From Ye Yichen's point of view, leaving Ye Minyu as a scourge is a greater threat to the little emperor, because he may return to Beijing when he will overturn the little emperor from the dragon chair and become the emperor himself. For Ye Yichen, the main source of his huge prestige in the court and the people is his achievements, and with the potential threat of Ye Minyu, the court will rely on him more in the future, and his position will be more stable.

That's it, is it really good?

Ye Yichen stretched out his hand and scratched her nose: "You don't have to worry about these things, it's only serious to give me a son with peace of mind!" ”

Of course, serious people have to do serious things, Yulan thought that he could escape, but in fact it was just wishful thinking, and the night maid who was guarding outside heard a faint suppressed wheezing sound from inside in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help but blush, and quietly stood farther away.

Two days later, a battle report came from the northwest, and Ye Minyu's capture of Chang'an suddenly spread, and the Beijing division was in an uproar. Ye Yichen threw out the argument of "Zhao'an" in a timely manner. Even if he was regent, this important decision for the survival of the country still needed the support of the courtiers. Ye Yichen visited all the pavilion elders like a lantern, and Ding Ge Lao quickly passed Ye Yichen's plan to the palace.

Ye Minzhao naturally understood Ye Yichen's considerations very well. He was firmly opposed to this. From his point of view, he would rather let Liu Zhang of Shu Han go, and he would like to clean up Ye Minyu first. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly, which is precisely this reason.

During this time, Ye Minzhao was also deliberately cultivating his confidant ministers, some courtiers who were not valued by Ye Yichen or had political speculation, all of them secretly sent autumn waves to Ye Minzhao openly or secretly, headed by Ding Ge Lao, forming a "royalist faction", of course, there were more people gathered around Ye Yichen, and the official position was greater, including almost all the generals, as well as a number of cabinet assistants, six ministries and nine secretaries, and some, such as Shoufu Shen Ge Lao and others, were in the middle of the little emperor and the regent.

A few days later, the court meeting presided over by Ye Yichen was held in the Baohe Palace, and the little emperor came to listen to the government. Regarding the imperial court's agreement to Ye Minyu's proposal to split the soil and seal the king, many people still have reservations, especially the "royalists", who argued fiercely in the sound of words and swords.

Ye Yichen remained silent, staring coldly at the situation in the imperial court.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was greatly rewarded, and all officials were promoted to knights, and for the stability of the court, the group of people in the main positions basically did not move. Ye Yichen wanted to take this opportunity to see how many people were betting on the little emperor, since he is now the de facto ruler of this empire, and some policies cannot be promoted, then it is better to replace some people who are willing to implement them, and also let these people wake up their minds, so that they know who is the real one who counts in this country.

The controversy reached the most critical moment, and the commander of Jinyiwei suddenly hurriedly broke into the Baohe Hall and reported to the emperor and the regent an astonishing news: Liu Zhangqin, the filial piety emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, led a group of soldiers and horses to capture Changsha, Hunan, and the Hunan political envoy An Bangchang led the army and the people to surrender, and the 30,000 troops of Du Wenjing, the general soldier of Hunan, were annihilated, and the army was defeated and killed. Most of Hunan has fallen into the hands of Shu Han.

Hearing the news, Ye Minzhao, who was sitting on the throne, stood up in shock. After Liu Zhangxing, Emperor Xiaowu of the Shu Han Dynasty, invaded Chu, the imperial court previously agreed that Wang Xingyi, the governor of the Left Army's Metropolitan Mansion, would lead the general Yin to sit in Xiangyang and take full command of the fight against the Shu Han Dynasty.

Wang Xingyi has followed Ye Yichen for many years, calm and serious, deep in strategy, and is also an old military officer. He deployed heavy troops in Hunan to prevent Liu Zhang's eastward advance, and the strategy was also approved by the imperial court, but he didn't expect to be defeated so quickly, and the defeat was so miserable.

