After returning to Huai'an, Mr. Shen relaxed a lot. [.\nCOM Situ's updated chapters are the most complete and comprehensive, and the error-free content is repaired in the most timely manner. Due to caching reasons, browser access is recommended.\nCOM official website]
It's not that his life in Jiankang's family was unhappy, it's just that in Jiankang City, there were always several prime ministers and an emperor who suppressed him, and no matter what he did, he had to consider the reactions from all sides.
But it's different in Huai'an. Here he has the final say, so he can speak and do things relatively freely.
Of course, it can't be completely arbitrary.
It’s just that you don’t have to weigh every word carefully.
After explaining the affairs of these generals, at noon, the seven of them sat together to have a meal and drink.
Mr. Shen was the leader, so no one tried to force him to drink. The other six people all drank a lot. Among the six, Zhang Meng had the worst drinking ability. He only drank four or five ounces of wine before lying at the door and vomiting, which annoyed everyone.
A burst of laughter.
The reason why they laughed at him was because this General Zhang's son was tall and burly, but he drank as much as a child.
After the drinking session, Mr. Shen went back to his room to rest. As soon as he returned to his room, before he lay down, he heard someone knocking on the door outside.
"Mr. Shen."
It was Su Ding's voice.
Shen Yi rubbed his temples and said, "Come in."
Su Ding opened the door carefully and walked in. His face was a little red because of drinking. After seeing Shen Yi, he lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry to disturb Mr. Shen's rest. I have something to ask. I'll leave immediately after asking."
Shen Yi looked up at him and exhaled a breath of alcohol.
"you say."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said: "Mr. Shen just said that you can recruit troops in Huai'an or in Zhejiang. The subordinate is from Mingzhou Prefecture..."
After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and lowered his head and said: "I grew up in Mingzhou Prefecture since I was a child. I know many fellow villagers who are also military households. I would like to..."
"Can we recruit troops from Mingzhou?"
Mr. Shen raised his head and looked at Su Ding, then smiled hoarsely: "As I said just now, as long as we don't recruit troops from Taizhou and Wenzhou, there will be no problem in the southeastern provinces. If General Su wants to recruit troops from his hometown, there will be no problem.
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Having said this, Mr. Shen glanced at Su Ding with a half-smile but asked, "What? Do you think you are weak in the Huai'an army?"
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and smiled bitterly: "Originally, when Shangguan asked, the general should deny it, but when Duke Shen asked, the general did not dare not to tell the truth."
He took a breath and said in a helpless tone: "It is indeed difficult for the last general to lead the troops. Fortunately, General Xue has given his full support..."
Master Shen glanced at him with a calm expression: "Tell me the names of those who dissatisfy you, and I will handle it for you."
Su Ding's face changed slightly, and he shook his head repeatedly: "Mr. Shen, this subordinate is not here to complain. If you handle this matter, I will never be able to lead troops on the Eastern Front."
Su Ding was on the Eastern Front. After all, his foundation was shallow. He became a monk halfway and was promoted by Shen Yi along the way.
However, for this kind of thing, he can only rely on his own ability to gradually convince the generals on the Eastern Front. If Shen Yi can suppress it, it will have a temporary effect, but it may secretly make the generals on the Eastern Front look down upon him even more. .
Mr. Shen nodded and said, "Okay, I won't care about the Eastern Front for now, but there is one thing that you and I need to agree on in advance."
Shen Yi said solemnly: "On weekdays, I can tolerate their little tempers, but when it comes to war, no matter who it is, even Xue Wei, they must obey the general's orders, otherwise they will be killed without mercy."
Su Ding quickly lowered his head and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, our brothers on the Eastern Front will never be ambiguous when fighting."
Having said this, he paused, hesitated, then lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, General Xue was outside just now and asked his subordinates to ask you..."
Seeing his appearance, Shen Yi felt a little funny. He looked at Su Ding and asked, "Xue Da asked you to ask me when we will fight with the Qi people, right?"
Su Ding lowered his head and said, "It is better that Mr. Shen understands General Xue."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"Go and tell him that after spring begins, his battle will naturally begin."
Su Ding breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and said, "In this case, I will resign. Mr. Shen, please have a good rest."
After that, he carefully exited Shen Yi's room, turned around and left.
After he left, Shen Yi yawned.
Being tired from the journey and drinking, he felt sleepy. He quickly lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, it was almost evening.
After Mr. Shen got up from the bed, he asked Jiang Sheng to boil a bucket of hot water. After washing off the fatigue of traveling and traveling, he put on a pair of clean clothes and called Jiang Sheng to go out.
When the imperial envoy went out of the office, he turned left. The prefect's Yamen was not far away. Therefore, Shen Yi did not take a car and only walked. It didn't take long to reach the gate of the prefect's Yamen. He walked in without announcing anything. Soon he arrived at the prefect's Yamen. backyard.
As soon as he entered the backyard, Mr. Shen smelled a not very strong smell of sheep mutton. He looked around in the backyard and found a lamb in a corner.
Master Shen approached and looked at the lamb curiously. Just as he was looking at the lamb, Zhang Fuzun's voice came from behind him.
