As a small family dependent on the Yun family, the Bai family has always kept pace with the Yun family when facing major issues. When Song Wenhui was in power, he stood by Song Wenhui's side. When Song Wenhui failed, he defected to the Zhenwu Army. On the other side, Zhenwu Army defected and defected to Ye Mingsheng's side.
Although the Bai family was not reused in this way, it also ensured the strength of the family to the greatest extent...
Nowadays, the eldest son of the Bai family, Bai Changrong, is not a prominent figure among the local generals, but as the commander of more than 2,000 troops, he can be regarded as the backbone of the local generals. The second son, Bai Changrong, serves as the magistrate of Yulong County and has an official position. Although he is not high, he is still a seventh-rank official after all. If Ye Mingsheng is willing to promote him, he can be promoted to the sixth-rank official of the same government and the official position of general judge.
In view of the past behavior of the Bai family, whoever has a baby is a mother, although Ye Mingsheng does not believe in their loyalty to him, he is still very happy for their surrender.
He, Ye, is not worried about the local faction, he is worried about the united local faction, so he wants to win over the moderate and appeasement part of the local faction, and then suppress those extreme recalcitrant elements, so now he needs a role model, It has the effect of buying a horse bone for a thousand dollars, making people realize that following Ye is mixed with meat.
So for Ye Mingsheng, the surrender of the Bai family is now equivalent to sleeping on the pillow, playing into his own hands!
In terms of family size and influence in Liaoyang, the Bai family is naturally unable to compete with the three clans in Liaoyang, but this is just conducive to Ye Mingsheng's support and control of them, and the changes he brings to them to seduce the local camp. The appeasement elements disintegrated the localist camp led by the three factions of Liaoyang.
Although he intends to support the Bai family and make the Bai family a dog that he uses to bite the three nobles in Liaoyang, this does not mean that Ye Mingsheng will accept anyone...
If the Bai brothers are the kind of brainless people who have a very bad reputation, are willing to make trouble over nothing, and easily give other people an excuse, Ye Mingsheng will naturally not give them the opportunity to drag him down and affect his image, so in order to To avoid this risk, Ye Mingsheng asked Wang Xuecheng to conduct an investigation into the Bai family before deciding to meet Bai Changjiu.
Wang Xuecheng naturally did not dare to neglect Ye Mingsheng's explanation, and quickly took out a report and handed it to Ye Mingsheng.
According to Wang Xuecheng's report, the Bai family, like most official and landlord families of this era, had some problems, such as concealing property, evading taxes, bribing superiors, etc. However, what surprised Ye Mingsheng was that according to Wang Xuecheng's report: Although the two brothers Bai Changrong and Bai Changrong have average abilities and have no special achievements in office, they are relatively clean in accepting bribes.
As a man in the officialdom, Ye Mingsheng had seen many things like military attaches taking free money, secretly selling ordnance to report the theft, civil servants accepting bribes, issuing approval slips illegally, reducing punishments for illegal violations, etc. However, under Wang Xuecheng's According to the report, basically none of the Bai brothers have ever done this kind of thing.
Ye Mingsheng was curious and ordered Wang Xuecheng to investigate carefully to see if the two brothers were really clean or if they were doing it covertly. After Wang Xuecheng's investigation, he discovered that it turned out to be Bai Wanhao, the father of the Bai brothers. He hoped The Bai brothers can make great achievements in the officialdom and rise to prominence and honor their ancestors.
Therefore, we do not want these two brothers to leave too many clues that will affect their future career in their respective positions, so they have always used the family's money to support the two brothers' daily reception and decent life in the officialdom. This has also led to the two brothers Although my brother has little ability, his reputation among his colleagues, subordinates and the common people is pretty good...
After receiving such an answer, Ye Mingsheng had some good impressions of the Bai family. In today's feudal society, and at the end of the dynasty when order was broken, there were not no honest and good officials, but there were too few, especially to these people. There are basically problems with the families of officials and landlords, and abuse of power is common.
