Shen Yi handled the matter of recruiting soldiers in Taiping County quite smoothly. After all, Taiping County is under the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture, and people here have heard to some extent about what happened in Taizhou Prefecture. In fact, there is no need for Shen Yi to come here to recruit troops. There have been people here a few days ago. Many men from Taiping County went to Fucheng to join the army.
Because there were so many people who signed up, Mr. Shen was too lazy to make the register himself. Instead, he hired two local scholars to make the register for these new recruits.
It is worth mentioning that these two scholars, seeing that Shen Yi was young, did not look down upon Shen Yi. They thought that Shen Yi was probably a son of an official in Jiankang City. Until they heard that Shen Yi was the new Jinshi last year, the two The scholar's attitude changed drastically. He kept bowing to Shen Yi and calling him sir one after another.
If Shen Yi hadn't asked them to do things, these two people would probably have dragged Shen Yi to ask for advice on policy papers.
After handing over the errand of registering, Shen Yi had some time to relax. It happened that the magistrate of Taiping County invited him to dinner, so Shen Yi went to have dinner with the county magistrate.
The county magistrate of Taiping County is a seventh-rank official, and Shen Yi is also a seventh-rank official now. However, he is a seventh-rank official in the capital, which is much more valuable than a seventh-rank local official. Plus, with his status as a Hanlin, Chang County Magistrate of Taiping County is very interested in Shen Yi. He was very respectful and asked Shen Yi to sit at the top of the table when eating.
After staying in Taiping County for three days, more than 1,400 recruits were registered. After a few days of training by Xue Wei, most of these 1,400 people were eliminated. As time passed, only three to four hundred people were left.
However, this number of people is not small. After all, Shen Yi had recruited troops in Fucheng for more than a month, and there were only more than 200 people.
On the fourth day, there were no new recruits in Taiping County. Shen Yi simply stopped recruiting and asked Xue Wei to set up camp outside the city and concentrate on selecting new recruits.
As for Shen Yi himself, he ate and drank with Chang Youde, the county magistrate of Taiping County.
Magistrate Chang was also very willing to make friends with young talents like Shen Yi. He treated Shen Yi to meals for three days after Shen Yi came to Taiping County, and he never missed a day.
At noon on the fourth day, Chang County Master took Shen Yi to drink in a restaurant in Taiping County. After changing glasses, Chang County Master was drunk. Shen Yi picked up the wine glass and offered a toast to the county magistrate. , said with a smile: "Brother Chang will entertain you for a few days. I am grateful to Shen and would like to toast to Brother Chang."
Magistrate Chang shook his head repeatedly, covered his head with his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Xian, brother Yu really can't drink anymore. I'll stop here today. I won't go to the county office tomorrow because I'm a brother. I'll drink with my brother Xian for the whole day!"
Shen Yi took Magistrate Chang's hand and said with a smile: "Brother Chang, if you don't talk about the county government, I almost forgot that I came to Taiping County to handle business. In the blink of an eye, I drank for three or four days and forgot all about the business."
Although County Magistrate Chang was a little dizzy at the moment, after hearing these words, his eyes became clearer. He looked at Shen Yi and said with some big tongue: "Zi... Brother Zi Heng, if you have anything to say, just say it here. In Taiping County, whatever Brother Yu can do for you, I will definitely do it for you!"
Chang Xianzun said this with full confidence.
Because he has been in Taiping County for more than five years and is about to complete his second term, his influence in Taiping is quite deep.
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Shen Si was smiling and pouring him a glass of wine.
"Brother Chang also knows that when he was in Linhai City, he captured a family of traitors and killed some Japanese pirates. Taiping County is also near the sea. Brother Chang has been in Taiping for many years, does he know some news about Japanese pirates?"
When County Magistrate Chang heard these words, the last hint of drunkenness in his eyes dissipated. He burped, looked up at Shen Yi, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zi Heng, in this county, Once Japanese pirates are discovered, the county government will report them immediately. In addition, after brother Xian defeated the Japanese pirates in Fucheng, the Japanese pirates have disappeared a lot these days. Brother Yu really doesn’t know where there are Japanese pirates..."
