Ye Mingsheng, who was enjoying the massage from the maid with squinted eyes, became interested when he heard Ye Cheng's words. He immediately opened his eyes and asked Ye Cheng:
"Oh? The city is full of groomsmen? What does this mean..."
Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was interested in this, Ye Cheng organized a sermon:
"There have been a lot of people getting married in Yi Jing recently, so that's why we came up with this idea!"
Although Ye Cheng said it very implicitly and euphemistically, as if he was trying to pass the matter off with vague words, Ye Mingsheng was still keenly aware of the meaning behind Ye Cheng's words and said lightly:
"Is it because of the reward?"
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Cheng hesitated for a moment, but still nodded awkwardly.
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said nothing more and fell into deep thought!
In the past few months, because the Fengwu Army successfully seized power and established the Yijing court, Ye Mingsheng also fulfilled his original promise and generously rewarded the ministers and soldiers who followed him to repay the loyalty of these meritorious ministers. and dedication!
The amount of silver rewarded alone exceeds 500,000 taels. This does not include gold, silver, jewelry, cultural toys, calligraphy and painting, real estate and shops, etc. If these things are calculated, then the conservative estimate is that they will exceed at least 1.5 million taels. silver···························
Fortunately, the Fengwu Army obtained a lot of trophies in the battle. Otherwise, according to the scale of rewards, Ye Mingsheng's Yijing court would have declared bankruptcy by now!
As the saying goes, men become bad when they are rich, and these heroes of the Fengwu Army are not only rich, but their social status has also been greatly improved, and they all hold high positions and hold important positions!
Therefore, driven by the C drug of getting promoted and getting rich, they all began to look for women to satisfy their needs, and this also led to the phenomenon of centralized marriages, which was ridiculed by the common people as a city full of grooms!
Even a relatively loyal and honest person like Gu Sansi hides his beauty in the golden house of Yi Jing's house. Of course, he only found one, which is already considered a good thing!
For example, some members of the Ye family feel that they are now relatives of the royal family, so they believe that continuing the royal bloodline as a royal family is the most important, so they actually married eleven new women in one go, and were teased by the people as being the groom every night. , this person is not ashamed, but proud!
Of course, finding eleven women is an extreme situation, but generally speaking, after meritorious soldiers have money, they will marry two or three more women!
Ye Mingsheng doesn't have a good solution to these situations. After all, it is the nature of many men to be foody and lustful. In addition, the current social concepts are still very conservative. It is believed that there are three unfilial piety and not having offspring is the most important. They all believe that more children will bring happiness.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng can only ask the Procuratorate to strictly control and ensure that there are no illegal situations such as bullying men and women and robbing women... ···········
Although there are no big problems on the surface, Ye Mingsheng still has some deep-seated worries about this. Although many men have died on the battlefield due to the war, there are currently many women and men in many places in the Zhou Dynasty. Few situations.
But when the country stabilizes in the future, the ratio of men to women will definitely gradually return to normal, and if the rich and powerful can marry wives without restrictions.
Then many men at the bottom will inevitably not be able to marry wives, which will also cause social instability, although this situation can be adjusted by checking the bar!
However, Ye Mingsheng still believes that it is necessary to limit the number of wives that the rich and powerful can marry. For example, a commoner without an official status can only marry one head wife and two concubines no matter how much money he has, while a ninth-grade official can only marry one wife and two concubines. One main wife, three concubines and so on.
If you marry more than this number of women, you will need to be punished, ranging from a fine to hard labor.
Although he has such an idea, Ye Mingsheng has not yet thought about the specific measures. He still needs to communicate and discuss with Cui Shao, Gu Sansi and others to listen to their opinions on this measure.
While Ye Mingsheng was lying on the bed carefully thinking about and perfecting his policy, a guard walked over quickly and took out a letter and presented it to Ye Mingsheng, while bowing and saying very respectfully:
"A letter from the handsome inner guard..."
Seeing this, Ye Cheng also very wisely took the secret letter and handed it to Ye Mingsheng.
