In order to avoid being cut down, Chen Mingda, the king of Dongping, united with Prime Minister Sun Chengwen and his son to carry out a frenzied assassination of the royal family, killing more than a dozen people, and the circumstances were extremely serious; Chen Gubai, the third prince, colluded with the Nanshan thieves to murder the son Chen Gujun, and with the help of the Sun family's father and son, he cooperated with his sister Chen Guhe to poison his father, Chen Mingda; Sun Chengwen and his son eliminated dissidents and conspired to usurp the throne, and the crime was monstrous.

The news has come out, and the entire Han Empire is in an uproar.

Emperor Liu Qi's instructions on this case are only four words: a group of bastards.

According to the order of Qin Cha Ye Yunyang, Chen Gubai, Sun Chengwen, Sun Jingming, and Chen Guhe were sentenced to four people and five horses, Yang Jinzhong, Yuan Hanzhe, Li Yanfu, Dong Cheng and others were sentenced to beheading, and all the officials of the Sun Group were imprisoned, and most of them never wanted to have a chance to see the light of day again in their lives.

The emperor ordered Wu Han to temporarily assume the post of supervising the state and stabilize the states, counties, and counties, and the imperial court would successively send receiving officials to take them all into the state and incorporate them into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Those princes and kings who had the mentality of watching the excitement were all dumbfounded, the emperor was really ruthless, Qiao Guo and Dongping Guo were cut down one after another, and it was their turn next.

Ye Yunyang happily returned to the imperial capital, and came to the palace as soon as possible to report to the emperor and the crown prince.

This trip is worth it, not only to help yourself avenge your shame, but also to help the emperor get a vassal state, which can be described as a balance between public and private.

In the imperial study, the emperor carefully read the piece he handed over, which recorded the whole process of the case in detail.

Closing the fold, the emperor smiled and said, "Yun Yang, you have made another contribution, what do you want to reward you?"

He waved his hand and said, "No, to put it bluntly, I am mainly to avenge myself this time, since it is a private matter, of course I can't ask for your reward." ”

The reason why he is so righteous and awe-inspiring is because he has suffered too many losses from the emperor's father and son, these two people are monkey spirits, but when they give benefits, they must be careful, because there is always a big hole hidden behind the benefits.

The crown prince and the emperor exchanged a look and said, "But no matter what, you have merit, and your father has already opened his mouth to reward you, so don't be polite, just say what you want." ”

Ye Yunyang rolled his eyes, and felt more and more that there was a pit waiting for him in the back, so he said: "Then let's do it, Weichen begs Your Majesty to give me a few months off and let me have a good rest, of course, I will not be lazy during this time, and I will definitely work hard to cultivate witchcraft and martial arts, and strive to reach a higher level." ”

"Little slippery!" the emperor muttered in a low voice, cleared his throat and said, "You are only eighteen years old, and you are in the stage of being upright and energetic, what kind of vacation are you taking!"

The crown prince echoed: "That is, my father is old, and he can insist on going to court and handling government affairs every morning, and he has never fallen behind in cultivation, and you are embarrassed to mention holidays at a young age?"

Ye Yunyang's face flushed, and he said in his heart, if he didn't fall into the pit, these two guys would definitely not give up, since stretching out his head is a knife and shrinking his head is also a knife, no matter what, he can't escape this catastrophe, so what's polite, first of all, it's enough to talk about it.

"Your Majesty is so gracious, Weichen is not welcome. He cleared his throat and said, "I want to...... Raise the title to another level, but it is obvious that this is impossible, so just casually upgrade to an official position, preferably the kind of official position that only takes a salary and does not need to go to work. In the end, you two can just give me some money, and that's it. ”

The noses of the father and son are crooked, what does it mean to be promoted to an official position casually, and to reward some money casually, do you think that official positions and silver are cabbages in the field, and you can arch if you want to?

The most infuriating thing is that he is shy to only take an official position that does not contribute to the salary, do you think that the imperial court is a good hall, why do you raise so many people who only eat and don't work?

If it were someone else, he would not dare to make such a request to the emperor.

Only Ye Yunyang dared, knowing that the father and son had a request for themselves, and in this case, he was simply sorry for himself if he didn't open his mouth.

Because, God knows what problems await him in the future.

It is conceivable that this problem must be not small, otherwise, the emperor would not be so polite to him.

Looking at him like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, the emperor smiled helplessly, who let us ask for help, the father and son pondered for several days, during which they did not hesitate to risk the leakage of intelligence, and asked for help from several ministers who were known for their wisdom, and all kinds of seemingly constructive proposals were rejected by them one by one, and finally they had to ask Ye Yunyang.

The crown prince also smiled bitterly and said, "Father, Yun Yang's request is not too excessive, why don't you just agree to him." ”

The emperor snorted lightly: "This is not excessive? all the important officials are coming to me, who would dare to do this in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?"

The crown prince persuaded: "The official position is originally inhabited by capable people, although Yun Yang is young, he is an out-and-out talent, and he has made great contributions to the empire many times, and it is a matter of course to be promoted." ”

"That's not good, just give people a promotion, and the imperial historians must not make a fuss. The emperor said solemnly: "Unless he has real talent and real learning, he can convince everyone, and I want to test him." ”

Ye Yunyang spread his hands and said: "Two, aren't you tired of singing and harmonizing? Everyone is a clear-eyed person, if there is anything you might as well say it directly, is it interesting to use the school examination as an excuse? If I can do something, I will definitely do my best, if I can't do it, you can ask another master." ”

The emperor's old face turned red, and the double reed was torn off on the spot, and it tasted uncomfortable, and he snorted: "Then I will say it bluntly, last time you proposed to build a navy to contain the enemy's forces, and I and the crown prince thought it was very good." But the question is, how can we build a navy without even noticing?"

