Chapter 527: Changing the soup without changing the medicine
This "Mr. Shen" is actually inappropriate.
Because Shen Yi is not only not of high rank now, but also not very old, calling him this is really a bit inconsistent, but these anti-Japanese soldiers really can't find a more suitable name to call him.
If Shen Yi was serving in the Anti-Japanese Army, he could still be called an official position, but Shen Yi is now officially listed as a position in the Ministry of War, and the director of the Ministry of War theoretically has nothing to do with the Anti-Japanese Army.
But after all, the anti-Japanese army was brought up by Mr. Shen. It would be too unfamiliar to call him an official in the Ministry of War.
As for the title "Mr. Shen", it was originally called by Xue Wei. Because Xue Wei respected scholars more, he first called Shen Yi "Mr. Hanlin". Later, as they got more familiar with each other, he simply called him "Mr. Shen". , but later on, as Mr. Shen's position gradually became more stable, even Ling Su, a fifth-grade Qianhu, began to call him that.
However, it is worth mentioning that in Dachen, the rank of military attachés cannot be compared with civilian officials.
For example, even a hundred households like Xue Wei is already a sixth-grade military attache if calculated purely by rank. However, the actual status and power of hundreds of local households are not as high as those of a sixth-grade military attaché in the capital like Shen Yi. Compared with the chief minister, even compared with the Qipin County Magistrate of a random county, it is far behind.
Therefore, although Shen Yi is one level lower than Ling Su, in terms of officialdom, he is firmly ahead of Ling Su in terms of power and status.
This is largely the reason why Ling Su, the former Linhai Guard Qianhu, recognized Shen Yi as the leader.
We have emphasized culture and suppressed martial arts for too long.
Not only did the idea of despising military generals arise in the hearts of civil servants, but even the military generals themselves would naturally have a sense of inferiority in front of the civil servants.
Mr. Shen sat on the carriage and looked at Ling Su and Xue Wei in front of him. Then he jumped off the carriage and walked in front of the two people. He first bowed his hands to them in return, then glanced at the hundreds of riders behind him and shook his head slightly: "It's only ten or twenty miles to Yueqing. You didn't have to come to pick me up. Besides, you just came. It's just the two of you. Why did you bring so many people here?"
He smiled and said, "You don't know, you think I'm putting on airs."
Ling Su was relatively good at talking. He looked up at Shen Yi with a smile on his face: "The backbone of our anti-Japanese army is back. Naturally, we brothers should come out to greet you. Look, Mr. Shen..."
He pointed at the more than a hundred horses behind him and said with a smile: "When we were in Linhaiwei in the past, Linhaiwei might not be able to gather a hundred animals, including the donkeys. Look at our current anti-Japanese army." , we have been able to assemble a cavalry battalion of 500 cavalry."
Horses are very valuable things.
Especially when half of the country was lost, the Chen Kingdom almost cut off the source of horses. Without the few natural horses in the north, they could only use a farm to enclose a piece of land to breed horses on a small scale, and the quality of the breeding was very poor. .
Ordinary horses are fine, but war horses...
Basically it's better than nothing.
For decades, all the war horses of Chen State have basically been purchased from the north through special channels. This has led to the fact that there are basically not many cavalry in the entire Chen Dynasty. Even if there are, there is not the kind that can truly form a cavalry array. Cavalry armies exist.
Most of them are infantry.
Therefore, Linhaiwei naturally did not have cavalry in the past. However, after the anti-Japanese army was formed last year, Shen Yi spent money to create a cavalry team of about 500 people.
But it is a pity that the mounts used by this cavalry are basically ordinary horses, which are difficult to reach the level of war horses. When Shen Yi brought this cavalry out, he did not expect them to be able to charge on the battlefield. He simply used them to fight. Use it as a mobile force.
To put it bluntly, they were used to encircle and intercept Japanese pirates.
To put it bluntly, these five hundred people are not actually cavalry, they are just a simple combination of five hundred horses carrying five hundred infantry.
But even so, it was enough to make Ling Su excited.
He was born into a military family and grew up in the army, but until he inherited the position of Qianhu in his family, he had never seen a few horses in Linhaiwei again.
