Chapter 1392 Daqian Roufei!

Based on the assumption that the Yunqian chieftain armed forces are all united, Zhao Han and the staff believe that as long as the logistical supplies can keep up and the firearms in the hands of the First Army can always play their full role, then Zhang Meng will lead the First Army with at least a 60% chance of taking over Yunqian before the end of the year!
Seeing that there is a 60% chance, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but feel moved. Although this 60% possibility may not seem like much, you have to know that this is based on the fact that the other party is united and no one is letting down!

In fact, many of the grudges and rifts between the chieftains of Yunqian, big and small, have accumulated over generations. They cannot be easily resolved by simply saying that we must unite and face the enemy head on!
Moreover, in Zhang Meng's battle plan, he also planned to win over several chieftains to act as guides, so as to divide and disintegrate the opponent's camp.

In addition, the Coordination Office also plans to carry out a false flag operation, using disguised identities to carry out assassinations and robberies, thereby exacerbating the conflicts and estrangements in the chieftain camp and making it impossible for them to unite and face the First Army led by Zhang Meng!
Therefore, under such actual circumstances, Ye Mingsheng really did not believe that the group of chieftains could unite, so in fact, this group of people might not trust each other and fight on their own. Zhang Meng would have the opportunity to lead the First Army to defeat them one by one and thus achieve the final victory in the war!

Based on this assessment report, Ye Mingsheng believes that Zhang Meng’s actual chance of winning the war is more than 80%!
This can also explain why Zhang Meng was so confident that he was willing to commit suicide if he failed to obtain the military order.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng felt that there was nothing to hesitate about, and immediately called Ye Cheng in and asked him to draft an edict to allow Zhang Meng to lead the First Army to attack Yunqian.

It is already September and Yijing is a thousand miles away from Jiangnan. If you want to do something within this year, you must hurry up.
After giving the order, Ye Mingsheng wanted to continue reviewing the memorial, but unexpectedly, Ye Cheng did not leave after receiving the order, but stayed in the study. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng realized something and asked:
"What's matter?"

Ye Cheng nodded and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, Duke Liang died of a sudden illness on August 21st!"

Hearing the title "Duke of Liang" from Ye Cheng, Ye Mingsheng felt somewhat impressed, but was a little confused for a moment, unable to remember who this Duke of Liang was. Seeing this, Ye Cheng immediately reminded him in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Liang is Jiang Cong!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng suddenly realized that after he became emperor, he also conferred the title of Duke of Liang on Jiang Cong, and then let Jiang Cong and his family move to Liaoyang.

Although Ye Mingsheng actually exiled Jiang Cong, Ye Mingsheng knew that Jiang Cong had offended An Miaoyi because of some previous incidents.

However, An Miaoyi felt that keeping Jiang Cong would always be a scourge. After all, the Great Zhou had existed for three hundred years, and there were still some people among the people who missed their homeland, and Jiang Cong was a hope for them. So for the stability and prosperity of Daqian, An Miaoyi had been persuading Ye Mingsheng not to be soft-hearted.

Because Ye Mingsheng had made a promise to Jiang Cong before, and Ye Mingsheng felt that Jiang Cong was still a child, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng felt a little reluctant in his heart...
However, An Miaoyi advised Ye Mingsheng that Jiang Cong had caused a lot of trouble when he lived in the Ye Mansion, and he even wanted to commit suicide and put the blame on Ye Mingsheng. Keeping him here will always be a disaster. If Your Majesty cannot bear it, then let me do it!
Ye Mingsheng also knew in his heart that what An Miaoyi said was right. For some people, Jiang Cong's existence was the hope of national restoration. And because of some of his reforms, the interests of the gentry and officials were harmed, so this made some people miss the Great Zhou Dynasty where they could act tyrannically even more.

Therefore, if Jiang Cong were alive, they would use this as their spiritual support and constantly make trouble to try to make Da Zhou return, so in the end Ye Mingsheng acquiesced to An Miaoyi's idea!
But Ye Mingsheng did not expect that Jiang Cong would suddenly die less than a year after he became emperor!
Regarding Jiang Cong's death, Ye Mingsheng's first reaction was that An Miaoyi was the one who did it. However, it had not been a full year since he became emperor, and An Miaoyi had killed Jiang Cong. This was a bit too hasty!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also asked Ye Cheng:

"How did Jiang Cong die?"

