Yijing, Governor's Mansion
Ye Mingsheng was sitting on a chair in the study, looking at the scenery outside the window, but his thoughts were blown away by the wind...
Murong Qingwu was pregnant for almost two months, and counting the days, it should have been the few crazy nights before he led his troops to the expedition.
This is a good thing for Ye Mingsheng, and Ye Mingsheng is also very happy, but what makes Ye Ming a little surprised is that during the days when he was not at home, Murong Qingwu tried his best to hide it and did not dare to say anything. People there also said that she was not feeling well and stayed in her small courtyard.
She seemed to be afraid that the news of her pregnancy would leak out, so she cautiously told herself the news only after she returned home.
To be honest, Ye Mingsheng felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the proud daughter of the Murong family, the proud daughter of Great Zhou Tian, acting so cautiously.
Regarding Murong Qingwu, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng didn't know what feelings he had for her!
Of the wives and concubines around him, he only really loved one and a half, and the rest were pure desires without much emotion. But for Murong Qingwu, Ye Mingsheng didn't know how he felt about her.
If you were to ask if you like Murong Qingwu, Ye Mingsheng would give a positive answer without hesitation. After all, with Murong Qingwu’s figure, appearance and temperament, if you ask a hundred men, at least ninety-five of them will say they like him. The remaining five may have some physical or sexual orientation problems.
But when it comes to whether he loves her or not, Ye Mingsheng is a little confused. The reason why he wanted her in the first place was to fulfill his wish to pursue Bai Yueguang, but also to win over the Murong family and the Guanzhong Group... ·················
After marrying her back, the two of them could be said to treat each other with respect. Although they seemed very loving and affectionate, there was always a trace of politeness in them.
Talking back to Murong Qingwu herself, Ye Mingsheng was still very satisfied with her. It could be said that it was very aggrieved for the Murong family's jewel, the proud daughter of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to dedicate herself to him as his concubine. To be honest, when she first entered the family At that time, Ye Mingsheng was still somewhat worried that Murong Qing's dance party would not conflict with An Miaoyi.
Now from the factual point of view, Murong Qingwu has done a good job. He did not challenge An Miaoyi by showing off his temper because he has a strong background. Instead, he respects An Miaoyi very much and abides by his duties as a concubine. Peaceful, in addition to working very hard to please his mother-in-law.
You must know that because of the relationship between the Cui family, Mrs. Ye Cui has always stood by An Miaoyi. However, when greeting her in the morning these days, while An Miaoyi was away, Mrs. Ye Cui told her a lot about Murong. Qing Wu's good words said that Murong Qingwu would not easily allow himself to treat her well in the house.
This also made Ye Mingsheng somewhat suspicious. Was there something wrong in his backyard? Was he being a little too indulgent?
Although An Miaoyi is very smart, she knows that she doesn't like her to be too involved in military and political matters, so she basically never participates in these things on the surface. She seems to be a good wife with peace of mind, but there are some things that Ye Mingsheng also has in secret. It was clear, but because An Miaoyi had not crossed the line yet, Ye Mingsheng pretended not to know...
After marrying herself, An Miaoyi deliberately wanted to keep a certain distance from Cui Shao, trying to make herself think that they had lost contact, but in fact the connection between them had always existed.
After realizing that directly exerting influence would make her very disgusted, An Miaoyi also tried to save the country in a roundabout way and wanted to use Cui Shao's power to exert influence on military and political matters. Ye Mingsheng knew this very well, so Ye Mingsheng originally married Murong Qing. Wu Wu also had some deeper purposes. In addition to giving An Miaoyi a warning, he also planned to use the Murong family as a check and balance.
Although he knew that An Miaoyi had always had ambitions in his heart, Ye Mingsheng still had feelings for his first wife. Especially when he gave birth to Jingren, he saw with his own eyes how An Miaoyi almost died in order to give birth to a child for him. All gone, and because of this birth, An Miaoyi also suffered from some physical problems.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng felt pity for An Miaoyi. At that time, Ye Mingsheng told himself in his heart that he would treat An Miaoyi well and could not let her down.
