Chapter 1062 Ye Mingsheng’s order!

After looking at Xu Zhaojie's face for a while, Ye Mingsheng asked the guards to burn the thing, and then scatter it somewhere to dispose of it...

Although it was said that Xu Zhaojie had previously threatened to break into Yijing and chop off his own head to make a wine vessel, Ye Mingsheng did not have this special habit, and for health reasons he was now trying to drink as little as possible!
After dealing with this thing, Ye Mingsheng officially started today's work. Because he accompanied Pei Zhixiu this morning, Ye Mingsheng did not work. At this time, Ye Cheng also put a thick stack of memorials on his desk.

However, there was already a thick stack of memorials on the desk at this time, but Ye Mingsheng did not open them. Instead, he took out several orders that had been prepared long ago from the drawer!

The content of the first order was to arrest the current Youyan Governor Liu Zhengyue. As Cui Shao's deputy when he governed Youyan, after the Fengwu Army reform and Cui Shao was transferred to the central government, Liu Zhengyue naturally became the new Youyan Governor on Cui Shao's recommendation.

After gaining greater power, Liu Zhengyue lost himself. Not only did he form small groups and circles in the Youyan Provincial Government, he also joined forces with several large businesses in Youyan to abuse his power for personal gain and engage in collusion between officials and businessmen!

According to the evidence currently available, Liu Zhengyue has already amassed more than 200,000 taels of silver, including three Yijing mansions, five Yijing shops, and shares in three businesses!
In addition to his property, Liu Zhengyue was also very immoral in his personal ethics. Although he had one wife, two concubines and three women on the surface, he actually had five mistresses, whom he arranged in three courtyards...

These five concubines not only served Liu Zhengyue, but some of them also used their own names to hold Liu Zhengyue's property and assisted Liu Zhengyue in evading the divine investigation.

Others became bridges between Liu Zhengyue and wealthy businessmen, assisting Liu Zhengyue in completing the profit distribution, and some even became Liu Zhengyue's accountants, managing and keeping accounts for Liu Zhengyue.

To be honest, when seeing these descriptions, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but admire Liu Zhengyue for being a capable man who made full use of his mistress.

Huo Sanlao had already collected all the evidence of Liu Zhengyue's crimes, but he did not report it to Ye Mingsheng. The reasons for his doing so were very complicated!

But one of the important reasons is that Liu Zhengyue and Cui Shao are inextricably linked!
Liu Zhengyue is a local official of Youyan. He has been in Youyan officialdom for more than ten years. When Zhao Fuqu was in charge of Youyan, he was a director of Youyan Provincial Government, but he had no real power and had been doing some thankless jobs!
After the Fengwu Army entered the pass, Ye Mingsheng cleaned up the Youyan Provincial Administration and appointed Cui Shao as the Youyan Governor. He handed over all the government affairs of Youyan, big and small, to Cui Shao. Cui Shao admired Liu Zhengyue very much and believed that Liu Zhengyue was familiar with the local situation in Youyan and was also very capable!
So Cui Shao promoted Liu Zhengyue to be a councilor, and a few years later he recommended Liu Zhengyue to Ye Mingsheng as deputy governor, and finally before he was transferred to Sichuan, he recommended Liu Zhengyue to take over his position...

It is precisely because of Liu Zhengyue's experience that he is widely regarded within the Fengwu Army as a member of the Cui faction, and may even be an important assistant to Cui Shao!
At that time, Huo San was actively trying to get close to An Miaoyi, and the relationship between An Miaoyi and Cui Shao was well known to everyone. In addition, Huo San also considered another thing!
That is, was Cui Shao involved in Liu Zhengyue's affairs? Was Cui Shao aware of it?

And once these evidences are reported to Ye Mingsheng, what will Cui Shao think?
Huo San knew that even though he looked like a decent guy in front of others, he knew clearly who the real boss was. If he really angered Cui Shao, then he, Huo San, would have no good days left!

