After Shen Yi was polite to the King of Yue, he took a serious look at His Highness the King of Yue.
He is the younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor, and he is also the most fearful member of the clan who has lived in these years among the late emperor's sons.
When he was a teenager, Emperor Hong De forcibly arranged a marriage for him and married the daughter of the Zhao family. So when the relationship between the Zhao family and the court was tense, the Yue Prince even attended the New Year's Eve banquet. , came to Shen Yi pitifully, wanting to seek help from Shen Yi to save his life.
Fortunately, the Zhao family did not choose to fall out with the court.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, Zhao Lu and his son raised their hands and surrendered, handing over everything they could, including a little dignity of the Zhao family, in exchange for a soft landing.
And in the process of the Zhao family's surrender, the person who benefited the most, apart from His Majesty the Emperor who had absolute power, and Mr. Shen who had a full meal from the Huaihe Navy, the person who benefited the most was probably this person. His Royal Highness the King of Yue.
When Zhao Lu returned to Beijing, His Highness the King of Yue was in the palace of the King of Yue, bursting into tears with excitement, and jumping up and down with his wife and children in his arms.
But this is all in the past.
Now, several years have passed, and the young man at the beginning has grown up and become a young man in his early twenties.
Perhaps it was the rough years he had gone through that made His Royal Highness the King of Yue lose the arrogance that a descendant of the royal family should have, and became humble and polite. Facing Shen Yi, he always spoke to Shen Yi politely and with a very polite attitude. It is modesty.
At this time, outside Jinan City, Shen Yi was not the only one to greet His Royal Highness the King of Yue.
Some court officials, including Zhang Jian, were welcoming the Yue Prince.
Of course, several major generals of the Huai'an Army are not here, because Dongchang Prefecture in Shandong and the northern part of Jinan Prefecture have not yet been completely recovered, and all the three armies under Shen Yi are not in Jinan.
Seeing that Shen Yi had finished speaking, Zhang Jian stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jian, pays homage to His Highness."
Only then did Prince Yue look at the "middle-aged man" next to Shen Yi, who had a rough face and turned almost wheat-colored, and was dressed in the uniform of a fourth-rank official.
Zhang Jian is several years older than Shen Yi and is already over 10 years old.
Li Yu looked serious and asked, "Is it Zhang Yian?"
Zhang Jian lowered his head and said, "It's the official."
His Highness the King of Yue stepped forward, took a serious look at Zhang Jian, and said with emotion: "When Brother Zhang was in Jiankang, I was still young, but I had also heard of the reputation of Zhang Sanlang in Linfeng, Yushu. How come I haven't seen you for several years, but Brother Zhang?" Are you so haggard?"
Hearing this, Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi resentfully and said helplessly: "Your Highness, whether you are haggard or not is the second best thing. If the Shandong officials in the imperial court are not replaced, I may die while serving in Shandong."
Prince Yue sighed and said, "Brother Zhang, you have worked hard."
He looked at Shen Yi again and asked, "Zhongcheng, shall we go into the city to talk?"
As he spoke, he looked up at the Jinan City in front of him, and his tone became a little excited: "I never thought that I would be able to set foot on the land north of the Huaihe River and enter this Jinan City in my lifetime."
Shen Yi and Zhang Jian looked at each other, and both invited Li Yu sideways to enter Jinan City.
After entering the city, they naturally would not go anywhere else. The group arrived at the governor's Yamen together. After entering the main hall of the governor's Yamen, Li Yu stood on the main seat, smiled at Shen Yi, and said: "Zhongcheng, the imperial court is here. I was sent down at one time to do three things in total. At present, it seems that I can only do one of these three things."
"Zhongcheng, please wait a moment and let me read out the decree."
Shen Yi looked serious and was about to lead someone to place an incense table to receive the order, but was stopped by Li Yu. The Yue Prince smiled and said: "Zhongcheng, don't panic, this order is for Brother Zhang."
Having said this, he took out an imperial edict from the wooden box in the hands of the attendant behind him. After holding it in his hand, he cleared his throat and said, "Zhang Jian, the prefect of Xuzhou, receives the edict."
"Xuzhou Magistrate" is not wrong.
In fact, Zhang Jian's current official position in the imperial court is still the prefect of Xuzhou. Later, he became the prefect of Yanzhou, and even now he is in charge of the government in Jinan. It was all temporarily assigned to him by Shen Yi, the governor of Shandong.
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi, then knelt on the ground, kowtowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jian, respectfully welcome the imperial edict."
"Zhi said."
Li Yu also had no ink marks. After reading the imperial edict once, he said lightly: "Zhang Jian, the prefect of Xuzhou, worked tirelessly and served the country during the Shandong War. He made outstanding achievements and was specially promoted to the prefect of Jinan..."
Having said this, Li Yu paused and looked at Zhang Jian's expression. After seeing that Zhang Jian's face was calm, he continued: "I will appoint the prefect of Jinan to act as the envoy to Shandong. We will wait and see what the consequences will be."
"Appreciate this."
After hearing the words "wait and see for the effects", both Shen Yi and Zhang Jian knew very clearly.
This is an imperial edict for promotion. When the three-year term of acting chief envoy expires, he will be promoted to full rank.
After all, no censor dared to impeach Zhang Jian at this time.
