marquis of jingan

Chapter 715

It has been three years since Shen Yi appointed the eight team leaders.

In the past three years, these eight team leaders have more or less grasped some powers far superior to ordinary people, especially those dispatched to places, such as Zheng Hu and Duan Chong, who are in charge of a certain The secretary of the provincial and even two provincial newspapers.

Not only can they master the publication and sales of local Shangdi newspapers, but they also have a lot of information in their hands.

What's more, the funds of the Dibao Division are also circulating in their hands.

Although Shen Yi didn't want to say anything, what he had to admit was that the eight team leaders under the Dibao Division basically all had problems, and none of them had clean hands.

Fortunately, everything is an economic issue.

Like Duan Chong and Zheng Hu, although they also took some money that shouldn't be taken in their hands, both of them are quite capable in their work, and the Di Baosi also made contributions in the process of suppressing the Japanese.

Shen Yi can turn a blind eye to those who are able to do things, do not affect the normal operation of the mansion, and are not greedy.

In fact, probably because these people haven't held power for too long, they all just took some small money, some inconspicuous small money.

Shen Yi was watching them silently.

When these people step over the line one day, Master Shen will replace them and let a new group of people climb up, and then repeat this cycle to complete the power cycle belonging to the Di Baosi.

Back to the topic.

Relatively speaking, among the eight team leaders, Lin Sheng's corruption is relatively minor.

However, among these people, Shen Yi felt that Lin Sheng was the most suitable to do the work of the Banzadi News Agency, so he called him to the house to scare him.

Lin Sheng looked up at Shen Yi cautiously, and asked, "Si Zheng, can you tell me what's going on first?"

Scholars... tend to cherish their lives.

Lin Sheng has just had a good few years, so he is naturally reluctant to part with his current life, so he is a little cautious.

Shen Yi sat in his seat, looked at Lin Sheng, and said indifferently: "I will give you a large sum of money, and let you dispose of it as you like."

"This money will be hundreds of times and a thousand times more than the petty profits you have made in recent years."

Lin Sheng was even more frightened. He lowered his head and said, "Si Zheng, you..."

"Can you explain to your subordinates..."

With a calm face, Shen Yi said, "I want you to go to the Northern Dynasty."

"In the Northern Dynasties, an invisible mansion newspaper department was established."

Hearing this, Lin Sheng was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a plop. He said with a bitter face, "Sizheng, this subordinate is willing to hand over all the money collected in the past few years to Sili..."

Seeing Shen Yi's uneasy expression, Siwu Lin swallowed, and changed his words: "This subordinate is willing to give all the money to you, Sizheng..."

Master Shen was angry and funny: "What do I want your money for?"

In the past few years, Lin Sheng has been calculating too much, and it is estimated that it is only a few thousand taels of silver. Now Shen Yi doesn't think much of this money.

Master Shen stood up, moved a stool, and sat in front of Lin Sheng. He said in a low voice, "Among the people in the Dibao Division, I am afraid that you are the only one who has studied, has a reputation as a scholar, and has a lot of thoughts. That's why I'm looking for you."

"This is not to embarrass you, but to give you a future."

Shen Yi said slowly: "A few years ago, when I assigned you team leaders to leave Jiankang to establish residence newspapers in various places, I promised you an official status. Now this promise will be fulfilled soon."

Master Shen paused, looked at Lin Sheng, and continued, "It may take two to three years or even three to five years for you to go to the Northern Dynasty this time, but as long as you do well enough..."

"I can promise you a fifth-rank civil servant."

Shen Langzhong was persuasive and persuasive: "Think about it clearly, some scholars with two-ranked Jinshi background may not be able to reach the fifth rank even if they are officials all their lives."

Lin Sheng swallowed hard.

He didn't speak for a long time.

There is no other reason, because the condition given by Shen Yi is too tempting!
Fifth Grade Officer!

This grade, even if it is an idle job, even if it is looked down upon by those two-list Jinshi, returning to the hometown can still honor the ancestors and the lintel of the family!
If he, Lin Sheng, was born as a Jinshi in the second list, then this condition may not be particularly attractive to him, but he is only born as a scholar, not even a Juren.

If it wasn't for Shen Yi, the only chance for him to get in touch with the officialdom in his life would be to find a county government to be a teacher, and now he will soon be a court official of the eighth rank!

A huge temptation was placed in front of Lin Sheng.

He kept panting, gritted his teeth for the last time, bowed his head deeply, his forehead almost touched the ground, and bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi: "Si Zheng, this subordinate has done it!"

At this time, his voice already carried some almost directly perceivable gambling taste.

With his forehead still touching the floor, he lowered his head and said, "It's just...the subordinate has a son and two daughters..."

Shen Yi reached out and patted his shoulder, and said lightly: "If you can't come back, I will protect your family's food and clothing for two generations."

"Thank you, Si Zheng!"

Lin Sheng raised his head, looked at Shen Yi, and said under his breath, "Sizheng wants me to leave when..."

"After a year."

