Chapter 1350 Alarmist?

Qiqige's words immediately aroused An Miaoyi's interest, and then Qiqige continued:

"I just received news that the Murong family is hunting down a man named Wang Shun. For this reason, the Minister of Justice Zhang Mang has specially issued a document to arrest this Wang Shun in all government offices in Youyan. Anyone who sees this man will be killed or not!"

An Miaoyi was also a little surprised to hear the news. Zhang Mang, the Minister of Justice, could be said to be Murong Qingwu's most important chess piece in the court.

After An Miaoyi learned about the relationship between Zhang Mang and Murong Qingwu, she also wanted to eliminate Zhang Mang. However, Zhang Mang was very meticulous and decisive in his work in the Ministry of Justice, and was appreciated by Shangshu Li Jian, and she successfully got on Li Jian's good side.

Secondly, Zhang Mang usually keeps himself clean and there is no handle to attack him, and Murong Qingwu also pays more attention to him and does not ask Zhang Mang to help the Murong family on weekdays. Therefore, although An Miaoyi wants to overthrow this Daqian Justice Minister, she has no good opportunity.

Although An Miaoyi didn't know who this strange name Wang Shun was, she knew that since this person could make Murong Qingwu go to the extent of using Zhang Mang to get rid of him, he must not be a simple person!

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Who is this Wang Shun? Why did the Murong family want to kill him?"

Qiqige said without hesitation:
“Murong Xiu has a steward named Wang Xide, and Wang Shun is Wang Xide’s son. As for why the Murong family wanted to kill Wang Shun, it is still under investigation…”

Upon hearing that Wang Shun was actually the son of Murong family's housekeeper, An Miaoyi looked even more surprised. The Murong family was an aristocratic family with hundreds of years of history. Their servants basically formed their own system and were brainwashed and raised since childhood. Therefore, these servants could be said to be very loyal to the Murong family.

If An Miaoyi remembered correctly, she had never heard of any servants of the Murong family betraying their master.

Although we still don't know why the Murong family wants to get rid of Wang Shun with such a big fuss, but based on past experience, there are mainly several situations like this where the master hunts down the servants!
The first type of servant ran away with his master's money!
The second type of servant hooked up with the master's woman and ran away!
The third type of servant knows the master's secret. The master wants to kill him to silence him, but the servant is unwilling to be killed and runs away in order to save his life!
Although it is still unclear why Wang Shun was being hunted by the Murong family, An Miaoyi was still very happy to see the jokes of the Murong family.

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi also instructed:

"Let our people also look for this Wang Shun, and try to find him before the Murong family does!"

"Also, collect evidence of Zhang Mang's accusation against Wang Shun!"

Hearing An Miaoyi's instructions, Qi Qige nodded heavily and said:
"Yes!"

Although she didn’t know why the Murong family went after Wang Shun, but since the Murong family used Zhang Mang, An Miaoyi would not miss this opportunity. She originally admired Zhang Mang and thought he was a rare talent, but since he was related to Murong Qingwu, An Miaoyi could not keep him...
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Just when An Miaoyi was about to secretly intervene in the affairs of the Murong family, a group of scholars from the Hanlin Academy were engaging in a heated debate in a room in the imperial palace.

"Dong Jizheng, don't you know how to adapt? There are still so many people in the world who need money to improve their conditions. Can the court just watch and do nothing?"

The young man called Dong Jizheng immediately retorted:

"Mr. Wang, under the current circumstances, the court must do something! That's why we are pushing for reform. As long as we get rid of all those people who are just sitting there doing nothing, the government will naturally have money. Then we won't have to relax the review and access of the ticket offices, and we can have money to lend to the people!"

The middle-aged scholar called Mr. Wang immediately refuted again upon hearing this:
"Dong Jizheng, you are such a young boy, you really don't know how high the heaven is and how deep the earth is. Resolving such a big issue as the redundancy of the G government is as easy as pie in your mouth!"

