After burning the incense, Jiang Yuyan reluctantly left Ye Mingsheng's study. Perhaps it was because Ye Mingsheng's reaction was relatively cold, so she finally did not have the courage to express her thoughts in front of Ye Mingsheng... ···········································································Jiang Yuyan, who was feeling sorry for herself, felt a little aggrieved in her heart. She felt that she had treated Ye Mingsheng sincerely, but in the end Ye Mingsheng still regarded her as Treat it as a tool, but ignore it after using it, not caring about your own feelings!
You are a living person, not an object to be manipulated at will! The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The grievance she felt in her heart was unspeakable, and a tear fell from the corner of her eye.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind her, but Jiang Yuyan, who was already sad at this time, didn't even notice and kept walking forward!
"Mrs. Wang, please stay!" A guard stopped Jiang Yuyan, took out an exquisite and gorgeous wooden box, presented it to Jiang Yuyan with both hands and said: "Mrs. Wang, the commander asked me to give this to you!" Jiang Yuyan was startled at this. She didn't know what Ye Mingsheng meant by this move. She blinked her beautiful eyes and took the wooden box from the guard.
Jiang Yuyan gently opened the wooden box and saw a jade pendant with delicate and transparent germplasm and bright and pure color. A lifelike jade Buddha was carved on the jade pendant. Jiang Yuyan was used to seeing all kinds of jade pendants. Exquisite jade, I also think this jade pendant is very rare.
At this moment, the guard who brought the Jade Buddha spoke again: "The Marshal said that he understands your thoughts, Madam." As soon as these words came out, Jiang Yuyan could not help but feel a glimmer of hope again... ··············································· ·····································In the study, Ye Mingsheng is looking at various memorials , First of all, the first memorial was sent by Yuan Song.
In this memorial, Yuan Song reported to Ye Mingsheng that his troops had conquered all the territory of Yongliang, annihilated more than 5,000 people from the Kipchak Khanate, and rescued more than 20,000 people who were kidnapped by the Kipchak Khanate. In addition to this, the masses also seized tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, as well as goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Yuan Song's troops currently have more than 9,300 killed and more than 21,000 wounded. The troops are in urgent need of rest and recuperation after suffering such heavy casualties.
At the end of the memorial, Yuan Song also took the initiative to propose to Ye Mingsheng that when he led the troops to Yongliang, some of his old injuries also recurred and his physical condition was not very good, so he hoped that Ye Mingsheng could let him rest for a while, and His little grandson has just been born, so it would be best to return to Yi Jing to enjoy his grandson.
Seeing this memorial, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but secretly nod. In fact, if Yuan Song didn't take the initiative to bring it up, Ye Mingsheng planned to gradually take over Yuan Song's military power.
After all, Yuan Song now controls the troops and horses, accounting for half of the Fengwu Army. Even though Ye Mingsheng has no doubts about Yuan Song's loyalty, there are too many troops and horses, and Yuan Song is still very consistent. He who knows how to advance and retreat knows that many people have criticized him recently, so he takes the initiative to hand over power to show his loyalty... Although Ye Mingsheng agreed with Yuan Song's approach, on the surface, Ye Mingsheng still wanted to refuse. He couldn't say that he approved Yuan Song's resignation as soon as he submitted it. Doing so would give people the impression that he was doing his own thing. The feeling of impatiently seizing Yuan Song's military power can easily make people feel chilled!
Yuan Song continued to submit, but he continued to disagree. After a few pulls, he finally accepted Yuan Song's resignation with difficulty, and then granted Yuan Song a very high rank. , but has no real power position.
Then he will reward Yuan Song with some money and a beautiful house, and finally give Yuan Song's wife a royal title. In this way, he will have both dignity and respect and will not let others gossip!
Based on this idea, Ye Mingsheng wrote in his own hand
After replying "no", Ye Mingsheng finally said that Yuan Song's hard work has made great achievements, and he will send the best imperial doctor to treat him, so that Yuan Song should remember not to work too hard and take care of his health!
Ye Mingsheng believes that after Yuan Song sees this letter, he will definitely understand his feelings and cooperate with him!
After putting down the letter given by Yuan Song, Ye Mingsheng took out a memorial that Su Yicong had sent.
