Chapter 561: Peerless (2)

The life of the Ye family, in terms of food, from raw materials to utensils and even furnishings, there is no link that is not picky, but there is very little waste. Living together for many years, everyone knows how much each family eats, and so do their tastes. How many people eat together, there is always a suitable kaleidoscopic recipe, from breakfast, lunch, dinner, and almost late night snacks in the afternoon, the principle of small and frequent meals runs through the life of the Ye family, and there is a healthy and balanced advanced life concept as the guide, there is a whole medical and dietary team to regulate everyone's physical and mental health in various ways.

The same goes for clothing. The Ye family doesn't like to dress up with bells and whistles, and the most gorgeous clothes of all the people in the family must be the set of armor designed and supervised by Ye Tao himself, even Tan Weixin and Tan Weiying, who have never been on the battlefield, to a few children, this is just a tradition. But whether they are out or active in the house, the clothes of the Ye family are always simple and simple. Materials such as thick-woven twill are getting cheaper and cheaper due to the large amount of cotton planted on the Benwolf Plain, but almost all the Ye family likes cotton clothes, and silk materials are mostly used for underwear, after all, they are smooth and transparent, and in summer, cotton and linen blended clothes with excellent breathability are the mainstream in the Ye family.

Needless to say, Yejiapu is almost a model of comfort in the world, and the application of various new technologies has completely changed life. As for architecture and gardening, probably no one thinks much about it now. Ye Tao put more effort into Yejiabao than he designed and built other buildings combined, and Yejiabao is naturally a beautiful architectural complex.

Yes...... In this regard, the whole world may not have the qualifications to be compared with the Ye family. Think about it, people are the inventors, manufacturers and actual operators of the national airship passenger and freight system, and even a few boys of the Ye family have now accumulated tens of thousands of miles of flight miles, and Ip Man Xuan Ip Man even has Ye Tao specially designed and customized airships for them to learn airship piloting skills.

Although it seems that there are almost no families that can be compared with the Ye family, in fact, except for the two aspects of living and traveling, the life of the Ye family is far less luxurious than ordinary people imagine, and there is no pomp and extravagance that a family standing at the peak of the entire continent or even the world usually has. They live quietly, enjoying all sorts of seemingly insignificant surprises and pleasures, and for them, the more important enjoyment is spiritual. The family's investment in culture, art and book publishing, theater construction and troupe training, calligraphy, painting and photography and so on is far more than what they spend on superficial things such as food and clothing.

And this has become a question that the whole country in Dongping is puzzled about, what is their eccentric family pursuing?

Not everyone will be confused about such a question, at least not Tan Xiaopei. When Ye Tao was quietly in Danyang in Yejiabao, shuttling in Gondor, making such and such deployments, he was always looking for an opportunity to have a showdown with Ye Tao. Ye Tao can't leave yet, he must play a more important role in the future empire building of Dongping. But after dominating the world, let Ye Tao retire, this is what he promised at the beginning. Don't talk about any problems such as emperor's mental skills, if Ye Tao really wants to retire, there is really nothing Tan Xiaopei can do to stop him, if he is not willing to work, even if he has a high official, it is useless. Now he is already the envoy of the Northern Frontier, and he has a good word about the northern territory of the entire empire. In the future, he will not have the official position of the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy, but will divide the entire north into six states and set up governors, and the governance system will continue to follow the current framework of the Northern Xinjiang Economic and Strategic Governor. In fact, the whole empire will gradually move towards a healthier and more complete system. No matter who becomes the governor of the current jurisdiction of the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Mansion in the future, if there is no Ye Tao's approval, I am afraid it will be difficult to move an inch. Tan Xiaopei has a headache now, he prematurely promoted Ye Tao to his current position, and now there is nothing to reward, what can I do? In the future, he can be awarded the title of king, but Ye Tao may not care about it......

But then the movement of Ye Tao's family tossed shocked the whole world. They also published a series of books one after another, which were not technical or business-related, but purely political and social things.