"Dong Jizheng, let me tell you again, the problem of redundant staff in the G government is related to the fate of our Daqian country. If we are not careful, it will definitely cause a huge mess. Therefore, we cannot rush into such a big thing. We must take it step by step!"

As soon as Mr. Wang finished speaking, before Dong Jizheng could open his mouth to refute, another young man beside him immediately said:

"What a good idea to take it step by step, but I wonder if you really want to take it step by step, or if you don't want to solve the problem of redundant staff at all?"

After saying this, the young man changed his tone and said decisively:

"If the problem of redundant staff is not solved, what will happen even if we relax the access and review of ticket numbers?"

"How much of the money from the bank will end up in the hands of the people?"

“By then, those people will take advantage of the loosening of the review and use the money from the banknote exchange to enjoy themselves, and their mouths will be filled with grease. In the end, the people will not get much money, but will be left with a lot of bad debts for the banknote exchange…”

"My dear colleagues! The money in the bank must be repaid! If the depositors cannot get their money back, will they let it go? Not only will the bank lose its credibility, I'm afraid!"

The young man probably didn't have time to finish his next words, when another tall, middle-aged scholar in the room immediately stood up and said:
"Wu Tao! What do you want to say?"

"You are not only exaggerating, you are also cursing our Great Qian Dynasty!"

"My Great Qian Dynasty has only been established for less than a year, and you are cursing me like this. What on earth do you have in mind?"

"Are you nostalgic for the old dynasty and still thinking about overthrowing Qian and restoring Zhou?" Following the accusation of this middle-aged Confucian scholar, the other middle-aged Confucian scholars in the room immediately focused their fire on the Hanlin Academy scholar named Wu Tao.

Although Wu Tao was young and energetic, he was a little panicked when faced with so many people's accusations, but he still pretended to be calm and said:

"You are slandering me outright. The emperor has been so kind to me. How could I be so ungrateful?"

"On the contrary, you are the ones who have been blessed by the country but have no intention of serving the country. You only care about the treatment and respectability in the Hanlin Academy. In my opinion, you are the parasites of my Daqian Dynasty!"

"You are so good, Wu Tao! How dare you call me parasites? You are really crazy!"

"Wu Tao! How dare you say such disrespectful words? I will file a petition to expel you from the Imperial Academy tomorrow!"

“Brother Zhu! Just kicking Wu Tao out of the Hanlin Academy is too easy for him. In my opinion, we should also deprive him of his official position and punish him…”

Behind the screen, Ye Mingsheng listened to the scholars from the Hanlin Academy arguing fiercely and couldn't help but feel a headache.

Long before entering the customs, Ye Mingsheng hired some people to be his staff to give him advice and handle some miscellaneous matters.

As the Fengwu Army grew stronger, Ye Mingsheng's staff team also grew. From the initial handful of people, it became a dozen people, and later evolved into dozens of people. Although the number of people increased a lot, Ye Mingsheng did not give them official positions, they were still just staff.

However, as Ye Mingsheng changed dynasties, he also completed the transformation from a powerful official to an emperor. The change in identity also made Ye Mingsheng decide to incorporate all of his former staff into the Hanlin Academy to take up some positions in the Hanlin Academy.

Although they had official positions, their functions did not change. They still provided advice to Ye Mingsheng and handled miscellaneous matters.

This time, on the issue of whether to relax the review of banknotes, due to Ye Mingsheng's indecision, the Hanlin Academy was clearly divided into two factions. A group of senior scholars headed by Wang Xiang and Zhu Teng clearly expressed their support for relaxing the review of banknotes, allowing Jingchu, Anqing, Guanzhong and other places to have a banknote that can utilize private savings.

However, young scholars headed by Dong Jizhen and Wu Tao believed that without solving the problems of redundant staff and bureaucracy, it would be meaningless to relax the review of the ticket offices. Even if the ticket offices really absorbed some private savings, how much of this money could be used by the people would be a big question mark...
The two parties had argued several times over these three issues in the past half month. Each side had its own reasons, but no one could convince the other, and they could not reach a unified opinion to be submitted to Ye Mingsheng.
Ye Mingsheng himself was already very conflicted about this issue, and now after hearing their quarrel, Ye Mingsheng became even more conflicted!
Although he had not made the final decision yet, Ye Mingsheng knew that he could not delay any longer. He had to make the final decision whether to let him go or not!

