marquis of jingan

Chapter 1500 The most terrifying enemy

Chapter 1500 The most terrifying enemy

Just one simple sentence made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's eyelids twitch with fear.

He immediately stared at Shen Yi with wide eyes, swallowed his saliva for a long time, and asked: "Uncle...Uncle, did the emperor ask you to come here?"

Shen Yi shook his head, but did not deny it. Instead, he said calmly: "I can't say."

"It seems that His Highness is really trying to replace the palace guards?"

Among the imperial guards of Dachen, almost an entire garrison was separated and left in the capital to serve as the emperor's personal guards.

These guards were usually the sons of nobles, and the rest had to go through a strict screening process, which required them to have a clean family background and no criminal record within three generations.

This imperial guard is also the emperor's last layer of armor, and no one can touch it.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took a deep breath, quickly pulled Shen Yi to sit down, and whispered: "Uncle, please listen to my explanation, this is the situation."

"Some time ago, two centurions of the Imperial Guards had a quarrel and ended up fighting with weapons. Not only did they injure more than a dozen people, but two were seriously injured and almost died."

"But the number of guards cannot be reduced. When the matter is reported to me, I can only let the Imperial Guards select more people to join the guards."

"Heaven and earth can bear witness to this."

The Crown Prince said in a panic: "I did not participate in the selection of the imperial guards from beginning to end. The prime ministers in the Secretariat can also testify for me, uncle..."

He lowered his head and said, "Even if my nephew has great courage, he dare not touch the inner court guards! Now the emperor is hiding from people, and only you can see the emperor. Please tell the emperor..."

"My nephew is really wronged!"

Master Shen looked the Crown Prince up and down, then chuckled and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to play dumb at this time. Your Highness should know better than me what the situation is."

"How did the two hundred battalions of the Imperial Guards come into conflict?"

"Who will be responsible for selecting new imperial guards?"

Shen Yi said silently: "If the situation is not abnormal, this matter will not alarm the adults in your highness's family. Did the general of the imperial army have dinner at the Sun family?"

The Crown Prince's expression changed slightly: "Uncle, I really don't know about this..."

"It would be even worse if Your Highness didn't know about it."

Master Shen put his hands in his sleeves and said softly, "That means that Your Highness has completely lost control of the Sun family even though he is in this position. They will even do such treasonous things in your name."

"It is conceivable that if they have any ulterior motives one day, Your Highness will not be able to resist them and will have no choice but to be coerced by them."

Master Shen put his hands in his sleeves, looked at the prince, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, have you thought about how to reply?"

The prince looked up at Shen Yi and remained silent.

Shen Yi sighed slightly and said, "It seems that His Highness knows about this matter."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to cry.

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, I'll tell you the truth..."

"A few days ago, they came to me and said they wanted to arrange a few children of noble families into the imperial guards. I didn't think about it and agreed..."

"This issue…"

He made a bitter face: "I didn't expect it to become such a big deal."

Mr. Shen looked at him quietly without saying anything.

He is no longer a young man who has just started out. Even if it was twenty years ago, the prince's words would not be hidden from him.

It was obvious that the whole story of this matter was not as told to the Crown Prince. In order to be able to touch upon the imperial guards, he must have discussed it in detail with his "military advisors".

If this can be done quietly, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely continue to do it and use his own people to slowly replace some of the grassroots generals in the Imperial Guards, thereby completing the control of the Imperial Guards.

And if they are discovered, then the current explanation will sound like it is just a small problem and nothing serious.

Seeing Shen Yi looking at him with a half-smile, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't help but feel guilty. He lowered his head and said, "Uncle, I will go to the palace later and apologize to my father in person..."

Master Shen shook his head slightly and said softly: "Your Highness, since His Majesty pretends not to know about this, then Your Highness should also pretend that His Majesty doesn't know."

"Once His Majesty finds out, things might not end well."

Shen Yi paused and continued, "Your Highness also knows that I am now in the capital, almost a sinecure, without any definite position. I have no right to manage Your Highness' affairs, let alone interfere with the Imperial Guards."

"So I came here today just to chat with your highness."

Mr. Shen bowed his head slightly and said, "Your Highness can understand that I gave you a reminder. After I leave, your Highness will just treat me as if I had never been here."

At this point, Mr. Shen bowed and said, "If Your Highness feels that I have offended Your Highness today..."

He sighed and said, "Then I, Shen Yi, will accept the punishment."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly stood up and helped Shen Yi up.

At this moment, he more or less understood Shen Yi's purpose of coming today. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bowed his head and said, "Uncle, I am grateful to you for coming here. How can there be any punishment..."

"You should get up soon."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince held Master Shen's arm, his eyes reddened: "Uncle, my nephew is still young and suddenly in this position. I don't understand many things. Sometimes I have to rely on them, which is not my intention."

"You are the Prince's Grand Tutor, and also the future Imperial Tutor. If you are willing to help me with many things, I won't need to rely on anyone..."

Shen Yi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty asked you to come here to supervise the country, which is to test your ability. With His Majesty here, no one in the court can shake Your Highness. Who does Your Highness need to rely on?"

"At this time, Your Highness must rely on yourself."

“You can only rely on yourself.”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was shocked, and then bowed his head deeply: "Thank you for your teachings, uncle..."

…………

A moment later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Shen Yi left the classroom together. The Crown Prince summoned several prime ministers, said that he was not feeling well, bid farewell to Shen Yi and the prime ministers, and returned to the East Palace.

When Master Shen was about to leave, he was grabbed by Zhang Jian. Zhang Jian pulled Master Shen into his public room and said with a strange look, "Ziheng, what did you say to the prince?"

Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Nothing, just some official business about the border troops, I reported to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"What nonsense!"

Zhang Xiang said unhappily, "You can meet the emperor at any time. When did you need to report the military situation in the north to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Besides, you have never reported the military situation to the Secretariat."

At this point, Zhang Jian lowered his voice and said, "When the child left, his legs were unstable. He must have been scared by you!"

Shen Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? How can a mere official like me scare the crown prince?"

"how could I know?"

Zhang Jian rolled his eyes at Shen Yi and said, "Isn't this what I'm asking you?"

Mr. Shen stood up, patted Zhang Jian on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Senior Brother, this matter has nothing to do with you or the Zhongshu. You can do whatever you want in the future."

After a pause, he said, "My visit is actually a good thing for Your Highness."

Having said that, Shen Yi did not continue.

In fact, there is a second half to this sentence.

If the prince would listen to advice.

…………

Taiyuan City, General’s Mansion.

In General Xue Wei's study, a messenger from Datong half-knelt in front of Xue Wei with great respect, bowed his head and said, "General, secret report from outside the pass!"

Xue Wei stood up, took the document, opened it and read it, then frowned and said, "Make two copies and send them to Yanjing as usual."

Two copies, one for the court and one for Shen Yi.

The messenger bowed his head respectfully: "As you command!"

After the messenger left, Xue Wei returned to his seat, slightly absent-minded. After a long while, he picked up the pen to write a document. Before he finished the document, his wife pushed the door and walked in.

Seeing that General Xue looked a little strange, the princess of the old Qi Dynasty stood beside him and asked softly, "Husband, what's wrong?"

"There is an epidemic outside the Great Wall."

General Xue whispered, "Sheep and cattle are dying in droves."

Princess Xianyou was of royal birth after all. She understood everything after just one sentence and frowned slightly.

"That means... there will be a war..."

Xue Wei hummed and looked out the window.

At this time, the weather had already entered autumn. He stood up, walked to the window, opened it, and looked into the distance.

"In this kind of war, the Tatars will be the most terrible..."

(End of this chapter)