After Jiang Le said that Ma Hongde had not expressed anything, his younger brother Ma Hongye's face suddenly sank first, and then he looked at Ma Hongde. It seemed that he was just waiting for Ma Hongde's order to call the servants and martial arts masters in the mansion. The Fengwu army in front of them fought hard...
Although Ma Hongde's mood is not as obvious as Ma Hongye's performance, his heart is also turbulent and far less calm than he appears on the surface. He knows that what is supposed to come will come after all. Now the Coordination Office has arrived at his home. If nothing unexpected happens, , Ye Mingsheng should already know some of his plans, but now it seems that he just doesn’t know how much he knows!
After pondering for a moment, a faint smile reappeared on Ma Hongde's face, he cupped his hands towards Jiang Le and said:
"Jiang Baihu, I wonder who your master is?"
Regarding Ma Hongde's question, Jiang Le said directly without any secrecy:
"Wang Xuecheng, deputy director of the Fengwu Military Coordination Office!"
Hearing the name Wang Xuecheng from Jiang Le's mouth, Ma Hongde's eyes couldn't help but gleam. As an excellent businessman who is proficient in officialdom, after the Fengwu Army captured Yijing, he mobilized his personal connections to conduct a major coup against the top brass of the Fengwu Army. Investigate and learn about their background, preferences, and life experiences.
And this Wang Xuecheng is one of the few people Ma Hongde cares about. Although compared to Cui Shao, Gu Sansi, and Murong Yuliang, Wang Xuecheng is little-known, and he is only a deputy director, and there is a real director above him. Huo San.
But what drew Ma Hongde's attention was that Wang Xuecheng and Ye Mingsheng were related. Although the relationship was not very close, it did exist. This made him one of the few in the Fengwu Army who could directly meet Ye Mingsheng. One of the Mingsheng people.
In addition, although he had never met Wang Xuecheng before, he had dealt with their Ma family when Wang Xuecheng was selling stolen goods from Liaoyang to the customs...
So at that time, Ma Hongde had heard of Wang Xuecheng's name and knew that this man was very shrewd and meticulous in his work. He could always handle the things assigned to him without leakage, which was reassuring!
Ma Hongde turned a blind eye to the eager eyes of his younger brother Ma Hongye behind him, and asked Jiang Le again:
"Director Wang has arrived in Dai County?"
Jiang Le nodded impatiently and said
"That's right!"
Listening to Jiang Le's affirmative answer, Ma Hongde's heart suddenly sank. He thought quickly and then said:
"Since Director Wang is here, Mr. Ma from Dai County will naturally go to pay a visit. The adults will wait for a moment and have a sip of tea. I will arrange things at home and then go with you!"
After speaking, Ma Hongde gave the servants a very covert look and told them to prepare gifts and stuff them with Jiang Le and others after they entered the house. But what Ma Hongde didn't expect was that Jiang Le directly rejected his request and said coldly. :
"Ma Hongde, the order given to me from above is to take you back immediately after seeing you. I think this is Dai County, and I have given you some face. Don't push yourself too far and limit yourself!"
Ma Hongye, who was already very aggrieved by the fact that the Fengwu Army came to his doorstep, now listened to Jiang Le's threat to his fourth brother, and immediately turned his back and said:
"You are just a member of the Coordination Office. I can crush you to death with my fingers. Now you are so rampant..."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Le's expression suddenly changed and he immediately ordered without talking nonsense to Ma Hongye:
"Firegunners prepare!"
Under Jiang Le's order, hundreds of gunmen immediately raised their guns and aimed them at the Ma family courtyard. Facing the hundreds of black muzzles, Ma Hongye, who was extremely arrogant just a second ago, also felt something in his heart. Some people were too afraid to say anything to each other, but for the sake of face, they held on bravely.
At this critical moment, Ma Hongde stood up and walked to Ma Hongye. Without any nonsense, he went up to the big mouth with two powerful mouths. Ma Hongye was stunned and had stars in his eyes. After these two slaps, Ma Hongde was the one who was cruel. Cursed:
"Shut your stinky mouth!"
After teaching Ma Hongye a lesson, Ma Hongde bowed his hand to Jiang Le and said:
"I apologize to Jiang Baihu on his behalf. I hope you, Jiang Baihu, have enough knowledge not to be like him. I can go with you now!"
