marquis of jingan

Chapter 1397 1 big gifts

Chapter 1397 A big gift

Zhang Fantai's mood calmed down after a long time. He and Shen Yi entered Yandu City together. While looking around at the scene in Yandu City, he said: "To be honest, until now, I still feel a little like a dream. Huan, I was staying well in Jinan, but suddenly I received an order to come to take charge of Northern Zhili."

He turned to Shen Yi and smiled bitterly: "The province of Beizhili has not even been built yet."

Mr. Shen said calmly: "Aren't you asking senior brother to build a new one in Beizhili?"

"Senior brother, we first rebuilt Shandong, and now we are rebuilding Beizhili. Once we are successful, there will be no obstacles on our way to Zhongshu."

"Even Zhongshu Zaifu, his achievements are far inferior to yours."

Zhang Jian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can it be so easy? During this time in Shandong, I was short-lived for at least ten years. After working hard in Beizhili for a few more years, I am afraid that I will die before I can get into Zhongshu."

By now, Zhang Jian no longer denied that he would enter Zhongshu.

Because even in his own mind, he has acquiesced in this statement. With his achievements in the past few years, coupled with the connections left by the old Prime Minister Zhang Jing, as long as he does not make any principled mistakes, his future career will be smooth.

The two senior brothers walked all the way to the entrance of the Jingzhao Mansion. Mr. Shen turned to look at the Jingzhao Mansion and said, "Senior brother, he will work here from now on."

Mr. Shen stretched out and said, "Your Majesty's imperial edict has urged me to rush back as soon as possible. Now that the war in the north has come to an end for the time being, I can have a good rest when I return to Yandu."

Mr. Shen smiled and did not continue.

Master Shen pulled Zhang Jian's sleeve and said, "The first thing is of course to get Yandu back to normal as soon as possible, restore order, and restore education."

Mr. Shen paused and smiled: "If an official I don't like comes here to govern, that's a different matter."

Having said this, he looked at Zhang Jian and warned: "Senior brother, there are two things that must be done here in Yandu."

Hearing this, Zhang Jian turned to look at Shen Yi and said with a wry smile: "I kind of know why the imperial court must assign me to Yandu. I'm afraid Ziheng won't be so cooperative when others come to Yandu."

Zhang Fantai was thoughtful, then looked up at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to move the capital."

Otherwise, the court is ignorant.

In Beidi, Shen Yi will always be the talker.

Shen Yi smiled and said: "Whether this matter succeeds or not depends on Your Majesty. As long as Your Majesty is resolute, I believe it can be done. If not..."

The move of the capital of Chen Dynasty to Yandu could only be completed in Hongde's reign. If Emperor Hongde was a little weaker and this matter was not accomplished, then future generations would never be able to accomplish it.

Given the current situation in the north, if the imperial court sends people over, it can only send officials who are close to Shen Yi or sensible officials.

Mr. Shen laughed and said, "Senior Brother, as long as it is an official sent by the imperial court and doing his best to serve the imperial court, no matter who he is, I will try my best to cooperate."

“That’s what you say, Ziheng.”

And if Dachen had not moved the capital...

The two chatted for a while. Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Zi Heng... when will he leave to return to Jiankang?"

"The second thing is your majesty's imperial mausoleum. After the imperial decree comes down, senior brother must help more and repair this imperial mausoleum as soon as possible."

"I know."

"That's it for the past few days."

"Of course."

"In the past few days, our senior brothers have to do some errands. After I return south, I will have to trouble my senior brothers with all the matters in Yandu."

At that time, Mr. Shen will become the de facto "King of Northern Liang".

In this case, in Emperor Hong De's generation, Emperor Hong De's prestige is high enough, and Shen Yi is free and easy enough, there is a high probability that the Shen family can live in peace with the court.

As for the next generation, it’s hard to say.

Therefore, Shen Yi still wants to get the capital moving matter done. Once the capital moving matter is completed, Dachen will be completely stable, and the conflicts between the two parties will gradually be eliminated.

