Shen Yi indeed has a lot to do.
Although Xue Wei has basically cleaned up the Japanese pirates in the coastal waters of Guangzhou, there will definitely still be Japanese pirates remaining along the entire Guangdong coast, and further cleanup is needed.
Shen Yi wanted to instruct them on their next move, and also asked Xue Wei to inspect the location of the Guangzhou Wei camp at a suitable place near Guangzhou.
Apart from giving orders to Xue Wei, the most important thing is to follow up and report the victory.
To put it bluntly, I just want to inform the five old men from Zhongshu Province and His Majesty the Emperor that the Dusi Yamen has fought another good battle in Guangdong.
Of course, this kind of notice is just a simple notification, not a formal request for credit, because Shen Yi currently does not have a specific casualty list or a "credit book" to record the number of enemies killed.
More importantly, after the offshore areas of Guangzhou were settled, Shen Yi could prepare to leave for Guangdong to arrange the last shipping company in the southeast.
The reply to Xue Wei was easy to write. After all, he was one of his own. Basically, there was no need to think about the writing, as long as the meaning was conveyed. Shen Yi wrote the reply in just a tea break.
As for the document reporting victory to the court, it is not easy to write. Firstly, you have to pay attention to the writing, and secondly, you have to write more than one copy.
First of all, it is necessary to write a document to the court. This document reporting the victory will be sent to the Ministry of War first, and then the Ministry of War will submit it to the Central Secretary, who will then forward it to the emperor.
The second part is to write a secret report to the emperor.
In fact, there has always been an exclusive communication channel between Shen Yi and the emperor. The emperor would send him a private letter from time to time, and he would occasionally write a letter to the emperor.
Like a pen pal.
For things like this, the emperor must be notified first, so that His Majesty will feel more superior.
After spending more than an hour, Shen Yi wrote all three letters. After he wrote the envelope, he walked out of the study and called Jiang Sheng.
Jiang Sheng quickly ran over, lowered his head and said: "Young Master."
Shen Yi said "hmm" and asked, "Is the Crown Prince still in Xingyuan?"
"No more."
Jiang Sheng lowered his head cautiously and said: "Just now, the prince dragged me to play the game of chess. When I was about to lose, he suddenly got angry and said that I deliberately let him go. He stood up and left..."
Shen Yi looked at Jiang Sheng in shock: "You...really let him?"
Jiang Sheng scratched his head in embarrassment: "Master, when I was a child in Jiangdu, I often idled around on the streets. I learned chess from an old man on the street..."
"It's just that the young chess player is not strong enough. When he gave the chess piece, the prince noticed it..."
Shen Yi laughed dumbly, reached out and patted Jiang Sheng's shoulder, and said, "I really can't tell that you still have this hand."
Being able to beat Li Mu even though he was short of one piece showed that this follower's ability to play chess was far better than that of Master Shen.
Jiang Sheng smiled honestly and scratched his head.
"It's of no use. When I was young, I used it to win a few coins from an old man on the street..."
Shen Yi smiled, placed the three letters in front of Jiang Sheng, and ordered: "The first letter is sent to Guangzhou Mansion, and the one to Xue Wei is sent through the channel of the Di News Department. The sooner you tell the people in the Di News Department, the better." good."
After a pause, Mr. Shen continued: "The second letter is an official document for the imperial court. It will be sent from the official post to the military department."
"The third letter..."
Shen Yi whispered: "Give it directly to the inner guards who are following us, and tell them to rush it to Jiankang six hundred miles away."
Mr. Shen has been targeted by the Northern Qi Purity Department for a long time. During this time, he has been followed by internal guards. These internal guards are naturally very good at hiding, but after a long time, they cannot always Can hide it.
As Shen Yi's follower, Jiang Sheng has the ability to contact them.
In fact, the secret communication between Shen Yi and the emperor was also completed through the channels of the internal guards.
"It's written on the envelope where it should be sent. Don't make any mistake."
Jiang Sheng bowed his head respectfully: "Yes, I'll do it now, little one."
When he was about to turn around and leave, Shen Yi suddenly stopped him and said, "Also, get ready, we may have to continue going south in a few days."
Jiang Sheng bowed his head respectfully.
"yes……"
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From Fuzhou Prefecture to Jiankang, it is about 1,700 miles by taking the official road. After getting Shen Yi's letter, the inner guards did not dare to neglect, changed horses and attacked all the way. In the evening of the second day of June, the letter was finally delivered to the inner court. In the hands of the great eunuch Gao Ming.
Eunuch Gao, who was in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just glanced at the word "Shen Yi" on the envelope, then stood up silently, put the letter in his wide sleeves, stood up and walked towards the Manlu Palace.
After entering the Manna Palace, the great eunuch silently walked behind His Majesty the Emperor, who was reading documents, and then silently waved his hand.
As a result, the palace servants who were waiting around the emperor quietly retreated.
The emperor put down the ink pen in his hand, stretched, and looked back at Gao Ming: "What happened again to make you come here in such a hurry?"
