On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the imperial court had not yet "opened for business", and all the government offices were in the midst of a hiatus.
Under such circumstances, the Shen family had a daughter in the morning, and people from the palace came to congratulate her in the afternoon, which showed that the palace still valued Mr. Shen very much.
This time, a somewhat unfamiliar face came to the palace. It was not Gao Ming or Sun Jin, but a eunuch who looked to be in his thirties, but this eunuch was also wearing purple clothes.
It is not easy to reach this level in the palace.
However, when the eunuch saw Shen Yi, he bowed his head and saluted, and said with a smile: "I have met Dr. Shen."
Shen Yi returned the courtesy and asked, "You're welcome, father-in-law."
The eunuch didn't talk much. Instead, he took a wooden box from the little eunuch behind him, handed it to Shen Yi with both hands, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, your majesty learned that the doctor's family had a daughter, so he sent it here specially. A pearl at night, congratulations to the doctor."
Shen Yi's current highest official position is the fourth-grade Zhongshun doctor, but this position is not easy to call. In addition, casual officers generally do not call him official, so the eunuchs in the palace still call him the official title of the Ministry of War.
Shen Yi took the box with both hands and was about to salute and thank him. He was supported by the eunuch and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, your majesty has told you that you can just accept it. There is no need to salute."
"Your Majesty has ordered that Mr. Shen is free these two days, so remember to go to the palace."
The emperor's words were polite words.
He could say kind words, but the courtiers could not take it seriously. Shen Yi handed the night pearl to Ping'er behind him and told Ping'er to put it away. Then he turned to the eunuch and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty has ordered that Shen will not neglect it. I will follow suit." Let’s go into the palace together, father-in-law.”
The eunuch smiled, nodded, and said, "Well, our family will have someone prepare a sedan for Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi followed him towards the door of his house and asked, "What do you call this father-in-law?"
The eunuch lowered his head slightly and said, "Our family name is Liang, our nickname is Lianghua."
At this point, he paused and added: "It's kind-hearted."
Shen Yi smiled when he heard this and said, "This surname is quite rare."
Mr. Shen knew in his heart that this "good father-in-law" was probably originally named Liang. He just entered the palace and was afraid of humiliating his ancestors, so he changed his name.
However, the surname Liang does exist. Maybe this father-in-law is indeed surnamed Liang, it’s hard to say.
Mr. Shen thought for a while and then said: "My good father-in-law is also very face-to-face."
"In the past, my family used to do errands in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I mainly helped Eunuch Gao with the errands in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and didn't go out much."
Liang Gonggong smiled indifferently and said: "Recently, the newcomers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have become better than the old ones, so our family has been squeezed out to run errands."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Inner Court is also a huge organization. Eunuch Gao, the chief steward of the inner court, is responsible for daily affairs, palace affairs, and serving the emperor. One person must be too busy.
The good father-in-law in front of him was probably the former de facto steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After a few casual conversations with the good father-in-law, Shen Yi stopped talking, and instead thought about how to deal with the next meeting with the emperor.
Soon, he entered the palace in a palace sedan and arrived at the Manna Palace.
It was approaching evening now, and His Majesty the Emperor was not dealing with government affairs. Instead, he was looking through an old book that was already yellowing. Shen Yi glanced at it from a distance. There were illustrations in the book.
Although it’s not very clear, it’s probably not a serious book.
After seeing Shen Yi walk in, the emperor put the old book aside, looked up at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Shen Qing, the pearl is in your hand."
Shen Yi bowed slightly, with a smile on his face, and said with cupped hands: "It is rare that your Majesty is concerned about small matters at home."
The emperor squinted his eyes and smiled: "Now that I have a daughter, do you still want to keep what I said to you before?"
Shen Yi was stunned and asked: "May I ask Your Majesty what you meant? I can't remember clearly..."
The emperor smiled dumbly.
"That's all, since you don't want to admit it, then bring it up later."
The emperor pointed to the small pile that had been prepared and motioned for Shen Yi to sit down.
After Master Shen sat down, the emperor looked at him indifferently and said, "On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, I asked you when you would return to Huai'an. Shen Qing said at that time that after his wife gave birth, he would consider leaving to return to Huai'an. Now Shen Qing has already hugged her daughter."
The emperor smiled and said, "When are you going to return to Huai'an?"
It turns out that I was urging myself to go to work!
Shen Yi rolled his eyes inwardly.