Shen Yi coughed, then looked at Ling Su with some seriousness, and said: "Ling Qianhu, no matter what, the word "Mr. Shen" must never be called again. Firstly, I can't afford it, and secondly, I Even if you spread the word about your age, people will laugh at you."
"I heard Xue Wei shout that."
Ling Qianhu smiled and said: "So I also shouted. Don't worry, we brothers will just shout in private. When we meet the officials in the yamen, we won't call them that."
Shen Yi turned to look at Xue Wei.
In comparison, Xue Baihu, who was very brave, was much more honest. He first smiled honestly at Shen Yi, and then asked: "Shen...Master Shen."
This is the advantage of Xue Wei, he will do whatever you teach him.
Xue Baihu looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "Well, have you added a son or a young lady to your family?"
"My subordinates wanted to write to you a few years ago and even invited the ghostwriter to come to my home..."
Having said this, Xue Baihu scratched his head: "After I invited Mr., I remembered that I don't know where you live in Jiankang. I heard that Jiankang is very big, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to send it to you... "
Hearing Xue Wei's words, Shen Yi felt quite emotional. He smiled at Xue Wei and said, "He's a boy."
When Xue Wei heard this, his face immediately showed joy: "Congratulations to Chief Shen, congratulations to Chief Shen..."
Mr. Shen smiled dumbly: "There is nothing to congratulate. I would like to have a daughter. Maybe it will be more satisfactory."
"It's good to have a son."
Xue Wei made a rare retort. He said angrily: "After giving birth to a son, he will be able to take care of himself when he grows up. If he gives birth to a daughter, her own life will depend on her..."
What I have to say is that Xue Wei’s words make quite a bit of sense.
The era in Shen Yi's last life was a time of real great rule, and there was no difference between being a boy or a girl. However, in this era, it is absolutely difficult for a woman to control her own destiny.
Even if she is a princess of a country, if she says she will marry you to the frontier, she will marry you to the frontier.
You can't help yourself at all.
Shen Yi smiled when he heard this. He looked back at the young man behind him who was stunned by the businessman, and waved to the young man: "Brother, if you want to go to Yueqing, you can go to the county government to find me. I’ll treat you father and son to dinner when I have time.”
After saying that, he looked at the two anti-Japanese generals beside him and said, "Okay, don't wait on the official road anymore, let's go back to Yueqing."
After that, Shen Yi returned to the carriage.
Ling Su and Xue Wei were on horseback, following Shen Yi's carriage on the left and right sides, as if they were two bodyguards protecting Mr. Shen.
The journey of ten or twenty miles was not too far, and it didn't take long for the group to enter Yueqing.
At this time, the officials of Yueqing County Government also got the news and had already greeted him at the city gate. However, Zhong Ping, the former county magistrate of Yueqing, was not present. He must have been transferred to another place after receiving the transfer order.
Shen Yi knows this well. After all, the new Yueqing County Magistrate will take office soon, and it will be his brother Nian Ying Zhao from the same hometown.
After getting off the carriage, Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to take the things in the carriage to his residence, and then he went to eat surrounded by several generals of the anti-Japanese army.
While walking on the road, Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and asked, "Ling Qianhu, where is the imperial envoy now? Have you returned to Yueqing?"
Ling Su shook his head: "Master Shen, the imperial envoy never came back after leaving Zhejiang."
"At this moment..."
"The imperial envoy should be in Guangzhou."
Shen Yi nodded.
He had not contacted Li Mu for almost a month. As an imperial envoy, Li Mu should have gone to Yueqing Shipyard to take a look. However, he seemed to have made up his mind not to get involved in the anti-Japanese army. Never came back.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi sighed slightly: "The commander of our anti-Japanese army will probably be replaced this year."
When several generals of the anti-Japanese army heard this, they simultaneously turned their heads and looked at Mr. Shen.
Shen Yi naturally knew what everyone was thinking and shook his head slightly when he saw this.
"I probably won't change it."
When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Ling Qianhu grinned.
"Master Shen said it in two sentences. All the brothers were frightened by you."
Everyone started cheering.
"That's right, Chief Shen almost scared us to death."
Shen Yi looked back at these generals.
See them chatting and laughing.
At this moment, the words Zhao Lu said to him appeared in his mind for no reason...
If you lead too many troops, His Majesty will not allow you to become a civil servant...
