Chapter 634: The Southern Tour was destroyed!

The first Zhongyong Hall meeting lasted for three hours, from the afternoon to the evening...

Seeing that it was getting dark outside, everyone participating in the meeting looked tired, hungry and exhausted. Ye Mingsheng naturally would not let these important officials under his command go home hungry. Just when Ye Mingsheng was about to order the canteen to prepare a table of delicious food, he found that An Miaoyi had already given orders for him. Ten dishes, three soups and three jars of good wine were all ready.

Ye Mingsheng was very satisfied with An Miaoyi's consideration, so he got drunk with this group of important officials. An hour later, everyone who was full and satisfied said goodbye to Ye Mingsheng and left. Ye Mingsheng, who was a little drunk, walked towards An Miaoyi's room to express his gratitude for her preparations, and prepared to marry her tonight.

It was already the hour of Xu and the sky had gone completely dark. At the banquet just now, although everyone did not dare to force Ye Mingsheng to drink openly, each of them toasted him with a glass, and Ye Mingsheng drank nine glasses. Of the three jars of wine, Ye Mingsheng drank almost one jar by himself.

Although An Miaoyi knew that Ye Mingsheng's alcohol tolerance was average, she did not give him the "Thyme", the latest distilled liquor developed by the Second Manufacturing Bureau, but instead gave him the "Sanhechun", which has a relatively medium alcohol content. However, Ye Mingsheng drank a lot and had an aftereffect, which caused Ye Mingsheng to feel dazed and a little drunk.

After turning a corner, Ye Mingsheng suddenly felt something soft and warm slipping into his arms. Ye Mingsheng subconsciously pinched it with his hand, and heard a faint moan from his arms...

Hearing the moan, Ye Mingsheng realized that the person who fell into his arms was a woman. However, because it was very dark and Ye Mingsheng was a little drunk, he could not see the other person's appearance particularly well. He could only feel that she was very young from her voice.

The guards following Ye Mingsheng, when they saw someone bump into Ye Mingsheng's arms, instantly became alert and tried to protect Ye Mingsheng. However, after seeing the other person's appearance, they paused. Several of them exchanged glances quietly and finally chose to remain silent.

Although he didn't know who the other person was, the faint fragrance emanating from the woman in his arms made Ye Mingsheng feel a little distracted and itchy. Under the influence of alcohol, Ye Mingsheng patted the other person heavily on the back without thinking much.

While recalling the elastic feel, Ye Mingsheng warned:

"Why are you walking so fast?"

Just when Ye Mingsheng wanted to say something else, the woman in his arms suddenly broke free from Ye Mingsheng and trotted away. Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised to see this, but he didn't care much and slowly walked towards An Miaoyi's yard.

The young women in this governor’s mansion were either his own women or maids serving in the mansion. Although Ye Mingsheng had drunk alcohol, he could still feel that they were his own women. Therefore, they were most likely maids in the mansion, so he needn’t care about them. In this feudal society, the maids in the mansion had signed a contract to sell themselves and were his, Ye’s, private property...

After a cup of tea, Ye Mingsheng came to An Miaoyi's yard. An Miaoyi was very happy about Ye Mingsheng's arrival. However, seeing Ye Mingsheng's drunken appearance, she was concerned about Ye Mingsheng's health. While complaining about why Ye Mingsheng didn't drink more, she ordered people to cook sobering soup for Ye Mingsheng and get hot water for him to wash his body.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was lying on the bed and unwilling to get up, An Miaoyi called Qiqige over, and the two of them worked together to undress Ye Mingsheng.

After taking a mandarin duck bath with one dragon and two phoenixes, Ye Mingsheng, who could no longer open his eyes, finally fell asleep slowly on the bed.

Early the next morning, with the help of Qiqige's clever K, Ye Mingsheng woke up from his sleep. After he had sex with this tall and exotic beauty, Ye Mingsheng started the new day with full energy. He first practiced Bajiquan in the back garden to strengthen his body, then he and An Miaoyi went to visit Ye Cui, and had breakfast with his old mother. Finally, Ye Mingsheng came to the study to handle today's official business.

