Before the Western Expedition, Yuan Song was widely considered to have surpassed He Jingyun within the Fengwu Army because of his contribution to the capture of Youyan Jiyu, and became the de facto number one general in the Fengwu Army. The person with the most outstanding military exploits············································After this Western Expedition, he conquered Jinyang with his , captured Wei Pass and recovered Luo'an, Yuan Song's reputation in the Fengwu Army reached a new peak.
It is no exaggeration to say that before Yuan Song captured Luo'an, some of Ye Mingsheng's close ministers hinted to Ye Mingsheng openly or secretly that Yuan Song's reputation in the army was too high and should be restricted!
Although Yuan Song was born as a martial artist, he has been in the army for so many years, and he still knows very well what it takes to conquer the master with great achievements!
So after he captured Jinyang, he followed the example of his ancestors and wrote to Ye Mingsheng, asking Ye Mingsheng to give him more fertile land and a beautiful house so that he could live a long life in the future.
Ye Mingsheng knew that Yuan Song was hinting to him that he had no ambitions but only wanted to be rich and wealthy for a lifetime, and he could hand over military power at any time.
At present, the Fengwu Army seems to be full of warriors, powerful generals, and talented people. However, in Ye Mingsheng's opinion, there are only two and a half people in the Fengwu Army who can stand alone, one is He Jingyun, and the other is Yuan Song!
The other half is Guo Zhiping, but compared to the first two, Guo Zhiping seems not to be particularly mature yet... ·····As for the remaining Xun Ke, Shen Quan, Ma Zhongjun and others, Ye Mingsheng felt that they still needed experience, but Ye Tie, Ye Dong, Ye Tao and others did not have the strength to stand alone!
Ye Mingsheng has a very clear view of the abilities of his relatives, so he only regards them as his basic base and never gives them any important tasks. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng is also very concerned about Yuan Song's attitude. I was gratified and wrote to Yuan Song to tell him that all his requests would be met one by one, and to express my 100% trust in him, so that Yuan Song would not have to worry about anything and could just concentrate on the war!
And now after attacking Luo An, Yuan Song defeated the Kipchak Khanate and regained Yongliang for the Great Zhou Dynasty. There is no doubt that this is also a great achievement!
But what is very rare is that it seems that Yuan Song still keeps a clear head and is not dazzled by the victory!
Ye Mingsheng even felt that the reason why Yuan Song ordered the killing of prisoners during the battle against Qinchao was not just to avenge the people, but also because he wanted to defile himself!
However, I can understand Yuan Song's intention, but Ye Mingsheng doesn't want to go down the slope. Yuan Song's contribution is too great. If he goes down the slope at this moment, I'm afraid other soldiers will be chilled when they see it.
The Fengwu Army has always been clear about rewards and punishments. This is also the core competitiveness of the Fengwu Army. Therefore, if there is any mistake in this regard, it will affect the morale of the army. The Fengwu Army will go south next, so it is absolutely impossible to destroy the Great Wall at this moment... ····························Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng picked up another letter. This letter was written to him by Jiang Yuyan yesterday. before being sent to Dagu County.
In the letter, in addition to reporting her lovesickness to Ye Mingsheng, Jiang Yuyan also reported to Ye Mingsheng her work in Luoan!
Jiang Yuyan said that since arriving in Luo'an, she has been helping Ye Mingsheng to appease the clan's emotions and dispel some of the clan's unrealistic ideas.
Under the threat of force from the Coordination Office and the army, as well as Jiang Yuyan's tireless persuasion, almost all the old and young of the Zhou clan have accepted the reality.
After doing this, Jiang Yuyan began to look for candidates for Ye Mingsheng's new emperor. She provided Ye Mingsheng with three choices.
The first choice is the thirteen-year-old Jiang Cong, the grandson of King Zhao Jiang Hailin of the Great Zhou Dynasty. King Zhao Jiang Hailin is the only remaining prince of the Jiang family of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The reason why Jiang Hailin was able to survive was largely due to his awareness of current affairs. Compared with Jiang Guang, King Zheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who was once ambitious and vowed to regain power from Shangguan Hongyuan, and King Qin who controlled Yongliang and wanted to revive the Zhou Dynasty, this Zhao Wang Jiang Hailin seems to be the other extreme.
Jiang Hailin doesn't think about government affairs and is addicted to eating, drinking and having fun. He is also a grasshopper with no independent opinions in politics.