Eunuch Gao held Shen Yi's letter in his hand, bowed and handed it to the emperor, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is a secret letter from Master Shen."
The emperor, who had been a little lazy at first, became energetic. He reached out and took the letter from Gao Ming. While opening the letter, he asked, "Have you read it?"
Eunuch Gao shook his head and said: "Scholar Shen sent it six hundred miles away in a hurry. It should be an important matter. After receiving the letter, I quickly sent it to His Majesty..."
"Um."
The emperor had already opened Shen Yi's secret letter. He only made a nasal sound and began to read the letter carefully. When he finished reading the letter, the emperor couldn't help but hit the table hard with his hand and laughed loudly. : "Shen Qi, Shen Qi!"
Eunuch Gao rarely saw the emperor lose his temper like this. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, why are you so happy?"
"The Southeast is settled."
His Majesty the Emperor smiled broadly, looked back at Gao Ming, and repeated: "The Southeast is settled!"
"Not to mention whether Shen Qi can earn me so much money by running this city shipping department, just by annihilating the southeastern Japanese pirates, I can..."
The emperor exhaled heavily and said, "This will allow me to have no worries anymore."
Southeast is to the south.
If for the emperor, looking southeast is "looking back", then it means that the emperor's gaze has always been looking north and has never changed its direction.
His Majesty the Emperor was happy for a long time, and then slowly calmed down. He sat back on his chair and asked: "How long does it take for the official documents from Guanyi to be sent from Fuzhou to Jiankang?"
Eunuch Gao lowered his head without hesitation and replied: "Your Majesty, the fastest official post can be sent at 600 miles per day. However, official documents generally travel 200 miles per day. Military reports like Master Shen's are estimated to be 400 miles per day." Riga rushed it to the imperial court, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days before it can be sent to Jiankang."
"pity."
The emperor smiled and said: "It's a pity that the official document will not arrive today, otherwise I would have to call the old guys from Zhongshu to the palace and slap them in the face."
When the emperor visited the southeast, there was a lot of doubt and opposition in the court, and even the Ministry of Household Affairs refused to contribute a penny for this matter.
In the end, it was the emperor who sent Shen Yi down to raise the money himself to get this "project" off the ground.
At this time, this "project" was basically completed. Of course the emperor wanted to go in front of the civil servants and slap those civil servants in the face.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Eunuch Gao also showed a smile on his face and said: "Your Majesty can also call a few prime ministers into the palace now and tell them about this matter. Just tell them that the secret report from the southeast came into the palace."
"Forget it."
The emperor shook his head and said: "If they knew that Shen Qi rushed to report to the palace, but reported to the court a few days late, they would probably feel resentful and say that Shen Qi was flattering behind his back."
"Shen Qi is also a civil servant. Since his heart is towards me, I cannot make it difficult for him to be a good person."
Gao Ming lowered his head slightly, with a look of envy in his eyes: "Your Majesty is wise."
After the emperor said this, he couldn't help but take out Shen Yi's letter and read it again. After reading it, the emperor shook his head and said: "It's a pity."
"It's a pity that this letter came two months late, otherwise I would have given Shen Qi some face and appointed his brother as the number one scholar."
Having said this, he looked at Gao Ming and asked, "Is that brother Shen Qi still in Jiankang?"
"This slave doesn't know..."
Eunuch Gao was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I will go check it out right now."
"If you are in Jiankang, call him into the palace. I want to see him."
"If he's not in Jiankang, forget it. We'll wait until he comes back."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head and responded: "Yes."
After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor was still a little excited. He glanced at the nearly half of unprocessed documents on his desk and waved his sleeves: "I'm happy today, so I won't read these things. Gao Ming, you can send them all back to Zhongshu later and let those old men handle it."
Having said this, His Majesty the Emperor stretched his muscles and smiled heartily.
"I'm in a good mood today. I'm going to Zhaode Palace to see my prince!"
Zhaode Palace is the residence of Concubine Hui.
It is worth mentioning that the eldest son of the emperor, born to Concubine Hui, was announced to the public in March this year. However, Zhaode Palace was blocked by the emperor on the grounds that the eldest son was too weak to see the wind, and no one was allowed to enter or exit. .
Even when Empress Dowager Sun went to see her eldest grandson, she only took a look at him from a distance through the palace gate, accompanied by the emperor.
But calculating the time, in two or three months, the eldest son of the Hongde Dynasty will be able to meet people.
After all, when he is eight or nine months old, and if he is said to be five or six months old, basically no one will be able to tell.
By then, when the identity of the emperor's eldest son is established, Concubine Hui's status in the palace may be able to rise a little higher, and after Empress Dowager Sun has her grandson, her attitude towards Concubine Hui may also be better.
After all, compared to being a daughter in the Sun family, Queen Mother Sun has been a daughter-in-law in the Li family for longer.
The high eunuch lowered his head slightly, his eyes flashing.
"Slave, I obey."
(End of chapter)
