The emperor nodded happily. He touched his chin and thought for a while, then said: "I also see the merits of Di Newspaper Division. Now Di Newspaper Bureau is still a seventh-grade yamen, which is not suitable.
Already."
His Majesty the Emperor thought about it for a moment, and then continued: "I will discuss with the people from the Ministry of Personnel and Etiquette to upgrade the Di Bao Si to a sixth- or fifth-grade Yamen."
"As for those team leaders Shen Qing mentioned..."
"Well…"
The emperor frowned and said, "This name is too weird. Let me change it with you. The people you are talking about, Duan Chong and Zheng Hu, should be in charge of the local Di newspaper department, right?"
Shen Yi nodded: "Yes, at that time, the Di newspaper department was just about to go out, and these people had no official positions, so the ministers gave them random professional titles."
"Let's just call him Secretary."
After all, the emperor often came into contact with these official positions, so he quickly thought of a name and said: "This position is tentatively designated as the eighth rank. Those like Duan Chong and Zheng Hu who have made meritorious services can be treated with the seventh rank salary."
Shen Yi bowed his head respectfully.
"On behalf of them, thank you Your Majesty!"
The emperor looked calm and asked: "These are your rewards for others. Shen Qing doesn't want anything for himself?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and thought carefully, then said: "Back to Your Majesty, I... want to report to the Secretary."
The emperor raised his eyebrows, then looked at Shen Yi with interest, and smiled dumbly: "You have such a big appetite."
"You are now the doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. There are still more than 20,000 people from the military department in the southeast who recognize you. I will give you my residence again. Isn't it true that you, Shen Qi, can do whatever you want?
"
The Military Selection Department is actually the personnel department of General Chen.
As for Shen Yi, the Minister of Personnel, he can appoint and deploy a large number of his own personnel within his scope of authority. In addition, he has people and money, and there is an intelligence agency like the Di News Department.
Whatever you do, you can do.
Shen Yi was not in a hurry, lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty should still remember that when Wei Chen and Your Majesty decided to suppress the Japanese, they sent the Di Bao Si out half a year in advance. Wei Chen felt that now is the time to do it again
Spread the news to the Di News Agency."
The emperor looked calmly and said: "Where to scatter it?"
"Northern Qi Dynasty."
Shen Yi whispered: "Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you defeat the enemy..."
"To put it lightly."
The emperor snorted: "The Qi people will not let you set up reporting offices in various places, not to mention you, the manpower I send out every year..."
The emperor paused for a moment when he said this, and then did not continue. He just looked at Shen Yi and said, "Forget it, just tell me what you think."
Shen Yi nodded and continued: "Your Majesty, I know that the layout of Northern Qi is very difficult, but precisely because of this difficulty, it is even more important to do it in advance to prepare for the future."
The emperor's face was expressionless: "The two sides have been sending spies to each other for more than sixty years, and the imperial court has been doing it for more than sixty years. How can you, Shen Qi, do better than the internal guards?"
“The emphasis is different.”
Shen Yi whispered: "Your Majesty, the manpower sent by the imperial court is nothing more than to monitor the senior officials of the Qi people and keep an eye on the major events in their imperial court, while the minor ministers spread the news and report to the department..."
"It is to be sent to their place to survey their local mountains and rivers, get familiar with the local customs, and make friends with the local scholars, farmers, industry and merchants..."
"In the north, there are more Han people after all."
Shen Yi said slowly: "If these people are used well, they can even instigate rebellion in the future..."
Hearing this, the emperor finally felt a little moved. He looked at Shen Yi silently and asked, "Can the north print the residence newspaper for you? What is Shen Qing going to do?"
"It is naturally impossible to print and distribute Dibao."
Shen Yi lowered his head silently, took out a pamphlet from his sleeve, and said: "Your Majesty, these are some homemade gadgets that I made when I had nothing to do. This thing may be spread among the people in the north."
The emperor gave a hint, and Gao Ming immediately understood. He walked to Shen Yi and took the booklet. After flipping through a few pages, he found a few short stories written on it.
These short stories are also accompanied by illustrations.
Several short stories were very short, and the booklet was naturally not too long. It didn't take long for the emperor to flip through it from beginning to end, then put the booklet on his desk and glanced at this book full of whimsical ideas.
