After returning from Ganlu Palace, Shen Yi returned to his office in the Di Newspaper Division and began to think about how to expand to coastal state capitals.
Now, Di Newspaper Division has seven or eight branches, all in several big cities including Jiangdu.
While laying out the branches, the intelligence agencies of the Di News Division also followed suit. It is worth mentioning that even in the few months when Shen Yi returned to Jiangdu to get married, the expansion of the Di News Division's intelligence office also continued. It has not stopped, and regarding some important decisions of the Intelligence Department, Jiangdu's Di Reporting Department has sent them to Shen's Mansion for him to decide.
It can be regarded as a remote office.
When the Intelligence Division of the Di News Division was first established, there were only thirty people. After being divided into seven groups, each group could be assigned five people. Now, a few months later, although there are still seven groups, the number of people in each group is still small. There are already around forty people, which means the number of people has almost increased tenfold.
But this number is still too small for the vast country and the entire imperial court.
The reason why the number of people is expanding so slowly is because this industry is quite special. Shen Yi requires every intelligence officer to have a clean family background, be clean and have no contact with the powerful class before entering the intelligence office, and try to ensure that they are not other people. An undercover agent sent in.
Of course, this kind of review process may be useful in the early stage, but as long as the intelligence office slowly expands and the number of people increases day by day, it is inevitable that people from other people will sneak in in the future.
The current Shen Yi's strict review is to ensure that the future senior management and even the middle management of the Di News Department remain pure.
As for the bottom layer, it doesn’t really matter.
Up to now, the first round of expansion plan of Di Newspaper Division has basically ended, but after meeting with the emperor just now, Shen Yi knew that the second round of expansion of Di Newspaper Division was coming.
After arriving at the Di Newspaper Company's office, Shen Yi sat in his seat and thought for a long time, and then asked the two leaders of the second and fourth groups of the Intelligence Department who were still in Jiankang to be called to the Di Newspaper Company.
So far, the leaders of the seven groups of the Di News Division, except for the six group leaders who have been replaced by Di News Division's own people, the other six people are still "teachers" sent by the inner guards.
Four groups of people have been sent out, and only three groups are left in Jiankang.
The Di News Department's ability to transmit information is still very fast. Shen Yi had to meet someone in the afternoon. Before sunset, the two team leaders came to his study and respectfully bowed their hands to Shen Yi: "Sizheng."
The leader of the second group was named Duan Mingchong, and the leader of the fourth group was named Zheng Minghu.
These two people were both former internal guards, but now, they have been completely transferred to the Di News Department and have become the intelligence team leaders of the Di News Department.
Because the basic salary of the Di Newspaper Company is more than twice that of the internal guards. In addition, the Di Newspaper Company later began to make money through advertising business, and the salary of these people was improved. Up to now, the salary of these people is already They were more than four times as good as inside defenders.
Where can I work without serving the imperial court?
Except for the leader of the sixth group who gave up his mind and returned to the inner guard, several others stayed and became Shen Yi's subordinates.
The two team leaders were both thirty-two years old and had families in Jiankang. After meeting the leader Shen Yi, they acted very respectfully and did not dare to say the wrong thing.
Shen Yi, who had been pretending to be a grandson in Ganlu Hall for a long time, finally became a leader. He coughed, pointed to the chair opposite him, and said, "Sit down and talk."
The two men nodded and sat down carefully.
After sitting down, Shen Yi coughed and said: "You two should also know that out of the seven groups of people we created, four groups have now left Jiankang and are stationed in other places. I am going to send two of them. Is there no problem if I go on a business trip and stay in another place for a few years?"
The two looked at each other, then lowered their heads and said, "That's what Sizheng ordered, we have no problem."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "This official business trip will not keep you out of town. I estimate that you will be able to return to Jiankang in three to five years. After you come back, I will guarantee your official status."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused and continued: "If this errand is done well, the rank of the entire Di newspaper department will be raised accordingly."
The two people stood up directly and said, "Just follow Sizheng's orders!"
Shen Yi stopped talking nonsense, took two slips of paper that had been prepared in advance on the table, put them in his hands, and said: "One is Taizhou Prefecture, the other is Guangzhou Prefecture. You draw lots by yourself, it all depends on God's will."
Taizhou Prefecture is very close to Jiankang, but Guangzhou Prefecture...
Both men became nervous.
If it's Taizhou Prefecture, you might be able to come back to see your family from time to time. If it's Guangzhou Prefecture, you won't even think about coming back until the errand is over!
Duan Chong took a deep breath, cupped his hands towards Zheng Hu and said, "Brother, I'll go first!"
He stepped forward and took one of the lots.
Shen Yi handed the other one to Zheng Hu's hand and said calmly: "The two notes are different. You should take a look at them, so as not to say my preference behind my back."
After Zheng Hu took it, he opened it and immediately beamed.
Duan Chong, who was next to him, looked a little unhappy.
"After arresting you, just continue to listen to me."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "You two places are different from other people sent out. After you arrive at the place, the income of the two places' reporting offices will be yours until the end of your errand. I need you to expand your respective numbers to one hundred to three hundred before the end of this year, that is to say, recruit a large number of their local people."
"If you don't have enough money, just give me a message."
"any questions?"
Both of them lowered their heads and said solemnly: "Go back to Sizheng, no problem!"
"good."
Shen Yi said calmly: "After you go back, each of you will leave a deputy and 30% of the manpower. At that time, the group staying in Jiankang will also use 30% of the manpower. I will form eight groups."
According to Shen Yi's idea, from now on, this group and the eighth group will be stationed in Jiankang and will not move again.
Especially this newly built eight groups.
This is a system established by the Di News Division itself, without the participation of internal guards. In Shen Yi's vision, these eight groups will also be the most powerful group in the Intelligence Department of the Di News Division in the future.
Duan Chong and Zheng Hu saluted respectfully.
"I humbly obey my orders!"
After the two people finished speaking, they both bowed and left Shen Yi's study.
After the two people left, Mr. Shen sat in his chair, looking at the map on his desk and rubbing his temples.
"I used to be able to fish happily every day in Di Newspaper Division, but now it seems that I'm going to be busy for a while..."
This time, Di Newspaper Company will conduct a second round of expansion. In addition to large-scale expansion, Shen Yi also has to personally form eight groups. This workload is enough to keep him busy for a while.
The old life of drinking tea at the Di newspaper office in the morning and getting off work after taking a nap is probably gone forever.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, if you want to climb up in the court, you can't just hang around every day, you always have to work hard to do something.
On this day, Mr. Shen rarely worked overtime at the Di newspaper office. After it was completely dark, he left his study and stretched out.
Then he looked at the dark night outside and smiled.
"On Jiankang's night, my newspaper department may have the final say in the future..."
(End of chapter)
