After coming out of the palace, Shen Yi stayed honest for several days. Except for going out for a drink with Zhang Jian, he didn't even dare to go out.
The main reason was that he had just stabbed Lou Zi, and he still felt a little guilty. He was afraid that when he walked on the street, he would be stabbed to death by some descendant who suddenly appeared.
However, on the day of Laba, Shen Yi still went out. To be precise, he went out with several family members to attend a banquet at Zhao Shangshu's house.
Today is Laba Festival. The Zhao family cooked a big pot of Laba porridge early in the morning and specially invited the Shen family, Zhang family and son-in-law Song family to come to the house to drink Laba porridge.
Of course, Shen Yi couldn't bring the whole family with him.
Originally, he wanted to take Shen Zhang and Shen Heng with him, but neither father nor son wanted to go to Zhao's house for dinner. The reason was that they were too cautious after going there. Shen Yi did not force his father and brothers, and only brought his wife, children and
The three father-in-laws went to Zhao's house for a banquet.
Today's Zhao family is extremely lively, with a large table of people gathered. Zhao Shangshu, who has always been serious about words, seems to be particularly happy today because of the arrival of his old friend. He has a drink with Lu Anshi from time to time. Halfway through the banquet, the two little
The old man drank so much that his face turned red.
On the side, Mrs. Zhao and the eldest daughter of the Zhao family were surrounding Lu Ruoxi, looking at the child in Lu Ruoxi's arms. From time to time, they would take it and hug it, praising how cute it was.
Zhao Shangshu drank a glass of wine, looked at the child next to him, and said with a smile to Lu Anshi: "This child is good-looking and will definitely be a handsome man in the future. Have you chosen a name yet?"
Lu Anshi shook his head and said helplessly: "As I was worried about this matter, Zi Heng asked me to name the child. I have read countless ancient books in the past half month, but I still can't think of a particularly satisfactory name.
"
"Ha ha."
Zhao Shangshu smiled and said: "Brother Xian is the headmaster of the academy in Jiangdu Prefecture. Throughout the year, I don't know how many people will come to ask for names of their children. Brother Xian can handle them all with ease. Why did it happen to his own child?
But you have troubled your worthy brother?"
Mr. Lu lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, and shook his head with emotion: "Most people are like this, caring will lead to chaos."
Zhao Shangshu lowered his head slightly, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "How about using the word Yuan?"
"deep…"
Master Lu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then murmured: "Shen Yuan..."
He looked back at Shen Yi beside him and asked, "What do Zi Heng think?"
Shen Yi also lowered his head and thought about it, and then said with a smile: "My son-in-law has no questions. I asked Qingque, and if Qingque has no objection, I will choose this name."
So, everyone turned their attention to Lu Qingque, who was holding the child. Mrs. Shen first lowered her head and thought about it, and then agreed to the name.
The name of Shen's eldest son was thus decided.
After the names were taken, everyone continued to eat. Lu Anshi was not as good at drinking as Zhao Changping. After the banquet was over, he drank too much. Zhao Shangshu personally helped him up and prepared to send him to the Zhao family's guest room to rest.
Perhaps because of his age, Zhao Changping had some difficulty in picking up Lu Anshi. His son-in-law Song Ying was very discerning and immediately stepped forward to help. Zhao Shangshu shook his head slightly and said, "Drink a few more drinks with Yi An."
As he said that, he looked at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng is here to help."
Shen Yi quickly stood up, and Zhao Shangshu took Master Lu back to the backyard to rest.
After Lu Anshi was settled, Zhao Shangshu and Shen Yi left the guest room one after another. The two of them walked in the backyard of the Zhao family one after another. Seeing that Zhao Changping was silent, Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and asked, "Master, I have something to ask for."
Me?"
"Um."
Zhao Shangshu nodded, and then sighed slightly: "I have wanted to find you for a long time, but I was afraid that it would have any impact on your errand, so I didn't ask you to come over."
He burped, then tightened his clothes and said, "It's cold outside, let's go to the study to talk."
The two people entered the study one after another. After Shen Yi entered, he first lit the stove for Zhao Shangshu and then sat down. Zhao Changping nodded first, then looked at Shen Yi and said: "Two days ago, in the palace,
Something seems to have happened..."
He looked at Shen Yi thoughtfully: "Ziheng, you are at the scene, aren't you?"
