Chapter 1452 The price of great talent and strategy!
After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frown slightly, and then he asked:
"What is the matter that the Queen Mother summoned Concubine Pei for?"

"The Queen Mother said she was feeling unwell and wanted Concubine Pei to take a look at her!"

Ye Mingsheng was even more surprised when he heard this. He remembered clearly that a few days ago, Li Tuo from the Medical College came to the palace to examine Ye Cui and said that Ye Cui was in good health and had no problems.

It's only been a few days, how come I'm feeling unwell?
Even if he is not feeling well, there are so many imperial doctors in the medical school who can treat him, so why does Pei Zhixiu have to go?

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng felt something unusual!

Previously, because Ye Mingsheng allowed Pei Zhixiu to open a clinic outside, she was able to enter and leave the mansion freely every day. This could be said to be a special treatment for the female members of the mansion who usually never left the house!
This also led to many people being dissatisfied with Pei Zhixiu's special treatment. However, although most of them were dissatisfied, they were also afraid of Ye Mingsheng's partiality and favoritism towards Pei Zhixiu, so the most they could do was to say some sour and weird words behind her back to seduce Pei Zhixiu.

But Ye Cui was different. She had directly called Pei Zhixiu over and gave her a scolding. Finally, after her persuasion, Ye Cui reluctantly gave in. However, she still disliked Pei Zhixiu very much and would sneer at her when she had nothing to do.

Although he disliked Pei Zhixiu, it was Pei Zhixiu who treated Ye Cui when she had some gynecological diseases that the imperial physician was unable to diagnose.

Pei Zhixiu also knew in her heart that her mother-in-law disliked her, but when she was treating Ye Cui, she did her best and quickly helped Ye Cui recover her health...

At that time, the tense relationship between Ye Cui and Pei Zhixiu had also improved. Just when Ye Mingsheng was very pleased to think that everything would develop in a good direction, Ye Cui suddenly returned to her old ways and her attitude towards Pei Zhixiu became very bad again.

Ye Mingsheng didn't have any good solution for this. As a son and a husband, the only thing he could do was to keep the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law as far apart as possible, so that they could avoid seeing each other and not be bothered by them!

As for Ye Mingsheng, he can rest assured, otherwise the troubles of these trivial matters every day would make him feel overwhelmed!

After the palace maid's affair incident broke out a while ago, because of some relationship between Ye Mingsheng and Pei Zhixiu, Ye Cui called Ye Mingsheng over and gave him a lecture.

Ye Mingsheng asked Pei Zhixiu to reflect on his mistakes for three months. In a sense, this was also to protect Pei Zhixiu from being blamed by Ye Cui!

It had been a while since the incident happened, and Ye Mingsheng thought it was over, but he didn't expect that Ye Cui would find Pei Zhixiu again!

This also gave Ye Mingsheng a headache. He wondered if Ye Cui was going to cause trouble for Pei Zhixiu again. At this time, Ye Cheng observed Ye Mingsheng's expression and seemed to remember something. He then spoke in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, Ye Ling just entered the palace to meet the Queen Mother. Not long after Ye Ling met the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother summoned Concubine Pei..."

"Ye Ling?"

When Ye Mingsheng heard the name, he couldn't remember who the other person was for a moment, but subconsciously he still had some impression of him.

Ye Cheng also immediately reminded:
"Your Majesty, Ye Ling is Director Wang's wife!"

Ye Mingsheng finally reacted after hearing this, but immediately asked back:
"Why would Wang Xuecheng's wife go to see the Queen Mother at this time?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Cheng shook his head and said:
"Your Majesty, this is still unclear. Do you want me to send someone to ask Ye Ling?"

Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment and said:
"Don't ask yet!"

"Yes!"

"Is the Queen in the palace?"

"The Queen has been visiting Fushou Palace less often recently. She should be in the palace now!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng immediately ordered:
"A few days ago, the Shan Kingdom presented a piece of top-quality jadeite. Tell the Queen to give it to the Queen Mother!"

As soon as Ye Mingsheng said this, Ye Cheng immediately understood what Ye Mingsheng meant, and then nodded and said:

"Your Majesty, I understand! I will go tell the Queen your intentions right now!"