A peer of the same age asked: "This kind of storybook...not to mention the trouble of having it printed out. Even if it is really circulated among the people in the north, if it cannot publish current events, I'm afraid it will be of little use."
"In the first one or two years, we will definitely not be able to publish current affairs in the Northern Dynasties."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said: "But as time goes by, you can slowly write some anecdotes about the ministers or clan members of the Northern Dynasties, or write some unofficial history."
"This thing is not intended to be spread on a large scale. It is just to allow our people to integrate into the local area as soon as possible after arriving there..."
"It's naturally better if it works. If it doesn't work, just take over and give it a try."
The emperor said "hmm", he closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then asked: "If you have any other ideas, you might as well finish them in one breath."
"Back to Your Majesty, after Wei Chen was targeted by the Purity Department of the Northern Dynasty, he also investigated a lot of information about Qi people in the past two years. As far as Wei Chen knows..."
"The Northern Dynasty...has become corrupt to a certain extent."
"Therefore, it is not easy for the people sent out to break into their top management, but as long as you have some means and spend some money, it is not difficult to integrate into the place. Therefore, this method of spreading news in the Diji News..."
"It will probably cost a lot of money."
When he mentioned money, the emperor subconsciously reached out and knocked on the table and said, "How much will it cost?"
"Weichen thought about this when he was in Fuzhou. During his stay in Fuzhou for more than a month, he made a rough estimate."
"If you want to have obvious results, I'm afraid it will cost more than two million taels of silver a year."
The emperor raised his eyebrows: "So many?"
Shen Yi lowered his head silently and said: "Your Majesty, I have calculated that if the income from the two shipping companies in Fuzhou plus the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce and Xu Fu's place is spent here, it should be enough."
Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help stroking his hands and clapped his hands.
He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "I thought Shen Qing was in Fuzhou and was immersed in the gentle countryside. I didn't expect that Shen Qing was in Fuzhou and was also thinking about national affairs."
When Mr. Shen heard this, his expression froze and he did not reply.
The emperor opened the album in his hand again, read it again, and asked: "Did you, Shen Qing, draw the illustrations in this album, or did Miss Ye from Fuzhou draw them?"
Shen Yi shook his head and said, "It was painted by Wei Chen after he returned to Jiankang. My wife has been quite good at painting since she was in elementary school."
"Well."
The emperor nodded: "I almost forgot that Shen Qing's wife also comes from a scholarly family."
The young emperor thought seriously for a long time, then looked at Shen Yi and said: "Shen Qing, I will have to think carefully about what you are talking about for a few days before I can give you an answer. But there is one thing I must tell you in advance.
say clearly."
Shen Yi immediately lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty's instructions."
The emperor looked calm and said: "Even if I manage this for you, I can only give you half of it at most. The Diji newspaper that prints and distributes newspapers in the imperial court and various places must be in the hands of the imperial court."
As we all know, there are two Di newspaper departments.
One is the Di News Department, which distributes newspapers, and is considered a public opinion department.
The other one is the intelligence department founded by Shen Yi. The intelligence department was established based on the branches of the Dijing News Agency in various places. It has now become quite large.
What the emperor meant was that even if the Di newspaper department was handed over to Shen Yi, it would still be up to him, the emperor, to have the final say on what content would be printed in the Di newspaper that was distributed across the country.
It is obvious that in the past few years of Di Bao's operation, His Majesty the Emperor has clearly felt the power of public opinion methods, and now, he has firmly held public opinion in his own hands.
Shen Yi bowed his head respectfully and said, "Yes, I understand."
The emperor then nodded. He stood up from the soft couch, rubbed his aching back, and said, "There is one more thing I want to tell you."
The emperor looked at Shen Yi and said slowly: "The Military Selection Department is a key task of the imperial court. I put you in this position, which puts you under a lot of pressure. After you take office next year, you must work closely with the Ministry of War.
Several court officials have asked for advice, and if they don’t understand something, they should feel free to ask the Yuanwailang and other officials below without shame.”
"No matter what, you can't mess up my Martial Arts Department."
Shen Yi stood up quickly, lowered his head and said.
"Your Majesty's instructions, I will bear them in mind."
"In the Ministry of War, I will do my best to fulfill my duties and live up to the holy expectations!"