Chapter 1252 Future Country Name
July 21, Yijing
A new theater was built on the east side of the Ye Mansion's back garden, and at this time, Jiangnan Pingtan was being performed on the stage.

He wears a golden helmet with flying wings on his head and hides strategies in his chest, making him a hero.

The Red Man, the Red Hare and the Red Heart, the Azure Dragon and the Crescent Moon break the Yellow Turban. The three brothers swore brotherhood in Taoyuan to wipe out Sun and Cao.

A certain Guan Yu of the Han Dynasty, under the order of the military advisor, led his troops to capture Changsha.

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Looking at the smile on Ye Cui's face beside her, An Miaoyi couldn't help but ask with a smile:
"Mom, what do you think of this battle in Changsha?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Cui couldn't help but nodded and said;

"This Pingtan is really unique. No wonder those southerners like it!"

An Miaoyi continued with a smile:

"This troupe not only plays Jiangnan Pingtan, but also Qilu drum, and some Guanzhong Qinqiang!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Cui's eyes immediately lit up. As the de facto "empress dowager" of Yi Jing, although she lived a life of luxury, her life was very boring. Every day she was either resting or chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha. Watching opera was one of the few entertainment activities in her life.

Seeing this, An Miaoyi continued:
"Mom, I bought a Fusheng Theater in Yijing. This theater will have a group of people stationed in our house. From now on, you can watch it whenever you want at home, and they will perform whatever you want!"

As soon as these words came out, a happy smile appeared on Ye Cui's face, and she immediately said to An Miaoyi:
"My dear daughter-in-law, Miaoyi, you understand my feelings. I really love you!"

"Mom! Miaoyi will be filial to you in the future!"

Looking at the smile on Ye Cui's face, An Miaoyi felt that her work during this period was not in vain, after she had felt Ye Cui's dissatisfaction with her before.

An Miaoyi also wanted to solve this problem. She knew that the key point of this problem lay with the temple, but it was impossible for her to intervene in the temple's land issue. So at the suggestion of Qiqige, An Miaoyi chose this method.

Although she spent a lot of money and energy, but seeing that Ye Cui was quite satisfied, An Miaoyi felt that it was worth it. At least it did not let her relationship with Ye Cui continue to deteriorate.
Although she was very interested in Jiangnan Pingtan, Ye Cui was old after all, so she felt a little exhausted after watching it for half an hour and wanted to go back to rest. In order to express her filial piety, An Miaoyi followed her back.

After an incense stick of time, Ye Cui returned to her room. After resting for a while on the bed, she recovered. Seeing An Miaoyi coming back, she called An Miaoyi to her side and asked someone to bring a Buddhist scripture. She said:
"Miaoyi, this is my own copy of the Shurangama Sutra. Take it back and read it carefully. Remember to be sincere when you worship the Buddha!"

Listening to Ye Cui's words and seeing her handing over the Buddhist scriptures, An Miaoyi felt helpless. She knew that Ye Cui had not given up the idea of ​​asking her to come forward and say hello. An Miaoyi really wanted to tell Ye Cui about her difficulties, but reason told her not to do that!

If I tell it, I will be suspected of sowing discord between the mother and the son. If it gets out, I will be in trouble both inside and outside!
Thinking of this, An Miaoyi could only sigh in the letter, and then smiled and said to Ye Cui:

"Thank you for the reward, mother! Miaoyi will study it carefully!"

Ye Cui nodded slightly when she heard this, and then seemed to have thought of something, and said to An Miaoyi:
"Miaoyi, do you know what the name of the new dynasty will be?"

An Miaoyi hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head and said:
"Mom, you know my husband never discusses this kind of thing with me. Sister Zhixiu might know about this kind of thing..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Cui sighed and said in confusion:
"Miao Yi, you've really suffered. I really don't know what's so good about that Dongdao woman that Ming Sheng could be so obsessed with her?"

"Do you think there might be some kind of evil magic in Dongdao? Just like the witchcraft in Miaojiang, did she put a curse on Mingsheng?"

Listening to Ye Cui's words, An Miaoyi felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but she still said softly:

"Mom, I don't know about that!"

"Miaoyi, how come you know nothing about this? How come Jingren knows nothing like you?"

