Shen Yi has been dragged in Kaifeng for too long.
The main reason is that there is no one who can take charge of the situation here. Zhang Jian cannot be broken in half. In addition, Kaifeng has just been conquered and the city is relatively chaotic. Someone who can take charge must be needed. This is where order is maintained in Kaifeng City and the entire Kaifeng Prefecture.
Therefore, Shen Yi could only play this role temporarily.
However, he had more important errands in the north and could not stay in Kaifeng to be his Kaifeng magistrate. Therefore, as a last resort, he selected one of several magistrates from nearby Dongchang Prefecture to temporarily replace the Kaifeng magistrate. .
This is also a rare opportunity for the county magistrate.
As long as he doesn't make any mistakes and adds to his resume that he has temporarily acted as the prefect of Kaifeng, his path to promotion will be much easier in the future.
This is one of the benefits of expansion.
When a regime has been in power for a long time and its vested interests are divided up, it can easily lead to a situation where carrots occupy every hole, which is the so-called solidification of classes.
Once there is a new site and a new cake, there will immediately be many more pits for some capable people to climb up.
These capable people will drive the entire officialdom and make it relatively more dynamic.
After Shen Yi left Kaifeng Mansion, he did not dare to delay and went straight north to Jinan Mansion.
During the time he left the Jinan patrol camp, the battle between the left and right armies and the Northern Qi Dynasty never stopped, and even became more intense.
Su Ding pushed forward twice to the Hejian Mansion City, but was beaten back by the Zhou family and his son from the Hejian Mansion.
Ling Su's side had more results. They had already entered Zhending Mansion, but were blocked by the enemy, making it difficult for them to continue going north.
The large-scale main force collision has not happened yet, but the small-scale encounters have almost never stopped for a moment.
Counting only the time that Shen Yi left, the number of Huai'an soldiers killed in battle was close to a thousand, and thousands more were injured.
Of course, because of the flexible and flexible fighting style, the Huai'an army will basically not suffer any losses. In other words, the Qi people will pay a greater price.
After Shen Yi arrived in the north, he did not rush directly to the frontline battlefield. Instead, he went to Jinan City first and began to deal with the official business that had accumulated during the past few days.
Because Mr. Shen does not have a fixed place to work, the newspaper company and internal guards who deliver official documents to him must always confirm his location. Some of them are difficult to deliver on the road. They will confirm Shen Yi's next destination and deliver the official documents directly. Go to the next stop.
In other words, many official documents were sent directly to Jinan City. These official documents contained a large number of reports on the frontline war.
In the evening of that day, Shen Futai, the first magistrate of Shandong Province, entered Jinan City very low-key and almost silently.
At this moment, Jinan City is no longer closed.
The people in the city have also begun to go out for normal activities, and there are many vendors selling goods along the streets.
Although the prosperity that a provincial capital should have has not been fully restored, it has been shown that as the situation in Shandong becomes increasingly stable, the order of production and life in Shandong is gradually being restored.
Moreover, because Shandong is exempt from taxes for three years, it will not be long before it develops better than before the war.
Shen Yi quietly returned to the governor's office, then ducked into his study and began to look through the documents stacked on the desk.
This included Emperor Hong De's reply to him.
It took Shen Yi more than an hour to finish processing these documents. Just as he was about to get up and have something to eat, there was a knock on the door.
"Ziheng, Ziheng."
Shen Yi recognized Zhang Jian's voice. He walked to the door of the room, opened the door with a smile, and said, "Senior brother is well-informed. He already knew about it less than two hours after I came back."
Zhang Fantai looked at Shen Yi and said helplessly: "The documents that I needed to send out of the city to you in the past two days have been sent to the governor's office. I am not a fool, so I can naturally guess that you are coming back."
"My people from the Governor's Yamen saw dozens of people entering the Governor's Yamen today, so I knew you were back."
"How about it?"
Zhang Fantai asked: "How is the war in Henan?"
"It went pretty well."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "We have captured the provincial capital, and now we should be attacking Luoyang. The only pity is that Kaifeng City also lacks a talent like Senior Brother, otherwise I would not be dragged down by Kaifeng's political affairs for most of Kaifeng. month time.”
Zhang Jian found a chair and sat down, pointed at his nose, and said: "Look at what I look like now. If you hand over a provincial city to me again, next year you will take my bones with you." Meet your eldest nephew."
"I'm exhausted. Let's see how you open your mouth in front of your nephew!"
Compared with Hongde five years ago, when Shen Yi first met Zhang Jian, today's Mr. Zhang is no longer the handsome and prime minister look he used to be. Not only is his hair not neat, but he also looks haggard. In the candlelight, you can still see that there seem to be a few white hairs on his head.
You know, he is only four or five years older than Shen Yi, and he is only in his early thirties this year.
It can be seen that governing Shandong, especially Shandong where such rules were completely broken and needed to be rebuilt bit by bit, made him spend a lot of energy on it.
Seeing this, Mr. Shen shook his head and sighed: "Senior brother must account for at least 30% of Shandong's contribution."
