Shen Yi has been dragged into Kaifeng for too long.
The main reason is that there is no one who can take charge of the situation here. Zhang Jian cannot be broken in half. In addition, Kaifeng has just been conquered and the city is relatively chaotic. Someone who can take charge must be needed. This is where order is maintained in Kaifeng City and the entire Kaifeng Prefecture.
Therefore, Shen Yi could only fill this role temporarily.
However, he had more important errands in the north and could not stay in Kaifeng to be his Kaifeng magistrate. Therefore, as a last resort, he selected one of several magistrates from nearby Dongchang Prefecture to temporarily replace the Kaifeng magistrate. .
This is also a rare opportunity for the county magistrate.
As long as he doesn't make any mistakes and adds to his future resume that he once acted as the prefect of Kaifeng temporarily, his path to promotion will be much easier in the future.
This is also one of the benefits of expansion.
When a political power has been in power for a long time and its vested interests are divided up, it is easy for a carrot to occupy every pit, which is the so-called solidification of classes.
And once there is a new site and a new cake, there will immediately be many more pits for some capable people to climb up.
These capable people will drive the entire officialdom and make it relatively more dynamic.
After Shen Yi left Kaifeng Mansion, he did not dare to delay and went straight north to Jinan Mansion.
During the time he left the Jinan patrol camp, the battle between the left and right armies and the Northern Qi Dynasty never stopped, and even became more intense.
Su Ding advanced to the Hejian Prefecture City twice, but was beaten back by the Zhou family and his son from the Hejian Prefecture.
Ling Su's side had more results. They had already entered Zhending Mansion, but were blocked by the enemy and it was difficult to continue going north.
The large-scale main force collision has not happened yet, but the small-scale encounters have almost never stopped for a moment.
Counting only the period of time Shen Yi left, the number of Huai'an soldiers killed in battle was close to a thousand, and thousands more were injured.
Of course, because of the flexible and flexible fighting style, the Huai'an army will basically not suffer any losses. In other words, the Qi people will pay a greater price.
After Shen Yi arrived in the north, he did not rush directly to the frontline battlefield. Instead, he went to Jinan City first and began to deal with the official business that had accumulated during the past few days.
Because Mr. Shen does not have a fixed place to work, the newspaper company and internal guards who deliver official documents to him must always confirm his location. Some of them are difficult to deliver on the road. They will confirm Shen Yi's next destination and deliver the official documents directly. Go to the next stop.
In other words, many official documents were sent directly to Jinan City, and these official documents contained a large number of reports on the frontline war.
In the evening of that day, Shen Futai, who was the first magistrate of Shandong Province, entered Jinan City very low-key and almost silently.
At this moment, Jinan City is no longer closed.
The people in the city have also begun to go out for normal activities. There are many vendors selling goods in the streets and alleys.
Although the prosperity that a provincial capital should have has not been fully restored, it has been shown that as the situation in Shandong becomes increasingly stable, the order of production and life in Shandong is gradually being restored.
Moreover, since the entire territory of Shandong is exempt from taxes for three years, it will not be long before it develops better than before the war.
Shen Yi quietly returned to the governor's office, then went into his study room and began to look through the documents piled on the desk.
This included Emperor Hong De's reply to him.
It took Shen Yi more than an hour to finish processing these documents. Just as he was about to get up and go have something to eat, there was a knock on the door.
"Ziheng, Ziheng."
Shen Yi recognized Zhang Jian's voice. He walked to the door of the room, opened the door with a smile, and said, "Senior brother is well-informed. He already knew about it less than two hours after I came back."
Zhang Fantai looked at Shen Yi and said helplessly: "The documents that I needed to send out of the city to you in the past two days have been sent to the governor's office. I am not a fool, so I can naturally guess that you are coming back."
"My people from the Governor's Yamen saw dozens of people entering the Governor's Yamen today, so I knew you were back."
"How about it?"
Zhang Fantai asked: "How is the war in Henan?"
"It went pretty well."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "We have captured the provincial capital, and now we should be attacking Luoyang. The only pity is that Kaifeng City also lacks a talent like Senior Brother, otherwise I would not be dragged down by Kaifeng's political affairs for most of Kaifeng. month time.”
Zhang Jian found a chair and sat down, pointed at his nose, and said: "Look at what I look like now. If you hand over a provincial city to me again, next year you will take my bones with you." Meet your eldest nephew."
"I'm exhausted. Let's see how you open your mouth in front of your nephew!"
Compared with Hongde five years ago, when Shen Yi first met Zhang Jian, today's Mr. Zhang has completely lost the appearance of the handsome and prime minister before. Not only is his hair not very neat, but he also looks haggard. In the candlelight, we could still see that there seemed to be a few white hairs on his head.
You know, he is only four or five years older than Shen Yi, and he is only in his early thirties this year.
It can be seen that governing Shandong, especially Shandong where such rules were completely broken and needed to be rebuilt bit by bit, made him spend a lot of energy on it.
Seeing this, Mr. Shen shook his head and sighed: "Senior brother must account for at least 30% of Shandong's contribution."
