marquis of jingan

Chapter 465 Internal Infiltration Plan

These eunuchs are now in control of the finances of the Anti-Japanese Army, and the reason why they do things with some ink marks is nothing more than wanting to get some benefits from it.

It would be better for Shen Yi himself to distribute some benefits to them.

It is understandable for Shen Yi that these people want to make money.

Because no matter who has a little power, they will want to get some benefits from it, let alone these eunuchs who have no future to speak of.

Shen Yi can even understand and tacitly allow them to make some money here.

After all, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and the general environment is such that if Master Shen can't hold a little sand in his eyes, then it will be difficult for him to accomplish anything.

But Shen Yi couldn't tolerate these eunuchs slowing down his work progress.

If these eunuchs cannot cooperate with Shen Yi's work, or even make trouble in Wenzhou Mansion for their own self-interest, Shen Yi will immediately report to the emperor and ask the emperor to replace him.

If the emperor trusted his own slaves but not Shen Yi, Master Shen would quit immediately.

Even if he is still on business in Wenzhou Prefecture, he will paddle whenever he can in the future, and catch fish whenever he can.

After all, this country belongs to the Li family, not his Shen family.

Fortunately, the situation was not as bad as Shen Yi expected. After Shen Yi negotiated with Eunuch Du, Eunuch Du didn't say much, and immediately sent people to prepare wood and firearm materials.

In this way, after a few days of preparations, the imperial envoy Li Mu really set off from Wenzhou Mansion and continued to patrol the sea southward.

In the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, the Japanese plague is equally serious, because the sky is high and the emperor is far away, sometimes it is a little more serious than the Japanese plague in eastern Zhejiang.

It is also because of this that the people from the Dibao Division found some local gentry and even gentry in these two provinces early on.

To put it bluntly, Li Mu went south this time purely for the purpose of raiding his home.

His trip to the south, not to mention the number of people, but at least five or six, or even a dozen families, will be ruined under the will of the imperial envoy.

When Li Mu left Yongjia, Shen Yi naturally wanted to see him off. He sent the prince of Jin ten miles away from the city all the way, and then the two of them bid farewell.

After Li Mu cupped his hands to Shen Yi, he said with a smile: "Okay, Ziheng go back quickly, others don't know, but I know very well in my heart."

Shen Yi also smiled and asked, "What does the prince know?"

"I know you are much busier than me, a serious imperial envoy."

Li Mu laughed, and said, "If you're talking about running an official mission, you, Shen Ziheng, are the serious imperial envoy this trip to the south. I'm just a name, but I took the credit of being an official imperial envoy from you."

Shen Yi smiled helplessly.

After the two of them made a joke, Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, the Dibao Division also has a branch office in Guangzhou Mansion. Yesterday Duan Chong, the team leader of the Dibao Division stationed in Guangzhou Mansion, wrote me a letter, basically saying Let’s take a look at the Japanese love in Guangdong and Fujian’s coastal areas.”

"The Japanese situation in these two provinces is actually even more severe."

Shen Yi slightly lowered his eyebrows and said: "Compared to Eastern Zhejiang, these two provinces are much farther away from the main island of Dongying. Therefore, many of the Japanese pirates in these two places are doing evil under the name of Japanese pirates."

"The Di Baodi is in contact with the movements of these Japanese pirates. I mean, before the end of the year, there will be an suppression of Japanese pirates in these two provinces."

"At least, we must fight against the arrogance of Japanese pirates in these two places."

Li Mu frowned slightly, and said lightly: "There are less than four months left before the end of the year. How many people can the Anti-Japanese Army increase before the end of the year?"

"If everything goes well, the five thousand anti-Japanese troops should be fully staffed."

Li Mu nodded slightly.

"Since that's the case, let's just deploy it like this for now. If there is another victory in Fujian and Guangdong, then these Japanese pirates will not dare to land on land in a short time."

Seeing that he agreed with his own idea, Shen Yi thought for a while, and then said: "There is one more thing that needs to be approved by your son."

Li Mu smiled and said: "It's not a particularly important matter, you just go and do it directly."

"Among the Japanese pirates, some people still have conscience. If they can make meritorious service for the imperial court, whether they have killed or injured ordinary people, I would like to ask the crown prince to pardon their sins as an imperial envoy."

Li Mu was startled for a moment, then looked at Shen Yi with a frown, and asked, "If I remember correctly, we shouldn't have any Japanese pirates prisoners recently? Besides, Ziheng, you were very tough on the Japanese pirates before?"

Shen Yi's attitude towards Japanese pirates can no longer be described as tough, but cruel.

Among the Japanese pirates captured in his hands, basically few were alive.

Shen Yi smiled: "My son misunderstood, I'm not talking about the current captives, but the future ones."

He lowered his eyebrows and said, "Some people from the Dibao Division have already mixed in with the Japanese pirates. I want them to recruit some middle and high-level officials among the Japanese pirates, so that we can know exactly what the Japanese pirates do in the future."

In order to deter Japanese pirates, the imperial court usually killed them directly after they were caught.

Those who communicated with the Japanese were also guilty of the same crime as the Japanese pirates, and they were killed directly, and some even ransacked their families and exterminated their families.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates are still very united, and it is basically impossible to surrender to the army, and they will fight to the end.

But now, the anti-Japanese army is slowly forming an army. As long as they win one or two more battles, some of these Japanese pirates will be panicked. The crime of Japanese pirates...

Well, it cannot be said that Japanese pirates were infiltrated from the inside.

At the very least, Di Baosi will be able to know the movements of the pirates immediately.

Shen Yi paused, looked at Li Mu's face, and continued.

"Next year, we can prepare for a large-scale eradication of Japanese pirates."

Master Shen took a deep breath, and said slowly: "These people will be of great use at that time."

This year's anti-Japanese army has just formed an army, and it has not even been fully formed. Therefore, the few battles this year's anti-Japanese army fought were all defensive operations against Japanese pirates on land.

In Shen Yi's conception, the anti-Japanese army will start to take the initiative to attack next year.

Now, he has begun to touch the lairs and gathering places of those Japanese pirates. After the spring of next year, he is going to let the anti-Japanese army destroy these Japanese pirates.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Li Mu glanced at Shen Yi thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Ziheng is no longer in the Dibao Division, but he can still give orders to the Dibao Division."

"The Dibao Division is currently in the hands of Sun Jin, the inner court's father-in-law."

Shen Yi slightly lowered his brows and said, "It's just your Majesty's order to let the Palace Reporter cooperate with me."

"It's the inner court again..."

Li Mu sighed, and said, "Our current Majesty has overused the inner court."

After saying this, he patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "I agree with what Ziheng said, as long as these people can help the suppression of Japanese, I can pardon them on behalf of the imperial court. agree…"

Li Mu said lightly: "When the time comes, you and I will just remove these people from the list of Japanese pirates."

"Yes."

Shen Yi bowed his head and cupped his hands: "I will write down what the son said."

"Speaking of which, Ziheng is very ambitious."

Li Mu patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "There are only four months left this year, and next year you will be ready to wipe out the Japanese pirates at sea."

Shen Yi also smiled.

"If everything goes well, the son of the next year might be able to go to Dongying Main Island to have a look..."

(End of this chapter)