"You are the legal wife, you must know this kind of thing, and this woman is proficient in medicine, maybe she gave Mingsheng some medicine to make him unable to leave her, you must pay attention to this in the future!"

"If you really find anything, you must deal with her as soon as possible!"

Listening to Ye Cui's words, An Miaoyi couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. Not to mention whether she could deal with Pei Zhixiu, even if she really dealt with Pei Zhixiu, Ye Mingsheng would probably deal with her in a rage!

Although she thought so in her heart, under the gaze of Ye Cui, An Miaoyi still agreed to the matter.

Ye Cui continued while lying on the bed:
"Miaoyi, I asked Master Xuanyi to calculate. Mingsheng is born in the year of the tiger. January next year is the most compatible with his birth date. It would be best for him if he could ascend the throne in January next year!"

“As for the country’s name, Master Xuanyi just forget about it. He said that the word Feng is the most appropriate. Mingsheng was born in Fengshan County, and he started his army in Fengzhou. Now he has been conferred the title of Duke of Feng. All this shows that Mingsheng has a connection with the word Feng…”

"And the word 'Feng' has a good meaning, which means good harvest and favorable weather. Master Xuanyi said that if Mingsheng can ascend the throne and establish the Feng Dynasty in January next year, then the Feng Dynasty can last for at least three hundred years!" Hearing this, An Miaoyi was also moved. Ye Cui continued:
"Have you had any correspondence with Mingsheng recently?"

An Miaoyi said in classical Chinese with a somewhat lonely look:
"I have written three letters to my husband before, and Jingren also wrote a letter to his father. My husband wrote a letter back to Jingren, in which he mentioned me and asked me to take good care of the family and to send his regards to you!"

"Has Pei Zhixiu ever written a letter to Mingsheng?"

"I don't know about that. Mingsheng and she were in contact through the internal security!"

"Internal Guards? I heard that this group of people are always elusive. Miaoyi, do you know much about them?"

"Mother, the Internal Guards have always been responsible to my husband. I don't know much about them. I only know that Wang Huaiyi, the Right Supervisor of the Censorate, worked in the Internal Guards before. As for the others, I don't know!"

When An Miaoyi mentioned the Censorate, Ye Cui seemed to have thought of something and asked:
"I heard that Xiao Lingyu, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, retired because of the work law issue?"

"Mom, this is what happened. Xiao Lingyu wrote a petition to my husband, but my husband has not yet approved it..."

"I heard that this work method has not been officially filed yet, but Miaoyi, you have implemented it in our Ye Mansion's industry? Did Mingsheng tell you anything?"

Seeing Ye Cui asking this, An Miaoyi also felt a little pressure.

She knew that because the work method had affected many people, some members of the Ye clan had gone to Ye Cui to complain, saying that once the work method was implemented, they would lose a lot of money. For this reason, they even linked the work method to the country, as if once the work method was promulgated, the country would be in danger of collapse.

Therefore, they hoped that Ye Cui could persuade Ye Mingsheng not to continue this working method. Of course, if Ye Mingsheng insisted on implementing it, they hoped that Ye Mingsheng would grant them privileges for the sake of their fellow clansmen, so that they would not have to abide by this law when recruiting workers.

These people also had some complaints about An Miaoyi's early implementation of the work method in the industries under the name of the Ye Mansion, believing that An Miaoyi was sending a strong political signal. However, An Miaoyi did not care about these people's thoughts, and continued to implement the contents of the work method in various industries of the Ye Mansion despite some rumors.

At this time, facing Ye Cui's question, An Miaoyi organized her words and said:
“My husband didn’t tell me anything before, but he has always loved the people like his own children. The draft working method proposed by Minister Li of the Ministry of Justice this time was also authorized by my husband, so as a wife, I think I should support my husband’s idea…”

After listening to An Miaoyi's answer, Ye Cui looked at An Miaoyi deeply, and then did not say anything on this topic.

An Miaoyi chatted with Ye Cui for a while, then said goodbye and left and returned to her own courtyard.

When Qiqige saw An Miaoyi in the room, she asked expectantly:
"Madam, what does the old lady think of that theater?"

