That night, Shen Yi didn't sleep a wink all night.
He threw the secret letter to the emperor into the brazier several times and re-wrote it. It was not until the next morning that the letter was sent out.
After sending this letter, Shen Yi had breakfast. Just when he was about to catch up on his sleep, Luo Yong, the reporting secretary, hurried into the governor's Yamen.
Mr. Shen leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and said, "Why are you here..."
Luo Yong stood in front of Shen Yi, his face full of astonishment, and then he frowned slightly: "Didn't Si Zheng ask his subordinates to come here?"
At this time, Luo Yong already had some doubts in his heart, whether there was something wrong within the Di Reporting Department, and someone dared to falsely pass on Si Zheng's order.
Shen Yi suddenly opened his eyes, then remembered, and smiled sheepishly: "Yes, I remembered, I asked someone to invite you over."
He pointed to the chair in the study.
"Sit down and talk."
Luo Yong carefully sat down and then asked: "What orders does Si Zheng have?"
"It's nothing serious, I just want to talk to you about Jinan Mansion."
Shen Yi asked: "Our Di newspaper department is in Jinan Prefecture. How many people do we have?"
Luo Yong thought carefully and replied: "There are almost twenty people."
"Most of them are the clues laid by Lin Siwu when he was in the north. After Lin Siwu assisted Si Zheng in taking Xuzhou, the Cleansing Department of Northern Qi Dynasty became a lot more vigilant. In addition, Jinan Prefecture is also in a state of turmoil now, so it is difficult to bury people in it. Already."
Luo Yong lowered his head and said: "And at this time, no matter who is sent into Jinan Mansion or how they enter Jinan Mansion, it will attract the attention of the Purity Department of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Therefore, since my subordinates took over the Purity Department of the North, they have not deliberately sent any more to Jinan City. people."
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely: "I don't mean to question you, I just want to ask about the situation."
"More than twenty people..."
Shen Yi knocked on the table lightly.
"I understand the situation."
He slowly closed his eyes.
The entire map of Shandong and the deployment of troops flashed in Master Shen's mind one by one.
After a while, he said softly: "I will be in Yanzhou Mansion for a while, and the battle reports from the three fronts will be sent over as quickly as possible."
"also."
Shen Yi opened his eyes and said slowly: "Send someone to inform Xue Wei that after Dengzhou is recovered, some people will be left to garrison Dengzhou. The remaining people can slowly move closer to Jinan Prefecture."
Luo Yong immediately stood up, lowered his head and said, "My subordinates have written down Sizheng's instructions!"
"That's right, Si Zheng."
Luo Yong lowered his head slightly: "My subordinates have some news that they want to report to Si Zheng."
Shen Yi poured him a cup of tea.
"That's what you say."
Luo Yong lowered his head and said softly: "It seems that another imperial envoy from the Northern Qi Dynasty has arrived in Jinan City, and he has a very high status."
"For several days, both Tu Yuan and Zhou Yuanlang have been waiting in front of the imperial envoy. In order to please the imperial envoy, Tu Yuan is sparing no effort to find beautiful girls in Jinan City."
Shen Yi touched his chin and asked, "Do you know who it is?"
"It's not certain yet, but it should be the royal family of Northern Qi."
Luo Yong lowered his head slightly and said: "Based on some other scattered information, I guess there are two possibilities. One is Prince Rui Zhao Lianghu, and the other is Emperor Qi's eldest brother Zhao Tong."
Shen Yi looked calm.
"Then it should be the former."
He said softly: "According to my understanding of Zhao Kai, it is impossible for him to send his eldest brother out at this time."
"Even if Zhao Tong was on the right team last time, it would still be impossible."
Luo Yong was a little surprised when he heard this.
To be honest, he didn't quite understand why his own Sizheng would say that he knew Emperor Zhaowu.
After all, the two people have never met.
What Luo Yong didn't know was that for more than a year, the inner guards had never stopped sending letters to Shen Yi.
And the foundation of Neiwei's operation for so many years is mostly in Yandu.
To be exaggerated, what color bottoms does Zhao Kai wear every day...
cough.
Zhao Kai has basic necessities, food, housing and transportation every day, and Shen Yi may have it reflected here.
The two talked secretly for a long time, until Mr. Shen was too sleepy to hold on any longer, and Luo Yong stood up to say goodbye.
Shen Yi closed his eyes and ordered: "When you go to find Xue Wei, tell him that when he comes back with his troops, let him come to Yanzhou to see me first."
