"Everything Ziheng should have arranged has been arranged."
Zhang Fantai looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Is there anything else I can help with?"
"Of course there is."
Mr. Shen pulled Zhang Jian's sleeve and walked towards Jinan City. He said with a smile: "As the war progresses, Shanxi will soon be able to slowly take over. Senior brother, are you interested in taking care of Shanxi?"
Zhang Jian's eyes widened and he looked at Shen Yi with incredible eyes.
"Zi Heng, how long have I been cleaning up the six prefectures in Shandong? Now I can barely finish it. I have barely established various yamen and went to complete the restoration. I just stopped now and I haven't even had time for a month. You... "
"you you…"
Zhang Fantai was so angry that he stuttered and said angrily: "Just keep yourself a friend!"
Seeing that he was a little anxious, Mr. Shen laughed and said, "It's a joke with senior brother, why do you have to take it so seriously?"
"Nowadays, the entire north of the Huaihe River is almost managed by people from our academy. If this continues, there will be people in the court who are nagging and simply leave it to the court, and then ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to send officials to Shanxi."
Hearing this, Zhang Jian was silent for a while and sighed: "There are so many people in our academy because you, Ziheng, are in charge north of the Huaihe River. Your Majesty is probably afraid that other people will come and hold you back."
"If the imperial court sends an old-fashioned civil servant to serve in Shanxi, he might really be able to go against you, Zi Heng, to gain fame and gain authority, and he will not hesitate to offend you to fulfill his reputation of not fearing power."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty will not allow this kind of thing to happen. Look at Futai and Fantai in Henan, aren't they all people I know well?"
Zhang Jian shook his head: "I'm not familiar with Cheng Futai, but that Chen Fantai was Yang Jingzong's disciple in his early years."
"It's just that I'm honest now."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "No matter whose disciple he is, he has to go about his business in Henan and don't worry about it."
Zhang Jian nodded and said softly: "Indeed, they are already insignificant little people to you, Ziheng."
Shen Yi chuckled and said, "That Chen Fantai almost killed me in the early years. I still remember that. If he offends me in the future, I will settle the old debt with him."
Zhang Jian was startled, then remembered the old events in Jiangdu, and couldn't help but be stunned: "It happened eleven years ago, Zi Heng still remembers..."
"of course I remember."
Mr. Shen said leisurely: "Feng Lu, the then magistrate of Jiangdu, fled with his family after he became powerful. In the past few years, I have found out that this guy is probably hiding in Yandu City. I will find him when I take down Yandu. He just happened to settle the old grudges with him."
While they were talking, the two senior brothers had already arrived at the door of the Chief Envoy Si Yamen. After they walked in side by side, Zhang Jian asked: "Just now, Cai Ziheng said that he needed me to do something, but he hasn't made it clear what it is."
"Didn't I already tell you that it's a Shanxi matter?"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Taiyuan Mansion is now under control, but the officials in Taiyuan are running away, and there are still a few that are barely usable. There is no way to trust them all. Originally, Xue Wei could be in charge of affairs in Taiyuan Mansion, but he has to go out In a war, it is unlikely to sit in the rear."
"Today, my eighth brother is in charge of Taiyuan. Although he has some tricks, he has never been an official."
"I just want to second a suitable official from Jinan to take charge of the situation."
Zhang Jian thought for a while and said: "This year, the appointments to the civil service department have come in one after another. Although I am still the governor of Shandong, the position of prefect of Jinan has become vacant, and the imperial court has also sent people to fill the vacancy. His surname is Zheng Minglu is very capable at work and may be temporarily sent to Taiyuan Mansion."
Shen Yi nodded: "Since my senior brother recommended me, it's him."
"Looking back, I will ask the governor's Yamen to issue a document and temporarily transfer him to Taiyuan for emergency treatment."
Zhang Jian stretched out a thumb and said, "Zi Heng's words are really domineering."
After saying that, he paused: "Would you like to meet first?"
"In a few days."
Master Shen yawned: "Today and tomorrow, Pei Jun and Wei Xiong should be coming to Shandong one after another, and we have to deal with them."
