In the evening, after having dinner with Ye Mingsheng and his wife at the Governor's Mansion, Ye Cui and others invited Ye Cui back to her parents' home for a visit, Cui Shao left the Governor's Mansion in Liaoyang and sat down on Ye Mingsheng's personal farewell. took the carriage back to his residence.
After hearing the news that Cui Shao had returned from the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Yu and Yun Hanjie came to Cui Shao without delay even at night to ask about the outcome of the negotiation.
The original counterattack against Ye Mingsheng and creating a mutiny was just the first step in their plan. They were also preparing to incite public opinion, create intimidation, and lead public opinion attacks against Ye Mingsheng, etc., in order to force Ye Mingsheng to Compromise in struggle·················
But what they never expected was that Ye Mingsheng had been prepared for it. As soon as they mobilized the local generals to launch a mutiny, they were ruthlessly extinguished at the first opportunity. Several generals led by Fang Dawei were all killed by Ye Mingsheng. Ming Sheng is executed!
They were a little panicked when this unexpected situation occurred. They didn't know whether they should continue with the next plan and fight Ye Mingsheng to the end, or whether they should immediately start negotiations with Ye Mingsheng.
At this time, only Cui Shao stood up to stabilize people's hearts and decided to talk to Ye Mingsheng to decide everyone's next move.
Seeing Zhao Yuyun and Han Jie visiting, Cui Shao naturally knew why these two people came, which was to tell the whole story about the results of the negotiations between him and Ye Mingsheng.
"That's so much land, twelve thousand hectares?" Zhao Yu frowned and said:
Feeling the dissatisfaction in Zhao Yu's words, Cui Shao was too lazy to talk nonsense to him and said directly:
"This is what I discussed with Ye Mingsheng. If you have any questions, you can ask Ye Mingsheng yourself. Maybe Ye Mingsheng can give your Gongsun family face and let you not hand over an acre of land... ··········”
Hearing what Cui Shao said, Zhao Yu looked a little resentful. In this civil war in Liaoyang, the three clans of Liaoyang had their own losses. The Yun family who initially supported Song Wenhui lost a lot of money and food. Although the Cui family chose Ye Mingsheng right, but under Ye In the process of Mingsheng's victory, they also spent a lot of money and food, and contributed tens of thousands of tenants to the family.
Although the two families suffered a lot, the Gongsun family suffered the worst. The power of the Gongsun family was originally more focused on the army, and they were also the first to clearly support the Zhenwu Army.
During the growth of Zhenwu Army, the Gongsun family wanted people to give people and money to give money. If Zhenwu Army really came to power, then their gains would naturally be the greatest. But now that Zhenwu Army has failed, they Even after losing his wife and losing his troops, not only were there numerous casualties, but most of the family's wealth was emptied.
Previously, Zhao Yu and Yun Hanjie both sent invitations to ask to see Ye Mingsheng, but perhaps because the Gongsun family's strength had been compromised too much, Ye Mingsheng did not choose to see Zhao Yu, but chose to see Yun Hanjie. This was a big deal for Zhao Yu. Saying that is not a good political signal··················
The main force in the mutiny planned by the three families was the Gongsun family. They were very influential among the local generals. Fang Dawei, who was destroyed by Lin Huaiwu, was an old member of the Gongsun family and Gongsun Heng. Therefore, the conspiracy of the mutiny was blocked by Ye When Ming Sheng was destroyed, the Gongsun family suffered the most. This made their already not very good family situation even worse!
In addition, this mutiny also severely offended Ye Mingsheng, so Zhao Yu couldn't imagine the possibility of Ye Mingsheng meeting him in this situation!
After quarreling with Zhao Yu, Cui Shao looked at Yun Hanjie and said:
"How was the preparation I asked you to prepare before?"
Yun Hanjie nodded and said:
"Three thousand hectares of poor and wasteland have been received, and more can be collected from other small landowners and poor farmers in a while!"
Hearing this, Cui Shao's eyes were a little complicated. Before he started the mutiny after learning about Ye Mingsheng's reforms, he had made two preparations just in case.
On the one hand, he is preparing to fight back to force Ye Mingsheng to give up the reform. On the other hand, if he lets the three companies start to secretly acquire some poor land and wasteland, be prepared for the counterattack to fail and the reforms implemented by Ye Mingsheng to be unstoppable... ···
As the three largest landowners in Liaoyang, the land owned by the rich man, the Cui family, the Yun family, and the Gongsun family is mostly fertile land. It was naturally very painful to sell such good land to Ye Mingsheng at a low price, so Cui Shao Thinking of the strategy of acquiring poor land and wasteland and giving it to Ye Mingsheng to reduce losses, many people in the government are their people. If they can do it casually, Ye Mingsheng will be kept in the dark.