It was only the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and all the government offices in the imperial court were still shut down. The emperor wanted to urge him to go back to Huai'an to work!
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows slightly and said: "Your Majesty, although the New Year is over, the weather is still very cold. It is impossible for Qi people to do anything within a month. Therefore, I have plenty of time to return to Huai'an. I want to spend time with my family. After celebrating the Shangyuan Festival, I set off back to Huai'an to take charge of Huai'an's defense."
The emperor nodded silently and agreed to Shen Yi's plan.
After being silent for a while, he said: "It's really cold and freezing, so it's really unlikely that we'll start a fight, but Beiqi's march has never stopped. I received news yesterday that all of Beiqi's 100,000 reinforcements have arrived at the north bank of the Huaihe River. What they call the Southern Conquest Army Camp.”
The emperor sighed softly: "There is strength in numbers, so Shen Qing must not slack off."
Shen Yi nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Mingyuan, the acting commander of Dusi, was sent to the southeast to recruit troops in October last year. Now he has recruited about 15,000 people in the Wenzhou Prefecture area. The soldiers and horses are in training, I have sent documents to Wenzhou Prefecture, and they will leave for Huai'an soon."
"By then, the Huai'an garrison will number 30,000."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Furthermore, this year I have figured out the Qi people's path, and I am confident that Huai'an will be impregnable."
Now, it is Hong De’s twelfth year.
But this year, Mr. Shen no longer wants to stick to it.
However, some of his ideas were too bold. He told the emperor now, fearing that the emperor would not be able to accept them for a while.
Therefore, Mr. Shen avoided talking about it.
Anyway, when it comes to Huai'an, Shen Yi will stick to his word, and it has nothing to do with the court how he wants to fight.
After doing something big, it won't be too late to inform the court.
The emperor nodded silently and asked again: "Can these more than 10,000 people be trained in just over two months?"
Master Shen shook his head.
"Your Majesty, two or three months can't train you well. Not to mention two or three months, even two or three years, it will be difficult to train an elite and strong army."
"However, many times, you don't have to be fully trained before you can go to the battlefield."
Shen Yi said solemnly: "A fight on the battlefield is better than half a month of training on weekdays."
"From the Anti-Japanese Army, to the Coastal Capital Division, to today's Huai'an garrison, most of them were trained in this way. When I was suppressing the Japanese in the southeast, most of them faced the Japanese pirates on the battlefield. New recruit, no experience.”
The emperor nodded first, then stretched and said, "Well, you did a good job in Huai'an, so I won't care about these things. You can make your own decisions."
At this point, he patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This year, be smarter in the war. Don't just stick to it. If I can't quarrel with those old guys, I won't be able to promote you."
"Play better this year. Even if I have to deal with those old guys, I will survive them and promote you Shen Ziheng to a third-rank official!"
As expected of the cake guy!
If you have a cake, he is really beautiful!
Master Shen complained in his heart.
Now, Brother Cake...or should I say His Majesty the Emperor, has become more and more proficient in drawing cakes, and even without realizing it, he can draw a piece of cake big and round and feed it to Master Shen to eat.
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes, I will definitely live up to His Majesty's high expectations!"
The emperor told Shen Yi a few words, then suddenly smiled and asked: "Shen Qing, how many of your sons want to go to Huai'an with you now?"
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, currently only the grandson of the Jiang Shangshu family and the second son of the Zhao Shangshu family want to go to Huai'an with me, the others..."
"I don't know yet."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and nodded: "The others are probably not familiar with you."
"But this is a good thing. At least two of the six films, and two of them are related to the war, have given full support to the war in Huai'an."
His Majesty the Emperor patted Mr. Shen on the shoulder and smiled.
"If Shen Qing wins a few more battles, I'm afraid those old men will try their best to get people in your place."
Hearing this, Shen Yi lowered his head slightly.
"Your Majesty doesn't allow it, I don't dare to ask for anyone."
The emperor smiled playfully: "What if I am accurate?"
Mr. Shen also smiled.
"Then, please let them manage the logistics in Huai'an and do what they can."
The emperor sighed slightly.
"Shen Qing, you still don't see clearly on some things."
The emperor patted Shen Yi's younger generation and pointed out: "Those old men sent their nephews just because they wanted you to share some military merits with them."
"It's easy."
Master Shen looked calm and said calmly.
"As long as they dare to go to the battlefield, I will not lose a cent of the military merit they deserve."
