Hearing Wang Xuecheng talk about Ye Fu's situation, Ye Mingsheng also pondered. Judging from the confiscation of the house, although Ye Fu also took more than 30,000 taels of silver from Defengxing Company, the extent was obviously compared to that of Huang Can and Yang Guoxu. Converged a lot...
Most of those two people's wealth came from corruption and bribery. From this point of view, I spared Ye Fu's life in vain!
After thinking for a moment, Ye Mingsheng asked Wang Xuecheng:
"Ye Tie, have Ye Fu and the two left Yi Jing?"
Faced with Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Wang Xuecheng said without hesitation:
"Ye Fu has been escorted to Liaoyang today. General Ye Tie will leave for Liaoyang tomorrow morning!"
At this point, Wang Xuecheng hesitated and said:
'After General Ye Fu's house was confiscated, the old lady sent someone to take Ye Fu's family to a house in Yijing, and gave Ye Fu's family five hundred taels of silver to keep for their home.
Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly when he heard this. He knew that his mother, Ye Cui, was the biggest supporter of the Ye family, and Ye Fu and Ye Tie were also two of her elders' favorite descendants. When he went to pay his respects this morning, , although she didn’t say it explicitly, she still felt that her punishment was too severe, so she made excuses for these two people.
But to be honest, the treatment of Ye Tie and Ye Fu this time is already the result of Ye Mingsheng's lenient treatment. Otherwise, Ye Fu's whole family would be executed, and Ye Tiezhan would have no problem... ·················
Although Ye Mingsheng can't bear it, the state-owned legal family has family rules, so he must give the two of them the punishment they deserve for this matter!
Seeing that Ye Mingsheng didn't speak, Wang Xuecheng also understood the matter and Ye Mingsheng acquiesced, and immediately left without saying anything more.
After Wang Xuecheng left, Ye Mingsheng continued his work today. The main thing today was Su Yi, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, who wrote a memorial saying that Gao Shen was returning to Yijing!
After several months, despite some twists and turns, Gao Shen finally brought Nurjiang's head back to Ye Mingsheng!
In addition to killing Nurjiang, Gao Shen also helped Ibugel become the Great Khan of Luobei. However, after experiencing a series of previous turmoils, Luobei was also torn apart. While its strength was greatly reduced, internal The centripetal force cohesion has also been reduced a lot!
Therefore, although Ibugel became the Great Khan, his position as the Great Khan was not stable, and Jamuka, who fled north, was still in turmoil from time to time. Therefore, in order to stabilize his position as the Great Khan, Ibugel also intentionally sought help from the Great Khan. Zhou comes closer!
And this time when he returned to Yijing, Gao Shen also brought back a breakthrough diplomatic result, that is, as the great Khan of Luobei, Ibugele was willing to surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty!
This can be said to be a very big diplomatic achievement. After all, the Luobei tribe is no longer strong, but after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Luobei tribe is still the largest force in the eastern grassland, and it is still the leader of the eastern grassland. overlord·························
In history, the Luo Bei tribe has always been an important enemy of the Zhou Dynasty in the north. The two sides had many wars and periods of peace. The Great Zhou Dynasty also tried to recruit the Luo Bei tribe several times before and offered very favorable conditions to the Luo Bei tribe. , hoping to make the Luo Bei tribe surrender, but they were always rejected by the Luo Bei tribe!
Therefore, if Luo Bei is now willing to surrender to the Yijing court of the Great Zhou Dynasty led by Ye Mingsheng, it can be said to be a considerable diplomatic victory, which can boost the morale of the Yijing court, unite the people of the court, and at the same time greatly improve Ye The prestige of Ming Sheng himself!
Although this is a good thing, it is not for no reason that the Luobei people made such huge compromises and sacrifices!
Ibugele said that although he was willing to surrender, there were conditions. The first and most important point was that the Yijing court would send troops to help him deal with Jamuka!
Since the last alliance incident, in order to prevent Ye Mingsheng's revenge, Jamuka also led his tribe to move north immediately!
At that time, Ye Mingsheng still had the south to fight, so when he saw this kid running away, Ye Mingsheng was too lazy to pay attention to him for the time being, thinking about himself.
