The next day is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Several prime ministers who were still on vacation were invited by the emperor to the Manlu Palace, along with Jiang Jian, the Minister of War, and five chief officials from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
Of course, in addition to these court officials, Shen Yi and Pei Jun were also present at the same time.
In terms of staffing, the level of this meeting is extremely high. How high is it?
The two ministers from the Ministry of War, as well as Shen Yi's three second- and third-grade generals, were not present.
However, it is worth mentioning that the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies is no longer the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Today, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies can mainly manage the health posts in Jiankang, and even local ones. The guard posts are all under the control of the provincial governor's office, and are no longer under the jurisdiction of the former metropolitan governor's office.
In the past seventy years, the Ministry of War has appeared weak in the civilian camp, but it can be said to have achieved a complete victory in the power struggle among military attaches.
Therefore, the five military attachés from the Fifth Army Commander's Office who were present were the most inconspicuous in this meeting.
After all, Pei Jun himself was once one of the commanders-in-chief of the Fifth Military Camp.
This meeting was scheduled for the afternoon. When Shen Yi arrived, it was already almost midnight. When he entered a side hall of Ganlu Hall under the leadership of the young eunuch, there were already people sitting in this small side hall. A lot of people came.
The five military generals from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion have already arrived, General Pei Junpei has also arrived, and Jiang Jian from the Ministry of War is also there, talking to Prime Minister Yue Qian.
Among the prime ministers, only Prime Minister Chen Jing and Prime Minister Zhao Zhi were not present.
Shen Yi stepped in, glanced at everyone quickly, then turned half a circle with his hands, and said with a smile: "You guys came very early, I am sorry that Shen is late."
When everyone heard Shen Yi's voice, they who were sitting all stood up one after another and returned the courtesy one by one.
Among them, Cui Yu bowed his hands and sat down without saying a word.
Several military attachés from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion clasped their fists in salute and were very enthusiastic about Master Shen's arrival.
"Master Shen didn't come early."
One of the military attachés said with a smile: "I came too early. When I first arrived, His Majesty was still eating."
Another military attaché saluted Shen Yi with a clasped fist and a smile on his face: "Master Shen, have a happy new year."
This can be regarded as a New Year greeting to Shen Yi.
Several military attachés were quite enthusiastic about Shen Yi.
On the one hand, it is because although Shen Yi is now a civilian official, he has actually become a big boss in the military, and they cannot help but disrespect him.
This "military" does not distinguish between civil and military forces.
On the other hand, the military attachés who were already recovering in Jiankang began to admire the Huaian Army's performance from the bottom of their hearts.
After all, their greatest ability now is to accept the filial piety of the generals in the lower bodyguards, and they no longer have the ability to go to the battlefield.
Cui Yu, who was on the side, looked at Shen Yi and others with cold eyes, and said softly to Prime Minister Yu Fang: "This Lord Shen has forgotten that he was born as a second-ranked Jinshi."
Yu Xiang lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and smiled hoarsely: "Brother Guangxian, it's better to be calm now. Today's Shen Hou is not the Shen Qi of last year."
"He has a bad temper. If he hears you whispering to him behind his back, and if you break out in public, it will be difficult for us to step down."
Cui Yu looked at Yu Fang: "Can Yu Xianghui tell him?"
Yu Fang smiled: "Young people have sharp ears and eyes, maybe they will listen to it themselves."
Mr. Cui snorted and closed his eyes: "I'm not afraid of him."
While everyone was reminiscing about old times, the chief assistants Chen Jing and Zhao Changping walked into the side hall side by side and greeted everyone one by one.
After a while of greetings, Chen Jing smiled at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng came back this time, but he has never been to Zhongshu. It seems that he doesn't look down on us old bones."
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly: "What are you talking about, Mr. Chen? The Zhongshu important land, without a summons, where can I dare to go?"
