As the leader of the largest theater troupe in Liaoyang, Chen Shengcai is also very well-informed. He has heard that although the current governor is young and wise, he is not a gentleman in his private life. He only hired a widow as his wife not long ago. concubine···················
After hearing the news, Chen Shengcai naturally no longer dared to bring Shen Yutong, for fear that Ye Mingsheng would occupy his position! Although he has some connections, he may be able to deal with others, but facing Ye Mingsheng, his connections are not worth mentioning at all!
Now that he heard Ye Mingsheng mentioning Shen Yutong's name, Chen Shengcai was complaining in his heart. Although he was a little reluctant to give up Shen Yutong as a money tree, no matter how much money he had, his life was not important. He had made up his mind that if Ye Mingsheng really Shen Yutong was interested, so he devoted his hands to try to leave a good impression on Ye Mingsheng!
Just when Chen Shengcai's heart was in turmoil, Ye Mingsheng withdrew his gaze from him, and then waved his hand to indicate that Chen Shengcai could leave.
Seeing this, although Chen Shengcai couldn't figure out what Ye Mingsheng was thinking, he retreated respectfully, not daring to disturb Ye Mingsheng by staying...
Ye Mingsheng didn't know the twists and turns in Chen Shengcai's heart. Although Shen Yutong was famous, Ye Mingsheng had not met a real person after all, so he couldn't talk about those who were not. Although he was lustful, he was not Greedy, besides, he has no shortage of women around him now, he just asked around.
So since Shen Yutong didn't come, it doesn't matter. Anyway, if Ye Mingsheng really thinks about it one day, it will only be a matter of one sentence!
After watching the drunken concubine on the stage for a while, just when Ye Mingsheng felt a little tired, Qi Dechao quietly walked up to him and whispered.
After hearing what Qi Dechao said, Ye Mingsheng's eyes suddenly narrowed. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the fragrant Longjing in the cup, then turned and walked towards the study...
Think about how your empress treated you when you first entered the palace, and how much she loved you?
To this day you are ungrateful,
The jade beauty fell on Yang Qianjia.
It's getting late, please go back to the palace.
Show off!
Helped! Go, go, go back to the palace!
Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty deceived his slaves and failed him.
Deceived me into pleasure,
Long live the deserted return to the palace alone!
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After a cup of tea, the imperial concubine finished singing drunkenly. Su Xiaolian left the stage amidst applause. When she got to the back of the stage, Su Xiaolian came to dress up before she had time to take off her clothes. She hurriedly found Chen Shengcai, the troupe leader, and asked Mipo in her eyes with great expectation. road:
"Master, did the Governor talk to you about me just now?"
The scene where the imperial concubine was drunk just now was not her fault. However, when Su Xiaolian heard that the Lord Governor personally ordered this scene, she relied on her own fame to snatch it from others, just to perform well in front of Ye Mingsheng. Ichiban.
Although her fame, appearance, and appearance are not as good as those of Shen Yutong, Su Xiaolian is definitely a famous actor in Dongting Theater and even the entire Liaoyang Liyuan, but she is just slightly inferior to Shen Yutong.
Su Xiaolian is especially good at singing The Legend of the White Snake among folk arts. It was precisely because I heard that Governor Ye’s mother liked to listen to The Legend of the White Snake that she came to the Governor’s Mansion to sing a big opera this time. Chen Shengcai specially brought Su Xiaolian with her to prepare for the opera. Let her please the old lady...
As a famous actor, Su Xiaolian naturally has many suitors. Among them are young and handsome talents, powerful officials, and wealthy businessmen with huge wealth. However, Su Xiaolian is also a arrogant and arrogant master who no one can see. No matter how hard those suitors tried, she remained indifferent and refused to give in!
Su Xiaolian was very happy to be able to come to the Governor's Mansion to sing an opera this time. She felt that the opportunity she had been waiting for had finally come!
Although she had heard some rumors among the people that the newly appointed Governor Ye was very young and under thirty, Su Xiaolian still could not believe it. In her impression, those governors and frontier officials like the Governor, Isn't that a rotten old man who is over sixty years old, with gray hair and a fat belly?
How can a young man who is less than thirty hold a high position and lead an army?