As an enemy country, it is impossible for Daqin to be indifferent after learning that the Han built sea ships and trained naval forces, and they will follow suit or do their best to sabotage, so that the Han will have no advantage at all.

Ye Yunyang smiled and said, "I thought it was something, wasn't it just shipbuilding and training the new army, just find a secret place to do it." ”

The crown prince raised his eyebrows: "You said it easily, how many Qin State spies are in the territory of Dahan, are you clear? They are likely to have infiltrated the shipyard and the army, and our every move is under their sight, if this matter cannot be carried out secretly, we will already lose half of it in the first place, and then we will finally build a big ship and train new soldiers, but when we see that Daqin has an additional navy, what should we do?"

"Simple, open up and fight, and see who's better. Ye Yunyang said in a relaxed tone.

The emperor glared at him: "Seriously." ”

Ye Yunyang got up from the chair and said: "Actually, it's very simple to keep it secret, you are confused by fixed thinking, as long as you jump out of this strange circle, you can think of a good way." ”

He strode to the side of the study, where a large map hung from it.

The prince followed, pointed to the northern coastline of Dahan, and said, "Most of our shipyards are located in this generation, because the waves in the north are relatively calm, and there are no typhoons that often occur in the south, so we chose to build factories in this area. They have existed for decades or even hundreds of years, and it is believed that the Qin people have learned of the idea of building a navy, and will send a large number of spies to pay attention to the movements of the shipyard. ”

Seeing that Ye Yunyang was silent, the prince said again: "Even if we all abandon it, firstly, it will be difficult to build a new shipyard in a short period of time, and secondly, it will be difficult to ensure that it will not be infiltrated by spies." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled indifferently: "Why do we use our own shipyard?"

The prince was stunned, he didn't need to use anyone's own, did he want to ask Daqin to help build the ship, don't be kidding.

Ye Yunyang pointed to a place beyond the northern coastline and said, "This is the range of pirates' activities, if I remember correctly, in this sea area alone, there are more than a dozen pirate gangs, large and small. ”

The prince nodded: "You're right, so our coast guard is stationed in that area to guard against pirates." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled, and his smile was very meaningful.

The prince's eyes widened suddenly: "What do you mean, you don't want to ask pirates to help build ships, do you?"

He nodded, "That's exactly what I meant. ”

Finding pirates to build ships has at least two advantages, the first is to be able to keep it secret, Daqin just wanted to break his head, and he couldn't imagine that the warships of the Great Han would be built here, and if he made some illusions in the coastal shipyard, it would definitely have the purpose of paralyzing the other party.

Secondly, there are many shipbuilders among the pirates, and most of the islands under their control are covered by primeval forests, and there is no shortage of timber for making large ships.

On the Han side, he only needs to hurry up and train the sailors and soldiers, and when the big ship is built, he can go to sea with the ship and go to the door of the Great Qin Mansion.

The crown prince thought it was incredible, and the emperor's eyes lit up, and he had already thought of the benefits and thought it was a good idea.

But the problem arises again, pirates and Hans are enemies, and it is difficult for them not to plunder, how can they help build ships.

Ye Yunyang smiled and said: "It's easier to get them, first give them some gold, silver, and grain, and then make the pirate leader the owner of the island, even if it is not too much to make them kings, in this way, they will become the vassal states of the Han Dynasty, and then work for us." ”

The prince was a little skeptical and said, "Can it be done?"

He said confidently: "Of course, no one wants to be a thief for the rest of his life, and his children and grandchildren will still be thieves, and pirates are no exception. All it takes is a reward edict and enough benefits, and they will not only build us a big ship, but also take the initiative to send troops to exterminate other pirates, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. ”

The Emperor slapped the table happily and said, "That makes sense!" I decided to send someone to contact the pirates and show favor to them, and Yun Yang really lived up to my expectations and came up with such a good idea. ”

The crown prince also figured out the benefits, and said with a smile: "Father, I'll just say, it's right to give Yunyang an official, and you're not afraid of gossip from the imperial historians now." ”

The emperor said: "Whoever dares to gossip, I will let him beat him." ”

Ye Yunyang's face was overjoyed, it seems that he can be promoted again, not bad! In fact, this idea had already been formed as early as when he proposed the construction of the navy, but the emperor's father and son didn't ask at that time, so of course he didn't say it.

"I decided to seal Yunyang as a ...... from the six grades" The emperor pondered for a moment and said seriously: "...... Served as a patrol officer of the Coast Guard, and immediately went to the northern coast. The mission of your trip is ostensibly to patrol the coast and the garrison, but in fact, you are secretly going out to sea by boat to contact the pirates, knowing them with affection and reason, so that they will be loyal to the Han Dynasty. ”

"Huh?" Ye Yunyang jumped to his feet, what kind of reward is this, obviously it is for me to go to the pirate's den to die.

Obviously, this is the pit that the emperor just dug for him, and this is what it means to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.