Chapter 769 Zhang Liangs Plan and the Ladder Over the Wall
The Huaihe Navy has about 100,000 people on its books. If they were all paid out, it would be 800,000 taels of silver.
This amount of money is not a small amount, it can even be said to be a very large amount, so large that even if it is reported to the Ministry of Accounts, the Ministry of Accounts may not approve it.
But Shen Yi has money himself.
Before he left Jiankang, the Liulichang outside Jiankang City had been able to produce nearly pure and transparent glass, which meant that this thing could be cashed in very quickly.
Not to mention it's a lot, but with the financial resources of the "rich" people in Jiankang, there is no problem at all if they roll up to several million taels.
Although this thing has not been cashed out yet, Xu Fu has a lot of cash there and can temporarily transfer some.
Moreover, there are not many people in the Huaihe Navy Camp in Fengyang Prefecture. There are more than 10,000 people. At most, it will cost more than a hundred thousand taels of silver. With Shen Yi's current ability, he can mobilize more than a hundred thousand taels of silver in three days. No problems at all.
However, it is worth mentioning that the behavior of throwing coins at the Huaihe River Navy was not Shen Yi's whim, but something he had discussed with the emperor in advance.
After all, this kind of thing must be done with the consent of the emperor, otherwise it would be very taboo for you to personally pay the border troops.
Only when the emperor nods the money can the money be dispersed.
Throwing coins in the Huaihe River Navy is a method, a very useful method.
First of all, if the money is distributed according to the list of each thousand-household camp of the Huaihe Navy, it can be found out to a certain extent how much free pay the Huaihe Navy has taken and how many heads have been falsely reported.
More importantly, it can represent the emperor and show kindness to the lowest level soldiers of the Huaihe Navy.
Zhao Clan has been entrenched in the Huaihe Navy for many years. From the top to the bottom of the Huaihe Navy, from the commander to the thousand households to the hundred households, and even the captains and deputies at the lower levels, may have some connections with the Zhao Clan, but The soldiers at the lowest level have little to do with the Zhao clan.
This is because the lower-level officers of the Huaihe Navy are not treated very well, and sometimes the superior officers will deduct their pay.
Although some of these people are junior soldiers who have been in the Huaihe Navy for a few years or even more than ten years, and they are inextricably related to the junior generals above them, their interests are not deep after all.
The eight taels of silver that Shen Yi gave them directly may be the salary that they can get in a year, two years, or even several years!
In addition, this money was sent out in the name of the emperor. As an emperor, in this era where loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are common, there is naturally some impression bonus.
Most people still think that emperors are born good.
With this relationship, the emperor gave them a large sum of money... These low-level officers of the Huaihe Navy would naturally have a good impression of the emperor.
However, it must be said that this good impression is definitely not enough to get them out of Zhao Clan's control.
But with this good impression, in the future when the Zhao family really wants to pull these people to raise a flag to rebel and engage in beheading business, they will have more hesitation in their hearts.
With this hesitation, these people's military morale will not be stable when the time comes.
Because of this reason, Zhao Zhuo lost his temper and even asked Shen Yi to give him the money and he would distribute it on Shen Yi's behalf.
Now, the Zhao clan has not fallen out with the imperial court, which means that Shen Yi, who represents the emperor, now has absolute say here.
After being scolded by Shen Yi, Zhao Zhuo hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing.
Mr. Shen looked at the soldiers gathered on the school ground and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, I am here on behalf of the Emperor. I will do what I say. In three days' time, there will be one thousand-household camp and one thousand-household camp at the gate of the camp." Household business distributes money."
Having said this, he turned to look at Zhao Zhuo and said calmly: "Major General, I will ask you to give me the roster of the Huaihe Navy later. I will reward the three armies according to the names on the roster."
As an imperial envoy, Zhao Zhuo had no way to refuse such a request made by Shen Yi. He could only nod helplessly and said: "Yes, the general will hand over the roster of Qianhuying under his command to the imperial envoy later."阸
Shen Yi frowned and said, "Young General, I want the roster of the entire Huaihe Navy."
Zhao Zhuo smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the final general is only the Huaihe River Navy Qianhu. The other Qianhu camp cannot be controlled by the final general..."
"Then you go to one thousand-household camp after another and ask them for it. Just say what I want."