Therefore, although he is a prince, because of his virtue, he does not have a high say in the clan. When King Zheng Jiang Guang and Lin Shize launched the Luo'an coup, they did not take King Zhao Jiang Hailin with them and left him in Luo'an... ························What Jiang Guang and Lin Shize did at that time was to borrow Shangguan Hongyuan’s hand to get rid of Jiang Hailin and then give Shangguan Hongyuan Now put on a big hat of killing clan members!
However, it was a blessing in disguise. Although Jiang Hailin was left in Luo'an, he moved closer to Shangguan Hongyuan because of his decisiveness.
Therefore, Shangguan Hongyuan did not vent his anger on Jiang Hailin and kill the Zhao King of the Great Zhou Dynasty as Jiang Guang and Lin Shize thought. Instead, he would issue a proclamation to the world in the name of the Zhao King and angrily accuse Jiang Guang and Lin Shize of blackmailing him. The emperor is up to no good!
Therefore, although Shangguan Hongyuan later destroyed the Southern Patrol Court and massacred King Zheng, King Qin and other clan members, King Zhao Jiang Hailin was able to survive!
When Jiang Yuyan came into contact with the clan, King Zhao of the Great Zhou Dynasty once again showed his ability to be a wallflower, actively expressed his desire to cooperate with the Fengwu Army, and even hinted that Jiang Yuyan could take the lead within the clan as long as Marshal Ye nodded. The Zen position was given to Ye Mingsheng.
Jiang Yuyan, who was from the same clan, felt very disdainful when she saw the flattering face of King Zhao Jiang Hailin. She felt that Jiang Hailin was ashamed of the ancestors of the Jiang family and had disgraced the great Zhou clan.
But in her heart, she had to admit that for Jiang Hailin to fully cooperate with Ye Mingsheng, this might be the best choice for the Zhou clan, so she also considered Jiang Hailin's grandson, Jiang Cong, who is now thirteen years old, as one of the candidates. ······························· In addition to Jiang Cong, the second candidate for emperor that Jiang Yuyan considered was her younger brother, King Qi Jiang Zhe's seventeen-year-old youngest son, Jiang Shen, was the product of Qi King Jiang Zhe's drunken sexual intercourse and favoring a maid. He and Jiang Yuyan are siblings with the same father and different mother.
Because his mother was a maid, even the son of Qi King Jiang Zhe had a very low status within the clan. However, the low status also had the advantage of having Shangguan Hongyuan not behead him when he retaliated against his clan members. Kill them all and save his life.
Due to his humble background, Jiang Shen lived up to his name. He was very cautious in his words and deeds and did not dare to do anything out of line. It was after seeing this that Jiang Yuyan recommended him to Jiang Shen.
In addition to Jiang Shen and Jiang Cong, the last person recommended by Jiang Yuyan is somewhat interesting. This son is named Jiang Chang, who is thirty-one years old. He is the second son of Jiang Jian, the former king of Hedong County. This son was Luo Luo. An Zhibian also followed him to Sichuan and Shu. Later, after the Forbidden Army broke through Rongcheng, he was also captured!
Originally, Jiang Chang was going to be executed by Shangguan Hongyuan like other clan members, but because his mother was the cousin of Shangguan Hongyuan's wife, and Jiang Chang had a very good attitude in admitting his mistake, it is said that he held Shangguan Hongyuan's thigh and begged for pain. , plus his wife Song sent many gifts to Shangguan Tingshu... so among relatives After interceding with Shangguan Tingshu, Jiang Chang not only saved his life, but was also appointed as a lieutenant general in the Royal Forest Army to personally protect the young emperor Jiang Rui.
The official position of the imperial guard lieutenant general is from the third rank in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Looking at the rank alone, it is not low at all. However, because the young emperor Jiang Rui is just a decoration, the so-called imperial city is a gorgeous prison, and protecting the emperor The Imperial Guards are actually the jailers guarding the little emperor!
Many members of the Imperial Guard are Shangguan Hongyuan's confidants, so Jiang Chang, the lieutenant general of the Imperial Guard, is actually an empty airs in name only!
The reason why Jiang Yuyan set Jiang Chang as one of the candidates has a lot to do with his wife Song. This Song is the legitimate daughter of the Song family, a wealthy family in Sichuan.
However, although the Song family is considered a wealthy family in Sichuan and Shu, its actual status is similar to that of the Cui family in Liaoyang. It has little political influence outside Sichuan and Shu. Therefore, from the perspective of some aristocratic families at the top of the Zhou Dynasty, the Song family My family is actually a country bumpkin from Sichuan!
Therefore, from this perspective, although Jiang Chang is the second son of a county prince, he should not marry the daughter of the Song family of Sichuan.