Before meeting Ye Mingsheng this time, Cui Shao had not wavered in his plan. After all, although he was the envoy of Liaoyang in the government and the nominal leader of the Liaoyang government, before that, he was Cui Shao first. The head of the family, the interests of the family are above all else to him!
But after discussing with Ye Mingsheng, Cui Shao's idea changed slightly...
Recalling in his mind what Ye Mingsheng had told him before, "The chief assistant is a master of one discipline and two pavilions." Cui Shao gradually made a decision in his mind and said:
"Just these three thousand hectares! Don't take any more!"
Hearing what Cui Shao said, Yun Hanjie and Zhao Yu were both shocked and looked at each other wondering why Cui Shao would say such a thing.
"Mr. Cui, did the hawks and dogs from the General Control Office discover something?" Yun Hanjie thought for a moment and cautiously probed:
Cui Shao shook his head when he heard this and said:
"Ye Mingsheng didn't tell me any news about this!"
Hearing this answer, Yun Hanjie and Zhao Yu looked at each other and felt relieved. Then Yun Hanjie said with some confusion:
"Since it has not been discovered, why do you want to stop, Mr. Cui? Ye Mingsheng wants a full 12,000 hectares of land. If you stop now, our three families will each have to hand over 3,000 hectares of land to Ye Mingsheng. This is three thousand hectares of land." Thousands of hectares of land..."
Feeling Yun Hanjie's doubts, Cui Shao asked:
"Do you think Ye Mingsheng can defeat Youyan?"
As soon as Cui Shao said this, Yun Hanjie was a little stunned and lowered his head to think. At this time, Cui Shao looked at Zhao Yu and said:
"I know that your Gongsun family has been secretly in contact with Youyan since the defeat of Zhenwu Army, so Zhao Yu, tell me about Zhao Fuqu's attitude towards Liaoyang!"
Listening to his family's secret being revealed by Cui Shao, Zhao Yu suddenly showed a look of astonishment on his face. He didn't know whether to answer Cui Shao's question or not... ·
Seeing this, Cui Shao continued:
"Since you don't say it, Zhao Yu, I will tell you that Zhao Fuqu doesn't look down on Liaoyang or Ye Mingsheng at all. He has always wanted to expand to Yunbin and Jinyang. Zhao Fuqu will take action in Jinyang within two months. Feng Han is a powerful general under Shangguan Hongyuan. He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers and sufficient supplies. Yun Bin has been operating in Jinyang for many years. Even if Zhao Fuqu can defeat him, he will not only have to use all his strength, but also need at least half a year. time!"
"If nothing else happens, next spring will be the time when Zhao Fuqu and Feng Han are fighting fiercely. What will happen if Ye Mingsheng sends troops to attack Jizhou at this time?"
"We all know the strength of the Fengwu Army. With their strength and the firearms they are equipped with, unless the main force of the Yan Army is waiting in Jizhou, they will never be able to stop the Fengwu Army. Once Jizhou breaks through the hinterland of Youyan Yuyang, Fanyang, Shanggu, Yijing, Bei'an, and Dai County were all exposed to Ye Mingsheng's blade..."
"At that time, Zhao Fuqu's main force was in Yunbin, and he was unable to stop Ye Mingsheng's invasion. Even if he could repel Feng Han and return to the army, Youyan would have lost at least half of it, and his troops were also a tired force. Ye Mingsheng Ming Sheng is waiting for work, and the advantage is also on his side!"
"As long as Youyan is captured, Ye Mingsheng can swallow the hinterland of the Central Plains of Hebei and Henan when advancing, and can defend the northern border when retreating. He can advance and retreat freely. The foundation of the King's Overlord has taken shape!"
When Cui Shao reached this point, both Zhao Yu and Yun Hanjie understood his thoughts. Yun Hanjie said with some dissatisfaction:
"Master Cui, what you said is too simple. Zhao Fuqu has been in Youyan for more than ten years. How great was Shangguan Hongyuan back then? How powerful was the 200,000 forbidden troops under his command? There is nothing you can do about it. Zhao Fuqu, Ye Mingsheng is so powerful Can it be as powerful as Shangguan Hongyuan? No matter how powerful the Fengwu Army is, can it be as powerful as the Imperial Army?"
Cui Shao shook his head and said:
"You and I have seen the battles of the Fengwu Army and the factories of the Fengwu Army. Ye Mingsheng and the Fengwu Army may not be as good as Shangguan Hongyuan and the Great Zhou Forbidden Army now, but if Ye Mingsheng and the Fengwu Army are allowed to grow barbarically, , then no one can say what will happen..."
