However, the slightest disturbance in the palace can make loud noises in the court. The words spoken by His Majesty the Emperor in front of the Queen Mother's bed have already spread throughout the court. Therefore, although this canonization is sudden, it is not surprising.
According to His Majesty the Emperor's edict, the Qintian Supervisor will select an auspicious day to hold the canonization ceremony for His Highness the Crown Prince.
And on the second day after the canonization edict was issued, several special guests came to the door of Shenhou Mansion.
Yiyong Hou Sun Chou, and several nobles of the Sun family.
This man is the younger brother of Empress Sun, and also the cousin of Empress Dowager Sun. As for his title, it is natural that he got it through nepotism.
To put it more bluntly, the title he received was not even because of Empress Sun, but because Emperor Hongde gave him the title of Marquis by pinching his nose to give his mother face.
It is worth mentioning that in the early years, when Mr. Shen first arrived in the southeast to suppress the Japanese and had little success, the Queen Mother Sun once asked Shen Yi to take two descendants of the Sun family to fight against the Japanese army. One of the younger generations is the Yiyong Hou Sun Houye.
The irony is that twenty years have passed, and the Sun Marquis has never been to the battlefield even once, and has never even seen the appearance of an enemy. However, Emperor Hong De gave him the title of "Yiyong", which means that he has a lot of honors. It has a bit of a yin and yang vibe.
At the door of the Marquis Shen's Mansion, Lord Sun handed over the greeting card with a smile on his face. After a while, the side door of the Marquis' Mansion opened, and Shen, dressed in casual clothes, walked out and saluted Sun Chou: "See you. Pass the Marquis Sun."
Sun Chou was stunned for a moment, and then quickly returned the salute: "Shilang Shen."
After he saluted, he looked behind Shen and said with some embarrassment: "Servant Shen, Lord Shen is not at home?"
The greeting note he gave was to pay a visit to Shen Yi, not to Shen.
Mr. Xiao Shen looked at Sun Chou with a smile and said, "What? The lower official came out to greet the Marquis and ruined the Marquis's face?"
"Don't dare, don't dare."
Sun Chou waved his hands quickly and smiled: "It's just that this time Sun came to ask to see Lord Shen and express his gratitude to Lord Shen in person. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate if I didn't meet him in person."
"gratitude?"
Shilang Shen thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Master Hou, my eldest brother went out early in the morning."
"Not at home now."
Xiao Shen Tanhua was a Jinshi in Hongde's tenth year. It has been nearly twenty years since he entered the official career. Now he has developed a good tongue. He said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, Lord Marquis, just tell me." Yes, I will definitely tell my eldest brother."
"this…"
Sun Chou hesitated for a moment, then took out an invitation from his pocket and said: "Shilang Shen, I will host a banquet for Lord Shen tomorrow. I would like to ask you, Shilang Shen, to pass this invitation to Lord Shen. Please give me the invitation." The Marquis must appreciate it."
After saying that, Mr. Sun lowered his head and held his hands in his hands: "Sun, I won't disturb you anymore. I'll take my leave now."
Shen frowned calmly, then pulled Sun Chou's sleeves and said with a smile: "The Marquis has already arrived at the door, and he is leaving without even drinking a sip of tea. If word gets out, others will say that I am being negligent." Mr. Hou, can’t you?"
Sun Chou waved his hand quickly: "Since Lord Shen is not at home, I won't stay any longer. Farewell, farewell."
Shen stepped forward, handed the invitation back, and said with a smile: "Master Marquis, my eldest brother is still leading troops outside. He cannot make friends with relatives of the emperor, let alone the prince. Otherwise, it will not only be detrimental to my eldest brother, but also to His Highness the prince. Even more disadvantageous.”
"I don't dare to accept this invitation on behalf of my eldest brother. I'd better take it back with you."
"There is no prince, there is no prince."
Sun Chou quickly shook his head and said: "It's just my family's family banquet. Besides, almost no one in my family serves in the court, so there are no taboos."
"Shilang Shen just needs to hand this invitation over. Whether you come or not, my family will always remember the kindness of the Marquis."
After saying that, Lord Sun ran away as if he were running away.
Shilang Shen looked at the invitation in his hand, frowned slightly, and then took the document with him to the study room in his backyard, where he met Shen Yi who was looking through a newly drawn map.
