Chapter 1431 Ye Mingsheng’s decision!

Half an hour later, Ye Cheng walked up to Ye Mingsheng who was reviewing the memorial and reported:
"Your Majesty! The Queen has just ordered that Madam Cao from the Inner Court be thrown into prison..."

Ye Mingsheng, who was checking the report from the General Staff, was also a little surprised when he heard this. If he remembered correctly, this Madam Cao was An Miaoyi's minion and had always been loyal to her.

In the previous incident, she brought a group of henchmen from the Inner Court and rushed to Pei Zhixiu's courtyard and captured the palace maid involved!

Why did An Miaoyi capture this Aunt Cao now?
As if seeing Ye Mingsheng's doubts, Ye Cheng briefly reported to Ye Mingsheng everything that had just happened at the meeting in Huatian Hall.

Ye Mingsheng was also quite surprised when he heard this, and immediately asked with interest:

"You mean Murong Qingwu suggested to the Queen that she should conduct a thorough investigation of the accounts of the imperial treasury and all the properties under the name of the palace, and also set up a royal scholarship to support one hundred students from poor families but with excellent character and academic performance every year?
Ye Cheng nodded and said:

"Your Majesty! This is the situation!"

"How did the Queen respond?"

"The Empress didn't say anything at first. It was Concubine Rou who stood up to help the Empress, saying that the matter was of great importance and that Your Majesty's opinion should be sought. After Concubine Rou spoke, Concubine Shen also echoed her, and then the matter was temporarily dropped!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly in thought after hearing this. Although after making the decision to let Murong Qingwu take the position, Ye Mingsheng knew that Murong Qingwu would definitely stir up a wave in the palace...

But Ye Mingsheng really didn't expect that Murong Qingwu would be so aggressive. In just a few days, she had already targeted An Miaoyi's general Cao Ma, forcing An Miaoyi to abandon the car to save the general and execute Ma Su in tears!

Ye Mingsheng didn't believe that Murong Qingwu's action was a spur-of-the-moment decision. Ye Mingsheng would rather believe that Murong Qingwu had been prepared for a long time and had been waiting for the opportunity, and now that the opportunity had arisen, she took action!

I have to say that Murong Qingwu's entry point is very interesting. In fact, someone had reported to Ye Mingsheng before that this Madam Cao used her identity to gain benefits outside the palace and let her nephew hold the shares on her behalf.

However, Ye Mingsheng took into consideration that Nanny Cao was An Miaoyi's trusted and beloved general. In addition, Ye Mingsheng felt that she was just a nanny and even if she was greedy, she would not be able to take much money. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng did not touch Nanny Cao for An Miaoyi's sake!

But Ye Mingsheng had never expected that this Madam Cao and her nephew Cao Fuqiang had taken so many kickbacks and done so many illegal things that thousands of taels of cash, as well as all kinds of valuables such as house deeds and land deeds were confiscated!

This is really shocking!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but have deeper thoughts. Not long after he married An Miaoyi, he handed over the financial power of the Ye Mansion to An Miaoyi. Due to his busy official duties over the years, Ye Mingsheng rarely found out about the spending situation of the Ye Mansion. At most, he would occasionally learn about the spending accounts of the Ye Mansion!

Although he didn't know much, Ye Mingsheng knew through some informants that there were problems with the internal treasury accounts. However, Ye Mingsheng turned a blind eye to these accounting problems in order to prevent An Miaoyi from interfering in the affairs of the previous dynasty!

After all, as the old saying goes, it’s hard to be ignorant················

Over the years, Ye Mingsheng was also very aware that the internal treasury accounts were a mess, and as the head of the imperial palace, An Miaoyi must have had a big problem with it.

Ye Mingsheng had considered investigating the accounts of the internal treasury, but considering the political impact of this matter and the possible series of chain reactions, Ye Mingsheng ultimately did not make up his mind.

If An Miaoyi had not dragged Ye Cui together to put pressure on him this time, making Ye Mingsheng feel that there was a hint of forcing the emperor to abdicate and feeling very disgusted, Ye Mingsheng might not have given Murong Qingwu this opportunity!
But now, Ye Mingsheng felt that this Madam Cao was just the tip of the iceberg, and the accounting problems of the internal treasury might be more serious than he imagined!

