Chapter 735 Don’t You Trust Me So Much?

Yijing, Military Governor's Mansion
In the early morning, after Ye Mingsheng finished his boxing exercise in the back garden, he returned to his study to prepare for a new day's work.
Seeing Ye Mingsheng coming to the study, Ye Cheng also took the documents that Ye Mingsheng needed to deal with and introduced them to Ye Mingsheng one by one:

"Sir, this is the plan submitted by Lord Gu on pensions and rewards for soldiers, this is the memorial submitted by Commander Yuan of the First Army, the third is the report on the tax situation this quarter submitted by the Finance Department, and the remaining two are the reorganization plans submitted by the Second and Third Armies!
"In addition, this afternoon, Shopkeeper Ye of Dadongsheng will give you a detailed report on Dadongsheng's first half performance, and Director Zhang of the First Manufacturing Bureau will also report to you on his work!"

Listening to Ye Cheng's introduction, Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly. With the help of the Chief Secretary and the General Staff, he didn't have too much work to do today. After thinking for a moment, Ye Mingsheng seemed to remember something and asked Ye Cheng:
"I remember Sun Jingan came to Yijing. When did you arrange for him to report to work?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Cheng thought for a moment and said:
"According to the schedule, Governor Sun will be sent tomorrow morning!"

After getting this answer, Ye Mingsheng thought for a moment and ordered:

"It's not easy for him to come here from Licheng. Qilu is still in a state of disrepair. As the governor, he has a lot of work to do. Please adjust his schedule with Ye Hongsheng. I want to meet Sun Jingan this afternoon!"

Ye Cheng nodded and said:

"My lord, I understand! I'll arrange it right away..."

After asking the maid to make him a cup of Tieguanyin, Ye Mingsheng officially started working. He first opened the plan submitted by Gu Sansi.

Compared with the idea of ​​using goods instead of money at the last meeting, this time, with the cooperation of various departments, Gu Sansi submitted a complete report. The report was very detailed and formulated corresponding regulations. Ordinary soldiers mainly used production materials such as land, farm tools, and fertilizers, while generals mainly used luxury goods such as kerosene, glass lamps, and silk.

In the report, Gu Sansi was very confident that as long as his plan was implemented, not only could the pensions and rewards be completed, but it would also greatly promote the Fengwu Army's use of commodities such as kerosene, fertilizers, glass lamps, etc.

Ye Mingsheng is also very much looking forward to this. Although the products produced by the Manufacturing Bureau are currently selling very well among the high-ranking officials in the Fengwu Army, some gentry and ordinary people still dare not try these new things, and the main consumers of these products are still the wealthy Jiangnan region.

However, with Jiangnan's attitude becoming increasingly defensive, the Fengwu Army's products can no longer make huge profits from the Jiangnan region as before, and this part of the profit accounts for one-fifth of the entire Fengwu Army's finances. If Ye Mingsheng does not want to give up these, then he must open up new markets.

Therefore, if we can take this opportunity to popularize these commodities in the areas controlled by the Fengwu Army, so that the people can realize that these commodities can effectively improve their quality of life, and thus continue to buy these commodities in the future, it will be a good thing for future fiscal revenue····························
After realizing this, Ye Mingsheng decisively approved Gu Sansi's plan and sent it to the General Staff Headquarters, preparing for all departments to jointly implement the plan.

After resolving the matter, Ye Mingsheng opened the memorial sent by Yuan Song. In the memorial, Yuan Song told Ye Mingsheng that the banditry in Hebei and Henan had been completely suppressed by the First Army, and the public security situation in Hebei and Henan had gradually improved. However, what surprised Ye Mingsheng was that at the end of the memorial, Yuan Song made a request to him!
The request is that Yuan Song wants to be transferred back to Yijing to take up his post!
Unlike Guo Zhiping's excuse of being physically and mentally exhausted and taking care of his parents, the older Yuan Song said that he was old and in poor health and his old illness had relapsed, so he wanted to return to Yijing to recuperate for a while and let the doctor from the medical school take a good look at him.