Ye Mingsheng opened the envelope, took out the letter and glanced at it, but couldn't help but smile. After reading the contents of the secret letter, Ye Mingsheng casually handed it to Ye Cheng who was aside.
Ye Cheng picked up the secret letter and looked at it, and he was very surprised and said:
"Commander, how dare Liu Baichuan be so bold? He forged your letter of appointment, Commander-in-Chief, and also wanted to kill someone and silence him?"
"I think this person must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others! If not, the people in the command and control department are so bold, others will surely follow his example!"
Ye Mingsheng glanced at the indignant Ye Cheng, but did not rush to make a decision. He pondered for a while and asked again:
"I remember Liu Baichuan published a memorial a few days ago saying that after Song Weijie's death, Chengdu was occupied by a man named Hu Fei?"
Ye Cheng nodded and added:
"Liu Baichuan published this memorial a few days ago. This Hu Fei is a rogue general of the Sichuan-Shu Army. Liu Baichuan said that Hu Fei intends to defect to the imperial court!"
"But Liu Baichuan also said that this Hu Fei was arrogant, rude and ambitious. He didn't really want to surrender to the imperial court, but he wanted to use the guise of surrendering to the imperial court to get money and food from the imperial court to support the unification of Sichuan and Shu, trying to become the first Two Song Weijie!"
"So in the memorial, Liu Baichuan stated that he wanted to use Hu Fei to tear apart the Sichuan-Shu Army and weaken the resistance of the Sichuan-Shu Army... ··········》
Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly when he heard this. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng did not express his position, Ye Cheng suggested again:
"Commander, although Liu Baichuan is very capable, he is so courageous that he dared to forge your letter of appointment. If he is allowed to develop like this, he might want to do something extraordinary in the future. What's going on!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng glanced at Ye Cheng and asked with a half-smile:
"How did Liu Baichuan offend you? That made Ye Cheng want to kill him so much?"
Although Ye Mingsheng looked like he was joking when he said this with a smile on his face, when these words hit Ye Cheng's ears, they were like a bolt from the blue!
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Cheng knelt on the ground and explained to Ye Mingsheng:
"Commander and I have no personal grudges with Liu Qianhu. I just think he is too bold and reckless. Please give me some advice!"
After saying that, Ye Cheng chewed his head hard towards Ye Mingsheng. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said with a smile:
"Ye Cheng is just a joke, no need to be like this, I understand you! Get up!"
Hearing this, Ye Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Ye Mingsheng:
"Thank you for your trust, Commander!"
Ye Mingsheng smiled and said:
"The sauna room should be ready soon. Ye Cheng, go and ask the kitchen to prepare some food for me. It's time to start eating after I finish washing..." ········》
"yes!"
After hearing the instructions, Ye Cheng bowed and exited the room, and then immediately explained Ye Mingsheng's request. After completing this step, Ye Cheng also returned to his office, locked the door and stayed alone in it.
Ye Cheng sat down on the chair and closed his eyes tightly, his expression full of annoyance. Thinking back to what happened just now, Ye Cheng couldn't help but shine a light on his face and slap himself hard in the mouth!
In order to make himself remember this lesson deeply and keep today's lesson in mind to avoid possible disasters in the future, Ye Cheng slapped his mouth with extra force, so that his five fingers were clearly imprinted on his face. Half of the cheek was also very red and swollen from the beating!
Perhaps because he has been serving as an attendant for a long time, Ye Cheng is also a little careless. In addition, he has been beaten by many high-level officials.
Holding it by the official, Ye Cheng also felt that he was a corner, so his speech was not as cautious as before, that's why the scene just happened!
Ye Cheng was really angry at what he had just said. As the director of the Attendance Department, his job should be to assist the Marshal in his work and help him solve trivial matters, instead of providing advice to the Marshal and telling him how things should be done. How to do it!
And that's not the most annoying thing. The most annoying thing is that the commander-in-chief seems to admire Liu Baichuan very much, but he doesn't even do the most basic observation of words and expressions and still talks shamelessly in front of the commander-in-chief!