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Uncle, do you want to hear the private affairs of the Tian family?"
Zhao Changping shook his head slightly: "Since it is a private matter of the Tian family, then don't talk about it. Talking about it will not be a good thing for you or me."
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Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Does the anti-Japanese army established by Ziheng in the south already have a guard horse?"
One guard is five thousand people.
"There is a guard."
Shen Yi replied: "If nothing else happens, your Majesty will expand the anti-Japanese army next year, and a new capital may be established by then."
Zhao Changping lowered his head, silently calculated, and asked, "Are you short of money?"
Shen Yi was stunned, and then said quickly: "Uncle, no matter whether the Anti-Japanese Army is short of money or not, the Ministry of Revenue cannot allocate money to the Anti-Japanese Army, let alone take the initiative to allocate money to the Anti-Japanese Army. If the Ministry of Revenue relaxes
Well, Your Majesty may be suspicious of our academy..."
"rest assured."
Zhao Shangshu smiled slightly and said: "Uncle, you don't need to teach me about this kind of thing. At any time, the Ministry of Revenue will firmly oppose allocating funds to the anti-Japanese army. Unless His Majesty personally issues an edict and the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province seals it, otherwise
The Ministry of Household Affairs will not distribute a penny to the anti-Japanese army."
Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head slightly and said, "Uncle, you are wise."
"Stop flattering."
Zhao Shangshu lowered his head slightly and said: "But if there is really no money left at Ziheng's place, the Ministry of Revenue can think of some ways to let His Majesty issue an edict..."
What Zhao Changping meant was that he could object openly and then resort to tricks to get the emperor to issue an edict to the Ministry of Household Affairs and force the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds.
Shen Yi was silent for a while, then shook his head. He looked up at Zhao Changping with a serious look on his face: "Uncle, our Majesty..."
"No longer a child."
Mr. Shen's drunkenness had completely dissipated, and he said in a deep voice: "Although he cannot say that he has insight into people's hearts, he is already very familiar with the emperor's mind. Uncle, I can only go about my errands with peace of mind, just in case something goes wrong..."
Zhao Changping was thoughtful, then nodded, sighed, and whispered: "In this case, my uncle will not interfere in this matter, but whether the anti-Japanese army can be accomplished is very important to the court, Zi Heng, you
The burden on my shoulders is also very heavy.”
"And be safe."
The original intention of the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army was to one day replace the Huaihe Navy, or to replace the Huaihe Navy's role in border defense in a short period of time during the period of turmoil in the Huaihe Navy.
Although the emperor had only discussed this matter with Shen Yi, the discerning people in the court had already seen some clues.
Even the Zhao clan itself had some doubts about the anti-Japanese troops in the southeast.
Zhao Changping naturally felt something vaguely.
And if we can "replace" the Huaihe Navy and overthrow the Zhao clan, it will naturally be beneficial to the court.
And for the civil service group, it is an even greater joy.
Because the Zhao clan is the only one in the military generals group who can challenge the civilian officials group. If the Zhao clan falls, then the civilian officials will completely overwhelm the military attachés...
and…
Ganquan Academy will also play an important role in this matter, and it is likely to flourish in the new dynasty in the future.
Zhao Changping was both a civil servant and a talker at Ganquan Academy, so naturally he was very interested in this matter.
After the two people talked for a while, Zhao Shangshu seemed to suddenly remember something. He looked at Shen Yi and said quietly: "By the way, Zi Heng."
"Your Majesty may not be in a very good mood these days, so just stay at home and don't go to the palace."
Shen Yi was a little curious and asked: "How did the master know?"
"Because the envoy from Qi people came again yesterday."
The tone of the Minister of Revenue was full of helplessness: "I'm here to ask for money, food and cloth for next year."
Shen Yi frowned: "Hasn't the "betrothal gift" that should be given to them already been given this year?"
At the beginning of the year, His Majesty the Emperor got married and married a princess from the Northern Qi Dynasty as his concubine. For this, the court paid hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, as well as a lot of cloth and silk, etc. It was a betrothal gift at best, and annual tribute at worst.
"This is why Your Majesty is angry."
Zhao Shangshu exhaled a breath and said slowly: "Those Qi people said that Northern Qi spends a lot of military pay and food every year to block the invasion of foreign tribes from the north for our Da Chen, so I, Da Chen, must also be responsible for part of the expenses..."