Seeing that Ye Cheng understood his thoughts, Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly. Ye Mingsheng was caught in the middle of the conflict between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, so it would be better for Ye Mingsheng not to show up.

An Miaoyi is also a smart person who can understand her own thoughts. Even if she doesn't want to do it, she knows what she should do.

After giving the order, Ye Mingsheng took Zhang Hu and other guards and walked quickly towards the imperial study. It was time for him to have lunch. After lunch, he would try to take a short rest so that he could deal with those memorials. It was estimated that Ye Cheng would bring another large stack in the afternoon, and he had to deal with them as soon as possible...

Three hours later, Ye Mingsheng came to Pei Zhixiu's courtyard. Seeing their father coming, Jingxuan and Yiren, brother and sister, were very happy. Jingxuan also told Ye Mingsheng about the knowledge his teacher Deng He taught him about the rule of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing.

Seeing Jingxuan speaking eloquently, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but ask:

"Jingxuan, what are the main measures of Wenjing's rule?"

Facing his father's question, Jingxuan spoke without hesitation:
"Mr. Deng said that the measures are mainly divided into five points. The first point is to reduce taxes and levies, the second point is to encourage agricultural production, the third point is the policy of valuing grain, the fourth point is to promote frugality, and the fifth point is to attach importance to the rule of law!"

Seeing Jingxuan answering fluently, Ye Mingsheng nodded secretly and continued to ask:
"You just mentioned that Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing encouraged agricultural production. Do you know any specific measures in this regard?"

Jingxuan thought for a moment and replied, "Mr. Deng said that Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing issued orders many times to encourage people to cultivate agriculture and sericulture, and set up positions such as the Three Elders, Filial Piety, and Working in the Field according to the proportion of households, and gave generous rewards. In addition, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty also personally participated in farming many times, setting an example for the people!"

Ye Mingsheng was satisfied, and seeing Jingxuan open his mouth and Mr. Deng said, he immediately asked:
"Jingxuan, in addition to the knowledge points that Mr. Deng has shown you, what do you think of the rule of Wen and Jing?"

Compared to the quick answers to the first two questions, young Jingxuan fell into deep thought for the third question. Seeing his son lost in thought, Ye Mingsheng was also looking forward to what kind of answer Jingxuan would give him, so he did not disturb him and gave the child enough time to think·················
Jingxuan thought for half a cup of tea before he said to Ye Mingsheng very seriously:

"Father, I think peace is the most important thing for the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing!"

Ye Mingsheng also became interested when he heard this and asked:
"Jingxuan, what do you mean by that?"

"During the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, the Han Dynasty's greatest enemy was the Xiongnu in the north. However, the Xiongnu were at their peak, while the Han Dynasty was in a state of decline, making it difficult for them to engage in a direct confrontation with the Xiongnu!"

"So Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han adopted a tolerant attitude towards the Xiongnu in order to accumulate national strength. Not only did they marry the princess to the Xiongnu's Chanyu, they also gave the Xiongnu a lot of cloth and goods every year!"

"Although this is a disgrace to the state, it also buys time for the Han Dynasty to recuperate and restore its national strength!"

"I think it is precisely because of this peaceful environment that the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing was able to continue. Otherwise, if the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu were at war all year round, it would definitely take up a lot of the Han Dynasty's energy. Even if Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing were wise, the people of the Han Dynasty would have no time to recuperate!
Although Ye Mingsheng knew that Jing Xuan was intelligent, he was surprised to hear Jing Xuan speak so eloquently and logically, and asked immediately:
"Jingxuan, did you think of this yourself or did someone tell you?"

Jingxuan scratched his head and said embarrassedly:

"Your Majesty, Mr. Deng has told me a lot in class, and the homework he gave me was to let me think about the most important factor that led to the success of the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing..."

After hearing Jingxuan say that Deng He’s idea was involved, Ye Mingsheng finally relaxed. Jingxuan is only six or seven years old now. If he can have such an opinion, it would be a bit scary!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also touched Jingxuan's little head and said:

"It's easy to act impulsively, but it's hard to endure humiliation and keep moving forward!"

"People always admire monarchs with great talents and strategies, but they don't know that if the emperors are ambitious and want to realize their own great talents and strategies, taxes and corvée will increase significantly. Without enough labor in the farmland, food production will naturally decrease, and the people's living standards will drop sharply!"

