In late July of the 11th year of Hongde, the original prefect of Huai'an was transferred to Zhejiang, and the new prefect of Huai'an took office at the same time and arrived in Huai'an Fucheng.
The two old and new prefects met at the prefect's Yamen. The former prefect Ding Cheng was almost smiling, with wrinkles on his face.
Obviously, he was very happy.
Because at this time when a storm is about to come, Huai'an Prefecture will soon face a change of defense. Everyone knows that Huai'an Prefecture may have problems and may have to fight a big war.
Not to mention him, a local parent official in Huai'an.
To be transferred at this time would be a great joy.
Even many officials in the Huai'an Prefecture are speculating in their hearts that the master of the house may have some powerful background to transfer him at this time.
As for the new prefect who was transferred, he was a young man who looked very young.
He looks like he is twenty-six, seventy-eight, or twenty-seven.
So many people murmured in their hearts whether it was the people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs who "demoted" this young prefect to come here.
But in any case, the transfer of power in Huai'an Prefecture was extremely smooth. The new prefect arrived at Huai'an Prefecture in the morning, and in the afternoon he got the official documents and seals of Huai'an Prefecture, and got to know all the officials of Huai'an Prefecture.
The original prefect Ding packed his luggage and left Huai'an Prefecture that day, wishing he could make a thousand miles in a day.
After the new prefect received the seal, he ordered that everything in the Yamen should remain as before, while he himself changed into plain clothes and prepared to go out.
Not far after I walked out, I saw a young man who was equally young, or even younger, waiting at the door of the prefect's Yamen early. I don't know how long he had been waiting.
The prefect was stunned for a moment, then he walked up to the young man with a smile, raised his hands to the young man, and said in a pretentious manner: "Zhang Jian, the prefect of Huai'an, pays homage to the imperial envoy!"
Shen Yi, who was being saluted, looked helplessly at the new Zhang Fuzun, shook his head slightly and said, "Senior brother, why are you here?"
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi with a smile: "Why, I can't come?"
Mr. Shen patted Zhang Jian on the shoulder and sighed slightly: "To be honest, the situation in Huai'an Mansion is not very good. I didn't want to ask you, senior brother, to come over."
"I wrote to His Majesty because I wanted him to send a new prefect over at random. I didn't expect..."
Zhang Jian patted Shen Yi on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Your Majesty showed your letter to the teacher. The teacher came back to the Ministry of Finance and mentioned it to me."
"I came here myself."
Mr. Shen shook his head and sighed: "This Huai'an Mansion is really not a good place to go now. Brother should not come."
"I am in the Ministry of Household Affairs and am a member of the fifth rank."
Zhang Jian said with a smile: "When I arrived at Huai'an Mansion, I suddenly transformed into a fourth-level palace official. I was directly promoted to the third level. How could I not come?"
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely and said, "The food and wine are ready. I'll treat Senior Brother to a drink."
Zhang Yian nodded first, looked at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "Brother, I also read that letter. What is it to reassure the people and improve the saint's virtue..."
"It's quite tragic."
He looked at Shen Yi and asked: "What is the situation now and what do you think?"
Master Shen put his hands behind his back and said, "Let's go, let's eat and chat at the dinner table."
Zhang Jian readily agreed and followed Shen Yi. The two of them found a restaurant to sit down in Huai'an Mansion. After sitting down, Shen Yi poured a glass of wine for Zhang Jian and then showed the photo. What Zhao Lu told him was roughly the same as Zhang Jian's. Said it once.
After almost finishing speaking, Shen Yi offered Zhang Jian a glass of wine and said, "This is the situation. I'm looking for a new magistrate to come over, just so that when the front line is tight, the new magistrate can cooperate with me and temporarily transfer to Huai'an." common people.”
Zhang Jian had a glass of wine with him and frowned: "You mean, the Qi people north of the Huaihe River will attack Huai'an Prefecture with all their strength?"
He looked at Shen Yi.
"Doesn't that mean that the Huai'an defense line is destined to fall?"
Zhang Jian's face became serious and he said: "Zi Heng, this is no small matter. If you conclude that Huai'an will definitely fall, then report it to the imperial court at this time and ask the imperial court to send the imperial army over..."
