After seeing Song Wenhui's letter to Murong Yuliang, although Ye Mingsheng said harsh words to Murong Yuliang and intimidated Murong Yuliang, in his heart, he still had to look at the overall situation... ···
Although the Cui family's support for Murong Yuliang was not great, they had already expressed their attitude by sending Cui Dakai here. Now Murong Yuliang has the support of Song Wenhui. With the Cui family and Song Wenhui, Having a bargaining chip in hand makes things tricky.
Ye Mingsheng's strategy for himself now is to build walls high, accumulate food widely, slowly become king, farm quietly to accumulate strength, and wait for the moment when the storm gathers.
Although it was easy to deal with Murong Yuliang on the boundary of Fengzhou, it was just a matter of words from Ye Mingsheng, but the problem was how to end the matter after dealing with Murong Yuliang?
After taking care of Murong Yuliang, Ye Mingsheng will inevitably become the target of public criticism and the focus of everyone's attention!
In this way, Ye Mingsheng is destined to never make a fortune in silence again. Now Chen Dechang is adding sand to his side. Once his strength is exposed, Chen Dechang will definitely be more afraid of himself, and maybe he will stop paying attention to him. Food, wages, ordnance and other resources are transported here.
Not to mention Song Wenhui. Although his attention is currently attracted by Chen Dechang, after all, he is the governor of Liaoyang who has been in business for more than ten years. A little extra thought is enough for him to drink a pot... ········
Therefore, when things develop against him, Ye Mingsheng must not act on impulse. He must make a more rational, mature and smart decision.
And Ye Mingsheng obviously did this!
While discussing government affairs with Murong Yuliang, Ye Mingsheng discovered that this former Hanlin scholar, an old bureaucrat who had been involved in the Zhou Dynasty for decades, was indeed not an ordinary person. He had quite mature political ideas and experience in handling government affairs. It’s also quite rich,
As for ability, it goes without saying. Sixty-seven percent of the six ministers and cabinet ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were Hanlin bachelors. In other words, being able to achieve the position of Hanlin bachelor is the focus of the future high-ranking officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Inspection object!
Ye Mingsheng, who was already thinking about delegating power, naturally had a new consideration in his mind after realizing Murong Yuliang's ability...
But Ye Mingsheng also has his own concerns. After all, Murong Yuliang will definitely not be loyal to him. Ye Mingsheng is also very self-aware and knows that with his current reputation and power, he will definitely not be able to get Murong Yuliang to be loyal to him.
And handing over the government affairs of Fengzhou to someone who is not loyal to him is indeed a risky thing for Ye Mingsheng who wants to run Fengzhou as his home base.
However, after carefully weighing the pros and cons, Ye Mingsheng decided to allocate part of the power to Murong Yuliang to a limited extent, allowing him to exercise part of his power as a prefect within the scope prescribed by him.
In this way, Ye Mingsheng can reduce some of his burdens and devote his energy to more important areas. Secondly, he also sticks to his strategy of keeping a low profile and making a fortune.
As for the risks brought by using Murong Yuliang, Ye Mingsheng can, on the one hand, strengthen the penetration of people around Murong Yuliang, and secondly, Ye Mingsheng, who has the power to appoint and remove officials in Fengzhou, can use these officials under Murong Yuliang to They were all replaced by his own people, which made Murong Yuliang leave his support, and the government orders could not leave the Zhizhou Prefecture...
After thinking for a moment, Ye Mingsheng seemed to have thought of something. He opened his eyes and ordered to the soldiers outside the door:
"Call Ye Tie!"
"Yes, handsome!"
After receiving the summoning order from Ye Mingsheng, Ye Tie immediately rushed from the military camp to Ye Mingsheng without stopping.
"Master, do you have any orders?" After entering the study, Ye Tie cupped his hands and asked Ye Mingsheng:
"How is your subordinate Zhu Shanyan doing?" Ye Mingsheng glanced at Ye Tie and asked:
"After enforcing military discipline, I can now get out of bed and walk!" Ye Tie said to Ye Mingsheng calmly:
Recalling Ye Tie's plea for mercy when Zhu Shanyan was punished last time and Ye Tie's submission yesterday of the appointment and dismissal list of the fourth battalion military attachés, Ye Mingsheng asked Ye Tie again:
"What do you think of him?"
