In the past, Zhao Zhuo was the noble son of Jiankang in front of Shen Yi. To Shen Yi, he even felt "unattainable".
At that time, Shen Yi tried not to offend him as much as possible. Even after he was beaten by a servant of the Zhao family, under the mediation of the emperor, he gritted his teeth and endured it.
But now, to be honest, this young general of the Zhao family is no longer in Shen Yi's eyes.
Because Mr. Shen now has some foundations of his own.
Although he is now a fourth- and fifth-grade official, the power in his hands is not small, and his foundation is so deep that he himself can be regarded as a small force.
More importantly, he is now the imperial envoy responsible for inspecting the Huaihe Navy. For Shen Yi now, the only person in the Huaihe Navy who can directly talk to him is Zhao Lu. The Zhao Zhuo in front of him...
Some of them are not enough to watch.
However, Zhao Lu escaped on the pretext that there was war on the front line, and Shen Yi had no way to pursue it. After he touched his chin and thought for a while, he turned back to Zhao Zhuo and said, "Since Mr. Zhao is no longer in Fengyang Mansion, we can only
Please, Major General, take me to the Huaihe Navy Camp in Fengyang Prefecture for an inspection."
Zhao Zhuo showed a smile on his face and said: "This is natural. Wherever the imperial envoy wants to go, the general will take the imperial envoy there."
Shen Yi yawned and said dullly: "Then please ask the Major General to prepare my horse, and we will patrol the camp together."
The Huaihe Navy has dozens of stations and several camps along the Huaihe River, but the largest camp is naturally near Fengyang Mansion.
Fengyang Camp alone has nearly 30,000 Huaihe Navy troops, which is almost 30% of the entire Huaihe Navy force.
Zhao Zhuo quickly brought a horse over to Shen Yi, but before Shen Yi could get on the horse, the major general smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late now, or we can go on patrol together after lunch.
camp?"
Master Shen shook his head and refused, and said, "It's better to go to the camp and have a meal with the soldiers in the camp. By the way, we can see what kind of food the soldiers eat."
He was an imperial envoy, so after he spoke, Zhao Zhuo naturally had no way to refuse.
So, he took Shen Yi on horseback to the Huaihe Navy Camp located outside Fengyang Mansion City.
It is said to be a camp, but it is actually more like a large village. Although there are tents in the camp, there are more wooden houses and even blue brick houses and other buildings.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the camp, Shen Yi saw a long queue at the gate. It was estimated that there were four to five hundred people queuing up.
Master Shen jumped off his mount, glanced at the people queuing up, and asked: "Major General, who are these?"
"They are all in the army."
Zhao Zhuo stood behind Shen Yi and explained with a smile: "In our Huaihe Navy, the military pay is high, and you can have enough to eat after you come in. The young and strong people in Fengyang Mansion are all rushing to join the army and serve the country. Every day there are queues here.
There is a long queue.”
Mr. Shen thought thoughtfully and said with a smile: "It seems that the Huaihe Navy is indeed good. It seems that those people in the court who wrote a letter saying that the Huaihe Navy deducted military pay are false accusations."
"This is a completely false accusation."
Zhao Zhuo said solemnly: "Since my great-grandfather inherited the family, the three generations of Anping Marquis have been known to love soldiers as much as their sons. How could we treat our brothers so badly?"
After hearing his words, Mr. Shen took another look at the people in line, with a weak smile on his face and said nothing.
In his heart, he continued to sneer.
Almost all of the hundreds of people lining up to join the army were neatly dressed and had shoes on!
Just when Shen is a fool!
In this era, most people who take the initiative to join the army go to the army to find a way out because their family conditions are not good.
If it is a local army, there may be some people from ordinary families who sign up to join the army. An army like the Huaihe Navy is a frontier army and has to fight the Hu people in the north!
Not to mention how many people were killed and injured by the Huaihe Navy in the great battle in the seventh year of Hong De's reign?
Under such circumstances, only those who cannot survive will join the army and earn a living.
It is simply impossible for hundreds of people to line up in neat clothes like this.
This place is not far from Jiankang. If your family is really well off, even if you join the army, you will join the Imperial Army instead of joining the Huaihe Navy!
However, Shen Yi did not expose Zhao Zhuo, but just followed the major general into the Huaihe Navy Camp.
The camp is quite normal. If you glance around, you can see that there are quite a few people training on the school field, and they are training very hard.
After walking around in a circle and experiencing the lunch in the military camp, there was nothing left to see. Mr. Shen quickly put down his bowl, glanced at the "military meal" specially made for him in front of him, raised his head and smiled at Zhao Zhuo
He smiled and said: "Major General, I want the soldiers in the camp to gather on the school grounds and say a few greetings to them on behalf of the imperial court."
