marquis of jingan

Chapter 1037

Chapter 1037

It was still afternoon when I left the palace.

The moment he walked out of the imperial city, Master Shen stretched his muscles and bones, and then he couldn't wait to get into his own carriage. He smiled at Jiang Sheng who was always following him and said, "Go home, I haven't seen my daughter for a long time."

Shen Sangsang was born in the first month of the 12th year of Hongde. In a blink of an eye, she is almost two years old.

When Shen Yi left home last time, the little girl could barely speak, but Shen Yi kept communicating with the family, and learned that his daughter could basically speak.

The eldest son, I have seen him at the gate of the city just now, but I haven't seen this girl for a long time.

Shen Yi and Jiang Sheng hurried back home. After returning to the door of the house, Shen Yi saw that the original plaque with the words "Shen's Mansion" had been removed at some point, and there were four golden plaques hung on the gate. Character.

Jiang Dubo Mansion.

These four characters were handwritten by Prime Minister Xie Min and sent to Shen's house, and Lu Ruoxi took them to make a plaque.

Master Shen stared at the plaque, lost his mind for a while, then came back to his senses, and stepped into his home.

The whole family has come out of the palace right now, and even Shen Heng has asked for leave, waiting for Shen Yi to come back at home, seeing Shen Yi stepping into the house, Shen Heng, who is already a member of Zhongshushe, couldn't help but two His eyes were red, and he bowed to salute: "Brother."

Shen Yi stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I am not injured, and I am not dead, why are you crying?"

Shen Heng's eyes were red, and he said with tears: "After knowing that the elder brother went deep into Qi, the younger brother almost couldn't sleep all night. Later, I heard that the elder brother was trapped in Xuzhou..."

"My little brother hasn't had a good night's sleep."

Shen Heng is quite an emotional person, so he couldn't help sobbing at this moment and said: "My brother is also a scholar, I don't know how much I have suffered in the past six months..."

The two brothers have depended on each other for many years and have a deep relationship. Shen Heng naturally loves his elder brother.

Lu Ruoxi, who was on the side, was taken aback when she heard the words, and asked, "Husband...trapped in Xuzhou?"

Shen Yi was besieged in Xuzhou after he led his troops deep into Xuzhou. This matter was not a secret in the imperial court, especially for a Zhongshusheren like Shen Heng, who could easily get information about this.

But Lu Ruoxi was not in the court, she didn't know.

Moreover, Shen Yi wrote a secret letter to the emperor, and also wrote a letter to Shen Heng, asking them to keep their wives and children a secret. So until now, Lu Ruoxi only knows that her husband led troops to fight in the north and made great achievements repeatedly, but he did not I don't know the specific process.

Shen Zhang also frowned, and looked at his youngest son: "Didn't Yi'er lead the army to defeat the Qi army and recover Xuzhou? How did you start being trapped in Xuzhou?"

Shen Yi smiled dumbly, patted Shen Heng on the shoulder, and scolded with a smile: "A big man, two Jinshi, crying, what do you look like?"

He looked at his old father, his father-in-law, and his wife who were looking at him again. After coughing, he said, "What Zi Chang said is not wrong. In control, not passive."

He glanced at his younger brother and said, "Zichang, he's overthinking."

Master Lu stroked the beard on his chin, and said softly: "The old man knows that Ziheng has been in Xuzhou for several months, but he doesn't know the detailed process."

Master Shen raised his hands and said with a smile: "I'll tell you more about it when we have dinner."

After finishing speaking, he passed the crowd and said with a smile: "Now, I want to see my eldest daughter."

After walking around this unfamiliar home for a few times, Master Shen finally saw his daughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The little girl was wearing a beautiful flowered jacket, and looked at the black uncle in front of her with curious eyes, then blinked her eyes, and spoke a little timidly.

"you…"

She summoned up her courage and stammered: "Who are you?"

The childish voice made Shen Yi froze in place, and did not move for a long while.