"And the most important thing is that when he faced Shangguan Hongyuan, Zhao Fuqu was very cautious, for fear of making the slightest mistake. But when facing Ye Mingsheng now, Zhao Fuqu was full of contempt. He didn't feel that Ye Mingsheng meant anything to him. It’s a threat!”
"This is just like Song Wenhui and Chen Dechang. Just last year, they only thought that Ye Mingsheng was a chess piece that they could manipulate at will. But in just one year, both of them committed suicide, and Ye Mingsheng suddenly became the leader. Liaoyang Warlord!"
Yun Hanjie opened his mouth when he heard this, as if he wanted to say something more, but after thinking about it, he was speechless and couldn't say anything.
Zhao Yu frowned and said:
"Master Cui, do you really want to join Ye Mingsheng?"
"Resign? Haven't we already taken refuge a long time ago?" Cui Shao asked with a smile.
"I think instead of thinking about how to resist Ye Mingsheng's exploitation of us, we can change our thinking and broaden our horizons and think about what we can get from Ye Mingsheng... "
"I am almost sixty this year, and half of my body is about to be buried. I don't have many years left, so I want to take a gamble, give Ye Mingsheng a chance, and give myself a chance to see if I, Cui Shao, can surpass the Cui family. Our ancestors brought the Cui family to a new level!"
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Early the next morning, Ye Mingsheng, who was going to work after breakfast, sent an order to He Jingyun and Gu Sansi, asking them to postpone their plans. Since they had already negotiated with Cui Shao, Ye Mingsheng believed in Cui Shao's influence on the Liaoyang Three Clan and gave Cui Shao an order. Give him some time to convince the Gongsun family and the Yun family.
Ye Mingsheng originally thought that this would be an ordinary working day. In the morning, he would deal with the things sent to combat the illegal businessmen who were hoarding. At noon, he would have a meal and exercise and take a nap. In the afternoon, he would deal with a batch of disarmament matters. In the evening, he would take a nap. .
However, what he didn't expect was that before he finished the first thing, Qi Dechao reported something important to Huo San. Although he didn't know what Huo San wanted to report, Ye Mingsheng had a hunch that he There is new trouble...
"This is a humble post. See you, Lord Governor!" Huo San walked into Ye Mingsheng's study and bowed to say hello.
Looking at Huo San who suddenly arrived, Ye Mingsheng waved his hand and said:
"No courtesy, just tell me what's going on!"
"Yes! Lord Qi, according to our informants in Gongdu, there are some new situations in Gongdu. There has been a coup in Ryugyong. The king of Gongdu, Lee Hyun-min, has been sidelined. Currently, most of the troops in Gongdu are , although it is nominally controlled by General Li Jiande, the actual leader is Wang Kangxin!"
"Wang Kangxin got a transfer order from somewhere, saying that he was appointed as the general soldier of the palace by the Zhou Dynasty and was to command the soldiers of the palace. Behind him were the shadows of Shen Jianzhong and the Black Dragon Society. Shen Jianzhong is currently It has been confirmed that he is in the palace capital, he is very active in the palace capital, and seems to be plotting to counterattack Liaoyang!"
After Huo San said that, Ye Mingsheng knew that his premonition had come true again!
Hearing Huo San mention the name "Wang Kangxin", a familiar figure immediately appeared in Ye Mingsheng's mind!
The original owner of the cool design committed suicide, and Wang Kangxin, who told himself in Ryugyong that the green mountains will never change, the green waters will always flow.
Although there was some doubt that the Wang Kangxin mentioned by Huo San was the Wang Kangxin he knew, after all, the possibility of having the same name and the same surname still existed, so to be cautious, Ye Mingsheng asked:
"Who is the Wang Kangxin you are talking about?"
"I'm telling you, your lord, this Wang Kangxin served as the commander of the Xuanwu Forbidden Army in the eighth year of Anhe. After the Gongdu Incident, he accompanied the army to Liujing to attack the Luochuan Road granary..."
At this point, Huo San raised his head and looked at Ye Mingsheng, with a somewhat hesitant expression on his face.
After hearing Huo San's introduction and looking at Huo San's expression, Ye Mingsheng knew that Wang Kangxin was his "colleague!"
Although Wang Kangxin followed him with a face full of resentment and said that green mountains will not change and green waters will always flow, Ye Mingsheng never saw him again after retreating from Liujing under Xu Zhaojie's order.
When the Zhenwu Army was established, Wang Kangxin's name was not seen in the list of generals. Ye Mingsheng was curious to inquire about the news, but he learned that Xu Zhaojie not only killed him, but also designed an ambush for Wang Kangxin. , there has been no news about Wang Kangxin since then...
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