amaotonovel Chapter 1361 Two faces and three swords
Chapter 1361 Two faces and three swords
Chapter 1361 Duplicity
Shen Yi had just arrived at Zhou Huai's army for a day, and he arrived in a hurry.
Before that, he met with Su Ding in Jinghai, explained the general military strategy, and then arranged some things that he had to arrange, and then set off south.
It was only yesterday that he learned from the inner guard that King Jin was coming.
This is nothing unusual.
This time, Shen Yi accepted the surrender as the commander-in-chief of the Huai'an Army, so there was no problem. However, the emperor's presence was slightly weaker, so the emperor sent King Jin over to participate in the surrender with Shen Yi.
In this way, it seems more reasonable.
After the two people sat down at the same table, Mr. Shen poured a glass of wine for Prince Jin and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few months. How is Prince Jinan doing during this period? How is the errand going?"
"The location of the palace has been determined."
Li Mu bumped into Shen Yi and said, "People from the Qintian Prison have also been here. There is no problem. The palace was originally built under the supervision of the local government, but..."
Prince Jin smiled hoarsely: "But your senior brother Ziheng refuses to pay."
Mr. Shen raised his head and took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Shandong has been exempted from taxes for three years. Taxes will not be levied until next year in the 19th year of Hong De. At this time, Senior Brother Zhang can be said to be very poor. How can he Money to build a palace?"
"But His Majesty is coming to Mount Tai to enshrine himself."
Li Mu said loudly: "You can't borrow the house of other people's houses, or temporarily repairing other people's houses. This is a bit simple for this new eternal event."
Mr. Shen shook his head and did not comment.
Although he has a high and powerful position, these matters have nothing to do with him and are not responsible for him, so there is no need for him to get involved, he can just be polite.
Li Mu clinked another glass of wine with Shen Yi, and then said with a smile: "Speaking of which, many wealthy businessmen in Shandong heard the news from somewhere. They heard that His Majesty might be coming to Mount Tai, and some people came to see me and said I want to donate money to the imperial court to build a palace."
Shen Yi smiled slightly: "It must be the news from Jiankang. If your Majesty wants to go out, he must first test the attitudes of outsiders."
After the two chatted for a while, Li Mu remembered something serious. He looked at Shen Yi and asked: "By the way, Zi Heng, I heard that the front line is fighting fiercely. You are not in Tianjin at this time, so why are you here in Cangzhou?"
"There was even a direct order from the palace asking me to come to Cangzhou."
Shen Yi smiled slightly: "At this time, the prince should have guessed what I came to Cangzhou for."
Prince Jin is also a smart man. He naturally has some ideas of his own, but he just doesn't say them out. After thinking about it, he still said: "Is there any big progress in Cangzhou..."
Shen Yi smiled and was about to speak when Jiang Sheng hurriedly walked in. He bowed his head and saluted: "Young Master, Your Majesty, the imperial edict from the imperial court has arrived. It has now arrived outside the camp. It is for you two."
Shen Yi stood up and said, "Then let's go out?"
Prince Jin also stood up and was about to go out with Shen Yi. A eunuch dressed in purple had already walked in with small steps. After seeing Shen Yi and Li Mu, they both bowed and saluted: "I have seen the prince, I have seen you." Lord Marquis."
At this moment, Shen Yi, because he had not been in Jiankang for a long time, no longer recognized these new eunuchs in purple clothes in the palace. However, Li Mu recognized him and said with a smile: "It's Eunuch Tian who is here."
Eunuch Tian lowered his head and said yes, then took out the imperial edict from the wooden box in the hand of the eunuch who was on the side, and said: "Your Majesty has told me that this is a secret edict. You two can just take it and take a look. You cannot read it out, so as not to be too upset. Many people listened."
"There's no need to kneel down."
After saying that, he held the imperial edict in both hands and handed it to Li Mu.
Prince Jin hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it, then unfolded the imperial edict and took a look at it, then silently handed it to Shen Yi.
Shen Yi took it and looked at it carefully, then held it with both hands and placed it on the table.
Eunuch Tian handed the wooden box in his hand to Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Master Shen, there are two imperial edicts in it. Your Majesty said, just give it to Master Shen."
Shen Yi reached out to take it and said yes.
After Eunuch Tian finished speaking, Shen Yi called Jiang Sheng and said, "A few angels probably rode all the way here. Thank you for your hard work on time. Take them down to have a good rest and arrange food and accommodation."
Jiang Sheng responded and took them away.
After these eunuchs left, Li Mu watched Shen Yi sitting back on the table and whispered: "This child should have knew it.
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I don't care, but His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter. It's best not to say it to anyone beforehand, so as not to cause another incident in Cangzhou City."
Li Mu thought for a while and nodded silently: "Yes, the more secure this kind of thing is, the better."
He toasted Shen Yi with a glass of wine, shook his head and said with emotion: "Zi Heng worked so hard, but in the end, I got a bargain and came to surrender with you, Zi Heng."