At the beginning of summer, the first thing to be on the shelves of all bookstores in Danyang at the same time was "Social Contract Theory". Three days later, "The Spirit of the Law" was put on the shelves. Subsequently, the two books "The Wealth of Nations" and "Leviathan" were put on the shelves one after another. With the exception of The Wealth of Nations, all the other subjects were written during the Enlightenment. Now that the people of Dongping are living happily and richly, things such as "Alarm Bell" and "Fierce Return" were not taken out back then, which was too inflammatory, and the effect was not great, and it was easy for people to misunderstand that they were going to rebel. These classic works of the Enlightenment period are completely combined with the reality of the time and space that Ye Tao and Tan Weixin came to, and have been completely rewritten, and the time and energy they invested in them are unimaginable, natural, and by no means something that has been rushed out in recent times. As for something like "Critique of Pure Reason", although it is also very meaningful, Ye Tao and Tan Weixin have never understood what it is talking about in their lives, and it is not right to simply take it out to fool people.

At the beginning, everyone thought that they were all technical books like the previous ones, and when some courtiers and students who had been interested in Ye Tao and Tan Weixin's geniuses finally finished reading these books, slowly pondering that the taste was wrong, and gradually came back to their senses, Ye Tao and Tan Weixin had already run back to Yejiabao to hide from Qingjing. They had some idea of how many people's attention these things would attract and what reactions they would cause. However, at a time when the reunification of Dongping was imminent, it was shocking to suddenly throw out the view that the monarchy was not granted by God, that the state was not created by God but by the people through a social contract, and that the monarchy was not granted by God, but by the people...... Some old-fashioned ministers and students trembled with fright when they saw these things, and some bad speculations also began to circulate in some people's hearts: What are Ye Tao's family going to do?

Dai Yun returned to Yejiabao, and General Yu Fuzhong, who was temporarily in charge of the first war zone, directly stopped all contact with the Chunnan army and began to gather troops...... Yu Fuzhong was originally the general of the Dai family, and now although he is already a general in charge and his status is quite lofty, he doesn't think it is so complicated in his mind, he is only loyal to the Dai family. Although he didn't know what Ye Tao, Tan Weixin, and Dai Yun were tossing, it didn't prevent him from preparing for everything.

And now those who control the Xiling Frontier are also in chaos in their minds, although the rumors are not very reliable, but it is impossible for them to go to Ye Tao now to ask him if he is preparing to rebel, Lei Huang stayed in the main altar leisurely, but Sun Boping wrote a letter to Ye Tao with a wry smile while dealing with complicated government affairs......

Books and news will not arrive in Yazhou soon, or through the entire battlefield, to the south of Chunnan, but whether it is Qi Zhentao or anyone up and down Yazhou, something is really going to happen, even if he is hesitating, maybe he will be on Ye Tao's side. Yazhou, which has been constantly dealing with the Gulf region and more western countries, is much more active and radical in thinking than on the mainland.

This is true in these areas, and even more so in those lands under the rule of the Northern Xinjiang Jinglufu. Jingluo Prefecture did not issue any orders at all, but the atmosphere of the Invalids Farm and Ranch in the entire Yunzhou, Benwolf Plain, and Zhenzhou and other areas was quietly changing. Even in Tianmeng City, far away in the northeast, some people began to discuss what Ye Tao was going to do, and while some people were presumptuously guessing, some of the tribal leaders had already made a decision.

Want to rebel? Ye Tao had no such intention, not only Ye Jiabao clearly understood, but also the top ministers. Some of these overt and covert mobilizations and preparations are unclear and uncontrollable, while others are prepared to facilitate handling in case of uncontrollable situations. Lei Huang thought so, Tan Weiran also thought so, the other departments just quietly raised their vigilance, but the two armies of the Frost Wolf and Silver Wings directly under his command directly entered the state of alert......

"Ye Tao, when can he say hello before he does something?" Tan Xiaopei had a headache, and after rubbing his head, he said to Tan Weiming and Tan Weiran helplessly.

Since the palace is being renovated, they need to stay in Danyang to coordinate all kinds of complicated things, and now they have to temporarily live in Banyan Tree, a luxury garden-style hotel that has just been completed and has not yet opened. This is also Ye Tao's industry, strictly speaking, it is the property that he is working on in partnership with the Chi family and the Fan family, and Banyan Tree has undoubtedly reached the peak of comfort in this time and space, and some details are more exquisite than Ye Tao's own home. After Tan Xiaopei and his party lived in Banyan Tree, they all felt like countrymen entering the city, not to mention those business travelers and wealthy nobles. Several of them, together with Kyushu Trading Company, Seven Seas Chamber of Commerce and a series of other industry cooperation groups, have established a standard hotel and hostel rating system, and at present, in the whole of Dongping, only a few Banyan Tree and other companies can be ranked among the five-star ranks. Banyan Tree has not yet opened, and there are actually only three that have officially opened their doors......