Master Shen, who has always had a strong personality and never changed his face even in the face of a hundred thousand Qi troops, now only feels his nose sour, a little wronged, and a little sad.

Very sad.

I almost cried.

During the growth process of his two sons and daughters, or in the infant period, his father was basically absent. The eldest son, Shen Yuan, was alright, smarter, and more sensible. from the father.

But Shen Sangsang is different. In her memory, there is almost no such father as Shen Yi.

Lu Ruoxi was standing next to Shen Yi. It was the first time she saw her husband like this, so she hurried forward, picked up her little daughter, and gently placed her in front of Shen Yi, and said softly: "This is Daddy."

"Call Daddy quickly."

Father and daughter united, Shen Sangsang looked up at Shen Yi seriously, then staggered towards Shen Yi who was squatting on the ground, stretched out his hand to touch the latter's stubble, and shouted crisply.

"Daddy..."

The grievance in Master Shen's heart disappeared immediately. He hugged the little girl up and laughed happily.

There is bitterness and sweetness in the world.

The sweetness is nothing more than this.

………………

After spending the whole afternoon at home with his wife and children, in the evening, the Shen family sat down and had a meal together. Only then did Master Shen roughly tell his family about the events of this year.

During the second half of the dinner, the whole family's attention was focused on Chen Youniang. The Shen family's new daughter-in-law was already nine months pregnant and was expected to give birth before the New Year's Eve.

I asked some stable women in the capital to look at it, and most of them said it was a boy.

But this kind of thing, no one can say for sure.

Shen Yuan was curious right now, sometimes he would run up to his aunt and stare curiously at her big belly.

It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it was getting dark especially early. Before the Shen family had finished their meal, it was already getting dark.

After the family had finished eating, it became pitch black outside. Mr. Shen wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and was about to go back to his room to take a bath and rest, when Lian Er hurried over, she first looked at Shen The two elders Zhang and Master Lu immediately whispered to Shen Yi: "Uncle, Mr. Zhao is here."

He was able to visit at this time, and the adult surnamed Zhao naturally had no one else. Hearing this, Shen Yi immediately stood up and looked back at his father and father-in-law.

"Father, father-in-law, Master Zhao is here, I'll go out to meet you."

Shen Zhang also stood up and said, "Let's go out together."

Master Lu pulled Shen Zhang and said with a smile: "It's enough for the younger generation to go out to meet him. Let's just wait in the courtyard."

Shen Yi strode towards the main entrance, just happened to meet Zhao Shangshu walking in, Shen Yi hurriedly went up to meet him, cupped his hands and said: "I have no time to visit Master in the future, but let Master come to the door, it's a sin..."

Zhao Changping waved his hands with a smile, and said, "You just got home, so naturally you should get together with your family members. It's normal not to see the old man."

Shen Yi said with shame: "Brother Yi An asked me to bring back some Xuzhou specialties for my uncle, but I haven't had time to send them to my uncle."

Hearing this, Zhao Changping sighed slightly: "That kid has a heart."

"Is he not planning to return to Jiankang this year?"

Shen Yi shook his head: "Xuzhou's political affairs are more difficult to deal with than Huai'an. Now there are almost no officials available in Xuzhou. There is only a polished prefect like senior brother. The Huai'an army is helping to do many things, but the Huai'an army can't do everything."

"The prefectures and counties near Xuzhou are preparing for next year's spring farming. There are many things to do, and the senior brother has no time to spare."

Speaking of this, Master Shen said with a smile: "Originally, the second brother should have come back with me, and the second brother also agreed. When I left, Senior Brother Yi An refused desperately, and insisted on letting the second brother do the job in Xuzhou." Only when you are done can you leave."

"It is estimated that there will be a delay of a few days."

Shen Yi said: "It will be almost the 27th of the twelfth lunar month before we can rush back."

Hearing even these words, Zhao Shangshu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed a lot.

Obviously, he came to look for Shen Yi on the surface this time, but in fact, he also wanted to ask how his youngest son was doing.