After unifying Dazhou, go back and deal with him!
So Ye Mingsheng gave Yibugele some food, wages and firearms at that time, and supported Yibugele to fight Jamuhe. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng did not send troops to retaliate against him, Zamuhe, who fled north, became more active. After all, Mobei is The place was not suitable for human habitation, and the tribesmen who fled north with him also complained, and some even secretly ran back...
Therefore, Jamuka also wanted to come back, but he was too afraid of Ye Mingsheng, so he did not dare to come back directly with his followers, so he wanted to test Ye Mingsheng's reaction, and the way he tested Ye Mingsheng was to harass Ibrahimovic The people of Gullah!
Although Ibugele was elected as the Great Khan of Luo Bei, due to the lack of centripetal force and cohesion within Luo Bei, the prestige of the Great Khan has also dropped a lot. Some leaders of small tribes simply work against the will and cannot be listened to. Listen to the announcement!
There are even some tribes that maintain ambiguous contact with Jamuka's headquarters, thinking of welcoming Jamuka back!
The only people Ibugele could really command were the soldiers and horses of his Sauron tribe. Therefore, when faced with the harassment from Jamuka's troops, he was somewhat disgraced and lost a lot of cattle and sheep!
If the Fengwu Army hadn't given him some money, food, and firearms before, Ibugele might have been defeated now. That's why Ibugele made up his mind to surrender in exchange for the Fengwu Army sending troops!
In addition to the first condition for sending troops, Ibugele also put forward two other conditions!
The second condition is that Ibugele hopes that Ye Mingsheng can give a large reward to the Luobei tribes, offering one million taels of silver, one hundred thousand pieces of cloth, ten thousand pieces of silk, one hundred thousand catties of salt, and fifty thousand pieces of tea. The conditions are almost impossible!
The third condition is that Ibugele hopes to strengthen exchanges between Luobo and Dazhou. In addition to expanding the scale of mutual trade, Ibugele also hopes that the Yijing court will build factories for them and help them manufacture firearms. ····················
Although Ye Mingsheng knew very well that although Ibugele had written so many conditions, he must actually be thinking of asking for a high price and paying back the money on the ground!
But Ye Mingsheng still has the urge to let Ibugele take a good look in the mirror. How do you have the nerve to lick your big face and ask for so many things?
I knew you were professing a vassal, but I didn’t know that I thought the Yijing court wanted to recognize you as its father and make sacrifices to you!
It is impossible to award a reward. After all, the Yijing court is also very poor now, and there are still millions of taels of debt that have not been repaid!
Although there are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, they are all at the bottom of the box. After all, no one knows whether the world will be peaceful in this new year, whether there will be locust plagues, floods, earthquakes, etc. natural disaster!
If there is no money in your household warehouse, and there is a famine, you will have no way to save it and can only stare at it!
Now Ye Mingsheng wants to break a tael of silver into two halves. Compared with spending money to buy you Luo Bei as a minister, the Yijing court has more meaningful things to do!
Yesterday, Su Wei, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, suggested that the Ministry of Household Affairs allocate 210,000 taels of silver to build 137 schools in various places to provide free education to children everywhere!
Regarding this, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites are still discussing how to unite local governments to spend small amounts of money to do big things and implement this matter... ·
Although he was speechless when Ibugele opened his mouth to his lion, when he calmed down, Ye Mingsheng was able to understand Ibugele to some extent!
After all, surrendering to the Great Zhou Dynasty was a big humiliation for the Luobei tribe, and it was even unacceptable to some Luobei tribesmen!
Therefore, as the Great Khan, Ibugele will inevitably bear a lot of pressure within Luobei and suffer a lot of criticism if he takes this step!
And if you can get some rewards and benefits from the Yijing court, you can calm the anger of the tribe to some extent and maintain your status as the Great Khan!
Of course, I understand. It is impossible for Ye Mingsheng to satisfy his unrealistic request. Although rewards are not possible, they can only expand the scale of the mutual market. You Luobei people take horses and sheep in exchange for them with me.
It’s no problem!
In short, Ye Mingsheng is still interested in the Luobi people becoming vassals. He agrees in principle to send troops to help Ibugel settle Jamuka. It is impossible to give rewards but it can expand the trade between the two parties!
