An Miaoyi was a little surprised when she heard Cui Shao's words. Just when she hesitated, Cui Shao smiled and said again:
'Ye Mingsheng gave half of the military attache positions in this new army to our Cui family. Ye Mingsheng wrote to me and said that this is a gift for you, but Miaoyi, you might as well guess what Ye Mingsheng's real purpose is? '
An Miaoyi frowned slightly when she heard this, and seriously thought about Ye Mingsheng's intention of doing this, based on her understanding of Ye Mingsheng.
Ye Mingsheng has always been a guy who doesn't get up early for no profit. He will never do anything unprofitable. If Ye Mingsheng pays something, then he must want to get something... ···
In the face of power, Ye Mingsheng is more like a dictatorial and strongman leader. He has always firmly grasped the personnel and financial power of the army in his hands, and will never allow others to have any prying eyes. Why is he willing now to give up an army of 20,000 soldiers? What about giving up the 5,000-person New Army military attaché position to the Cui family?
In fact, the answer to the question is very simple!
The so-called "betrothal gift" given by Ye Mingsheng must be an attempt to reach some kind of exchange of benefits with the Cui family!
But what does Ye Mingsheng want to change?
After thinking for a long time, An Miaoyi tentatively asked Cui Shao:
"Does he want to send troops from the Cui family and Guangning Mansion to cooperate with their actions?"
Cui Shao shook his head when he heard this and said:
"I thought so at first, but after thinking about it later I realized that it was not the case. Although our Cui family bought some troops in Guangning Mansion, they were only enough to protect ourselves. In addition, there are no generals who are good at fighting. If Sending troops rashly is very risky, I think Ye Mingsheng can understand this..."
"And I got news that Ye Mingsheng has given orders to his subordinates Yuan Song, Lin Huaiwu, and Guo Zhiping, asking them to build fortifications in Xuantu and Lelang, with the intention of fighting a protracted war with the Zhenwu Army!"
As soon as these words came out, An Miaoyi immediately realized what Ye Mingsheng was about. She blinked her beautiful eyes and asked Cui Shao:
"Uncle, are you going to agree to him?"
Under An Miaoyi's gaze, Cui Shao smiled and said nothing.
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Shoucheng, in the study room of the general army camp.
Ye Mingsheng sat on the Taishi chair and closed his eyes to rest, while Huo San knelt on the ground and told him:
"I would like to inform you, sir, our Coordination Office has recently conducted a large-scale raid on the strongholds and secret agents of the Supervision Department and the Black Dragon Society within our territory. A total of six strongholds of the Supervision Department were found, with a total of 31 people. It was newly discovered that our army was bribed and planted by them. There are five hidden stakes, three Black Dragon Society strongholds, including 18 Japanese pirates, 85 bandits who have colluded with them, and three hidden stakes lurking within our army."
"This is a detailed list of people who were bribed and bribed by the Supervision Department and the Black Dragon Society. Please take a look at it!" After speaking, Huo San took out a list from his arms and handed it to Ye Mingsheng's desk with very respectful hands.
Ye Mingsheng seemed not to have heard this, and still closed his eyes to rest. Seeing this, Huo San, who felt uneasy, immediately reported to Ye Mingsheng:
"In addition to the details of these strongholds captured, our Coordination Office was in Dongning Mansion the day before yesterday and launched an assassination operation against Chen Dechang as revenge for the assassination of Sir by the Supervision Department!"
"Our department arranged for assassins to lurk with grenades near Chen Dechang's residence. The carriage from Chen Dechang's residence drove out of the house the day before yesterday. The assassin immediately threw the grenade onto the carriage. But unfortunately, Old Thief Chen was not on the carriage at that time. He cheated his master Bai Renxuan to death."
"However, there is news that Chen Dechang was so furious at Bai Renxuan's death that he vomited blood and passed out. Many famous doctors from Dongning Prefecture were brought to Chen Dechang's residence for diagnosis. As of the time I received the news, Chen Dechang is still unconscious and does not know whether he is alive or dead..."
After Huo San said this, Ye Mingsheng slowly opened his eyes and looked at Huo San. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng finally opened his eyes to look at him, Huo San finally felt relieved.
He knew that Ye Mingsheng would not be satisfied if he simply hunted down the secret agents and smugglers in the country, so he immediately ordered the Supervision Department branch in Dongning Prefecture to carry out the assassination of Chen Dechang.
