It is now the end of Hongde's seventh year, and it will soon be Hongde's eighth year.
The young emperor Hongde began to rule in person at the beginning of the sixth year, and it has been two years since he became a full official.
In the past two years, the first year was relatively calm, but this year it can be said that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the Huaihe Navy, with 30,000 forbidden troops, struggled with the Qi people for more than half a year, and it was not a big deal. A small loss.
After suffering a loss, the little emperor not only could not have an attack, but also rewarded General Zhao and comforted him with words.
Not only could she not be angry with Northern Qi, she even had to marry the princess of Northern Qi as a noble concubine.
This is something that is difficult for any aspiring monarch to endure, so His Majesty the Emperor urgently needs to change this situation.
And Shen Yi once told the emperor about this.
If the imperial court wants to change the situation and win the battle against the Qi people, the first thing to do is to overthrow the Zhao family and establish a new Huaihe Navy or a new army.
And now, the little emperor took action.
This was his tentative move.
The Huaihe Navy was a very important part of Dachen's national defense, so it was impossible to destroy the Huaihe Navy directly, otherwise the imperial court would have to use the Forbidden Army to fight against the Qi people.
Therefore, we must first create a new army.
This army must first be justified, and secondly, it must not be too conspicuous.
And suppressing Japanese is a very good reason.
First of all, the coast of Chen State has indeed been harassed by Japanese pirates all year round. As a result, people in some places have to move to places more than ten or even dozens of miles away from the coast. Even fishermen no longer dare to live along the coast to avoid Japanese pirates.
Even so, those crazy Japanese pirates would still kill innocent people, rob merchant ships, and block trade routes.
This is certainly a good reason.
If an army can annihilate the Japanese pirates within a few years, then this army will have room to grow in the future and have the potential to replace the Huaihe Navy.
Even...it doesn't need to grow to the size of the Huaihe Navy.
It only has the ability to become the "replacement" of the Huaihe Navy, so that the emperor can find the time and space to clean up the Zhao clan.
This idea was probably given to the emperor by some expert in Jiankang, so the emperor started to make plans in such a hurry, asking Shen Yi to start public opinion building in the next issue of Di Bao.
On this night, Mr. Shen was waiting for the day to come.
He read these documents carefully, then chose words and sentences, and began to think about the draft.
Although Jiangdu Prefecture is not close to the sea, it is not very far from the sea. Over the years he has been in Jiangdu Prefecture, he has often heard of Japanese pirates causing trouble, and he often saw people from the seaside fleeing to Jiangdu to seek life.
Therefore, whether in this life or in the previous life, he had no good impression of Japanese pirates.
When he made his determination in front of Master Lu before, he had also talked about the Japanese pirates, and he was determined to one day stir up the turmoil and raise the purity.
Now, the opportunity has come to clean up the Japanese pirates.
Maybe the little emperor's starting point to clean up the Japanese pirates was a little impure, but Shen Yi's idea to clean up the Japanese pirates was very pure.
He simply hoped that all the Japanese pirates would die.
Using the pen as a knife is only the first step.
Shen Yi wrote for a whole night, but they were all scraps and he was never very satisfied. Until dawn the next day, Shen Yi had not written a manuscript that he was satisfied with.
Fortunately, this thing is not urgent, and I can write it slowly in a few days. Shen Yi rubbed his aching head and returned to the bedroom to rest.
At this moment, Lu Ruoxi had woken up.
Seeing Shen Yi push open the door and walk in, she sat up from the bed, looked at her husband who looked haggard, and said softly: "Why are you so anxious about errands and staying up all night without sleeping?"
"It's not an urgent matter."
Shen Yi stretched, took off his coat, and lay on the bed, his voice full of exhaustion.
"I'm just a little anxious."
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During this sleep, Shen Yi slept until the afternoon. It was around late afternoon that he got up from the bed. After washing up, he returned to his study. He first looked at the manuscripts he had written last night, and then he still lost them. On the side.
Just when Shen Yi was about to continue writing the manuscript, Qing'er came in with a cup of tea, put it in Shen Yi's hand, and said softly: "Sir, in the morning, the county master sent someone to send a message, asking you to come over, but at that time You were sleeping, so I didn’t wake you up.”
"The county government said that after you wake up, please go to the county government."
Shen Yi had already polished it, and the brush was dipped in ink. Hearing this, he put the brush in the brush washer, took a sip of tea and stood up.
"Help me clear the table, I'll go to the county office."
Qing'er nodded in agreement.
After Shen Yi took two steps, he came back, put away the documents on the table, locked them in his cabinet, and then stepped out.
The Shen family is not very far from the county government office. Even if he walked, it didn't take long for Shen Yi to arrive at the gate of the county government office.
Since he returned to Jiangdu, he has come to drink with Zhang Jian not less than ten times but six or seven times. Therefore, all the yamenmen at the county government office recognize him. When they see him, they call him Master Shen and welcome him in. , brought directly to the back office of the county government office.
In the back office, the county magistrate Zhang Jian was lying on a recliner, and the concubine beside him was squeezing his shoulders. The county magistrate closed his eyes and rested, feeling very comfortable.
Shen Yi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you have a good life."
Zhang Jian opened his eyes, looked at Shen Yi, then sat up and stretched a lot: "Don't mention it, I have been almost busy to death in the past half month, and now the court finally sent two people to deal with it. With these tangled eucalyptus, I only have a day or two to spare."
Shen Yi found a chair and sat down by himself, and said with a smile: "The matter should have been settled. Senior brother has made great contributions this time, and has gained a reputation in Jiangdu. When you return to Jiankang next year, the court will have to arrange a punishment department for you. Yuanwailang Dangdang.”
This sentence was obviously a joke. Zhang Jian, the seventh-level county magistrate, could not be promoted to a foreign minister, not to mention that his grandfather was the prime minister, even his father was the prime minister.
Even if you have to be promoted like this, you have to find an intermediate position to go through the motions, otherwise you won't be able to justify it.
"Pull him down."
The county magistrate waved his hand and signaled the concubine to leave. The concubine stood up, bowed to Shen Yi, called Uncle Shen, and walked away.
After the concubine left, Zhang Jian stretched out and said lazily: "If you are lucky next year, you can be the head of the Ministry of Etiquette. If there is no vacancy in the Ministry of Etiquette, you can only go to the Ministry of Works or the Imperial College to try your luck at Taichang Temple." .”
After chatting about the future for next year, Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "By the way, Fan Dongcheng, Luo Maocai, and Ma Jun all arrived yesterday. I thought you were going to come yesterday, Zi Heng." "Have a look." "They never thought they wouldn't come today."
"It's useless to read it. It's just a few sarcastic words. Besides..."
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "My younger brother is also a person involved. If he goes to meet a few other people in private, it will harm his reputation."
Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile: "That's true. Anyway, there will be a retrial tomorrow. It's not too late to see you tomorrow."
After saying this, he looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Tonight, we brothers will treat the two censors to a meal?"
"otherwise…"
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "Tomorrow, let Mr. Zheng be the host, and my brother and I will accompany you. This way we can avoid suspicion, and it won't make things difficult for you, brother, nor will it make things difficult for the two imperial envoys."
Zhang Jian smiled hoarsely, stroking his hands and said, "It's a done deal, Ziheng, why are you still so cautious?"
After the two chatted for a while, Zhang Jian finally remembered the serious matter: "By the way, Zi Heng."
Zhang Jian fumbled around in his arms for a while, took out a small box, and handed it to Shen Yi's hand.
"My grandfather sent someone to Jiangdu, saying it is a wedding gift for Ziheng."
