Chapter 1071 Get another daughter!
November 1, Yijing, Ye Mansion

In the early morning when the sun was rising, a clear baby cry was heard in Pei Zhixiu's courtyard. Upon hearing this sound, Ye Mingsheng, who was pacing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face...

Then a midwife came out of the room and announced the good news to Ye Mingsheng with a smile on her face:

"Congratulations, Marshal. Congratulations, Marshal. Mother and daughter are safe and sound and a daughter is born!"

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the words "mother and daughter are safe". Pei Zhixiu gave birth thirteen days later than the expected date of delivery. The medical school said that the situation was a bit abnormal and asked Ye Mingsheng to be prepared.

On the one hand, Ye Mingsheng could only ask Medical Yue to do his best to protect the safety of Pei Zhixiu and the baby in her belly, and on the other hand, he could only pray secretly in his heart.

Ye Mingsheng had been worried when he heard Pei Zhixiu's cry outside the house just now. Now he heard the news that mother and daughter were safe, he finally felt relieved. Compared with the safety of mother and daughter, Ye Mingsheng didn't care whether Pei Zhixiu gave birth to a boy or a girl.

Half an incense stick later, Ye Mingsheng entered the delivery room and saw Pei Zhixiu, who looked tired. Next to Pei Zhixiu was a cradle, and inside the cradle lay a newborn baby!

This little guy has been making a lot of noise since he was born. He cried for half an incense stick of time. Now he has finally calmed down and fallen asleep.

Seeing Ye Mingsheng coming, a bright smile appeared on Pei Zhixiu's face. Ye Mingsheng immediately walked over and sat beside the bed.

Nestled in Ye Mingsheng's arms, Pei Zhixiu said with a little fear:

"This time, I was in so much pain that I will never give birth again!"

Gently stroking Pei Zhixiu's back, Ye Mingsheng smiled and followed her words:
"Okay! This is the last time. I will be more careful next time!"

Pei Zhixiu told him the same thing when she gave birth to Jingxuan, but when she was pregnant this time, she was still very surprised and looked forward to the arrival of this little life!
After talking for a while, Pei Zhixiu seemed to remember something, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke to Ye Mingsheng.

"My dear, can I choose the name for my daughter?"

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't think much about it and nodded and said:
"Of course, but Jisoo, what do you want to name your daughter?"

Pei Zhixiu shook his head and said:

"I haven't thought about it yet!"

After saying this, Pei Zhixiu said angrily:

"Anyway, I don't want you to give your daughter the name of your old lover!"

Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng was a little upset. He didn't expect that Pei Zhixiu still remembered it after such a long time!

And it seems that Bai Yuanyuan, Murong Qingwu and Pei Zhixiu, the three who gave birth to daughters, all care very much about this matter. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn’t help but feel a little apologetic towards Bai Yuanyuan····························

Seeing Pei Zhixiu looking tired, Ye Mingsheng knew that she needed to rest after giving birth, so he said some intimate words between husband and wife. Ye Mingsheng asked Pei Zhixiu to have a good rest in the room, and then left the room without disturbing Pei Zhixiu.

Ye Mingsheng left Pei Zhixiu's yard. When he thought that Pei Zhixiu and his daughter were safe and sound, he felt very good. In the past few days, because of government affairs and Pei Zhixiu's late birth, he had not been able to eat or sleep well. Now, the haze in his heart was swept away!

Originally, he should go back to work at this time, but Ye Mingsheng, who was in a good mood, did not want to sit in the study and let those complicated government affairs disturb his current interest!

After thinking for a while, Ye Mingsheng suddenly realized that he had not been to Bai Yuanyuan for more than 20 days, and he had not seen Jing Heng and Xing Tong, the brother and sister, for a long time!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but feel a little apologetic. As a superior, he was too busy with official duties and could not spare much time for his family and children!
He has quite a few children, and although Ye Mingsheng wants to treat them all equally as much as possible, unfortunately, it is difficult for Ye Mingsheng to be impartial!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also walked towards Bai Yuanyuan's villa, wanting to make up as much as possible to Jingheng and Xingtong, the brother and sister...