Master Ma also said that the military situation on the front line was urgent and severe, and Liu Zhang sent the general Liu Xixuan to secretly contact Ye Minyu, and the secret agents of Jinyiwei intercepted the secret letter written by Liu Zhang to Ye Minyu. Ye Minzhao also shivered excitedly, Sichuan and Shaanxi were already bordering, if Ye Minyu disregarded the country's righteousness and joined forces with Liu Zhang, it would form an advantage in encircling the two Hunan provinces, at that time, Hubei was even more difficult to support alone, and most of the rivers and mountains of Great Chu would be eroded, and the form could not be said to be severe.

After speaking, Master Ma handed a superstitious letter to the regent Ye Yichen. Ye Yichen unfolded it and handed it to Ye Minzhao after reading it. This letter was written by Liu Zhang himself, in which Liu Zhang and Ye Minyu agreed to jointly raise troops to fight against Great Chu, and after pacifying the world, they would divide the river with Ye Minyu and rule, each occupying half of the world.

After this letter was read to all the people present, everyone was in a heavy mood. Ye Yichen said slowly: "Although Jinyiwei intercepted this secret letter, Liu Zhang will definitely send someone to send the letter again, if Liu Zhang and Ye Minyu really join forces, the imperial court will really be in big trouble." Therefore, the top priority should be to follow what this king said, quickly select and send a big man to negotiate with Ye Minyu, make him the king of Guanzhong, stabilize him for the time being, and wait for us to clean up Liu Zhang, and then free up our hands to deal with him! ”

When Ye Yichen said such a thing again, everyone couldn't find a reason to refute him.

Ye Minzhao's sharp gaze fell on Ye Yichen, the front-line commander Wang Xingyi is Ye Yichen's person, did Ye Yichen deliberately ask Wang Xingyi to release the water, discard Changsha, and force himself to agree to canonize Ye Minyu as the king of Guanzhong, leaving him with a big trouble from then on, and making Ye Yichen's position as the "uncrowned king" more stable?

At this moment, he also felt a deep pressure, internal and external troubles came one after another, one is not good, the big ship of Da Chu may really capsize in his hands.

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

Master Ma broke into the Baohe Hall halfway to report the emergency military situation was indeed arranged by Ye Yichen, and it was to deal a blow to his opponents so that they were powerless to oppose their decision-making, but the defeat of Hunan had nothing to do with Ye Yichen. Da Chu's flowers and rivers were won by Tai-Grandpa with a knife and a gun, and Ye Yichen naturally attached great importance to it, and he would never give up an inch of land easily.

The court meeting finally agreed that the imperial court would draw up a holy decree to pardon Ye Minyu's treason and appoint him as the king of Guanzhong on the spot, and the officials of the provinces and state capitals in Guanzhong would still be appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, and Ye Minyu would be allowed to keep the three guards and horses, one guard and horse would be 5,600 people, and the third guard and horse would be more than 15,000 people.

Of course, Ye Minyu was willing to accept that this Guanzhong King was still talking. As for the appointment of officials in Guanzhong by the imperial court, and the disbandment of the troops by Ye Minyu, of course, the imperial court also knew that this was impossible, but it was just talking.

In the end, such an important decree must be announced by a person with a high enough status, and at the same time, it must also take on the responsibility of admonishing Ye Minyu not to be in the same stream as Liu Zhang.

The candidate for the envoy to Chang'an has not yet been announced, and the second girl, Yujia, came to the door. It turned out that the grapevine had always been rumored that Ye Yichen intended to send Ding Ge to run to Guanzhong.