"The situation will get worse in two or three years, or even shorter. This is what happened in many troubled times in history. This is the price of great talent and strategy. It was the same in the Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty!"

Speaking of this, Ye Mingsheng looked very emotional. These words were not said by him but were a passage from a memorial written to him by an imperial censor named Chen a few days ago.

This censor named Chen was warning Ye Mingsheng not to engage in excessive military expansion, not to waste people's money and resources for the sake of his ambitions, and not to make the people and the world the price to pay for realizing his political ambitions!
When Ye Mingsheng read this passage, he had some different opinions about the censor Chen's words that he was warmongering and wasting people's money and resources.

Ye Mingsheng felt that although he had launched some expansionist wars abroad, he had been deliberately controlling the scale of the wars and reducing the impact of the wars on people's lives and production!
In addition, in order to improve people's living standards, I have also made a lot of efforts and achieved some results.

But just from this passage, Ye Mingsheng still deeply agrees with it. Indeed, many great emperors in history, like Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, etc., although they have achieved brilliant achievements, the people under their rule did not live well and had a very difficult life!

Isn't there such a sentence?
The times are just a tiny speck of dust, but to an ordinary person it is a mountain!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng always reminds himself to cherish the people's strength and not let those innocent people bear the cost for his own political dreams and ambitions. Doing so is really selfish!

After saying these words, Ye Mingsheng also encouraged Jingxuan a few words, and then let Jingxuan and Yiren go back to sleep.

Ye Mingsheng and Pei Zhixiu also returned to the bedroom to rest, looking at the beauty in front of them. Although they had fought countless times and tried all kinds of battles, Ye Mingsheng never got tired of her. At this moment, a ball of evil fire was slowly accumulating in the lower abdomen of the Daqian Emperor!

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Pei Zhixiu's cheeks turned slightly red, but she took a book from the desk and handed it to Ye Mingsheng.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng also took it and saw three words written on the cover of the book: "Taishang Laojun Pure Heart Sutra"

"Jisu, what is this?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Pei Zhixiu said seriously:
"Lao Jun said, the Tao is one pure and one turbid, one still and one moving. Purity is the root, turbidity and movement are the end!"

"Your Majesty, if you have time, you can read more. It can help you cultivate your character and reduce the demons in your heart..."

Seeing Pei Zhixiu's serious look, Ye Mingsheng was speechless, but looking at the pure state of mind of Taishang Laojun, the evil fire in his heart was suppressed. Feeling the change in Ye Mingsheng's eyes, Pei Zhixiu also spoke:
"Your Majesty, let me massage your waist!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng obediently lay on the bed. Pei Zhixiu's hands also began to press on Ye Mingsheng's waist. With Pei Zhixiu's movements, Ye Mingsheng could faintly feel a force moving through his Mingmen acupoint, Shenshu acupoint, Yaoqi acupoint, Zhongji acupoint, and Yaoyan acupoint.

Ye Mingsheng was also moved by this, because according to the current medical level, massage is a very important medical method to treat Ye Mingsheng's lumbar disc herniation. Basically, all the imperial doctors in the medical school who can perform massage have massaged Ye Mingsheng!

However, the massage effects of these people were not as good as Pei Zhixiu's. Ye Mingsheng thought that this might be because Pei Zhixiu knew martial arts and could use true qi to stimulate acupoints.

For this reason, Ye Mingsheng also looked for other martial arts masters and asked them to massage his waist under the guidance of the imperial physician, but these martial arts masters still failed to achieve the same effect as Pei Zhixiu.

Ye Mingsheng also asked the imperial doctors and martial arts masters to discuss this matter, and they also summarized two points!
The first point is that although there were imperial physicians providing guidance, the martial arts masters themselves still lacked sufficient knowledge of medicine, so the expected results were not achieved.

The second point is that the martial arts master that Ye Mingsheng found is already very powerful and is considered a top master among the inner guards, but his ability to control his true qi is still not as good as Pei Zhixiu's.
Either of these two possibilities exists, or in other words, both of these possibilities exist!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng was also curious. He wondered what level and degree Pei Zhixiu’s martial arts had reached...

(End of this chapter)