However, just as Ye Mingsheng took a few steps, someone reported to him:

"Marshal, there is an emergency situation reported from Jiangnan. Lord Ye Cheng asks you to check it out as soon as possible!" Ye Mingsheng felt confused when he heard the news. In his imagination, he was already planning to attack Jiangnan step by step. What kind of emergency could there be in Jiangnan at this time?
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Mingsheng decided to put military affairs first and walked towards the study to deal with this emergency. However, before leaving, Ye Mingsheng asked the maid to inform Bai Yuanyuan that he would go to her place to rest tonight and asked her to make some preparations.
After a cup of tea, Ye Mingsheng came to the door of the study. Ye Cheng, who had been waiting outside the study, immediately opened the door of the study for Ye Mingsheng and handed a secret letter to Ye Mingsheng.

Sitting on the chair, Ye Mingsheng opened the secret letter and quickly read it. After a while, Ye Mingsheng became a little surprised and doubtful after reading the content of the letter.

The letter was sent to Ye Mingsheng by the Internal Security Bureau. There were two pieces of news in the letter, one good news and one bad news!

The good news is that because the Jiangnan Army's gunpowder depot in Guangshou was blown up, Lu Yun led his troops into Xuancheng, where they were ambushed by Tang Kai's troops of the Sixth Division. Tang Kai also took advantage of the situation and led his troops into Jiangnan, and has now reached Lin'an. He Jingyun has ordered the Fourth Army to follow suit and enter Jiangnan.

Under the military attack of the Fengwu Army, Lu Jianchao was forced to accept the conditions of the Fengwu Army, and sent his eldest son Lu Houde to negotiate with the Fengwu Army.
Therefore, although Lu Jianchao had not yet opened the city gate of Lin'an when the Internal Guard wrote this message to Ye Mingsheng, it was almost time for this step to happen.

Even the internal guards were very optimistic and believed that by the time this secret letter reached Ye Mingsheng's hands after a journey of more than a thousand miles, Lu Jianchao would have succumbed to the intimidation of the Fengwu Army and opened the gates of Lin'an, and the Fengwu Army would have taken over Jiangnan in its entirety!

The bad news is that the internal security spies stationed in the First Army discovered that the First Army's staff officer Hu Can and the Sixth Division's general had conspired to deliberately provoke a war and launch a war against Jiangnan. For this reason, the two of them also wanted to recruit He Jingyun into their group!

The content of the conversation between Hu Can, Tang Kai and He Jingyun is currently unknown, but what is certain is that after this conversation, Tang Kai and his Sixth Division were transferred by He Jingyun to Xuancheng to confront the Jiangnan Army. On the second day of the confrontation between the two sides, an explosion occurred in the Jiangnan Army's gunpowder depot in Guangshou!

After Tang Kai ambushed Lu Yun's troops and won a great victory, he insisted on attacking Jiangnan and continued to advance towards Lin'an without getting any orders from He Jingyun.

Tang Kai's unauthorized action was not punished by his direct superior He Jingyun. On the contrary, he received He Jingyun's full support. He Jingyun ordered Zhang Meng's troops of the Fourth Army to rush into Jiangnan to support Tang Kai's troops.

Therefore, the Internal Security Bureau believed that they had reason to suspect that this was a premeditated action·························
Although there is no definite evidence to prove it, Tang Kai and Hu Can caused the explosion of the Jiangnan Army's gunpowder depot in Guangshou City, angering the Jiangnan Army and deliberately provoking a war between the two sides.

But because Tang Kai and Hu Can did conspire to start a war, we cannot rule out the possibility that the gunpowder depot in Guangshou City was blown up by these two people!
At the same time, the internal security department believes that He Jingyun played a key role in this. He may not be the one who planned all this, but he may have acquiesced to Tang Kai and Hu Can's plan, and hinted to Tang Kai and Hu Can in some way that he supported their plan.

At the end of the letter, the Internal Security Bureau also told Ye Mingsheng that they would continue to investigate the truth of the matter and collect more evidence to get to the bottom of the matter!

After reading the secret letter from the inner guard, Ye Mingsheng leaned back in his chair and began to think.

In order not to affect the economy of Jiangnan, Ye Mingsheng always restrained the military from taking any action without authorization, and wanted to take over Jiangnan in the most peaceful way possible!

