Zhao Changping cannot simply be described as a "hawk" or a "dove".
For example, Shen Yi's father-in-law, Lu Anshi, is a relatively pure hawk, hardliner, or angry youth.
But Zhao Shangshu is not.
For this reason, when Yang Jingzong was in charge of the government, Shen Yi's father-in-law, Lu Anshi, resigned in anger and went home to teach.
However, Zhao Changping survived in the court and survived very well. It can almost be said that he rose to prominence.
If we have to judge the nature of Zhao Shangshu, he should be regarded as a practical man who favors the "Northern Expedition School".
In other words, although he also has the desire for the Northern Expedition in his heart and is willing to see the Northern Expedition, this is just a wish of his. For Zhao Shangshu, he prefers to do the things in front of him well.
For example, the current prime ministers in Zhongshu do not agree with the imperial court to use the Huaihe Navy at this time.
Therefore, Zhao Changping cannot clearly support Shen Yi.
This is why he only sent Zhang Jian to see off Shen Yi.
Outside the city gate, the two senior brothers were walking together. Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and sighed slightly: "Zi Heng, the Zhao family has been entrenched in the Huaihe Navy for many years. Within the Huaihe Navy, the roots have been deep and intertwined. You are here."
Although Fang holds the status of an imperial envoy, he may not be able to investigate them."
"If you can't find anything, don't force yourself against them."
Zhang Jian warned: "It's important to take care of yourself."
"Senior brother, don't worry."
Mr. Shen looked calm and said with a smile: "I have the seal of imperial envoy on my body. Killing me is the same as raising a flag to rebel. I have seen General Zhao, and he can't do such a stupid thing."
"Besides, there are many members of the Zhao family living in Jiankang."
In the past sixty years, the Zhao clan has been passed down to four generations. Because it occupies social resources, there is no need to worry about not being able to feed the children. After four generations, there are almost a hundred direct descendants of the original General Zhao.
Most of the nearly one hundred Zhao family members live in Jiankang.
As for the Zhao family in the Huaihe Navy, there are only about ten or twenty people.
After all, the Chen emperors of the past dynasties were not idiots. While delegating a lot of power to the Zhao family, they naturally had to find ways to restrain them.
"That's what I said..."
Zhang Jian lowered his head slightly and sighed: "But I always feel a little uneasy in my heart."
"Relax."
Mr. Shen was not too panicked. He smiled and said: "At most, I will return without success. If I really return without success, maybe some of the princes in the court will reward me."
"Ziheng, you are optimistic."
Zhang Jian let out a breath and said, "I couldn't sleep all night last night. I always felt that a war was about to break out."
"If this time, because of the chaos in the Huaihe River Navy, and the North Dynasty goes south, there may be some trouble."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "It's not as serious as senior brother thought."
"Your Majesty only asked the Huaihe Navy to be inspected, and did not declare war on Northern Qi."
"We didn't declare war on Northern Qi."
Zhang Jian smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, it's not that I don't know about Qi's envoy Zhu Man. Those Qi people have left Jiankang in anger and gone straight to Yandu. No one knows what Emperor Hu will do.
I won’t be upset or get angry because of this matter.”
In comparison, Zhang Jian is actually considered a "hawk".
But the peaceful days have passed for too long.
The journey of King Sejong to the south back then was already too far away from now.
So much so that even a person like Zhang Jian would feel somewhat nervous after smelling the smell of war.
"Senior brother, relax, it's not as serious as you think."
Mr. Shen lowered his head slightly and said calmly: "Even if something happens, Your Majesty has a way to control it."
Although the emperor is young, he is not suitable for simple-minded leadership.
He had endured the Zhao family for so many years. When the fourth girl of the Zhao family beat Shen Yi, he even held his nose to wipe the Zhao family's butt and promoted Mr. Shen to appease Shen Yi's resentment. This shows that the emperor can endure
of.
You know, after the defeat of the Huaihe Navy in the seventh year of Hongde, when His Majesty the Emperor made an appointment with Zhao Lu, he even gave him a reward with a smile.
But now, the reason why the emperor sent Shen Yi to the Huaihe Navy to investigate the matter shows that he is already confident about the Huaihe Navy.
And it’s a relatively large degree of certainty.
Naturally, Shen Yi could not know all of the emperor's back-up plans, but he knew two of them.
One is the 20,000 troops from the Coastal Capital Division who have already assembled in Songjiang Prefecture.
The other is that in the first half of this year, with the help of Shen Yi, he reorganized the Forbidden Army.