Although they used different excuses, Yuan Song and Guo Zhiping had one thing in common, that is, they both wanted to return to Yijing!
Ye Mingsheng knew very well that these two people were expressing their attitude to him and accepting all his arrangements. Ye Mingsheng was deeply relieved about this. Although he still trusted these two people very much, some things had to be prevented before they happened. It was just right to take advantage of the rest time now to complete a new round of reorganization, so that he could re-employ them when the war came!
Guo Zhiping had already made up his mind to arrange for him to be the Deputy Chief of the General Staff as a transition!
However, how to arrange Yuan Song is a problem.
As the recognized first general of the Fengwu Army, Yuan Song holds a pivotal position in the army. If he is transferred back to Yijing, it is not possible to arrange for him to be the deputy chief of the general staff like he did with Guo Zhiping!

After thinking about it for about a cup of tea, Ye Mingsheng still felt that the position of Chief of General Staff was the most suitable for Yuan Song!

However, during the time when He Jingyun was sent to Yunbing, the former deputy chief of the general staff, Zhao Han, performed very well. Ye Mingsheng was very satisfied with him and had basically determined that he would be He Jingyun's successor. Although Zhao Han is now nominally the deputy chief of the general staff, he is now in charge of the daily work of the general staff.

Therefore, if He Jingyun is allowed to be the Chief of the General Staff, it would undoubtedly be a hindrance to Zhao Han's success. Would this cause any unnecessary trouble?
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought. After a moment, he finished thinking and made a decision. He decided to transfer Yuan Song back to serve as the Chief of the General Staff. As for Zhao Han, he would give him some compensation as a consolation. He believed that with Zhao Han's character, he would not cause any trouble!
Let He Jingyun take over the position of the commander of the First Army. As for the position vacated by Guo Zhiping, Ye Mingsheng has decided to leave it vacant for now. The losses of the Third Army are too severe, especially many of them are cavalry. It will cost much more money to reorganize it than the infantry...
However, the financial situation is tight and there is simply no way to come up with enough money. Therefore, in order to save budget, the Third Division and the Fourth Division under the Third Army will be merged into one division first, and then restored to the original organization when the finances recover. As for the general of this division, Ye Mingsheng plans to let Xun Ke take over temporarily.

This time on the Yunbing battlefield, the Fengwu Army generally performed mediocrely, but Xun Ke performed exceptionally well. Not only did he lead the newly formed Eighth Division to hold back the 50,000 Xuanwu Imperial Army, but he also offered good strategies to Guo Zhiping in the Battle of Dakou Township. All these demonstrated his ability.

In fact, Ye Mingsheng had admired Xun Ke, who was known for his wisdom, and thought he was a rare talent. However, because of He Jingyun's relationship, he was kept in charge of reserve affairs.

In Ye Mingsheng's eyes, with Xun Ke's ability, he can be the commander of any army under the Fengwu Army, and now is undoubtedly the best opportunity for him to display his talents!
It took Ye Mingsheng about a whole morning to process all the memorials. He asked Ye Cheng to return them to their respective departments. Then Ye Mingsheng got up to have lunch. If he remembered correctly, the kitchen prepared cumin pork slices and shrimp and cucumber for him at noon, as well as a cucumber salad, which were all his favorites. After enjoying this delicious meal, Ye Mingsheng originally planned to take a nap, but he did not expect that a combination that made his waist and legs sore would come together...

As Ye Mingsheng's only daughter so far, Ye Mingsheng dotes on Ye Xingtong very much. But unfortunately, her mother Bai Yuanyuan only wants a boy and is even a little crazy about it. After the confinement period, she wants Ye Mingsheng to continue farming.

However, because there was some fresh blood entering the mansion at that time, Ye Mingsheng was still immersed in the fresh feeling. After Ye Mingsheng returned from the expedition, Bai Yuanyuan, who knew that she was almost middle-aged, saw Ye Mingsheng's weakness and made up her mind to pull Shen Yutong and Jinyu to defeat Ye Mingsheng together!
Later, Shen Yutong felt that the influence was not good, so she withdrew from the group. Although there were only two people left in the group, their fighting power was still amazing, which made Ye Mingsheng deeply realize the truth that there are only cows that die of exhaustion, but no fields that die of plowing!