But Ye Mingsheng is very clear that this world does not revolve around his will, and this world is not a place where he, Ye Mingsheng, can do whatever he wants!
So sometimes he can only do his best and leave the rest to fate!
Although something happened that Ye Mingsheng didn't want to see, which led to war on the land of Jiangnan, fortunately, looking at the current situation, it seems to be a quick blitzkrieg!
And Lu Jianchao was not a tenacious enemy. He did not have the courage and determination to fight the Fengwu Army to the end. This was a blessing in disguise...
If Lu Jianchao was like Xu Zhaojie, he would rather let Jiangnan become a scorched earth filled with blood and tears, leaving countless people displaced, than fight with him to the end!
That would make Ye Mingsheng extremely sad, and even make him want to cry without tears!
Ye Mingsheng needs the silver from Jiangnan to provide financial support for the reforms he is leading. He needs Jiangnan's developed manufacturing industry to lead the industrial revolution for Da Zhou and build a powerful navy capable of conquering overseas. He needs Jiangnan's developed foreign trade to start Da Zhou's external expansion and overseas colonization!
It is no exaggeration to say that a Jiangnan region with a prosperous economy, developed manufacturing industry and foreign trade is an important part of Ye Mingsheng's creation of a great and prosperous era where people from all over the world come to congratulate him and all nations come to pay tribute!
So Ye Mingsheng would rather go slower than let Jiangnan suffer unnecessary destruction and harm!

Although Jiangnan is now experiencing a war, I think because Lu Jianchao did not resist to the death, the war will last for a short time, and the impact on the local people and the economy will not be too great!

So from this point of view, Ye Mingsheng is still willing to affirm and commend the achievements made by He Jingyun, Tang Kai and others····························

However, what the internal security reported later aroused Ye Mingsheng's high vigilance!
As a general who rose to power through force, Ye Mingsheng was well aware of the importance of power coming from the barrel of a gun, so even though he sometimes handed over some government affairs to Cui Shao and Gu Sansi to let them share his burden,
However, when it comes to military issues, Ye Mingsheng doesn't say that he personally handles everything, but he never dares to delegate some major issues to others!

This also means that Zhao Han, the Chief of the General Staff, is nominally the second-in-command of the Fengwu Army, but in reality he is just a person who gives Ye Mingsheng advice and suggestions, and is responsible for the daily chores of the military!
The high-ranking generals of the Fengwu Army were well aware of this, so powerful generals like Yuan Song, He Jingyun, and Guo Zhiping, although they were polite to Zhao Han on the surface and their etiquette was impeccable, they actually did not take Zhao Han too seriously in their hearts!

Ye Mingsheng was also very clear about this, but he never tried to change it and help Zhao Han establish his prestige in the military as the Chief of General Staff!

The purpose of Ye Mingsheng doing this is to ensure his absolute control over the Fengwu Army, to ensure that his orders will not be disobeyed in the army and will be executed 100% without any discount!
In the secret letter reported by the Internal Security Bureau today, although they stated that they had no evidence to show that He Jingyun, Tang Kai, and Hu Can had indeed planned and executed the attack on Jiangnan, the three of them were just suspected of this...

But for Ye Mingsheng, he still had a premonition of danger!

You must know that he gave an order, requiring He Jingyun's troops to restrain themselves and not to move without his order!
Although He Jingyun and Tang Kai could argue that it was the Jiangnan army that launched the attack first and they had to fight back, after fighting, they did not stop their actions but chose to attack Jiangnan!

From a purely military perspective, Ye Mingsheng agreed with their ideas. This might be the best choice at the time and the best opportunity to capture Jiangnan!

But from a political point of view, there is no doubt that they violated his order not to move without permission, which made Ye Mingsheng feel like a general in a foreign country and his orders were not obeyed!
If you are talking about the command during the battle, you feel that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the Marshal is far away in Yijing and doesn't understand the battlefield situation, so you decided to temporarily change the combat deployment. As long as you win, Ye Mingsheng will not say anything!
But taking the initiative to attack Jiangnan is the decision-making power to start a war, and the two are completely different concepts!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and made a decision in his heart. As a military agency, the army can only adhere to their own will and ideas. Any possibility that is out of their control, even if it is just a hint, must be nipped in the bud...
(End of this chapter)