"Last year, Ziheng, you wanted to sacrifice your teeth to the Huai'an army, so my government office temporarily put some sheep and pigs there."
Shen Yi turned around and saw Zhang Fuzun saying quietly: "It happened that two sheep had given birth, and my treacherous son saw them. They had to raise them to death, and his mother spoiled him, so she forcibly vacated my garden. I gave him a dime to raise sheep."
Master Shen put his hands on his hands and smiled: "My eldest nephew is quite compassionate."
"At his age, he wants to kick the dog on the roadside to death when he walks on the road. How can he have any compassion?"
Zhang Jian's eldest son, Zhang Lian, was eight or nine years old last year. After the Chinese New Year this year, he will be almost ten years old.
This age is indeed the most naughty time.
Zhang Fuzun said angrily: "He just looks at the novelty. He goes outside to pull weeds and comes back every day to feed this sheep. I am more interested in his father than I am."
When Mr. Shen heard this, he burst out laughing: "Senior brother, there is quite a lot of resentment in these words."
Zhang Jian shook his head slightly and sighed: "I have to do it again."
Under the leadership of Zhang Jian, the two senior brothers came to the living room of the back house and sat down. After Master Shen sat down, he smiled at Zhang Jian and said: "Brother, go and call my nephew over. I will go to Jiankang and give it to him." I brought a novelty here."
Zhang Jian refused verbally at first, and then asked someone to call Zhang Lian over. Although this kid was naughty, he had a good tutor. When he came in, he kowtowed to his father Zhang Jian first, and then kowtowed to Shen Yi, calling him uncle.
Master Shen smiled and took out a binocular telescope from his sleeve, handed it to the baby, and said with a smile: "This is a novelty from Jiankang. If you put it in your eyes, you can see thousands of feet away. My uncle brought it here specially." For you to play with."
Seeing this thing, Zhang Jian's face immediately changed slightly, and he whispered: "Zi Heng, isn't this an important weapon in the army? How can I give him a child to play with? I absolutely cannot use it."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"The year before last, we could have said it was an important weapon in the military, because no one has it but I have it."
Mr. Shen said helplessly: "But it won't happen this year. There are too many losses. I'm afraid the senior generals in the Qi Army already have a telescope."
Speaking of this, Shen Yi pointed to the telescope in Zhang Lian's hand and said with a smile: "The novelty of this thing is that it is binocular. It is a new thing made recently by Jiankang Liulichang. Before it, even if They are telescopes used in the military, and they are only single-lensed."
Zhang Jian was thoughtful and asked, "Is this thing going to be sold?"
"It is estimated that it will be sold in the first half of this year."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "There is no way, the landlord's family is also short of money."
Zhang Jian was relieved and said to Zhang Lian, "Why don't you thank your uncle?"
Zhang Lian was very happy when he got this novelty. He knelt down with a plop, kowtowed to Shen Yi, turned around and ran away.
Zhang Jian chased him out and warned, "Don't break it!"
After admonishing the child, he looked back at Shen Yi and asked, "When did Ziheng come back? This morning?"
Shen Yi nodded and said: "I arrived outside the city in the morning, but I knew that my senior brother was probably busy with political affairs, so I didn't come to the government office to disturb my senior brother."
Zhang Jian burst into laughter: "According to the rules, when Zi Heng comes back, you have to take Huai'an officials out of the city to greet you. How can you disturb me?"
Before Shen Yi returned to Huai'an, if he had written a document for the Huai'an magistrate's office, then the prefect's office would have really had to bring officials, big and small, out of the city to meet Shen Yi.
But since Shen Yi didn't say anything in advance, it doesn't matter.
The two senior brothers chatted for a while, and Shen Yi told Zhang Jian about Yuan Tan.
After finishing speaking, Shen Yi said with a smile: "Generally, only when the imperial court sends governors abroad will they hold the title of deputy censor. This Yuan Fuxian has a very high level."
"When he arrives in Huai'an, he will probably overpower his senior brother."
Zhang Jian snorted, a little dismissive, but he still looked at Shen Yi and asked: "Zi Heng, didn't His Majesty trust you very much before? Why did he suddenly send a supervisor over?"
"There are too many people."
Mr. Shen was very free and easy: "It's probably not that His Majesty wants to send a supervisory army, but that the imperial court needs such a supervisory army."
Zhang Jian was thoughtful, then nodded silently.
"Brother, I have never heard of this Yuan Fuxian before. Does Ziheng know where he comes from?"
"Checked some."
Mr. Shen took a sip of tea and said calmly: "He is also a second-ranked Jinshi. A few years ago, he was only the fifth-rank Dali Temple prime minister. In a few years, he changed his status and became the deputy constitution of the imperial court."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen sighed with emotion: "It's really a meteoric rise."
Zhang Jian glanced at Shen Yi and said helplessly: "When it comes to rising through the ranks, who can be better than you?"
But then, he frowned slightly and said: "Zi Heng, you should pay more attention to this supervisor. It is probably not a fuel-saving lamp. Don't bring any trouble to the Huai'an army."
"Senior brother, don't worry."
Mr. Shen put down his tea cup with a smile on his face.