marquis of jingan

Chapter 685 Excited Brother Pancake

Chapter 685 Excited Brother Pancake

Shen Yi does have a lot of things to do.

Although Xue Wei has basically cleaned up the Japanese pirates in the coastal waters of Guangzhou, there must still be Japanese pirates left along the coast of Guangdong, and further cleaning is needed.

Shen Yi wanted to instruct them on their next move, and also told Xue Wei to investigate the location of the Guangzhou Wei Daying Camp at a suitable place near Guangzhou.

In addition to ordering Xue Wei, the most important thing is to follow up with the victory.

To put it bluntly, I just want to inform the five old men of Zhongshu Province and His Majesty the Emperor that the Dusi Yamen has fought another beautiful battle in Guangdong.

Of course, this kind of notification is just a simple notification, not a formal request for credit, because Shen Yi now does not have a specific list of casualties and a "credit book" that records the number of enemies killed.

More importantly, after the coastal waters of Guangzhou Mansion were calmed down, Shen Yi himself could prepare to leave for Guangdong to arrange for the last city shipping department in the southeast.

The reply to Xue Wei is very easy to write, after all, he is his own person, basically he doesn't need to think about the writing, as long as he conveys the meaning, it is enough for Shen Yi to write the reply in just tea time.

As for the documents to report the victory to the imperial court, it is not very easy to write. First, you have to pay attention to the writing, and second, you have to write more than one copy.

First of all, it is necessary to write a copy to the imperial court. This document will be sent to the Ministry of War first, and then the Ministry of War will report it to the Zhongshu, and the Zhongshu will then pass it on to the emperor.

The second is to write a secret report to the emperor.

In fact, there has always been an exclusive communication channel between Shen Yi and the emperor. The emperor would send him a private letter from time to time, and he would occasionally write a letter to the emperor.

Like a pen pal.

For things like this, the emperor must be notified first, so that His Majesty will feel more superior.

After spending more than an hour, Shen Yi wrote all three letters. After he finished writing the envelopes, he walked out of the study and called Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng trotted over quickly, bowed his head and said, "My lord."

Shen Yi gave a "hmm" and asked, "Is the prince still in Xingyuan?"

"Not anymore."

Jiang Sheng bowed his head cautiously and said: "Just now, the son of the world took the little one to play that game of broken chess. When the little one was about to lose, he suddenly lost his temper and said that the little one deliberately made him stand up and leave..."

Shen Yi looked at Jiang Sheng in astonishment: "You... really let him?"

Jiang Sheng scratched his head embarrassingly: "Young master, when I was young in Jiangdu, I often roamed the streets and learned chess from an old man on the street..."

"It's just that I don't have enough strength in chess. When I let the chess go, I was spotted by the son..."

Shen Yi couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and patted Jiang Sheng's shoulder, and said, "I really can't tell, you still have this hand."

Being able to beat Li Mu without a piece means that this servant's ability to play chess is far better than his old master Shen.

Jiang Sheng smiled honestly and scratched his head.

"It's useless. When I was young, I used it to win a few copper coins from the old man on the street..."

Shen Yi smiled, put the three letters in front of Jiang Sheng, and ordered: "The first letter should be sent to Guangzhou Mansion, and for Xue Wei, it should be sent through the channel of the Di Bao Si. good."

After a pause, Master Shen continued: "The second letter is an official document to the imperial court. Send it to the Ministry of War from the official post."

"The third letter..."

Shen Yi said in a low voice: "Give it directly to the inner guards who are with us, and tell them to send them to Jiankang in an expedited six hundred miles."

It has been a long time since Mr. Shen was watched by the Northern Qi Cleaning Department. During this time, he was always followed by inner guards. These inner guards are naturally excellent at hiding, but it is impossible for him to keep hiding after a long time. Can hide.

As Shen Yi's follower, Jiang Sheng has the ability to contact them.

In fact, the secret communication between Shen Yi and the emperor was also done through the channel of the inner guard.

"Where to send it is written on the envelope, don't make a mistake."

Jiang Sheng bowed his head respectfully: "Yes, the little one will do it now."

When he was about to turn around and leave, Shen Yi suddenly stopped him and said, "Also, prepare yourself, we may continue to go south in a few days."

Jiang Sheng bowed his head respectfully.

"Yes……"

………………

From Fuzhou Prefecture to Jiankang, if you take the official road, it is about 700 miles. After getting Shen Yi's letter, the inner guard did not dare to neglect, and changed horses and rushed all the way. In the evening of the second day of June, he finally delivered the letter to the Inner Court University. In the hands of the eunuch Gao Ming.

The eunuch Gao, who was in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just glanced at the word Shen Yi on the envelope, then stood up silently, put the letter in his wide sleeve, got up and walked towards the Ganlu Palace.

After entering the Ganlu Hall, the eunuch silently walked behind His Majesty the Emperor who was flipping through the documents, and waved silently.

Ever since, the palace people who were serving the emperor all retreated silently.

The emperor put down the vermilion pen in his hand, stretched his waist, and looked back at Gao Ming: "What happened again, making you come here in such a hurry?"

