Chapter 1048 Ye Mingsheng's Cold Violence

Seven days later, Yijing, Ye Mansion
Su Yi walked quickly into Ye Mingsheng's study, bowed and said:
"I pay my respects to the Marshal..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng shifted his attention from the memorial on the desk to Su Yi. He nodded slightly and asked:

"Anything new?"

Su Yi took out a memorial, handed it to Ye Mingsheng respectfully and said:
"I have discussed with Chief of Staff Zhao Han these days about the cooperation between our Foreign Affairs Bureau and the General Staff Department, and we have come up with a plan!"

"Originally, I and Chief of Staff Zhao came together to report to you, Marshal, but Chief of Staff Zhao has been on sick leave these days, so I will report to you alone!"

Taking the memorial from Su Yi, Ye Mingsheng carefully examined it. After a quick glance, Ye Mingsheng put the memorial down and thought about Su Yi and asked:

"Do you think this Zhu Chen is reliable?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Su Yi nodded seriously and said:

"Although Zhu Chen was promoted after Lu Jianchao took over Jiangnan, he has always been very good at judging the situation!"

“And now the general trend of the world is extremely clear. Zhu Chen was more inclined to our army before, and after the demise of the Zhennan Army, he is now very actively trying to get closer to our army. I think he will provide important help for us to peacefully conquer Jiangnan…”

Seeing Su Yi's confident look, Ye Mingsheng no longer doubted it. After thinking for a while, he asked again:
"Who are you going to send to Huainan to coordinate with the First Army?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Su Yi was not as decisive as before. Instead, she hesitated for a moment before cautiously probing:

"Marshal, do you think I can do it?"

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this and said:
"Su Yi, you are the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau. Do you plan to go to Jiangnan in person?"

Su Yi explained:
"Sir, I have been to Jiangnan many times and I know the situation there very well, so I think if I go, it will speed up the process of peacefully conquering Jiangnan!"

Su Yi paused for a moment, then looked at Ye Mingsheng and spoke with confidence:

"Sir, Zhu Chen and I have had in-depth discussions about the situation in Jiangnan during this period, which gives me great confidence that we can complete the peaceful liberation of Jiangnan within this year!"

Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but nodded slightly. It would be October in a few days, and there were still three months left until the end of this year. Excluding the travel time in between, it meant that Su Yi was confident that he could handle Jiangnan in more than a month. It seemed that Su Yi was quite confident!

After a pause, Ye Mingsheng asked again:
"After you go to Jiangnan, who will stay in Yijing to preside over the daily work of the Foreign Affairs Bureau? And who will continue the negotiations with Sichuan and Shu?"

Su Yi had already thought about Ye Mingsheng's question and was waiting for him to ask it. At this moment, she spoke without any hesitation:
“Zhang Hai, the director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, is very good. He is calm and smart. Sometimes when I went to other places for business, he was in charge of the daily work of the Foreign Affairs Bureau. He did a very good job and was very reassuring…”

"As for the negotiations with Sichuan and Shu, one of the reasons why I went to Jiangnan this time was to avoid the envoys from Sichuan and Shu!"

"Oh? What do you mean by that?" Ye Mingsheng asked with a hint of interest:
Su Yi organized her words and said:

"Song Weikai, the Sichuan envoy, has been asking about my progress and your opinions. He has been coming to me time and again these past few days, which has annoyed me. So this trip to Jiangnan can be considered as a quiet escape!"

Hearing Su Yi say this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help laughing. After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said:

"Well, we need to talk directly with Lu Jianchao when we go to Jiangnan. If your Foreign Affairs Bureau sends someone else, his rank will not be high enough. Then Lu Jianchao might think we look down on him. If you go, Su Yi, it will show how much our Fengwu Army values ​​him!"

"Our bottom line has not changed. That is, the Lu family must move out of Jiangnan and hand over the command of the army. However, the Lu family can retain some of their assets in Jiangnan!"

"Su Yi, you can do whatever you want above the bottom line. You can make some appropriate concessions and compromises on some non-essential matters!"

"Thank you for your trust, Marshal! I will definitely live up to my mission during this trip to Jiangnan!"