He found a place in the room to sit down, and sighed: "Brother, this guy is too shameless, he just left the invitation and ran away."
Mr. Shen looked up at his brother and said with a smile: "Bring me the invitation."
Shen then stood up and handed the invitation over. Master Shen took it and looked through it, clicking his tongue.
"The canonization ceremony hasn't started yet, but the Sun family has started celebrating first."
Minister Shen lowered his head to take a sip of tea and sighed silently: "It's really annoying. It's not appropriate for me to go to this banquet. If I don't go, I might offend the crown prince."
After reading it, Mr. Shen threw the document aside, stretched out, and continued to pick up the new pictures outside the customs that he had just seen half of, and said with a smile: "You underestimate your brother too much, you still can't tell the difference." Now, am I afraid of offending them, or are they afraid of offending me?"
Shen still frowned and said in a low voice: "Now they are naturally afraid of offending you, eldest brother, but in the future, what will happen after the heir apparent?"
"If he holds a grudge..."
In the political arena, there are many narrow-minded people.
Some may be because someone stole the limelight at the cultural meeting, or because the other party did not give up his seat to you, and you will find ways to torture the other party to death in the officialdom afterwards.
Nearly twenty years have passed, and Shen has become a veteran in the officialdom. He has seen too many such things.
So it's natural to worry about Shen Yi.
Mr. Shen folded the map in his hand, put it in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "It will be the same anytime."
"It's rare for you to take a day off today. Just stay at home and spend time with your children. Don't waste your time here with me."
After Master Shen finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.
Shen looked thoughtful and asked: "Where are you going, eldest brother?"
"I'm going to the palace."
…………
In the Manlu Hall, Mr. Shen spread the map on his sleeve in front of His Majesty the Emperor and said seriously: "Your Majesty, please look at this map. It took me nearly five years to draw this map."
"All the cities outside the pass, as well as Zhu Zhenren's settlements, are marked on this map."
Shen Yi pointed his finger at the location of Shengjing and said slowly: "Especially here, the terrain near Shengjing has been clearly drawn on the map."
His Majesty the Emperor took this extremely detailed map and looked at it carefully, then looked up at Shen Yi and marveled.
"Our Da Chen map is probably not as detailed as this. How did Shen Qing draw it?"
"The Huai'an School that I used to run in Huai'an had a group of people who specialized in studying geography. They have made some achievements in recent years."
Speaking of this, Shen Yi smiled and said: "However, more importantly, naturally I am able to support a lot of people outside the customs."
Emperor Hong De picked up the picture, looked at it again, and then couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Looking at the level of detail in Shengjing City on the picture, I am afraid that people from Shen Qing are already everywhere inside Zhu Zhenren."
"There is no way."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "They are poor."
"And they will get poorer and poorer. In ten or twenty years, the wealth they had when they moved out will have been consumed. By that time, if we don't trade with them, they will be hungry. Already."
"If they lack money, their cleaning department will become weaker and weaker."
"Being penetrated is normal."
The emperor nodded and closed the map: "Does this mean that Shen Qing has already made a plan to conquer Zhu Zhenren?"
"Ling Su has already made a plan and it will be sent to Jiankang in a few days. However, I have one thing that I need to report to Your Majesty in advance."
The emperor reluctantly put down the map in his hand and said, "Say."
Shen Yi said: "The purpose of this battle is to defeat Zhenren Zhu and break up the vitality they have recovered in the past ten years. But we want to completely annihilate them and conquer Liaodong..."
"Not easy."
"I understand."
Emperor Hong De folded the map and said with a smile: "When fighting outside the pass, they are the home field."
Master Shen looked at the emperor folding the map and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this map is presented to you by me."
"Um?"
The emperor was a little surprised and asked: "Does Shen Qing use this picture in battle?"
"Yanjing still has one."
"Currently, I am engraving the engravings, and soon we will be able to print a large number of maps."
After a pause, he looked at the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the copy you have is the original version."
The emperor smiled and said: "When it comes to flattering me, I am a Hong De and you are more comfortable flattering me than Shen Qing."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I present you a map. Would you like to invite me to have a meal in the palace tomorrow?"
The emperor was startled at first, and then thought deeply.
"Okay, tomorrow at noon, our monarch and his subjects..."