Hearing Ye Mingsheng's reply, Gu Sansi breathed a sigh of relief. This secret agreement with Luo Bei was led by him. Ye Mingsheng also greatly delegated power and did not interfere much, so Gu Sansi could only They do things by guessing Ye Mingsheng’s thoughts·····················
Although this negotiation resulted in a secret agreement, the negotiation was still very difficult. After all, although Luo Bei was in a weak position, due to their own internal factors, it was impossible for them to make an offer to Fengwu Army at the negotiation table. made substantial concessions, and the same was true for the Fengwu Army.
In the previous internal meeting, Gu Zhongshi, who represented the Youyan local faction, and some senior military generals, clearly expressed their opposition to negotiations between the Fengwu Army and the Luobei people, as well as the possible exchange of benefits. This harmed The feelings of the soldiers and the people have been broken, and everyone is fighting bloody battles at the front. You and the Luobi people are reconciling with each other at the rear. This is considered a betrayal by many people and is something that must never happen!
Faced with this sentiment among the Fengwu Army, it was Ye Mingsheng who withstood the pressure and made the decision to have this negotiation. After capturing Youyan, the Fengwu Army's next main energy will be directed more quickly to the internal affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty. , Ye Mingsheng does not want to have too many entanglements with the Luobei people on border matters. The dog-eat-dog fight between the Luobei people and the Kipchaks is in the interest of the Fengwu Army, and it is also a situation that Ye Mingsheng is happy to see!
Although Ye Mingsheng made the final decision, he also had to take care of everyone's emotions and influence. Therefore, Fengwu Army could not make any concessions in this negotiation and had to obtain enough at the negotiation table. interests, which gave Gu Sansi very little room for maneuver at the negotiation table.
The most important point is that the Luobei and Qinchaks cannot be allowed to dominate the grassland. This is the only consensus reached by all parties within the Great Zhou Dynasty on grassland affairs. This is also the established decision of the Great Zhou court on grassland affairs. National policy, the reason why the Kipchaks were able to rise quickly and get rid of the rule of the Luobi people was not only because of Huo Du's brilliant and martial arts, but also to a large extent because of the support of the Zhou Dynasty... ················
And this trick is indeed very useful. After the rise, the Kipchaks and Luobei people feared each other and restrained each other. Although they still continued to harass and plunder the borders of the Zhou Dynasty, there were few large-scale wars. After the outbreak, the people in the border areas also experienced a period of relative peace and quiet.
Now the Fengwu military regime led by Ye Mingsheng controls Youyan and Liaoyang, two important provinces on the northern frontier of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, it can be said that Ye Mingsheng is the actual person in charge of the grassland affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Ye Mingsheng does not intend to change , this established national policy of the Great Zhou had remarkable effects. When the Luobei people were strong, the Great Zhou Dynasty sent grain, iron and other materials to the Kipchaks to help them fight against the Luobei people.
Now that the Kipchaks were powerful and Luobei was in a weak position, Ye Mingsheng naturally wanted to support the Luobei people to prevent them from being defeated and annexed by the Kipchaks.
Therefore, we must not only support the Luobei people, but not make too many concessions, and also seek maximum benefits from the Luobei people. This is a matter that will test Gu Sansi's negotiation skills. As for the outcome of the negotiation, Ye Mingsheng is still relatively Satisfied, he immediately put down the agreement text and asked about another matter that Gu Sansi was responsible for!
"Think twice, how is the current progress regarding the bond subscription?"
Seeing Ye Mingsheng ask about this matter, Gu Sansi pondered for a moment and introduced to Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, I have had some discussions with them about this matter. At first they were only willing to subscribe for more than 300,000 taels, but after our propaganda for a period of time, they are now willing to subscribe for 700,000 taels... ·············”
"We are continuing to work hard to help them better understand the policies of our Fengwu Army and make more contributions to the stability and peace of society and the people's living and working in peace and contentment!"
Hearing the answer given by Gu Sansi, a cold light flashed in Ye Mingsheng's eyes. He originally thought that Zhao Fuqu was dead and Youyan would soon be stable. Those of them could fully understand the reality and cooperate with their work. , to make better contributions to the Fengwu Army, but now it seems that I still underestimated their stinginess, and they are not willing to take out one million taels of silver, so it seems that I have to increase my efforts!