Although he was scolded by Ma Hongye, Jiang Le was still quite satisfied with the explanation given by Ma Hongde, so he did not care about it and lowered his hand towards the Fengwu Army behind him, and released the aiming and loading. Take Ma Hongde away.
Although Ma Hongde was angrily reprimanded in front of everyone and slapped twice, this did not affect the deep brotherhood between him and Ma Hongye. Seeing that Ma Hongde really wanted to leave with Fengwu Army to meet the deputy director of the Coordination Office Wang Xuecheng and Ma Hongye couldn't help but shouted with great concern:
"Fourth brother!"
Listening to Ma Hongye's shouting, Ma Hongde forcibly suppressed the urge to turn around, turned his back to Ma Hongye and said loudly:
"Take good care of your house and wait for me to come back!"
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Yi Jing, Governor's Mansion.
Ye Mingsheng performed Bajiquan as usual in the morning. After exercising for a while, he came to the study. At this moment, Qi Dechao and Ye Cheng were waiting for him in the study.
Ye Mingsheng looked at Ye Cheng, who had taken over the post of attendant from Qi Dechao. Without Ye Mingsheng opening his mouth, Ye Cheng immediately said:
"Let me tell you, your lord, the main things today are to hear the battle report from Xinle Shunping on the front line, as well as the Coordination Office's deployment of the Ma family and their party members, and also to hear the latest progress of Lord Gu Sansi on Youyan's public-private partnership reform. Among them, Staff He The director has already made an appointment for today’s Si hour. Director Huo from the Coordination Office and Mr. Gu have made an appointment for the afternoon..."
After listening to Ye Cheng's report, Ye Mingsheng glanced at the time and saw that there was still about a quarter of an hour before Si Shi. He looked at Qi Dechao, who was standing next to Ye Cheng, and asked:
"Have you thought about your next move?"
Although Qi Dechao is still nominally Ye Mingsheng's attendant, under Ye Mingsheng's arrangement, he has been with Gu Sansi during this period. As Gu Sansi's assistant, he assisted Gu Sansi in implementing the New Deal. According to Ye Mingsheng's ancient history Where did Sansi learn about the situation? Qi Dechao performed very well next to Gu Sansi, which greatly improved Gu Sansi's work efficiency and solved a lot of troubles. Gu Sansi spoke very highly of Qi Dechao.
Although some people are reluctant to leave Qi Dechao, whom he trained, to leave the central government and work in local areas, Ye Mingsheng is very clear that grassroots training experience is indispensable if you want to become a high-ranking official. You need to understand the sufferings of the world at the grassroots level and feel what the people really need. , only in this way, when you hold important official positions in the future and participate in the formulation of national policies, can you make correct decisions that are in line with people's livelihood and public opinion.
Originally, when Ye Mingsheng came back from Dongning last time, he should have started to send Qi Dechao abroad, but because Ye Mingsheng decided to appoint Ye as his new attendant, and Ye Cheng had previously served as a housekeeper in the Governor's Mansion, although he had a lot of exposure to the military. Government affairs, but after all, he has never been in the government or the army, and has no experience in this area, so Ye Mingsheng kept Qi Dechao for a while and asked Qi Dechao to lead Ye Cheng... ·····
After this period of study, although Ye Cheng is not fully qualified for this job, he has basically adapted to this position. The rest is time-consuming experience, so Ye Mingsheng brought up the matter of Qi Dechao's release. When it came to the schedule, Qi Dechao was given several choices. Now it depends on what Qi Dechao chooses!
Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Qi Dechao took a deep breath and his eyes gradually became firmer. He met Ye Mingsheng's gaze and said:
"Sir, I want to go to Jizhou!"
Listening to Qi Dechao's choice, Ye Mingsheng looked at him deeply in surprise and said:
'You should know the situation in Jizhou. We just encountered a rain disaster and the situation is very bad! '
Qi Dechao heard this and said without thinking:
"I know all this, sir, but I still want to go to Jizhou!"
Ye Mingsheng became more interested after hearing this and continued to ask:
"Tell me why you chose Jizhou!"