With these two forces in hand, if nothing else, His Majesty the Emperor can at least be sure of stabilizing the situation in the event of a rebellion by the Huaihe Navy.
Because of this, Shen Yi felt free to go north and take a trip through the muddy waters.
Zhang Jian saw Shen Yi off all the way, five or six miles out of the city, and then parted ways with Shen Yi.
After separating from Zhang Jian, Mr. Shen got on his sedan chair.
Yes, this time, Master Shen sat in a sedan chair seriously for the first time.
Because this time, he was seriously traveling as an imperial envoy. He went north with an imperial envoy's ceremonial guard along the way. As an imperial envoy, he inspected the Huaihe Navy on behalf of the emperor.
It's not that Mr. Shen is staged.
It really has to be this way.
Judging from the power of the Zhao family, if they did not do this, but "visited privately incognito", then they might have been killed before they even arrived at the Huaihe Navy Camp.
This imperial guard of honor and the status of the imperial envoy are the best talismans for Shen Yi.
Dachen's Huaihe Navy headquarters is not in a fixed place, but is deployed along the entire Huaihe River. However, the Huaihe Navy's general headquarters has a definite location.
This General Military Mansion is located in Fengyang Fucheng, northwest of Jiankang, on the edge of the Huaihe River.
Fengyang Mansion is not too far from Jiankang, about three hundred miles away.
It's just that because Master Shen used an imperial guard of honor, the march was much slower. It would take more than ten days to reach the 300-mile journey.
It was not until the eighth day that Shen Yi's imperial guard of honor finally arrived in Fengyang Mansion.
As soon as he entered Fengyang Mansion, Shen Yi clearly felt that there were more "eyes" nearby.
He didn't care and continued to walk as far as he could every day.
On the morning of the ninth day, a group of cavalry finally appeared in front of Shen Yi's imperial guard of honor.
A young man at the head of the cavalry team jumped off his horse neatly, stopped in front of Shen Yi's sedan, and saluted Master Shen with a clasped fist and a low voice.
"Zhao Zhuo, a Qianhu of the Huaihe Navy, came to greet the imperial envoy on the orders of General Zhao!"
His voice was so loud that Shen Yi in the sedan could hear it clearly.
Master Shen opened the sedan curtain, first glanced at Zhao Zhuo who was standing not far in front of him, then got out of the sedan and walked not far in front of Zhao Zhuo.
He glanced at Zhao Zhuo with a smile and put his hands in his sleeves: "So we are an old acquaintance. Mr. Zhao, do you still recognize me?"
"I recognize it."
Zhao Zhuo raised his head, neither humble nor arrogant.
"It's Shen Hanlin, who was born in the second class. We met in Jiankang before."
"I'm afraid I've never seen it so simple."
Master Shen asked with a smile: "Has your sister got married?"
Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo's anger flashed across his face, and then he lowered his head slightly: "I'm afraid I don't need to explain Zhao's family affairs to the imperial envoy?"
"Just chatting with an old friend, why does Mr. Zhao have to be so familiar?"
Zhao Zhuo took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, please just take care of business. Your Majesty and I have nothing private to discuss."
"This is what Mr. Zhao said himself."
The smile on Mr. Shen's face disappeared, and he said calmly: "Forget the personal relationship, let's just do business."
Saying that, Shen Yi looked at Zhao Zhuo, then at his subordinates behind him, and said indifferently: "Master Zhao is now a member of the Huaihe Navy?"
Zhao Zhuo nodded silently: "Yes."
Master Shen clasped his hands behind his back and looked at Zhao Zhuo quietly: "Thousands of households of the fifth rank, when they see the imperial envoy, they just clasp their fists and do something?"
Zhao Zhuo suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Yi.
Indeed, his salute to Shen Yi just now was indeed a bit out of order.
You know, Shen Yi represents the emperor now!
Not to mention that he, a Qianhu of the fifth rank, is a general from the first rank, Zhao Lu. When he sees Shen Yi at this time, according to the rules, he should kneel on the ground and kowtow to Shen Yi!
Otherwise, it is a crime of disrespect!
Zhao Zhuo stood there and said nothing for a long time.
Immediately, he gritted his teeth, took a few steps back, and slowly knelt down on one knee.
All of his subordinates also knelt down on one knee and bowed their heads in salute to Shen Yi.
Zhao Zhuo's tone was stiff and cold.
"Zhao Zhuo, the naval commander of the Huaihe River, pays homage to the imperial envoy!"