After all, he is very strict with his son, but he is still a father after all.

Of course, it is also possible that Mrs. Zhao forced her to come here.

He was dazed for a while, and then said softly: "What can he do in Xuzhou? It's good that he doesn't cause trouble for Yi An."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly.He said with a smile: "The uncle misunderstood the second brother too much. In the past half a year in Xuzhou City, the money, grain and people's livelihood were all in charge of the second brother, and the handling was orderly."

"Second brother, when he is doing things seriously, he is very similar to you, uncle."

While talking, the two entered the atrium. Master Lu and Shen Zhang both stepped forward to greet the Da Jiuqing of the imperial court.

Now the female relatives are gone, but Shen Heng is still there. He bowed his head and saluted, calling him uncle.

Zhao Shangshu looked at Shen Yi, then at Shen Heng, with unconcealable envy in his eyes, and said, "It's rude to bother you late at night."

Everyone in the Shen family didn't even dare to speak.

Zhao Shangshu looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said: "The old man is here mainly to discuss something with Ziheng."

Shen Yi turned sideways slightly, and said to Zhao Shangshu: "Master, please, let's go to the study to talk."

After all, he led the way ahead.

Zhao Shangshu followed behind him with a smile.

Shen Yi actually knew Zhao Changping's intentions.

Part of the reason may be for the youngest son of the Zhao family, but more importantly, it is a political reason, which means that he, the Minister of the Household Department, completely stands on Shen Yi's political standpoint and stands for the Northern Expedition.

After entering Shen Yi's study, the two sat down one after another. Zhao Shangshu got straight to the point and said directly: "The 20 troops of the Northern Expedition go north. According to the current imperial court's money and food, it can last for about two years."

He looked at Shen Yi and sighed slightly: "This time sounds not short, but as the frontline coach, Ziheng should know whether this time is long."

After the start of the national war, the seemingly long time of a year or two is not so conspicuous.

After all, when Guo Rong first set his ambitions, he also said that it would take him ten years to level the world.

Master Shen frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Is it enough to store food for two years, or counting the taxes for the next two years, it will be enough for two years?"

"It should be the latter."

Zhao Shangshu said softly: "Even if it's the former, there won't be much food left in two years."

"That is to say, if the war lasts for more than two years, the people of Dachen and even the court will have to live some hard times."

What Zhao Changping meant was that when the front line ran out of food, the imperial court...

It's about to be added.

This is the so-called "national power".

Insufficient national power, force alone is obviously not enough.

Shen Yi asked: "Isn't it enough to add the money from the Shibo Department?"

Zhao Shangshu shook his head slowly: "The income of the Shibosi is not as much as it was at the beginning, and it is all money from the inside, and there are wars. The Bingzhang Bureau also has military inspectors, and armor and clothes. There are many places to spend money. , not just the food and salaries of the soldiers.”

Upon hearing this, Master Shen shook his head slightly, but did not speak.

Seeing that Shen Yi was silent, Zhao Changping sighed softly: "This afternoon, my uncle also went to the Ganlu Palace and talked with His Majesty for half an hour. I told Your Majesty about this."

Having said that, he changed the topic and asked.

"Ziheng, in two years, can you reach the edge of the Yellow River?"

Zhao Changping looked expectantly: "Two years later, Shandong and Henan, even if only one province is taken back, there will be no shortage of food."

Shen Yi thought about it carefully, and said, "Next year, the food in Xuzhou area should be enough for the army for a period of time, and we can save some food as much as possible. As for the uncle, where can we fight in two years..."

Master Shen smiled wryly and said: "My nephew can only say, where is the hit."

Zhao Shangshu clapped his hands and said, "Ziheng's ability to say these words shows that you are still awake."

"You are proud of your youth, and you have been awarded a new title. It is really commendable that you can still do this."

This Da Chen's God of Wealth looked at Shen Yi quietly.

"Then... just give it a try for two years."

(End of this chapter)