Lord Shen did not take his family with him when he went south this time, but went south by himself.
From the 19th year of Hongde's reign to the present, he has been to Jiankang three times in ten years, and each time he basically did something in Jiankang.
The first time he returned to Jiankang, Shen Yi helped Emperor Hongde purge the court officials. In almost half a year, the Jiankang court dismissed fifty or sixty people. Half of these people were taken north by Mr. Shen and sent to Datong to build the city wall. went.
The second time he returned to Jiankang was to decide on the crown prince. However, that time, the atmosphere in the court was strange. After several months, the crown prince was not finally decided.
As for the last time I went back to Jiankang, I went back with Zhang Jian.
This time is the fourth time that Master Shen has returned to Jiankang in the past ten years.
Officials from Yanjing City, big and small, were sent all the way outside the city. Among them, the current governor of Beizhili, whose surname is Song Mingying, is an old acquaintance of Mr. Shen and the good son-in-law of Zhao Xianggong of Zhao Changping.
Governor Song took all the officials from Yanjing City to drive Shen Yi's car outside the city. Then he raised his hands to Shen Yi and said, "Take care of yourself all the way."
Mr. Shen got off the carriage, returned the courtesy to Song Ying, and said with a smile: "Brother Song, don't send me away anymore. There are countless things in the province every day that need to be handled by Brother Song. Brother Song, please go back now."
Four years ago, after Zhang Jian left, the position of governor of Northern Zhili was vacant. At that time, Song Ying was the Minister of Justice and was transferred to Northern Zhili as Chief Envoy. After working as Chief Envoy in Northern Zhili for three years, he was appointed as Chief Envoy of Northern Zhili last year. He was transferred to governor of Northern Zhili.
Compared with Zhang Jian, Song Ying's ability is quite good, at least in terms of his ability to handle political affairs, he is on par with Zhang Jian.
Otherwise, he would not have been selected as his political successor by Zhao Changping and Prime Minister Zhao.
However, unlike Zhang Jian, although Song Ying had some connections with Shen Yi, their relationship was not deep after all, and since he had been serving as a "capital official" in the imperial court, his heart was naturally towards the imperial court.
Although Zhang Jian also turned to the imperial court in his heart, there were some subtle differences.
The imperial court may have had this consideration when sending Song Ying to Northern Zhili. After all, Shen Yi was too embarrassed to send Song Ying away when he came to the north.
If someone else who doesn't like Mr. Shen comes to rule in Beizhili, if Shen Yi doesn't get his way, he can be removed at will.
Maybe his political career will be ruined in Beizhili.
Song Futai thought for a while and said with a smile: "Bu Tang, where will you stay after you go to Jiankang? I will send you the documents from Beizhili."
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely and said, "I've already gone to Jiankang, so what documents do I need to read? Most other provinces don't have such a governor, and documents are sent directly to the imperial court or directly to Zhongshu."
"Brother Song's documents can be sent directly to Zhongshu."
Song Ying thought for a while, lowered his head and said, "Bu Tang, isn't this good?"
"Nothing bad."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "After four years of working together, I believe in Brother Song's ability. After Brother Song finishes his term as governor, he will probably be able to return to Jiankang and serve as Dajiu Qing like Senior Brother Zhang did."
Song Ying heard this and quickly lowered his head: "I only want to do the things in front of me well and don't think about anything else."
After a pause, he took out an envelope from his arms, handed it to Shen Yi with both hands, and said: "In a blink of an eye, I haven't returned to Jiankang for several years. This is a letter to my father-in-law. Please excuse me." Please take me to Jiankang and hand it over to my father-in-law."
Shen Yi reached out to take it and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I will definitely bring it to you."
"Thank you, Bu Tang."
The two chatted for a while, Master Shen waved to him, and then set off again.
Although he did not bring his family this time, he was not alone. He brought five hundred cavalry with him.
During the Northern Expedition, his Chinese army's guard camp originally had 5,000 people. Now that there is peace, the number of guards in the guard camp has been reduced to only 2,000 people.
