Chapter 58 Ye Wang
Chang'an Fort is still dozens of miles southeast of Shenyang. He Xi never expected to see Ye Wang here.
Judging from his appearance, Ye Wang can be considered a veteran. The steel helmet cannot block the gray hair. His face was full of wrinkles, as if they had been cut with a knife. But when he saw He Xi at this moment, he prostrated himself from a distance and said: "I am the minister of the Governor's Mansion of Zuo, and the commander of Liaodong Province. Ye Wang pays homage to your consort." After saying this, he bowed respectfully and knelt down in the dust.
Wen Tianxiang once said that bowing in the south is kneeling in the north.
The people of Song Dynasty bowed to each other and knelt down in Northern Dynasties.
Entering the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made great efforts to restore the Han ritual. Due to the influence of the Yuan Dynasty, the kneeling ritual was not abolished. But that is a courtesy that only occurs when the status of the two parties is very different. For example, a small official, the common people see the emperor. Or a first-grade official. However, in officialdom, if the difference is more than three grades, people can kneel down.
Even further back, this etiquette becomes looser.
It even got to the point where I didn’t kneel down on important occasions.
Of course, that's a story later.
Now, although Ye Wang is a marginalized person in politics. But the qualifications for the position are not low at all. Counting them together, even the oldest batch. He has many titles on his body, so even if he meets some generals who have knighted him, Ye Wang may not need to kneel down.
It's just that the environment will change people.
More than 20 years ago, Xie Zaixing rebelled. This is doomed to Ma Yunye's current situation. Over the next twenty years, Zhu Yuanzhang's group developed rapidly. From the king of Wu to the emperor, the people in the entire group were promoted and made rich. Even Ye Wang, from a thousand households in the past to the current Liaodong, commanded envoys. . Guard Liaodong.
However, he felt uncomfortable.
After all, how many soldiers did Zhu Yuanzhang have back then? He and Ma Yun both had thousands of households, so they could only visit Zhu Yuanzhang directly. Zhu Yuanzhang was only a few dozen people in the city at that time. There are no more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. They have thousands in their hands, nearly one-twentieth.
The Ming Dynasty had more than 300 garrison stations and millions of troops. He can only stay in Liaodong.
He has been in Liaodong for a short period of time, and every time he adds some vanity at most, don't think about promotion or anything like that.
Under such circumstances, a marginalized person for twenty years. Ye Wang's temper has long since softened. Now, not only for myself, but also for the descendants of the Ye family, it doesn't matter if my knees are weak.
It's just that He Xi didn't adapt to it.
He Xi has seen many founding generals, some of them arrogant. Some are calm, some are deep, and some are frivolous. But they all have a sense of arrogance. After all, he fights life and death. He is not a victorious general, but he has never lost a few battles. It's not that they are very powerful, but the entire battlefield situation in the founding of the Ming Dynasty did not have many defeats.
Is this because of their own abilities or because of their luck? The benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise see wisdom. They themselves must attribute the cause to themselves. I feel like I typed it myself.
With this victorious spirit on the battlefield, no one will think low of themselves. This is what the so-called arrogant and powerful generals are like.
Like Ye Wang. But it is rare, but there are many local officials like this.
This was also the current situation during the Hongwu period. Wu is noble but literature is light.
He Xi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Ye, why are you killing this junior?"
Ye Wang said: "I don't dare. The prince-in-law came with the holy edict, that is the angel. The general dare not be disrespectful and dare to ask the prince-son-in-law, how about the holy bow?"
He Xi could only whisper softly, "Blessings, Holy Gong."
Ye Wang turned to the south and kowtowed, and said, "I haven't seen your Majesty for twelve years, and I would like to wish you His Majesty's blessing."
He Xi sighed secretly in his heart, and then he realized how important Zhu Yuanzhang's love for him was. A founding veteran, placed in Liaodong for the twelfth year. And he and Zhu Yuanzhang have been corresponding and keeping in touch. This is simply the envy of countless people.
He Xi and Ye Wang exchanged a few pleasantries, and then Ye Wang said, "How about your dog serving you?"
He Xi was stunned and said: "Master Ye, who is your son?"
Ye Wang said: "My useless person is Ye Chen."
He Xi turned his head and looked at Ye Baihu beside him. It was the hundreds of Liaodong households who were urgently transferred to him in Lushun to protect him.