Firstly, Zhang Jian's contribution is indeed great, and secondly, the Zhang family is not a novice in politics. Although Zhang has been retired for many years, he still has some influence at this time.
Li Yu handed the imperial edict to Zhang Jian's hand, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Zhang, all the hard work has come to an end."
Zhang Jian held the imperial edict in his hand, lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, I am still involved in the affairs of the Jinan government office. How can it be sweet to do two jobs for one person?"
"If the imperial court doesn't send officials down, I will go to the Ministry of Personnel to make trouble."
Prince Yue coughed and said, "Brother Zhang, you know that the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Even if the official documents for filling vacancies are issued, there is a high probability that those officials who want to fill the vacancies will not go north until after the Chinese New Year."
"Brother Zhang, please wait patiently."
"correct."
Li Yu said: "Brother Huang said that Brother Zhang should be allowed to return to Jiankang when he has time. He wants to talk to you alone."
Zhang Jian had two heads and one head, and his tone was full of helplessness: "Your Highness, there are so many things going on in Shandong right now. The affairs of Jinan Prefecture alone are complicated..."
"I'm not in a hurry to return to Jiankang."
Li Yu said: "When Brother Zhang straightens things out in Shandong, we will find time next year to go back to Jiankang to meet the Holy Spirit."
After saying this, he turned to look at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Zhongcheng, among the other two things, the first important thing is to reward the army."
"The Huai'an army captured Jinan and made outstanding achievements. On your Majesty's order, I came to reward the three armies."
"I don't know if the Huai'an Army is in Jinan now?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "There are still some places in Shandong that have not been taken down. Most of the Huai'an troops are now outside. There are only a few thousand Huai'an troops in Jinan City."
The coach has been working for a long time. When Shen Yi talks to anyone, as long as the Huai'an Army is mentioned, he will subconsciously blur the numbers.
For example, regarding the five thousand Huai'an troops in Jinan City, no matter who he told, they were in the thousands, and he would never directly state the number.
Li Yu touched his chin and shook his head slightly: "Then it seems that we can only let it go."
Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "The third thing is that the imperial brother tells you, Zhongcheng, to return to Jiankang as soon as possible."
"The first is to discuss the Northern Expedition, and the second is..."
Li Yu looked at Shen Yi with envy: "Second, the emperor wants to personally award Zhong Cheng a reward."
Mr. Shen frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness, what about the reward for the army?"
"Are you waiting here in Jinan?"
Li Yu shook his head and said: "Zhongcheng, I am not suitable to stay in the army for a long time. Zhongcheng and I will go back to Jiankang together. After the Chinese New Year, if the emperor still asks me to come to reward the army, I will come again." Jinan is.”
Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Also, although I am not in Jinan, the money and food from the imperial court are already on the way. I will probably arrive in Jinan during the Chinese New Year and distribute them to the soldiers of the Huai'an Army."
"It is said... that the royal brother paid for it himself."
Li Yu smiled and said: "Give rewards to the soldiers of the Huai'an Army."
Shen Yi nodded silently, turned to look at Zhang Jian, then looked back at Li Yu, and asked: "Your Highness, does the court have any other instructions?"
Li Yu thought for a while and added: "Before coming, the emperor met with me in private. He said that when Zhongcheng returns to Jiankang, it is best to bring his three generals with him. The imperial court will treat them , all have rewards."
"As for the other generals of the Huai'an Army, they are rewarded and promoted by the Ministry of War according to their merits."
He asked: "Zhongcheng, will the departure of the three generals affect the war in Shandong?"
Shen Yi shook his head: "As long as there is no big war, there will be no impact."
Now, in addition to Ling Su, Su Ding, and Xue Wei, the second echelon of generals in the Huai'an army have also slowly grown up.
For example, Zhang Meng under Ling Su's command in the right route army, Liu Mingyuan under Su Ding's command in the left route army, and Wan Zhong, Xue Wei's deputy general in the vanguard army.
These people may not be able to take charge completely on their own, but there is absolutely no problem in allowing them to temporarily lead the army.
Even now, in most battles of the Huai'an Army, they, the "second line", are responsible for the specific command of the operations.
"That's good."
Li Yu said with a smile: "If we ride back to Jiankang, we should still be able to catch the New Year."
Shen Yi nodded first, and then suddenly asked: "Your Highness, will General Pei also be ordered to return to Jiankang?"
Li Yu was stunned and shook his head slightly: "I don't know."
Mr. Shen nodded slightly. He looked up at the sky, breathing out some white air.
"Zhu Zhen."
He spoke slowly and ordered a follower beside him, "Go and send someone to invite all three generals back to Jinan."
Zhu Zhen looked respectful and said, "I obey!"
After saying that, he bowed and took two steps back, then turned around and left in large strides.
The Prince of Yue on the side was a little curious and asked: "Zhongcheng, is this a scout in the army or a report from the residence?"
"One of my few personal followers."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Hong De has been following me for nine years."
Prince Yue nodded slightly, and after casually chatting with Shen Yi for a few words, he suddenly looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Zhong Cheng."
"When shall we leave?"
He smiled and said: "I still want to go back to Jiankang to celebrate the New Year. My children at home are waiting for me to go back."
Mr. Shen looked up at the sky.
At this time, there is only half a month left before the New Year's Day.
He thought carefully for a while and answered.
"When the three of them come back, we will set off immediately."
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