Chapter 992 A word decides life or death!
After a stick of incense, Jiang Yuyan reluctantly left Ye Mingsheng’s study. Perhaps it was because Ye Mingsheng’s reaction was rather cold, so she finally did not have the courage to express her thoughts in front of Ye Mingsheng······························

Jiang Yuyan, who was full of self-pity, still felt a little aggrieved in her heart. She felt that she had treated Ye Mingsheng with her sincerity, but in the end, Ye Mingsheng still treated her as a tool, and ignored her after he had used her, without caring about her feelings at all!
You are a living person, not an object to be manipulated at will!

The more Jiang Yuyan thought about it, the angrier she became. The grievance in her heart was indescribable, and a tear rolled down her cheeks.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind her, but Jiang Yuyan, who was already sad at this time, didn't notice it at all and continued to walk forward!

"Madam Wang, please stay!"

A guard stopped Jiang Yuyan, took out an exquisite wooden box, handed it to Jiang Yuyan with both hands and said:

"Madam Wang, the Marshal asked me to give this to you!"

Jiang Yuyan was stunned when she heard this. She didn't know what Ye Mingsheng meant by this. She blinked her beautiful eyes and took the wooden box from the guard.

Jiang Yuyan gently opened the wooden box, and saw a jade pendant in the box. The jade pendant was delicate and transparent, with bright and pure color. A lifelike jade Buddha was carved on the pendant. Even though Jiang Yuyan was used to seeing all kinds of exquisite jade artifacts, she still felt that this jade pendant was very rare.

At this moment, the guard who brought the Jade Buddha spoke again:
"The Marshal said that he understands your thoughts, Madam."

As soon as these words came out, a glimmer of hope rose in Jiang Yuyan’s heart again...

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In the study, Ye Mingsheng was checking various memorials, and the first one was sent by Yuan Song.

In this memorial, Yuan Song reported to Ye Mingsheng that his troops had conquered all the territory of Yongliang, annihilated more than 5,000 people of the Golden Horde, and rescued more than 20,000 people who were abducted by the Golden Horde. In addition, they also seized tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, as well as property worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Yuan Song's troops have suffered more than 9,300 deaths and more than 21,000 injuries. After suffering such heavy casualties, the troops are in urgent need of rest and recuperation.

At the end of the memorial, Yuan Song took the initiative to tell Ye Mingsheng that some of his old injuries that he had sustained when he led his troops to attack Yongliang had relapsed and his physical condition was not very good, so he hoped that Ye Mingsheng could let him rest for a while. In addition, his little grandson had just been born, so it would be best for him to return to Yijing to enjoy his grandson.

Seeing this memorial, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but nod secretly. In fact, Yuan Song did not take the initiative to bring it up, and Ye Mingsheng was planning to gradually take away Yuan Song's military power.

After all, Yuan Song's troops now control half of the Fengwu Army. Even though Ye Mingsheng has no doubts about Yuan Song's loyalty, these troops are too many.

Yuan Song, as always, knows when to advance and when to retreat. He understands that many people have been criticizing him recently, so he took the initiative to hand over power to show his loyalty...
Although Ye Mingsheng agreed with Yuan Song's approach, he still had to refuse on the surface. He couldn't say that he would approve Yuan Song's resignation as soon as he submitted it. If he did so, it would give people the feeling that he was getting rid of Yuan Song and couldn't wait to take away Yuan Song's military power, which would easily make people feel disheartened!

Yuan Song continued to submit petitions, but he continued to refuse. After several rounds of arguing, he finally accepted Yuan Song's resignation with reluctance when Yuan Song had made up his mind. Then he appointed Yuan Song to a position with a high rank but no real power.

Then he would reward Yuan Song with some money and a beautiful house, and finally give Yuan Song's wife an imperial decree. This way he would save face and avoid gossip!

Based on this idea, Ye Mingsheng personally wrote the reply "not allowed". Finally, Ye Mingsheng also said that Yuan Song had worked hard and made great contributions, and he would send the best imperial physician to treat him. He told Yuan Song to remember not to work too hard and to take care of his health!

Ye Mingsheng believed that after seeing this letter, Yuan Song would understand his intentions and cooperate with him!

