Being able to become the first constitution of a province and the official of a feudal territory is no simple figure. Whether it is resources and connections, the means of the city, or the vision and knowledge, he is an absolute leader among people.
Especially for someone who can firmly hold this position, that is even more remarkable.
The governor surnamed Sun in front of us is a good example.
Within half an hour of meeting Shen Yi, he had already tested Shen Yi several times, both covertly and overtly, and for the last time, he threatened Shen Yi intentionally or unintentionally to test Shen Yi's reaction.
However, Shen Yi has been an official for several years, and he has been in contact with big officials such as Zhao Changping and Zhang Jing. Therefore, he does not have stage fright when facing Sun Zhongcheng. It can be said that he knows how to deal with every move.
Hearing Shen Yi's reply, Governor Sun's eyes were slightly strange. He smiled at Shen Yi: "It seems that Bachelor Shen has a deep foundation in the imperial court."
"Juniors don't have any foundation."
Shen Yi offered Governor Sun a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Although our family can barely be called a noble family, except for the uncle who is the magistrate, there is only my great-grandfather at the top, and my great-grandfather was the most important person in the court. Official, in the end I only became a Yuanwailang."
Sun Futai held up his palms with emotion and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Bachelor Shen is now a doctor in the Ministry of War. In terms of achievements, he has surpassed his ancestors."
He picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Because of this, I have to pay a toast to the bachelor."
"It was just a fluke."
Shen Yi clinked a glass of wine with him, then lowered his eyebrows and said: "I am young, and it has been a coincidence step by step in the past two years that I have reached my current position. I have never been an official before and don't understand anything. Now I can say that I am trembling with fear." ."
He drank the glass of wine and laughed at himself: "Maybe if you do something wrong or violate a taboo, your official position will be gone."
At this time, the two foxes, one old and the other young, had a tacit understanding not to mention the matter of participating in the concert.
Because Shen Yi has already hinted that he is not afraid of the imperial censor participating in the performance.
In this case, there is no point in discussing this matter anymore.
However, it is difficult to say whether Sun Fu will personally write a letter to impeach Shen Yi.
After drinking the glass of wine, Sun Futai lowered his head and thought about it, then smiled at Shen Yi and said: "Although Bachelor Shen's family background can only be said to be ordinary, he has a good teaching background. The reputation of Ganquan Academy in Jiangdu Prefecture is even as far away as Fujian. I have also heard of the famous name for a long time."
"Classmates may not necessarily be in the same boat."
Shen Yi responded with a smile: "In the final analysis, you still have to rely on yourself. Compared with Zhongcheng who has been operating in the officialdom for many years, the juniors are still far behind."
After hearing this, Sun Fu lowered his head and took a sip of wine, looking a little strange.
Talking to the little imperial envoy of the imperial court in front of him gave him an illusion.
It seems that he is not talking to a young man in his twenties, but to his peers!
Four words.
Watertight!
Since there is no flaw to be found, there is no point in further testing.
Sun Futai put down the wine glass in his hand, looked up at Shen Yi, then became serious and said: "Senior Scholar Shen, although we are very different in age, we had a good conversation today, so I won't talk to you about these official matters. Yes, I want to know..."
"Is the anti-Japanese army's actions in Fuzhou today the intention of the imperial court, or is it your own intention, Master Shen?"
He paused and continued to ask: "What do the anti-Japanese soldiers want to do by acting like this?"
He smoothed the beard under his chin and said: "Anyway, I am the first constitution of Fujian. I should know about what Master Shen is doing in Fujian."
"If Master Shen does things with good reason, then the governor's Yamen will spare no effort to cooperate."
Shen Yi was already prepared for Old Man Sun's question.
He took out two letters from his sleeves, which were letters written by the Feng and Tan families to the Japanese pirates.
"Zhongcheng, this is the correspondence between these two families and the Japanese pirates. According to what is written in the letter, it lasts until the seventh year of Hongde or even the eighth year of Hongde. These two families have always been in contact with the Japanese pirates..."
"And these connections have begun at least since the late emperor's dynasty."
Mr. Shen had no expression on his face and said calmly: "Last month, two thousand-household battalions of our anti-Japanese army entered Fujian to suppress Japanese invaders. As soon as they entered Fujian, they were ambushed in Funing Prefecture, Fujian, with a lot of casualties."
"How exactly did these Japanese pirates know the route of the anti-Japanese army?"
"How could a mob like them assemble an army of nearly 3,000 men and encircle two thousand-household camps to fight against the Japanese army?"
At this time, the smile on Master Shen's face had completely disappeared.
He looked at Sun Fu quietly and asked slowly: "Now that it has been found out that more than one family or two of these noble families in Fuzhou City are related to the Japanese pirates, what about the ambush of our anti-Japanese army in Funing Prefecture? Do you have any relationship with these families?"
