Eunuch Gao clasped his hands behind his back, glanced at Shen Yi, and said indifferently: "You want money?"
"I'm not asking for money."
Shen Yi blinked and said, "It's Di Newspaper Division who wants money. Since Your Majesty thinks that Di Newspaper Division's errands are done well, should Di Newspaper Division's monthly payment be increased a little?"
Gao Ming thought for a while.
Your Majesty is indeed very satisfied with the work done by the Di's Reporting Department.
So, he looked at Shen Yi and asked, "How much do you want to add?"
Shen Yi stretched out five fingers and said: "Five thousand taels per month..."
Eunuch Gao shook his head directly and said in a low voice: "The current salary of the Di Newspaper Department is paid from the Ministry of Household Affairs every month. Your expenses are nothing more than the money for printing the Di Newspaper, and you can get back part of it if you sell the Di Newspaper.
I have seen the payment submitted by Sun Jin, and the newspaper office can only send in five hundred taels of silver per month at most, which is not enough."
Having said this, Gao Ming looked at Shen Yi: "What, you Shen Qi want to embezzle 4,500 taels a month?"
At this point, before Shen Yi could speak, Eunuch Gao continued: "Besides, when you took over the Di newspaper department, you told His Majesty that there is no need for the Ministry of Revenue or internal funds to provide you with money."
"Why, are you regretting it now?"
Shen Sizheng smiled and said: "The expenses of the Di Reporting Department are currently sufficient, but I want to recruit more than five hundred people in the second half of the year, and it may not be enough by then."
He rolled his eyes and said: "Eunuch Gao, if the palace is not willing to add money to the Di Newspaper Company, then that doesn't matter. In the worst case, the Di Newspaper Company will have to take care of its own profits and losses from now on."
What Shen Yi means by this is that Di Newspaper Company does not need money from others, but others should not try to take money from Di Newspaper Company.
Gao Ming's expression softened a little, and he said: "Five thousand taels of silver is definitely not enough. Now there is a censor to help you. The Ministry of Finance will definitely not agree, but our family can reimburse you for two thousand taels of silver every month."
Go up and the money will come out of His Majesty's internal funds."
Shen Yi sighed inwardly.
We still haven’t obtained the authority to take care of our own profits and losses. Otherwise, any money Di Newspaper Company makes in the future will be Di Newspaper Company’s money.
But it doesn't matter. This kind of thing needs to be dealt with slowly and not in a hurry.
He smiled at Gao Ming and said, "Two thousand taels of silver will do, but I have one more request. Please help me, father-in-law."
Eunuch Gao was about to turn around and leave, but stopped when he heard this.
"tell me the story."
Shen Yi bowed slightly and said: "Father-in-law, the Di newspaper department needs some professional spies..."
"I heard that there are a lot of these people in the inner guard, so I want to borrow a year and a half to come over and help the Di News Department train a group of people."
Seeing that something was wrong with Gao Ming's expression, Shen Yi hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law, the food, accommodation, and salary of these people are all covered by the Di newspaper office. They will give you at least five taels of silver a month!"
Eunuch Gao did not reply, but turned around silently and said: "Our family cannot decide on this kind of matter. We have to go back and ask His Majesty."
When he finished saying this, he had already taken several steps, then stopped and looked back at Shen Yi: "Shen Sizheng, you are a second-ranked Jinshi and currently a civil servant. You must think clearly before doing anything.
"
"Civil officials don't necessarily have to be busy every day."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "As long as it is beneficial to the country, Shen is bound to do something for the country."
"Well."
Eunuch Gao made a sound with unknown meaning, then turned and left: "Our family will inform His Majesty of your words. As for what the result will be, you can wait until the notification."
After saying that, Eunuch Gao turned and left.
Shen Yi watched the eunuch leave, then turned back to his yard, stretched out, and then returned to his study to look through some materials.
Mainly about Yang Gongzi Yang Fan.
"This Mr. Yang has so much shady material that I don't even know where he started it..."
Shen Yi flipped through a few more pages of Young Master Yang's "dirty information" and slowly became angry at himself.
"Damn it!"
He patted the table, with anger in his voice: "As deserving as Fan Dongcheng, even more deserving than Fan Dongcheng!"