Zhang Jian shook his head slightly, disapproving of this statement. He didn't even answer, but just said: "Yesterday, I received a letter from my mentor, mentioning the arrangements for Henan. If nothing else, the imperial court should send a son Heng, someone you know well, will govern Henan."
"Someone I know well?"
Shen Yi touched his chin and thought for a while, and then he seemed to have the answer in his mind. However, he did not explain it clearly. He just reached out and poured tea for Zhang Jian and said with a smile: "Senior brother, if you work so hard in Shandong, everyone in Shandong will become an official in the future." I will all accept your kindness."
Having said this, he paused and continued: "Brother, in the future, you might as well serve a few more years in Shandong, serve two or three terms as chief minister, and try your best to serve as governor in Shandong in the future."
"In the future, all officials in Shandong can be called senior disciples."
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi strangely.
"What you said, Ziheng, is almost exactly the same as what my great father said..."
Being an official in the imperial court requires some foundation.
Without a foundation, an official will not be able to hold his position firmly.
In particular, the position of prime minister requires the most foundation. For example, Zhao Changping has been deeply involved in household affairs for 20 years, and coupled with the descendants of Ganquan Academy, his foundation in the court is very strong. After entering the Assembly Hall to pay homage to the prime minister, , now his status is getting higher and higher, almost only below Chen Jing.
Zhang Jian is also taking this path, so he naturally needs a foundation.
Nowadays, Shandong's officialdom is newly opened up, and Zhang Jian is doing many things from scratch. As long as he works hard in Shandong for ten years, all local officials born in Shandong in the future will belong to Zhang Jian. Disciple.
It is also the step that Zhang Yian will take in the future.
Shen Yi smiled: "I just said casually, how can I compare with the old Prime Minister."
Zhang Jian lowered his head and took a sip of tea. After being silent for a while, he said softly: "During Ziheng's absence, I sent people to all the prefectures in Shandong and found many large grain holders. Most of them have already Agreed to sell grain to the government at market price."
"Among them, the ones that are cheaper than the market price have been purchased by Jizhou. As for the rest, I guess I still need your nod from Ziheng."
Needless to say, Shen Yi also knew that in such "troubled times", those large households with grain reserves would definitely not take the initiative to sell grain to the government.
But what Zhang Jian did and what methods he used, Shen Yi didn't want to know, and there was no need to know.
He nodded slightly: "I bought all the grain at market prices."
After saying that, Mr. Shen patted his belt and said with a smile: "Senior brother may not know it yet, but I am rich now."
Zhang Jian was slightly startled and did not understand what Shen Yi meant, but he did not ask further questions, but said seriously: "The main reason why I am so anxious to see you today is because I have a serious matter."
When Shen Yi heard this, he also suppressed his smile: "Senior brother, just say it."
"My mentor's letter said that there is another way to fight in the Huaibei battlefield, which is to abandon Shandong and Henan provinces when necessary and retreat to the south of the Huaihe River, so as to weaken the strength of the Northern Qi and slowly drag them to death."
Seeing Zhang Jian's serious expression, Shen Yi could only nod his head and said softly: "There is indeed such a way to fight. If we fight like this, the risk will be minimized."
Zhang Jian looked serious.
"I disagree."
He said solemnly: "I don't know how much energy I have spent over the past year or so to slowly restore order in Shandong. Now most of the people in Shandong have recognized our Dachen government."
"At this time, if the imperial court wants to abandon Shandong."
Zhang Fantai gritted his teeth: "I will die in Jinan City and live and die with Jinan!"
After saying that, when Shen Yi didn't speak, he continued: "I don't want Ziheng to hear these words alone. The letter I wrote to my mentor is already on its way to Jiankang!"
Mr. Shen lowered his head to drink tea and shook his head slightly: "Brother, don't worry, this style of play can only be considered above average at best, and I don't agree with this style of play either."
"If I am in Huaibei for one day, it will be impossible for Shandong to return to the hands of the Qi people."
Seeing that Shen Yi's expression became serious, Zhang Jian thought thoughtfully and asked, "I've never seen Zi Heng so serious."
Shen Yi shook his head, sighed, and took out a document from his desk.
The contents of the document are very simple.
The Northern Qi court began to "borrow money" on a large scale from the Zhu Lizhen nobles, and the Yandu Forbidden Army has been making frequent moves recently, and there may be big moves at any time.
A new round of conscription began in the suburbs of Yandu.
At the same time, in the Yandu court, Emperor Zhaowu dismissed seven or eight important court officials in one fell swoop, clearing out almost all opposition.
Shen Yi handed the information to Zhang Jian, then pointed at the document and exhaled.
"If we include Northern Qi's northern frontier army, what I have to face this time may be a Qi army of about 400,000 from the Northern Qi court."
"Moreover, there is a high probability that Northern Qi will abandon its northern border defense, which means that their border troops will almost certainly be thrown into the battlefield against our Dachen."
"Brother, the Huai'an Army, even if it includes the West Route Army, is only over 200,000 strong. If you were the commander..."
"Are you worried?"
Zhang Fantai lowered his head to read the documents, and soon his face became solemn.