Chapter 230 An Miaoyi's Thoughts

"Was Xu Zhaojie's arms case framed by Ye Mingsheng this time?" Cui Shao asked in surprise:
An Miaoyi explained softly:

"I think it was Ye Mingsheng. During that period, I secretly observed that Ye Mingsheng and Li Guangbin were very close, and Li Guangbin used his father's relationship to retrieve many confidential files from the warehouse of the Ministry of War."

"Ye Mingsheng has worked under Xu Zhaojie for many years. Although he has always kept a low profile, he may have noticed some inside information about the arms case."

"And the most important point is that my people saw that the day before Ye Mingsheng left Luoan, his subordinate Ye Tie secretly went to Anping Township. The Supervisory Department is the base of Anping Township, and got the secret letter that exposed Xu Zhaojie's arms case..."

"However, the main reason why Xu Zhaojie suffered so much this time was that he colluded with Zhao Fuqu, Lin Shize and others, which angered the Prime Minister. Ye Mingsheng's secret letter only put the knife in the Prime Minister's hands!"

After getting An Miaoyi's explanation, Cui Shao shook his head with some emotion and said:
"Ye Mingsheng is a very patient man. He held the evidence but kept it to himself. Only now did he deal a fatal blow to Xu Zhaojie. After this disaster, it will be difficult for Xu Zhaojie to get up again..."

"My uncle is also very optimistic about Ye Mingsheng. He wants to use him to go to Fengzhou to deal with Zhen Sanshan and protect his business route. Therefore, he gave Ye Mingsheng a lot of benefits during this period. He gave him more than ten thousand taels of silver..." As if she thought of something, An Miaoyi said quietly:

"So it was that bastard An Zhirong who was supporting him? I knew that the Ye family was just a small country rich family. Where did they get the financial resources to allow Ye Mingsheng to expand so quickly!" Cui Shao said in a deep voice:
After saying this, Cui Shao frowned, looked at An Miaoyi with some doubt and said:
"Miaoyi, the reason you chose Ye Mingsheng is not because you want to use Ye Mingsheng to deal with An Zhirong, right?"

Under Cui Shao's gaze, An Miaoyi was silent for a while, then nodded and continued:
"If nothing unexpected happens, Ye Mingsheng will be transferred to Fengzhou as the general, and Fengzhou's business route is An Zhirong's lifeblood."

"Ye Mingsheng is a man with eagle eyes and wolf guards. He can betray Xu Zhaojie and collude with Shen Jianzhong of the Supervisory Department. He can betray Chen Dechang and secretly want to unite with the Cui family. How can he not betray An Zhirong for the sake of profit?"

"My father's health condition won't allow him to hold out for much longer, and my eldest brother is an honest man who abides by the law. If things continue like this, the title of Marquis of Kunshan of the An family will sooner or later belong to An Zhirong!"

"In terms of financial and material resources, we are not as good as An Zhirong. If we want to win over Ye Mingsheng, I think there is only one way, and that is myself..."

"Sometimes I also think, he has the eyes of an eagle and the back of a wolf, and I am the reincarnation of Bao Si. Perhaps our fate is destined to be entangled together in this catastrophe, and we will never have peace..."

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After leaving Cui Shao's study, Ye Mingsheng returned to his residence and arranged for his men to prepare to leave.

He did this not because he was worried that Cui Shao would hand him over to Song Wenhui. Ye Mingsheng knew very well that Cui Shao said that just to scare him so that he could take back the initiative in the conversation. After all, the Cui family and Song Wenhui had long been at odds with each other, and they were only superficially close. Cui Shao and the Cui family were not that loyal to Song Wenhui. The reason they continued to support Song Wenhui was simply because the two had been interdependent for decades and there were too many interests involved between the two sides...
The reason why Ye Mingsheng wanted to leave now was simply because he felt that he had accomplished his entire purpose in the Cui family and there was no reason for him to stay any longer!
Although Ye Mingsheng's trip was to demonstrate his strength to the Cui family in the hope of gaining their support, Ye Mingsheng never thought that he could achieve his goal with just this one action.

After all, you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you may easily tear your balls...

On this trip, Ye Mingsheng just wanted to let the Cui family feel his strength and lay a foundation for possible future cooperation!

When facing Cui Shao, the reason why Ye Mingsheng acted so strong was because he did it on purpose. Since he wanted to establish his own territory, the help of the Cui family was an indispensable part of his progress. Ye Mingsheng was very clear about the importance of the Cui family in Liaoyang...

Although he wants to win the support of the Cui family, this does not mean that Ye Mingsheng has to be servile to the Cui family!
Why is Song Wenhui now forced to show his declining status just by bribing the Gongsun family in the court?

Have we fallen into the current embarrassing situation where we are plagued by internal and external troubles and are in a difficult situation?
The reason is very simple. The aristocratic families are the basis of Song Wenhui's rule. Song Wenhui's rule over Liaoyang is based on the support of the aristocratic families.

Therefore, if the support of the aristocratic families for him was shaken in the slightest, it would be enough to deal a major blow to Song Wenhui's rule...

With the precedent of Song Wenhui, although Ye Mingsheng wanted to use the support of the aristocratic families to quickly develop his own power, in his heart, he was also clearly aware that the aristocratic families were a double-edged sword. They can make you successful, but they can also destroy you!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng has always been carefully on guard against the aristocratic families in his heart. This is why, when facing Cui Shao, Ye Mingsheng deliberately showed his strength. Because of the gap in strength between them, even if Ye Mingsheng could not occupy a dominant position in the cooperation with the Cui family, he would try his best to seek an equal status...

Ye Mingsheng was not worried that his dominance would bring harm to the Cui family!

What time is it now?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation in the Great Zhou is like a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment!
Troubled times are coming!

In troubled times, morality is lost and legal principles collapse...

At a time like this, the most practical aristocratic families will not support a modest gentleman who values ​​benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness!
They only support strong men!

Because only strong men have fists hard enough and wrists iron enough to protect the interests of the aristocratic families, and to fight their way out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in troubled times to become the final winner!
What Ye Mingsheng is doing now is telling Cui Shao that he, Ye, may not be strong now in terms of strength, but he has the ability to become a strong man!
(End of this chapter)