Eunuch Gao held Shen Yi's letter in his hand, bowed and handed it to the emperor, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Shen Yi's secret letter."

The emperor, who was a little lazy at first, regained his energy. He stretched out his hand and squeezed the letter from Gao Ming's hand. While opening the letter, he asked, "Have you read it?"

Eunuch Gao shook his head and said: "Bachelor Shen sent it over six hundred miles urgently. It should be an important matter. After receiving the letter, the maidservant quickly sent it to His Majesty..."

"Ah."

The emperor had already opened Shen Yi's secret letter at this moment, and with only a nasal sound, he began to read the letter carefully. After finishing the letter, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but reached out and thumped the table heavily, laughing loudly : "Shen Qi, Shen Qi!"

Eunuch Gao rarely saw the emperor lose his composure like this, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, why are you so happy?"

"The southeast is settled."

His Majesty the Emperor smiled all over his face, looked back at Gao Ming, and repeated: "The southeast is settled!"

"Let's not talk about whether Shen Qi can earn me so much money for this city bureau. Just exterminating the southeast Japanese pirates can make me..."

The emperor breathed out heavily and said, "You can let me have nothing to worry about."

Southeast is on the south side.

If for the emperor, looking to the southeast is a "back look", then it means that the emperor's gaze has been looking to the north, and has never changed its direction.

His Majesty the Emperor was happy for a while, and then slowly calmed down. He sat back on his chair and asked, "How long will it take for the official documents from the official station to be sent from Fuzhou to Jiankang?"

Eunuch Gao bowed his head without hesitation and replied: "Going back to Your Majesty, the fastest official station can be expedited for six hundred miles, but the general official documents are two hundred miles a day, and the military newspaper like Shen Xueshi is estimated to be four hundred miles." Riga sent it to the imperial court urgently, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days before it can be sent to Jiankang."

"pity."

The emperor smiled and said: "It's a pity that the official document didn't arrive today, otherwise I would have to call the old guys from Zhongshu to the palace, so as to beat them in the face."

When the emperor traveled to the southeast, there were voices of doubt and opposition in the court, and even the Ministry of Households refused to pay a penny for this matter.

In the end, it was the emperor who sent Shen Yi down to make money for himself to start this "project".

At this time, this "project" was basically completed, and the emperor of course wanted to go to the civil officials and slap those civil officials in the face.

Seeing that the emperor was happy, eunuch Gao also showed a smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty can also call several prime ministers into the palace now, and tell them about this matter, just say that the Southeast Secret Report entered the palace."

"Never mind."

The emperor shook his head and said: "If they know that Shen Qi hastened to report to the palace in secret, but reported to the court a few days later, most likely they will feel resentful again and secretly say that Shen Qi is flattering."

"Shen Qi is also a civil servant, since his heart is towards me, I can't make him difficult."

Gao Ming lowered his head slightly, with envy in his eyes: "Your Majesty is wise."

After the emperor finished speaking, he couldn't help but read Shen Yi's letter again. After reading it, the emperor shook his head and said, "It's a pity."

"It's a pity that this letter came two months late, otherwise I would have given Shen Qi a face and appointed his younger brother to be the champion."

Speaking of this, he looked at Gao Ming and asked, "Is Shen Qi's younger brother still in Jiankang?"

"The servant doesn't know..."

Eunuch Gao was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Your servant will go and investigate."

"If you are in Jiankang, call him into the palace, I want to see him."

"It's fine if you're not in Jiankang, we'll talk about it when he comes back."

Eunuch Gao lowered his head and replied, "Yes."

After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor was still a little excited. He glanced at the nearly half of unprocessed documents left on his desk, and waved his sleeves: "I'm happy today, I won't read these things, Gao Ming, send them all back to Zhongshu later, and let those old men do it."

Having said that, His Majesty the Emperor stretched his muscles and smiled heartily.

"I'm in a good mood today, I'm driving Zhaode Palace, I'm going to see my prince!"

Zhaode Palace is the residence of Concubine Hui.

It is worth mentioning that the eldest son of the emperor, concubine Hui, was announced to the public in March this year, but Zhaode Palace was blocked by the emperor on the grounds that the eldest prince was weak and unable to see the wind, and no one was allowed to enter or exit. .

Even when the Empress Dowager Sun went to see her eldest grandson, she only glanced at her from a distance through the palace gate, accompanied by the emperor.

But counting the time, in two or three months, the eldest son of the emperor of the Hongde Dynasty will be able to meet people.

After all, when it is eight or nine months old, if it is said to be five or six months old, basically no one will be able to see it.

At that time, when the status of the eldest son of the emperor is established, the status of Concubine Hui in the palace may rise a little bit, and after Empress Dowager Sun embraces her grandson, her attitude towards Concubine Hui may also improve.

After all, compared to being a daughter in the Sun family, the Empress Dowager Sun spent a longer time as a daughter-in-law in the Li family.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly, his eyes flickering.

"The slaves obey."

(End of this chapter)