Shen Yi said softly: "Your Majesty is a member of your Majesty's family, so you should come and take a look. Besides..."
"The Zhou family and his son are not simple people. They have to be kind and powerful at the same time. Naturally, I look bad in front of them, so I need the prince to play the red face."
"Your Majesty is responsible for giving them smiles."
Mr. Shen said slowly: "I am responsible for intimidating them."
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Two days later, Zhou Huai's troops came to the south gate of Cangzhou.
With the ten sounds of the Huai'an Army, the gate of Cangzhou City slowly opened.
Zhou Shizhong took his son and the southern army, took off their armor and left the city, knelt down in front of the King of Jin and Marquis Shen. Zhou Shizhong lowered his head and said with tears: "I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I have been separated from the Han family for decades." "Now the Han Dynasty. The darkness has returned to light, and the Zhou family on the left side of the Yangtze River has finally returned to the Han Dynasty, abandoning darkness and embracing the light."
Shen Yi looked at Zhou Yuanlang, who was kneeling behind Zhou Shizhong without saying a word, and felt funny in his heart.
Although Zhou Yuanlang didn't speak, his father's words were probably written by Mr. Zhou.
Li Mu looked serious, stepped forward and unfolded an imperial edict, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Shizhong and Zhou Yuanlang accepted the edict."
The father and son knelt down and kowtowed: "I humbly accept the order."
Li Mu coughed and said in a deep voice: "The Zhou family was originally a Han people and was lost in a foreign country. Fortunately, the time has come. Now that we have lost our way, we have returned to the Han family. I am very relieved."
After a long paraphrase, Li Mu finally read the main text: "I confer the title of Zhou Shizhong, the general of the Puppet Dynasty, and make him the hereditary Marquis of Anshun in Dachen."
"I will grant Zhou Yuanlang the title of Uncle Chengyi."
"I ordered you and your son to hand over the troops and horses under your command to Shen Yi, the crown prince's Taibao, to control and assist in reorganizing them. Afterwards, you and your son will immediately go south to Jiankang to see your Majesty."
Zhou Shizhong looked back at his son, then respectfully bowed his head, and hoeed his head for grace: "Foreign ministers, thank the emperor ... thanks to His Majesty, His Majesty, the Zhou family is difficult to pay for it."
With a smile on his face, Li Mu stepped forward and patted Zhou Shizhong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Zhou, this is one of the few princes in our Dachen."
He turned to look at Shen Yi and said, "Even Shen Taibao still has this title."
Li Mu's words were obviously evasive and trivial.
At this moment, although Zhou Shizhong and Shen Yijue are similar, the real authority status can be said to be a difference between cloud and mud.
To put it more arrogantly, even Jin King Li Mu himself was far behind Shen Yi's current power.
Zhou Shizhong then looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "I dare not compare myself with Lord Shen."
Mr. Shen had a cold face the whole time. After hearing this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the father and son: "In the future, we will be officials in the same court."
"A virtuous father and son take care of themselves."
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Almost at the same time, Emperor Zhaowu also received a letter in Yandu.
It was sent by Zhou Yuanlang.
Every word in the letter is full of tears.
"The war situation is becoming increasingly dangerous. There are countless Han generals in the army who have ulterior motives and collude with the thieves. As the thieves move further north, the situation becomes increasingly difficult to control. With the ability of my father and son, it is really difficult for me to persist until now. very."
"At this time when the overall situation of the world is changing, the military must not rashly use military laws to avoid mutiny. My father is in dire straits, and it is impossible to support him."
"I was also shocked to hear that my wife and children fell into the hands of the enemy, and they were wailing and crying. It is really unbearable."
"Now that I have committed myself to the enemy, I feel the pain in my heart, which is ten thousand times worse than the sword. I want to commit suicide to serve the country, but I care about the Holy Father in front of me and my family in the back."
"I am a humble and humble person, and my death is insignificant. If I can lurk in the puppet court, I will still be able to help His Majesty in the future."
"The hard work of my ministers can be learned from the sun..."
"Your Majesty Zhou Yuanlang, I bow with tears of blood..."
After Emperor Zhaowu read it, his face was distorted.
He looked at Zhu Tong, the Purity Secretary in front of him, and said angrily: "Send this letter from Zhou Yuanlang to Jiankang immediately!"
"Show the world to me! Let these two-faced beasts die without a burial place!"
I wished to take the letter, and looked down at only a glance, and then bowed deeply: "Emperor, this ..."
"It's not Zhou Yuanlang's handwriting."
Emperor Zhaowu was stunned for a moment, and then he patted the table angrily: "This beast! You're still playing tricks on me at this time!"
Zhu Tong lowered his head and said: "And even if it is, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty will probably not touch their house within five years."
"Your Majesty, more importantly, this letter..."
"Not necessarily from who."
Emperor Zhaowu looked fiercely.
"Who else could it be if he wasn't him?"
Zhu Tong lowered his head and answered.
"Shen Yi...Shen Ziheng."
(End of this chapter)