Because the meeting was just held in Zhongyong Hall yesterday, all departments today are implementing their work according to the spirit of yesterday's meeting, so not many memorials are submitted. However, if the Censorate catches a few corrupt officials, the handling plan will be handed over to Ye Mingsheng, who will make the final decision.

As for these parasites in the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng will naturally not be merciful. In order to save finances, he, Ye, has been tightening his belt and wishing to split the silver in half. How dare you take advantage of the silver? You are simply courting death...
Ye Mingsheng's principle for dealing with such people is to deal with them strictly, severely and quickly only when there is solid evidence, so as to serve as a warning to the officials under the Fengwu Army and maintain the spirit of not being able to and not daring to be corrupt.

In addition to the high-pressure anti-corruption policy, Ye Mingsheng is planning to have the governor introduce a "comparison bonus" system, where the governor and the provincial procuratorate will send a joint investigation team to conduct open and secret investigations of various prefectures and counties within the Fengwu Army. The investigation directions will focus on local development, the character and reputation of the officials themselves, etc. The assessment results will be divided into three categories: excellent, good, and unsatisfactory.

Officials with excellent or good assessment results can receive different bonuses, while those who fail will be eliminated and suspended for reflection. Ye Mingsheng hopes that in this way, officials can ensure their integrity while also devoting their wholehearted efforts to promoting local development and construction.

After finishing today's government affairs, Ye Mingsheng, who had a rare moment of free time, couldn't help but recall what happened last night and the elastic feel of his hand.

To be honest, although there are many women with good figures in Ye Mingsheng's circle, such as Bai Yuanyuan and Jinyu, but it is rare to find such a good touch. In Ye Mingsheng's impression, only Qi Qige who has practiced martial arts and Pei Zhixiu who exercises regularly can be compared with them...

In addition, Ye Mingsheng also found the temperament of the little maid last night interesting. No matter what time it is, a man with money and power will never lack women. There are so many maids in this mansion who are flirting with him, Ye, and there are even many who deliberately flirt with him in front of him.

Thinking carefully about what happened last night, Ye Mingsheng felt that something was fishy. He thought that the little maid might have deliberately bumped into his arms, and then used this opportunity to have something happen to him, so that he could become a phoenix on the branch. This kind of thing was not uncommon in the mansions of wealthy families.
But according to this logic, after being flirted with by me last night, she should have stayed with me, instead of leaving in a hurry like she did yesterday. It seemed that she was trying hard to get rid of me. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng felt that the little maid last night was very interesting. The only regret was that it was dark last night and I couldn't see what she looked like. If she looked good, she might be a concubine for me, just as if she won the battle of Ji and Yu and gave herself a gift!
After a pause, Ye Mingsheng shouted to the door.
"Ye Cheng!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's call, Ye Cheng, the chief attendant, immediately walked in and asked Ye Mingsheng respectfully:

"Sir, are you looking for me?"

"Do you know who that woman was last night?" Ye Mingsheng asked directly:

Because I drank too much last night, Ye Cheng, the head attendant, escorted me all the way to An Miaoyi’s courtyard, so he should have seen her·······················

Although Ye Mingsheng's words were somewhat obscure, Ye Cheng immediately realized who Ye Mingsheng was talking about. A strange expression appeared on his face. After hesitating for a while, he did not answer Ye Mingsheng's question, but cautiously asked Ye Mingsheng tentatively:

"Sir, you don't know who the other party is?"

Ye Mingsheng was somewhat puzzled by Ye Cheng's question. From what Ye Cheng said, he seemed to know who that little maid was. Not to mention that he was drunk last night and it was dark so he couldn't see clearly. As for the maids in his own house, although dozens of them were laid off by An Miaoyi, there were still at least 200 maids in the house. With so many people busy with official duties, how could they have the time to pay attention to a little maid?

Glancing coldly at Ye Cheng, Ye Mingsheng said in a cold voice:
"If I knew, why would I ask you?"

Feeling the hostility in Ye Mingsheng's expression, Ye Cheng said a name in a low voice. When he heard this name, a hint of surprise flashed in Ye Mingsheng's eyes...