Although I was very tired, I have to say it was very relaxing! Especially since these two were very well behaved!
Although he really wanted to indulge himself some more, considering that he had to meet a guest in the afternoon, Ye Mingsheng overcame his desire and just gave them a simple massage, then asked the two to wait for him in the evening.

At one o'clock in the morning, Ye Mingsheng met Sun Jingan, who had come from Licheng, in his study.

Sun Jing'an is a very special person in the Fengwu Army. In the past, when the Fengwu Army conquered various places, no matter Youyan, Jiyu or Jiyu, they did not allow the original governor to continue to stay in office. Only Sun Jing'an of Qilu was an exception.·························

The reason why Ye Mingsheng let Sun Jing'an continue to serve as the governor was also a decision made after comprehensive consideration. Under Ye Mingsheng's policy of recruiting talents regardless of their background, although there are many talents in the Fengwu Army, there are not many who can stand on their own!
After all the calculations, there are only a few people such as Cui Shao, Murong Yuliang, Gu Sansi, etc., and these people each hold important positions. Although Sun Jing'an has some stains, he still has a good reputation in the officialdom of Qi and Lu. He has also done a lot of practical things for the people, making the situation in Qi and Lu much better than that in Hebei and Henan.

Therefore, considering the maintenance of stability in Qi and Lu, Ye Mingsheng let Sun Jing'an continue to be in charge of Qi and Lu, but sent dozens of officials to take up some important positions including the Censor. These people were to assist Sun Jing'an and to supervise Sun Jing'an in implementing reforms.

Sun Jing'an was very happy that he could meet Ye Mingsheng one day in advance. After all, as the governor of Qi and Lu, he still had a lot of work to do. Every day he spent in Yijing was equivalent to a day's work wasted.

After the greetings, Sun Jingan reported his work to Ye Mingsheng.

“Marshal, although the spring ploughing in Qi and Lu has been affected by some wars this year, it is still very good overall. If God is kind enough in the more than one month until the autumn harvest, then this year will be a bumper year, and we can harvest at least two million dan of grain…”

"In addition to food, we in Qilu have also organized more than 20,000 civilians to repair some water conservancy facilities in the territory. We have also raised some silver from the people and built three new canals to ensure the basic water needs of crops. In the next six months, we also plan to build a reservoir!"

Sun Jingan stopped talking here and looked at Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng immediately understood that this was another person who wanted money. Although he was willing to support Sun Jingan's work, he was really short of money and could only say lightly:
"Let's put the big project on hold for now! It won't be too late to plan again in a few years!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Sun Jingan pretended to be somewhat unwilling and responded:
"Yes! Your lord!"

Although he showed some reluctance, Sun Jing'an was actually very calm in his heart. He had heard that the Fengwu Army was going to use various materials to reward and provide pensions to the troops, so he was well aware that the Fengwu Army's current financial situation was very difficult, and he himself had no intention of asking for money from the Fengwu Army.

The reason why he mentioned this matter to Ye Mingsheng was because the crying child needs milk, and Sun Jingan was a little worried that due to financial difficulties, Ye Mingsheng would increase taxes on the local area, so he complained to Ye Mingsheng and told Ye Mingsheng how difficult it was for Qilu...

Sun Jingan then reported to Ye Mingsheng some information about Qilu. After listening to his report, Ye Mingsheng affirmed Sun Jingan's work and said that Sun Jingan did a good job in Qilu and that he would continue to support his work in deepening reform!
Sun Jingan was naturally very grateful for this and expressed his loyalty to Ye Mingsheng. After seeing that he had said everything he needed to say, Ye Mingsheng looked at Sun Jingan with a smile. He knew that Sun Jingan's trip from Licheng to Yijing this time was not as simple as reporting work to him as it seemed!
Feeling Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Sun Jingan also realized that Ye Mingsheng had already seen through his purpose. Knowing this, he no longer had any scruples in his heart, and simply bowed to Ye Mingsheng and said directly:

"General Yin's old leg injury relapsed in Qilu, and the doctor said he would have to be wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life, so he asked me to ask the Marshal to allow him to retire in Qilu."

Facing Sun Jingan's request, Ye Mingsheng smiled, shook his head and said leisurely:
“In my opinion, General Yin’s leg disease is not recurring, but he is suffering from a mental illness! Don’t you trust me so much…”

(End of this chapter)