"Although Zhu Shanyan has never read military books, he is extremely brave in fighting. He must take the lead in every battle. He is a rare and fierce general!"
"And this person is also from Fengshan County. He has regarded you as a role model when he was young. When our army recruited soldiers in Fengshan County, Zhu Shanyan immediately joined the army regardless of his family's dissuasion. He was the first batch of soldiers we recruited, and even more What is commendable is that he is also loyal to you, young master."
When Ye Mingsheng asked, Ye Tie also worked very hard to say good things to his subordinates in front of Ye Mingsheng, so that Ye Mingsheng could approve Zhu Shanyan's promotion.
Ye Mingsheng fell into silence after hearing this. Just when Ye Tie was feeling a little uneasy and didn't know what Ye Mingsheng was thinking, Ye Mingsheng suddenly said:
"Ask him to go to Fengzhou Prison. Zheng Xu will be there, with an arm or a leg, as he chooses!"
Ye Tie was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Ye Mingsheng would suddenly talk about this. Although he intended to ask Ye Mingsheng if he agreed to his promotion of Zhu Shanyan, he thought about it and still didn't speak. He lowered his head and accepted the order:
"I understand, I'll let him go!"
Although Ye Mingsheng agreed that Murong Yuliang would return Zheng Xu to him, he did not promise that Murong Yuliang would not punish Zheng Xu!
Zheng Xu, the thief, took advantage of the fact that he was Murong Yuliang's housekeeper, and blatantly ordered his servants to attack Zhenwu Army attachés and obstruct official duties. If Ye Mingsheng didn't punish him, how would he manage the army?
The officials in Fengzhou would also think that he, Mr. Ye, was afraid of Murong Yuliang and the Murong family...
"How is the formation of your fourth battalion going?" After explaining Zheng Xu's affairs, Ye Mingsheng asked about business matters.
Ye Tie said directly: "Reporting to the young master, the formation of the fourth battalion is in progress. I have selected more than ten military attachés from the third battalion, plus the young master you sent from the personal guard, the backbone is almost completed."
"The Chengbei Camp has also handed over a thousand recruits to us. According to the plan, the remaining one thousand recruits will be handed over to us in half a month. Everything is going well so far and is progressing steadily according to the plan. There are no problems. .”
Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and then explained:
"This time I am sending you to Xiangshuiyuan. On the one hand, you must cooperate with Guo Zhiping to protect the Dalongchang company that is walking there."
"In addition, I have something to do for you!"
"I have arranged a task for Huo San. He is going to send a few people to your place to show their identity and act as military attachés of your fourth battalion. You must provide some convenience as much as possible to cover their work!"
"I understand, I know what to do." Ye Tie said without hesitation after hearing this. Then he seemed to have thought of something and looked at Ye Mingsheng hesitantly.
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said directly: "If you have any questions, just ask them!"
"Master, can you tell me what they are going to do? I'm quite prepared..." After receiving Ye Mingsheng's permission, Ye Tie no longer had any scruples and immediately asked:
Ye Mingsheng pondered for a moment. He had no intention of telling Ye Tie, but after hearing what Ye Tie said, he felt that it made some sense. Since Ye Tie was to cooperate with Huo San, he should give Ye Tie some clues, and Ye Tie's There is no need to doubt your loyalty to yourself.
"There is something wrong with Dalongchang Company. I want Huo San and the others to check it out. This matter is top secret and you must keep it secret!"
Hearing this, Ye Tie also understood that the matter was of great importance, and immediately looked serious, and said to Ye Mingsheng very seriously: "Master, please don't worry, I keep my mouth shut!"
After finishing talking about the business matters, Ye Mingsheng told him again, and Ye Tie asked him to go down and do the trivial matters.
Considering the mysterious interest group behind An Zhirong and the others, although Ye Mingsheng was a little afraid and did not dare to directly close the Xiangshuiyuan trade route, as the saying goes, "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle."
Ye Mingsheng naturally wanted to know more information about them, not to mention that Ye Mingsheng also planned to carry out trade with the Khitan people, so he also needed to get some information from Dalongchang Company.
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In the next three days, with Ye Mingsheng's tacit consent, Murong Yuliang hosted hundreds of officials from Fengzhou, large and small, at the Nanfuxiang Restaurant. In front of everyone, Ye Mingsheng expressed his position as the president of Fengzhou. Bing's limited support for Murong Yuliang's work in Fengzhou. This banquet also marked the relationship between Ye Mingsheng and Murong Yuliang, which can be regarded as entering a honeymoon period...