Living in an elegant and quiet garden hotel, Tan Xiaopei felt as if his body and mind were refreshed, which was extremely refreshing. In fact, Tan Xiaopei has been quite happy recently, and the great cause of reunification has reached the end of the work, while steadily compressing the last living space in Chunnan, the governance work in various localities is proceeding in an orderly manner. The people of Chunnan did not have much resistance to Dongping's accession to the master, on the contrary, the great resistance was that of the students and scholars, although Dongping, who established the country by force, is now culturally prosperous, but it did not provide anyone with a chance to ascend to the sky in the imperial examination.

In Dongping's imperial examinations, no matter what the results were, they were not directly awarded official positions, but were given extremely generous material rewards, as well as some opportunities for further study, some of which were to enter the Taixue and military academies, and some of which were to go to the localities or various yamen to "intern". Speaking of the establishment of this matter, it can be regarded as one of the stricter governance plans that Dongping has gradually implemented in recent years, how many people in a yamen, how much budget, what authority and so on, there are clear regulations, a post and one person, if there is a real need to add departments, or temporarily transfer personnel from various departments to deal with something, in addition to the system of declaration and reporting, the number of court officials is rigidly framed, avoiding the problem of unlimited expansion of the number of officials.

In fact, the various things that the imperial court has to deal with are becoming more and more complex and specialized, and while reviewing the staffing, the imperial court is also repeatedly reviewing the setup and number of people in each department. This kind of serious and practical government structure obviously made the Chunnan people, who were accustomed to being officials in a graceful manner and scraping the land chic and easy, very uncomfortable and difficult to accept. But these are not problems for Tan Xiaopei, after various similar problems were reported in various places, he decisively ordered each state to organize an open and transparent, based on the actual affairs of the official examination system, if the governing body is unable to replenish the local staff, will not change the standard, will be transferred from other places. In addition, if an official still has the ability to handle his or her own affairs well, he or she may apply for a concurrent position that is not related to his or her own work for a term of not more than three months. In recognition of their hard work and diligence, in addition to the original salaries of the two positions, half of the average salaries of the two positions will be added in recognition of their hard work. The performance appraisal standards for officials remain unchanged, but those who hold two positions and can obtain excellent performance appraisal at the same time will be paid four times the incentive salary at the end of the year. Dongping has implemented the system of high salaries and honest pensions since Tan Weixin greatly improved Dongping's financial revenues from a very early stage, but the strictness of official performance appraisal is also rare in the world. This temporary part-time system has been introduced, so that capable people who can achieve excellent performance in both permanent and temporary positions can easily receive three to five times the salary of the previous one...... For a county magistrate or an official of similar rank, it is almost more than 1,200 taels of silver a year...... To be honest, do you still need to be greedy to get so much money? Of course, people's ** is endless, but Dongping's officials are always cracking down, and one hundred taels of corruption is dismissal and never hiring, five hundred taels is ten years, and one thousand taels will lose their heads...... The opportunity cost of corruption and bribery is staggeringly high. And hard work to get double excellent performance appraisal is not only a performance appraisal and bonus, but also means a golden stroke on the resume, which means that the future career will go smoother.

Although Tan Xiaopei's series of methods of withdrawal were not directly aimed at anyone in Chunnan, but a temporary order to deal with the administration and personnel that was generally adapted to all the jurisdictions of Dongping, the repercussions caused in Chunnan were extremely huge. Dongping has never rejected talented people, but don't expect to be like Chunnan in the past, you can be powerful and blessed when you become an official. And Tan Xiaopei's move also dealt a heavy blow to the conservative forces in various parts of Chunnan: Since you don't cooperate, don't think that we can't play without you. Immediately, a series of management strategies that had been implemented in the territory of the Eastern Plains for many years and had proved to be effective began to be forced. In the past, considering the feelings of Chunnan, there was still a three-year buffer adaptation period, but now, since you don't want to cooperate, then we are not so considerate. As for the local forces trying to violate these ordinances? I'm sorry, but it's still during the war, and it's all military law. When a group of people jumped out to make trouble, Qiu Haohui's Tianxuan Army took the lead in strictly enforcing the local control order, and 10,000 heavy infantry advanced in parallel, directly crushing the six local Haoqiang who claimed to be self-protecting in the village, and all property was confiscated.

