marquis of jingan

Chapter 551 The Bribery Emperor

Because of the presence of Lu Sheng, this drink is naturally unreliable. These local officials are like mice seeing cats, sitting on the bench and itching. Except for Ying Zhao who just filled the vacancy, the other officials did not want to hurry up. of.

Therefore, the celebration banquet ended hastily.

After finishing the dinner here, Shen Yi immediately rushed back to the anti-Japanese army camp to celebrate with the brothers of the anti-Japanese army. At this moment, almost all the pigs, cattle and sheep had been killed in the anti-Japanese army camp. Dozens of large pots were set up in the camp, and meat was stewed in each pot, which can be said to be full of aroma.

Master Shen also brought Lu Sheng into the camp of the Anti-Japanese Army, drank a few glasses of wine with his brothers, and after eating some meat, he brought Lu Sheng to the camp of the Anti-Japanese Army. Watch from the outside, no outsiders are allowed to enter.

In the big ledger, there were only two people left. Shen Yi took out a ledger from his sleeve, put it in front of Lu Sheng, and said with a smile: "Marshal Lu, this is the property we seized from the Japanese pirates' lair. On the boat, I asked someone to make a rough count. The total amount of cash is just over 24 taels, and other property will not be able to be accurately estimated for a while. According to what we said earlier, this part of property will not be handed over to Eunuch Du and the others. It's okay, the inner guards will directly escort Jiankang to fill the inner money."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi paused, and said: "However, this time when we conquered the Japanese pirates, three or 400 people were killed in our anti-Japanese army, and nearly a thousand people were injured. These casualties need to be replenished. I mean , directly out of the money."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi glanced at Lu Sheng, said with a smile: "Of course, if Marshal Lu Wei has any objections, just pretend that Shen didn't say it. The money Marshal Lu Wei will all take to Jiankang. The money from our anti-Japanese army will never Take it from Eunuch Du."

A smile appeared on Lu Sheng's expressionless face: "Master Shen is too cautious."

"In the previous secret letter from His Majesty, it has been stated that since the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army, it has not received a single penny from the Ministry of Households. The income of the Anti-Japanese Army is also up to you, Mr. Shen, but this kind of thing should not be publicized. So as not to be bitten by those censors in the court."

"Master Shen, you should use this money first. After it is used up, I will send someone to take it to the capital."

Matters such as military finances are actually very sensitive. After all, the military is a violent institution, and the imperial court has always been difficult to restrain it. Therefore, since ancient times, the imperial court has only one method to restrain the army.

That is replenishment.

Salaries and rations are considered part of the supply.

If an army can take care of its own finances, then it is actually a small feudal town in the actual sense.

It's just that the scale of the anti-Japanese army is still too small, so the emperor is relieved of Shen Yi. If the army under Shen Yi expands from [-] to [-], if this is the case, then no matter how big-hearted the emperor is, he will not be able to fight at night. Time to sleep.

"That's all."

Shen Yi looked at Lu Sheng and said with a smile: "I will withhold 10 taels of silver to use it as a pension and a reward. Marshal Wei urgently sent a letter to the capital tonight, asking for a reward edict. The rewards given to the soldiers are what His Majesty rewarded, which is reasonable."

"it is good."

Lu Sheng nodded and said, "Master Shen, don't worry, the internal guards have seen what the Japanese army did, and His Majesty will not be suspicious of the Japanese army."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "Then tonight, Mr. Shen might as well write a memorial to His Majesty, and I will send it to you with the urgent hand of the inner guard."

As he said that, Lu Sheng looked at the sky outside, and said, "Send it out now, I guess it should be sent to Jiankang the morning after tomorrow."

Shen Yi nodded.

In his handsome account, he already had a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. As a top-ranked Jinshi, writing articles is his housekeeping skill. In addition, he had already written a draft on the boat before. It took less than half an hour for Shen Yi to write. He had written a memorial, dried the ink, and handed it to Lu Sheng.

"Lu Weishuai, this is a report on the Battle of Beiji Island. For the follow-up detailed request for credit, Shen will slowly count..."

"Don't worry about that."

Lu Sheng put the letter in his arms, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty will probably throw the memorial to the Ministry of War for meritorious service, and let the Ministry of War deal with it. This memorial is enough."

After saying this, Lu Sheng glanced at Shen Yi, and said softly: "Master Shen, after this battle, the Anti-Japanese Army should rest for a while. During this time, you must prepare to enter Beijing..."

"and also…"

Lu Sheng said meaningfully: "About your assassination by Northern Qi, the imperial court's explanation to you is coming soon..."

………………

The inner guard has a special post road and a special messenger, which can usually travel six hundred miles a day. Shen Yi's letter was sent out that night, and it only ran for a day and two nights. The letter sent by Lu Weishuai passed through the court's official office and was sent directly to the eunuch Gao Minggao.

For the past two days, eunuch Gao had been waiting for Yueqing to come to play the letter. After seeing Shen Yi's name, he brought the letter to Deqing Hall without saying a word.

When we arrived at the Deqing Hall, we found out that His Majesty the Emperor had gone to the back garden to enjoy the cool air. Eunuch Gao went to the back garden again, and found the Emperor fishing in the back garden under a gazebo.

The day before yesterday, the emperor received the news of the great victory in eastern Zhejiang sent by the inner guard, and he was in a very good mood these two days.

Eunuch Gao smiled all over his face, walked up to the emperor, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Master Yueqing Shen will report."

The emperor reached out to take the memorial book with one hand, and passed out the fishing rod in his other hand. Eunuch Gao immediately understood, stepped forward with both hands, and caught the fishing rod respectfully.

His Majesty the Emperor held this memorial, to be precise, it should be two memorials.

A memorandum is an official document, on which a regular victory report is written with bureaucratic articles.

In addition to this memorial, there is also a secret memorial, which is about the batch of silver in Beiji Island.

The wealth of the Japanese pirates on Beiji Island, in addition to cash, also has a lot of gold and other properties. Leaving aside the part that was deducted by the anti-Japanese army, the sum that Mr. Shen sent to the capital should be worth 30. about two.

After reading this secret report, His Majesty the Emperor was delighted. He clapped his hands and said with a smile, "You are brilliant."

Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully: "The servant is here."

The emperor shook the list in his hand, and said with a smile: "In the past, I spent money like running water, but now I finally see the money back, look..."

The emperor laughed: "Now, I have also accepted bribes!"

Eunuch Gao took the list and looked at it, then said with a smile: "A lot of money has been spent this year, with this money, the palace will have a much better life this year."

"I just found out today why there are so many corrupt officials in the court. This feeling of getting something for nothing is really comfortable."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If I were an official, I would most likely be a corrupt one."

"All right…"

The emperor stretched his waist, and said lightly: "After taking Shen Qi's money, it's hard not to do things for him, Gao Ming, you send Shen Qi's memorial to Zhongshu in official documents, and let Zhongshu Announce the government and the opposition, just say..."

His Majesty the Emperor chuckled.

"Great victory in eastern Zhejiang."

　Old man through the ages, have a good journey!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)