Early the next morning, before Mr. Shen got up, Jiang Ming, the eldest grandson of Jiang Shangshu's family, arrived at the Shen family to report.
Mr. Shen was sleepy-eyed. As soon as he opened the door, he heard an energetic voice.
"Uncle Shen!"
Master Shen rubbed his eyes, glanced at the burly man in front of him, and sighed helplessly.
He did not correct Young Master Jiang's title again.
It's useless to correct him anyway, he called him, and Shen Yi called himself.
"Have you eaten, Mr. Jiang?"
At this moment, Jiang Ming was wearing a stomach armor that he got from who knows where. He looked very majestic. He cupped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Go back to Uncle Shen, my nephew has eaten it!"
Shen Yi still couldn't help but glance at him and said: "Mr. Jiang, it will take several days for us to go to Huai'an all the way. There is no need to wear armor at this time. If you really want to wear armor, we will wait until you arrive in Huai'an."
Jiang Ming grinned and said: "This nephew knows that he just wanted to ask Uncle Shen, how is this armor on his body? This nephew spent a lot of effort to get it, and it is the most sophisticated armor in Dachen.
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Shen Yi took a look at the well-made armor and stomach he stretched out. After a moment of silence, he reached out and patted Young Master Jiang on the shoulder, and asked: "Master Jiang really wants to go into battle to kill the enemy?"
"That's natural!"
Jiang Ming's eyes widened, he patted his chest and said: "Uncle Shen, my nephew has disliked the Qi people since he was a child! Especially those Qi people's envoys, who often show off their power in Jiankang City, and even some Qi people who come to do business,
They don’t take us Dachen people seriously, and their nostrils are turned upward!”
"My nephew has long wanted to go into battle. He will meet these Qi people for a while!"
He said loudly: "My nephew has been depressed for twenty years. This time when I go to Huai'an, I have to kill a few people from Qi to vent my anger!"
Jiang Ming's situation is not uncommon in Jiankang City.
Because there are some Qi people who really look at people with their nostrils turned to the sky, such as the Northern Qi envoys who came to Jiankang in the seventh year of Hongde, who did not even take the Chen court seriously.
Those Qi people who came to Jiankang to do business sometimes also acted recklessly in Jiankang.
In the early years, Yang Jingzong and Yang Xiang were in charge of the Chen court. From top to bottom, the court advocated abbreviation. Therefore, even if the Qi people caused trouble in Jiankang, caused trouble to the Jiankang government office, and even reported to Zhongshu,
In most cases, the attitude of the Chen court was to calm things down.
I don't want to make things worse and give Qi people an excuse to use force.
To put it bluntly, it just highlights the word coward.
Even if the Qi people hit someone, caused trouble, or even seriously injured the people of Jiankang, the government would still release the Qi people in the end, and generally would not punish them, or the punishment would not be too severe.
And if the people of Da Chen hurt the people of Qi, then the government would strike hard.
After all, Prime Minister Yang at the time wanted "peace between the two countries".
This made many bloody Chen people feel very unhappy. Therefore, after Shen Yi insulted the Northern Qi princess, he became a Jiankang celebrity for a time.
Now, Huai'an has won several great victories, which makes people like Jiang Ming even more excited.
Mr. Shen stretched out and said with a smile: "Well, I will arrange specific errands for you when we get to Huai'an."
After saying this, Shen Yi walked to the front hall of his house. Jiang Sheng and the others had already packed up to salute, but the food was also prepared for Shen Yi. The whole family was waiting for Shen Yi to eat.
After Shen Yi sat down, everyone picked up the kuaizi and started eating.
After taking two bites of rice, Mr. Shen glanced at his brother Shen Heng sitting next to him and asked, "Are you still planning to study in the Hanlin Academy this year?"
Shen Heng was stunned for a moment, then put down his kuaizi and said: "Brother, I have to stay in the Hanlin Academy for three years, but now it is less than two years..."
He was Hongde's top prospect for ten years, and it has been almost a year and a half since he was in Hanlin Academy.
Shen Yi nodded and said, "That's right. You are still young. It's not a bad thing to stay in the Hanlin Academy for one more year. When you have any ideas, just write to me."
Having said this, Mr. Shen paused and continued: "When you have nothing to do, you can visit Uncle Zhao and learn from Uncle Zhao's way of being an official."
Shen Heng nodded quickly and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry about me, nothing will happen to me in Jiankang, but you, eldest brother..."
Shen Heng sighed and said, "If it hadn't been for the wedding this year, I would have asked for permission to go to Huai'an. Even if I was a county magistrate in Huai'an, I would be able to help my elder brother to some extent."