This is Ye Mingsheng's attitude. The remaining specific content needs to be discussed by Gao Shen and Su Yi!
After writing the comments, Ye Mingsheng also wanted to see the latest progress of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites on the construction of schools. Ye Mingsheng himself was very supportive of the construction of schools to provide free education!
After all, there is a saying that if young people are strong, the country will be strong. The development of education is a good thing that benefits the present and will benefit the future!
Although criticized by many traditional scholars, they believe that teaching children some scientific and technical knowledge in school is poisoning children with magic tricks... ···
But Ye Mingsheng persisted in this despite the pressure of public opinion, and continued to exert his influence on public opinion to spread the idea that science and technology are the primary productive forces!
According to the memorial, although Cui Shao of the Ministry of Revenue was also willing to support the new school, he believed that 210,000 taels of silver was too expensive, so he hoped that the Ministry of Rites could reduce the number of schools to be built, and he also hoped that the chief secretaries of various regions could share the cost. , in order to reduce some expenditures of the household department!
Currently, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, and the Chief Secretaries from various places are in the stage of wrangling each other, and it may take some time to get a result.
Regarding this, Ye Mingsheng's current idea is to see how the corruption investigation goes. In principle, he hopes to use part of the dirty money to invest in Dazhou's education!
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The next morning,
Dozens of well-dressed men, accompanied by their entourage, came to the east gate of Yijing carrying various gifts. They were all members of the Ye family in Yijing, and some of them served in the military. And even those who are not officials are relying on their surname Ye to get around in Yijing. Five to sixty people are pretty good.
And the reason why they are gathering together now is to bid farewell to Ye Tie, the former Yijing commander-in-chief who is about to be transferred to Liaoyang!
Since Ye Mingsheng founded the Fengwu Army, thousands of Ye's children have joined the Fengwu Army. Many of these people are now in high positions under Ye Mingsheng's promotion. However, if among these Ye's children , in terms of the highest position and the most trusted by Ye Mingsheng, it is undoubtedly Ye Tie!
In addition, Ye Tie has a bold personality and values love and justice. Many of the Ye family's children have received his favor. Therefore, Ye Tie has been widely regarded as the representative of the Ye family's power in the Fengwu Army for a long time, and even It can be said that he is the big brother who takes the lead!
Some of the Ye family's children even thought that if the commander-in-chief becomes the emperor in the future, Ye Tie can be crowned king!
It is precisely because of such high prestige among the Ye family's children that when Ye Tie was leaving Yijing for Liaoyang to take up his post today, dozens of Ye family's children also came in person to say goodbye to their big brother!
Although these children of the Ye family wanted to express their feelings, when Ye Tie appeared at the east gate and saw these familiar faces, although he was very touched by everyone coming to see him off, he couldn't help but frown... ···················
At this moment, when these Ye Tie's disciples saw Ye Tie's appearance, they all immediately gathered around. Seeing this, Ye Tie weighed it in his heart, but immediately left without even saying hello, leaving these Ye's disciples looking at each other. , I don’t know why Brother Ye Tie is avoiding them!
Not only did these Ye family's children not understand, but also Ye Tie's wife Zhao, who also came to see him off, also said in confusion:
"Husband, why don't you meet these brothers? Everyone is kind-hearted and came to see you off. Wouldn't you just chill the hearts of these brothers?"
Ye Tie sighed and said:
"Precisely because these brothers have good intentions, I can't see them! This is good for me and them!"
When these words came out, Zhao became even more puzzled:
"Husband, what do you mean by this? How can I
Don't you understand what you mean? "
Ye Tie waved his hands and said impatiently:
"Why do you, a woman, ask so much about men's matters?"
"These things have nothing to do with you. Just take care of my house in Yi Jing and take care of my parents and children. This is your business! Don't interfere with the rest!"
Seeing that Ye Tie seemed a little angry, Zhao also assured carefully:
"Husband, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of this home for you!"
Ye Tie nodded when he heard this, and then seemed to remember something and said a little uneasily:
"I'm not at home, so don't bully Xiaocui! I'll take Xiaocui over when I'm settled in Liaoyang..."
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