Being in Jiankang and being in Yueqing are two completely different feelings for Shen Yi.
In Jiankang, Mr. Shen had to be humble in every way. Whether facing the emperor, the ministers in the court, or even the Gaoming around the emperor, Shen Yi had to be careful with him. He even had to consider every word he spoke. It's very labor-intensive.
But in Yueqing, or in other words, among the anti-Japanese army, Shen Yi is the person with the highest status, the boss of this small group.
And in Yueqing, including the Yueqing County Magistrate, there was no one with a status as good as his.
At this time, in a restaurant in Yueqing, Shen Yi was surrounded by seven or eight major generals of the anti-Japanese army. These people stood up one after another and toasted to Shen Yi in turn.
And they were toasting, Mr. Shen's casual toast.
With many people saying nice things, Shen Yi felt a lot more relaxed, and he felt a little light-headed for a while.
Everyone likes to hear good words, it is natural. The difference is that some people just listen to it for fun, while some people really take these flattery words seriously.
Master Shen obviously belonged to the former group. After a group of people drank for a while, Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and asked: "Ling Qianhu, did the daily training of the anti-Japanese army stop after I left? Have you encountered any in Yueqing? what is the problem?"
"The payment of military pay has not been delayed before?"
Seeing that Shen Yi asked three questions in a row, Ling Su was silent for a while, and then smiled awkwardly: "Master Shen, I am here to help you with the fight against the Japanese army. I will report to you privately later."
Shen Yi frowned slightly.
He glanced at the people present. Basically, they were all generals of the anti-Japanese army. Most of them were from hundreds of households, and Xue Wei was already trying from one thousand households.
"We are all our own people here, what can't we say?"
Ling Su sighed, silently lowered his head and took a sip of wine without speaking.
Shen Yi was heartbroken. He looked at Xue Wei and asked, "Xue Wei, tell me."
"yes…"
Facing Shen Yi's inquiry, Xue Wei did not hesitate at all. He did not even raise his head to look at his immediate boss, Xue Wei. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, it has been three months since you returned to Jiankang in November last year. In the three months, apart from the normal New Year holidays, there are still more than two months left."
"To tell you the truth..."
Xue Wei glanced at Ling Su at this moment, then lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "In the past two months, the anti-Japanese army training has been slackened a lot."
Shen Yi frowned.
"What's the reason?"
"Because some people in the army feel that the Japanese pirates along the coast are vulnerable, and they have already been defeated. Even if we encounter Japanese pirates, they will not pose a threat to us."
Xue Wei took a deep breath and whispered: "Ling Qianhu is responsible for part of the daily training, and the subordinates are responsible for the other part. The training of the subordinates may be more harsh. Some people are impatient after being trained, so they Take off your clothes to show off your scars and show off your achievements..."
"Some people say... that the Japanese pirates have been wiped out and there is no need to train anymore..."
When Mr. Shen heard this, his heart suddenly became filled with unknown anger.
He frowned at first, then looked at Ling Su and asked, "Is this the case?"
“Not bad at all…”
Ling Qianhu lowered his head slightly and said: "However, Xue Qianhu still hasn't explained some details clearly. I will explain the situation to Director Shen..."
"Our Anti-Japanese Army was almost brought up by you, Chief Shen. Naturally, we also know that when the Anti-Japanese Army was first established, there were basically no low-level generals. The existing Anti-Japanese Army generals, including all of you here, Inside, many of them fought bravely against the enemy and grew up on the battlefield."
"Although these generals have been promoted, most of those who are lazy in training are their comrades who fought against Japanese pirates together, so they are too embarrassed to punish them..."
"After going back and forth, the commotion gradually became bigger..."
Shen Yi finally couldn't listen anymore.
He took a deep breath, reached out and slapped the table, furious.
"Anyone who is unwilling to be trained, no matter who they are, will be kicked out of the military camp. However, those who have killed Japanese pirates will be given an additional pay of two taels of silver per Japanese pirate when they leave!"
"I, Shen Yi, will pay for this money!"
Mr. Shen said angrily: "It doesn't matter even if all the five thousand people are gone. The worst I can do is spend another year recruiting troops in various places. I have only been away for a long time, and you are so slack!"
Seeing that Shen Yi was angry, these generals who were fighting against the Japanese army couldn't help but shrink their necks, swallowed and did not dare to speak.
Still Ling Su lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, don't be angry. I have to fire people. In fact, I have thought about it, but I only used them to fight a few battles last year. This year, Chu Ping drove them away and spread the news..."
"It's not good for the court or your reputation."
Ling Su sighed and said: "Some people will gossip behind their backs and say that the imperial court's crossing the river and demolishing the bridge will be detrimental to the future development of our anti-Japanese army..."
Having said this, Ling Su paused, and then continued in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, I have thought about stricter management of the army. However, just a few days after it was implemented, the people below began to complain again, including some low-level generals. , are also complaining behind their backs, saying that Xue Qianhu and I took advantage of Duke Shen’s absence to use official authority to treat them harshly..."
Ling Su said in a deep voice: "This matter can be big or small, and the specific situation is a bit complicated, so I wanted to report it to Mr. Shen alone afterwards."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of wine. He closed his eyes and calmed down his mind.
If Ling Su said it according to what he said, then this matter is indeed not as simple as it seems on the surface.
Maybe someone was instigating and causing trouble behind his back.
As for who specifically wants to destroy the anti-Japanese army, there is nothing to think about.
Because there are so many people in Jiankang City who want to be bad that they can’t even be counted on one hand.
After Shen Yi was silent for a while, he looked up at Ling Su and everyone present. He slowly raised his glass and toasted everyone.
After finishing a glass of wine, Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "What Ling Qianhu said makes sense. Maybe this matter shouldn't be too urgent. Let's just go to the military camp tomorrow to see the situation and then make further considerations. ."
"But...before that, Shen has something to say to you."
Shen Yi looked around at the seven or eight anti-Japanese generals present, and said slowly: "No matter what the soldiers below think, I hope you can control it and don't lose the original intention of our anti-Japanese army to eliminate the Japanese and quell the chaos. "
The eight people stood up together and bowed their heads solemnly to Shen Yi: "We will definitely remember Chief Shen's teachings!"
After a group of people gathered together to have a drink, it was not until evening that Ling Su and Xue Wei personally sent Shen Yi to his residence.
At this moment, Shen Yi was only three to four points drunk. Before leaving, Mr. Shen looked at Ling Su and asked, "Ling Qianhu, how is the shipbuilding in the dockyard doing? Have you visited it recently?"
"I just went to see it the day before yesterday. Master Xie said that the first ship is already being painted."
Speaking of the warships, Ling Su became very happy. He grinned at Shen Yi and said, "Master Xie said that it won't be long before our anti-Japanese army has two warships launched."
"Well…"
Shen Yi rubbed his somewhat swollen temples.
His headache was not due to drinking, but because of the treacherous tactics used by his employers to fight against the Japanese army.
"That's very good."
Shen Yi said slowly: "Once the internal affairs of the anti-Japanese army are resolved, we can start preparing to go out to sea to hunt Japanese."