Shen Yi picked up the wine glass with a smile, clinked it with Mr. Chang County, and after drinking it all, Mr. Shen said lightly: "Brother Chang may not know that the last time because of the Japanese pirates in the city, Taizhou Magistrate Yuan Yuan, Deng Quan, the magistrate of Linhai County, was penalized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs for negligence."
"Brother Chang will finish his work this year and will be transferred next year. You definitely don't want to have any bad records in the Ministry of Personnel?"
Magistrate Chang's expression was stagnant, and he froze on the spot and did not speak for a long time.
Mr. Shen patted his shoulder and said calmly: "Brother, you have been in Taiping for many years, so you should know something about Japanese pirates. Now that Master Wang is here, you don't have to worry, just say it."
Magistrate Chang raised his head, drank the strong wine in the glass, then exhaled a breath of alcohol, looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said: "Brother Zi Heng, Brother Yu really drank too much today, and now his mind is in chaos. It's really I can't think of anything at all. When I wake up tomorrow, Brother Fool will come again to look for Brother Xian."
What Mr. Chang meant by this was that he had to go back and think about it before he could decide whether to stand with Shen Yi completely.
Shen Yi also knew that for people like Chang Youde, who had been in Taiping County for many years, his own interests were inextricably linked to the interests of the local gentry. There were some things that he really couldn't decide for a while.
Shen Yi didn't force it, he just smiled and nodded: "I will stay in Taiping for three days and will be waiting for Brother Chang at any time. However, I have one more thing to say to Brother Chang."
Mr. Shen paused and said calmly: "The government will not communicate with the Japanese."
Shen Yi's words were not to threaten Chang Youde, but to reassure him.
What he means by this is that the local government, as a subordinate institution of the imperial court, is itself a part of the imperial court, and the Chen imperial court certainly does not and cannot communicate with Japanese.
In other words, regardless of whether the local government had any control over the Japanese, they did not have any control over the Japanese.
In other words, no matter what the reason is, the charge of collaborating with Japanese will not be placed on the Taiping County Government and him as the county magistrate.
And as far as Shen Yi knew, the Chang county magistrate did not have any contacts with the Japanese. At most, he only had close contacts with the local squires.
Chang Youde breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hands to Shen Yi, then turned around and left.
Shen Yi stood up to see him off and sent him to the door of the yard, then squinted at his leaving figure with a playful look in his eyes.
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While Mr. Shen was investigating Japanese affairs in Taiping County, eunuch Du Huaidu's report was also sent to Jiankang and sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Imperial City.
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It was placed on the desk of the wise eunuch.
Regarding some important memorials from foreign officials of the imperial court, Gao Ming always abided by his duty. He always handed them directly to the emperor and would not read them himself.
But after seeing Du Huai's memorial, Eunuch Gao hesitated and read it in advance. After seeing that there was nothing about him in it, he put the memorial in his sleeve and sent it to the emperor's desk. .
It was already evening now, and His Majesty the Emperor was still staying up late and working overtime. After seeing the memorial handed over by Gao Ming, he took it casually, unfolded it and asked, "Did Du Huai send it back? What did he say?"
Gao Ming bowed his head respectfully and said, "I glanced at it, it should be about Shen Sizheng."
"Well…"
At this time, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived to read the memorial.
He read this memorial very carefully.
After reading it from beginning to end, His Majesty the Emperor put down the memorial and looked into the distance, lost in thought for a long time...
"This Shen Ziheng... is so brave."
After saying this, the emperor narrowed his eyes and whispered: "No, he is not only brave, he is even a little deviant. He does not look like a student from an academy at all, who was still writing a essay on literary policy last year. New Scholar."
After saying this, the emperor turned his attention to Du Huai's memorial again. After hesitating for a moment, he still reached out to pick it up and read it carefully again.
After reading it for the second time, His Majesty the Emperor closed his eyes and said slowly: "Gao Ming."
Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully: "My servant is here."
"Go and invite Minister Zhao here and tell him that I have something to discuss with him."
The eunuch was respectful and bowed very low.
"Slave, I obey..."
With that said, the eunuch turned around and left.
The emperor looked at Gao Ming's leaving figure and murmured.
"You are bold, deviant, and disrespectful of the rules. Let's see what your academy teachers will think of you..."