After putting down the letter given by Yuan Song, Ye Mingsheng took out a memorial that Su Yi had sent. According to Ye Mingsheng's previous request, the Foreign Affairs Bureau launched a powerful diplomatic offensive against the Luobi tribes and exerted great pressure on Jamukha...

Therefore, although Jamukha was very reluctant, under the extreme pressure of the Fengwu Army, Jamukha finally chose to surrender and asked his nephew Bao Yinna to bring his handwritten letter to meet Ye Mingsheng!
However, Ye Mingsheng was naturally not so easy to meet, not to mention that these Luobi barbarians could not meet him whenever they wanted. In addition, Ye Mingsheng intended to control Jamukha, so he found a random excuse and did not meet Bao Yinna, but asked Su Yi, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, to meet Bao Yinna.

And the memorial that Su Yi sent now was the result of his meeting with Bao Yin!

According to Su Yi, he first reiterated to Bao Yinna that the Fengwu Army hoped that the Luobi people would live in harmony, and hoped that Jamukha would respect the opinions of various tribes and not act arbitrarily and ignoring the opinions of the vast majority of the Luobi people.

In addition, the Great Zhou also intends to strengthen exchanges with the Robe side in the economic, cultural, and military fields. We hope that Jamukhezuo can provide support to the Robe Khan and strengthen the efforts to open up to the outside world so that every Robe person can enjoy the dividends of the era of good-neighborliness and friendship between the two sides!
Bao Yinna also said that Great Khan Jamukha highly appreciated the attitude of the Great Zhou Dynasty hoping for internal peace in Robe. At the same time, he was willing to strengthen cooperation with the Great Zhou Dynasty in economy, culture and military. He hoped that Marshal Ye would continue to support the Robe people in fighting against the Golden Horde and conquering the Elunqin steppe...
The two sides began a lot of discussions around these issues. The Fengwu Army hoped that the Luobi people could open the market to the Da Zhou Trading Company and guarantee the rights and interests of the Da Zhou Trading Company in Luobi, including personal safety.

I hope Jamukha will respect the voices of Ibugel, Nurjiang and other powerful figures in Luobei, and stop acting arbitrarily and discuss everything with internal officials!
Bao Yinna said that Khan Jamukha was willing to open the market to the Great Zhou merchants under certain conditions, but he hoped that the Fengwu Army and Marshal Ye would respect the sovereignty of Luobi and not interfere too much in Luobi's internal affairs!

To put it simply, Jamukha intends to use the opening of the economy as a condition in exchange for the Great Zhou not interfering in Luobi's internal affairs!
Ye Mingsheng was a little amused when he realized this. Judging from the current situation, Nurjiang was the one who wanted to provoke a civil war in Luobi, but his troops were at a disadvantage compared to Jamukha, so in order to win, Nurjiang wanted to bring in Ibugele of the Solon tribe.

Nurjiang had about 30,000 soldiers under his command, while Ibugel had slightly more soldiers than Nurjiang, about 30,000 to 40,000. Jamukha, the Great Khan, had about 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers under his command.

Therefore, judging from the number of troops, Nurjiang and Ibugel have an advantage when joining forces. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng originally put pressure on Jamukha, hoping that Jamukha would come to him and negotiate with the other two families, but now it seems that it is different from what Ye Mingsheng expected····························

As the Khan, Jamukha did not come to Ye Mingsheng to make peace with the two families. Instead, he wanted to open up the economy in exchange for Ye Mingsheng not interfering in the internal situation of Luobi!
It seems that not only Nurjiang wants to do it, but Jamukha also seems to want to take this opportunity to wipe out Nurjiang and Ibugel, complete the unification of the power of the Robe, and become the real Khan who has the final say among the Robe tribes!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng frowned and thought. From Su Yi's story, Bao Yinna, who came on behalf of Jamukha, seemed to be very sincere!

During the meeting, Bao Yinna hinted to Su Yi that as long as the Fengwu Army agreed not to interfere in the situation in Luobei, not only the economic market aspects would be negotiable, but everything else would also be negotiable, including accepting the enthronement of the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

Although the word "enthronement" is said in a euphemistic and implicit way, it actually means that Jamukha is willing to pay tribute to the Great Zhou!
You must know that Luobi has always been the main enemy of the northern border of the Great Zhou. Historically speaking, its threat to the northern border of the Great Zhou is stronger than that of the Cumans.