Hearing this, Zhang Jian let out a long sigh: "My eldest father said that the Jiangnan nobles were very dissatisfied when they heard that His Majesty intended to move the capital. They were already plotting secretly and doing their best to prevent this." After a pause, he reminded Shen Yi: : "We, Chen, have been in Jiankang for too many years. Most of the civil servants in the court now are Jiangnan nobles, and they are very powerful."

"They are trying their best to obstruct this matter, and His Majesty will be a little worried...and if His Majesty wants to move the capital, he might use you Ziheng to deal with those Jiangnan nobles."

"Now, you are the only one in the court, Zi Heng, who can stand on the opposite side of those nobles."

"In this way, the court can regain balance."

Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and warned, "This matter is no child's play. Zi Heng must be careful."

Mr. Shen put his hands in his sleeves, looked at Zhang Jian, and smiled dumbly: "If I remember correctly, senior brother, your family belongs to the Jiangnan gentry, and Mr. Zhang, Prime Minister, is also the leader of the Jiangnan gentry."

Zhang Fantai looked up at Shen Yi, and then smiled too: "Didn't Zi Heng say it long ago that I am a traitor among the nobles?"

Mr. Shen bowed his hands in salute and said with a smile: "If senior brother is a traitor to the noble clan, then I can be called a traitor to the master's sect."

The two senior brothers looked at each other and smiled. Mr. Shen pulled Zhang Jian's sleeve and said with a smile: "I will invite senior brother to drink today. We brothers will not return until we are drunk."

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Three days later, Master Shen finished arranging all matters in Yandu, took two thousand-household camps with the size of one hundred-household camp, and left Yandu, heading south.

Because everyone was on horseback, they traveled very quickly. Starting from the early twelfth lunar month, they traveled for more than ten days and arrived at Jiankang Prefecture before the end of the year.

After Mr. Shen arrived at Jiankang Mansion, before he had time to enter Jiankang, the imperial court sent him a guard of honor as a governor, who played and played all the way to welcome Mr. Shen on his triumphant return.

As for Shen Yi, he was arranged to sit on a tall horse, looking at the people kneeling on both sides of the road and kowtowing, with no expression on his face.

His character actually didn't like to be so public, but since it was arranged by the court, Shen Yi did not forcefully refuse.

After all, after you have made such a great contribution, if you remain as low-key as before, seeking neither fame nor fortune, then the court will begin to doubt what you want to ask for!

But now Shen Yi has obviously reached this point, so he still has to accept some fame and fortune.

The guard of honor arrived about ten miles outside Jiankang City, and His Majesty the Emperor still gave the highest reception standards. He led a group of civil and military officials and personally went out of the city for more than ten miles to greet Shen Yi.

After approaching the emperor's carriage, Shen Yi dismounted from his horse, came to the emperor, knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and saluted: "Your Majesty, Shen Yi, is here to greet you."

In the past, when Mr. Shen Yi met, he would still call his "work unit", such as Shen Yi from the Ministry of War, or Shen Yi, the governor of Shandong. But now, Mr. Shen has too many titles and they are too bright. Any title is too obvious. It was suspected of showing off, so he simply abandoned it.

With a smile on his face, His Majesty the Emperor helped Shen Yi up with both hands, pulled him once more, and boarded the dragon chariot, looking like an official.

After accepting the congratulations from all the officials, Shen Yi and the emperor sat on the same throne. Emperor Hongde coughed twice, then looked up at Shen Yi, with some unconcealable excitement on his face.

"This period of time is really the happiest time in my life."

He pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and said, "Every time I think about my homeland being restored, I get so excited that I can't sleep."

Mr. Shen bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have prepared a big gift for you. After you see it, you will be even happier than you are now."

Emperor Hong De said "Oh?" and asked: "What kind of gift? Tell me about it."

"Pseudo-Emperor."

Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "We are already on the way to Jiankang. It won't be long before your majesty can see the puppet emperor of Northern Qi and bow to you."

Emperor Hong De was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.

"What a gift."

He looked up to the north, with barely concealed excitement in his eyes.

"What a great gift!"

(End of this chapter)