However, when she got on the stage and saw the man holding the moon under the stage, she realized that the rumors were true. Governor Ye of Liaoyang was indeed very young. He seemed to be not much older than herself, even though he was very tall. Young, but a few feet away, she could still feel the man's powerful aura, and the majesty that could silence him with just one word or action...
Perhaps in order to attract Ye Mingsheng's attention, Su Xiaolian sang very hard in this drunken concubine, using all her skills. And just now, Ye Mingsheng greeted Chen Shengcai and pointed at her to ask. Naturally, It was Su Xiaolian who saw it immediately on the stage.
Although I don’t know what Ye Mingsheng said to Chen Shengcai, Su Xiaolian could clearly hear her pounding heartbeat at that moment. Although Su Xiaolian sang the next scene steadily, her But her mind was no longer on the show. She was thinking about what Ye Mingsheng said to Chen Shengcai...
Does he want it for himself?
Should I stay at the Governor's Mansion tonight to serve Q?
What should I do?
What should I do if Mrs. Li of the Governor's Mansion doesn't like me?
Do you want to have a boy or a girl?
After just thinking about it for a while, Su Xiaolian finally waited until the song was finished, then she couldn't bear it anymore and found Chen Shengcai.
Feeling the expectation and desire in Su Xiaolian's eyes, Chen Shengcai still didn't understand her desire to climb high, so he couldn't help but said coldly:
"Don't think too much about it. Lord Governor has three thousand beauties, how can he fall in love with you, a vulgar fan?"
When these words came out, Su Xiaolian was startled at first, and then seemed a little unbelievable, and said with a slight cry:
"Impossible, how could this happen? I saw him pointing at me!"
"You little bitch, believe it or not! If you don't believe it, go find Governor Ye yourself and see if the Governor ignores you, a shameless man like you?"
After coldly putting down his words, Chen Shengcai waved his sleeves and turned around to leave. This Su Xiaolian was also one of his cash cows. Now this cash cow actually wanted to leave Pangaozhi. As a troupe leader, naturally he would not give her anything. Look good...
After listening to Chen Shengcai's words, Su Xiaolian, who was originally full of joy and expectation, felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She felt extremely disappointed and aggrieved. She sobbed there alone in the rain.
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At this time, Ye Mingsheng still didn't know how big a misunderstanding his accidental move had caused. Now he was listening to Wang Xuecheng's report in the study.
"Tell your lord, there is news from Luo An!"
"Shangguan Hongyuan also followed our example in Liaoyang, Liaoyang, and established a Tongfu firm, hoping to sell bonds to raise money to ease the finances!"
"But the bureaucrats in the Shangguan Luo'an court did not take this bond seriously. They generally bought no more than a hundred taels of bonds. Even Cao Shanchang, the Minister of Civil Affairs who bought the most, only spent a thousand taels. It’s just silver!”
This directly angered Shangguan Hongyuan. Just seven days ago, the Supervision Department raided some gambling stalls, illegal salt industry, smuggling, and some illegally occupied farms in the Luo'an area of Guanzhong. At least 3,000 people were arrested. People directly executed all these people without trial...
After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng knew that Shangguan Hongyuan was an iron-fisted tycoon, but he had to sincerely admire Shangguan Hongyuan's bloody and ruthless methods.
You know that in Guanzhong, under the feet of an emperor like Luo An, the person who does such a black job has no backer? ,
Behind these more than 3,000 people are probably at least half of the civil and military officials of the Luo'an court!
There is no doubt that Shangguan Hongyuan is now nakedly killing people to establish his authority!
However, the fact that Shangguan Hongyuan's face-saving character can do such a thing is enough to show that the Luo'an court is in deep trouble!
After sighing for a while, Ye Mingsheng nodded towards Wang Xuecheng and said:
"Keep talking!"
Wang Xuecheng organized his language and then said:
"Although the Supervision Department has arrested many illegal products, according to our observation, the Supervision Department has been very targeted, including Li Chengen, Liu Buyi, Feng Han, generals who commanded heavy troops, and several Shangguan Hongyuan. The property of the close ministers’ families is all pure and simple, and the people living there are generally those fat sheep who have no foundation but are very rich!”
In addition to arresting these illegal properties, Shangguan Hongyuan also dismissed seven officials including Wang Song, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and ransacked their homes in the name of colluding with the rebels, and handed them over to the three departments for review. After these two incidents, Tongfu Company The bonds were sold like hotcakes, and half a million taels of silver were raised in just a few days..."
