After returning to Linhai, Shen Yi first rested for a day, and then began to personally count the military achievements of the anti-Japanese army and discuss rewards with Li Mu.
How to reward those soldiers who have made meritorious service in the Anti-Japanese Army is a more complicated issue, because the Anti-Japanese Army is a temporary organization. It is still unclear what level this organization will be and how many people there will be in the future.
Therefore, the current rewards, whether it is Shen Yi or Li Mu, can only be given in money, not in level.
If you want to assign a rank, Li Mu needs to report to his superiors. The emperor and the Ministry of War must approve it together before the specific rank and actual duties can be assigned.
However, under Shen Yi's suggestion, Li Mu still gave Xue Wei, who had made great contributions, a hundred households.
As for the other people who killed the Japanese pirates, everyone is paid on a per-person basis, but the level and position need to be carefully considered. It is impossible to directly give the actual position of the general banner like the previous reward to Xue Wei.
Two days later, basically all the silver rewards and pensions for the anti-Japanese army were distributed. The silver rewards and pensions were distributed by Shen Yi personally to every soldier, and the pensions were also distributed to the family members by Shen Yi personally.
This incident was recorded by the Taizhou Mansion Newspaper Department and prepared to be published in the next issue of the Mansion Newspaper.
This is done, on the one hand, to win over people's hearts, but more importantly, it is about the source of troops.
As long as the money is in place, these anti-Japanese army officers and soldiers will spontaneously promote the anti-Japanese army. If the anti-Japanese army wants to recruit troops in the future, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.
What's more important is that the silver reward this time is because the anti-Japanese army soldiers killed the Japanese pirates. Then when the new recruits join the anti-Japanese army, there will be many fewer people who are focused on dawdling.
In two days, the silver reward and pension work for the anti-Japanese army was basically completed. Shen Yi counted the roster of the anti-Japanese army. In addition to the more than 20 people who died in the battle, and the 20 or 30 people who were injured and lying in bed, the anti-Japanese army was now
The total combat strength of the army is 214 people.
Shen Yi and Li Mu divided the 214 people into two parts. Among them, Shen Yi and Ling Su led 64 people and stayed in Taizhou Prefecture to expand the anti-Japanese army.
Li Mu, on the other hand, led one hundred and fifty-four people along the coast all the way south to liquidate the big Japanese thieves that the Di Reporting Department had discovered.
Just as Li Chen and Li Chen were saying goodbye outside the gate of Linhai County, Li Mu and Shen Yi each wrote a report on the anti-Japanese army and sent it to Jiankang.
These two reports did not go through the imperial court, but were sent directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Imperial City and to the hands of the eunuch Gao Ming.
Eunuch Gao first received Li Mu's report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was about to take the report to Ganlu Palace. Shen Yi's report was also sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Eunuch Gao looked at it thoughtfully.
After thinking about the newly delivered memorial for a while, he also took it in his hand and put it under Li Mu's memorial. Then he held it in both hands and walked along.
Arriving at the Manna Hall, I came to the presence of His Majesty the Emperor.
His Majesty the Emperor just woke up from his nap. After stretching, he looked up and saw Gao Ming walking towards him. The Emperor looked at the memorial in Gao Ming's hand, yawned again, and said indifferently.
: "What's the trouble? It's brought here in such a hurry?" ...
Gao Ming lowered his head slightly, held the two memorials above his head, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the memorials sent by Taizhou Prefecture are the memorials of the Crown Prince of Jin and Shen Sizheng."
"Well…"
The emperor did not reach out to pick it up, but asked thoughtfully: "Did you send it together?"
Gao Ming replied: "Your Majesty, we didn't send them together, but when the front and back arrived, I didn't dare to delay, so I just sent them together."
After hearing these words, His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said: "This is sensible. Even if it is just for show, at least it can make me feel more comfortable."
It is absolutely impossible for the emperor to say such words in public. It is only because there are no outsiders in the Manlu Palace now, they are all high-level eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so such half-joking remarks are harmless.
