At least, not yet to the point of being independent.
Comparatively speaking, even Shen Yi when he was fighting Japanese pirates in the southeast, or Shen Yi who faced Fan Dongcheng in his hometown of Jiangdu, would be more mature than Shen Yuan now.
Of course, it's just a matter of mental maturity. In terms of vision and knowledge, the young Marquis standing on the shoulders of giants is no worse than Shen Yi back then.
Beginning in the 19th year of Hong De's reign, Mr. Shen began to personally teach his eldest son to read and polish his temperament. It was not until the first two years that Shen Yi confirmed that his son had enough potential to take over the family business he had built.
It was also at that time that Mr. Shen agreed with Shen Yuan to go to Jiankang and finally calm down.
Until now, his eldest son's growth is still far behind Shen Yi, but he is indeed growing up slowly.
Give young people some time, Master Shen believes that his son can grow up like Xue Wei,
And now, since Shen Yuan has made a choice for Shen Yi or the Shen family, Master Shen will naturally start to arrange these things.
The first thing is to find a coward in Goryeo in order to cultivate a coward King of Goryeo who will not be able to secure the throne after leaving the Shen family.
This is not a difficult task, after all, Di Bao Si's entry into Goryeo was no longer a matter of love.
………………
The siege of Shengjing continues.
After Shen Yi besieged Shengjing for a month, Zhu Zhenren of Shengjing City could no longer withstand the severe cold. He sent an envoy to open the city gate and arrived at the gate of Dachen's military camp outside the city, asking to see Shen Yi.
At this moment, Mr. Shen was outside, gathering to warm himself by the fire with his brothers in the camp. When he heard that Zhu Zhen's envoy was coming, he stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and said with a smile: "It seems that brothers have passed* *Now that the situation is settled, let’s bake it first and I’ll go take a look.”
Ling Su was sitting next to Shen Yi. Hearing this, he stood up, followed Shen Yi, leaned forward and said, "Mr. Shen, do you want me to go with you?"
Mr. Shen thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Let's go together."
"General Ling sent someone to find my traitorous son. Let's meet Zhu Zhenren's envoy together."
Ling Su nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I will go find the young Marquis right now."
About half an hour later, the "meeting" in the Chinese army's tent officially began. Shen Yi, who was sitting in the main seat, took a look at the young man standing in front of him who looked to be in his twenties, and smiled. Then he said: "It seems that you, Master Zhu, are really short of people."
He paused and asked again: "What's your name?"
The young man also looked up at Shen Yi. After hearing Shen Yi's question, he lowered his head slightly, cupped his fists and said, "I'm Zhao Xing."
Mr. Shen touched his chin and thought for a while: "Are you...the second child of the Zhao Kai family?"
"yes."
Zhao Xingqiang suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth and said, "It seems a little too rude for Lord Shen to call my father by his name in front of me."
"If I remember correctly, Mr. Hou was also a Confucian scholar."
"good."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "I am indeed a Confucian scholar, but I am very stupid. I don't pay attention to the benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust mentioned by the saints, so I am a bit rude."
"this…"
Shen Yi looked at him and said with a smile: "Don't blame this envoy."
"but…"
Lord Shen said with a smile: "Your father is still in Jiankang and living a good life. Would the envoy want to go to Jiankang and meet your father?"
Zhao Xing gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, his nails digging into his flesh.
"My father has been martyred for his country for ten years."
His voice trembled because he was angry: "Master Hou, don't talk nonsense and ruin his reputation as an old man."
"Tsk."
Lord Shen shook his head: "It seems that you no longer recognize him, and that's okay. Whether you recognize him or not, I, Da Chen, will take good care of him. When he is gone in the future, I will bury him with a royal title."
As he said that, he looked at Zhao Xing and said with a smile: "Maybe he will be buried more gloriously than your so-called emperor in Shengjing City."
After being teased several times by Shen Yi, the former second prince of Northern Qi managed not to get angry. After Shen Yi finished speaking, he looked up at Shen Yi and said, "Master Shen, I'm here this time. I negotiated terms with Lord Shen."