When the news reached Danyang, some ministers, who feared that it would have a negative impact on local governance, advocated for Qiu Haohui to be punished. Of course, part of it is also because Qiu Haohui was born in a businessman but ranks among the ranks of senior officers, which has really caused some people's pink eye, they can't see the birth and death of others for more than ten years to temper themselves, only staring at the position that people can't help but envy. But Tan Xiaopei and Ye Tao have a very tacit understanding in this matter, Tan Xiaopei raised Qiu Haohui's title to a higher level, and directly suggested that Zhuo Mang carefully consider Qiu Haohui's performance appraisal this year, Qiu Haohui may still have to leave the Tianxuan Army after the end of the war, but that is because his military rank is too high, and he is not suitable for commanding only a single branch of the army, but will be transferred to the Central Counselor's military aircraft, and become a major minister relied on by the future Dongping Dynasty, and it is a foregone conclusion that he will become a generation of famous generals. Compared with Tan Xiaopei, Ye Tao's support and threats were more straightforward, and the Yicheng branch of Ye's Workshop specially customized a batch of guillotines and guillotines, torture tools and other supplies, and sent them directly to the Tianxuan Army.

This is what has bothered Tan Xiaopei the most in recent times, and in addition, he has been very comfortable. It's also partly because Banyan Tree's atmosphere, peaceful and secluded, is very different from the sense of seriousness that feels everywhere in the palace. However, Ye Tao's recent actions have really given him too much headache. Ye Tao was not completely silent, he sent a letter to every governor and the head of each army, which was nothing more than saying that the publication of those books was only for academic discussion, and had no other intention. He didn't defend anything, and continued to live in Yejiabao with peace of mind. How could Ye Tao rebel? For so many years, he has not even worked hard to cultivate cronies, and the only one who can be called a cronie is probably Feng Hao, that guy only listens to Ye Tao's dispatch, and it is useless for others to say anything. But Feng Yan is the son of Qu Yan and the grandson of Feng Xingnan...... One is the former ruler of the Imperial Observatory, and the other is the old lady doctor who has won the trust of the Tan family. Ye Tao didn't have any direct force, the Thunder Yin Demon Sect's sect demon group was probably counted, and the pro-guard battalion was barely counted, but he didn't have any too deliberate coercion with the generals in these armies, at most they were just approachable. Except for his old friend Guan Huan, who he met when he was a teenager, there are no direct masters, and a small half of the people who are responsible for the safety of the Ye family have the resume of serving as the imperial guard in Danyang, Liu Yong is the former head of the guard, and Jin Ze has always followed Tan Weixin and is responsible for the security of the princess's mansion...... The Dai family was worried about Ye Tao's safety, so they threw over a few offerings, but now these people are all in harmony with the guards...... Is there such an assurance? Isn't that a joke?

"Father, do you think it's possible...... Ye Tao knows our plans? Tan Weiming carefully pondered Ye Tao's recent developments and reminded in a low voice.

"You mean?" Tan Xiaopei's heart trembled: "About asking Xuan?" ”

"yes...... Ye Tao, he is definitely not happy to be calculated by us like this......" Tan Weiming frowned and said: "Very likely, he wants to make something come out, make people have all kinds of doubts, and then ...... Naturally, we had to reconsider the matter. He and his sister don't care about power, and of course there is no shortage of power now. When the dust settles, if they are still needed, they have had enough, and they are naturally willing to come out again and do things seriously. Otherwise, there is no way to explain this matter, and the news spreads too quickly, if only a few ministers and students who see the problem are connected there in private, it is absolutely impossible for the whole country to know about it in such a short time. Ye Tao must have played tricks in it. ”

