At the birthday banquet of the Anping Marquis Mansion, His Highness Li Yu congratulated the old lady on behalf of the Emperor.
At the birthday banquet, this Tianhuang nobleman fell in love at first sight with the young daughter of the Marquis of Anping. Later, with His Majesty's permission, the two families arranged a marriage according to etiquette.
Because the marriage was granted by the emperor, it was unlikely that anything would happen. The imperial clan and the Ministry of Rites also presided over the wedding, so the wedding was scheduled for the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of Hongde.
That is, in about two months.
The Marquis of Anping was the number one general in the imperial court, his family was rich and powerful, and Li Yu was the younger brother of the emperor. The news of their marriage between the two of them was published in the new issue of Di Bao, and spread throughout Jiankang. , became a favorite story for a time.
After all, everyone loves watching this kind of "love at first sight" drama.
Just as Jiankang City was preparing to hold a happy event, Shen Yi's anti-bandit work on the other side was also going smoothly.
In early November of the eighth year of Hongde's reign, Japanese pirates once again harassed the coast of Fujian. The anti-Japanese troops attacked the Japanese pirates in Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, and Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.
The anti-Japanese troops at this time were basically qualified soldiers who had been trained for several months, and some veterans already had rich anti-Japanese experience and professional anti-Japanese tools like langzhen.
More importantly, because Shen Yi had a firearms workshop in his hands, the anti-Japanese army was also equipped with firearms. Although firearms such as artillery were not practical when facing Japanese pirates, some earth bombs were still useful when facing Japanese pirates. Very useful.
With the blessing of various advantageous conditions, Ling Su and Xue Wei defeated the Japanese pirates in Fuzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture respectively, and annihilated more than 2,000 captured Japanese pirates.
In mid-November, Ling Su and Xue Wei, each escorting a group of Japanese pirates, went to Fuzhou Prefecture to meet the imperial envoy.
At this time, Shen Yi himself also came to Fuzhou Prefecture.
To be precise, these two battles were commanded remotely from Fuzhou City.
Because from grasping the enemy's movements to cutting off the enemy's retreat, Shen Yi's Di News Department was providing important intelligence. Among them, the Di News Department's internal response played a very key role.
Just as the two anti-Japanese troops escorted the Japanese pirates to Fuzhou Prefecture, Shen Yi was sitting in a restaurant in Fuzhou City, drinking with the imperial envoy.
At this time, both of them were smiling.
Li Mu raised his wine glass, toasted Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Zi Heng's strategizing, with these two big wins, this year will be easy for you and me."
Shen Yi bumped into Li Mu and said with a smile: "This great victory can be said to have greatly boosted morale. From now on, our anti-Japanese army will completely become the nemesis of the Japanese pirates. No one will be able to fight against them again." The Japanese pirates are a little bit afraid."
At this moment, Shen Yi was naturally happy.
He left Jiankang in April and worked outside for more than half a year. Now, half a year of hard work has finally paid off.
Li Mu smiled and said: "The next step is the coast of Guangdong. If we fight a good battle along the coast of Guangdong, from now on, the Japanese pirates will no longer harass the coast as they did before."
"Um…"
Shen Yi also raised a toast to Li Mu and said with a smile: "By next spring, several of our warships will be launched. Then it will be time to attack and defend aliens. The prince may be able to take a boat out to sea and chase some Japanese pirates. .”
Li Mu laughed, and then sighed with emotion: "To be honest, I really want to kill a few Japanese pirates myself, but these are all military achievements..."
"I won't touch it."
He looked up at Shen Yi and said softly: "It's useless for me to take all the credit. I'd better give it all to you, Ziheng."
"If Ziheng can clear out the Japanese pirates that have plagued the coast of Dachen for decades in two or three years, it will be a great help to you."
Having said this, Li Mu looked at Shen Yi with an expression that was almost a bit envious: "Maybe in six or seven years, Zi Heng will be able to climb to the position of Minister of War."
"At that time, Ziheng, you will be the youngest Minister of the Six Divisions."
Ministers are different from other officials in the capital.
Because the officials of the six ministries must have some professional skills. For example, the Ministry of Punishment must be able to memorize Chen's laws and even resolve cases, the Ministry of Accounts must be able to settle accounts, and the Ministry of Works... must be able to do civil engineering.
And the Ministry of War... does not necessarily have to be able to command wars, but it must be knowledgeable in military affairs.
Because they are a bit more professional, officials in the Sixth Ministry, especially those who have made certain achievements in their duties, are generally promoted within the department. Only when they reach the level of Minister or Minister can they be promoted to Zhongshu. Or be transferred to other departments.
Like Shen Yi, the new head of the Ministry of War immediately shines in the cause of anti-Japanese warfare along the coast, which shows that he has the "potential" to lead the Ministry of War and will continue to be promoted in the Ministry of War in the future.
But being able to reach the rank of Minister of War in six or seven years is a bit too exaggerated.
After all, the capital inspection only happens once every three years. Even if Shen Yi climbs up one level every three years, counting from chief to minister, minister to minister, it will take him twelve years to reach the rank of minister of war.
Regarding Li Mu's "flattering", Shen Yi just smiled and didn't take it seriously.
After the two people had a conversation, Shen Yi remembered the business and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, after I meet Ling Su and the others in Fuzhou Mansion in two days, I will ask you for leave."
"Ask for leave?"
Li Mu was a little surprised at first: "It's not the twelfth lunar month yet, and you're going back to Beijing?"
After saying this, Li Mu thought of something and slapped his forehead: "Yes, your wife is about to give birth."
With that said, the Jin Crown Prince cupped his hands towards Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Congratulations in advance to Zi Heng for having a fat son."
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes and smiled: "Then giving birth to a fat girl is more worthy of congratulations."
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, I also like daughters more, but it's a pity that up to now, there are only two sons in the family, and I haven't embraced a daughter yet."
After saying this, the two married people clinked another drink with smiles on their faces.
After three rounds of drinking, Li Mu seemed to have drunk too much. He looked at Shen Yi drunkenly and spit out a strong breath of alcohol.
"Have you heard? Your Majesty has given a marriage gift to the young daughter of the Anping Marquis Mansion..."
Shen Yi frowned and said nothing.
This matter was published in the Di newspaper. As the former Secretary of the Di newspaper, it was naturally impossible for him not to know about it.
Seeing that Shen Yi didn't speak, Li Mu drank a glass of wine and whispered: "Your Majesty married the Zhao family's daughter to his biological brother..."
Shen Yi continued to remain silent, then raised his glass to Li Mu, and said softly: "This is probably to show goodwill to the Zhao family. The birth of a princess in the Zhao family is also a matter of honor."
"Oh..."
Li Mu didn't know whether he drank wine or sneered. He lowered his head and took another sip of wine and said: "If you want to win over the Zhao family, then you should give Princess Liyang to the son of the Zhao family. This is court…"
Princess Liyang is His Majesty's younger sister, and a sister from the same mother.
His Majesty would naturally be reluctant to promise his sister out.
Shen Yi reached out and patted Li Mu on the shoulder, sighing softly: "Your Majesty, you have drunk too much."
Li Mu raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi with drunken eyes. Then he stood up and breathed out a breath of alcohol.
"If blood brothers are like this, what are cousins?"
I had a bad headache last night and couldn't write. I moved again during the day and it's been delayed until now. I'm sorry!
(End of chapter)