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October 25, the 12th year of Anhe
Just when the cold winter wind was about to sweep across Sichuan and Shu, the Jingchu Inspector Sun Liangyu personally led 30,000 Chu troops into Shu. Just when everyone in the southern tour court thought that the southern tour court would survive the year, three generals of the southern tour court, Wang Sizhong, Hou Chengrui, and Shi Xiang, turned against them and took advantage of the night to lead their troops to attack the natural barrier of Jianmen from the rear.

Although Zheng Wang Jiang Guang, who was stationed in Jianmen, reacted promptly, the sneak attack by these three men was too sudden, causing great losses to the defenders of Jianmen. The Luoan Imperial Guards outside Jianmen also took advantage of the internal strife in Jianmen to launch a final general attack.

Although Jiang Guang led his troops to resist tenaciously and fought bravely, he and his soldiers were no match for the enemy. Under the attack from both inside and outside, they were eventually completely wiped out. King Zheng Jiang Guang died on the spot. After a day and night of bloody fighting, the Luoan Imperial Guards finally captured this natural barrier that had blocked them for more than half a year!
As Jianmen fell, the news of Jiang Guang’s death spread back to Rongcheng. Rongcheng was instantly in chaos. Everyone knew that Jianmen had assembled the last elite troops of the imperial court on the southern tour. The defenders of Rongcheng were simply unable to stop the Luoan Imperial Army...

The cunning Prime Minister Lin Shize was the first to react to this, and immediately prepared to flee Chengdu with his family and the young Emperor Jiang Rui and Empress Dowager Wang Yun, ready to seek refuge with Sun Liangyu, the Inspector of Jingchu, with whom he had a close relationship!

Although Lin Shize acted quickly, others were not slow either. Under the planning of the Supervisory Office, many people in the court who were on the southern tour were already ready to make a move. Now that Jianmen had fallen, they had undoubtedly made up their minds. These people also knew very well that they had nothing to give to Shangguan Hongyuan as a token of their loyalty, so when they learned of Lin Shize's actions, they immediately took action and stopped Lin Shize and others.

After a confrontation, Lin Shize had no choice but to give up the little emperor Jiang Rui and the empress dowager Wang Yun, and fled to Chengdu with his family to join Sun Liangyu. Seeing that she was about to fall into the hands of her cousin, the empress dowager, who knew her cousin's methods well, chose to commit suicide by taking poison to end her life.

The young emperor, who watched his mother commit suicide, also planned to cut his own throat and die with his mother. However, the powerful people who were ready to surrender to Shangguan Hongyuan would not watch the gifts they prepared for Shangguan Hongyuan disappear like that. They immediately stopped the young emperor from committing suicide and sent people to keep him under strict supervision.

On October 27th, the Luoan Imperial Guards officially took over Chengdu, and the southern tour court was destroyed. This declared the end of the situation in which the Great Zhou court was divided into the north and the south after the Luoan Incident.

However, although the Southern Tour court was destroyed and Shangguan Hongyuan unified the court, the damage brought to the Great Zhou by the confrontation between the Northern and Southern courts was far from over. At the same time, it also deeply hit the prestige of the court, making the people of the world feel more and more that the day of change of dynasty is not far away.

The day after the Luoan Imperial Guards officially took over Rongcheng, hundreds of Luoan Imperial Guards appeared in front of the gate of Murong Mansion. A nearly fifty-year-old Imperial Guards general, surrounded by dozens of soldiers, stood in front of the gate of Murong Mansion. Looking at the closed Murong Mansion, the Imperial Guards general's eyes flashed with anger for revenge.

His name is Yue Heng. His family has inherited the title of Marquis of Zhongshan in the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, by his generation, the family had declined, and apart from the title of Marquis, there was nothing left of the family. More than 20 years ago, as the eldest son of the family, Yue Heng had been placed with high hopes since he was a child. Everyone in the family hoped that he could restore the family's glory. In order to achieve this goal, Yue Heng followed the example of his ancestors and joined the army.

Because Yue Heng was hardworking and had the halo of a marquis, he climbed the ranks quickly in the army. At the same time, Yue Heng also met the love of his life, Wen Ling'er, the youngest daughter of Wen Shanhe, the Left Vice Minister of Rites. The two fell in love with each other and decided to spend their lives together. Just when Yue Heng was about to propose marriage, the nightmare of his life appeared...

(End of this chapter)