"Coupled with the money collected from those illegal properties, I estimate that Shangguan Hongyuan can raise at least one million taels of silver this time! The maximum can be two million taels of silver."
Hearing these two figures, Ye Mingsheng immediately raised his eyebrows and his expression became extremely serious. In his eyes, the dilemma Shangguan Hongyuan is facing now is actually two main problems. One is the external and Sichuan-Sichuan patrol. The imperial court, the King of Yongliang and Qin, Youyan and Zhao Fuqu fought on three sides, suffering heavy losses from enemies on both sides!
The other is that the main internal problem is money. Guanzhong and Hanzhong cannot afford the proud soldiers of the Forbidden Army!
If Shangguan Hongyuan can really get one million taels to two million taels of silver this time, then his internal problems can be alleviated to a great extent, so Shangguan Hongyuan can concentrate on dealing with external problems, and if If this is the case, then the situation in the entire north is likely to undergo some unpredictable changes...
Realizing this, Ye Mingsheng immediately asked Wang Xuecheng:
"What is the current situation of the war in Sichuan, Shu, Guanzhong, and Jinyang?"
Facing Ye Mingsheng’s questions, Wang Xuecheng said one by one:
"Sichuan and Shu are still the same as before. Facing the natural dangers of the Shu road, Li Chengen led the main force of the imperial army to seek stability and refused to take risks, so progress is still slow. However, the imperial court on the southern tour has nothing to do with him. It can only be carried out step by step. Resist delaying time.”
"It is said in Guanzhong that King Qin's Xiliang army has been unable to attack Chencang for a long time. Not only did they lose troops, but they also had problems with their food and grass. King Qin has already begun to think about retreating! There is also reliable news that Shangguan Hongyuan has taken the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. Chen Tingshu sent to the King of Qin, saying that he wanted to have peace talks with the King of Qin. As for the content of the talks between the two parties, colleagues in the Coordination Office in Luo'an are working hard to collect information!"
"As for the Yunbin area, because the New Year is approaching and the weather is cold, the main force of the Yan army under Zhao Fuqu has no movement to Jinyang. They still occupy the Jinzhong area and seem to want to celebrate the New Year in Jinzhong!"
From the information Wang Xuecheng told, Ye Mingsheng felt a bad premonition. Shangguan Hongyuan was indeed a world-famous tycoon. He was really allowed to fight his way out of the dead situation that Lin Shize laid out for him. Found a way to survive··············
If the information Wang Xuecheng told is true and correct, then Ye Mingsheng boldly guessed that Shangguan Hongyuan wanted to force the King of Qin to retreat first. Ye Mou's Liaoyang is not much better. After being able to fight until now, there is a high probability that it will be exhausted. Under such circumstances, it has to be said that King Qin is already worthy of his clan status.
Now that the New Year is coming soon, both the people and the soldiers are tired of war and eager to go home for the New Year, so Ye Mingsheng feels that under such circumstances, the King of Qin is likely to withdraw his troops!
And if once the King of Qin retreats, then Shangguan Hongyuan will only have to face Zhao Fuqu and the Southern Patrol Court. In addition to the much less pressure, he can also devote part of the troops originally used to deal with the King of Qin to these two families. Go on your body.
So once this happens, will Shangguan Hongyuan invest the freed troops in Yunbin, Sichuan and Shu, or divide them between these two families?
Ye Mingsheng didn't know what Shangguan Hongyuan would do, but if he were asked to put himself in Ye Mingsheng's shoes to do this multiple-choice question, he would choose to invest his freed troops in Yunbin... ·········
The reason for doing this is not complicated, because the natural barrier of Shu Road is too geographically advantageous for the defenders. Even if you invest troops and horses in it, it will be difficult to break this hard nut for a while, and it may collapse if you rush to take risks. Broken teeth!
Therefore, if King Qin retreats, after repelling Zhao Fuqu, Shangguan Hongyuan can concentrate on thinking about how to capture Sichuan and Shu and solve the southern patrol court!
And if Shangguan Hongyuan thinks the same as Ye Mingsheng, then things will go in an unpredictable direction. Faced with Shangguan Hongyuan's increase in troops, will Zhao Fuqu choose to fight against Yun and Zhao Fuqu? Or will you choose to avoid the edge temporarily? Only time will tell the answer to this question!
