Looking at Ye Mingsheng with a normal expression, Murong Yuliang thought quickly in his mind, wondering what Ye Mingsheng's plan was... ·
The Duan family in Yecheng is the richest man in Hebei and Henan. In Yecheng, the second largest city in Hebei and Henan, there is a saying that Duan is half the city, which means that the wealth of the Duan family can buy half of Yecheng!
Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it is enough to illustrate the Duan family's wealth!
In addition to wealth, the Duan family is also a famous family in the Hebei and Henan areas. For more than a hundred years, some members of the family have served as high-ranking officials in the Hebei and Henan government. During the period of Gao Zongchang, the Duan family also took the initiative to marry into the Gao family and donated a large amount of money. money.
When the Fengwu Army invaded Yecheng, the Duan family also saw that the Fengwu Army was approaching fiercely and that Gao Zongchang's regime was experiencing internal and external troubles, so they decisively abandoned Gao Zongchang and threw themselves into the arms of the Fengwu Army. To show their sincerity, the Duan family took A lot of money and food was given!
At that time, it seemed that the Duan family was well aware of current affairs. In addition, the Fengwu Army had not completely captured Jiyu at that time. The local aristocratic families in Jiyu were all waiting and watching, wanting to see what Ye Mingsheng thought of them in the matter of the Duan family. Attitude, decide which side to support!
Therefore, after much thought, Ye Mingsheng believed that even if he could not win the support of the family members, he could not push them all to Gao Zongchang's side.
Therefore, he spent thousands of gold to buy horse bones without disturbing the Duan family. After the Fengwu Army completely occupied Hebei Province, Ye Mingsheng gradually realized that if he did not attack the gentry class represented by these famous families, the size of the Fengwu Army would not be able to solve the problem at all. Jiyu’s dilemma··························
So Ye Mingsheng began to use the rebels to kill people with knives and obtain a large amount of food and property. Although this ensured that there was no large-scale famine in Hebei last winter, it also allowed some prominent families to see Ye Mingsheng's true face.
Murong Yuliang speculated that it was precisely because of this that the Duan family chose to betray the Fengwu Army and secretly contacted Xu Zhaojie!
However, reality proved that they chose the wrong path and were on the wrong team!
Therefore, the Duan family must and must be punished!
But the most important question now is, what is Ye Mingsheng's attitude?
Do you really want to beat the Duan family to death with a stick, or do you have other ideas?
When Duan Shanhe came to visit a few days ago, Murong Yuliang accepted his request and interceded with Ye Mingsheng on his behalf.
The first reason is the love of the fathers. The key reason why the Murong family has such influence today and has been able to stand firm for hundreds of years in the Great Zhou Dynasty is that they pay attention to the maintenance of personal relationships.
The second reason is that Murong Yuliang only realized at the beginning that the Duan family was just colluding with Xu Zhaojie at most, but he never thought that the Duan family would be so bold as to conspire to rebel!
The third point is that Murong Yuliang also has considerations about starting work in Hebei and Henan. In the days since he came to Yujing, Murong Yuliang has almost understood the situation in Hebei and Henan... ·············
The reform of the Fengwu Army in the past few months has been very effective for Hebei and Henan. For example, it has built dams and canals at some key locations, cracked down on hoarding merchants, and allowed salt, grain, cloth and other items related to people's livelihood to be The prices of basic materials have stabilized, and the land redemption policy has allowed hundreds of thousands of people to own their own land.
However, a few months of reform cannot completely change the long-standing problems of Henan over the past few decades. If we want to deepen the reform process, the first task at the moment is to increase production, and the main factor restricting the development of production now is the lack of money!
Although the Duan family has been harvested by Ye Mingsheng, as the richest man in Hebei and Henan, he has a profound background and a lean camel is bigger than a horse, so he can provide a wave of financial support. In addition, the Duan family has extensive connections. If they can take the lead, they will contact several other people. If you are a big benefactor from Hebei and Yu, you can solve this problem.
Of course, the Fengwu Army could have been more simple and rude. They might get more money and food by directly confiscating the Duan family's house. However, this would probably cause the grief of other famous families and make them feel that Ye Mingsheng would not let them go. At that time, at least it will be detrimental to the stability of Hebei and Yu, and at worst, it will directly lead to the resumption of the war in Hebei and Yu that has just subsided!
While the Battle of Yunbin was still going on, the Fengwu Army did not have much food reserves to quell the rebellion in Hebei and Henan. Once the rebellion in Hebei and Henan broke out, even if the Fengwu Army could quell the rebellion, it would inevitably affect the situation of the Yunbin War, and now the Yunbin War situation It can be said to be the Fengwu Army’s top priority...
Just when Murong Yuliang was thinking deeply and couldn't figure out what Ye Mingsheng's attitude was, Ye Mingsheng said with a smile:
"Wang Xuecheng will handle part of the Duan family's affairs, and leave the rest to you. I hope Ji Yu can take on a new look in your hands, Lord Murong!"
Murong Yu was very surprised when she heard this. She looked at Ye Mingsheng in disbelief. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng smiled and patted his shoulder to show that he heard correctly.
After a cup of tea, Murong Yuliang left the study. Ye Cheng, who had been waiting beside him, hesitated for a while and then cautiously asked Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, this family is really hateful! Do we really want to let them go like this?"
Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly when he heard this and said:
"Ye Cheng, have you ever eaten sugar cane?"
Although he didn't know why Ye Mingsheng asked this, Ye Cheng nodded without thinking. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng smiled leisurely and said:
"You have to squeeze out the sweetness of the sugar cane first, and then spit out the waste..."
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Jinzhong, fifty miles north of Dakou Township, Xiaolingpo.
In the military camp of Fengwu Army, a group of generals headed by Guo Zhiping were holding a meeting.
The scouts of the Third Army stood in front of the sand table and introduced the current situation around Dakou to the senior generals.
"According to the investigation of our scouts, Dakou Township has been attacked by 70,000 enemy troops. Among them, Wang Muzhi's 40,000 Liang troops are in the northeast and southeast. They occupy the terrain advantage and are responsible for blocking the retreat of General Cui's troops towards Jinzhong City!"
"In the area due west near the Sanchuan River, there is Shangguan Hongyuan's 30,000 Shenwu Army. These more than 70,000 enemy troops surrounded Dakou Township. However, since Dakou Township was surrounded, the enemy troops only attacked Dakou Township. Artillery bombardment was carried out, but no offensive operations were organized. In the past few days, General Cui led his troops to organize several breakout operations under the cover of night, but they were all repelled by the enemy, but the enemy did not take the opportunity to attack!"
"Our army's scouts have contacted General Cui's headquarters in Dakou Township. Our army is currently running out of gunpowder in Dakou Township, but the food and grass can still last for five to seven days!"
After Zhang Dabao finished speaking, the generals who realized the difficulty of the matter also had solemn expressions, and all of them were silent...
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