Shang Yi set out from Nanjing to Shandong for inspection on July 3, and the journey was still by water.
Although the Shandong area was already connected with Northern Jiangsu at this time, because Xuzhou is still under the control of the Qing army, the connection point between southern Shandong and Northern Jiangsu is a narrow coastal strip from Haizhou to Huai'an. If you take the dry road,
Shandong may be attacked by the Qing army after all.
It is hard to say that the news of Yi's inspection in Shandong will not be discovered by the Qing court. It is safer to take the water route. Because even if Qing Ting knew about it at sea, he could only look back and sigh. In fact, the current transportation from Nanjing to Shandong is still mainly by water, only by land.
Transmission of official documents and military passage
At this time, the Shandong Military Region Headquarters had been moved from Qingzhou to Jinan. Therefore, Shang Yi's itinerary for this trip to Shandong was as follows: board a ship from Nanjing and enter the sea along the Yangtze River, then go north along the coastline, land in the Rizhao area in the south of Qingzhou, Shandong, and then go from
The dry road followed Guan Road through Yishui County, Mulingguan, and Linqu County until it reached Qingzhou, then Qingzhou arrived at Jinan, and the fleet followed the coastline of the Shandong Peninsula to Dengzhou to anchor and wait.
Such a route was also arranged by Shang Yi because Yishui County, Mulinguan, Linqu County, including Qingzhou and other places were the places where he first started and experienced when he first came to this time and space. Therefore, Shang Yi also wanted to go to Shandong this time.
from all these places
The trip is a nostalgic trip, and the return journey is from Jinan to the east along the coast, passing through Qingzhou and Laizhou until the Dengzhou fleet picks up Shang Yi's group, and then returns by sea. The entire trip takes about a month.
about time
The troops accompanying Shang Yi to Shandong this time were the Third Brigade of the Seventh Army of the Nanjing Military Region, plus a special forces regiment, a cavalry regiment and a guard battalion. The total strength was more than 15,000 people and they were responsible for transporting Shang Yi and his party.
The fleet is the first squadron of the Fubo Army. Although it is now
Shandong is also under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing government, but Shang Yi's identity is different. Therefore, it is not excessive to bring more protection personnel. At the same time, people are sent to set off first to inform Zhou Shaohuan, Meng Honggong and others in Shandong to let them receive them.
preparation
After Shang Yi left Nanjing, the government affairs were still handled by Ye Yaoqi. The United Front Work Department stepped up preparations for war. If there were any major events, Shang Yi would be notified by flying pigeons. Among the officials from various ministries in Nanjing, only Zhou Shiqi accompanied him because Zhou Shiqi was now responsible for occupying the area.
This time we went to Shandong to prepare the preparations for the establishment of local administrative agencies in the newly occupied Jinan, Yanzhou, and Dongchang prefectures. We were accompanied by a group of officials who were to take up their posts in Shandong. Officials from other ministries remained in Nanjing and were still doing their own business.
And this time, all of Shang Yi's wives and concubines stayed in Nanjing, and no one went with them. If it were normal times, Alexandra would definitely go with her, because she was a restless person and had nothing to do.
But now Alexandra also has her own daughter, so she also stayed in Nanjing
On the day of departure, Ye Yaoqi, the Nanjing Cabinet, the United Front Work Department, and other officials from various ministries went to the pier outside Jinchuan Gate to see each other off. It was not until Shang Yi and others boarded the ship that they returned to Nanjing and returned to their respective yamen offices.
This situation of Shang Yi's absence has happened many times in the past. This time, the officials in the Nanjing government did not feel that there was anything inappropriate. When Shang Yi was in Nanjing, his main focus was on the military, and most of the time on government affairs.
It was all handled by Ye Yaoqi, and Shang Yi was relatively delegating power to fully develop the cabinet.
Ye Yaoqi only played a final supervisory and review role and did not do everything personally. Shang Yi had already arranged the work of the United Front Department, so after Shang Yi left Nanjing, all administrative and military affairs were running normally.
There was nothing wrong. Shang Yi and his party would send messages back to Nanjing every two days to tell them their itinerary.
Seven days later, Nanjing received news that Shang Yi and his party had successfully landed in Rizhao. This also meant that Nanjing could communicate directly with Shang Yi and his party. Generally speaking, normal official documents were sent to Shandong by land stations. Only major news broke.
Flying pigeons were used to deliver documents when an incident occurred, so Ye Yaoyu also sorted out the recent official documents and sent them to Shandong.
After dealing with these things, today's work was almost done. Ye Yaoqi got up and was about to go back to the back house. At this time, someone came to report to the Minister of Security Zhou Qi to ask for an audience.
Ye Yaoyao hurriedly ordered someone to invite Zhou Qi to come in. After a while, she saw Zhou Qi leaving the office in a hurry with a uncertain expression. It was obvious that something important had happened. However, he still saluted Ye Yaoyao and said: "I have seen the princess."
