Chapter 682 When will the hanging coffin be buried?
Li Mu's arrival was of some help to Shen Yi.
Because Shen Yi has already done everything about Fujian, he does not necessarily have to stay here anymore. The five guards under the Coastal Capital Division, especially the Qianhu Liu Mingyuan stationed in Fuzhou, are all military personnel. He was born in a household and doesn't speak much.
In other words, in the eyes of civil servants, their status is too low, and local civil servants do not bother to communicate with them.
Even Ling Su, who was born in a thousand hereditary households, was speechless by Du Zhong, the prefect of Fuzhou, let alone these generals who came from the anti-Japanese army.
So here in Fujian, we need someone who can control the situation, so that Shen Yi can escape from Fujian and go to Guangdong to do the rest.
After welcoming Li Mu into Fuzhou City, the prince walked around Fuzhou Street with his hands behind his back, and then said "tsk": "This place in the south is not as prosperous as our Jiangnan. This place is even more prosperous than Jiangdu." Much inferior."
In this era, there is no so-called coastal advantage, so the southeast coast, in comparison, is not as well developed as the inland.
Shen Yi smiled and said: "This place is far from Jiankang. The prince should be more careful about what he says. If the locals hear it, he will be embarrassed by the prince."
"What are you afraid of?"
Li Mu smiled heartily: "Aren't you Shen Ziheng here? Who dares to touch me?"
The two of them joked and walked to Xingyuan. After sitting down in the guest room of Xingyuan, Li Mu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Ziheng asked me to come over. The errands in Fujian have been done." alright?"
"about there."
Shen Yi put down his tea cup and said softly: "Fuzhou's officialdom has been plowed by the people from the Sanfa Division. Now there are vacancies everywhere. As long as Cheng Futai is not stupid, he will soon be able to place his own people in each vacant position. Cheng Futai fully supports the Fuzhou Shipping Department, which is already under construction. As for the Dusi Yamen..."
Shen Yi looked at Li Mu and continued: "I'm afraid it will take some time to complete. During the time that the prince was in Fuzhou, he felt aggrieved and stayed here first."
"I can live anywhere."
After taking two sips of the tea, Li Mu said that the tea was good. Then he looked at Shen Yi and continued: "The people from Sanfa Division only plowed Fuzhou?"
Shen Yi smiled: "They are in Quanzhou Mansion now."
"After cleaning up Quanzhou Prefecture, they should leave Fujian, then wander around other prefectures for a few times, cheat and eat, and then return to Beijing to pay the order."
"Tsk..."
The prince smiled and said: "They are also lazy. If we can catch so many officials in Fuzhou, I am afraid that no place in Fujian is clean."
"If we arrest them all, I'm afraid the officials won't be able to make up for it, and Fujian will be in chaos."
"Bullshit."
Li Mu rolled his eyes slightly and said: "There is a shortage of everything in this world, except for people who want to be officials. I don't know how many people are waiting to fill the vacancies in the Ministry of Personnel. Not to mention the whole province of Fujian, all the people in the imperial court are missing." The vacancies are all filled again, and there are many people who want to be officials."
"to be honest."
Li Mu curled his lips and said: "To put it bluntly, it's all about stability. This has been the case throughout the ages, with the word "stability" at the forefront."
Shen Yi added a cup of tea to Li Mu and said with a smile: "The prince is a member of the clan and a noble man. Don't you want stability?"
"Of course I thought about it too."
Li Mu smiled and said: "If anyone dares to cause trouble in the court, I will be the first to stab him with a knife. However, things will be as they are, and there is no point in using other excuses to cover them up."
"The prince is transparent."
Mr. Shen patted his hands and praised.
"It's all obvious."
Li Mu rolled his eyes at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng, you know better than anyone else that you are going against your will by praising me?"
Mr. Shen smiled and did not answer.
"The court now needs stability."
He said to Li Mu: "Only when we are stable can we slowly develop national strength. Only when we develop national strength can we look north."
The prince shook his head slightly.
"The current Holy Emperor, during the first two years when he took office, he still had some ambitions for the Northern Expedition. However, after Hongde suffered a defeat in seven years, he seems to have lost this idea in the past two years. Looking north?"
"God knows how many more years it will take."
Dogs that bite don't bark.
Although this metaphor is not appropriate to describe the emperor, it is very appropriate to describe the current situation.