Ma Hongde of the Ma family has thoroughly recruited people and named all the people who have interests in their family. He can more clearly sort out the interest disputes between the local factions. Now he is taking advantage of the momentum of Zhao Fuqu's defeat to comprehensively Time to subdue them!
After his eyes flickered for a few times, Ye Mingsheng looked at Gu Sansi and said:
"You can pause your work for a while and give me the specific list of people who have subscribed for bonds!"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Sansi could vaguely sense Ye Mingsheng's thoughts from Ye Mingsheng's cold tone, and he suddenly said with a solemn expression:
"I understand, sir, I will arrange for someone to send it over as soon as I get back!"
Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly, and then said a few more words about the Luobei people's ambition and greed, and they might break the secret agreement and rebel at any time, telling Gu Sansi to stay vigilant and not to trust the Luobei people's promises and credibility. It made Gu Sansi leave.
Before leaving, Ye Mingsheng also indicated that he could reveal the general results of the negotiations to Gu Zhongshi...
After all, Gu Zhongshi is the deputy chief envoy and the representative of the local faction in the Fengwu military regime. On the one hand, we must maintain respect for him and take care of the sentiments of the local faction. On the other hand, we also need the local faction to fulfill secret agreements. The support of the faction cannot let them feel that they are not trusted!
We cannot blindly suppress these people, nor blindly condone them. We must make full use of carrots and sticks, and find a balance between suppression and lenience. Only in this way can we form a political balance and better safeguard the Fengwu Army. rule
After finishing Luo Bei's affairs, Ye Mingsheng picked up the next memorial on the desk. This was a proposal submitted by He Jingyun regarding the candidates for the next two divisions of the Fengwu Army!
As Ye Mingsheng expected, He Jingyun recommended Ma Zhongjun and Zhang Meng as the generals of the Seventh and Eighth Divisions of the Fengwu Army. This was also the answer Ye Mingsheng wanted to see. However, due to some current realities, Ye Mingsheng decided to expand the army. On the basis of this, a new round of major reorganization of the Fengwu Army will be carried out!
The Fengwu Army's current division is the largest combat unit. The combat strength of a division varies, such as Yuan Song's first division, Lin Huaiwu's second division, Guo Zhiping's third division, and Gu Shouting's three main divisions. The Sixth Division has more than 20,000 troops, while Peng Ce's Fourth Division and Ye Tie's Fifth Division have relatively fewer troops, with only about 10,000 troops.
This kind of establishment was a decision made by Ye Mingsheng before taking into account the Fengwu Army's territory, total strength, financial situation and other factors.
Yesterday, Yuan Song's troops sent back news that after the Yan army defeated Zhao Fuqu and died, the defeated Yan army in Zhuoxian and other areas south of Youyan had decided not to resist the Fengwu army and fully surrendered to the Fengwu army, with only a small number of Yan soldiers. The die-hard elements of the army either lurked down or followed Zhao Jianan to Yunzhong...
This also officially shows that the Fengwu Army has fully occupied Youyan. After acquiring the territory of Youyan, the Fengwu Army's finances, reputation and other factors have risen to a new stage. The original The division-level organization is no longer suitable, so Ye Mingsheng considered establishing a new army-level organization, setting up a first army, a second army, and a third army, and integrating the two divisions into one army, which would be more suitable. With the Fengwu Army's next large-scale battle!
Regarding the military-level establishment, Ye Mingsheng still only had an idea, so he also wanted to hear the opinions of He Jingyun and other major military generals. After closing He Jingyun's memorial, Ye Mingsheng called Ye Cheng in and gave instructions;
"Send someone to the staff headquarters and inform He Jingyun to come in the afternoon!"
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Zhuo County, somewhere in a magnificent mansion.