Zhang Jian shook his head slightly, disapproving of this statement. He didn't even answer, but just said: "Yesterday, I received a letter from my mentor, mentioning the arrangements for Henan. If nothing else, the imperial court should send a son Heng, someone you know well, will take charge of Henan."
"Someone I know well?"
Shen Yi touched his chin and thought for a while, and then he seemed to have the answer in his mind. However, he did not explain it clearly. He just reached out to pour tea for Zhang Jian and said with a smile: "Brother, in Shandong, if you work so hard, the future Shandong officials will I will all accept your kindness."
Having said this, he paused and continued: "Brother, in the future, you might as well serve a few more years in Shandong, serve two or three terms as chief minister, and try your best to serve as governor in Shandong in the future."
"In the future, all officials in Shandong can be called senior disciples."
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi strangely.
"What you said, Ziheng, is almost exactly the same as what my great father said..."
Being an official in the court requires some foundation.
Without a foundation, an official will not be able to sit firmly.
In particular, the position of prime minister requires the most foundation. For example, Zhao Changping, who has been deeply involved in household affairs for 20 years, plus a descendant of Ganquan Academy, has a very strong foundation in the court. After entering the Assembly Hall to worship the prime minister, , now his status is getting higher and higher, almost only under Chen Jing.
Zhang Jian is also taking this path, so he naturally needs a foundation.
Nowadays, Shandong's officialdom is newly opened up, and Zhang Jian is doing many things from scratch. As long as he works hard in Shandong for ten years, all local officials born in Shandong in the future will belong to Zhang Jian. Disciple.
This is also the step that Zhang Yian will take in the future.
Shen Yi smiled: "I just said casually, how can I compare with the old Prime Minister."
Zhang Jian lowered his head and took a sip of tea. After being silent for a while, he said softly: "During Ziheng's absence, I sent people to all the prefectures in Shandong and found many large grain holders. Most of them have already Agreed to sell grain to the government at market price."
"Among them, the ones that are cheaper than the market price have been purchased by Jizhou. As for the rest, I guess I still need your nod from Ziheng."
Needless to say, Shen Yi also knew that in such "troubled times", those large households with grain reserves would definitely not take the initiative to sell grain to the government.
However, Shen Yi didn't want to know what Zhang Jian did and what methods he used. There was no need to know.
He nodded slightly: "I bought all the food at market prices."
After saying that, Mr. Shen patted his belt and said with a smile: "Senior brother may not know yet, but I am now rich."
Zhang Jian was slightly startled and did not understand what Shen Yi meant, but he did not pursue the question, but said seriously: "The main reason why I am so anxious to see you today is because I have a serious matter."
When Shen Yi heard this, he also suppressed his smile: "Senior brother, just say it."
"My mentor's letter said that there is another way to fight in the Huaibei battlefield, which is to abandon Shandong and Henan provinces when necessary and retreat to the south of the Huaihe River, so as to weaken the strength of the Northern Qi and slowly drag them to death."
Seeing Zhang Jian's serious expression, Shen Yi could only nod his head and said softly: "There is indeed such a way to fight. If we fight like this, the risk will be minimized."
Zhang Jian looked serious.
"I disagree."
He said solemnly: "I don't know how much energy I have spent over the past year or so to slowly restore order in Shandong. Now most of the people in Shandong have recognized our Dachen government."
"At this time, if the imperial court wants to abandon Shandong."
Zhang Fantai gritted his teeth: "I will die in Jinan City and live and die with Jinan!"
After saying that, when Shen Yi didn't speak, he continued: "I don't want Ziheng to hear these words alone. The letter I wrote to my mentor is already on the way to Jiankang!"
Mr. Shen lowered his head to drink tea and shook his head slightly: "Senior brother, don't worry, this style of play can only be considered above average at best, and I don't agree with this style of play either."
"For one day I am in Huaibei, it is impossible for Shandong to return to the hands of the Qi people."
Seeing that Shen Yi's expression became serious, Zhang Jian asked thoughtfully, "I've never seen Zi Heng so serious."
Shen Yi shook his head, sighed, and took down a document from his desk.
The content of the document is very simple.
The Northern Qi court began to "borrow money" from the Zhu Lizhen nobles on a large scale, and the Yandu Forbidden Army has been making frequent moves recently, and there may be big moves at any time.
A new round of conscription began in the suburbs of Yandu.
At the same time, in the Yandu court, Emperor Zhaowu dismissed seven or eight important court officials in one fell swoop, clearing out almost all opposition.
Shen Yi handed the information to Zhang Jian, then pointed at the document and exhaled.
"If we include Northern Qi's northern frontier army, what I have to face this time may be about 400,000 Qi troops from the Northern Qi court."
"Moreover, there is a high probability that Northern Qi will give up its northern border defense. In other words, their border troops will almost certainly be thrown into the battlefield with our Dachen."
"Senior brother, even if the Huai'an Army is added to the West Route Army, there will only be more than 200,000 people. If you are the commander..."
"Are you worried?"
Zhang Fantai lowered his head to read the documents, and soon his face became solemn.
"If I..."
"I'm afraid I can't sleep anymore."
(End of chapter)