The current Emperor Hongde took charge personally in the sixth year of Hongde's reign. In the seventh year of Hongde's reign, he fought with the Northern Qi Dynasty for almost a whole year. The imperial army of 30,000 people was reduced to two out of three.
After that, the emperor appeared to be somewhat quiet.
However, Shen Yi knew in his heart that His Majesty the Emperor, who seemed silent and silent, was thinking about the Northern Expedition almost all the time.
He was so eager to explore the southeast because he was preparing for the future Northern Expedition.
However, Shen Yi could not say this to others, lest others say that he, Shen Ziheng, was speculating on the holy will.
So, he said half-jokingly: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. If Emperor Qi collapses this year, then maybe there will be a fight this year."
Hearing Shen Yi's joke, Li Mu did not laugh. His expression gradually became serious. After being silent for a while, he sighed slightly: "If we fight now, who knows what the outcome will be?"
“Maybe not only will we not be able to restore our ancestral land, but we may also end up with our country and family destroyed.”
Northern Qi is too powerful.
Although the national power of the Northern Qi Dynasty has obviously weakened in recent years, it has brought huge psychological pressure to the three generations of Chen people.
Not to mention whether we can defeat Northern Qi.
Being able to face Northern Qi directly requires courage.
"But there will still be a fight after all."
Li Mu's expression became determined. He took a deep breath and said, "The bones of Emperor Sejong are still hanging in a coffin and have not been buried. We, the descendants, always have to give him an explanation."
Li Mu and the current Emperor Hongde have the same ancestor. They are both grandsons of Emperor Xianzong, and Emperor Sejong is their common great-grandfather.
In fact, it was not only Emperor Sejong who never buried his hanging coffin, but also many northerners who migrated south in that generation built hanging coffins and hung them with ropes in their tombs but never buried them, waiting for the day when people could send them back to their hometown in the north. Rest in peace.
Having said this, Li Mu looked at Shen Yi and suddenly smiled: "Zi Heng, most of our generation can see the outcome of this dispute between the North and the South."
"By the time…"
He lowered his head and took a sip of tea and said, "If Chen Guozuo no longer exists, I would like to ask you to bury my bones near Yandu."
"Although I have never been in the north, I still want to be buried next to my ancestors."
Shen Yi put down the teacup, sighed slightly and said, "I'm afraid the prince will be disappointed."
"Even if Da Chen is defeated, it is impossible for me to serve as an official in the Northern Dynasties."
Although Li Mu didn't say it explicitly, the meaning behind his words was obvious.
After the defeat of Chen State, Shen Yi wanted to be able to bury him in the Northern Dynasty. The only way was to become an official in the Northern Dynasty.
After all, it is impossible for him, an "original shareholder" of Chen Guo, to run away, but "employees" like Chen Yi, like Shen Yi, can change jobs.
Li Mu narrowed his eyes, and then said: "That's all, don't say these depressing words."
He put down the teacup and looked at Shen Yi: "When is Ziheng going south to Guangdong?"
"Almost half May."
Shen Yi replied: "Xue Wei has sent back a lot of good news. It is estimated that by May and a half, the situation in Guangdong will be settled, and I can go over and start arranging the Guangzhou Shipping Department."
"After the Guangzhou Shipping Division is finished..."
Shen Yi smiled at Li Mu and said: "Even if the patrol mission that Your Majesty assigned to the Crown Prince is basically completed, I will return to Jiankang by then, but Crown Prince, you..."
Shen Yi thought for a while, and then said: "Don't say that I still want to stay in Fuzhou and be handsome for three years."
"Three years is three years."
The prince smiled and said: "Anyway, I don't care about anything, it's just a name. I just travel around and no one talks about me."
"In just three years..."
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "In three years, will I be handsome without having to do this?"
He was asking if the navy of the Coastal Capital Division could be put to use in three years' time.
Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "I can't say, but if everything goes well..."
"Within three years, maybe the Coastal Capital Division will be of use..."
When the two were talking about something, Jiang Sheng cautiously came to the door of the living room. He called Young Master from a distance, then lowered his head and said: "Young Master, Jiankang Letter."
Hearing the words "Jiankang Letter", Shen Yi stood up suddenly.
Seeing Shen Yi's reaction, Li Mu was a little surprised and asked: "Imperial decree?"
Shen Yi shook his head and took a deep breath.
"It should be..."
He strode towards Jiang Sheng.
"The results of the Brother's Palace Examination are released..."
