Chapter 244: The Differences Between the Shen Siblings (Part I)
Chuzhou's raid of Donglai Commercial Bank and Qian Zhuang also spread to Yongjing within seven days, when Yongjing felt stunned and shocked, Yongjing's east and west markets also had a dramatic scene, twelve Qi Ruifu shops and money villages were also raided, the method was completely consistent with Chuzhou, blockade, arrest, seal, nearly 100 Qi Ruifu business bank managers and backbones were arrested by Jingzhao Mansion, so that the entire Yongjing City was shaken.
Just an hour after the raid in Yongjing, Uncle Shen's carriage arrived at the Jingzhao Mansion in Yongkangfang, escorted by hundreds of guards.
The carriage slowly stopped, and Uncle Shen Guo walked out of the carriage with a gloomy face, he had just heard about the raid on Qi Ruifu's shop, and he was very annoyed that such a major matter would act without informing him.
Uncle Shen Guo walked up the steps of the government quickly, and Yin Liu Jian of Jingzhao Mansion hurriedly greeted him, and hurriedly said: "I don't know that Xiangguo is coming, and I miss the welcome, please forgive Xiangguo!" ”
"Humph!"
Uncle Shen Guo snorted heavily, "Let me ask you, where are Qi Ruifu's people imprisoned?" ”
Liu Jian saw that Uncle Shen Guo's face was gloomy, and he couldn't help but secretly scream in his heart, he thought that something might happen to this matter, but he didn't expect it to come so soon, he smiled bitterly and said: "Xiangguo, please go into the ya!" ”
Uncle Shen Guo saw that his expression was different, and knew that there might be something hidden inside, so he restrained his anger and followed Liu Jian into the back hall, Liu Jian asked Uncle Shen Guo to sit down, and served him a cup of tea, and then said with a wry smile: "Xiangguo, the seizure of Qi Ruifu was done by the army, and the humble duty was actually to send someone to stop it, but it couldn't be stopped at all, just brought back more than 20 managers and men of Qianzhuang, and the others were arrested to the barracks." ”
"Whose army?" Uncle Shen Guo took a sip of tea, and he asked quietly.
The 600,000 troops in Yongzhou were divided into three factions, which were controlled by the three brothers and sisters of the Shen family, one was the 150,000 army controlled by Shen Guo's uncle, mainly controlling Shuzhou and southern Jinju; One is the 200,000 Yongzhou Army controlled by Shenji, which was left behind in Xijing, mainly deployed in Guanzhong; The other is the 250,000 Guannai army controlled by Empress Dowager Shen, which controls Guannai and northern Jinju.
Among these three armies, Uncle Shen and his brother Shen Ji are one army, but Uncle Shen suddenly thought of something just now, except for the 30,000 Yulin Army of Huaqing Palace, the rest of the army stationed in Yongjing City is controlled by Brother Shen Ji.
Generally, the Yulin army would not enter Yongjing City, so this raid on Qi Ruifu's army must be an order from his brother Shen Ji, how could he not inform himself in advance of such a big matter?
Uncle Shen Guo was puzzled in his heart, he was also anxious, put the teacup on the table, and got up and said: "Since it was not done by Lord Liu, then please let the people of Qi Ruifu in his hand be released, and then send people to protect the safety of Qi Ruifu's shops, especially Qian Zhuang, not to be robbed by the rebels." ”
Liu Jian was surprised in his heart, he didn't understand why Uncle Shen treated Qi Ruifu so well, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to agree again and again, send Uncle Shen out of the mansion, and go to release people and arrange people to protect Qian Zhuang.
Uncle Shen got into the carriage and immediately ordered: "Go to the Generalissimo's Mansion!" ”
The Generalissimo's Mansion is the original Xijing Left-behind Military Mansion, and now it is renamed the Generalissimo's Mansion of the World's Soldiers and Horses, and the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses was the first Uncle of Shen Guo, but after he came back from Shuzhou, he resigned from the post of Generalissimo and recommended Deputy Marshal Shen Ji as the Generalissimo, which was also to entrap Shenji.