Although he said thank you, Su Yi was very serious in his heart. He was still cautious about the power given by Ye Mingsheng. After all, the final right of interpretation of the word "appropriate" did not lie with him, but with Ye Mingsheng··································
He thinks it is appropriate or not is not important, what is important is that Ye Mingsheng thinks it is appropriate!
After discussing some details, Ye Mingsheng thought Su Yi was about to leave, but he didn't expect Su Yi to still be standing there. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng asked again:
"Do you have anything else to do?"

Su Yi nodded and told Ye Mingsheng everything:

"Marshal Gao Shen sent me a letter, hoping that I can persuade you to give him more time. He is now working hard to complete the task you assigned to him!"

Hearing Su Yi mention Gao Shen, Ye Mingsheng looked at him with interest, and then continued:

"So Su Yi, are you going to plead for Gao Shen?"

Ye Mingsheng was fully aware of the open and secret struggles between Gao Shen and Su Yi in the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and this was what he intended!
The reason why Gao Shen was promoted in the first place was that, on the one hand, Ye Mingsheng felt that he was a useful person and was very capable of completing tasks well if they were given to him; on the other hand, Ye Mingsheng wanted to give Su Yi some sense of crisis so that he would not be too lazy in his work at the Foreign Affairs Bureau!
After Gao Shen was promoted, things were pretty much as Ye Mingsheng had imagined. Although Gao Shen and Su Yi had some open and covert struggles over power, overall the competition between the two was positive and healthy, and there was no bad situation of tripping each other up... So seeing that the effect was good, Ye Mingsheng did not change the situation and let the Foreign Affairs Bureau continue to maintain this status quo!

In fact, a few days ago, Gao Shen also sent Ye Mingsheng a memorial requesting an extension of his return to Yijing to report on his work. Naturally, Ye Mingsheng understood Gao Shen's little thoughts at a glance!

But to be honest, Ye Mingsheng has not yet decided whether to agree to Gao Shen’s request!

Despite the previous alliance incident, Ye Mingsheng basically thought that Gao Shen’s work on grassland affairs was still acceptable!
As for Gao Shen's bribery, Ye Mingsheng actually knew about it. Considering the dangerous and special nature of Gao Shen's job, as long as Gao Shen didn't go too far, Ye Mingsheng would pretend not to know. After all, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes you just have to be a little confused!

But pretending not to know does not mean that Ye Mingsheng can ignore Gao Shen’s bribery. There is a big difference between the two!
If you act secretly and hide it from others, Ye Mingsheng will not bother to care about you. But if someone exposes it, Ye Mingsheng will not turn a blind eye. After all, corruption is a red line that cannot be crossed in the Fengwu Army!

So actually this time Gao Shen was asked to come back to report on his work, even though the report and investigation had not yet begun, but Ye Mingsheng had already decided Gao Shen's ending in his mind!

Because Gao Shen had not been greedy for a lot in these years, and considering that he had been serving the Fengwu Army all these years, living in the open air on the grassland for the cause of the Fengwu Army...
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng was not planning to take his life, but he could escape the death penalty, so he must first recover the stolen money, and then dismiss Gao Shen from his post and demote him to a commoner!

Ye Mingsheng thought that he had done enough to do justice to Gao Shen, but he didn't expect that this guy still wanted to make amends. What surprised Ye Mingsheng even more was that Su Yi took the initiative to mention this matter to him today!

Facing Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Su Yi said in a deep voice:
"I am not going to plead for the High Commissioner, but there is some truth in my request for the High Commissioner!"

After saying this, Su Yi felt very uneasy because she didn't know what Ye Mingsheng was thinking, and she quietly observed Ye Mingsheng's expression.

At this time, Ye Mingsheng had a blank expression on his face. He waved his hand to signal Su Yi to continue.

"The Marshal's grassland affairs have always been in the charge of the High Commissioner. The High Commissioner is very knowledgeable about grassland affairs and is very good at dealing with the grassland tribes. He has maintained good and smooth communication channels with various people on the grassland. In this respect, no one in the entire Foreign Affairs Bureau can surpass him!"

