Shen Yi's next stop is Wenzhou Prefecture.
This is also one of the several big cities along the coast. Compared with Taizhou Prefecture, Wenzhou Prefecture is now well-known as one of the commercial ports. Before the Japanese invasion, the shipping here was very developed, second only to Jianzhou Prefecture. The big cities of Kangsu and Suzhou.
Here, it was also deeply invaded by Japanese pirates.
The perennial raids by Japanese pirates have severely disrupted Wenzhou Prefecture's maritime trade. However, even if shipping is excluded, Wenzhou Prefecture's lacquerware is very famous and is sold throughout the country, making it still quite prosperous.
At least it's better than Taizhou Prefecture.
The administrative seat of Wenzhou Prefecture, that is, the capital city is located in Yongjia County, and Shen Yi and his party also went straight to Yongjia.
It is worth mentioning that Li Mu, the prince of Jin Dynasty, had just left Yongjia a few days ago and killed many people in Yongjia.
Yongjia is a big coastal city, and Di Newspaper Company settled at the same time as Linhai City. And because there are more outsiders doing business here in Yongjia, Di Newspaper Company will not be as conspicuous as when it was in Taizhou Prefecture, so it went smoothly. I found some information.
After Li Mu arrived in Wenzhou Prefecture, he found out three giant merchants who were colluding with the Japanese based on the information from the Di Reporting Department. The crown prince of Jin hated these traitors. Before Shen Yi arrived in Yongjia, he took the Wang Ming flag, Plow these three houses.
Well, the eggs were shaken and turned yellow.
In these three families, except for the female relatives who all joined the Jiaofang Division, there were basically no male descendants left, and all of them died.
Otherwise, it is not enough to shock people.
However, His Highness the Crown Prince still took the responsibility for this kind of "evil deed" on his own. Before Shen Yi arrived, he had already finished the red-faced part. Next, Shen Yi, the white-faced man, could feel at ease in Wenzhou Mansion. There was a conscription.
The reason why Li Mu left early before Shen Yi arrived in Yongjia was also intentional.
This is a tacit understanding between two people.
Li Mu deliberately avoided all matters related to the army, and only did his job as an imperial envoy to patrol the sea. As for the anti-Japanese army, he could be said to have deliberately avoided it, and basically did not interfere at all.
Shen Yi was also happy.
With such a "leader" who can take charge of the boss, although he is a little tired when doing things, at least he can do things as he pleases. If he encounters a leader who insists on giving orders, Mr. Shen may be even more tired than he is now.
Early that morning, Shen Yi's team arrived at Yongjia City.
There were more than three hundred people in total.
Among these three hundred people, dozens were brought all the way from Taizhou by Shen Yi, and the other three hundred were recruited in Taiping County.
The team is getting stronger.
However, as the number of people increased, eating, drinking, and defecation became a problem, and there was no local government to provide them with supplies. According to Shen Yi's design, as the number of anti-Japanese troops increased, he would most likely have to send some of the anti-Japanese troops to , stay in the coastal prefectures and counties, and then call them together when needed.
Because the number of people in the team was increasing, it was no longer possible to march covertly. Before Shen Yi's carriage arrived at Yongjia County, the Wenzhou prefect and Yongjia County Magistrate had already left the city to greet him.
The two local officials were very polite to Shen Yi. After Shen Yi got off the carriage, they couldn't help but salute Shen Yi and shout "Hanlin".
After looking at the two local officials, he returned the courtesy one by one and responded with a smile: "You two adults are really polite. In terms of seniority, you two are seniors. How can you let the seniors go out of the city to greet you?"
The Wenzhou Prefect is a serious fourth-rank official, and Wenzhou Prefecture is also a large government. In other words, the Wenzhou Prefect surnamed Jiang has a high "status in the world". He is not much worse than the former Jiangdu Prefect Chen Yu. His status , going out of the city to meet Shen Yi was a bit of a loss of status.
Magistrate Jiang looked like he had just reached forty years old. He had fair skin and a three-stroke beard. He pulled Shen Yi's sleeves and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, you are wrong. In this officialdom, it cannot all be based on seniority. , if we look at seniority, wouldn’t those county magistrates who are in their fifties or sixties have to be promoted to the six departments?”
Hearing the words "county magistrate in his fifties and sixties", Shen Yi couldn't help coughing.
Because he thought of his uncle.
Uncle Shen Hui is a serious county magistrate in his fifties and sixties...the kind who will never be promoted in his lifetime.
Magistrate Jiang looked at Shen Yi's expression and continued to say with a smile: "A person like Xiandi, who can be ranked twice as a Jinshi at such a young age and is also a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, has a bright future. Maybe we will see him again in a few years. He became Jiang’s superior officer.”
