Chapter 1151 Untitled!

After sending Zhang Juning's budget report back to him for redoing, Ye Mingsheng opened the memorial that Wang He sent him from Dongdao.

Previously, after in-depth communication and discussion with Su Yi, Wang Xuecheng and others, in order to better influence the situation on Dongdao Island and integrate Da Zhou’s intelligence resources on Dongdao Island, Ye Mingsheng also gave Wang He the status of Senior Commissioner of Dongdao Affairs of the Foreign Affairs Department. At the same time, he also let Wang He be fully responsible for the intelligence work of the Coordination Office on Dongdao Island...

In this way, Wang He alone can integrate the intelligence resources of the two departments, the Coordination Office and the Foreign Affairs Department, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, and at the same time be able to act more freely!
Wang He, who was given such great power, did not disappoint Ye Mingsheng. By constantly fanning the flames and instigating, he finally caused the outbreak of the civil war in Dongdao!

With the support of the Fengmu Army's firearms, the Hojo and Watanabe families fought back and forth with the shogunate, which not only intensified the internal conflicts in Higashima Island but also consumed the comprehensive national strength of Higashima Island!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng was also satisfied with Wang He's work. He felt that the thousands of muskets and other expenses donated were not wasted and had achieved the expected value.

Now seeing Wang He's report to him again, Ye Mingsheng was also looking forward to Wang He bringing him some good news in the report.

Ye Mingsheng slowly frowned as he carefully read the contents of the memorial. In this memorial, Wang He introduced to Ye Mingsheng in detail the current evolution of the battle situation in Dongdao and the current situation of the Bangtao Battle!

Wang He told Ye Mingsheng that the shogunate army has gradually gained the upper hand in the Battle of Bangtao. Although Hojo Kawa has tried many ways, he has not been able to change the situation. The intervention of Da Zhou is now Hojo Kawa's last hope!

For this reason, Beijo Chuan presented Ye Mingsheng with two boxes of gold, silver and jewelry totaling 131 items, hoping to obtain more military aid from the Fengwu Army, or even direct military intervention.

At the end of the memorial, Wang He also expressed his own opinion to Ye Mingsheng. He believed that although the battle between the coalition forces of the Hojo family and the Watanabe family and the shogunate army was very fierce, the scope of the battle affected half of the East Island and affected the production and life of millions of East Island people. The two sides had a total of nearly 100,000 casualties, which seriously damaged the national strength of East Island!

However, once the Hojo family and the Watanabe family are defeated by the shogunate, the prestige of the Tojima shogunate will be greatly enhanced, the internal centripetal force will also be greatly strengthened, and some other daimyo will inevitably move closer to the shogunate. This will be detrimental to the future Da Zhou's attack on Tojima!

Therefore, Wang He suggested that Ye Mingsheng could consider increasing military aid to Higashima Island to ensure that the Hojo family and the Watanabe family would not be eliminated in a short period of time, allowing the civil war in Higashima Island to continue burning!

Ye Mingsheng agreed with Wang He's suggestion in principle. After all, the Great Zhou had just been unified, and the primary task was to develop the economy while maintaining stability and ensure the improvement of comprehensive national strength. Apart from interfering in the grassland situation, Ye Mingsheng was not prepared to launch large-scale foreign military operations within the next three to five years!
Therefore, it is still necessary to continue the internal war in Dongdao. Anyway, there are still a lot of second-hand firearms eliminated by the Fengwu Army. These things take up space in the warehouse. In this case, it is better to send them to Dongdao and let these bastards in Dongdao fight each other...

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng simply waved his hand and approved five thousand muskets of various types, one hundred tiger squat cannons, and some other miscellaneous equipment. He had only one requirement for Wang He regarding the use of these firearms, and that was to use these firearms to make the people of Dongdao bleed to the last drop of blood!

After dealing with these East Island matters, Ye Mingsheng opened Su Yi's memorial and checked the negotiation progress between Su Yi and Ibugel.

Just as Ye Mingsheng and An Miaoyi said that night, the world is now unified, and there is no one else on the land of the Great Zhou who dares to openly resist him, so the biggest obstacle to becoming emperor has disappeared. In fact, if Ye Mingsheng is willing, he can openly become emperor now!