After saying this, his voice dropped.
"Every damn person will die sooner or later..."
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The next day, Shen Sizheng did not go to work.
Because today was the day when he went to the Lu family to propose marriage.
Because Mrs. Lu did not have a residence in Jiankang, Shen Zhang and Shen Yi and his son had no choice but to go to Zhao Shilang's house to propose marriage.
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Before dawn, Shen Zhang called Shen Yi out of bed, and then took Shen Ling, Xu Fu and others with him, hired some teams to create atmosphere, and went to Zhao Shilang's house with gongs and drums.
Today, Minister Zhao did not go to the Ministry of Household Affairs either.
He took a rare day off.
For a workaholic like him, asking for leave is very rare. After all, when Lu Anshi came to Jiankang, he only took half a day's leave.
But today, as a matchmaker, he had to be present no matter what.
After all, the Shen family is a scholarly family, and they are very particular about all kinds of rules. Several days in advance, Shen Zhang and Shen Ling's uncle and nephew had prepared the etiquette that should be prepared, including three matchmakers, six betrothals, marriage certificates, and
All procedures for proposing a marriage were carefully prepared.
As for Shen Yi, who had to go to work at the Di newspaper office every day, he did not participate in anything. He just followed his father and third brother to the Zhao family early in the morning. He watched the parents of both parties greet each other and saluted each other, and then signed the marriage certificate under the witness of Zhao Shilang.
In the main hall of the Zhao family, Minister Zhao watched the marriage book being written with his own eyes, and both parties put their names on each other. Minister Zhao, who had always been serious about words, couldn't help but show a cheerful smile on his face. He first glanced at Shen Yi, who was standing at the bottom, and then looked at
Lu Anshi, who was sitting on the main seat, laughed.
"Brother Jizhong, now a huge stone has fallen from your heart."
Lu Anshi's first wife died young, and he had been living with his only daughter all these years. Although the father and daughter depended on each other, they could not take care of their daughter for the rest of her life.
Therefore, her daughter's life is a major concern for Mr. Lu.
Now, the daughter's fate has finally been decided, and her husband is a Hanlin scholar. This great scholar from Jiangzuo is also smiling all over his face.
"I would also like to thank Brother Changping for helping us achieve this good thing."
Zhao Changping waved his hand, handed the two marriage certificates to Shen Zhang and Mrs. Lu, and then said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that the two parents-in-law raised their children by themselves. I think they must have a lot to say, today we are here
There is a banquet in my house, you two have a good drink."
Although Shen Zhang gave birth to a Hanlin son and was mentally prepared for today, he was still a little reserved when he suddenly faced big figures like Zhao Changping and Lu Anshi, and he often just kept talking.
Mr. Lu was very easy-going and discussed the specific wedding date with Shen Zhang with a smile.
The two elders had a conversation. Master Lu looked at Shen Yi who was looking around and waved to Shen Yi: "Come here Ziheng."
Shen Yi walked over quickly and bowed his head respectfully: "Teacher."
Regarding the title of teacher, Mr. Lu just smiled and said nothing. He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "You are looking around, are you looking for Qingque?"
Shen Yi nodded, a little curious: "Why didn't I see my junior sister today?"
"According to the rules, you two cannot meet each other before you get married."
Master Lu said with a straight face, "We won't see each other again until the wedding day."
As he spoke, he told Shen Yi some things that needed attention. Shen Si was nodding his head and stood aside obediently listening to the teacher's instructions.
After Master Lu finally finished his lecture, Shen Yi slipped out of the main hall and found Zhao Er in the crowd who was talking to Shen Ling.
Strangely enough, Zhao Er and Shen Ling didn't know when they met. It was obviously not the first time they met. The two were chatting happily at the moment, just like brothers.
Shen Yi pulled Zhao Jizhou to a corner and whispered: "Second brother, where does my junior sister live?"
Zhao Jizhou rolled his eyes: "Zi Heng, according to the rules, you can't see each other again until you get married..."
"My father also specifically told me not to let me tell you..."
"you do not say…"
Shen Yi's eyes were dark: "I'm going to tell my uncle now that you spent thousands of taels on Chunyi Tower..."
Before Shen Yi finished speaking, Zhao Er covered his mouth and looked around nervously.