Ye Cheng hesitated for a moment, but under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, he finally said honestly:

"The Queen asked the imperial physician Li Huan to prescribe some Hedinghong and mix it into the Duke of Liang's cakes!"

Ye Mingsheng was not surprised by Ye Cheng's answer. He pondered for a moment and continued:
"Do you know why the Queen is in such a hurry to do this?"

Now that he had spoken, Ye Cheng did not hesitate and said:
"I heard that Jiang Cong was not quiet after he went to Liaoyang. He kept trying to get rid of surveillance and even tried to bribe the people in the Coordination Office who were monitoring him. In addition, there were also people who wanted to contact him. When the Queen heard the news, she arranged for him to be contacted."

Hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng sighed helplessly. If possible, he really didn't want to hurt Jiang Cong, but Jiang Cong was asking for trouble...
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A few days later, the Imperial Palace Garden
Surrounded by several palace maids and nannies, Concubine Rou Chen Rouer, who had just taken office in the palace, was taking a walk in the Imperial Garden. However, she looked a little disdainful of the scenery of blooming flowers in the garden.

"This palace is where His Majesty lives after all. How can this imperial garden be so stingy and shabby? It's not even as good as my garden!" After hearing what Chen Rou'er said, Chunsheng, the maid she brought from her mother's home, immediately whispered:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has always been frugal and caring for the people. You cannot bear to waste the people's efforts and financial resources for your own selfish interests!"

Facing the maid's kind advice, Chen Rou'er said with disdain:

"What do you mean by being frugal and loving the people? In my opinion, he is just a stingy and mean man!"

Hearing his own queen's complaints about His Majesty, Chunsheng was a little worried and anxious. After all, when Chen Rouer said this, there were several palace maids and nannies around her. If they told others what Chen Rouer said, then Chen Rouer would definitely be punished!
At this time, Chen Rouer did not notice the worried look of her personal maid. Her eyes were full of resentment!
She was born in the Chen family of Jiangnan. Although there were few people in the Chen family who served as high-ranking officials in the court, they were one of the most influential wealthy families in the Jiangnan area, and had deep connections in the Jiangnan political and business circles.

Chen Rouer is the youngest daughter of Chen Haoran, the patriarch of the Chen family, and the apple of the family's eye. Ever since Ye Mingsheng unified the world, these people from Jiangnan realized that under Ye Mingsheng's rule, the world would return to peace and would usher in a period of development. So, these people from Jiangnan wanted to establish a relationship with the imperial court in order to gain better development opportunities...

For this reason, these Jiangnan merchants can be said to be the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers, using various means and relationships to curry favor with others. After the news that Ye Mingsheng was going to select a concubine came out, many powerful families in Jiangnan were ready to make a move, including the Chen family where Chen Rouer was.
Chen Haoran, now 51 years old, has led the Chen family through 20 years of ups and downs. Under his leadership, the Chen family has become a well-known family in Jiangnan.

After Ye Mingsheng unified the world, Chen Haoran, together with other Jiangnan businessmen, wanted to rely on the powerful in Yijing. After careful consideration, Chen Haoran finally chose Queen An Miaoyi as his support, and secretly presented her with a red envelope of 30,000 taels of silver!
Although he successfully got in touch with Queen An Miaoyi, Chen Haoran was still not satisfied. He knew very well that although An Miaoyi accepted their Chen family, it was only for the sake of money. Although this relationship existed, it was not solid!
Chen Haoran wants to establish a more solid relationship in Yijing, and the biggest bargaining chip in his hand is his own daughter Chen Rouer!

Although Chen Rouer's name contains the word "rou", she has been pampered by her family since she was a child. She is not gentle at all, and can even be said to be spoiled and willful, and everything is done according to her temper!
Although she had a bad personality, the seventeen-year-old Chen Rouer was already a budding beauty, and had grown into a graceful young lady. Before she even came of age, someone came to her to propose marriage. Not long after she came of age, some families in Jiangnan simply sent people to propose marriage to her...
However, Chen Haoran politely declined all these engagements and proposals. He had his own ideas about his daughter's marriage. This shrewd old man believed that the Chen family's development in Jiangnan was almost reaching its peak. If the Chen family wanted to have greater development, the opportunity was not in Jiangnan but in Yijing!