What really surprised Ye Mingsheng was that it was Cui Dakai. Ye Mingsheng really regarded him as too kind, thinking that he really wanted to see and talk to Ye Cui and talk about the past. Brother and sister love.
Unexpectedly, this guy knew that he could not persuade Ye Mingsheng, so he played a trick with Ye Mingsheng to save the country, and asked the Ye Cui family to move reinforcements.
I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup Cui Dakai poured into Ye Cui. When Ye Mingsheng paid her a routine greeting, she just held Ye Mingsheng’s hand and warned Ye Mingsheng that his immigration policy had already deeply hurt him. The interests of the aristocratic families and how powerful the aristocratic families are, it is definitely not a wise move to offend them.
Although Ye Mingsheng had a lot of intentions, but in order to prevent Ye Cui from worrying, he could only pretend to agree to Ye Cui's request.
When he came out of the Ye Cui family, Ye Mingsheng pulled Cui Dakai out. Cui Dakai was quite proud of his curved move to save the country, thinking that Ye Mingsheng must be forced by his mother's expectations to stop Fengzhou immigration and land allocation. policy, when he heard that Ye Mingsheng was looking for him, he was quite complacent!
He never thought that Ye Mingsheng would directly dump him in front of him. He had taken kickbacks from the Cui family and kept an extramarital affair.
Seeing the appearance of these things, Cui Dakai was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat. He knew very well that once these things were spread by Ye Mingsheng, although the head of the family Cui Shao would not kill him, he would definitely take back all his power in the family. , and without power and without any official position, his status in the family will definitely plummet!
Not only that, if the tigress at home knew that he was raising a woman outside and had a child, she would definitely chop him up.
While Cui Dakai was frightened, he was also very confused about where Ye Mingsheng got these things...
Of course Ye Mingsheng would not tell him that he had always valued the Cui family as a potential ally with whom he had a blood relationship. He understood that if he wanted to dominate Liaoyang, he must obtain the support of the Cui family.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng has been asking Huo San to collect information about the Cui family. With the efforts of Huo San, a capable general, the black information of some high-level officials of the Cui family, including Cui Dakai, was in the hands of Ye Mingsheng. .
Ye Mingsheng has also been waiting for the opportunity to let these black materials show their power. He never thought that this Cui Dakai would be so ignorant of praise and dare to play such a little trick with him. He is really unstoppable!
Under Ye Mingsheng's coercion and intimidation, Cui Dakai begged and bowed repeatedly, and almost knelt down in front of Ye Mingsheng...
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Ye Mingsheng also warned him not to talk nonsense after returning, and he would make sure to make him look good next time!
After Cui Dakai left with all his gratitude, Ye Mingsheng shook his head with emotion. He had never thought about using the black information in his hands to develop a secret agent among the top brass of the Cui family to quietly inform him.
However, after careful study, he found that among the senior leaders of the Cui family, including Cui Dakai, although they all have their own shortcomings, some are seeking fame and reputation, some are greedy for money and lust, and some are playing with things to lose their ambition... But they all have one thing in common, that is, they are very loyal to their family, and they are also very loyal to the patriarch Cui Shao!
They may be coerced because of some excuses, but if the matter being coerced will endanger the interests of the Cui family, they will most likely choose to surrender rather than accept the coercion...
Because of this, Ye Mingsheng was wary and never took action. After all, if this kind of thing failed and the rice was discovered, it would really offend the Cui family to death. Never do it again. I want to have some contact with them!
After dealing with these matters, Ye Mingsheng was planning to advance the marriage process between himself and An Miaoyi, but his soldier captain Ye Dong found some new things for him.
One morning, as soon as Ye Mingsheng's buttocks were on the study chair, Ye Dong asked him mysteriously:
"Master, do you still remember the woman you met at Fengji Teahouse a few days ago?"
Ye Dong's words immediately reminded Ye Mingsheng of that plump figure...
Although Ye Mingsheng, as the commander-in-chief of Fengzhou, had no shortage of women around him, the soft and waxy voice and the cold temperament still made Ye Mingsheng recall him endlessly after many days.