Ye Chen felt He Xi's gaze and immediately stood up to salute. Indifferent and silent.
He Xi said: "It turns out that the tiger father has no dog son."
He Xi also guessed some of Ye Wang's thoughts. When He Xi arrived suddenly, Ye Wang had many worries, safety being one of them. However, for a while, whether he was caught up in official rules or laws, it was impossible to mobilize more people. So Ye Wang made a clever arrangement and sent his son to guard He Xi.
To put it mildly, it was to show loyalty and let He Xi know her feelings. You can also put it in a bad light, if something really goes wrong with He Xi. His son is considered a proton. Burial. I think if it were passed on to the top, it would be dealt with lightly.
Ye Wang said: "My lord, you have had a hard time traveling all the way. I have prepared a banquet to welcome you today. How about we go to Shenyang tomorrow?"
He Xi said: "Okay."
He Xi came here, although it was for inspection. But firstly, they don’t check the accounts, and secondly, they don’t check the people. Therefore, He Xi pretended not to see anything fishy in Liaodong. After all, despite Zhu Yuanzhang's high-pressure anti-corruption campaign, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was only clean on the surface. But in fact, there are still many places where sunlight cannot penetrate.
this is the truth.
Although the Guo Huan case broke out early, the scale of the Guo Huan case was relatively small. From nationwide cases. Almost all the chief ministers were involved. It turned into a Jiangnan nest case, involving Zhejiang, Jiangnan, South Zhili and many other places. After all, the scale is much smaller.
But He Xi still felt that if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to investigate another case of the same magnitude. The Ming Dynasty definitely still has it.
But He Xi is not here to fight corruption. He came here to ask Ye Wang for help with many things, so he had to be polite. Besides, Ye Wang's posture was so low, and he didn't even raise his hand to hit the smiling person.
He Xi and Ye Wang were so happy that they stopped talking.
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He Xi wet her face with cold water to sober herself up and let the alcohol smell dissipate. He Xi then threw the towel into the copper basin and said, "Mr. Yao, what kind of person do you think Ye Wang is?"
Yao Guangxiao said; "Before I came here, I read the resume of General Ye. He has senior qualifications and comes from thousands of families in the spear army. He has been in battle for a long time and is a good soldier. He has no obvious defeats. In the more than ten years since I came to Liaodong, my footsteps have changed. I have traveled to every place in Liaodong. Many cities were selected and built by the old general."
"You may not know what Liaodong was like more than ten years ago. About twenty years ago, the East Route Red Scarf Army advanced into Liaodong, swept across the Tatar Liaoyang Province, and invaded Goryeo. It was finally defeated. But the Yuan Dynasty and the Unable to rebuild the system in Liaodong, the military and political affairs in Liaodong fell into the hands of several local tyrants. Among them, Li Yi surrendered to the imperial court. Xuan was killed by slaves of the Gao family. Two generals, Ma and Ye, landed at Lushunkou. Under the pressure of the remaining Yuan and Goryeo, Next. To pacify Liaodong and calm the army and the people. Absolutely capable in terms of ability. Both military and political."
"It's just that I think General Ye is too flattering today."
"Generals in the army, there are people like this. But General Ye should not be like this."
"unless------"
He Xi said; "Unless what?"
Yao Guangxiao said: "Old General Ye wants to beg you, sir. He wants to join your disciples."
He Xi was stunned, leaning back on the chair and closing his eyes to rest.
He was thinking about this question, that is, whether to accept Ye Wang's surrender or not.
Accepting it will naturally have great benefits.
Today, it has been decided that the real say is in the military, the barrel of a gun. He Xi even felt that the current Ming Dynasty was an alliance of warlords disguised as the imperial court. This is actually the conflict between Zhu Yuanzhang and Huaixi. Huaixi nobles, are they shareholders or employees of this world?
Shareholders receive dividends, but employees only receive bonuses.
Dividend or bonus?
This is where the differences between the two sides lie.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit or acquiesce to some privileges of nobles because of the military power in their hands.
Similarly, He Xi now relies on Zhu Yuanzhang. It seems that military power is not needed. But without military power, He Xi is destined to have no initiative in many things. But with military power, it means that we will enter a more brutal battlefield.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang treated nobles so cruelly was because they had military power.
He Xi has his own military power, what does it look like?