An Miaoyi nodded and said:
"Your idea is very good. The old lady likes that theater very much!"

Upon hearing this, Qiqige smiled. However, just as Qiqige was about to say something, she heard An Miaoyi ask:
"Qiqige, what do you think of using Feng as the country's name?"

Qiqige hesitated for a moment and said:
"I think it's okay. The Marshal was born in Fengshan County, Liaoyang, and he started his army in Fengzhou. This shows that the Marshal is indeed connected to the word Feng. However, this matter still needs your decision, Madam!"

An Miaoyi immediately ordered after hearing this:
"Go and get that history book!"

Although he was somewhat puzzled as to why his wife wanted to read Records of the Grand Historian at this time, Qiqige still obediently took it and handed it to An Miaoyi.

Turning to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period section of Records of the Grand Historian, An Miaoyi began to check it carefully page by page, as if she was afraid of missing something...

After a moment, An Miaoyi found the answer she wanted, and a smile appeared on her beautiful face.

King Wen of Zhou built Fengjing beside Fengshui River, and during the reign of King Wu of Zhou, Feng State of the Ji clan was established there and enfeoffed to Fengbo, the seventeenth son of King Wen of Zhou!
The territory of Feng Kingdom now covers part of Luoan, and An Miaoyi was born and raised in Luoan!
The Master Xuanyi mentioned by Ye Cui is a world-famous fortune teller who claims to be able to predict three hundred years ahead and three hundred years behind. So when An Miaoyi heard from Ye Cui that Master Xuanyi said that Ye Mingsheng would establish the Feng Dynasty in January next year and that the dynasty would last more than three hundred years, she was tempted!
Now that she has discovered that she has such a deep connection with the word "Feng", An Miaoyi likes this word more and more!
Because there has always been speculation in Yijing City that Ye Mingsheng would proclaim himself emperor after his southern tour, there has also been some discussion in the Yijing court about what the future name of the country should be.

Some people think that the name of the new dynasty in the future should be Yan. After all, Ye Mingsheng has now established his capital in Yijing, and Yijing was the capital of the ancient Yan Kingdom. So it is reasonable to name the new dynasty Yan.·······················
Some people believe that although Ye Mingsheng was born in Liaoyang, looking through the Ye family tree, the Ye family migrated from Qi and Lu a hundred years ago, and the Ye family’s clan is in Guangwei Prefecture in the southwest of Qi and Lu. Guangwei was the territory of Liang State in ancient times, so they use this as a reason to believe that the new dynasty should be named "Liang!"

In addition to Yan and Liang, some people took the last character "Sheng" in Ye Mingsheng's name to curry favor with him, and believed that the name of the new dynasty should be "Sheng!"

In addition to Yan, Liang, and Sheng, some people believe that the name of the future new dynasty should be Qian, Shen, Feng, etc. Anyway, everyone has their own ideas and interpretations.

Originally, An Miaoyi didn't have any thoughts about these things. She thought that even though these people were arguing over the name of the new dynasty, the final decision was still in Ye Mingsheng's hands. Even if they argued a lot now, it would be of no use!

However, the more An Miaoyi looked at the character "Feng", the more she liked it. She felt that if Feng was used as the country's name, she, who was born in the territory of the ancient Feng Kingdom, would have participated in the founding and construction of the new dynasty!
Thinking of this, An Miaoyi prepared to write a letter to Ye Mingsheng. Although she was going to write a letter to Ye Mingsheng, An Miaoyi would not write her thoughts to Ye Mingsheng. She would only tell Ye Mingsheng in the letter that this was Ye Cui's intention and Ye Cui's idea!
An Miaoyi had a very thorough understanding of her mother-in-law. She knew that the reason why Ye Cui asked her to do this and that instead of her doing it herself was because she was worried that it would affect the relationship between mother and son, so she pushed herself out.

An Miaoyi would not be fooled by her. She wanted to get herself out of this trap and not be caught in the middle...
(I saw someone say that my past few chapters about Jiangnan were a bit confusing and obscure. I apologize to all the readers here, but I have no choice. Everyone knows the current environment. I can't write whatever I want. Some places really need to be briefly mentioned and cannot be written in too much detail! I hope everyone can understand!)

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