charge of the Municipal Shipping Department. He is the first to die!"
Prince Jin shook his head slightly: "This person shouldn't be stupid enough to reach out, because he has to bear the brunt of the responsibility."
"That's why he deserves to die."
"The person may not be bad, but he must be stupid enough."
"Being manipulated and manipulated by others, the company's annual income plummeted by 50% to 60% within two years!"
"Not killing is not enough to establish rules."
In Shen Yi's opinion, the affairs of the City Shipping Department are not that complicated. It is very likely that the eunuchs who were originally in charge of the City Shipping Department did it.
The reason is very simple. First, he wanted to prove to the emperor that the people in the Imperial Palace can do a good job, but the people in the outer court cannot.
Secondly, now that officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs are in charge, these eunuchs who originally did not dare to stretch out their hands can do so without restraint.
Moreover, there must be the participation of local forces and local officials, working together with the eunuchs.
Mr. Shen paused and continued,
"Following the line of household officials, you should be able to find some similarly damned people."
Li Mu nodded first, and then shook his head with some emotion: "We clearly know that this is His Majesty's business, and to touch the money of the Shipping Company is to touch His Majesty's pocket, but there are people who don't care about life and death and want to reach into His Majesty's pocket."
"With a business worth more than ten million taels a year, anyone would be jealous."
Mr. Shen looked calm: "The benefits are big enough. They dare to touch anything. They just have a lucky heart and think that the thunder will only fall on the people they push out, not themselves."
Li Mu put his hand on the sword on his waist and nodded gently: "After hearing Zi Heng say this, I know better."
"It's nothing more than going south to kill people. I can do this kind of dirty work easily."
Shen Yi cupped his hands and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Mu quickly helped Shen Yi up, then looked at Miss Ye who was waiting timidly not far behind Shen Yi, and waved to Ye Chan: "Miss Ye, why don't you come and meet the matchmaker?"
When they were in the southeast, Li Mu did play a role in promoting the affairs between Shen Yi and Ye Chan.
When Ye Chan heard this, her face turned red with embarrassment, and she quickly stepped forward and saluted Li Mu.
"I've met the prince."
After saying a few polite words, Li Mu smiled at Ye Chan and said, "Miss Ye, I must go to Fuzhou when I go south. Miss Ye needs help."
Ye Chan first looked at Shen Yi, and when she saw Shen Yi nodded slightly, she took off a jade pendant from her waist, handed it to Li Mu with both hands, and said: "The prince, take this jade pendant, and go find it when you arrive in Fuzhou." My brother-in-law, my brother-in-law should try his best to help the prince with his errands."
Li Mu took the jade pendant and smiled heartily.
"In this way, it seems that Fuzhou Shipping Company is not that difficult."
He held his hands up to the two of them and smiled: "Thank you both."
"When Miss Ye gives Zi Heng a child, I will definitely prepare generous gifts for them."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Mu got on his horse, bowed his hands to the two of them and said goodbye to them, then led his entourage and galloped away along the official road.
Ye Chan stood beside Shen Yi, looked at Li Mu who was walking away, blew lightly, warmed her freezing hands, and said softly: "This prince, he doesn't seem to be like the other nobles." Same."
Shen Yi looked at her and said with a smile: "How many nobles have Chan'er seen?"
"I have always come into contact with some people in Fuzhou before."
She thought for a while and said softly: "But let alone the nobles of Jiankang, even the son of a county magistrate always shows his nose to the sky."
Mr. Shen also looked to the north, shook his head slightly and said, "The Prince of Jin is indeed an extraordinary person, but he may not be arrogant in his heart."
"It's just hard to see."
Ye Chan pulled her husband's sleeve and smiled: "I guess he can't be proud in front of my husband, the governor."
Shen Yi shook his head and touched her head.
"Don't talk nonsense."
"Get on your horse and drive on."
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Running all the way.
Six days later, Shen Yi and his party arrived in Yanzhou.
He looked at Yanzhou City from a distance and saw the Shen flag still flying on Yanzhou City.
Master Shen slowly tightened his grip on the reins.