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Of course Ye Yaoqi knew that something important must have happened to make Zhou Qi like this, but she smiled calmly and said, "What happened to Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Qi's face was very nervous and he said: "A big event has indeed happened to the princess. During this time, the official has been investigating the Qing court's secret work. In the past few days, I have found a clue and found out a secret whistle of the Qing court's secret work."
Just today, the official led people to seize the goods. Unexpectedly, they escaped a step too late. However, during the search of the secret settlement, they found several important documents."
Of course Ye Yaoji knows that the so-called Qing Ting Xin Zuo actually refers to the Demon Sect. Neither Shang Yi nor Ye Yaojia wants to let the matter of the Demon Sect spread out, so they all use the title of Qing Ting Xin Zuo instead. Of course, the Demon Sect now does.
It’s not wrong to say that we are attached to the Qing court.
When the Demon Sect was mentioned, Ye Yaoyu couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but she still kept a calm smile on her face and said, "What document is so difficult that it would be detrimental to the king?"
Zhou Qi's face was very strange. Not only was he surprised, but he also said with a bit of fear and hesitation: "I really can't decide, so I'd better ask the princess to have a look for herself." As he said that, he took out a few paper signatures from his sleeves and asked the waiter to take them.
Come over and hand it to Ye Yaoqi
After Ye Yaoyu finished reading, her face changed drastically even though she had always been calm and scheming. Zhou Qi stood in front of the desk and seemed to be chilling, but her face changed uncertainly. She was nervous and scared. The whole room seemed to be...
Silence
After a long time, Ye Yaoqi said: "This matter is of great importance. We cannot make arbitrary decisions. We must report it to the king and let the king decide."
Zhou Qi's voice was also trembling: "But the empress..."
Ye Yaoyao said: "Master Zhou, I understand what you mean, but we don't have the power to decide this matter. I just ask you to believe in the king's decision-making ability. He will definitely make the right judgment. So please write this matter truthfully."
I will immediately send a message to the king via a flying pigeon."
She emphasized the word "truthfully" in her tone. Zhou Qi was also smart and immediately understood Ye Yaoquan's intention. He felt a little more at ease and saluted Ye Yaoquan and said: "I understand, I will do it right away."
Go and do it”
After Zhou Qi left, Ye Yaoyu slumped down on a chair and thought for a moment that she had expected that the Demon Sect would indeed take action in Shandong. Then she immediately got up and came to the back house. However, she did not go back to her residence but went straight
From a corner gate of the palace, we walked through several dark alleys to Ye Xing Shiyin's residence.
After Shang Yi became king, Ye Xingshi had nothing to do and opened a small clinic near the palace to treat people and make ends meet.
Seeing Ye Yaoyao coming suddenly, Ye Xingshi was a little surprised and said, "Yao Yao, why are you here? Is there anything wrong?"
Ye Yaoyao nodded and said, "Something big happened to grandpa." After saying that, he handed the documents sent by Zhou Qi to Ye Xingshi.
Ye Xingtu's face changed a little after taking it and looking at it. He nodded and sighed: "What a powerful move. If they don't move, they are already moving. It is definitely a very powerful killing move. It seems that Shang Yi's
This trip to Shandong was full of dangers, and their conspiracy this time was definitely not in Nanjing.
"Under the riots in Beijing caused by the riots in Beijing," he paused and said: "If it really succeeds, even if Shang Yi can escape by luck, there is still a great possibility that the general situation of the world will undergo major changes. The Qing court will be defeated."
No doubt, but maybe we can take this opportunity to come back to life again.”
In fact, Ye Yaoyao didn't really care whether the Qing court could come back to life. She only cared about Shang Yi's safety and said, "Grandpa, are you saying that Shang Yi can still escape?"
Ye Xingshi glanced at her and smiled: "Are you concerned about the chaos? Shang Yi himself is proficient in the art of war. With so many people around him, it is not difficult to escape safely."
After hearing this, Ye Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Grandpa, what should we do?"
Ye Xingshi said: "How did you deal with it?"
Ye Yaoyao said honestly: "I really wanted to remind him, but even I am not completely sure of the development direction of this matter, so I just decided to truthfully tell him the contents of the documents found in Nanjing."
Ye Xingshi nodded and said: "What you are doing is very accurate. Even I can't tell how far this matter will develop, and it is too sensitive. It is inconvenient for you to say anything, so you can only tell the matter truthfully."
Tell Shang Yi to make his own judgment and decide how to deal with it."
Ye Yaoyao bit her lip and said, "Is it so difficult for us to do only these things?"
Ye Xingshi smiled faintly and said: "I still said the same thing. If Shang Yi is really the one who changed the sky, then nothing will happen. I can't say anything else. How can everything in the world be controlled?"
Ye Yaoyao also smiled bitterly. It seemed that this was all she could do.