"Therefore, if we let Commissioner Gao return to Yijing to report on his work now, things on the grassland will inevitably be affected, and may even stagnate!"

"So in order to successfully complete the task assigned by you, Marshal, you can consider asking Commissioner Gao to postpone his return to Yijing to report on his work..."

At the end, Su Yi hesitated for a moment, but thinking of the conflicts he had with Gao Shen in the past, he gritted his teeth and added:
"Commissioner Gao is an old subordinate of yours, Marshal. I also believe in Commissioner Gao's loyalty to the Fengwu Army and to you, Marshal!"

Ye Mingsheng was originally very pleased with Su Yi's speech just now. He felt that it was very rare for Su Yi to consider the overall situation this time. He even began to consider whether he could remove the word "deputy" from his position and make him the real head of the Foreign Affairs Bureau if Su Yi succeeded in this matter in Jiangnan!

But his last addition made Ye Mingsheng very disappointed. At first glance, this sentence seemed to be fine, but combined with his admiration for Gao Shen's connections in the grassland at the beginning, it made people feel like he was reminding himself that Gao Shen's refusal to return to Yijing to report on his work immediately might be a sign of defection!

Ye Mingsheng really doesn't like Su Yi's clever little actions, which is one of the reasons why Ye Mingsheng has been reluctant to make him his regular employee!
Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was silent for a long time, Su Yi realized that he might have said something wrong. Just when he was upset and was about to say something to make amends for himself, Ye Mingsheng looked at him coldly and waved to him to indicate that he could leave!

Su Yi regretted more and more that he should not have said that last sentence, but things had come to this point and there was no way to change it. He could only bow his head in regret and retreat from Ye Mingsheng’s study...

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Just when Ye Mingsheng and Su Yi were discussing things in the study, An Miaoyi also brought Jingren to Ye Cui's courtyard.

"Mom, Jingren and I are here!"

"Grandson Jingren, pays respects to grandma!"

As soon as he saw Ye Cui, Jingren immediately came over to her. Seeing her favorite eldest grandson, Ye Cui was very happy. She immediately helped Jingren up and asked about his recent situation with concern!

Although Ye Cui now has four grandsons, Jingren, Jingxuan, Jingcheng and Jingheng, perhaps because of love for the people in her family, Ye Cui particularly favors Jingren, the eldest grandson, and is relatively cold to Jingxuan, Jingcheng and Jingheng!
In fact, there were some rumors in the mansion that the old lady was partial to her. Jingren was her only grandson, and the other three were picked up from somewhere by the old lady. It was said that a certain lady cried several times in private because of this matter!

The grandparents and grandchildren were close to each other for a while before Jingren sat aside and concentrated on eating the cakes that Ye Cui had specially prepared for him. An Miaoyi finally had the chance to chat with Ye Cui for a while!

Looking at An Miaoyi's slightly haggard face, Ye Cui felt a little distressed. After all, in addition to being her daughter-in-law, An Miaoyi was also her niece. With this relationship, she couldn't help but have some special preference for An Miaoyi!

After hesitating for a while, Ye Cui asked An Miaoyi:

"Miaoyi, has Mingsheng been to your place since he came back from Luoan this time?"

Hearing what Ye Cui said, An Miaoyi's eyes became sore and she felt aggrieved. She said nothing but just shook her head!
Seeing this, Ye Cui couldn't help but sigh and said with pity:
"It's hard for you, kid!"

After these words were spoken, An Miaoyi could no longer hold back, and two lines of tears rolled down her face. In the past, Ye Mingsheng had led troops into battle many times!

But every time Ye Mingsheng returned triumphantly, he would come to see her on the first night back home, in order to show off her honor as the eldest lady, but this time was an exception!
Not only did Ye Mingsheng not come to see her on the first night, he also hadn't come to see her for a month since he returned home, and he hadn't even spoken a word to her!
Because of this incident, a lot of rumors have been circulating in the mansion, and this kind of cold violence has tortured An Miaoyi so much that she is in great pain. She has so many grievances in her heart that she wants to tell Ye Mingsheng!
She would rather Ye Mingsheng beat her and scold him than torture her in this way...

(End of this chapter)