From Ye Yichen's point of view, leaving Ye Minyu behind is a greater threat to the little emperor, because he might return to Beijing some time, knock the little emperor off the throne, and become the emperor himself. For Ye Yichen,

The main source of his great prestige in the court and among the people is his military record. With Ye Minyu as a potential threat, the court will rely more on him in the future, and his position will be more stable.

Is this really good?

Ye Yichen stretched out his hand and scratched her nose: "You don't have to worry about these things. It's only right to give birth to a son for me in peace!"

Of course, a decent person should do serious things. Yulan thought he could escape, but in fact it was just wishful thinking. The night maid who was guarding the outside heard a faint and suppressed breathing sound coming from inside, and couldn't help but blush.

Hong, quietly stood further away.

Two days later, a battle report came from the northwest. The news of Ye Minyu's capture of Chang'an immediately spread throughout the capital, and there was an uproar in the capital. Ye Yichen timely put forward the argument of "recruiting security". Even though he was the regent, this important matter related to the life and death of the country.

Decision-making still requires the support of the courtiers. Ye Yichen visited all the court elders like a revolving door, and Ding Geel quickly spread Ye Yichen's plan to the palace.

Ye Minzhao naturally understands Ye Yichen's considerations very well. He is firmly opposed to this matter. From his point of view, he would rather let Liu Zhang of Shu Han go, and also want to deal with Ye Minyu first. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and they are lying on the bed.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly on your side? This is exactly the reason.

During this period, Ye Minzhao also paid attention to cultivating his close ministers. Some courtiers who were not valued by Ye Yichen or who had political speculations, either openly or secretly, made secret glances at Ye Minzhao. Led by Mr. Ding Ge,

formed the "royalist faction"

"Of course, there are more people gathered around Ye Yichen, and their official positions are larger, including almost all military generals, as well as several cabinet ministers, six ministries and nine ministers, and some, such as the chief minister Shen Ge Lao and others, are in the

Making peace between the little emperor and the regent.

A few days later, a meeting of the imperial court chaired by Ye Yichen was held in Baohe Hall, and the young emperor came to listen to the government. As for the imperial court agreeing to Ye Minyu's suggestion of breaking the earth and making the king king, many people still had reservations, especially the "royalists", who were quarreling with each other.

In the sound, the argument was very fierce.

Ye Yichen remained calm and watched the situation in the court coldly.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was given a large number of rewards and officials were promoted. For the sake of the stability of the court, the group of people in the main positions basically remained unchanged. Ye Yichen wanted to take this opportunity to see how many people would be promoted.

My money is on the little emperor. Since I am now the de facto ruler of this empire and some policies cannot be promoted, I will replace them with people who are willing to implement them. I will also wake up these people and let them know this.

Who is the real person who speaks the truth in the country now?

The argument reached the most critical moment. Master Ma, the commander of the Jinyiwei, suddenly rushed into the Baohe Hall and reported a shocking news to the emperor and regent: Emperor Xiaowu of the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Zhang, personally led a troop of troops and captured Changsha, Hunan. The Chief Envoy of Hunan

An Bangchang led the army and civilians to surrender, and Hunan general Du Wenjing's 30,000-strong army was wiped out and committed suicide in defeat. Most of Hunan has fallen into the hands of the Shu Han.

Hearing the news, Ye Minzhao, who was sitting on the throne, stood up in shock. After Liu Zhang, Emperor Xiaowu of the Shu Han Dynasty, launched an army to attack Chu, the court had previously agreed that Wang Xingyi, the governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Palace, would lead the general Yin to sit in Xiangyang and command full authority to fight against the Shu Han.

matters.

Wang Xingyi has been with Ye Yichen for many years. He is calm and steady, and he is well versed in strategy. He is also an old military officer. He deployed heavy troops in Hunan to prevent Liu Zhang from advancing eastward. The strategy was approved by the court, but he did not expect to be defeated so quickly, and

Such a miserable defeat.

Mr. Ma also said that the military situation on the front line was urgent and serious, and Liu Zhang sent General Liu Xixuan to secretly contact Ye Minyu. Jin Yiwei's spies even intercepted Liu Zhang's secret letter to Ye Minyu. Ye Minzhao also shivered with excitement, and Chuan

Shaanxi already borders Shaanxi. If Ye Minyu joins forces with Liu Zhang regardless of the national interests, he will have the advantage of encircling the two Hunans. At that time, Hubei will be even more difficult to support alone, and most of Chu's country will be destroyed. The situation is not unserious.