Shen Yi shook his head silently and said slowly: "You can't get involved in the Northern Expedition, it won't work at all."
Mr. Shen patted his brother on the shoulder and put down Kuaizi: "Just be down-to-earth and be your official."
Northern Expedition... Shen Yi was confident in his heart.
But in the final analysis, this matter is not easy, nor can it be accomplished 100% of the time. Once it fails, or something happens in the future, the "Northern Expedition Sect" loses power. With Shen Heng here, at least it can be guaranteed that Shen
The family will not fall into ruin immediately.
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After having dinner with his family, Shen Yi said goodbye to his family, took a carriage, and left Jiankang all the way towards Huai'an in the north.
Along the way, in addition to the eldest grandson of Jiang Shangshu's family, there was also the second son of Zhao Shangshu's family who traveled with Shen Yi.
It is worth mentioning that although Jiang Ming called Shen Yi "Uncle Shen" in a very affectionate manner, he refused to call Zhao Jizhou uncle, which made Zhao Er quite depressed. The two of them had this problem many times along the way.
noisy.
Huai'an is only four hundred miles away from Jiankang. Even if the carriage was very slow, it took eight or nine days to reach Huai'an Prefecture.
To be precise, on the first day of February, Shen Yi and his party arrived back in Huai'an.
In the carriage carriage, Zhao Jizhou, who had a good relationship with Shen Yi, was leaning lazily in the carriage. He stretched out and asked: "Zi Heng, have we arrived in Huai'an? According to the itinerary, today
It’s time to arrive anyway.”
Shen Yi sat opposite Zhao Jizhou, put his hand on the small stove in the carriage to roast it, then lifted the curtain and looked outside the car, and said with a smile: "Looking at the boundary, we have already reached the realm of Huai'an."
"I guess we can enter Huai'an City before sunset today."
Zhao Er heard the words and silently sat up straight for Shen Yi. He also opened the curtain and took a look outside the car. He didn't see Huai'an City, so he pulled his head back and looked at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng, what does Qi's army look like?
Is it vicious or not?”
"When I was a child, I listened to storytelling. It was said in the storytelling that real Zhu Li went to the battlefield. All of them had red hair and blue faces. They would open their mouths and eat people alive at every turn. It was very terrifying."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "At the end of last year, Prince Zhu Lizhen led his troops to attack Huai'an but failed. After returning to the north bank angrily, he reported to the Northern Qi court that they had won a great victory in this battle."
"A few days ago, I received the exact news. In that battle, the Qi people claimed that they killed 5,000 of our troops..."
Having said this, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
In addition to this information, Shen Yi's newspaper secretary Lin Sheng and others who were buried in Huaibei also found out the news that some Han villages were massacred.
Although it is only sporadic news, it is enough.
After all, the two countries are enemies and do not need evidence.
If nothing else, these slaughtered Han people became the military merits of the Northern Qi prince.
Seeing that Shen Yi suddenly stopped talking in the middle of what he was saying, Zhao Jizhou was a little curious and asked, "Why didn't Zi Heng stop talking?"
Shen Yi came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Actually, our defeat of the Qi people in that battle shows that these Qi people can only brag and are nothing special."
The carriage moved slowly along the official road.
While the two people were talking in the carriage, suddenly there was a sound of galloping horses outside.
Mr. Shen sat where he was and did not move.
Zhao Er stretched his head out and looked outside curiously.
At this time, both sides of the official road were filled with officers and soldiers from the capital.
On both sides of the official road, there were about two hundred riders on each side.
The two hundred horsemen came rushing in unison, creating a great scene.
After getting closer, the two strong men headed by the two hundred riders jumped down. Without saying a word, they knelt down in front of the carriage, bowed their heads deeply, cupped their hands and clasped their fists: "Subordinate Ling Su!"
"Subordinate Xue Wei!"
The two big men bowed their heads respectfully and said: "Welcome Mr. Shen!"
As the two strong men shouted, the two hundred horsemen dismounted one after another and half-knelt down in front of Shen Yi's carriage, speaking in unison.
"I will pay my respects to Mr. Shen!"
Four hundred people spoke out at the same time, and the sound was like rushing in. It was very shocking.
Zhao Jizhou was stunned.
The young master of the Ministry of Finance turned around blankly and looked at Shen Yi, who was sitting quietly in the carriage.
Shen Yi patted his shoulder, smiled at him, and motioned for him to sit back.
Then Mr. Shen looked calm and said calmly.
"Just go back to the city."
Outside the carriage, Ling Su and Xue Wei both lowered their heads.