However, although the number of people has been reduced, the quality has increased a lot. Now the soldiers in his guard camp are all carefully selected elites from the Huai'an army. I dare not say anything else. If his five hundred cavalry On the battlefield, it is not difficult to defeat five thousand infantry.
Five hundred cavalry followed closely behind Shen Yi, guarding Shen Yi all the way south.
After walking on this road for three days, in the evening, a city was in sight in the distance.
Mr. Shen opened the curtain and looked at it from a distance, and said with a smile: "Just sleep here today, don't rush on your way."
Jiang Sheng, who was following him, was now thirty-six or seventeen years old. Hearing this, he looked back at his son Tian Chong and ordered: "Go and tell General Zhu that the Marquis is staying in Cangzhou today. city."
Tian Chong responded and quickly went to find Zhu Zhen.
Zhu Zhen, who was walking in the front, after hearing the news, gave a wink to the hundreds of households around him. With a wave of his hand, the hundred knights in the team followed him and left the queue, galloping towards Cangzhou City.
It's not that they went to notify the Cangzhou local government, but to find a place for Shen Yi to live. Before Shen Yi arrived, these hundred riders had to go up and down the residence carefully, not even a mouse. Everyone should be arrested.
There is no other reason.
Firstly, Mr. Shen is now in a distinguished position, and secondly, in the past ten years, the Purity Department may not have assassinated Shen Yi one or two hundred times, but it must have been one hundred and eighty.
Of course, no one knows whether all these assassinations came from the Purity Department.
It is worth mentioning that the Purity Division has been active in the past ten years. Zhao Xiong, the former Northern Qi Jin King who was named the King of Taiyuan, was succeeded once by the Purity Division and almost died in that assassination. To this day, the Taiyuan King , I was so frightened that I didn’t even dare to leave the door.
Before Shen Yi and his party arrived in Cangzhou, Cangzhou Zhizhou Yamen and a group of local officials had already left the city to greet them. However, Mr. Shen ignored them and didn't even get out of the car. He went to the Weiying to give him Find a place to rest.
When Shen Yi arrived at his residence, a middle-aged man in a green robe had been waiting here for a long time. After seeing Shen Yi, the middle-aged man quickly stepped forward, lowered his head and said, "Master Hou."
Mr. Shen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Xu Daguan is really still in Cangzhou. I thought you, a busy man, had already gone to work elsewhere."
Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "We have to open a new business in Cangzhou, and we can only leave after it is completed."
Master Shen asked with a smile: "Is it your own business or the palace's business?"
"It should be regarded as palace business."
Xu Fu said: "We have already done everything. I heard that the Marquis was going south, so I waited for the Marquis here for a few days and then went back to Jiankang with the Marquis."
Master Shen pulled Xu Fu's pillar and sat down in the main hall. The two reminisced about old times for a long time. When the sky turned completely dark, Master Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Your children, please do it when you have time."
They went to the north for a walk. My family has been alone in the north these years, and it has been a bit lonely."
Xu Fu lowered his head and said: "Okay, if we can wait, I will take the mother and son to visit Yanjing together."
"How are you doing these past few years, Eunuch Gao?"
"fine."
Xu Fu lowered his head and said, "But he has been unwilling to leave Jiankang, and I rarely see him go out. Fortunately, the children often visit him, otherwise he would probably have tortured himself to death."
Shen Yi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's normal for people from the palace to be a little weird. Just treat them well."
Having said this, Shen Yi lowered his head, took a sip of tea, and said, "My treacherous son brought a woman to you, and now..."
"Are you still in Cangzhou?"
"exist."
Xu Fu said with a smile: "I bought a small courtyard to accommodate her, but she has a very bad temper and makes a lot of noise every day."
Mr. Shen took a sip of tea and asked, "Is the background clean?"
"No problem was found."
Xu Fu took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Shen Yi.
"This is what we found. Please take a look."
Mr. Shen thought for a moment and then reached out to take it.
"I will stay in Cangzhou for one more day."
"Tomorrow morning, arrange for her to come see me."