In fact, when the Coordination Office failed several times and the Supervision Department assassinated Ye Mingsheng, Huo San had already had the idea of assassinating Chen Dechang as reciprocal revenge, and had been making some preparations for this idea. Otherwise, if we start planning now, we will definitely not be able to implement it so quickly...
However, Dongning Mansion was in an enemy-occupied area after all, and Chen Dechang lived in seclusion. He had never left the house since he entered Chengdu. Even various meetings of the Zhenwu Army were held in his mansion, which was heavily guarded. It is difficult to make a breakthrough if one person takes five steps and one whistle takes ten steps.
The Coordination Office is a young organization that has just been established, and its personnel composition is not perfect. Therefore, in this situation where all conditions are still immature, Huo San's idea has always been in the preparatory stage, and this time the assassin Arriving in front of Ye Mingsheng, Huo San was pushed into a desperate situation.
Therefore, for the sake of his own safety, Huo San did not care whether the time was ripe or not. He immediately launched a plan and asked the secret agents of the Supervision Department lurking in Dongning Mansion to start immediately, hoping that this plan could give the furious Ye Ming Sheng gave an explanation.
Although the assassination plan has failed now, although Huo San is a little regretful, he is still quite satisfied with the result...
After all, when the Liaoyang Army and the Zhenwu Army fought before, Song Wenhui sent people to assassinate Chen Dechang countless times. In the end, under the protection of Shen Jianzhong Supervision Department, not even a hair of Chen Dechang was touched. If Chen Dechang was so easy to kill, , he has died countless times!
Now that Huo San led the assassination, although he still didn't kill Chen Dechang, he did kill Chen Dechang's most important master Bai Renxuan. It was not nothing, and he also gained extra joy, making Chen Dechang so angry that he vomited blood and passed out!
To be honest, this is equivalent to a curve to save the country. Although Chen Dechang is in good condition, he can still at least eat meat and guard several girls at night. But after all, he is not young anymore. He has been fighting all year round and has numerous major and minor injuries. This time He was really in trouble, and it would be God’s blessing if he was so angry that he died!
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Huo San did not dare to look at Ye Mingsheng. He knelt on the ground and immediately kowtowed to Ye Mingsheng three times.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
These three ringing heads were very loud, and Huo San's head was also "buzzing", but he ignored his headache and continued to apologize to Ye Mingsheng:
"This assassination attempt by the Supervision Department and the Black Dragon Society, I did not report the news in advance to thwart their plot. It is really a capital crime of understating my position, please punish me!"
Looking at Huo San who was kneeling on the ground with a very sincere attitude, Ye Mingsheng was also thinking deep in his heart. He was naturally very angry about being stabbed this time.
He has already doubted Huo San's ability, and has even begun to consider who among the Fengzhou Army can take over Huo San's position at this stage...
However, just before hearing Huo San's work report this time, Ye Mingsheng had even appointed a preliminary candidate for the next director of the Coordination Office, and he had even begun to prepare to summon this person to make more specific arrangements.
However, judging from the current results, Huo San is still capable, but he needs to put some pressure on him!
After scanning Huo San with his scrutinizing eyes, Ye Mingsheng said lightly:
"Stop kneeling on the ground, get up and talk!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Huo San secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but it seemed that he breathed a sigh of relief too early. As soon as he got up from the ground, he heard Ye Mingsheng continue to say:
"What do you think of Wang Xuecheng?"
Huo San's heart suddenly tightened when he heard Ye Mingsheng's question, and he realized that although Ye Mingsheng asked him to stand up, his punishment was far from over.
Although his surname is Wang, the "Wang Xuecheng" in Ye Mingsheng's mouth is still somewhat related to Ye Mingsheng.
This person was originally a scholar. He took part in the rural examination in Fengshan County and was ranked as a junior student. However, he was later found to have a cousin who had become a bandit and no one in the officialdom took care of him. Therefore, he was punished. If he is involved in the imperial examination, the road is cut off.
Because he was very smart and good at calculations, he went to Jin Fusheng, a large local business in Liaoyang, to work as an accountant. In less than three years, he left for another accountant. It took a clerk ten years to complete the journey. Arrived at a shopkeeper named Jin Fusheng.
The reason why this person is related to Ye Mingsheng is because his wife’s surname is Ye, and according to the Ye family tree, she is Ye Mingsheng’s brother-in-law!
Even though he has become a semicolon shopkeeper, he can earn hundreds of taels of silver a year including dividends. In this world, he is considered a high-income group who has enough food and clothing.