Although the commander-in-chief did not punish himself today, there is no doubt that what happened today is a warning to him. He must learn from it, correct his position, and not make such mistakes again!
Otherwise, I'm afraid things won't end like today. Knowing his position as the Director of the Attendance Department, I don't know how many people are staring at him with envy!
If there is a slight mistake or omission, Ye Cheng may have to pack up and leave the Attendant Department...
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East Island, Hakata
In the Hojo family's mansion, the current head of the Hojo family, Hojo Sawa, is receiving a distinguished guest.
Looking at the middle-aged man across from him sipping tea, Hojogawa, who is still strong and sturdy even though he is old, asked with a smile:
"Wang Sang, how do you think our East Island tea ceremony compares to your Da Zhou?"
Facing Hojo River's inquiry, Wang He said calmly:
"good!"
Hojogawa, who was originally smiling, couldn't help but smile when he heard this answer. It was obvious that the Higashishima daimyo was not satisfied with this answer.
Wang He didn't seem to care much about this. After taking another sip of tea, he looked at the Hojo River and said:
"Lord Hojo, I wonder what you think of my last proposal?"
Seeing that Wang He went straight to the point without greeting him for a while, Hojogawa's eyes were slightly closed and he did not answer Wang He's question directly, but asked Wang He in return:
"I wonder why Marshal Ye from your department is so interested in our East Island affairs?"
Wang He heard this and said in a calm tone:
"Lord Hojo, I have already answered your question last time. We, Marshal Ye, have always attached great importance to commercial development. We hope to strengthen commercial ties with the surrounding countries of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so that people from all countries can exchange their needs and develop together and make progress... ·······················》
Hojo Chuan smiled and praised after hearing this:
"Commander Ye is worthy of being a hero in the world. He is indeed ambitious. I really admire him!"
After briefly blowing on Ye Mingsheng, Hojogawa suddenly changed his voice and said:
"Although Marshal Ye's ambition is very great, I think Marshal Ye is willing to support me because he has other reasons!"
"Although Dongdao and Dazhou are separated by the sea, I really admire Marshal Ye, a powerful man in the world, so I have been paying attention to Marshal Ye's movements. I heard that Marshal Ye has a wife whom I met in Weimo. His surname seems to be Pei?"
"I wonder if Wang Sang has such a thing?"
Hearing what Hojo Chuan said, Wang He glanced at him coldly and said:
"It seems Hojo-sama has done his homework!"
Hearing this, Hojo River stroked his beard and said:
"Your department has a good reputation. I have to think clearly before cooperating with you!"
Wang He snorted coldly and said:
"Lord Hojo, you are not the only one who wants what I have in my hands..."
Hojo Chuan smiled and said:
"Wang Sang, I know you have talked with Watanabe-kun, but you should also know that the strength of the Watanabe family alone is not enough to overthrow the Toyotomi Shogunate.
Yes, your plan requires me to join! "
"Only with the participation of our Hojo family, the Toyotomi Shogunate's rule over East Island can be overthrown!"
Listening to Hojo Chuan's words, Wang He showed a disdainful smile and said lightly:
"We are not very interested in overthrowing the Toyotomi Shogunate. We just want Muto Masaaki's head!"
Although Hojogawa looked a little surprised when he said this, he felt happy in his heart, feeling that his guess was indeed correct!
Ever since I learned that the woman Akiyama Morie became Marshal Ye's favorite concubine, and how much Marshal Ye loved him!
Hojo River just felt that Akiyama Morie was coming for revenge. This woman wanted to avenge her father and her family!
The words of Wang He, the official of the Great Zhou Dynasty Coordination Office in front of him, undoubtedly confirmed his conjecture. What promotes business development and strengthens business ties are all lies!
The head of Muto Masaaki is real!
Ye Mingsheng, the man who is about to become the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, has decided to help the woman he loves most to complete his revenge. Isn't there a saying in the Great Zhou Dynasty that a crowning prince is angry for a beauty?
Now it is obvious that Ye Mingsheng, the man who is about to become the emperor, wants to become a beauty for the sake of his most beloved woman!
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