The reason why it went so smoothly was firstly because there was a big gap in the numbers and combat effectiveness of both sides, and more importantly, Shen Yi's pre-war preparations were quite complete.
Whether it was intelligence work, personnel arrangements, or pre-battle rehearsals, he had all done it in advance. The destruction of Wusha Island was just an expected event.
After the anti-Japanese army returned victoriously from Wusha Island, another ten days passed, and imperial envoy Li Mu quietly returned to Yueqing.
Shen Yi was not even informed in advance.
Therefore, when Shen Yi saw the imperial envoy at the door of his residence, he was quite surprised. He hurriedly greeted him, raised his hands to Li Mu and said, "I have met the prince."
Li Mu smiled and waved his hand, and entered the garden with Shen Yi.
It was already spring, and the weather was getting warmer. The two of them did not enter the house, but found a pavilion in the garden to rest. Shen Yi looked at Li Mu, lowered his head slightly and said, "When did the prince come back? Why didn't you inform me in advance?
With a word, I will go down to meet the crown prince."
Li Mu looked at Shen Yi and smiled dumbly: "Zi Heng doesn't know?"
Shen Yi shook his head: "If he had known about it, he would have definitely gone out of the city to greet the crown prince, and he would never have been so rude."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled and said: "Di Bao Si has great magical powers. I thought nothing could escape Zi Heng's eyes."
Shen Yi shook his head quickly: "The Crown Prince's words are just a misunderstanding. The Di newspaper department only investigates news about Japanese pirates and other miscellaneous matters that can be written into the Di newspaper. Naturally, they dare not peep at the Crown Prince."
Li Mu narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Now, can Ziheng still have the final say in the Di newspaper department?"
This question is a bit fatal. To be honest, Shen Yi himself doesn't know whether he can have the final say in the Di News Department or not. Fortunately, for now, the things he asked the Di News Department to do,
The Di newspaper department will handle it.
Shen Yi was silent for a while, and then said softly: "I have resigned from the Di News Agency, so I can't talk about it. It's just that the palace has given greetings to the Di News Bureau, and now the Di News Bureau still wants to give me some money."
Some face."
"Well…"
Hearing this, Li Mu didn't say much. He took out a stack of documents from his arms and handed them to Shen Yi. Shen Yi reached out to take them and asked, "Your Majesty, what is this?"
"Going south, I ransacked the food from every house."
Li Mu lowered his eyebrows and said: "All the cash and stolen property were given to Du Huai and the others to save you and me trouble. However, these grains were also wasted by them, so I made my own decision and kept them.
Soon we will escort you to Yueqing and make military rations for you."
Having said this, the Jin Crown Prince sighed slightly: "I know that you are building ships and firearms. To be honest, I was planning to take some cash out of the stolen money and buy copper and iron for you, but you also know that
It’s limited by my status.”
"It's not convenient to directly intervene in the fight against the Japanese army."
Li Mu slightly lowered his eyebrows and said, "So it's not easy to buy copper and iron. You can only argue with those eunuchs Du Huai."
The more Shen Yi listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He looked up at Li Mu, frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
"I'm going back to Jiankang."
Li Mu said straight to the point.
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked to stay: "Your Majesty, our patrol mission has not been completed yet, and the anti-Japanese army has just been established. Why are you resigning and returning to Beijing at this time?"
"I haven't finished the errands, and why are you here, Ziheng?"
The Crown Prince of Jin narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "The anti-Japanese army has developed very well in the past two years. I heard that the victory of Wusha Island was just a few days ago. I am very confident in Zi Heng's ability.
."
"As for why you are in such a hurry to return to Beijing."
Li Mu lowered his eyebrows and sighed silently: "First, my parents send me two letters a month to urge me. I have to go back and take a look. Come on the second and the first..."
"My errand is actually almost done."
Li Mu looked at Shen Yi and said quietly: "All the way from Taizhou Prefecture to Guangzhou Prefecture, I basically raided all the big Japanese merchants provided to me by the Di News Agency."
At this point, he laughed at himself: "I have already offended everyone I should have offended."
"I've already done what I have to do."
At this point, he exhaled a breath and said indifferently: "At this point, if I don't take the initiative to return to Beijing, I will seem a bit ignorant."
Judging from what Li Mu said, the emperor did not burn bridges to call him back to the capital, but he took the initiative to go back.
Shen Yi was silent for this.
The internal affairs of the royal family are complicated and complicated, and it is not something that he, a sixth-grade official, can comment on.
After Master Shen was silent for a while, he sighed silently: "I'm afraid that after the crown prince returns to Beijing, the court will send people down, and there will be no crown prince so easy to talk to. By then, the anti-Japanese army will also be taken over by the new imperial envoy..."
"In that case."
Shen Yi let out a breath: "I might as well go back to Beijing with the crown prince on a mission. Anyway, we have done a good job in the past two years. What will happen after someone takes over has nothing to do with us."
Li Mu glanced at Shen Yi with a half-smile.
"You have put so much effort into the anti-Japanese army, and now you are willing to throw away your sleeves and leave?"
"Reluctant to give up..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "Sometimes I can't help it."
"Don't worry."
Li Mu reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty sent me south to be the imperial envoy last year. The intention behind it was just to let you go and do it. Even if I return to Beijing now, Your Majesty is still the same Majesty. He
I won’t send someone to restrain you.”
"but…"
Li Mu hesitated for a moment, looked at Shen Yi, and said, "However, since the palace has sent Du Huai to take care of the accounts, it means that His Majesty still wants to intervene in some military affairs. Zi Heng, you must also make some preparations."
"successor…"
Li Mu lowered his eyebrows slightly and said, "Probably you won't be a hands-off shopkeeper like me."
When Shen Yi heard this, he frowned slightly at first, then lowered his eyebrows and asked, "After the Crown Prince returns to Beijing, will the imperial court establish a capital along the coast?"
This issue is what Shen Yi is most concerned about.
If Li Mu returns to Beijing and the imperial court replaces a person in charge and expands the Anti-Japanese Army into a capital commander, that will be the worst news for Shen Yi.
First, after Li Mu leaves, Shen Yi's current authority will definitely be weakened by the subsequent chief officers. More importantly, once the anti-Japanese army expands, even if Shen Yi can still control the anti-Japanese army, his power will inevitably be reduced due to the expansion of the army.
and be diluted.
At that time, he will not say that he will be the "second-in-command" who is actually in charge in the Anti-Japanese Army as he is now. If the capital is newly established, whether he, the sixth-grade head of the military department, can be ranked among the top five in the new collective will be a success.
question.
If it really turns out to be like this, then it doesn't make much sense to stay as an anti-Japanese army. It would be better to just go back to Jiankang and become a comfortable civil servant, high and luxurious.
Li Mu smiled hoarsely.
"On my trip south, apart from ransacking homes along the way, I did almost nothing else. Instead of asking me this question, Zi Heng, you might as well ask yourself."
Shen Yi nodded silently and did not answer any more words.
After a moment of silence, he asked again: "When will the Crown Prince return to Beijing?"
"It's just a matter of these few days."
Li Mu stretched lazily: "After I returned to Jiankang, I said that my old injury had relapsed. His Majesty thought of my hard work, so he probably wouldn't send me south again."
Having said this, he glanced at Shen Yi, and the look on his face became serious: "I heard that the anti-Japanese warships are about to be launched. Before leaving, I want to take a look..."
At this moment, His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes were filled with some expectation.
Hearing this, Shen Yi reached out and touched his nose.
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about..."
"These warships..."
Master Shen glanced at Li Mu helplessly.
"Nominally speaking, it was built by you, Prince, in Yueqing..."