However, after the Luo'an Incident, many clan members retreated to Sichuan and Shu. In order to win the support of the powerful local forces in Sichuan and Shu, King Zheng Jiang Guang promoted the marriage between the members of the Zhou clan and the local powerful families in Sichuan and Shu, in an attempt to achieve this Methods to win over the local forces in Sichuan and Shu, and integrate the forces of all parties in Sichuan and Shu to fight against Shangguan Hongyuan... ···So the wedding banquet between Jiang Chang and the Song family was a product of this. King Zheng Jiang Guang also organized more than a dozen political marriages like this. Some members of the clan married the daughters of local wealthy families, and some of the daughters of clansmen married off. .
Objectively speaking, Jiang Guang's method was very good at that time. For a wealthy Sichuan family like the Song family, although these clans are currently in trouble, clans are clans after all. The concept is still deeply rooted, so these local wealthy families are also willing to use the status of these clans to enhance their political status.
It was with the help of these local wealthy families in Sichuan and Shu that Jiang Guang and Lin Shize integrated the power of Sichuan and Shu and were able to keep up with Guan Hongyuan and resist for several years.
However, later on, the decline of the Southern Patrol Court became apparent, and these wealthy families in Sichuan and Shu gradually chose their best habitats. After defeating the Southern Patrol Court, Shangguan Hongyuan originally wanted to take this opportunity to completely rectify the stability of Sichuan and Shu. In the rule of Sichuan and Shu.
However, due to the sudden rise of the Fengwu Army, they successively captured Youyan, Jiyu, and Qilu, and their momentum in the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very large, making Shangguan Hongyuan feel threatened like a thorn on his back.
In the north, Hongyuan was regarded as his base, so how could he allow others to sleep on his side? In order to deal with the threat of Fengwu Army, Shangguan Hongyuan also had to transfer his power to Yunbin, which also made him originally control Sichuan. Shu's idea completely failed... threat, and then turned around to rectify Sichuan and Shu.
Therefore, in order to enable Sichuan and Shu to contribute money and efforts in his campaign to conquer the Fengwu Army, Shangguan Hongyuan had to pretend to be a snake with the Song family and other local Sichuan and Shu powerful families. Therefore, local Sichuan and Shu forces like the Song family were preserved. Come down.
Although Shangguan Hongyuan thought well, it was a pity that he would never have the chance to rectify Sichuan and Shu. Although Shangguan Changgong failed to escape to Sichuan some time ago, Shangguan Changgong had also made plans to bring his cousin to Sichuan for a rainy day. Shangguan Tingshu sent him to Sichuan and Shu, hoping to preserve a fire for Shangguan's family.
But it is a pity that although Shangguan Tingshu is not a waste, his ability is not strong. The reason why he was able to thrive in the Great Zhou Central Committee in the past was largely due to his family's power.
And as the Shangguan family suffered heavy losses, Shangguan Tingshu was struggling in Sichuan and Shu, and was even about to be completely ignored by some local wealthy families headed by the Song family!
The current leading figure in the local forces in Sichuan and Sichuan is called Song Weijie, who is also the half-brother of Mrs. Jiang Chang's Song family.
It was precisely because of this relationship that Jiang Yuyan considered that establishing Jiang Chang as emperor might help win over the Song family, so she recommended Jiang Chang to Ye Mingsheng... ··········For the three people recommended by Jiang Yuyan, the first two, Ye Mingsheng, were still satisfied. They seemed to be easier to control. He asked them to go east, but they did not dare to go west. He called a deer a horse, and they I dare not say it is a deer!
But as for the third Jiang Chang, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but lamented that Jiang Yuyan was still a little too naive. Looking at the world today, no one in the Zhou Dynasty had the ability to fight with him head-on, and he didn't need to fight for it. Who do you want to win over, who do you want to give the throne to?
Now it should not be that he, Ye, is trying to show favor to the Sichuan and Shu Song family, but that the Sichuan and Shu Song family should come over and pat him and lick him!
What's more, if Jiang Chang is established as emperor, the Song family in Sichuan and Shu will become relatives. Judging from the information sent by the Coordination Office, Shangguan Tingshu is becoming more and more difficult to sustain in Sichuan and Shu. Song Weijie is likely to become Sichuan and Shu were separated, so if Jiang Chang was established as emperor, there would be even more trouble in the future!
As for Jiang Cong and Jiang Shen, Ye Mingsheng needs to take another look. If there are no problems, Ye Mingsheng plans to choose one of these two people to be the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it should also be the last emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. emperor····························