Zhang Jian smiled and said: "With Ziheng's ability, it's easy to deal with them, isn't it?"
The two sat down in the study room of the Chief Envoy Si Yamen. After chatting for a while, Zhang Jian sighed and said, "I haven't been back to Jiankang for several years, and I haven't seen my eldest father and mother for several years. The parents are married."
"My eldest mother has always been in poor health, and now she is getting worse and worse. She wrote a letter saying she wanted to see me."
"So this year I want to go back to Jiankang and visit my hometown Yuqian."
Shen Yi nodded and said: "This is no problem, I will try my best to arrange it for senior brother."
Zhang Jian smiled and looked at Shen Yi: "Will Ziheng return to Jiankang this year?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I don't know yet."
He looked back to the south and frowned slightly: "Jiankang, something is a little weird now."
Zhang Jian was a little curious and asked: "What's weird?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"It's okay, maybe I'm overthinking it."
Even though he said this, Mr. Shen's brows still wrinkled slightly.
The emperor has had nothing to do for two or three years.
You must know that there are not many concubines in the palace. In the past few years, the emperor almost had children every year, and there were more than one or two. However, in the past two or three years, he had almost no children.
You know, this is an emperor who is still in his prime.
This is really weird.
Ordinary people might not think much about it, but Shen Yi couldn't help but think of that Pipa Jue.
He knew clearly that Gu Hengbo, who was born in a brothel, accurately controlled the time of his pregnancy.
Reminds me of Jiankang's strange things...
He couldn't help but think too much.
But now, Shen Yi has no energy to take care of Jiankang's affairs, and he is unwilling to get involved in the battles in the inner court.
Everything focused on the Northern Expedition.
……………
Farther north, in the large tent of the Tatar tribe.
Mu Tuo stood in front of a tall and strong man, bowed his head respectfully, and said: "Great Khan, reliable news, the Huai'an Army of the Southern Dynasties has occupied Taiyuan and is now marching into Datong. Judging from the recruits in Datong who have only been trained for half a year, it is estimated that It is difficult to resist the Huai'an army of the Southern Dynasty."
The Tatar Khan is less than forty years old.
Although his father laid the foundation for him to unify all the grassland tribes, it was he himself who really accomplished this.
He went to the battlefield at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and now he has become the great khan of all the grassland tribes.
Now, he even forced Qi people to bow their heads and sent the two princesses into his tent one after another. This Tatar Khan's achievements are not low.
After hearing Mu Tuo's report, the Great Khan of the Grassland sat in his seat and frowned.
"The Northern Qi army is not weak, how could it..."
He said slowly: "How could the Huai'an army suddenly appear and be beaten like this? Even Taiyuan Mansion was lost."
Mu Tuo leaned forward and said: "Great Khan, according to the intelligence, the Southern Dynasty had an insider in Taiyuan City. It was the insider who opened the gate of Taiyuan City for them, which made Taiyuan City fall in a few days."
"Sweat profusely..."
Mu Tuo paused and continued: "At this time, Beiqi's disadvantage has gradually increased. Coupled with what Shen Yi said at the beginning, we are waiting for both of them to lose..."
Mu Tuo did not continue speaking, but changed the topic and said: "If the Huai'an army waits until they occupy Datong Dusi's defense line, they probably won't let go of the pass easily."
Tatar Khan looked at Muto and said slowly: "What do you think?"
"It's better to take advantage of the fact that Datong has not been defeated by the Huai'an army, and our troops will go south directly, and together with Nan Chen, we will carve up Northern Qi..."
"If the Northern Qi Dynasty is defeated too quickly and the Datong border defense is controlled by the Huai'an army, then even if you want to get a share of the pie, you won't be able to..."
Tatar Khan sat in his seat, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at Muto.
"At this time, it is indeed time to mobilize troops."
"Go to Yandu, find Emperor Zhaowu, and tell him that I am going south."
"He is now either cooperating with Ben Khan to fight against Nan Chen, or..."
Having said this, the Tatar Khan sneered.
"Or be attacked from the north and south and be wiped out!"