“How many people in Fujian Province are still exposed to the Japanese?!”
Xue Wei and others were ambushed in Funing Prefecture. On the one hand, he was negligent and was introduced into the encirclement by a "local".
What's more important is that these Japanese pirates were able to bypass the intelligence system of the Di News Department and quietly lurk in Funing Prefecture to fight against the Japanese army and launch a siege.
Although in the end, due to the disparity in combat power, Xue Wei was able to repel these Japanese pirates after paying a certain price, there is definitely something wrong with this.
There must be someone in Fujian who is unclean and exchanged information with the Japanese pirates.
Shen Yi has always been worried about this issue.
He also kept in mind the losses suffered by the anti-Japanese troops in Funing Prefecture and was very angry.
Therefore, the questions he asked were each more pointed than the last.
In the end, even Governor Sun's face didn't look good. He took a deep breath and then spit it out.
"This matter is indeed due to my negligence. I will immediately send someone to Funing Prefecture to investigate the matter in detail, and I will definitely give an explanation to Academician Shen."
Shen Yi was expressionless: "The problems in Funing Prefecture naturally need to be investigated, but the problems in Fuzhou city must also be investigated, otherwise the Japanese plague in Fujian may happen again in a few years."
He looked at Sun Futai quietly and said, "Zhongcheng, what do you think?"
Faced with this almost irrefutable evidence, even if Sun Fu wanted to save these two families, it was completely impossible to do so.
This veteran in officialdom gave up on these two families at the first opportunity.
"Scholar Shen is right."
Sun Futai said with a gloomy face: "Fujian will never tolerate such a black sheep who is a traitor to Japan."
He looked at Shen Yi and asked: "Senior Scholar Shen, I will immediately write to the Fuzhou Prefectural Government and ask the Fuzhou Prefectural Government to go to these two houses to pick up the people and put them in prison for trial. I will try my best to find out the matter and give it to Academician Shen. At the same time, we also give an explanation to the anti-Japanese army!"
Master Shen smiled: "The evidence is solid, what else is there to investigate?"
Sun Futai frowned slightly: "What does Bachelor Shen mean?"
"First the house will be ransacked, and then handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for questioning."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "In Fuzhou City, it is not only these two families who are involved in Japanese affairs. The other noble clans and juniors are also prepared to conduct a thorough investigation and clean up the fish that slipped through the net left by the Crown Prince of Jin last year."
Sun Futai frowned slightly and said: "Senior Scholar Shen, if the matter is too big, I am afraid that everyone in Fuzhou's gentry will be in danger, and it will affect the people's livelihood in Fuzhou..."
"Zhongcheng's intention seems to be that he doesn't want me to continue investigating."
Mr. Shen blinked: "How about reporting it to the imperial court? Let the imperial court send people from the Sanfa Department down to investigate Fuzhou carefully and seriously?"
Shen Yi smiled: "They are more professional and want to investigate the case without affecting the people or affecting innocent people."
Even the governor of Fujian couldn't help but tremble when he heard the words "Sanfa Si".
He forced a smile: "It seems... there is no need to alarm the court with too much fanfare."
Seeing that the governor was stuttering when he spoke, Mr. Shen smiled slightly, walked to the door of the room, opened the door, and called an accompanying guard over.
The guard's surname was Dong Mingchuan. He was twenty-four years old and was a member of the anti-Japanese army. Because of his good skills, he was selected as Shen Yi's personal guard.
"Dong Chuan."
Guard Dong immediately stepped forward, bowed his head to Shen Yi respectfully, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty's orders!"
"You will go to General Ling for me and tell him..."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a calm tone: "Tell him that he can go to Feng Tan's family to pick up the people. After taking the people, they will all be detained and wait to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice. As for the family property of the two families..."
"Sealed on site, awaiting disposal."
Dong Chuan immediately bowed his head in agreement, then turned around and strode away to give orders to Ling Su.
The conversation between Shen Yi and Dong Chuan was not quiet.
It can be said that the arrangements were made in front of Sun Futai.
After saying these things, Shen Yi looked back at Sun Futai and asked with a smile: "What do you think Zhong Cheng thinks of this arrangement?"
Sun Fu was silent for a moment and then answered slowly: "Senior Scholar Shen is an imperial envoy of the imperial court. Whenever there is a matter involving Japanese pirates, Scholar Shen will make the final decision."
"Since Zhong Cheng has no objections, I'm relieved."
Shen Yi said with a smile: "In the next few days, I will conduct a detailed investigation of other noble families in Fuzhou. Zhongcheng can inform Fuzhou officials to try not to associate with these noble families. Those who have had relationships in the past must also clear up the relationship as soon as possible."
"otherwise…"
Mr. Shen has kind eyebrows and kind eyes.
"It wouldn't be good if my colleagues in Fujian were accidentally affected while investigating the case."