Shen Yi said lightly: "However, the specific time has to be determined. Before you go, we need to slowly discuss a specific charter and prepare corresponding items for you."

Speaking of this, Shen Langzhong looked at Lin Sheng, smiled and said: "In one year, if you perform well enough in the north, I will give you enough money for your activities."

"Numbers beyond your imagination."

Master Shen patted Lin Sheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "At that time, let's not say that we have to hire two nobles, even ten or twenty, we can do our best."

Lin Sheng bowed his head deeply: "Thank you, Si Zheng, for your support!"

Shen Yi helped him up, and smiled slightly: "You and I help each other, if you do this errand well, you and I will have a bright future in the court in the future."

Lin Sheng didn't want to ask now, but he couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Si Zheng asked me to go to the north, what exactly does he want me to do..."

"I said, go build a mansion newspaper department that can't be seen on the surface."

"You don't need to spy on the military, and you don't need to participate in the court affairs of the Northern Dynasty."

"As long as you're not too stupid, you should be safe."

Master Shen smiled and said: "As long as there is no major event, the imperial court will not even send someone to contact you."

Lin Sheng was thoughtful, then bowed his head silently.

"Subordinate...Understood."

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Time passed day by day, and soon, it was the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month in Hongde's tenth year.

On New Year's Eve, God also gave me some face. It has been snowing since the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. Even a southern city like Jiankang is covered with a not-so-thin layer of white snow.

The Huaihe Navy General Mansion, located in the north of Jiankang, was also covered by a thick layer of snow.

In the heavy snow, a young man stepped on a line of distinct footprints in the courtyard of the General Military Mansion. He walked all the way to the door of the study room of the General Military Mansion, and knocked on the door: "Father."

In the study, a deep voice soon came out: "Come in."

The young man brushed off the snow on his body, pushed the door and walked in. After entering the study, he first added a piece of silver bone charcoal to the copper stove in the study, then bowed his hands to his father, and then spit out a mouthful of winter-specific white gas.

"Father, this winter seems to be much colder than previous years."

General Zhao Lu, who was sitting at the head of the study, glanced silently at his son Zhao Zhuo, and asked, "Have you got the letter?"

"got it."

Zhao Zhuo quickly took out the letter from his bosom, handed it in front of his father, and while passing the letter, he said, "Father, what do you mean by His Majesty, letting Lao Zhang go home, but insisting on leaving Lao Yang in Jiankang... "

General Zhao ignored his son, opened the letter and read it silently, then threw the letter into the stove beside him and burned it to ashes.

After he watched the letter burn, he looked at his son and said indifferently, "It's better to be colder. It's colder here, and it will be even colder in the north."

Zhao Zhuo was speechless when he heard the words.

He has already said three sentences, why is his old father still replying to the first sentence?

Mr. Zhao glanced at his father with strange eyes, then clasped his fists and said, "Father, do you have anything else to do?"

Zhao Lu raised his head, looked at his son, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Your little sister sent a letter, saying that your nephew is going to have a birthday party soon."

He looked at Zhao Zhuo and asked, "Are you going back?"

Zhao Zhuo was stunned, he quickly lowered his head and said, "Father, didn't you say... our family doesn't have contact with the Yue Palace?"

"Ah."

Zhao Lu nodded and replied, "Then I won't go."

"Okay, there's nothing else to do."

He waved his hand and said, "Go down."

Zhao Zhuo was a little confused by the old father's nonsense words, but he listened to his father's words very much since he was a child, so he immediately backed out with fists in his arms.

After Zhao Zhuo left, General Zhao stretched out his hands, warmed himself on the stove, and murmured, "It's really cold this winter."

He stared at the charcoal fire in the copper furnace that was already red but had no flames, and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

"The queen fell out of favor, and the ministers changed drastically..."

Speaking of this, General Zhao narrowed his eyes, and suddenly laughed: "Do you want to stand up?"

"That's interesting..."

Once the emperor intends to establish a head, the civil servants, the empress dowager, and the entire Sun family will definitely oppose it desperately!
And when the time comes, the Huaihe Navy will firmly stand on the side of Queen Mother Sun, so as to stabilize its position.

Although His Majesty the Emperor is in the prime of his life and there is no need to establish a reserve now, this matter may be used as a push to find a way for the Queen to give birth to a son.

If it doesn't work, I have to adopt one under my name.

After muttering a few words to himself, General Zhao turned his gaze to the north again, and muttered softly, "I've been ill for so many years..."

It was no secret that the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty had not been in court for several years due to physical reasons.

However, some people suspected that the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was pretending to be sick, in order to seduce the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty to send troops to the Northern Expedition, so as to deal a head-on blow to the Southern Dynasty before the succession of the Northern Qi throne, and ensure the stable inheritance of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

But what is the specific situation, except for that Emperor Qi, I am afraid that no one is completely clear.

"The Tartar Emperor..."

General Zhao picked up the warm wine on his desk, raised his head and drank it, then he whispered softly.

"Live a few more years..."

(End of this chapter)