Shen Ji is also Shen Ruyi's father, he is the brother of Shen Guo's uncle, and the second brother of the Empress Dowager Shen, in the Jiangning Shen family, he is the only person who practices martial arts, and he also passed the second-level samurai, so after the Shen family was favored, he embarked on the road of joining the army, successively served as the general of Xiangyang, the governor of Xingyang, the general of Luojing Jiumen, the general of the Yulin Army, five years ago he served as the Xijing guard, commanding the 200,000 Yongzhou army, and was a strong supporter of Shen Guo's strong position in the court.
Shen Ji has always been relatively low-key, living in the aura of his brother Shen Guo's uncle, and when the ministers of the court and China mentioned the Shen family, most of them talked about Shen Guo's uncle and Empress Shen, and rarely mentioned him.
However, after the death of Huangfu Xuande and the juxtaposition of the two emperors, Shen Ji, who had been hiding behind the scenes, came to the forefront, and he became one of the three major forces of the Xining Dynasty with the strong capital of controlling 200,000 Guanzhong troops.
Originally, Shen Ji and the third sister Shen Qinyu had the closest relationship since childhood, but since his daughter Shen Ruyi entered the palace, there was a trace of estrangement between Shen Ji and the third sister, especially after the death of Huangfu Xuande, his daughter Shen Ruyi was placed in the cold palace, which made Shen Ji even more dissatisfied with the third sister, so he fell to the eldest brother Shen Qin, so that Shen Guo's uncle quickly controlled the situation, and finally became the first major force in the Xining Dynasty.
However, the night before yesterday, a small sedan chair sent her daughter Shen Ruyi back to her parents' house, and there was a letter written by the third sister Empress Dowager Shen, which made the cold and hard ice between Shen Ji and the third sister melt a little, and there was today's Qi Ruifu incident.
The Generalissimo's Mansion is also a mansion, the front is the Generalissimo's Yamen, the back is Shen Ji's mansion, at this time in Shen Ji's study, Shen Ji is discussing an important event with his eldest son Shen Junyi, Shen Junyi is the head of Hanzhong, received his father's pigeon letter, rushed back to Yongjing overnight, and just arrived half an hour ago.
Shen Ji is in his early forties this year, looks like a tiger's back, and his majesty is majestic, he has married thirteen wives and concubines, and has ten children, of which his wife Bian gave birth to two sons, and his second wife Zhang gave birth to a daughter, which is Shen Ruyi.
Shen Ji took out Empress Dowager Shen's letter and handed it to Shen Junyi, "Read it carefully!" ”
Shen Junyi took the letter and read it carefully, gradually, his brows furrowed, he felt a little incredible, "Father, the current emperor is the son of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is willing to give up his son's country to the Shen family?" ”
"I'll let you read the letter, and I'll talk about it after reading it!"
After Shen Junyi finished reading the letter, he still shook his head, "It may be possible to make my father the king of Qin, but I think it is a bit unrealistic to let the emperor change his name and surname to Shen, after all, the emperor is thirteen years old, he may not be willing to change his ancestor, and people in the world may not be willing to agree, I think my father and the queen mother are too simple." ”
"You unambitious bastard!"
Shen Ji scolded him fiercely and said angrily: "Do you think I don't know? But since the Queen Mother has this idea, this is the great luck of my Shen family, if the Shen family can't seek the country, once the emperor grows up, it will be my Shen family's annihilation, and once the Shen family succeeds in seeking the country, the Shen family is at least a few hundred years old, I am in my forties this year, if it is for myself, then I will enjoy twenty years of wealth with peace of mind, the Shen family's life and death is your business, what do I have to worry about? ”
Shen Ji was full of anger, he walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and the third sister made a bold suggestion in the letter, the Shen family established the country, changed his son Huangfu Tian to Shen Tian, and changed the Huangfu Dynasty to the Shen Dynasty, this suggestion not only swept away the dissatisfaction with the third sister in Shen Ji's heart, but also awakened a kind of ambition that Shen Ji had been buried in the depths of his memory, and established the country and ascended the throne, which was something he had dreamed of.
