It is not an easy thing to fool these old guys in the court. Sorry
Even the top temptation of being immortalized in history did not make Jiang Jian lose his mind. The old man stroked the beard on his chin, glanced at Shen Yi, and said, "That's as long as you don't cause any problems."
"If you, 20,000 people, are plotted against others, you will suffer a big loss."
Jiang Shangshu sighed faintly: "The little wealth that the Ministry of War saved with great difficulty is completely gone. By then, not only will we be angry from above, but we may also be angry from below."
Shen Yi looked calm and said: "Tangzun, you are Dajiu Qing. You know the ways of the imperial court better than I do. You should know better than anyone else how the coastal capital came to be. This time, the coastal capital is guarding the Huaihe River. Whose idea was it?"
If you can't draw the cake, you can only pretend to be a tiger.
Shen Yi whispered: "Coastal Capital will not lose, and His Majesty will not allow it..."
"Okay." Sad
Jiang Shangshu frowned and said, "Don't continue talking."
"You are too young Zi Heng."
Jiang Jian patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and said, "I'm too impatient."
"There are some things you know in your heart that you can do, but you can't say them out loud, let alone say them to others."
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly: "Thank you for your concern, sir, but this matter..."
"It's already related to the official's future."
"So at this time, I have to be in a hurry, and I can't take care of so much. There are some things that should be said to the lower officials." Sad.
Shen Yi took two steps back, lowered his head slightly and said, "Please give me your help, sir!"
Jiang Jian sighed quietly, shook his head and said, "That's all. I will consider Zi Heng's words carefully for two days before I give you an answer, but I can agree to it now."
"At least five hundred war horses, six thousand sets of armor, and fifteen hundred crossbows."
Shen Yi took a deep breath, bowed his head deeply and said thank you: "Thank you so much, sir."
"This trip has been successful. I will definitely come back to thank you for your great kindness."
Jiang Jian stepped forward with a smile, helped him up, and said, "You're welcome, you and I are colleagues in the same yamen. In the future..."
"Maybe we have to take care of each other."
After staying at the Ministry of War for an hour, Shen Yi left the yamen of the Ministry of War. It was almost noon. After some hesitation, Shen Yi went to the Ministry of Household Affairs again.
He was wearing a crimson official uniform that symbolized the fourth rank. Naturally, no petty official dared to stop him. After revealing his identity, Zhang Jian, who worked as a member of the household department, quickly ran out and met him.
Seeing Shen Yi's serious face, Zhang Jian stopped joking. After coughing, he asked, "Are you here to see the teacher?"
Shen Yi nodded slightly and said, "Yes, please lead the way, senior brother."
Zhang Jian nodded and led Shen Yi all the way to the door of Zhao Shangshu's public room. After knocking on the door, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Teacher, Zi Heng is here."
Zhao Changping's slightly calm voice came from inside: "Come in."
After seeing Zhao Changping, Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, raised his hands and saluted: "Uncle."
Zhao Changping put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, and said: "Don't worry, the Ministry of Revenue will give priority to supplying money, food, luggage, medicinal materials, and clothing to the coastal counties on this trip."
He looked at Shen Yi and said, "I guarantee you that you won't be hungry or cold."
Shen Yi did not answer, but bowed silently and said, "Thank you, uncle."
Zhao Changping sighed, looked at Shen Yi, and said, "It seems that Zi Heng wants to give it a try."
Mr. Shen stood up and said with a helpless smile: "Uncle, now that things have come to this, my nephew has no choice but to stop fighting."
"First we must protect the Huaihe River."
He slowly said: "After we gain a firm foothold by the Huaihe River, maybe we can do more things!"
Zhao Changping was silent for a while, shook his head sadly, and sighed.
"It's great to be young."
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After leaving the Ministry of Revenue, Shen Yi went to the palace again and met Eunuch Gao.
From Eunuch Gao, I got a note to go to the inner court to pick up gunpowder.
A total of one hundred thousand kilograms of gunpowder.
This amount, even for the Gunpowder Department, is not a small number. Fortunately, Mr. Shen has a very "iron" relationship with the emperor. More importantly, Gao Ming knows this, so he got this gunpowder note. , not particularly difficult. Sorry
On this day, Shen Yi went to three yamen in a row.