Therefore, Chen Haoran wanted to use his daughter's marriage to attract a strong ally for the family. However, what disappointed Chen Haoran was that those powerful people whom he liked and wanted to get close to looked down on their Chen family and did not want to marry into their family.

However, Chen Haoran looked down upon those who wanted to marry into their Chen family. This embarrassing situation made Chen Haoran very depressed.

In order to avoid this situation, Chen Haoran had to settle for the second best and wanted to invest in potential stocks with clean identities. For this purpose, he quickly found a candidate!
This person is Ye Zhifei, the 30-year-old head of the Ministry of Revenue!
The fact that Ye Zhifei was able to become the head of the Ministry of Revenue at the young age of 30 was naturally largely due to his surname Ye. However, the reason why he was able to become the head of the Ministry of Revenue was not just because his surname was Ye. After all, there were hundreds of people in the Ye clan in the Yijing court, but Ye Zhifei was the only one who could become a sixth-rank official at the age of 30!

Although Ye Zhifei is a member of the Ye clan, he has no close relatives serving as senior executives in the Yijing court. The reason he was able to become the head of the Ministry of Revenue is entirely because of his integrity and outstanding personal abilities, which attracted the appreciation of Cui Shao, the Minister of Revenue, who promoted him to the position of head of the Ministry of Revenue...

Therefore, in Chen Haoran's eyes, Ye Zhifei is a potential stock with a very bright future, so Chen Haoran also intends to marry his daughter Chen Rouer to her. In this way, if Ye Zhifei becomes successful in the future, their Chen family will also be able to share in the glory.

However, Chen Rouer refused to obey her grandfather's arrangement and said she would not do anything!

Chen Rouer didn't care whether Ye Zhifei had a future or not. She only knew that Ye Zhifei was thirteen years older than her and had been married before. Later, his wife died of complications during childbirth of their second child, leaving behind only a five-year-old son and Ye Zhifei to depend on each other!
Chen Rouer didn't want to marry a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue who was much older than her, and once she got married she would have to become a stepmother to a five-year-old child, so no matter what her father said, she would never obey.

This made Chen Haoran very angry, but he could do nothing about this daughter whom he had spoiled since she was a child.

Just when things were at a stalemate, Ye Mingsheng announced that he was going to select concubines. This immediately caught Chen Haoran’s attention and made him think of sending his daughter to the palace. After careful consideration, Chen Haoran told his daughter about this idea...
After telling his daughter about his idea, Chen Haoran was actually a little worried. After all, Ye Mingsheng was several years older than Ye Zhifei, and Ye Mingsheng had nine children. However, what Chen Haoran did not expect was that Chen Rouer seemed very interested in entering the palace, and she agreed after just a little thought!

Seeing that his daughters were all entering the palace, Chen Haoran immediately gave up the idea of ​​marrying his daughter to Ye Zhifei, and instead began to plan to let his daughter enter the palace.

In Chen Haoran's opinion, although Ye Zhifei has potential, he is just a minister after all, while Ye Mingsheng is the emperor. Chen Haoran is still very confident in his daughter's beauty. He believes that with his daughter's beauty, she will definitely be favored by Ye Mingsheng, and in this way, their Chen family will also be able to benefit from it!

If Chen Rouer is lucky enough to give birth to a son, then the Chen family might become extremely wealthy in the future!

With such a beautiful wish, Chen Haoran sent his daughter into the palace through An Miaoyi!
Because she was born in the Chen family and had the Queen as her backer, coupled with her own excellent looks, Chen Rouer could be said to be a star among that group of girls. Chen Rouer, who had been surrounded by thousands of halos since childhood, was also very confident that she could make the emperor fall at her feet, and the king would no longer attend the court early in the morning.

The opportunity soon came to Chen Rouer, and she soon got the chance to sleep with the emperor. Chen Rouer would never forget her nervousness and excitement that night, as well as the brutality of that man...