So after thinking it over again and again, Huo San did not report the matter to Ye Mingsheng, but suppressed the matter and treated it as a good trick of his own!
After getting this document from Huo San this time, Ye Mingsheng was also wondering what role Cui Shao played in Liu Zhengyue's affairs!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng also asked the internal security to investigate the matter. The result of the internal security investigation was that although Cui Shao himself had some trivial problems and was not so clean, there was currently no evidence to show that Cui Shao was involved in Liu Zhengyue's affairs!
Although he got such an investigation result, Ye Mingsheng still wanted to test it, so he deliberately did not arrest Liu Zhengyue directly·························

Instead, they first arrested several backbone members of Liu Zhengyue's small group and spread some rumors that were unfavorable to Liu Zhengyue. Liu Zhengyue was indeed as frightened and uneasy as Ye Mingsheng had expected. On the one hand, he organized some people to try to fight back, and on the other hand, he contacted Cui Shao to ask Cui Shao to protect him!
Not only did Cui Shao not protect him, but he asked Liu Zhengyue to surrender voluntarily and confess to the crime, and he would be given leniency!
Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised by this, but he still waited for a while to see if Liu Zhengyue would stab Cui Shao in the back. However, Liu Zhengyue never came up with anything, and Cui Shao remained as steady as a rock, so Ye Mingsheng decided to close the net now!
After signing his name and stamping the order to arrest Liu Zhengyue, Ye Mingsheng picked up the second order.

The content of this second order is to transfer the current Youyan Censor Murong Hui to serve as Anqing Censor!
Although they all seem to be no different from each other, in fact the differences are very huge!
Yi Jing is the ruling core of the Fengwu Army, and Youyan is to some extent under the feet of the emperor. After a series of reforms, Yi Jing has gradually released its development potential. Therefore, as the Censor of Youyan, he will have more opportunities to show himself in front of Ye Mingsheng!

In recent years, Anqing has been a war-torn place, and its economy and people's livelihood are still in the process of recovery. At the same time, it is located in the south, far away from Yijing...

Compared with Youyan in Anqing, even if he made some achievements, Ye Mingsheng would find it difficult to see and feel them!
So from this perspective, being transferred from the Youyan Censor to the Anqing Censor can be said to be exiled in a sense!

Moreover, Murong Hui has always been regarded as a shining political star in the Fengwu Army system, and a strong contender to impact the center!
Therefore, being transferred to Anqing this time was undoubtedly a bigger blow to Murong Hui!

The reason why Ye Mingsheng did this was because neither the Coordination Office nor the Internal Security Bureau found any evidence!

However, Ye Mingsheng knew them well, so he believed that the assassination of Murong Zhengshan was not as simple as it seemed. It was very likely that someone was setting up a trap for An Miaoyi behind the scenes!

Although Ye Mingsheng himself did not like some of An Miaoyi's behaviors, this woman was, after all, his legally married wife, the mistress of the Fengwu Army, and the mother of his son!

Ye Mingsheng himself can punish her and make her realize the mistakes she made, but this does not mean that others can set a trap for her!

So even though there is no evidence, Ye Mingsheng needs to make some response. He wants to make these people pay the price!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng picked up the third and final order. After hesitating for a moment, Ye Mingsheng put the third order back into the drawer of the desk. This order is not the right one yet and he needs to wait for the right opportunity...
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October 15th Jiangnan, Guangshou
Welcomed by thousands of soldiers, Lu Yun, wearing gorgeous armor and riding a tall horse, walked proudly into this small county town in the south of the Yangtze River, surrounded by his subordinates.

Deputy General Feng Chong arrived in Guangshou five days before Lu Yun. Nominally, he came to Guangshou to coordinate the deployment of various troops and to do some preparations for military exercises, but in fact he also had a hidden mission, which was to pave the way for Lu Yun and prepare some food and lodging for him.

"My lord, this is the house prepared for you. It is a courtyard with six small courtyards and twenty-nine rooms. It was originally the residence of Wang Qiang, a wealthy businessman in Guangshou County. But after he knew that you were coming to Guangshou, he took the initiative to contact me to vacate his own courtyard and leave it to you, my lord!"

"Sir, I have already arranged the food. The restaurant Chunyulou in the city has sent two chefs to your house. They can cook traditional and exquisite Jiangnan cuisine, including hot dishes, cold dishes, desserts, and noodles. You can order

Enjoy their cooking!”

"In addition to these, I have also prepared a few beauties for you, sir. Please take a look!"