However, Ye Mingsheng's inherent idealism makes him like to pursue perfection at times, so compared to hastily declaring himself emperor now, Ye Mingsheng prefers to lay the groundwork to make everything more legitimate!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng’s current idea is to start proclaiming himself emperor after returning from the southern tour. And before the southern tour, the last major thing Ye Mingsheng has to do in Yijing is to accept Ibugel’s tribute as the Great Khan of Luobi!
Under Ye Mingsheng's important instructions, Su Yi and Gao Shen, who were responsible for the negotiations with Luo Bi, also had clear goals, and the progress of the negotiations with Luo Bi was greatly accelerated!
Originally, Ibugel hoped that after the Fengwu Army helped him eliminate Jamukha, he would go to Yijing to pay tribute to the Great Zhou. However, at the request of Ye Mingsheng, he had to make a compromise. He first came to Yijing to pay tribute, and then the Yijing court would send troops to help him eliminate Jamukha.··························

In return, Su Yi and Gao Shen, on behalf of Ye Mingsheng, promised to reward Ibugele with 10,000 tea bricks, 50,000 pieces of cloth, and 3,000 pieces of ceramics.

At the same time, they would give Ibugele one thousand rolls of silk, more than two hundred pieces of gold and silver jewelry, and one hundred thousand taels of silver, so that Ibugele could take these achievements back to Robe and distribute them to Robe nobles, thus weakening the resistance within Robe to submitting to the Great Zhou!
The actual benefit that Robi's surrender brought to Da Zhou was that Ibugele agreed to fully open Robi's market to Da Zhou, and some coal mines on the grassland could also be handed over to Da Zhou for development. This meant that Da Zhou could continuously obtain strategic resources such as war horses and coal from Robi!
At the same time, according to Ye Mingsheng's request, Su Yi and Gao Shen also reached an agreement with Ibugel that in the future, children of Robe nobles will be sent to Yijing to study, so as to expand the cultural exchanges between the two sides!
Looking at the negotiation draft jointly submitted by Su Yi and Gao Shen, although Ye Mingsheng felt a little painful about giving Ibugele so much money, he also understood that this was Ibugele's core demand!

Ibugel's prestige among the Robe tribes was not very high, and his position as the Great Khan was not particularly stable. Therefore, after paying tribute, if he could not get any benefits to shut everyone up, then he, the Great Khan, would most likely be stabbed to death by the angry Robe people!
Therefore, for the sake of his own life, Ibugele must take some benefits from me····························
Although he felt painful about giving these riches to Ibugele, Ye Mingsheng still felt that this deal was very worthwhile when he thought about getting his hands on the resources on the grassland!
So after much deliberation, Ye Mingsheng approved the negotiation draft proposed by Su Yi and Gao Shen. With Ye Mingsheng's approval, the negotiations between the two parties were basically over, and Ye Mingsheng could also start considering who to send to the grassland to wipe out Jamukha's troops!

According to the negotiation draft of both parties, after Ibugele represents Luo Bi in Yijing to pledge allegiance to the Great Zhou, the Fengwu Army will send troops to go north with him to deal with Jamukha!

Although Jamukha's troops were badly damaged after fleeing north to the desert, some intelligence shows that Jamukha currently has at least 15,000 troops under his command, and his strength is still increasing. Otherwise, it would be impossible to force Ibugele to the point where he needs to ask for help from the Yijing court!
Although Ibugel can provide some logistical guarantees for the Yijing court, the court's financial situation is not sufficient to support a large number of troops to go north to attack Jamukha. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng's idea now is to send 30,000 to 40,000 troops to help Ibugel eliminate Jamukha!
As for the specific general, Ye Mingsheng prefers Xun Ke, the commander of the Third Army. Although Xun Ke is not very brave, he is a famous wise general in the Fengwu Army. In the past battles, big and small, he has always been calm, brave and resourceful, and has the demeanor of a great general...
At the same time, the Third Division under the Third Army is the only cavalry unit of the Fengwu Army. It is suitable for large-scale assault operations on the grasslands. Therefore, the Third Army is the most suitable candidate for this trip north to the grasslands!
Although Ye Mingsheng was very inclined to give this task to Xun Ke, he did not make a direct decision out of caution. He planned to listen to the opinions of the General Staff and Yuan Song before making a decision.

After all, war is a major issue for a country, a matter of life and death, a matter of survival and destruction, and it must be carefully considered. It involves the life and death of tens of thousands of people, so Ye Mingsheng cannot help but be cautious on this issue!