"Alas...... In order to make his son not the emperor and make a 'rebellion', it is probably really unprecedented. Tan Xiaopei thought about it and agreed with this statement: "Is this son so hot? ”

"Is this...... Hehe. "There is also a huge difference between the atmosphere of the family and the imperial family in the impression of others, and the love between brothers and sons is far greater than the boundary between monarchs and ministers. Tan Weiming said self-deprecatingly: "I'm afraid of death now, this son is really not so easy to sit on." However, father, in fact, these books made by Ye Tao and his sister really make sense...... They defile themselves so much. ”

"Self-defilement?" Tan Xiaopei sneered and said, "Isn't it...... They want to take the opportunity to estimate that it is true, and so are the ones mentioned in their books. That's what they think, and for them, they don't need to think about whether we agree with it or not, or even whether the whole world supports it. The reason why a genius is a genius is that he has to have such persistence and such madness. But they're right! Divine authority of the king, fart! Didn't the rotten people make it up? Ordered by the sky, see *** ghost, this world is beaten down by Lao Tzu, take care of this god and Buddha. ”

Speaking of excitement, there is no one else in this imperial study, and Tan Xiaopei's incision and swear words are coming. Recently, he has been soaked in the army, and the rough general's true character has gradually returned to him. However, now the father and son are all this virtue, and this situation makes others feel unavoidable, but they themselves feel very happy.

"That's right, we Dongping built the country by war, although reunification is imminent, we can't keep playing that trick of integrating military and government, it is imperative to attach importance to cultural governance, but we can't let those outdated statements be very noisy." Tan Weiran said lightly, but very firmly.

"Hey, brother, you have a lot of people in Yunzhou, right?" Tan Weiming suddenly asked.

"What's wrong?" Tan Weiran replied carefully.

"Is there anyone in Yejiabao?"

"Hey, what do you want to do?" Tan Weiran felt that she must be about to start having a headache.

"Look at what they're doing, Ye Tao and my sister don't come to Danyang, and we can't spare time to go over now, but we have to figure out what they're doing now, right?" Tan Weiming instigated: "You are a scout in the world, is it wrong to find out the news to you?" ”

"It's an Intelligence Bureau's business, not a scout's business?" Tan Weiran immediately hugged and said.

"Just say, you can do it." Tan Weiming smiled, obviously having a plan in his heart.

"Okay, okay, I'll take care of that." Tan Weiran finally relented, shook his head and said.

"Do you really have a lurking manpower in Yejiabao?" Tan Xiaopei's face was not very good-looking.

Tan Weiran hurriedly explained: "Of course not...... There were quite a few sergeants from the Frostwolf Army and the Silver Wing Army in the guard camp. In addition, because all military operations are always organized by me to organize reconnaissance and espionage, there is my liaison officer in the staff team around Ye Tao. It shouldn't be a big deal to inquire about the news, just tell them to pay more attention. ”

And far away in Yejiabao, a small family meeting is also underway.

"Father, is it useful for me to go north to play, and play for ten or eight years? Either...... I went to the Gulf with the fleet? How many years to play in the Frankish kingdom? Ye Wenxuan was a little frightened. Just now, he had just listened to a conversation that Ye Tao had treasured for a while, and a certain conversation between Tan Xiaopei and Tan Weiming, Tan Weiran and several core ministers about the future inheritance of the throne in the imperial study. In such conversations, he is the central topic. This can't help but make Ye Wenxuan not nervous.

The education of the Ye family, no matter how it is calculated, is very strange. Pay attention to ability and character, pay attention to long-term learning ability, and develop the mind and body in an all-round way, but only in terms of everyone's interests and willingness, it is extremely laissez-faire. Needless to say, Ip Man may be the best candidate to lead the R&D and production of Yip's Workshop in the future, and he already has quite strong skills at a young age. And what does Ip Manxuan, as the son of the Ye family, and as a very leading guy recognized as a junior by everyone, want to do? Ip Manxuan's dream has always been to be like Dai Yun back then, to be able to travel the world and see things that no one has ever seen. Now he has traveled to many places, almost the famous mountains and rivers within the boundary of Dongping, he has already been there. And his next plan is Yazhou...... Although in any case, it will be at least a decade or two before he becomes an emperor, but the thought of not being able to travel the world from now on always makes him a little scared.