The most valuable thing about Shen Yi now is not that he is a second-ranked Jinshi, nor is he a common scholar, nor is he the Chief of the Imperial News Agency...
But he was followed by more than 300 anti-Japanese troops!
What made these two local officials look at each other differently was certainly not the military command power of these more than 300 people. In fact, the civilian officials in these places looked down upon the military attachés.
What they really care about is the political meaning behind this power to command troops.
Others don't know, but the two local officials in Wenzhou Prefecture know very well that these anti-Japanese troops have just made great achievements in Taizhou Prefecture, and the imperial envoy went south to form a coastal defense force under His Majesty's order. However, the imperial envoy turned a blind eye to the fight against the Japanese troops. Ask, leaving everything to the young man in front of you...
Everyone hangs out in the officialdom, and the meaning is self-evident.
Either His Royal Highness is deliberately avoiding taboos, or the young man in front of him is simply sent by His Majesty to take charge of the anti-Japanese army. The official imperial envoy is just a cover!
Or, both?
But no matter what, Shen Yi, a young Jinshi, must be a member of His Majesty the Emperor, and he might even be a celebrity in front of the Emperor!
What is most important in officialdom?
Connections!
And the Shen Hanlin in front of him has "all the connections in the sky"!
It is natural to make friends with this kind of person.
The two local officials enthusiastically found an open space suitable for the anti-Japanese army to be stationed, and then took Shen Yi into Yongjia City and held a banquet in the highest restaurant in Yongjia to greet Shen Yi!
The dishes on the table are all local dishes from Yongjia, as well as some famous dishes popular in Jiankang. What surprised Shen Yi was that there were four or five Jiangdu dishes on the table. He, a Jiangdu native, was very popular in other places. A rare Jiangdu local dish.
After seeing these Jiangdu dishes, Shen Yi looked at the local officials who were accompanying him and said with a smile: "Seniors, you are interested. To be honest, I haven't seen much of the dishes from my hometown since I left Jiangdu."
Magistrate Jiang said with a smile: "By coincidence, there is a Jiangdu cook in Guiyun Tower. Knowing that Brother Shen Xian is from Jiangdu, he asked him to prepare a few Jiangdu dishes. Brother Xian, please try it. Is it the taste of hometown?"
Shen Yi did not eat the food, but picked up the wine glass, stood up, looked at the Wenzhou officials present, and said with a smile: "I came to Yongjia to recruit anti-Japanese troops for the imperial court. If you want to do this job well, you are indispensable. I’d like to toast you all for your support.”
The Wenzhou officials all looked at each other, drank the wine in their glasses, and agreed one after another, saying that they would definitely support the imperial court's decision to recruit troops.
After finishing the glass of wine, Shen Yi put down the glass, looked at Magistrate Jiang aside, and sighed: "Master, you have invited one less person for today's meal."
Magistrate Jiang was stunned and asked, "Please tell me clearly, dear brother."
Shen Yi smiled.
"After the imperial envoy left Yongjia, there should be some people left behind?"
"yes…"
Magistrate Jiang thought for a while and said: "The prince discovered several major cases of Japanese treason in Yongjia. After his old man left, he left a dozen people behind to clean up the stolen property in Yongjia..."
Shen Yi looked at the table full of food and wine, then looked at Magistrate Jiang, and said with a smile: "The governor didn't notice that among the people left behind by the prince, how many are eunuchs?"
"I see..."
Magistrate Jiang looked at Shen Yi and whispered: "Brother Xian, there are also eunuchs in the palace. Brother Yu thought they were people from the palace of Prince Jin..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "Those are all people from the palace chamberlain, and there is also a purple-clothed eunuch among them... Otherwise, why don't we stop this meal?"
Magistrate Jiang stood up directly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his voice was a little nervous when he spoke.
"Thank you dear brother for reminding me, dear brother, wait a moment, foolish brother..."
"Brother Yu, let's go and invite someone..."
After that, he stood up in a panic and left with a group of Wenzhou officials.
After the officials left, Mr. Shen sat still in his seat, picked up a piece of chicken leg, put it in his bowl, and took a big bite.
"There is an imperial envoy who refuses to follow me and insists on staying in Yongjia to wait for me... If the palace's big sign is not displayed, wouldn't it be a lightning strike from heaven?"
"Let the old eunuch deal with these local officials..."
Mr. Shen took a bite of the chicken leg and smiled inwardly.
"This way, I can go about my own business with peace of mind..."
(End of chapter)