After Master Ma finished speaking, he handed a superstitious letter to the regent Ye Yichen. Ye Yichen unfolded it and read it before handing it to Ye Minzhao. This letter was written by Liu Zhang himself. In the letter, Liu Zhang and Ye Minyu agreed to jointly launch an army to attack Chu, and wait until the world is pacified.

After that, he and Ye Minyu divided the river to rule, each occupying half of the world.

After this letter was circulated to everyone sitting here, everyone felt heavy. Ye Yichen said slowly: "Although the Jin Yiwei intercepted this secret letter, Liu Zhang will definitely send someone to deliver it again. If Liu Zhang and

Ye Minyu really joins forces

If so, the court will really be in big trouble. So the top priority is to do as the king said, quickly select high officials to negotiate with Ye Minyu, make him the King of Guanzhong, stabilize him for the time being, and wait until we take care of Liu Zhang, and then move on.

Take action against him!"

When Ye Yichen said such words again, no one could find any reason to refute him.

Ye Minzhao's sharp eyes fell on Ye Yichen. The frontline commander Wang Xingyi was Ye Yichen's man. Did Ye Yichen deliberately ask Wang Xingyi to abandon Changsha and force himself to agree to canonize Ye Minyu as the King of Guanzhong, leaving him with a serious problem?

Will it make Ye Yichen's position as the "uncrowned king" more stable?

At this moment, he also felt deep pressure. Internal and external troubles were coming one after another. If he did not go well, the big ship of Da Chu might really capsize in his own hands.

"Since the regent has decided, what else is there to discuss?" Ye Minzhao stood up and walked away.

It was indeed arranged by Ye Yichen that Mr. Ma broke into the Baohe Hall to report the emergency military situation. It was to deal a blow to his opponents and make them unable to oppose his decision. However, the defeat of Hunan had nothing to do with Ye Yichen. Da Chu

The beautiful land was won by Grandfather Tai-zu with his sword and gun. Naturally, Ye Yichen valued it very much, and he would never give up an inch of land easily.

The imperial meeting finally decided that the imperial court would formulate an imperial edict to pardon Ye Minyu for his treason and appoint him as the King of Guanzhong on the spot. Officials in Guanzhong's provinces and state capitals would still be appointed and removed by the imperial court. Ye Minyu would be allowed to retain three guards and horses, and one guard and horses would cost 5,600.

One hundred people, three guards and horses are more than 15,000 people.

Of course, there are still two opinions on whether Ye Minyu is willing to accept the king of Guanzhong. As for the imperial court appointing officials in Guanzhong and Ye Minyu disbanding the troops, of course the imperial court also knows that this is impossible, and it is just talk.

In the end, for such an important imperial edict, a person with a high enough status must announce it, and at the same time, he must have the responsibility of admonishing Ye Minyu not to collude with Liu Zhang.

Before the candidate for the envoy to Chang'an was announced, the second girl Yujia came to visit. It turned out that there had been rumors on the grapevine that Ye Yichen intended to send Mr. Ding Ge to Guanzhong.

"It was the old man and the old lady who forced me to come here!" Yujia said with a bitter smile: "You also know that our old man is unfortunately very lucky. Nowadays, bandits are everywhere in Guanzhong. Ye Minyu's attitude is ambiguous. No one knows what he wants.

unwilling

I am willing to accept the imperial court's favor. It would be very unlucky for the old man to go this time. Therefore, the old man and the old lady asked me to come and beg you to give you a pillow blowing at the regent's place. It is best to find another person to do this.

A hard job!"

Yujia spoke so frankly that Yulan couldn't bear to reject her as soon as she opened her mouth. She could only say carefully: "Second sister, I can only say that I will do my best on this matter. You also know that these men's external matters, we

Women in the inner house should not get involved. I will find an opportunity to talk to the prince. As for whether the prince agrees or not, there is nothing I can do. If nothing can be done by then, second sister, don’t be angry with me!"

Yujia said: "Look what you said, you are willing to help me say something in front of the prince, just for my sake, you have done me a great favor. This kind of national affairs is not something that we women should comment on, no matter how successful it is.

No, I will always be grateful to you!"

Yujia also knew that such a big thing could not be decided by Yulan as a woman. Once the words were brought, the task would be completed. She drank a cup of tea, chatted with Yulan about parenting for a while, and then hurried back to Ding Mansion.

, I went to tell my father-in-law and mother-in-law about the matter.