Zhao Zhuo was very proud of Shen Yi, the imperial envoy. He immediately put down the rice bowl in his hand, patted his chest and said, "Of course there is no problem with this. After the meal is over, the general will gather the brothers."
At this time, the major general had barely eaten a bite.
Because the food in the military camp, even though it was a "special supply" and much better than the soldiers below, was still not to the taste of the major general and was difficult to swallow.
Zhao Zhuo was very efficient in his work. After eating, within an hour, he gathered all the soldiers in the camp together and stood in front of Shen Yi.
There are more than 10,000 people.
These are the current forces in this camp, but they are not all the forces.
There are still half of the people who are going to patrol along the Huaihe River or perform other tasks and are not in the camp.
Seeing more than 10,000 people gathered together, Mr. Shen smiled at Zhao Zhuo and said, "Young General, I want to say a few words to these soldiers. Could you please help me find dozens of messengers to deliver the message?"
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One person can speak to thousands of people. In this era without equipment, many people with loud voices are needed to convey the message.
Zhao Zhuo was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Of course there is no problem with this."
Soon, the messengers were gathered, lined up in a row, and stood in front of Shen Yi.
Master Shen walked to the front of everyone in an honest and polite manner, and dozens of messengers were also lined up in the queue at a certain distance.
Originally, no matter who he was, he would have some stage fright when standing in front of more than 10,000 people, but Shen Yi has tempered his state of mind quite strongly in the past few years. He stood in front of everyone and just coughed lightly, and then
He glanced at these people and said with a smile: "Everyone, I am an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to inspect the Huaihe River Navy."
This sentence was quickly passed down by the messenger.
As soon as the message was passed down, Zhao Zhuo, who was standing near Shen Yi, started to act mischievously. The major general shouted: "Why don't you kneel down and kowtow to the imperial envoy? You don't want your life!"
As a result, more than 10,000 people knelt down in unison.
Mr. Shen frowned, glanced at Zhao Zhuo, and said calmly: "Zhao Qianhu, when I am talking, you'd better not speak."
Zhao Zhuo smiled awkwardly, lowered his head slightly and said, "The Imperial Envoy has misunderstood. These brothers in our army do not understand etiquette. I am afraid that they will offend the Imperial Envoy."
Shen Yi glanced at him and ignored him, but continued: "Everyone, stand up and speak."
As the messenger passed the message, everyone stood up hesitantly.
With a smile on his face, Mr. Shen said with a smile: "This time, in addition to inspecting the Huaihe Navy, I will also reward the Huaihe Navy on behalf of Your Majesty."
"Relying on the sacrifice of our army officers and soldiers, since the seventh year of Hong De, our northern territory of Dachen has been basically stable, and the barbarians have not dared to invade the territory."
"Your Majesty knows that this is the result of the brave fighting of the soldiers."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused for a moment and waited for the messenger to finish conveying his words before he continued: "Therefore, Your Majesty sent me down to reward all the soldiers."
"After three days, I will personally set up an account at the gate of the camp and distribute the money. Each soldier can receive..."
Mr. Shen paused for a moment, and after the messenger finished delivering his message, he loudly said: "Eight taels of silver now!"
The messenger was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around to send the message.
"Eight taels of silver!"
"Eight taels of silver!"
These four words exploded among the soldiers.
Then, the quiet school grounds immediately became lively, and these soldiers began to discuss heatedly.
Zhao Zhuo was stunned at first, and then his face became a little unsightly. He walked up to Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, the imperial court is going to reward the army. Why didn't you inform us in advance?"
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and glanced at him.
"Does the court need to be informed of this in advance?"
Zhao Zhuo took a deep breath, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, I have a large number of people in the Huaihe Navy. You can distribute the money one by one. I don't know when it will be distributed. Why don't you just send the money over directly, and we will wait for you from the end to the next level?"
It will be issued in stages and it will be completed in just one or two days."
Hearing his words, Mr. Shen snorted and shouted: "Zhao Zhuo, you are so brave!"
"Give you the money, it's His Majesty's reward for the army, and you'll be rewarded for it!"
"Since I am giving rewards to the troops on Your Majesty's behalf, of course I will personally distribute the money to all the soldiers. No one can overstep my authority!"
Zhao Zhuo was spitted on by Shen Yi, and he suppressed his anger and did not dare to speak.
Mr. Shen said calmly: "That's how it's settled."
"Three days later, I will personally come to preside over the distribution of money."