Of course, Ye Mingsheng wanted to find a few accountants to carefully calculate the accounts of the treasury and see where the money had been spent over the years!
Although he had such an idea, Ye Mingsheng was still a little worried about it!
Ye Mingsheng was worried that the mine of the treasury was too big. If he really decided to conduct a thorough investigation, with various parties fanning the flames, he would not be able to control the impact. By then, other things would be discovered as well, which would be a huge blow to An Miaoyi!
By then, it is very likely that someone will be behind the scenes advocating for a change of queen!

And An Miaoyi is not a pushover, she will definitely try to fight back, and the opponent is not a good man and a good student, and there are many handles. When the time comes, everyone will expose each other's past and fight together, and finally it will escalate, causing the newly established Daqian to fall into internal friction.

Although Ye Mingsheng is not satisfied with some of An Miaoyi's actions, at this stage Ye Mingsheng is generally satisfied with An Miaoyi and has no intention of changing the queen.

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng must take this aspect into consideration, make the most appropriate decision, and grasp the boundary of fighting without chaos! Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also instructed Ye Cheng:
"Go tell the Queen that Nanny Cao's case has a bad influence and must be dealt with severely and quickly. The accounts of the treasury must be self-examined and self-corrected to prevent the emergence of parasites like Nanny Cao. In addition, the idea of ​​Concubine Murong's scholarship is a good idea!"

Listening to Ye Mingsheng's words, Ye Cheng's eyes flashed with a fleeting disappointment, but he immediately said respectfully:
"Yes!"

Ye Mingsheng waved his hand. Ye Cheng, who received the order, did not dare to disturb him any further. He bowed and left Ye Mingsheng's study.

After Ye Cheng left, Ye Mingsheng continued to read the memorial from the General Staff, which was a report from the General Staff on the construction of the Daqian Navy.

Although Ye Mingsheng's idea of ​​using steam engines to propel ironclad ships has temporarily come to a standstill due to technical reasons, Daqian's naval construction has not stopped. Many traditional wooden warships are being manufactured in shipyards in Jiangnan, Youyan and Liaoyang.

In addition, more than 10,000 naval soldiers are undergoing training, and previously there were even more soldiers receiving training on maritime warfare.

However, most of these soldiers were transferred from the infantry, so many of them were poor landlubbers. Although they were good at traveling on the road, they would get dizzy and vomit unconscious just by sitting on the boat at sea, let alone fighting...
So because of seasickness, many people were eliminated, so the General Staff also learned a lesson in this regard and no longer allowed infantry soldiers to receive direct sea combat training, but instead went to coastal and riverside areas to find the children of fishermen.

The children of these fishermen have lived in places with water since childhood. Many of them have followed their parents to fish for a living. They are good at swimming, so they are very receptive to maritime combat training and can form combat effectiveness more quickly!

Although the General Staff has found ways to improve the quality of the troops, there are still some problems with the training of these naval officers and soldiers.

A large part of these problems come from the instructors who train these soldiers!
Because the Fengwu Army mainly fought on land, although the entire army had hundreds of thousands of people in total, there were not many people who understood water combat. The few people who had experience in water combat that were finally found had at most fought on some rivers, lakes, and basically no one had experience in sea combat!
Although river warfare and sea warfare appear to be both water warfare, there are actually huge differences between them. The situation at sea is far more dangerous than that in rivers.

Therefore, in order to quickly develop maritime combat capabilities and support Daqian’s overseas strategy, Ye Mingsheng also wanted to find some teachers who are proficient in maritime combat for the officers and soldiers of the Daqian Navy, so that they could teach the officers and soldiers of the Daqian Navy the experience and skills of maritime combat and help the Daqian Navy grow as quickly as possible...

The teachers that Ye Mingsheng found were the pirates of the Nanyang Jinghai Navy. At the beginning, Ye Mingsheng thought that these pirates had been fighting in the Nanyang Sea for many years and were veterans in naval warfare. They were particularly familiar with the maritime conditions in the Nanyang Sea, and the Nanyang Sea would be the key area for Daqian to demonstrate its naval combat power.