When Ye Yichen came back in the evening, Yu Lan told him about Yu Jia's visit today. Ye Yichen said apologetically: "I can help with anything else that can be done by raising my hand, but I'm afraid I can't do this!" Ding

Although Mr. Ge is not ranked too high in the cabinet, he is in charge of a very important department - the Ministry of Personnel.

In order to implement his policies smoothly, Ye Yichen planned to install a group of cronies in the court. The Chu court has now formed an effective system. Even the imperial power is not infinite, and it must be controlled by a certain group of civil servants.

There are some restrictions, so even if Ye Yichengui is the regent, there are some things that he can't do if he wants to. He has to turn around and adopt a curved way to save the country to achieve his goal.

This is the power of the system.

Since Ye Yichen became the regent, I don’t know how many relatives and friends have come to ask Yulan to do things for them. In order not to disturb Ye Yichen, Yulan suppressed it and never spoke to the prince. Ye Yichen rejected her today and felt that

Feeling quite sorry, he explained gently

: "Ding Ge is always in charge of the staff and is the little emperor's confidant..." He told him his thoughts. In the past, Yulan rarely cared about government affairs, and she was not very interested in those things, but since Ye Yichen

After becoming the regent, as long as Ye Yichen told her, she would listen seriously.

After hearing this, Yulan nodded. "I will tell my second sister tomorrow that this trip must be done by Ding Ge!"

Ye Yichen held her in his arms and kissed her face: "I've wronged you!"

Yu Lan smiled and said, "Nothing! Now that you are so prosperous, who among them would dare to offend me!" There was no joy in his tone.

As soon as the conversation changed, Yulan talked about another thing: "There is something that I have been thinking about in my heart. I want to tell the prince, but I feel it is not the right time. I might as well tell you today!"

Ye Yichen raised his eyebrows: "If you have anything to say, just say it!" He secretly made up his mind to agree to Yulan's request as long as it doesn't violate the big principles, even if it means going out of his way. He refused to agree to her two things in a row, which was a bit too refuting.

She lost face.

Yulan said: "Now that the fifth prince has ascended the throne and is the emperor, it is really inappropriate to place Prince Shun in the Yuqing Palace in the Forbidden City. Can you find a place for him and his eighth sister to stay outside?" Yuxin now lives in

In the Yuqing Palace, the one who ascended the throne was her brother-in-law, who was somewhat nondescript to begin with. Moreover, the rules in the palace were strict, and her living there was like a house arrest, which was really pitiful.

Ye Yichen thought for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. It is really inappropriate for Ye Minshu to live in the palace now." Besides, he has a mental problem and has lost his political value. "But I can't bring up this matter.

If it's appropriate, let's ask my seventeenth brother to write the booklet!"

After Ye Yichen became the regent, he really had everything to do. He couldn't and didn't have that much energy to take care of the affairs of the clan, so he asked Ye Fengqi to be the clan's order. Of course, Ye Minshu was also a member of the clan, so Ye Fengqi was responsible for it.

is the most appropriate.

Ye Yichen was also a resolute master, so he called Ye Fengqi over the next day to discuss the matter. Ye Fengqi quickly got into trouble, and this matter was justifiable. Ye Minshu was already crazy, so naturally he would not treat someone sitting on the throne.

Ye Minzhao posed a threat, so Ye Minzhao did not obstruct it.

A few days later, Ding Ge Lao set out for Shaanxi. The imperial court sent a military general with two thousand troops to escort Ding Ge Lao. This military general had a close relationship with Yu Lan. He was Xie Zhiyuan, who almost became Yu Lan's husband.

In recent years, Xie Zhiyuan has begun to make a name for himself in the military.

He has risen to prominence and has accumulated meritorious service and has been promoted to the fifth level of defense. He followed Changxing Marquis Geng Junwen in the Hutuo River battle a while ago. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were crippled by Ye Minyu. Xie Zhiyuan led 3,000 soldiers and horses. Not only was he not overwhelmed, but he preserved the organizational structure, which reflected

Extremely high military quality.

Ye Yichen was very surprised after reading the battle report. He was not only surprised that Xie Zhiyuan had such abilities at a young age, but also because he was an acquaintance of his. Yulan had been engaged to him back then, and was used by him because of his power.

He suppressed people and forcibly ruined their previous engagement. This incident was still fresh in his memory.

Talents are rare. Ye Yichen did not suppress Xie Zhiyuan from promoting him because of Yulan's incident. Instead, he deliberately cultivated and promoted him. That's why he sent him on this trip. If he performed well, he planned to send him when he came back.

Go to Wang Xingyi to counsel on military affairs.

If trained properly, this person may become a famous general in the future.
To be continued...