However, Ye Mingsheng couldn't understand that An Miaoyi didn't seem to feel safe in her heart. Maybe she didn't want to harm anyone, but she always liked to grab everything she could. It was obvious that she was the legal wife and Jingren was the legitimate wife. The eldest son, but she always seems to be worried about something...
Although he couldn't understand it, Ye Mingsheng had also reflected on whether it was his behavior that made his wife feel so insecure. However, Ye Mingsheng did not feel that he had done anything wrong, which also made him feel a little tired. Understand why emperors since ancient times have been called solitary.
In the near future, Ye Mingsheng plans to have a good talk with her to resolve some of the current conflicts. Ye Mingsheng believes that he can handle this problem.
Just when Ye Mingsheng was about to think about it, there was a knock on the door. Ye Mingsheng calmed down and said:
"Enter!"
Under Ye Mingsheng's order, Ye Cheng walked into the study and reported to Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, Director Huo Sanhuo is here!"
Ye Mingsheng nodded and said:
"Let him in!"
"yes!"
Looking at Ye Cheng's back, Ye Mingsheng shook his head slightly. This time, he also wanted Ye Cheng to go out to practice like Qi Dechao, but Ye Cheng had his own ideas. He felt that he was still young and was not in a hurry to go out. , I want to learn with myself,
Although Ye Mingsheng wanted to let him out, seeing that he was not very willing, Ye Mingsheng temporarily gave up these plans.
Fortunately, there are a lot of things going on recently. Ye Mingsheng is also quite busy and has a lot of military and political matters to deal with. Although the Attendant Department also has some other people, if Ye Cheng leaves, Ye Mingsheng and the new attendants will also need to get used to each other for a period of time. This is undoubtedly Will affect work efficiency····························
A moment later, Huo San came to Ye Mingsheng. Unlike usual, Ye Mingsheng was not eager to listen to Huo San's report, but was concerned about his family situation. Huo San had been with him for so many years, and in his own He also reaped some benefits with the tacit approval of his wife. Not to mention other money and real estate, he married seven wives and concubines, Huo San.
Although they had seven wives, the gender of the children they gave Huo San was very single. The seven women gave birth to eight children in a row, all girls. Under the constraints of feudal etiquette, Huo San was still very depressed about this. He always thought I want a boy to carry on the family line and carry on the incense.
For this reason, he even made a promise to his seven wives and concubines. Whoever gave birth to a boy would be directly rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, and he could buy whatever he wanted in the future.
As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, or someone who has the will to live up to his will. Finally, a month ago, Huo San's concubine gave birth to a boy. This made Huo San extremely happy and a little bit at the same time. Scared, after all, this boy is eight and a half months premature, and the mortality rate for children in this era is not low, especially premature babies who are in the most dangerous situation.
Therefore, Huo San specially wrote to Ye Mingsheng for this matter, hoping that Ye Mingsheng could send experts from the medical school to help. Naturally, Ye Mingsheng would not refuse Huo San's request, and simply issued him an approval note.
With better medical protection, Huo San's son also successfully turned one month old. Two days ago, he had a full moon wine display and Ye Mingsheng even sent someone to send a congratulatory gift... ··········
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's concern, Huo San once again expressed his gratitude to Ye Mingsheng and expressed his loyalty to Ye Mingsheng.
After being concerned, Huo San also started his report at Ye Mingsheng's signal.
"Commander, Shangguan Hongyuan led the Forbidden Army back to Luo'an three days ago. This time the Luo'an Forbidden Army suffered heavy casualties. In order to appease these casualties, Shangguan Hongyuan looted hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in Jinyang before leaving. I can barely appease some voices in the Forbidden Army for the time being!"
"Although Shangguan Hongyuan appeased the imperial army, because of this raid, it can be said that he offended the gentry and people in Jinyang City many times. Many people were ruined and their families were destroyed. At least 300 people were killed. In order to quell this public resentment , Shangguan Hongyuan dismissed Feng Han from his position!"
Hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly. He was anxious about the pensions and rewards after the war, not to mention the Luo'an court's financial situation, which was even worse. It was inevitable for Shangguan Hongyuan to do this, and it was the only way he could The solution,
Huo San paused for a moment. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng had nothing to give instructions, he continued to introduce:
"In addition, in order to supplement the casualties of the Forbidden Army, Shangguan Hongyuan also took this opportunity to disperse tens of thousands of Liang Army's troops and add them to the Forbidden Army... ·················”
After hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng became slightly interested and said:
"If I remember correctly, Wang Muzhi seems to be the commander of the Liang Army. Since Shangguan Hongyuan dispersed the Liang Army and added the soldiers and horses of the Liang Army to the Forbidden Army, what is he, the commander of the army, doing now? ?”
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's question, Huo San said without hesitation:
"After Shangguan Hongyuan captured Feng Han, he ordered Wang Muzhi to be the governor of Yunbin and command all military and political matters in Yunbin. He also transferred 10,000 people from the Xuanwu and Hujie armies to stay in Yunbin, plus Yunbin. In addition to the original troops and horses, Wang Muzhi now has about 40,000 to 50,000 people under his command!"
Ye Mingsheng was a little disappointed when he heard this. He had made friends with Wang Muzhi in Liaoyang back then. This man had a very strong civilian background. In addition, he was promoted by Shangguan Hongyuan. Shangguan Hongyuan was very fond of him. trust.
This is not good news for the Fengwu Army's subsequent counterattack in Yunbin!
Because the casualties of the Fengwu Army on the Yunbin Front were much greater than expected, coupled with the financial deficit, these forced Ye Mingsheng to postpone the counterattack plan... ··········
The current plan is that after the autumn harvest is completed in three months, the Fengwu Army, which has completed a new round of reorganization, will launch a counterattack with the goal of recovering the five captured counties in Jinzhong.
Just when Ye Mingsheng was thinking about his counterattack plan, Huo San said:
"Based on the information sent by Luo'an, Commander-in-Chief, Shangguan Hongyuan seems to be interested in negotiating peace with our army, and is preparing to send Qian Buli, the Minister of War, as a special envoy!"
Ye Mingsheng is not surprised that Shangguan Hongyuan intends to negotiate peace with him. This is what he expected. As the saying goes, if you try hard in one go, you will be exhausted again and again, you will fail again. Shangguan Hongyuan is betting on his coffin this time. However, Jinzhong was not captured, so now Shangguan Hongyuan and the Luoan court are in urgent need of a breather.
The so-called Luo'an court relied to a large extent on Shangguan Hongyuan's personal prestige. However, in the Yunbin battle, under the leadership of Shangguan Hongyuan, the two hundred thousand forbidden troops suffered heavy losses. They spent countless money and food but only received five County, there is no doubt that this is definitely not a satisfactory result for one person!
This undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Shangguan Hongyuan's personal prestige. As Shangguan Hongyuan's prestige declined, some internal contradictions in the Luo'an court would gradually emerge. Therefore, in order to maintain the operation and stability of the Luo'an court, Shangguan Hong Yuan Yuan is bound to solve some internal problems, so he can't take care of Yun Bing for the time being, so Shangguan Hongyuan wants to ask for peace... ······
Although it was not surprising that Shangguan Hongyuan was suing for peace, Ye Mingsheng always felt that the name was very familiar to Qian Buli, the Minister of War who was sent to negotiate. He seemed to know this person, but he could not think of where he had heard this name before.
Seeing Ye Mingsheng thinking, Huo Sansheng, a subordinate, reminded with discernment:
"Qian Buli was born in the Qian family and was the head of the Ministry of War!"
When Huo San reminded Ye Mingsheng, he suddenly remembered the friends he had in Luo'an. Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought about the past.
In order to avoid Xu Zhaojie from coming to Liaoyang to seek development, I even found money to treat him to dinner and asked him to help make connections and find connections!
For this matter, I still owe money to a favor!
But after he came to Liaoyang, they had no contact with each other anymore!
Why is this boy now the Minister of War?
This is a high-ranking official of the third rank!
His father was only at this level back then. It seems that he, a bastard of the family, was able to make it this far. It seemed that he had a lot of luck!
Seeing Ye Mingsheng's interested look, Huo San took the initiative to talk about how Qian Buli could establish a relationship with Shangguan Tingshu. He briefly talked about his experience in the Luo'an court over the years... ················
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