Shen Yi's face was expressionless: "Anyone who does not cooperate will be treated as a traitor to the imperial court, and I will personally submit a letter to participate."
After saying this, Mr. Shen glanced at Zhao Zhuo, walked away, arrived at the gate of the Huaihe Navy, got on his horse, and went back to Fengyang Mansion.
Seeing Shen Yi riding away, Zhao Zhuo's face became even more ugly.
A commander stood behind Zhao Zhuo, lowered his head slightly and said, "Major General, do you really want to give the roster to this person named Shen?"
"if not?"
Zhao Zhuo glanced at the man and said in a low voice: "Do you want to disobey the imperial court?"
The middle-aged commander quickly lowered his head: "I don't dare to..."
"Okay, let's prepare the roster. Remember, prepare according to the list reported to the Ministry of War."
Zhao Zhuo said helplessly: "The one named Shen is from the Ministry of War. If there is any discrepancy, there will be big trouble."
"Major General, if we go by that list, there may not be enough people..."
Zhao Zhuo said helplessly: "If he asks about the number of people, he will say that some of them have been transferred to patrol the Huaihe River."
"yes."
The commander nodded. After thinking for a while, he said: "Major General, since the man named Shen wants to give us money, let's just keep it. At that time, all the money of those soldiers will have to be given to us." Come up..."
"Are you crazy?"
Zhao Zhuo glared at the man and cursed: "You are so greedy for profit!"
"If you dig out the money that others have obtained, who will be willing to do it with you?"
After cursing a few words, Zhao Zhuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Okay, you go down and make arrangements. I will report this matter to my father as soon as possible. I believe that my father should have a way to handle it properly."
Having said this, Zhao Zhuo glanced at the direction Shen Yi left again and sighed helplessly.
"These scholars..."
"There are so many minds..."
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After returning to the imperial envoy's residence in Fengyang Mansion, Mr. Shen returned to his study and wrote two letters. After writing the letters, he dried the ink, carefully put it away, then handed the letters to Jiang Sheng, and said: "
This letter is for the palace... Remember to send it out of Fengyang Mansion via the inner guard route. They are the only ones who can deliver the letter to Jiankang now."
Jiang Sheng nodded, and then asked: "Master, where is the other letter?"
"It's for Xu Fu. Ask him to transfer some money."
Master Shen smiled and said: "It will cost a lot of money in the next two days, and the money we have is not enough."
"Let the inner guards take this letter to Jiankang as well."
Jiang Sheng nodded, carefully put the two letters away, put them in his sleeves, and went down to deliver the letters.
After writing these two letters, Mr. Shen yawned, asked someone to boil hot water, took a bath, and went to bed.
In the next two days, he did not go to the Huaihe Navy Camp to inspect the camp. Most of the time he stayed in Fengyang Mansion, eating and drinking.
On the morning of the third day, Mr. Shen arrived at the gate of the Huaihe Navy Camp with two carriages loaded with silver.
Because the weather was very hot, he asked people to set up a pergola, and then asked people to sit under the pergola with the roster of the Huaihe Navy, and prepare to throw coins to the Huaihe Navy.
Because it was the imperial envoy who was distributing money, a long queue formed in front of the pergola. At first glance, hundreds of people lined up.
Mr. Shen watched the process of distributing money for a while, and after confirming that there was no problem, he walked to the gate of the Huaihe Navy Camp, took a look at the school grounds in the camp, and then frowned slightly.
He looked at a soldier of the Huaihe Navy next to him and said slowly: "Go and call your major general."
After about a stick of incense, Zhao Zhuo, dressed in armor, jogged all the way to Shen Yi and bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi.
"The Imperial Envoy is looking for the last general?"
Shen Yi nodded and asked, "Where are the people?"
Zhao Zhuo was stunned and asked: "Who is it?"
"Where have the people in your camp gone?"
Shen Yi looked at the school grounds in the camp, frowned and asked, "It seems that there are a lot of people missing."
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy has a keen eye."
The Major General sighed slightly, lowered his head and said, "Yesterday, most of the brothers in the camp were indeed transferred away by my father..."
"In the past two days, the Qi people suddenly attacked and harassed Yanhuai River. Maybe..."
Zhao Zhuo looked up at Shen Yi with a serious expression.