In the afternoon, he finally had some free time, returned home to catch up on his sleep, and slept soundly all afternoon.
The next day, he had nothing to do, mainly waiting for further arrangements from the court. He stayed at home with his wife and children in the morning, and went out to have a meal with Zhang Jian in the evening.
In the evening, when Shen Yi returned home in a carriage, he saw Jiang Sheng waiting for him at the door of Shen's house. He jumped out of the carriage thoughtfully and asked, "Is there someone at home?"
Jiang Sheng lowered his head slightly and said, "Sir, General Ling and General Xue have arrived and are waiting for you in the living room."
After a pause, he added: "Master Ninth is talking to them."
Shen Yi nodded, indicating that he understood.
Several days had passed since he sent the message to these two people. Even though Songjiang Mansion was six hundred miles away from Jiankang, counting the days, the two of them should have arrived by now.
After yawning and spitting out the breath of alcohol, Shen Yi walked to his living room with his hands behind his back.
In the living room, Shen Jiulang and Shen Heng were sitting on the main seat, smiling and chatting with Ling Su and Xue Wei.
Because he was the new flower explorer, both Ling Su and Xue Wei were a little reserved. They just smiled and answered Shen Heng's questions. Some of them didn't know how to answer, so they lowered their heads and didn't speak.
Seeing Shen Yi walking in, Ling Su and Xue Wei felt as if they had been granted amnesty. They quickly stood up, bowed to Shen Yi, clasped their fists, lowered their heads and said, "I have met Mr. Shen!"
Shen Heng also stood up, smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Eldest brother is back. The two generals seem to be not good at talking. It would be hard for me to talk to them."
Shen Yi patted his shoulder and smiled hoarsely: "Okay, you go and have a rest."
Shen Heng nodded, cupped his hands in front of the two generals, and said, "Two generals, Shen will take his leave first. You can chat slowly."
Ling Su hurriedly clasped his fists in return: "Little Mr. Shen, don't pass."
Xue Wei opened his mouth but said nothing.
After Shen Heng left, the atmosphere in the living room immediately became much more harmonious. Shen Yi sat in the seat where Shen Heng had just been and waved his hand for the two of them to sit down.
After the two of them sat down, Mr. Shen pushed the teacup aside on the table, poured himself a cup of tea with a new teacup, took a sip and asked, "Have you been to the palace?"
The two people looked at each other and shook their heads.
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said, "Because it was from Jiankang that I received a letter from Duke Shen, so I didn't go to the palace to meet the saint. As soon as I entered Jiankang City, I came to Duke Shen's house."
Shen Yi put down his tea cup, nodded, and said, "Remember to go to the palace tomorrow and ask to see His Majesty. It doesn't matter whether His Majesty sees you or not."
Having said this, he paused and added: "Your Majesty should be meeting you."
The two of them bowed their heads and said yes.
Shen Yi thought for a while and asked again: "Do you know why we are in such a hurry and ask you to come to Jiankang?"
The two of them shook their heads.
"have no idea."
"That's because you came two days early."
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes and said, "You guys came here two days later. The documents and imperial edicts from the imperial court should have just been sent to Songjiang Guard and delivered to you."
The two people looked at each other and swallowed in unison. Xue Wei looked at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, is it..."
"Did something happen to the two of us?"
"Or is there someone in the court who is impeaching us?"
Ling Su also looked at Shen Yi.
Obviously, he had the same idea.
Mr. Shen shook his head and said lightly: "None of them."
He took a deep breath and said, "Some time ago, Northern Qi sent an envoy named Zhu Man."
"This man's bad words and deeds have offended me."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty was very unhappy, so he punished him."
"Now, after this man returned, there have been frequent changes in the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Qi army on the north bank of the Huaihe River has increased by tens of thousands."
"The conflict is almost imminent."
"The Huaihe Navy...is beyond its capabilities."
After Master Shen said this, he took another sip of tea. He looked at the two people in front of him and said slowly: "The imperial court is planning to send 20,000 coastal troops training in Songjiang to guard a section of the Huaihe River to resist the Qi army." sad
"You two."
Shen Yi glanced at their expressions and asked slowly: "Do you have any opinions?"
At this time, the two people had different expressions.