After the great court meeting, His Majesty the Emperor returned to the Manna Hall.
At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor's face showed a flush caused by excessive excitement.
He sat in his seat, and after a while, he took a few deep breaths to calm down.
The incident in Shandong brought him too much excitement, especially after receiving the news of Jinan's recovery just now. God knows how hard he worked to suppress the urge to jump up at the meeting.
Even now, even after a long time since the meeting, he still has not completely recovered.
Because Shandong is so important to Dachen!
With the plain of Shandong, Chen Guo will basically no longer be short of food in the future, and can also use Shandong as the base camp for the Northern Expedition, and then seek to seize the Central Plains of Henan, and then!
Then you can look north to Yandu and start restoring the old rivers and mountains!
More importantly, this is the first complete province that Dachen has recovered since the southern crossing. This incident will not only have a military impact, but also a huge political impact!
Da Chen was able to regain Shandong in such a short period of time, which meant that Chen State, which had been in peace in the south for many years, had the ability to restore its rivers and mountains!
And under the sun, many people and many forces are watching this civil war, waiting for the opportunity to place bets at any time.
This incident may cause a complete imbalance in the strength of both parties!
Even ignoring these long-term impacts, with a province like Shandong, the Northern Expedition is no longer a mirror image. Occupying Shandong, whether to fight or not, the initiative is completely in the hands of Da Chen!
As long as it can maintain control of Shandong, Dachen will have a great advantage in the future, even if it costs money!
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongde became even more excited.
He tried hard to calm down and drank several mouthfuls of ice water. Then he panted and said, "Go and invite all the prime ministers to the Manna Palace!"
Eunuch Gao quickly lowered his head, turned around and went down to Zhongshu, and invited several prime ministers to the Manlu Hall.
After entering the Ganlu Hall, several prime ministers unanimously bowed their hands and said, "Old ministers, I would like to congratulate Your Majesty on your victory in recovering Shandong!"
The emperor smiled faintly and pretended again.
He raised his hand gently, with a calm expression: "Masters, please rise."
"Gao Ming, please give seats to some of your gentlemen."
Soon, the five prime ministers took their seats one by one.
A smile appeared on the emperor's face and he said: "Everyone, I have sent someone to copy the Shandong battle report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. I think all the gentlemen have seen it, right?"
Chen Jing took the lead in speaking: "I have all seen it."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "I have just carefully considered the matter in Shandong, and there are a few things that I would like to discuss with you."
The five people bowed their heads one after another: "Your Majesty orders."
The emperor sat in his seat, thought about it carefully, and continued: "First of all, it is the issue of Shandong's political affairs."
"Years ago, the Huai'an army was able to take down Shandong. Officials from all Shandong prefectures and officials from the three divisions of Shandong's yamen are all in place."
"In particular, the inspector must be sent there as soon as possible to clarify the names of Shandong's punishments to avoid chaos in Shandong province."
"As for the Shandong Dusi Yamen, it will be temporarily handled by the Huai'an Army."
Having said this, the emperor paused and continued: "As for the Chief Envoy of Shandong."
He said slowly: "Zhang Jian, the former prefect of Huai'an, was successively appointed as the prefect of Xuzhou, acting as the prefect of Yanzhou, and at the same time served as the prefect of Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou."
"Now, he is probably going to Jinan Mansion to deal with the affairs of Jinan Magistrate."
"The Huai'an Army's outstanding achievements in the past two years are inseparable from this person's Sasuke. Coupled with his outstanding abilities, what I mean is..."
"Let Zhang Jian act as Shandong Chief Envoy and establish the Shandong Chief Envoy Si Yamen. What do you think?"
After hearing this, several prime ministers lowered their heads in deep thought, and then turned to look at Zhao Changping.
Mr. Zhao lowered his head, hesitating in his heart.
At this time, if you are an ordinary scholar, you will definitely refuse, or at least abstain from voting.
After all, for the prime minister, the most important thing is to protect his reputation and not leave anyone with an excuse to appoint someone private.