Shen Yi slowly shook his head.
"If we send the imperial army here at this time, then what's the point of having the coastal commanders come to Huai'an?"
"and…"
Shen Yi looked calm and said: "And the Huai'an defense line may not necessarily be lost."
"Qi people will definitely not attack with all their strength."
Zhang Jian thought for a while and asked: "How to say?"
"Because that Anpinghou did not fall to the Qi people after all."
Anping Marquis Zhao Lu may have had some problems regarding the Northern Expedition, or his political tendencies tended to be conservative, but he definitely did not surrender to Qi.
Because once he surrendered to Qi, the Qi army would have already crossed the Huaihe River and arrived at Jiankang City!
After Shen Yi took a sip of wine, he said: "He has not surrendered to Qi, so he and the Qi people are not a family. Even if there is some communication or some tacit understanding between the Zhao family and the Qi people..."
"Qi people will not believe him completely."
"Although the Qi people will storm the Huai'an defense line, they will never devote all their troops north of the Huai River, because there is still a Huai River Navy along the Huai River. While they attack, they must also allocate troops to defend the Huai River Navy. According to me, Estimate…”
"Half at most."
Shen Yi said: "The Qi people in Huaibei number about 112,000."
"That is to say, at most 50,000 to 60,000 people will come to attack Huai'an." Xing
"And these 50,000 to 60,000 people will not come in the same batch."
Shen Yi raised his head and drank a sip of wine: "So, Huai'an still has a chance to defend it."
"It's just that there are some risks."
He smiled at Zhang Jian and said: "That's why I have to be prepared to relocate the people. If it is really because of my mistakes that corpses are everywhere in Huai'an, then it will really be my sin."
"after all…"
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Back in Liquan Tower, I read the Yan Wen Lu, and I believe my senior brother has also read it."
Yanwenlu is a record of the scene when the Hu people invaded Yandu, recorded by a Yandu man more than sixty years ago.
The words recorded in the book are full of blood.
The princess died naked, the emperor died of anal fissure, the corpses of the common people were buried in pits, and there was no cockcrow for a hundred miles...
During the period when the capital of Yan was occupied, at least more than 100,000 people died or were injured. This book was once banned in the Chen Kingdom and was only circulated among scholars.
Hearing the words Yan Wenlu, Zhang Jian's brows jumped hard.
He also raised his head to drink a glass of wine, looked up at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "Zi Heng, no matter what the situation is in Huai'an, Brother Yu will deal with it side by side with you, and we will live and die together!"
"Senior brother, there is no need to be so tragic."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "It's not necessarily a defeat, it's just a matter of preparation. Besides..." Xing
"Even if we lose, the most we can do is retreat, and we can't even talk about life or death, but I..."
Shen Yi offered Zhang Jian a glass of wine and said, "I still have some confidence."
Mr. Shen looked calm and said: "As long as the Huaihe navy does not turn against us, I am confident that we can defend the river even if we face Qi soldiers several times larger than ourselves."
He looked up at Zhang Jian with some eagerness in his eyes: "Senior brother, the battle in Huai'an will be a turning point."
"This year is the most difficult year."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "After this year, everything will be fine."
"When I have established a firm foothold in Huai'an, the Qi people will not be able to touch me, and the Zhao family will not be able to touch me."
Mr. Shen toasted Zhang Jian and said with a smile: "When the time comes, anyone from the upper and lower levels of Da Chen can propose the Northern Expedition if they want. There is no need to hide it."
Zhang Jian was also quite touched. After drinking a glass of wine, he slowly said: "If someone had said this to me five years ago, no matter who it was, I would have spat in their face, but Ziheng you... "
"In two and a half years, the southeast was pacified!"
"Brother Yu believes what you said."
Zhang Fuzun smiled happily and said: "Since I became an official, my eldest father has always asked me to do this and that. Now I am going to Huai'an to be the prefect."
"I came here myself!"
"Be able to advance and retreat together with Zi Heng."
He looked at Shen Yi, picked up the wine glass, and smiled heartily.