He looked at Shen Yi and said in a deep voice: "Although Lord Shen can surround Shengjing, it is impossible to surround Shengjing forever. You can't attack Shengjing City. If you want to break in, these people brought by Lord Shen will probably be It will take a total of seventy-seven or eighty-nine deaths."
"Maybe I'll die, but it won't be effective."
"In this case, why not stop our troops in twos and twos, and we will unite..."
Zhao Xing gritted his teeth and said, "That's all if we don't pursue the matter this time."
"How about Daqi?"
The smile on Mr. Shen's face faded. He looked at Zhao Xing and said slowly: "Messenger, listen carefully. I don't break into Shengjing because I can easily trap you to death in Shengjing City, so there is no need. storm."
"As for what you said about striking out in twos and twos."
Mr. Shen reached out and knocked on the table and said calmly: "There is no problem, but there are a few conditions that you need to agree to."
Although Zhao Xing was very angry, he was still mentally prepared for Shen Yi's conditions. Hearing this, he took a deep breath and said, "You... you just say it."
A smile appeared on Mr. Shen's face again.
"My conditions are few and very simple."
He stretched out a finger and said: "The first thing is that from now on the name of Northern Qi will no longer exist. You can no longer call yourself Qi. The so-called Da Qi has collapsed."
Shen Yi looked at Zhao Xing and said word by word: "Zhu Zhen's Ministry, please submit a letter to me, Chen, and bow your head. Mr. Shen can, on behalf of the imperial court, assure you, Zhu Xingzhen, that the imperial court will grant Zhao Xuan the title." Zhu Zhenhan."
Now, there is only more than a month left for the Chen court to move. If Shen Yi can hand over the credentials of Zhu Zhenren's "surrender" to the court when the court moves, then the border danger theory hyped by the court officials will be will cease to exist. In addition, Shen Yi can also accomplish another miraculous feat because of this!
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen paused and continued.
"From now on, you will still regard yourself as Zhu Zhen, and you will no longer be allowed to use the title of your country."
Although this condition sounds harsh, it does not damage the fundamentals or damage the vitality. Therefore, although Zhao Xing's face turned red with anger, he still suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth and said: "What else?"
"There is also the issue of compensation."
Shen Yi said indifferently: "The expenses of this expedition will be paid by your Zhu Zhen tribe. From now on, Zhu Zhen will pay 200,000 taels of money or other things to the court every year."
Zhao Xing suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Yi.
This is what kills you.
Ten years ago, Zhu Zhenren took away a large amount of gold and silver from the pass, but after all, he had no further income. Now it can be said that he is sitting on nothing.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver every year will soon empty Zhu Zhenren's pocket.
Zhao Xing's face turned pale: "Master Hou is so aggressive, so he is not afraid of forcing us to fight to the death with Master Hou!"
Shen Yi smiled calmly.
"If the fish dies, the net may not break."
"Yes, the net may not be broken,"
Zhao Xing sneered: "But when the fish are gone, the fishing nets will be hung up by the fishermen, or even dismantled for other uses!"
After hearing this, Ling Su quickly turned his head and pretended not to hear anything.
The young Marquis turned back silently and looked at his father.
Mr. Shen sneered and said: "What a great Zhu Zhenren, how dare you sow discord in front of me!"
"Here are my conditions. Whether you like it or not, you, Master Zhu, can go back and discuss it yourself. If you keep talking too much, I won't even see you anymore!"
After that, he waved his hand: "Send off the guests."
Zhao Xing was quickly taken out and returned to Shengjing City.
In the Chinese army's tent, General Ling thought thoughtfully and asked: "Mr. Shen, will they agree to such harsh conditions?"
"They will agree."
Mr. Shen said slowly: "Two hundred thousand taels buys a year's peace, which is a relatively reasonable price. Then Zhao Xuan is not a fool. After he thinks about it for himself, he will definitely agree to my terms."
"After all, what Zhu Zhenren needs most now is time."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen yawned and said calmly: "With this payment, the Zhao family's already little prestige will be wiped out."
"Maybe those Zhu Zhen family members will get into trouble because of this, if that's the case."
Mr. Shen clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That will be lively."
"Let's look at the young man from the Zhao family..."