Luo Yong lowered his head and responded.
"I obey my orders..."
……………………
Jiankang.
A letter that had been rushed for six hundred miles was delivered from Yanzhou to Jiankang City in two days, and was successfully delivered to the desk of His Majesty the Emperor.
And it’s direct.
Even Gao Ming didn't read the contents of the letter in advance.
After His Majesty the Emperor opened the letter, he scanned it first and then frowned slightly.
After a long time, he relaxed his brows and shook his head helplessly: "You are so bold."
"clever."
Eunuch Gao immediately lowered his head: "My servant is here."
"Go and call Mr. Zhao here. I have something to discuss with him."
Eunuch Gao quickly lowered his head and went to Zhongshu in person. He couldn't find Zhao Changping there, so he went to the Ministry of Revenue again, and then invited Mr. Zhao to the Ganlu Hall.
In the Manlu Palace, the emperor handed Shen Yi's secret letter to Zhao Changping to read it over. Then he looked at Zhao Changping's expression quietly and said with a smile: "Whether it is land equalization or tax exemption, it is a matter for the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of Household Affairs is still Prime Minister Zhao is concurrently writing this, what does Prime Minister Zhao think of Shen Yi's opinions?"
"No way!"
His expression was extremely serious, even a little angry.
"Your Majesty, the north of the Huaihe River has been occupied by the Qi people for three generations. All the land was divided by the Northern Qi court. Now that my king has restored his homeland, there is no problem in Juntian."
"For the first time in the past seventy years, the imperial court has restored its homeland. Your Majesty has granted favor to Shandong and exempted it from taxes for three years. This is also the decline of His Majesty's grace. There is no problem."
"However, posting the emperor's list of Boone will never succeed."
Zhao Changping lowered his head and said.
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so the world should be united as one, and all nine states should be united as one."
"Never favor one over the other."
The emperor touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "What Prime Minister Zhao means is that Shen Qi can do these things, but he cannot do them in my name."
Zhao Changping lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, you are not worried about the shortage but the inequality."
The emperor thought for a while, then lowered his head and smiled: "I understand what Xiang Zhao said."
He looked at Zhao Changping and said: "Prime Minister Zhao, let's go back first. There is no need to go back to the household department in a hurry. You can stay in Zhongshu first. I will be later, and I may have something to ask Prime Minister Zhao."
Zhao Changping stood up, bowed his head, saluted, and turned to leave.
The emperor looked at Zhao Changping's leaving figure, stroking the beard under his chin with his hand, and said softly: "Shen Yi can probably imagine that it is not appropriate for me to come forward in this matter."
"But if he comes forward, the civil servants in the court will not be able to spare him."
"So, he had no choice but to let me handle this matter for him."
When the emperor said this, he laughed at himself: "This guy is both brave and timid."
"clever."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head: "Your Majesty orders."
"Write a reply to Shen Qi and tell him to let him go and do it."
"I will smooth over the storms in the imperial court for him."
Eunuch Gao bowed his head in response, turned around and was about to leave, when he was suddenly stopped by the emperor again.
The emperor frowned and thought for a while.
"Gao Ming, do you think Shen Qi had expected such a result, so he wrote to me and asked me to kick the matter back into his hands."
Eunuch Gao thought for a while and replied honestly: "I think it's because Lord Shen himself can no longer do this."
"That's why I want His Majesty to take action..."
The emperor stretched, yawned and said, "That's all, there's no use thinking about this."
"Anyway, even if he has his own thoughts, he still does errands for me."
"Just write him a reply."
"in addition…"
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Pay more attention to Jiankang here, if anyone really makes a fuss about this matter in the future."
"Take care of it."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head.
"My slave understands."
…
Two days later, the emperor's reply arrived in Shen Yi's hands.
After that, another half month passed, and it came to September of the fifteenth year of Hongde's reign, when Yanzhou's autumn harvest officially began.
It was also at this time that the "Shandong Land Equalization Order", which left a mark in history, was officially announced and posted by the Shandong Governor's Yamen.
And it spread very quickly. Within three days, this order for land equalization and tax exemption was posted in almost all places in Shandong except Dongchang Prefecture in Jinan.
Within a few days, huge public opinion swept across Shandong, including Jinan Fucheng.
At this time, autumn is in full swing in Shandong and the crops are in harvest season.
And Shen Yi's arrangement at the beginning of this year has finally come to the harvest season.
A battle in Jinan, where people's hearts and humanity collided, officially kicked off.