It's just that in the past thirty or forty years, under the leadership of the powerful man Huodu who came from nowhere, the Cumans have been very strong and fierce, and their threat is stronger than that of the Robe people!
The Luobi people only surrendered to the Great Zhou briefly when it was founded and its military power was at its peak. The rest of the time, they basically kept fighting with the Great Zhou...
Therefore, if the Luobi people could be made to submit, it would undoubtedly be a major diplomatic victory for the Fengwu Army and even the entire Great Zhou!

So after receiving Bao Yinna's hint, Su Yi, the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Fengwu Army, wrote this letter of commendation to Ye Mingsheng!
Looking at Su Yi's passionate words in the memorial, Ye Mingsheng was not as happy as Su Yi at all!
Although the relationship between the Great Zhou and the Luobi people is currently in one of the best honeymoon periods in history, and there has been a trend of the Great Zhou becoming stronger and the Luobi people becoming weaker, Ye Mingsheng believes that the Luobi people are still very proud in their bones, and they are unwilling to become subjects of the Great Zhou and pay homage to the emperor of the Great Zhou!
Therefore, although the Luobi people briefly paid tribute to the Great Zhou in the early days of the founding of the Great Zhou, within a few years, they rebelled again and plundered the borders of the Great Zhou!
Even in the current situation, once the news that Jamukha wants to submit to the Great Zhou leaks out, it will definitely cause a huge uproar within Luobi!

Due to the presence of Ibugele and Nurjiang, Jamukha’s prestige in Robe was not particularly strong, and if he made such a political promise, Ye Mingsheng felt that it would shake Jamukha’s ruling foundation in Robe and cause many Robe people to become alienated from Jamukha·····························
Ye Mingsheng had met Jamukha and knew that he was a very shrewd talent, so he would not be unaware of the cost of making such a political commitment!

Such a price was paid just to obtain the Fengwu Army's promise of non-interference. There is no doubt how determined Jamukha was to wipe out Nurjiang and Ibugel and complete the unification of power within Robe!
But unfortunately, Ye Mingsheng would not allow the internal power of Luobi to be unified. It was in the interests of Da Zhou for Luobi to be divided into many factions and fall into internal strife as it is now. At the same time, Ye Mingsheng did not believe that Jamukha really wanted to submit to Da Zhou!
According to Ye Mingsheng, Jamukha is a very ambitious person, otherwise he would not be so diligent in wanting to kill Nurjiang and Ibugel and complete the unification of power within Robe. Deep down, he wants to bring Robe back to its rightful place!
So from Ye Mingsheng's understanding of Jamukha, when you said that he wanted to submit to the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng instinctively thought that this was fake!

Secondly, if Jamukha really wanted to be a vassal, he would not have taken the approach of hinting at things. Wouldn’t it be better to just show it openly so that he could get more benefits from me?
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng believed that Jamukha's so-called submission to the Great Zhou was just a bait for himself...
It is very likely that Jamukha's real purpose was to use submission as bait to play delaying tactics to keep him from interfering in the situation in Luobi. He would take the opportunity to launch an offensive and want to kill Nurjiang and Ibugel!
When he completes the unification of power within Luobei, his political promise to submit to the Great Zhou will be complete nonsense!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but sneer on his face. Jamukha was playing such a trick on him. He really didn't know how to live or die!

If it wasn't for maintaining Luo Bi's current power structure, I would have killed him long ago and would not have let him live until now!

However, Jamukha was so eager to die that I couldn't keep him any longer!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng pondered for a while, and then wrote a reply to Su Yi. After finishing this, Ye Mingsheng wrote a memorial to Zhao Han, the chief of staff of the Fengwu Army in Yijing, and Huo San, the director of the General Coordination Office!
Killing Jamukha is not easy for Ye Mingsheng, but it is not difficult either!
But for Ye Mingsheng, what he really needs to consider is how to maintain the situation of warlords within Luobi after killing Jamukha!
Instead of allowing a real strongman to emerge within Robe and unify the power within Robe, and at the same time preventing the Golden Horde from taking advantage of the opportunity...

(End of this chapter)