Now the Xining Dynasty basically controls the hands of the Shen family, which is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Shen family to seek the country, so how can Shen Ji not be moved.
Unlike his father's ambition, the eldest son Shen Junyi is a little calm, not because he doesn't want to seek the country, but because he knows that seeking the country is a big thing, and it is not that his father can do it if he is so hot-headed.
He saw that his father was angry, so he explained: "Father, the country needs to be laid out in the long run, and the conditions are ripe, and it can be achieved in a Zen way, but this is not something that can be done in a few years, at least ten years of planning, but in the short term, it is feasible for my father to be the king of Qin, after all, the eldest uncle has been named the king of Hanzhong, which has opened a precedent that a different surname cannot be crowned king, and there is no objection, so that the eldest uncle can go further and be crowned the king of Han, and then the father can be canonized as the king of Qin. ”
Although Shen Ji can't wait to ascend the throne tomorrow, he also understands that his son's words make sense, the Shen family seeks the country, and the biggest obstacle actually comes from within, his eldest brother Shen Qin, his attitude is very important.
He was just about to speak, when a report from the butler came from the door, "Master, the eldest master is here!" ”
The eldest master is the eldest brother Shen Qin, Shen Ji was stunned for a moment, and he immediately said to his son: "Don't tell the eldest uncle what I just said, let me test it, you must not be reckless!" ”
"Yes! The child retreated. ”
Shen Junyi opened the door and went out, walking out of the small courtyard of the study, but he saw the eldest uncle coming, he hurriedly saluted, "My nephew has seen my uncle!" ”
Uncle Shen Guo never needed to report to the second brother's house, so he walked directly to the study, and at the gate of the courtyard, he suddenly saw his nephew Shen Junyi, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "Junyi, is something happening in Hanzhong?" ”
"Back to my uncle, there was no accident in Hanzhong, and my nephew came to Beijing to visit my father!"
Shen Ji walked out with a smile, "I have been unwell in the past two days, and Junyi specially came from Hanzhong to visit. ”
"I see, is the second brother sick?" Uncle Shen asked with a smile again.
"Yesterday I was dizzy and tired, but after a night's sleep, I already feel better."
Shen Ji waved his hand to his son again, "I'll talk to your eldest uncle, you can retreat!" ”
Shin Junyi saluted and retreated.
Uncle Shen Guo and Shen Ji walked back to the study and sat down, the concubine had already packed up, changed to new tea, the two sat down, and Uncle Shen Guo asked directly: "I just heard that the army sealed Qi Ruifu's property, why is this?" ”
Shen Ji pondered and said: "Big brother, this is the will of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother wants to form an alliance with the King of Qi, so she used the raid of Qi Ruifu to show goodwill to the King of Qi, didn't the Emperor Fu Wujin also raid the Donglai Commercial Bank?" ”
Uncle Shen Guo was furious in his heart, and he glared fiercely, "Why didn't you tell me about such a major matter?" ”
Shen Ji was not moved by his brother's anger, he still said calmly: "Big brother, I don't think it's a big deal, it's just a small matter, why should the eldest brother be angry?" ”
Shen Ji's calm tone made Uncle Shen Guo secretly stunned in his heart, he thought that the brothers would admit their mistakes to him in fear, but he didn't expect him to be so calm, and the relationship between the second brother and the third sister has always been a gap? When did the second brother become obedient again?
Uncle Shen immediately calmed down, "Second brother, do you think this is really a trivial matter?" ”
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(To be continued)