Late at night, in the Manna Palace.
A yellowed ancient book was placed in front of the emperor. His Majesty the Emperor lowered his head and looked at the rough original version of "The General Order of the Navy" that was clearly bound by himself. He looked up at Shen who was standing in front of him. Master, he looks a little strange.
"Did Marquis Anping give it to you?"
Shen Yi nodded honestly: "Yes, this evening when I was having a wedding banquet at Prince Yue's Mansion, I met Marquis Anping. Marquis Anping said that I was training the navy for the imperial court, so he gave me the naval military book handed down from his family to take a look. It can be considered as a contribution to the imperial court."
At this time, Mr. Shen did not expect that he would be able to see the emperor so late.
In fact, he didn't expect to see the emperor.
Tonight, when he met with Anpinghou, although the words Anpinghou said to him were obscure, Shen Yi actually understood a little of the meaning of General Zhao's words.
The rise of the anti-Japanese army is basically unstoppable. After all, the anti-Japanese army now has five thousand soldiers and horses, and there is no Japanese bandit along the coast that can confront the anti-Japanese army head-on.
As for the Zhao family, if they want to put the anti-Japanese army to death, there are only two ways to go.
The first way is to kill His Majesty the Emperor and disband the anti-Japanese army from top to bottom.
The second way is to simply raise a flag to rebel, drive the Huaihe River Navy southward, and crush the infant anti-Japanese army.
Obviously, both options are unrealistic.
Therefore, General Zhao had no choice but to try to win over Shen Yi.
He asked Shen Yi to strive for generations of wealth. In fact, he was implying that Shen Yi should become a new military leader like the Zhao clan.
And it is impossible for the imperial court to produce another military leader.
If Shen Yi wants to become a new military leader, he must cooperate with the Zhao family.
In this way, Mr. Shen will also be able to become a marquis and a general in the future, becoming the military leader of the Nanchen army second only to the Zhao clan.
For this reason, the Marquis of Anping was very willing to give Shen Yi the authentic military books written by his grandfather.
Although Mr. Shen is very covetous of this military book, he knows very well that this kind of thing still needs to be reported to the superiors.
Otherwise, if he is not clear about his side and has ambiguity with the Zhao family, Shen Yi will soon lose the trust of His Majesty the Emperor.
So he came to Gao Ming to report it overnight.
The meaning is very simple. After I obtain this military book, I will still serve His Majesty the Emperor in the future. Please rest assured His Majesty the Emperor.
But what Shen Yi didn't expect was that not only did he meet Gao Ming, the eunuch of the inner court, at night, but after explaining the situation to Gao Ming, eunuch Gao immediately reported him and even took him to the Manna Palace to meet the Holy Spirit.
You know, the palace doors are closed now.
According to common sense, the foreign ministers who could see the emperor at this time would either be officials from the Ministry of War delivering urgent military reports, or the prime minister on duty in Zhongshu Province.
Although he was a little surprised, Shen Yi still stood in front of the emperor and listened to His Majesty's instructions.
The emperor squinted his eyes and flipped through a few pages of the old book in front of him. Then he put the book aside and said with a "tsk": "Looking at the quality of this book, it is not the original, it should be five years old." Mr. Anping was really willing to give up the copy he copied sixty years ago."
After saying this, the emperor glanced at Eunuch Gao and said calmly: "Gao Ming, go get the farewell gift I prepared for Shen Qing."
Gao Ming nodded quickly, walked to the shelf in the back hall of Ganlu Hall with small steps, then took down a wooden box from the shelf, held a rectangular box in both hands, and handed it to Shen Yi.
The emperor yawned and said calmly: "Open it and take a look."
Shen Yi responded respectfully, and then opened the wooden box. He saw a short sword placed on the wooden box. The scabbard was very well made, but in front of the emperor, Shen Yi naturally could not pull it out, lest he be guarded by the emperor. The palace servants beat him to death with golden melons.
And underneath the dagger, there was a book.
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then took out this beautifully bound book, and saw four words clearly written on the cover of the book.
""The General of the Navy"!"
Shen Yi turned to the first page thoughtfully.
The content on the first page was exactly the same as the one given to him by Anping Hou.
Although Shen Yi didn't have time to read the old book, he flipped through a few pages. He was a Jinshi and was relatively sensitive to words. Although it was impossible to memorize it, he could already memorize 50% to 60% of the content on the first page. .
Both books have the same content.
The first few pages of the dock are the same.
Seeing Shen Yi stunned, His Majesty the Emperor smiled faintly: "Dingguo Gong and Emperor Sejong are almost the same age. When Emperor Sejong was sixty years old, he heard that Dingguo Gong was successful in writing books, so he sent this book to Dingguo Gong. I asked for it as a gift."
When Shen Yi heard this, he felt awe-inspiring in his heart.
The emperor's words were spoken lightly, but Emperor Sejong at that time was already able to grasp the progress of Duke Dingguo's book writing...
The emperor's methods are evident.
What made Shen Xi feel shivers down his spine even more was the methods used by Anping Marquis Zhao Lu.
He was still doubting why the Marquis of Anping was so generous and gave him his grandfather's military manual for free. He didn't expect that the East and West Palace also had a copy. It was not exclusive at all...
"Later on, this book has been hidden in the secret vault of the palace. Every once in a while, the previous emperors would send someone to copy a copy to avoid losing it."
As he said that, the emperor looked at the wooden box in Shen Yi's hand and said with a smile: "The book in front of Shen Qing is the Navy Commander copied by this dynasty. Originally, I was planning to celebrate the Lantern Festival when Shen Qing was about to leave the capital. , and let Gao Ming bring it to you."
Having said this, the emperor paused, then glanced at Gao Ming, and said calmly: "But Anpinghou seems to have better methods. Before I had time to send this military book out, he already knew that I was going to send it out."
"He also sent the original out first."
Eunuch Gao knelt down with a plop, kowtowed deeply to the emperor, touched his forehead to the ground, and made a "bang" sound: "This slave neglects his duty, this slave will die..."
"My slave, I must strictly check the Ministry of Internal Affairs, my slave..."
"Okay, don't break my floor tiles."
The emperor frowned slightly, and then said calmly: "But your Eunuch Gao's own children and grandchildren must be properly disciplined. If something like this happens again, I will have someone in charge who can hide the problem."
The high eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The emperor did not look at him again, but looked up at Shen Yi and sighed slightly: "Shen Qing is probably suspicious at the moment, thinking that I only asked Gao Ming to do it after seeing the Marquis Anping give you this military book. Prepared, right?”
Shen Yi quickly bowed and saluted: "I never have such thoughts. With my humble body, Your Majesty will never be like this..."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and did not answer.
He glanced at the old books on the table, then at the new book in Shen Yi's hand, and then waved lightly: "Since there are two identical books, Shen Qing, you can take them both back so that you can compare them. Maybe Ding Guogong added some content in his last years."
"But there is something I still want to explain to Shen Qing."
The emperor glanced at the two books and said, "This book..."
"No external news."
Shen Yi felt a chill in his heart and immediately bowed his head deeply.
"I understand..."
(End of chapter)