In response to Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Qi Dechao organized his speech and said slowly:
"Before, I had a lot of hesitations about the choice you gave me. I didn't know which place I should go to. But after learning about the seriousness of the flood in Jizhou, I always wanted to go there. Jizhou, during this period of time by your side, Dechao has benefited a lot and wants to use what he has learned to benefit the people! But now that Jizhou is in danger, it is the best place for me... ················”
When Ye Mingsheng heard this, he couldn't help looking at him with some approval. Seeing this, Qi Dechao was also encouraged and plucked up the courage to speak:
"In addition, I think Jizhou is the connection point between Liaoyang and Youyan, and it is also the first line close to the grassland. It is an important node of our army's overall strategy. I want to cooperate with the officers and soldiers stationed by our army there to do a good job. Good military and civilian workers will guard the north gate of our Fengwu Army for your lord!"
Listening to Qi Dechao's analysis, Ye Mingsheng pondered for a while, nodded and said:
“Jizhou’s geographical location is indeed very important and cannot be ignored!”
After finishing speaking, Ye Mingsheng thought about it for a while, and then made up his mind and explained to Qi Dechao:
"Since you have made up your mind, Dechao, I will fulfill your sincere heart. The position of Jizhou Tongpan is now vacant. You can go and be a Tongpan first, and try to catch as many moths as possible. Come out and give the people peace!"
As soon as the word "Tong San" came out, Qi Dechao couldn't help but have a look of surprise in his eyes. Although he wanted to govern for the people, there was no one in the officialdom who wouldn't like a higher official rank and greater power. He followed Ye before Although everyone around Mingsheng respected him very much, Qi Dechao knew very well that this was all because he was Ye Mingsheng's attendant, not because of him, Qi Dechao! And now he wants to take his first step in officialdom independently!
Although Qi Dechao had a lot of expectations for what official rank Ye Mingsheng would place himself in, the current position of Tongpan was already a surprise to him. You must know that among the official positions of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Tongpan is a sixth-rank official. , in charge of the criminal law power of a state, is an important position with absolute real power···················
Qi Dechao took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Ye Mingsheng and said:
"Thank you for your cultivation, sir, Dechao will never disappoint you!"
Ye Mingsheng raised his head slightly and encouraged:
"Do a good job! I'm waiting for your good news in Yi Jing!"
After handling Qi Dechao's matter, Ye Mingsheng started the first step of today's work, meeting with He Jingyun to listen to his report on the Xinle Shunping war.
However, what he never expected was that before he had time to hear about the war situation in Xinle Shunping, Huo San from the Coordination Office came over urgently to ask for a meeting. And with the lesson learned from Wang Xuecheng's emergency report last time, Ye Cheng was a little bit more cautious this time. Without delay, he was brought directly to Ye Mingsheng!
As soon as he saw Ye Mingsheng, Huo San directly told an explosive piece of information.
"Your Excellency has just received news from Anqing. Xu Zhaojie led the Anqing army to sneak attack Huaiyuan Mansion, and Cao Changping attacked Feng Keqin's Huai army in front and back. The Huai army was defeated. It is said that only more than 30,000 people were withdrawn. Even Feng Keqin, the commander-in-chief of the Huai army, is now There is no accurate information, some people say he was hit by several arrows, others say he left safely!"
After hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng's expression instantly became solemn. Although neither Anqing nor Huainan is directly bordering his Fengwu Army, the emergence of this situation is likely to change the current situation... ···············
"Speak carefully!" Ye Mingsheng ordered Huo San:
"yes!"
Huo San nodded and then organized his language to explain:
"Your Excellency, because the news is urgent, our hidden stake in Anqing only sent back general news, and did not send back the specific content of the news. As soon as I got the news, I reported it to you non-stop. As for more specific and detailed information, , it is expected to be sent back to Yijing from Anqing in the next three to seven days!"
"We currently only know that Feng Keqin's Northern Expedition to Cao Changping was largely due to Xu Zhaojie's promotion. It was under Xu Zhaojie's instigation that Feng Keqin mobilized the elite of the Huai army to besiege Langya, and Xu Zhaojie was also in Langya They attacked the central area of Qilu from the side. Their original strategy was very clear, and they wanted to use this to defeat Cao Changping in one go!"
"But Xu Zhaojie and Cao Changping had already contacted each other. The so-called Northern Expedition was the plan they set for Feng Keqin. Cao Changping attracted the main force of the Huai army to Langya, while Xu Zhaojie took advantage of Feng Keqin's unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack. Capturing Huaiyuan City cut off his retreat..."