Gao Ming handed over the two memorials, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, according to the news from the internal guards, Prince Jin basically did not encounter any military affairs along the way, and he followed the rules very well."
His Majesty the Emperor didn't even raise his eyelids, he just said indifferently: "That's because he knows that Shen Yi can send the letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and to my desk at any time, and they are followed by internal guards. If
He is alone, and there are no people from the court around him, who knows if he will be so honest?"
Gao Ming smiled and said nothing.
While he was speaking, the emperor had already reached out and opened the memorial letter sent by Li Mu. After reading it once, His Majesty's expression remained unchanged. He put the letter aside and reached out to open the memorial letter written by Shen Yi. After reading it briefly,
, His Majesty the Emperor looked at the table in front of him and was lost in thought for a while.
Then, the emperor threw aside Shen Yi's memorial and said with a smile: "After all, he is a second-ranked Jinshi. What he writes looks much more comfortable. My imperial brother does not have such a good literary talent. What he writes looks good.
It’s very hard to get up.”
Eunuch Gao lowered his head and smiled: "Shen Si is very capable in writing."
"Not only is he talented in writing, but the newspaper department under him is also very talented."
The emperor lowered his eyebrows and said: "Not only was it discovered that the richest man in Taizhou, the Wang family, was involved in Japanese affairs, but more than ten large families in the coastal states were also found to be involved in Japanese affairs..."
He looked up at Gao Ming and said with a smile: "Does the inner guard have this ability?"
Gao Ming thought for a while, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, if the internal guards go to investigate, they should be able to find out if they are given some time..."
"Um…"
After the emperor said "hmm", he didn't speak for a long time, then he reached out and knocked on the table and said: "The two of them have done a good job in Taizhou Prefecture. At least the anti-Japanese army has some prototypes. I just left.
This move was a bit unexpected."
"Give them a few years, and I might actually have a new navy emerge..."
Gao Ming lowered his head and said nothing.
Because the emperor did not allow him to express any opinions.
Because he has not read these two memorials.
The emperor pondered for a while, then stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and said: "The Crown Prince of Jin and Shen Yi have made great contributions to the Japanese. Both of them will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins. We have prepared a decree to commend them."
"in addition…"
His Majesty the Emperor thought for a while and continued: "There are so many big families along the coast who are involved in the Japanese. Every family has their homes raided. There are so many properties and there is no accounting office around them. I'm afraid they won't be able to figure it out for a while. From..." ...
"Send a purple eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask him to bring five accounting offices from the inner treasury and five accounting rooms from the outer treasury to manage the accounts of the anti-Japanese army, so that they will not be in a hurry."
Gao Ming lowered his head deeply and said, "I understand."
"also…"
The emperor said slowly: "The Di Reporting Department has done a good job, allowing their intelligence to be exchanged with the internal guards. If they know some things, the internal guards should also know."
Gao Ming lowered his head again and said: "Yes..."
"The Di Reporting Department has achieved very good results in the past few years. It is still an eighth-grade official office, but it is a bit out of shape. Gao Ming, please go and make arrangements. Tomorrow, officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites will be summoned to the palace to discuss the situation of the Di Reporting Department.
Improve your taste."
After saying this, the emperor stood up and stretched again: "Also, please make arrangements. I am in a good mood this afternoon and want to go out of the palace for a walk."
Hearing this sentence, Gao Ming's expression froze.
He sighed slightly in his heart.
My Majesty, he likes to leave the palace more and more...
In the past, His Majesty would leave the palace to relax when he was in a bad mood. Now, His Majesty is in a good mood... and wants to leave the palace.
But His Majesty had already spoken, and Gao Ming could only bow his head in agreement and said respectfully: "I will make arrangements right now."
Seeing the bitter expression on Eunuch Gao's face, His Majesty the Emperor chuckled and reached out to pat Gao Ming's shoulder.
"Don't worry, I will take the blame if the Queen Mother is to blame, and you won't be blamed."
Gao Ming knelt on the ground and bowed his head deeply.
"I will never dare to have such thoughts. As long as I can do something for Your Majesty, I will never hesitate to die..."