"The old man and the old lady forced me to come!" Yu Jia smiled bitterly: "You also know, our old man is a pity for his fate, now there are bandits in Guanzhong, Ye Minyu's attitude is ambiguous, no one knows if he is willing to accept the court's appeasement, the old man is not lucky to go this time, so the old man and the old lady asked me to beg you, let you blow the pillow wind at the regent's place, it is best to change someone to do this drudgery!" ”

Yujia said so frankly, Yulan was really not good and refused as soon as he opened his mouth. I could only say word by word: "Second sister, I can only say that I will do my best in this matter, and you also know that these men are outside the house, and our women in the house should not be mixed in." I will find an opportunity to talk to the prince, and as for whether the prince agrees or disagrees, there is nothing I can do. When the time comes, you won't be able to do it, second sister, don't be angry with me! ”

Yu Jia said: "Look at what you said, if you are willing to help say a word in front of the prince, it is for the sake of my face and a great favor for me." This kind of national event is not something that we women should put in the first place, and whether it succeeds or not, I am always grateful to you! ”

Yu Jia also knew that this kind of major matter was not something that Yulan could decide as a woman. If you bring the words, you will complete the task. She drank a cup of tea, chatted with Yulan for a while, and hurried back to Ding's mansion to report to her parents-in-law.

When Ye Yichen came back in the evening, Yulan told him about Yujia's visit today. Ye Yichen said apologetically: "For other things, I can help if I can raise my hand, but I'm afraid this matter won't work!" "Although Ding Ge Lao is not too high in the cabinet, he is in charge of a very important department, the Ministry of Officials.

In order to make his policy go smoothly, Ye Yichen plans to install a group of cronies in the court, and the Great Chu court has formed a set of effective systems until now, that is, the imperial power is not infinite, and it is subject to some restrictions of the civil official group, so even if Ye Yichen is the regent, some things are not something he can do if he wants to, he has to turn a corner and adopt a curve to save the country to achieve his goal.

That's the power of the system.

Since Ye Yichen became the regent, I don't know how many relatives and friends came to ask Yulan to do things for them, Yulan in order not to disturb Ye Yichen, he pressed it down, and never opened his mouth to the prince, Ye Yichen rejected her today, and felt quite reluctant in his heart, he explained gently: "Ding Ge is in charge of the officials, and he is the ......henchman of the little emperor" He said his thoughts again, in the past, Yulan rarely cared about the government, and she was not very interested in those things, but since Ye Yichen became the regent, As long as Ye Yichen told her, she would listen seriously.

After listening, Yulan nodded. "I'll tell the second sister a message tomorrow, and I'll say that this trip is not Ding Ge's old man!"

Ye Yichen held her in his arms and pasted her face: "I have wronged you!" ”

Yulan smiled: "It's nothing! Now that you are in the ascendancy, who of them will 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 I have been thinking about in my heart, I want to tell the prince, and I feel that it is not the time, so I will simply tell you today!" ”

Ye Yichen raised his eyebrows: "If you have anything, just say it!" I secretly made up my mind that as long as I didn't violate the big principles, even if it was out of line, I would agree to Yulan's request. didn't agree to her words for two things in a row, which was a bit too much to dismiss her face.

Yulan said: "Now that the five princes have ascended the throne as emperors, it is really inappropriate to place King Shun in the Yuqing Palace in the Forbidden City. Can you find a place for him and his eighth sister to settle outside? "Yuxin now lives in Yuqing Palace, and the one who ascended the throne is the little uncle, who is already a little nondescript, and the rules in the palace are strict, and she lives in it like a seclusion, which is really pitiful.

Ye Yichen thought for a while and said, "What you said also makes sense. Ye Minshu is indeed a little inappropriate to live in the palace now. "Besides, he has a mental problem, and he has lost his political value." However, it is not appropriate for me to mention this matter, so I should ask the seventeenth brother to write the excerpt! ”

After Ye Yichen became the regent, he was really in charge of everything, and he couldn't have so much energy to take care of the affairs of the Zongren Mansion anymore, so he asked Ye Fengqi to make the Zongren Order. Of course, Ye Minshu is also a member of the clan, and it is naturally the most appropriate for Ye Fengqi to mention it.

Ye Yichen is also the master of vigorous and resolute action, and the next day he called Ye Fengqi to come over and teach him face-to-face. Ye Fengqi quickly got on the fold, this matter was also justified, Ye Minshu was already crazy, and naturally he would not pose a threat to Ye Minzhao, who was sitting on the throne, so Ye Minzhao did not obstruct it.