After all, Zhang Jian was his biological student, and in the officialdom of this era, he was almost as equal as father and son.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Changping lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Jian has indeed done a lot in the past few years. If Your Majesty wants to promote him out of the ordinary, I have no objection."
The emperor smiled and said, "Then it's settled."
"Let Zhang Jian serve as the chief envoy of Shandong for three years as a fourth-rank official. If he does well after three years, I will actually promote him to the third rank."
Having said this, the emperor continued: "Furthermore, I am going to send people to Jinan Mansion to reward the three armies."
"Who do you think is more suitable to go?"
The person most suitable for this job is actually His Highness the Crown Prince.
But unfortunately, there was no prince in the Hongde Dynasty.
It would be even more inappropriate if people from Prince Jin's Mansion were sent out.
Then, what is more suitable is the Yue King Li Yu, who was lucky enough to escape a few years ago.
Chen Jing no longer hesitated, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Yue may be able to go north on your behalf to reward the three armies."
If Chen Jing had said these words a few years ago, it would have been a bit treasonous.
Because at that time, the status of Emperor Hongde was not yet obvious, and he had serious conflicts with the Zhao family. The Yue King Li Yu, who married the daughter of the Zhao family, was on the opposite side of the emperor. It was taboo for him to leave the city, let alone
Let him go out and contact the army.
but now.
The position of Emperor Hongde is becoming more and more stable day by day. Now South Zhili and Shandong have been restored one after another, and their prestige is getting stronger day by day.
Let's put it this way, the current Yue King Li Yu, even if he was forced to press him on the dragon throne, he would not be able to sit still.
Therefore, because of the "Second Prince", it is completely safe.
It has become more reasonable to go out and do some things for the family.
The emperor touched his chin and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "It is also a way. Zhongshu has drafted a decree in the past few days. After I read it, I will convey it to the Yue Palace."
Several prime ministers bowed their heads again: "I obey my orders."
The emperor squinted his eyes and smiled: "There is one more important thing."
"How should the imperial court reward Shen Yi?"
Several prime ministers looked at each other and did not answer.
Because Shen Yi, who is only in his mid-twenties, has become a second-rank official in the imperial court this year.
In terms of rank alone, he is not inferior to them, the Prime Ministers of Zhongshu.
At this age, it seems that there is no limit to what can be done.
When the emperor saw that several prime ministers were silent, he no longer wanted to argue with them, so he said: "Let's talk about the matter of official appointment slowly, or wait until he returns to Jiankang and then consider it slowly."
"But when I promised him to take over Shandong and Henan provinces, I would make him a prince."
The emperor looked calm and said: "I never break my word. Once I say it, I will keep it."
"Zhongshu and the Ministry of Rites have agreed on a title. When Shen Yi comes back, I will personally knight him."
The emperor continued: "Also, his eldest son Shen Yuan is a fifth-rank official."
Several prime ministers did not dare to deny the emperor's wishes, so they all bowed their heads and agreed.
The emperor then nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about how to take over Shandong."
…
In the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month of the fifteenth year of Hongde, King Li Yu of Yue went north with the imperial decree to reward the army, the imperial decree to Zhang Jian, and a group of personal soldiers to reward the three armies.
Because he was riding all the way, he arrived at Jinan Prefecture in the middle of the month.
At the gate of Jinan City, the King of Yue jumped off his horse. He saw Shen Yi waiting at the gate from a distance. He rushed up to him and took the initiative to salute.
"Shen Zhongcheng."
Shen Yi looked at the prince in front of him who was saluting him, and was slightly stunned, then shook his head and returned the salute.
"Your Majesty has resigned."
Li Yu raised his head and smiled at Shen Yi.
"With Zhong Cheng's merits, it is appropriate for Xiao Wang to kowtow to Zhong Cheng on behalf of the Li family."
Shen Yi shook his head quickly, said a few words of humility, and finally said with a wry smile.
"If you really have some merit."
He turned back to look at Jinan City behind him and said, "That is not the fault of the lower official."
"It's the credit of the entire Huai'an Army."
The young Prince Yue looked at Shen Yi, his eyes full of admiration, even a little worship.
"Zhong Cheng's high moral integrity is really admirable."