According to Ye Mingsheng's previous request, the Foreign Affairs Bureau launched a powerful diplomatic offensive against the Luobei tribes and exerted great pressure on Jamuka... ·········So even though Jamuka was very reluctant, under the extreme pressure from the Fengwu Army, Jamuka finally chose to give in and let his nephew Bao Yinna carry his autograph letter to meet Ye. Ming Sheng!
But Ye Mingsheng is naturally not that easy to meet, let alone these Luo Bei barbarians who want to meet him. In addition, Ye Mingsheng wanted to take advantage of Jamukha, so he just found a reason not to meet Bao Yinna, but Ask Su Yi, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, to meet with Bao Yinna.
And now the memorial sent by Su Yi is the result of his meeting with Bao Yinna! According to Su Yi, he first reiterated to Bao Yinna that the Fengwu Army hoped that Luobei could live in harmony and that Jamukha would respect the opinions of each tribe and not act arbitrarily and disregard the opinions of the Luobei people.
In addition, the Great Zhou Dynasty also intends to strengthen many exchanges with Luobi in economic, cultural, military and other aspects. It is hoped that Jamukha will provide support to Luobi Khan and strengthen opening up to the outside world, so that every Luobi Everyone can enjoy the dividends of the era of good neighborliness and friendship between the two sides!
Bao Yinna also said that Jamukha Khan highly appreciated Zhou's attitude towards peace within Luobei, and was also willing to strengthen economic, cultural, and military cooperation with Zhou. He hoped that Marshal Ye would be more effective in fighting against the Kipchak Khanate. , continue to support the Luobi people on the issue of conquering the Erlunqen grassland... The two sides began to focus on these issues After a lot of discussions, the Fengwu Army hoped that the Luobei people could open the market to Dazhou companies and ensure the various rights and interests of Dazhou companies in Luobei, including personal safety.
I hope Jamukh will respect the voices of Yin Bugler, Nurjiang and other powerful Luobei factions, and not act arbitrarily but discuss things internally!
Bao Yinna said that Jamukha Khan was willing to open the market to Dazhou merchants conditionally, but he hoped that Fengwu Army and Marshal Ye could respect the sovereignty and integrity of Luo Bei and not get too involved in Luo Bei's internal affairs!
To put it simply, Jamukha intended to open the economy as a condition in exchange for Zhou not to interfere in Luobei's internal affairs!
Realizing this, Ye Mingsheng was also a little amused. Judging from the current situation, Nurjiang wanted to provoke a civil war in Luobei, but his troops were at a disadvantage compared to Jamuka, so in order to win, Nuerjiang wanted to win over Yin Bugele from Sauron's tribe.
Nur Jiang had about 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Yinbugele had slightly more soldiers and horses than Nur Jiang, about 30,000 to 40,000, while Jamuka, the Great Khan, had about 50,000 to 60,000.
Therefore, from the perspective of the number of troops, Nurjiang and Yinbugele have an advantage in joining forces. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng originally put pressure on Jamukha, hoping that Jamukha would come to him to negotiate peace with the other two companies, but now it seems that , it seems to be different from what Ye Mingsheng expected... The two families have stopped making peace, but they want to open the economy as a condition in exchange for Ye Mingsheng not to interfere in Luobei's internal situation!
From this point of view, it seems that not only Nurjiang wants to do it for a while, but Jamuka also seems to want to take this opportunity to wipe out Nurjiang and Yinbugele, complete the unification of Luo Bei's power, and become the Luo Bei Zhuge. The real proverb in the ministry!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng frowned and thought about it. Judging from Su Yi's story, Bao Yinna, who came on behalf of Jamuka, seemed to be very sincere!
During the meeting, Bao Yinna hinted to Su Yi that as long as the Fengwu Army promised not to interfere in the situation in Luobei, it would be easy to negotiate not only the economic and market aspects, but also everything else, including accepting the canonization of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although the word "canonization" is said euphemistically and implicitly, in fact it means that Jamukha is willing to pay tribute to the Great Zhou Dynasty!
You must know that Luo Bei has always been the main enemy on the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Historically, its threat to the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty was stronger than that of the Kipchaks.