A few days later, Ding Ge Lao set off for Shaanxi. The imperial court sent a military general with 2,000 men and horses to escort Ding Ge Lao. This military general has a lot of connections with Yulan. is Xie Zhiyuan, who almost became Yulan's husband in the past. In recent years, Xie Zhiyuan began to emerge in the army, has accumulated merit and been promoted to the fifth grade garrison, a while ago followed Changxing Hou Geng Junwen in the Hutuo River battle, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were disabled by Ye Minyu, Xie Zhiyuan led 3,000 soldiers and horses not only not to be crushed, but to preserve the system, reflecting a very high military quality.

Ye Yichen was very surprised after reading the battle report, not only surprised that Xie Zhiyuan was young and had such skills when he was less than a weak crown, but also because he was still his acquaintance, Yulan had a marriage contract with him back then, and was oppressed by himself with power, and forcibly messed up their previous marriage contract, which he still remembers vividly.

Talent is rare, Ye Yichen did not press Xie Zhiyuan because of Yulan's affairs and did not give him a promotion, but deliberately cultivated and promoted him. Only then did he send him on this trip, and if he performed well, he planned to send him to Wang Xingyi's side to counsel military affairs after he returned.

If you train it properly, maybe this will be a generation of famous generals in the future.

It's a pity that the Xie family didn't know about Ye Yichen's hard work, and thought that Ye Yichen was a personal vendetta in the communiqué. You must know that Guanzhong is now Ye Minyu's territory, Ye Minyu has tens of thousands of male soldiers, and once the officials sent by the imperial court can't talk to him, it is very likely that he will be taken to kill the sacrificial flag, and Xie Zhiyuan will not know how to die when he dies.

The Xie family had no choice but to look around, wanting Ye Yichen to change his mind. After Ye Yichen knew about this, he just smiled, and naturally he would not change his mind.

It didn't take long for even Yulan to hear about it. Yulan couldn't help but ask about Ye Yichen. Although Yulan's words were said very tactfully, the translation was: Your old man won't really be so small-bellied, right, you can't let go of that idea back then, so you have to send Xie Zhiyuan to death?

She felt guilty about the Xie family, and she didn't want Ye Yichen to do this. What's more, there is a fifth wife involved in this!

Ye Yichen smiled helplessly: "How can such a mediocre person know the layout and arrangement of this king. He told Yulan about Xie Zhiyuan's outstanding performance in the war and his idea of wanting to cultivate him. Yulan was surprised, but also a little strange, "So the prince is planning to reuse Xie Zhiyuan?" Then why did you send him to Shaanxi? ”

Ye Yichen said: "Even if I want to promote him to an official, he must have enough merit to convince others." I sent him this time, just to test his ability, after all, he has never been the commander of an army, from Beijing to Chang'an this road is not easy to walk, if he can send Ding Ge Lao over safely, I naturally do not hesitate to treat him with high-ranking officials, if he is useless on the way, accidentally died halfway, I can only blame me for not knowing people, blame him for not being angry! ”

Only then did Yulan understand Ye Yichen's thoughts, so she put her mind at ease. After all, he is not a person who is brave in vain, and he can be regarded as a qualified politician when it comes to grasping the major policies of the entire country.

At this time, in Xi'an City, Ye Minyu had already seen Liu Zhang's letter, and the news that Jingshi wanted to crown him as the king of Guanzhong was also transmitted in time through the secret spy system.

At this time, he has just gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and only one Hangu Pass is still controlled by the four fortresses in Guanzhong, and the other three fortresses are still in the hands of the imperial court, and a large area of territory in Guanzhong has not yet been placed under his absolute rule.

The generals under him also had a lot of discussions, each with their own ideas. For example, Xiao Zongchang and Xiao Zongsheng strongly advocated that he and Liu Zhang join forces to crusade against the imperial court, and the orthodox emperor executed the Xiao family before his death, and the Xiao family naturally hated the imperial court. Ye Minyu weighed the pros and cons by herself, and she couldn't make up her mind for a while.