Although Ye Mingsheng has made some achievements now, his current strength alone cannot completely change the entire environment. Therefore, now he can only choose the taller one among the dwarfs and the general among the short ones, and try his best to choose the kind with a bottom line. Although the two brothers from the Bai family are said to be a little less capable, they can still meet his requirements.
In addition to these, after learning that the two brothers of the Bai family are Bai Yuanyuan's biological brothers, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng is also somewhat selfish...
He, Mr. Ye, was not a stupid young boy. Although Bai Yuanyuan didn't say it, Ye Mingsheng knew what she was thinking.
But it is a pity that Ye Mingsheng cannot satisfy Bai Yuanyuan's requirements, at least for now!
He has just put down Liaoyang, which is in ruins and needs to be revitalized. He needs to establish himself as a capable and upright image in the hearts of the people to lead the people on the right path. Therefore, he cannot marry a widow who has just lost her husband. Let your romantic affairs become the talk of all walks of life in Liaoyang and affect your image.
Although Ye Mingsheng avoided talking about Bai Yuanyuan's thoughts, looking at Bai Yuanyuan who was serving him wholeheartedly, he, Ye, was not a stone-hearted person. His heart was also made of flesh, so he was apologetic and wanted to give him something. Bai Yuanyuan made some compensation.
But Bai Yuanyuan has no worries about food and clothing, and lacks nothing, so these compensations can only fall on her natal family...
Ye Mingsheng has decided to meet Bai Jiujiu. If Bai Jiujiu can satisfy him, then he can cultivate the two brothers of the Bai family!
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Just when Ye Mingshengjin was hiding his love and fooling around with Bai Yuanyuan, a banquet was held in the courtyard of the Cui family in Guangning Prefecture. A large group of people were drinking and chatting with each other. Today is the birthday of Cui Tonghe, the elder of the Cui family. The Cui family is here Some old friends from Liaoyang came to celebrate their birthdays in person or by sending people to celebrate their birthdays.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, some important people at the banquet also pretended to be too drunk and retreated from the banquet. Because this kind of thing is very common at banquets, so there are not many People attract attention.
However, what is surprising is that after leaving the banquet, these important figures appeared in a very secret and antique room in the Cui family compound.
"I told you, when we meet, do you need to hide like this? It's true that the older you get, the less courage you get!" A middle-aged scribe with a very rich appearance and piercing eyes looked around the room. Everyone present said with some sarcasm:
After hearing what the middle-aged scribe said, Yun Xiuwei, the fourth master of the Yun family sitting opposite him, smiled and said:
"Brother Gongsun, it's better to be cautious now. Ye Mingsheng's gang of hawks and dogs are so pervasive!"
After Gongsun He heard Yun Xiuwei's words, he said angrily:
"If I had known that Ye Mingsheng, a little wolf, was so wolf-hearted and wanted to bite Liaoyang back, I would have fought to the end..."
As soon as Gongsun He finished speaking, he heard a cold voice coming from outside the door.
"Gongsun He, if you are so talented, then it won't be too late for you to have sex with Ye Mingsheng now!"
As soon as these words came out, Gongsun He subconsciously wanted to speak to the other party. However, before he could speak, he realized who was speaking and quickly shut his mouth in the next second.
At this moment, Cui Shao, who had a cold face, also walked into the room. His cold eyes immediately glanced at Gongsun He. Under Cui Shao's strong aura, Gongsun He hesitated for a moment, but still made a decision. Making a rational choice, he bowed to Cui Shao and said:
"Master Cui, I made a mistake!"
Seeing Gongsun He, Cui Shao also admitted his mistake. Cui Shao also gave Gongsun family a little face behind him. Instead of making Gongsun Heng look bad, he looked around at everyone present, and then said very seriously:
"I know that everyone here has grievances against Ye Mingsheng. To be honest, I also have a lot of grievances against Ye Mingsheng in my heart..."
"I, Mr. Cui, worked hard to help him capture Liaoyang and put him in the position of governor of Liaoyang, but now he wants to kill our Cui family with a backhand!"