The children of the Ye family have not been allowed to enter and leave the study or conference room since they were young, and Ye Wenxuan knows very well what kind of pressure is behind the position of the high-ranking and powerful envoy of the Northern Xinjiang Economic Envoy. Ye Tao is not diligent in government, let alone taking power, but even so, a large amount of paperwork has kept Ye Tao in an extremely tense state for several years. The telegram was made by Ye Tao, but it definitely greatly increased his workload. Many matters that used to require local officials to make their own decisions are now often poked at him and asked for instructions...... Ye Tao rarely asks for instructions on anything, which is also one of the evidence that many ministers feel that Ye Tao is taking power. Only those who are in the middle of it can truly understand the enormous pressure of managing all aspects of a region, a country.

"With great power comes great responsibility." The Ye family has always believed in this, and because of this, whether it is Ye Tao, Tan Weixin, Dai Yun, Sophie, or Dai Qiuyan, they are all busy in all walks of life, and it is really hard enough to take Tan Weiying to take care of the housework. But what kind of path should the children of the Ye family take?

"I have here a memoir about limiting the power of the Emperor. Take a look. Actually, I will hand over this thing anyway, but it is conceivable that this thing will definitely cause an uproar. I don't think you need to worry too much about what will happen in a few decades, and maybe you will think differently when the time comes. If you think that it is still possible in the future, you can also try to watch the emperor and see if it is fun, then I will press this thing first and wait for you...... How so...... The identity of the crown prince is confirmed and then handed in. If you don't want to, and firmly believe that you don't want to be emperor, then I'll hand it in now. Feng Hao is now in Danyang, holding the original copy of this thing in his hand. Ye Tao said to Ye Wenxuan. Think about it. Once this thing arrives in front of the Imperial Palace, it will cause some kind of turmoil, but it is really something that everyone can't imagine. Actually, I'm really looking forward to it. ”

Ye Tao didn't think it was a big deal to throw such a big problem to Ye Wenxuan. He turned around and went to Tan Weixin's room.

Since Tan Weixin became pregnant, she has naturally received close attention from all parties. The Imperial Doctor has to carry out routine diagnosis and treatment every morning, noon and evening, and diet, tonics, almost every link and every detail are put under a magnifying glass and are repeatedly picked. Tan Weixin's health is still very good, but she has been sick for many years, and God knows what will go wrong when it comes time to give birth. No one wants an accident, and everyone wants to be completely prepared in advance. Ye Tao too. And his most important job is to keep Tan Weixin in a good mood.

"You just left the matter to Qian Xuan to deal with it yourself?" For Ye Tao's trust, it can even be said to be laissez-faire, and Tan Weixin can't help laughing or crying.

"What else can I do? After all, it's his business. Ye Tao said with a smile.

"At a young age...... You have to bear this kind of pressure, and you can't bear it. Tan Weixin said angrily.

"Without our knowledge of those systems, I really don't know what the future of the children would be. Q: I'm good at the basic craftsmanship, but how to tell him those unbelievable things, do you have a way? Wen Xuan is gifted in leadership, and those children, and even those adults around him, are willing to believe him. Wei Ming Weiran and His Majesty made such a choice, intellectually speaking, it is indeed the best. Since the children still have to base themselves on this era in the final analysis, I hope they can have such consciousness and responsibility. Ye Tao said with a smile.

"Well, that's all there is to it. Our story is incredible. Anyway, those goals at the beginning, at least for now, are really good. There are airships, planes and trains, cars ...... out there The big iron mounds in the workshop should be almost on the road now, right? Tan Weixin said fascinatedly: "There is coffee, cola...... It doesn't seem like there is a Mirinda yet, but Burger King seems to have learned a lot of it. ”

"yes...... Think about the time when there was nothing, only a few decades of hard work. Ye Tao is very proud.

"And what about this kid of ours?" Tan Weixin smiled and pointed to her stomach.

"Let's do our best in education...... Coming here, we are destined to be lonely. Children finally can't see the weird things of our time. ”

Holding Tan Weixin in her arms, Ye Tao carefully pressed his face to her stomach, listening to the deepest traces left in this world by two people who did not belong to this time and space: the soft but powerful heartbeat.

Everything else doesn't seem to matter that much.