Therefore, they are very suitable to be instructors for Daqian’s naval officers and soldiers. Daqian’s naval officers and soldiers can absorb knowledge from them and grow rapidly!

With this idea in mind, Ye Mingsheng ordered the General Staff to recruit about two hundred pirates from the Jing Navy to serve as instructors for the Daqian Navy!
Although Ye Mingsheng's idea was very good, he overlooked one thing. The Jinghai Navy under Zhang Dapeng, although they were the ones that followed the rules among the South China Sea pirates, would let you go if you paid a bribe and would not exhaust the resources for a one-time deal!

But these people are pirates after all. They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities in the South China Sea. The naval officers and soldiers of Daqian are regular troops after all. The Daqian army has always been particular about discipline and must maintain good military discipline. Anyone who violates military discipline will be punished!

So even though these pirates, as Ye Mingsheng had initially thought, had extensive experience in maritime combat and knew a lot about the maritime situation in the South China Sea, when the two styles collided, all sorts of problems would arise!
These problems that arose between the two sides did not get better resolved over time, but instead exacerbated the conflicts between the two sides!

At present, because some of these pirate instructors drank and caused trouble in a brothel in Jiangnan some time ago, the local county government arrested the troublemakers according to the rules...
When the other pirate instructors saw their brothers being captured, they also gathered together and smashed the brothel. Not only did they kill three people including the madam and injure ten people, they also gathered together to surround the government office and tried to force their way into the office to rescue their brothers.

Fortunately, the local garrison took action in time to stop their actions, thus preventing greater and worse impacts!

Because they beat people to death and surrounded the government office, which was a serious violation of Daqian laws, the Military Court immediately intervened to deal with those involved. However, these pirate instructors collectively stated that if they dealt with the thirty or so people involved, they would quit and return to Nanyang!

Zhang Dapeng from Nanyang also expressed through the Ministry of Rites that he was willing to pay a large sum of money to compensate the people who suffered losses, but he hoped that the court would return his people to him, and he guaranteed that these people would not make similar mistakes again!

After learning of Zhang Dapeng's idea, the Ministry of Rites also communicated with the General Staff, hoping that the General Staff would be able to deal with it leniently!
However, the General Staff was also very persistent, saying that these people had strictly violated military discipline, the circumstances were very serious, and had caused very bad effects. Not killing them would not be enough to appease the public anger. If they were let off this time, it would be a blasphemy to Daqian's always strict military discipline.

The Ministry of Rites, which had been met with setbacks by the General Staff, also conveyed its opinions to Zhang Dapeng. After learning the news, Zhang Dapeng also did not choose to back down. He said that if his two hundred brothers were punished, it would damage the relationship between the court and the Jinghai Navy...

After Zhang Dapeng made these statements, some people from the Jing Navy harassed merchant ships trading in Southeast Asia, which also involved the situation in Jiangnan, making the incident more complicated. In the end, the Jianghuai Governor, the Ministry of Rites, and the General Staff could not reach a unified opinion on this matter.

So the matter finally came to Ye Mingsheng, who made the final decision!

In the memorial submitted by the General Staff, Chen Han stated that this was not the first time that these pirate instructors had violated military discipline. Fighting, gambling in the barracks, and bringing chickens into the barracks had happened repeatedly before. They also led some naval officers and soldiers astray, causing them to pick up these bad habits!
But considering that these pirates were instructors and were indeed of great help to the growth of Daqian’s naval power, the Military Court also dealt with them leniently!
However, this time, what these pirate instructors did was really outrageous. Not only did they kill people, they also surrounded the government office. This matter has caused a lot of discussion in the army, and many soldiers are watching the final outcome. Therefore, if this matter is not handled well, it will be difficult to lead the team in the future!
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng thought about it and decided that he must severely punish those involved. He must not let these people undermine the military discipline. After all, once this precedent is set, there will be endless troubles!
As for Zhang Dapeng, Ye Mingsheng was also very disgusted with his move to threaten the court. However, Daqian still needed him for the time being, so he could only focus on appeasement and then take it step by step!
Ye Mingsheng planned to let Wang Xuecheng do this, as he was very experienced in this area...