Of course, from the bottom of her heart, Ye Minyu still didn't want to get involved with Liu Zhang. At this time, Ding Ge's old envoys arrived in Chang'an, and after a round of difficult negotiations, the imperial court not only promised Ye Minyu to be the king in Guanzhong, but also said that as long as Ye Minyu promised to be the king in Guanzhong and not be in the same stream as Liu Zhang, the imperial court was willing to send Concubine Xiao to Chang'an to reunite with Ye Minyu.

Ye Yichen saw this nephew very accurately, he knew that Ye Minyu was still worried about the Great Chu Jiangshan, and no matter how he fought with Ye Minzhao, it was a contradiction within the "people", but Liu Zhang was involved, and the problem was complicated, since he was unwilling to borrow troops from the north, he was naturally unwilling to unite with Liu Zhang to resist the imperial court.

After he played Concubine Xiao's killer card again, under the word filial piety, Ye Minyu really wavered. He finally accepted the canonization of the imperial court and became the "King of Guanzhong!" "The imperial court naturally understands that the so-called dismantling of the army, enjoying the power of appointing and dismissing officials, etc., is just a nice thing to say, Guanzhong has become Ye Minyu's independent small kingdom, and the imperial court has no control over here.

Of course, it took several months to talk about this matter, and Ding Ge arrived in Shaanxi at the end of summer, and only negotiated things in winter. Ye Minyu finally accepted the title of King of Guanzhong. During this time, Ye Minyu was not idle, he attacked everywhere, captured the other three fortresses one by one, and eradicated the soldiers and horses loyal to the imperial court in Guanzhong one by one, and when he finished talking with Ding Ge Lao, the entire Guanzhong really became his own place.

And before that, on August 14, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, King Shun Ye Minshu also followed the edict of the imperial court and moved out of Yuqing Palace.

On the day that King Shun opened the mansion, the court was cold, and there were almost no people who came to congratulate him. A madman prince without any real power, even if he is a prince, has no investment value for the ministers of the court.

Fortunately, a group of sisters and relatives of the Yang family still arrived early in the morning, including Yulan, of course. The eldest lady saw that her daughter was able to survive and couldn't help crying with joy, since this time, her health has been not good, most of the time she is sick in bed, and the second wife is in charge of the inner house of the Yang Mansion.

Today, I reluctantly dragged my sick body to Goldfish Hutong to visit the eight girls. The eldest lady took Yuxin's hand and said again and again: "Just come out!" Just come out! In the future, it is better to have your seventh sister to help you, and your mother's family to support you in the back, than to be in the palace, without relatives, so that every day should not be called the earth and the earth are not spiritual! As he spoke, the tears came down first.

Seeing her beloved daughter like this, her heart was as uncomfortable as a knife.

Yumu and Yulan's daughters persuaded on the side: "Today is a good day for the eighth sister, why are you crying!" The eldest lady wiped her tears and only went to see Yulan. Yulan naturally understood what she meant, now that Ye Yichen is in power, the eldest lady wants to ask Yulan to make a statement here.

Yulan said: "Mother rest assured, as long as I am there one day, I will naturally take care of the eighth sister!" She still dares to express this state, Ye Minshu's current appearance is also a good thing, at least he is out of the whirlpool of political struggle, and it is not a big problem to ask Ye Yichen to protect him and Yuxin.

Everyone ate a meal, and the eldest lady was physically exhausted and exhausted, so everyone in the Yang family followed the eldest lady back first. Yulan stayed, and she and the Yuxin sisters hadn't spoken well for a long time.

The two came to the warm pavilion where Yuxin lived, dismissed the maid, and looked at each other with a feeling of being in a different world. Yuxin poured a cup of tea, pushed it to Yulan, and said quietly: "Thank you!" Seventh Sister! "Who can get out of the cage of the palace, Yu Xin naturally knows it.

Yulan patted her hand, and sighed a little: "We sisters don't need to say these kind words to each other. It's just that in the future, how are you going to spend this day? ”

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