marquis of jingan

Chapter 481

For more than half a year, the emperor received reports from the southern coast almost every day, and more than one, and more than one person sent him reports.

In other words, although he was living in Jiankang, his eyes were always on the coast and on the anti-Japanese army.

But what was written in the report was just words after all, and now that Shen Yi, the real person in charge, was in front of him, His Majesty the Emperor naturally wanted to ask clearly.

After all, this is a "big project" since he came to the throne, and it is also the first step in his future career development. As the emperor, he is of course very concerned about it.

Let's put it this way, compared to the cause of the Anti-Japanese Army, the fact that the queen gave birth to a princess is not even worth mentioning.

Shen Yi cleared his throat and was about to give an overview of the situation of the Anti-Japanese Army. Before he could speak, His Majesty pointed to the chair behind him and said, "Sit down and answer."

Shen Yi sat down honestly, and then spent half an hour roughly talking about the development of the Anti-Japanese Army in the past half a year. After finishing speaking, Shen Yi paused and continued: "Your Majesty, after all, the Japanese Bandits, the reason why they were able to wreak havoc along the coast a few years ago, and even defeated the local government army head-on, was mainly because of the local guards..."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused for a while, after all, he did not say the word "rotten", but said euphemistically: "The main reason is that the local guards are not strong enough. Once a large-scale army is successfully formed along the coast It is not difficult to contain the Japanese pirates. When the warship of Wenzhou Prefecture is launched next year, the anti-Japanese army will be able to go to sea to clean up the Japanese pirates. However, according to the smoothest progress, it will take two or three at the earliest to clear the Japanese pirates Years to become…”

"As for training the Anti-Japanese Army to become a truly powerful army."

Shen Yi breathed out slowly: "It may take longer."

There is a huge gap between the professional army and the local bandits and stragglers. When Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese, he even achieved zero casualties and wiped out thousands of enemies. However, the anti-Japanese army formed by Shen Yi was not as strong as the Qi's army. However, it is not difficult to clean up the Japanese pirates on land now.

However, if the Anti-Japanese Army wants to become an invincible army, there is still a long way to go.

Hearing this, the emperor bowed his head and thought for a while, then asked: "What Shen Qing means is that the current anti-Japanese army is not a powerful army yet."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it has only been half a year since the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army. Most of the soldiers have not even been trained for half a year, and the training level is limited, not to mention..."

Shen Yi took a deep breath, and said, "What's more, even if the anti-Japanese army is full of well-trained elites, there are only 5000 people, and they cannot be said to be powerful."

His Majesty's eyes flickered, he looked at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "What Shen Qing means is that 5000 people are too few, and we need to continue conscription and expansion?"

Shen Yi slowly shook his head and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the expansion of the Anti-Japanese Army is a matter for His Majesty and several officials of the Ministry of War. I dare not comment, but I have a situation that I must explain to Your Majesty..."

He looked up at the emperor, and said in a low voice: "If the anti-Japanese army is expanding, it doesn't need to be expanded into a capital, even if it is just doubled in number, the money seized by Jin Shizi along the coast will not take long..."

"In fact, even if we keep the current 5000 people still, if we just sit and eat, we will only last for two or three years at most..."

Most of the businessmen in the coastal areas are millionaires with a fortune of one million. For example, Wang Chengwang, the richest man in Taizhou, has a family fortune of more than one million, but only a small part of the million is in cash.

Even if Du Huai and other eunuchs sent out by the palace can sell those real estates into cash without shrinkage, the figure of 100 million may seem like a lot, but if it is placed in a group of [-] people, it will not be very impressive.

What's more terrible is that the money obtained from these house raids is not only responsible for the food expenses of the anti-Japanese army, but also responsible for the purchase of firearms materials, wood for shipbuilding, and the expenses of those craftsmen. Among them, up and down...

Li Mu has already found Guangdong.

After copying once in Guangdong, there is no place to copy. In Guangxi, which is farther along the coast, there are no Japanese pirates at all.

To put it bluntly, it is money that is short of money but sustainable.

The money obtained from the house raids was only enough to build the anti-Japanese army, but if you want to maintain the anti-Japanese army, you have to continue to provide blood transfusions to the anti-Japanese army.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, the emperor frowned more and more.

Seeing that Shen Yi wanted to continue talking, the emperor rubbed his temples with his hands, and said in a muffled voice: "Okay, okay, don't go on talking, I feel like I have a headache."

The establishment of the coastal defense army was initiated by the emperor himself. Many ministers in the court, including Zhao Changping, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, did not agree with this matter.

Since those civil servants who control the government do not agree, it is very difficult to get money out of their pockets, and this year the Ministry of Households also issued New Year's coins to Beiqi, and last year the Huaihe Navy almost fought with Beiqi For years of war, the Ministry of Households may not have much spare money, let alone a huge sum of money to support an army for no reason.

The emperor refused to speak, so Shen Yi honestly did not speak.

Sitting in his seat, the emperor scratched his head first, then he took a deep breath, looked up at Shen Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Qing, you also said that it takes a lot of money to become an army. Find a way to get it out of the national treasury, fortunately, this anti-Japanese army has already achieved some achievements, and in the Great Court Meeting two days later, you should make your words beautiful and try to..."

His Majesty the Emperor said in a low tone, "Try to persuade your uncle to let him happily pay for the Anti-Japanese Army in the future."

As the emperor, when he said these words, he was somewhat useless.

But under the current system, the power of the emperor is indeed restricted. On the one hand, the civil servants in the court are powerful, and on the other hand, it is because...

The empress dowager is still here.

With the Empress Dowager here, these civil servants have a place to sue.

This forced His Majesty the emperor to be a qualified and well-behaved emperor honestly, and he could not do whatever he wanted, let alone act recklessly.

To put it more bluntly, that is... the emperor also has to follow the court's procedures.

Shen Yi was silent for a while, then shook his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. For the princes of the court, as long as there are no Japanese pirates on land, the anti-Japanese army can be disbanded. Be a mighty army..."

"Nobody cares."

Hearing this, the little emperor waved his hands impatiently: "I don't like to hear these things, so stop talking."

He waved his hand to Shen Yi irritably: "Okay, that's all for today, you can go back."

Shen Yi nodded respectfully. After saluting, he was about to turn around and leave when he was suddenly stopped by His Majesty the Emperor.

I saw the emperor on the throne walking slowly in front of Shen Yi, he looked Shen Yi up and down, and suddenly smiled: "I almost forgot, you Shen Qi is an expert at making money, you came from Jiangdu to Jianzhou two years ago Kang, has been earning money, even if he entered the mansion newspaper department and became a secretary, he has made a lot of money with the mansion newspaper department."

Said, the emperor looked at Shen Yi with a smile.

"Think about it, can you get me the money to support the anti-Japanese army?"

When Shen Yi was in Jiangdu, he started to do business with Xu Fu and the others. After he brought them to Jiankang, he did earn a lot of money from food stalls to Huangshi Zhai, and later selling advertisements in the mansion newspaper.

Properly make money little expert.

And all of this, His Majesty the Emperor sent internal guards to check, so he knew it well.

Master Shen rolled his eyes.

He really has a way to try.

I just don't know if His Majesty the Emperor agrees...

(End of this chapter)