Chen Jing rolled his eyes inwardly, but still had a smile on his face and said, "I and brother Changping just went to see your majesty. Your majesty will be here shortly. Everyone, please take a seat."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch Gao Ming Shi Shiran walked in with a laziness in his tone.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
As His Majesty the Emperor, dressed in regular uniform, came from the apse, everyone present stood up and bowed their heads in salute to the Emperor.
Everyone had a tacit understanding and did not kneel down, but just bowed and saluted.
When he bent down, Shen Yi turned his head and looked at the military attachés at the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. When he saw that they all bowed their heads and clasped their fists in salute, he shook his head slightly in his heart.
These military attachés may be good at collecting money to sleep with women, but they are too naive.
Although it is not necessary to kowtow when you see the emperor, but now that all the civil and military officials are present, the civil servants do not kowtow. If the five generals of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army kneel on the ground without saying anything during the salute, Ku Ku kowtows to the emperor...
Now, Military Attaché Da Chen's dilemma may be alleviated.
After all, the emperor in front of them now has the highest achievements and the most prestige since the southern crossing, and he is only 26 years old!
If you don't hug these thighs tightly, no wonder these military attaches can't get along in the court.
The emperor put his hands behind his back, walked to the main seat and sat down. Then he looked around at everyone, gently laid hands, and said with a smile: "Nowadays, all the people here are important officials of the imperial court. There is no need for these false courtesy. They all sit down and talk."
Everyone bowed their heads to express gratitude and took their seats one after another.
His Majesty the Emperor must have just finished his meal. After he lowered his head and took a sip of tea, he said, "I invite you all to come here today. You probably already know what we are going to talk about."
The emperor put down the tea cup and said calmly: "In the fifteenth year of Hongde, the imperial army achieved a great victory in the Northern Expedition. Not only did they capture more than ten prefectures and counties in Henan, they also defeated six prefectures in Shandong and recovered the entire Shandong. "
"In my heart..."
The emperor looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "I am very happy."
"However, these are things that happened last year. What is being discussed here now is this year's war and how it should be fought."
The emperor's words set the tone for this meeting.
Especially his last sentence is extremely crucial.
Discuss how to fight, that is to say, there is no need to discuss whether to fight today!
Having said this, the emperor paused and said with a smile: "Furthermore, should we elect a commander for the Northern Expedition to coordinate the overall situation and wipe out Hu Ting?"
He looked at the ministers and asked: "Who among you will speak first? Prime Minister Chen will speak first?"
Chen Jing stood up, looked at Shen Yi and Pei Jun, shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the two coaches should talk about this kind of thing first, and then we can discuss it after I listen."
The emperor nodded and said with a smile: "Then Marquis Shen will speak first."
When the word "Master Hou" came out of the emperor's mouth, it was natural that it was ridiculed.
However, Lord Shen was not afraid of the stage. After he stood up, he first bowed his hands to the emperor and saluted, then turned around and then said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen."
"Today I want to talk about other things first. As for who will be the coach, it will be decided by the court."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "Your Majesty, please allow me to say a few words to the gentlemen."
The emperor nodded lightly: "You said it, I asked you to come just to let you speak."
Shen Yi coughed, cleared his throat, and then said: "Everyone knows that the Huai'an Army was lucky enough to win some battles last year under His Majesty's strategic planning."
"Originally, we have won the battle, so everyone is happy and there is nothing to say. But last year, Shen had a lot to say in his heart."
"The first and most important thing to talk about is the staff..."
Shen Yi looked around and continued: "The officials are not here today."
"But I still want to say that last year, wherever the Huai'an army went, we drove away officials from the Qi people, but there were no officials from the Chen Dynasty to come to organize households and improve the people's livelihood, to pragmatically improve people's livelihood, and to stabilize the place!"
"So much so that all the officials in Shandong Province wish they could use one of them for three purposes, and they are left in dire straits."
"more than this…"
"alright."
The emperor coughed, with an unhappy look on his face.
But there was already a smile on his face.
"I asked you to tell me how to fight this year and why did you start scolding people?"
"To talk about this year's war is to say that there is no need to mention what happened last year."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, we want to explain clearly the shortcomings of last year first..."