Yuan Song, who was dressed in silk and satin, was writing very seriously. Since defeating Zhao Fuqu in Fuhu Gang, the Fengwu Army had not encountered any decent resistance in the south of Youyan. Eight out of ten Yan troops went there. Nine of them surrendered, and the rest fled. Yuan Song accepted Zhuoxian very smoothly. Although he successfully won this part of the territory, Yuan Song was not very happy... ·······
Although we had previously learned from the intelligence from the Coordination Office that in order to be able to compete with the Fengwu Army, Zhao Fuqu was very aggressive in preparing for war in the limited territory of southern Youyan, and captured almost all the young and strong men. Serve as soldiers, and then let children, the elderly, and women do labor and production.
Then in order to maintain the expenses of the army, Zhao Fuqu also took away more than half of the fruits of production and labor, making the people in Zhuoxian and other places miserable. But after all, this was just hearsay, and there was no intuitive feeling in my mind, so I felt It's not particularly deep.
But since Yuan Song led his army into the southern part of Youyan, what he saw and heard was that the people's livelihood was in decline and dilapidated. The people were sallow and thin, ranging from old men in their seventies to children as young as five or six, all working hard in the fields. , however, the lack of working-age labor force still means that their labor output is far less than usual, and starvation to death has begun to occur commonly.
All of this made Yuan Song extremely sad. The conscience and kindness in his heart had allowed him to save some rations for the people as much as possible on the basis of ensuring the military rations, so that more people could survive.
Just when Yuan Song was writing something, a young man wearing a guard uniform wanted to walk to Yuan Song's side. He seemed to want to see what Yuan Song was writing, even though the young man was already walking very lightly. , but Yuan Song, who was a military general, heard the noise all of a sudden. Although he did not turn around, Yuan Song seemed to already know who the person was and frowned slightly and scolded:
"Yuan Zhe, this is a military camp, not at home!"
After hearing his father's scolding and seeing that he had been discovered, Yuan Zhe said helplessly:
"Dad, don't even look at what you are wearing and living there now. What kind of military camp is this?"
Yuan Song turned around and warned:
"It doesn't matter what you wear when you live there. As a soldier, you should be strict with yourself at all times..."
Hearing that his old father was about to start a long speech again, Yuan Zhe immediately changed the subject and said:
"Dad, it's so obvious that you're imitating Wang Jian!"
"I guess you are writing this letter to Marshal Ye, right? Ask him to give our family more good land and beautiful houses?"
"If you ask me, dad, don't waste your efforts. Last time you wanted to take advantage of Chen Chuanwu's matter to back off, but it turned out that Marshal Ye had already seen through your little thoughts, so he turned the big thing into a trivial one. There is no punishment for you, what you are doing is completely unnecessary!"
Yuan Song's eyes were a little complicated when he heard this. He has three sons, the first two of whom are just like him. They are all very honest and steady, and they were all sent to the Fengwu Army for training a long time ago. Only the youngest son Yuan Zhe, It has always been a headache for him. Unlike his first two brothers, Yuan Zhe can be said to be a genius. He has shown strong talent since he was a child. He has a clever mind and a brilliant literary talent. He can pick up classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics at his fingertips.
To be honest, if he wasn't very confident in his wife and Yuan Zhe looked very similar to himself, Yuan Song would be more suspicious...
Although Yuan Zhe is a genius, he also has a common problem with geniuses, that is, he is stubborn and stubborn by nature. In order to train him and prevent Yuan Zhe from wasting his talent, Yuan Song found many good teachers for him. The exceptions are all very positive about Yuan Zhe's talent, thinking that he is just a piece of fine jade that only needs to be carefully crafted to shine in the world. However, nine out of ten of these teachers were pissed off by Yuan Zhe. .
So in order to temper Yuan Zhe's spirit, Yuan Song took him with him since he turned fifteen, hoping that his military career would make Yuan Zhe more stable.
Under his son's gaze, Yuan Song was silent for a while before slowly saying:
"One thing I have learned after serving in the army for decades is to be prepared for danger in times of peace! I have reached the pinnacle of development in the Fengwu Army, and I should take a step back to open up the world!"
"Even though we both know some things well, we still have to do what we have to do, and we must not be careless in the slightest!"
At this point, Yuan Song looked at Yuan Zhe again and said earnestly:
"You have to learn to hide your clumsiness and don't always be so sharp. This will harm both others and yourself..."