Previously, because Ye Mingsheng was busy with official duties, he did not participate in the discussions of the Hanlin Academy. He only read the discussion texts they submitted. However, because there was no unified opinion within the Hanlin Academy, all the texts contained only some contentious content.

So in order to get a result, Ye Mingsheng took time out today to call the scholars from the Hanlin Academy to the palace, ready to listen to their discussion in person.

Although Ye Mingsheng came to the scene, in order to prevent the scholars from feeling at a loss during the debate, Ye Mingsheng deliberately sat behind the screen to listen to everyone's true thoughts.

Ye Mingsheng originally thought that doing so would help him make a better decision, but the quarreling in the room at this moment not only failed to help him sort out his thoughts, but instead made him feel a little stuffy. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng simply stopped listening and immediately walked out from behind the screen...
Seeing Ye Mingsheng suddenly appear, the people in the room who were arguing with each other immediately became silent. However, Ye Mingsheng ignored them and walked straight towards the back garden. He needed to relax among the birdsong and flowers, which might help him make a better decision.

After arriving at the back garden, Ye Mingsheng sat on a stone chair beside a pond. Looking at the fish swimming freely in the pond, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Last night when he and An Miaoyi were resting, An Miaoyi advised him to take care of his health and not to worry too much about state affairs.

In order to persuade Ye Mingsheng, An Miaoyi cited many examples, saying that Ye Mingsheng is now comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor in martial arts, and comparable to Emperor Wen of Han in civil governance. Even if Emperor Jing of Han did nothing for the rest of his life, he is still a wise monarch and a role model for future generations.

Regarding the question of whether he was a wise king, there were actually many discussions and speculations in the palace and the court, and Ye Mingsheng had also heard some of this.

But to be honest, Ye Mingsheng doesn’t really care whether he is a wise king!
Ye Mingsheng may not be a wise king, nor does he want to be a role model for future generations. He just does not want to be a despotic king!
Ye Mingsheng felt that since God had given him such an opportunity, he should seize it and produce some results.

Ye Mingsheng also believed that he could do it!
But unfortunately, this road is more difficult to walk on than Ye Mingsheng expected. It is more rugged and muddy.

During this period, Ye Mingsheng also had some reflections. He thought that the continuous victories of the Fengwu Army on the battlefield might have made him a little inflated, making him think that reforms could be as natural as the wars against the Luoan court, Xu Zhaojie and others.

But this is obviously not the case. The accumulated problems of the Three Great Zhou Dynasty over the past three hundred years are more difficult to deal with than Ye Mingsheng imagined!

Even though Ye Mingsheng has tried every possible way and put in every possible effort, he is still struggling and cannot completely solve the problem!
Yesterday on C, An Miaoyi also advised himself that if he took a step back, he would have a broader horizon, but if he really had to take this step back, Ye Mingsheng was really unwilling!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but sigh, and at this moment a beautiful figure suddenly appeared.

The girl, who was holding a bag of steamed bread crumbs to feed the fish, was also very surprised at Ye Mingsheng who was sitting on the stone chair. Just as Ye Mingsheng and her looked at each other, several guards immediately came to Ye Mingsheng and examined the girl in front of them.

Although she was very surprised by Ye Mingsheng's appearance, the girl was still very smart. She immediately knelt on the ground and whispered to Ye Mingsheng:
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

When Ye Mingsheng heard the other party calling herself a concubine, he was a little confused. Although he had many concubines, there were not many who were as beautiful as this girl.

In terms of looks, Ye Mingsheng thinks this girl is on the same level as An Miaoyi. Compared to An Miaoyi's natural charm, this girl is even more pure and lovely.

So if a beauty like this was really his concubine, how could he not remember her?