After saying this, Cui Shao also patted his left chest hard and said word by word:
"I am just like you, I am also very chilled and angry!"
After Cui Shao finished speaking, he glanced at everyone present again. When he saw that everyone was focusing on him, he changed his voice and continued:
"Everyone knows very well in their hearts that the person sitting in that position is not Ye Mingsheng, but Wang Mingsheng, Li Mingsheng, or Liu Mingsheng. As long as he is unwilling to share the power in his hands with you and me, he will do the same. ············”
"Don't forget what the Zhenwu Army wants to do! If the Zhenwu Army is in power now, based on the current situation in Guanzhong, they must have patted their butts to support their chief assistant, then we have to face It’s not Ye Mingsheng, but a Shiwei! Khitan! Luobei!”
"Although Ye Mingsheng's behavior is strong and ruthless! But he still obeys the rules. If you let those wolves and tigers of foreign races come in, how can we survive in Liaoyang?"
"The current Ye Mingsheng is the Song Wenhui of twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, our parents could make Song Wenhui acquiesce in our existence. Twenty years later, as long as we are united and everyone is of one mind, we can also give in to Song Wenhui. What happened will happen again to Ye Mingsheng!"
Cui Shao's impassioned speech immediately aroused the fighting spirit of everyone in the room. Everyone said in agreement:
"Master Cui is right! Compared with those beasts, I still choose Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng only wants money and power, while those alien beasts want our lives!"
"Although Ye Mingsheng looks very fierce, he can't compare to Song Wenhui twenty years ago. In order to make us hand over our power and land, Song Wenhui pretended to exterminate our family, but what happened in the end? ? Hasn’t he taken back his troops obediently? Isn’t he the one who will be finished first?”
"All of us are outstanding people in Liaoyang. As long as we unite together, what can Ye Mingsheng and those ungrateful and illiterate fools around him do? They are not being fooled by us like fools. Round and round?"
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Looking at the excited and high-spirited people, Cui Shao nodded slightly. This is the effect he wanted. Although Ye Mingsheng's disarmament plan has not been officially announced, any news in Liaoyang, as long as the aristocratic family wants to know How can we hide this from them, a group of local snakes who have taken root in Liaoyang for hundreds of years?
Although he had expected that Ye Mingsheng would spare no effort to suppress the power of their family, Cui Shao did not expect that a military general like Ye Mingsheng, who made his fortune in the army, would actually do it in today's troubled times. Take the initiative to use retreat to advance and play the trick of disarmament.
If Cui Shao looked at Ye Mingsheng's disarmament move not from the perspective of the head of the Cui family, but from the perspective of the chief envoy of Liaoyang, the parent of more than one million people in Liaoyang, then he would definitely raise his hands in the air, very Agree with Ye Mingsheng's decision.
He clearly realized that the war in the past half year has made Liaoyang, which is located on the border and has a weak family background, even more poor and difficult. The people are already so poor that they can hardly afford to eat. After Song Wenhui, Zhenwu After two rounds of oppression by the military, they no longer have much oil and water...
If the pressure of raising nearly 150,000 troops is transferred to them at this time, it will force them to die again!
In such a very difficult situation, if Ye Mingsheng covets the hundreds of thousands of troops and retains all these soldiers in a brutal manner, then Liaoyang will be completely finished. There will not be enough labor in the farmland to produce work, and the food will undoubtedly be If production is drastically reduced, the human tragedy of people dying of hunger and exchanging children for food will be staged in Liaoyang!
If Cui Shao was just the chief envoy of Liaoyang, then he would definitely appreciate Ye Mingsheng's actions. Ye Mingsheng's disarmament will save countless people in Liaoyang, allowing them to reunite with their families and give them hope in their lives. The light!
Unfortunately, before Cui Shao was the chief envoy of Liaoyang, he was the head of the Cui family in Liaoyang!
In the eyes of a family like his, the interests of the family always come first, and the family always comes before the country!
With decades of experience in political struggle, Cui Shao immediately felt the atmosphere of conspiracy from Ye Mingsheng's disarmament plan...