But in today's official-oriented society, where scholars were born and took part in the imperial examinations, and experienced all kinds of inferiority, only Wang Xuecheng, who had a traditional education such as studying at a high school, still never forgets his dream of becoming an official!
Although the road to the imperial examination was cut off due to family ties, Wang Xuecheng had been thinking about how to develop in a roundabout way. When Ye Mingsheng first recruited troops in Fengshan County, Wang Xuecheng thought about joining Ye Mingsheng. Fortunately, Ye Mingsheng Mingsheng was surrounded by an official and a part-time official, but later he heard that the place where Ye Mingsheng went was Fengshan County. Because he was a little worried about whether Ye Mingsheng could resist the Khitans, he temporarily gave up the idea at that time.
Later, he heard that Ye Mingsheng was prospering in Fengzhou and had established a firm foothold, so he made up his mind to join him. Although Wang Xuecheng was a scholar, his resume was not very good, so Ye Mingsheng didn't pay much attention to it. , seeing that he was related to him, he was allowed to participate in the management of Fengzhou's business in coal mines and iron mines.
However, he never expected that this guy did a very good job and did his job in the coal mine and iron mine in an orderly manner. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng was a little curious about Wang Xuecheng's previous job at Jin Fusheng Company. ··········
So Ye Mingsheng asked Huo San to check the details of Wang Xuecheng. If he didn’t check, he wouldn’t know. When he found out, he was really shocked. It turned out that Wang Xuecheng was the reason why Jin Fusheng was able to hold the position of semicolon shopkeeper. , it turns out that he has been helping Jin Fusheng do some shady business!
As we all know, due to historical legacy, land annexation and other reasons, the people of Liaoyang are poor and cannot survive. They can only go to Green Forest to do business without capital, and engage in zero-yuan purchases. This also provides soil for the development of Green Forest and creates The social phenomenon of rampant bandits in Liaoyang.
This has also given rise to a series of problems, such as the development of illegal industries, and selling stolen goods is one of the important businesses of these illegal industries!
When robbing wealthy families and landlords, in addition to gold, silver, and food, bandits usually also get antiques, land deeds, and people. These things are not necessary for bandits, so they They need to monetize these things to get what they want...
And because the method of acquisition is shady, these things cannot legally flow into the market and find customers in need, so they can only be traded secretly. Wang Xuecheng has a relationship with Lu Lin because of his relationship with his cousin who became a bandit. Inextricably linked.
Therefore, relying on this relationship, the smart and shrewd Wang Xuecheng gradually opened up his network of contacts in Green Forest. With him and his ability to offer extremely competitive prices among his peers, as well as his decisive and ruthless acting style, he gained a reputation in Green Forest. He brought in more business and helped Jin Fusheng Company expand their business in selling stolen goods, making Jin Fusheng Company one of the largest channels for selling stolen goods in the underground world of Liaoyang!
The stolen goods sold through their hands every year are worth nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver, and the stolen goods are spread across several northern provinces of the Great Zhou Dynasty...
It was precisely with this achievement and the huge profits it brought to Jin Fusheng Company that Wang Xuecheng was able to rise to the top of Jin Fusheng Company so quickly!
Although Wang Xuecheng's resume is not visible to the public and is an absolute black history. Once it is exposed, he will be a street rat and everyone will shout and beat him up. However, Ye Mingsheng, who did not have the endorsement of aristocratic family members at that time, was very short of talents, and was short of food and silver. His financial situation was So he didn't care so much anymore.
Isn’t there a saying that the cat that catches mice is a good cat, no matter whether it is black or white!
So after Wang Xuecheng was conquered through a combination of grace and power, he was appointed as the sales manager of Fengzhou Coal and Iron Industry. It was hoped that he could obtain more returns for Fengzhou through his past sales relationships and alleviate the financial difficulties of Fengzhou Army that was close to making ends meet at that time. situation.
It has to be said that as an expert in sales, Wang Xuecheng is indeed very capable. He has the means to sell the coal and iron resources produced in Fengzhou at high prices one after another, subsidizing the financial situation of the Fengzhou Army and alleviating Ye Mingsheng's financial pressure. .
The reason why Wang Xuecheng gave up his high salary at Jin Fusheng Company and joined Ye Mingsheng was because he hoped to develop in the officialdom, so he had always hoped that Ye Mingsheng could give him an official position.
This time when considering who could replace Huo San, the first person that came to Ye Mingsheng's mind was Wang Xuecheng!
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