And if it is confirmed to send the Third Army north, then Ye Mingsheng will need to appoint a new general for the Fourth Division. Ye Mingsheng thinks that the current General of the Fourth Division, Shen Quan, is a capable person, so Ye Mingsheng plans to bring him with him on this southern tour and has another important appointment for him!

Therefore, the Third Army and the General Staff may need to nominate a few reserve candidates for the general of the Fourth Division. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng called Ye Cheng in and instructed:
"Notify the General Staff to hold a meeting tomorrow morning and invite Yuan Song and Xun Ke!" "Yes!"

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While Ye Mingsheng was busy with various official duties, He Jingyun in Lin'an City in Jiangnan was immersed in the beauty of young girls.

Although Ye Mingsheng removed his military power over the southern provinces after conquering Jiangnan, he still held great power as he led the First Army stationed in Jiangnan. Not only in terms of military power, but also in terms of government affairs, Zhu Chen, who was appointed by Ye Mingsheng as the Governor of Jiangnan, sometimes had to look at He Jingyun's face!

He Jingyun actually became the most powerful person in Jiangnan, which made him fawned over by many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan. Beauties, gold, silver, land, real estate, and all kinds of rare treasures were used to honor this Lord He.

He Jingyun did not say that he would accept all offers, but he basically had a tacit attitude. In his opinion, he was the commander-in-chief of the Fengwu Army and conquered the wealthy land of Jiangnan. The rewards given by the higher-ups were far from enough, so he wanted to get more for himself!

He Jingyun believed that Ye Mingsheng would definitely become emperor in the future, and the whole world would belong to Ye Mingsheng, so Ye Mingsheng would get the lion’s share and it was only natural for him to drink the soup and get some oil. Even if the Marshal knew about it, he would not blame him. With this idea in mind, he accepted all kinds of filial piety with peace of mind···························

At this time, He Jingyun was drunkenly lying in the arms of the beauty, looking at the beauty's amazing dance in the hall, but in his heart he was calculating how much silver he had earned today!
At this moment, a white-haired old man broke into the hall. Seeing this man, He Jingyun smiled and said:

"Master Chen, you're here! Someone, please give Master Chen a seat and pour him some wine!"

As soon as He Jingyun finished speaking, the beauty beside him immediately brought a chair to the white-haired old man Chen Changhe. However, Chen Changhe did not buy it at all. Looking at He Jingyun's drunken life, he was so anxious that he could not help but let out a cry!
"General! The disaster of extermination of our entire family is right before our eyes, why don't you wake up?"

These words immediately broke the beauty in the room. He Jingyun was shocked at first and then said angrily:

"Master Chen, I invited you to drink out of kindness, why are you cursing my entire family?"

"If you don't explain yourself today, I'm going to kick you out!"

Seeing Dong Weng, who used to be wise, now lost his mind to wine and sex, Chen Changhe first drove all the girls in the room out and then said with great sorrow:

"General, do you know that news came from Yijing that the Marshal has announced that he will start his southern tour in March..."

He Jingyun snorted coldly upon hearing this:

"What does the Marshal's southern tour have to do with me?"

Seeing that He Jingyun still hadn't come to his senses, Chen Changhe directly pointed out:
"The Marshal has two major taboos: corruption and military interference in government. As a general, think about what you have done during this period of time."

After these words came out, He Jingyun's eyes became uncertain. After pondering for a moment, he continued:

"I defeated Xu Zhaojie for the Marshal, conquered Huainan and Jiangnan, and made great contributions. I deserve this!"

Seeing that He Jingyun still did not repent, Chen Changhe continued:
"General, how do your achievements compare to Yuan Song's? He not only helped us capture Yunbing and Hanzhong, but also helped us defeat the Golden Horde and recapture the Yongliang area. In terms of merit, Yuan Song's contribution is no less than yours!"

"But what about Yuan Song now?"

Hearing Chen Changhe mention the name Yuan Song, He Jingyun's face became a little uncertain, but he was unable to refute. Although he thought that his ability was better than Yuan Song, in terms of merit, he, He Jingyun, was really not as good as Yuan Song!
Although Yuan Song has been rewarded with a title, his actual situation is that he has been shelved by the Marshal...
(End of this chapter)