It's just that in the past thirty or forty years, under the leadership of Huo Du, a powerful man from heaven, the Kipchaks have been very powerful and powerful, threatening to become stronger than the Luobei people!
The Luobei people only briefly surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty at the founding of the Zhou Dynasty and when their military power was at its peak. The rest of the time they basically fought against the Zhou Dynasty... ········Therefore, if the Luobi people can be made vassal, this will undoubtedly be a major diplomatic victory for the Fengwu Army and even the entire Great Zhou Dynasty!
So after getting Bao Yinna's hint, Su Yi, who was the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Fengwu Army, wrote this letter of merit to Ye Mingsheng!
Looking at Su Yi's passionate words in the memorial, Ye Mingsheng was not at all as happy as Su Yi!
Although the current relationship between the Zhou Dynasty and the Luobei people is in one of the best honeymoon periods in history, and there is a trend that the Zhou Dynasty is strong and the Luobei people are weak, Ye Mingsheng believes that the Luobei people are still very proud at heart. They do not want to become the ministers of Zhou Dynasty and worship the emperor of Zhou Dynasty!
Therefore, although the Luobei people briefly surrendered to the Great Zhou in the early days of the founding of the Great Zhou, within a few years, they rebelled again and plundered the borders of the Great Zhou!
And even in the current situation, once the news that Jamukha wants to surrender to the Great Zhou leaks out, it will definitely cause a thousand waves within Luo Bei!
Due to the presence of Yin Bugele and Nuer Jiang, Jamukha's prestige within Luobei is not particularly strong. If he makes such a political commitment, Ye Mingsheng feels that this will shake Jamukha's position in Luobei. The internal ruling foundation of Bei has caused many Luobi people to be alienated from Jamuhe... Ye Mingsheng met Jamuhe, Knowing that this is a very shrewd talent, he would not be unaware of the cost of making such a political commitment!
To pay such a price just to obtain the Fengwu Army's promise not to interfere, there is no doubt how determined Jamukha is to wipe out the Nur River and Yin Bugler and complete the unification of power within Luobei!
However, it is a pity that Ye Mingsheng does not allow the unification of power within Luo Bei. It is in the interests of the Great Zhou Dynasty that Luo Bei is divided among the heroes and falls into internal strife. At the same time, Ye Mingsheng does not believe that Jamuka really wants to challenge the Great Zhou Dynasty. Promise yourself!
According to Ye Mingsheng, Jamukha is very ambitious and ambitious, otherwise he would not be so tireless, wanting to kill Nurjiang and Yinbugler, and complete the unification of power within Luobei. Deep down, he wants to bring Luo Bei back to his rightful place!
So judging from Ye Mingsheng's understanding of Jamuka, if you say that he wants to surrender to the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng instinctively thinks that this is false!
Secondly, if Jamukha really wanted to become a vassal, he wouldn't have used hints, but would have shown it openly so that he could get more benefits from him. Wouldn't it be nice?
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng believes that Jamukha's so-called surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty is just a bait for himself... Jamukha's real purpose is probably to use the surrender as bait to play delaying tactics so that he will not interfere in the situation in Luobei, while he takes the opportunity to launch an offensive and wants to kill Nurjiang and Yinbugele!
By the time he completed the unification of power within Luo Bei, his political commitment to becoming a vassal of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be complete nonsense!
Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on Ye Mingsheng's face. Jamuka was really desperate for such a trick with him!
If it weren't for maintaining Luo Bi's current power structure, I would have killed him long ago and would not have let him live until now!
But Jamukha wanted to die so tirelessly, so he couldn't keep him anymore! Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng thought for a while, and then wrote an approval to Su Yi. After completing this, Ye Mingsheng wrote to Zhao Han, Chief of Staff of the Fengwu Army in Yijing, and Huo San, Director of the Coordination Office. A memorial!
Killing Jamuka is not easy for Ye Mingsheng, but it is not difficult to say it is difficult!
For Ye Mingsheng, what he really has to consider is how to maintain the separatist situation within Luobei after killing Jamuka!
Instead of allowing a real strongman to emerge within Luobei to complete the unification of power within Luobei, and at the same time prevent the Kipchak Khanate from taking advantage of it... ··········