In the luxurious room, Lu Yun examined the young girls in front of him under Feng Chong’s introduction. Lu Yun’s fiery gaze made the girls lower their heads shyly. Seeing this, Lu Yun also nodded slightly...
At this moment, Feng Chong's voice introduced to Lu Yun:
"The most precious thing about these beauties, sir, is that each of them has never experienced sex and remains a virgin! They are absolutely clean and pure!"

Lu Yun nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Feng Chong, you've worked hard this time. The arrangement is very good. I'm very satisfied!"

In response to Lu Yun's praise, Feng Chong humbly said:
"My Lord, as long as you are satisfied, my humble duty is worth it even if it is hard work!"

After complimenting Lu Yun again, Feng Chong seemed to remember the banknote Wang Qiang had given him as a gift. After hesitating for a moment, he also said to Lu Yun cautiously:
"Sir, Wang Qiang, who gave up this mansion, is a well-known philanthropist in Guangshou County. He has always respected the governor and the general. When he heard that you were coming to Guangshou for a military exercise, he not only took the initiative to give up his mansion, but also said that he wanted to meet you and invite you to dinner!"

Hearing this, Lu Yun waved his hand and said:

"Forget about the dinner. I'm not here to travel in Guangshou. I have military duties to attend to and don't have time to deal with these people!"

Hearing Lu Yun say this, Feng Chong secretly groaned in his heart. The food and lodging he prepared for Lu Yun were actually arranged by Wang Qiang. In addition to the initial payment, Wang Qiang also gave him five hundred taels of silver notes.

The reason why Wang Qiang prepared all these for him was to meet Lu Yun and seek Lu Yun’s protection to expand his own business····························
Otherwise, Wang Qiang is not a shameless person, how could he treat Lu Yun like his father?
Lu Yun was obviously aware of Wang Qiang's little thoughts, but he also knew that times had changed and the Fengwu Army's entry into Jiangnan was a foregone conclusion!

What the Lu family is doing now is just asking for better conditions from the Fengwu Army. In Jiangnan under the leadership of the Fengwu Army, he can no longer do whatever he wants and control the sky with one hand as before!

Just when Feng Chong was hesitating whether to say something good for Wang Qiang, Lu Yun looked at him with a calm gaze!
Feeling Lu Yun's gaze, Feng Chong immediately realized that he should leave, so he bowed and left the room. As he left, he was thinking about what words he should use to fool Wang Qiang, this big enemy!
After Feng Chong left, Lu Yun began to prepare to relieve his fatigue in this gentle place. Compared with the prosperous Lin'an, the capital of Jiangnan, Guangshou was undoubtedly just a remote little village. It took Lu Yun several days to walk from Lin'an to Guangshou. Now that he finally arrived in Guangshou, it was time for him to have a good rest!

Although he was appointed as the person in charge of this military exercise by his uncle Lu Jianchao, to be honest, Lu Yun did not take this military exercise seriously. In his opinion, military exercise, military exercise, the core is still the word "performance", it is to perform a big show in Guangshou for everyone to see·····························

He wanted to put on a great show in Guangshou to please his uncle Lu Jianchao, but he couldn't go too far and provoke the nerves of those crazy people in the Fengwu Army. Lu Yun was still weighing the scale in his mind!

In short, Lu Yun felt that as long as he did not take the initiative to provoke the Fengwu Army, with Ye Mingsheng's order as a talisman, the Fengwu Army would not take the initiative to attack!
Just when Lu Yun was happily indulging in the gentle countryside, one of his personal guards began to knock on the door. Lu Yun, who was interrupted, continued to exercise while saying impatiently:
"What happened?"

The guard said without hesitation:
"Sir, there is an envoy from Sichuan named Huang Tao coming from Lin'an. He said he came to Guangshou to observe the military exercise in the name of the Governor-General!"

Lu Yun was a little surprised to hear the news. He had heard of Huang Tao and had met him once before, but Huang Tao had always been handled by his elder brother Lu Houde.

Apart from this, he had never heard his uncle Lu Jianchao say that he wanted to invite people from Sichuan to watch the military exercise. However, thinking that this might be a temporary order from his uncle Lu Jianchao, Lu Yun did not think too much about it.
(End of this chapter)