Chapter Eighty-Eight: Loyal to the people but not to the king, the old general Mo delegated power
Old General Mo's face loosened a little, as if he had been moved.
Ye Lanming gave him a moment to digest, and then said: "According to the history of the wilderness, there was a dispute about who ascended the throne. ”
"Although the ancestor of the Mo family is good at martial arts, he is not a reckless man, and he is also quite proficient in governing the country, plus the ancestor has the power of the army, and he is surrounded by generals, and the call for the emperor is very high."
"If he wanted to earn, he should be surnamed Mo in the world now, but he didn't do it."
"Old General Mo, do you know why?" Ye Lanming asked with a chuckle.
"Why?"
Old General Mo asked in a deep voice, he also heard about this wild history, and at that time he just felt that the ancestor did not like to be restrained.
"Because the ancestor felt that Taizu's governance talent was stronger than him and could govern the world better, he let it go."
"It is precisely because he let it go that Dayan can create a prosperous era, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment for more than 200 years, which is a profound righteousness for the sake of the people of the world."
"It is also a great righteousness to move the family to Mobei and resist the invasion of the grassland people for generations."
"The loyalty of the Mo family has never been the royal family sitting high above, but the people of the world!"
"If the old general Mo is lonely because of his scruples about the royal family, and let the grassland people wantonly slaughter, he is really sorry for the ancestors of the Mo family."
When the loud words fell, General Mo's body shook, and the whole person froze.
"Am I really wrong?" He muttered, his expression dazed.
Steward He, who was sitting next to him, also looked distracted, and was shocked by Ye Lanming's bold words.
Loyal to the people but not to the king! What a bold statement!
But he vaguely felt that this sentence made a lot of sense, and decades of faith were crumbling.
Ye Lanming waited patiently for General Mo to accept her statement, she also knew that it was impossible to completely reverse the idea of the supremacy of the monarchy in such a short period of time, but as long as a seed was planted.
She carefully observed General Mo's face, and after seeing that he was shaken, she said slowly: "Old General Mo doesn't have to be too entangled, I didn't say that you would rebel." ”
"It's just self-preservation."
She adjusted her posture slightly, and her body moved forward slightly, which was a faintly oppressive posture that would unconsciously make the person opposite fall into disadvantage.
"Now the situation in Mocheng, General Mo is also very clear, there is no money in the city, the people's livelihood is withering, the management is chaotic, and spies are rampant."
"The army's supplies can't keep up, general, the valuable things in your house are going to be sold."
"In less than three years, Mocheng will be broken, and there will be lives in ruins at that time, what I said is right."
"You're right." The old general Mo said in a dumb voice, with a thick weakness in his voice.
"I know, but I can't help it." There was a deep pain in his eyes.
Is he really too stupid to see the current situation?
No! He saw it clearly.
But there are too many problems in Mocheng, just like a dying old man, he can't even save it.
"Isn't that what I'm here?" Ye Lanming said briskly.
"Give me a year, and I'll bring Mocheng back to life."
The smile on her face was extraordinarily bright, and she did not hesitate to reveal her ambitions: "It depends on whether you have the courage to do so." ”
There was silence in the study again, and the old general Mo squeezed the chair handle tightly with his right hand, and the green tendons on the back of his hand were exposed.
He stared at Ye Lanming deadly, and his inner struggle was clearly revealed through his eyes.
Will he be able to give it a go?
Can he trust Ye Lanming? Do you believe that this young girl can bring new life to Mocheng?
"I can guarantee that I will never harm the interests of Mocheng, if I violate it, the sky will thunder, and I will never be able to live forever."
As if he knew what General Mo Lao knew, Ye Lanming solemnly assured.
"Good! I'll bet on this! Finally, General Morde made a difficult decision, and he took a deep breath, as if he had exhausted his life's strength.
"You don't have to have such a big psychological burden, think about it differently, Mocheng is already so broken, no matter how bad it is, it can't be bad."
"Relax your mind, you're already under the cliff, where else can you land?"
Seeing that General Mo's face was heavy as if he was carrying a mountain, Ye Lanming was very kind to enlighten.
"What do you say......"
The old general Mo was dumbfounded, listening to her sophistry-like voice, he really relaxed.
yes, it's rotten like this, what are you worried about?
There is only an upward path, and there is no room for backwards.
"What do you want?" After figuring it out, General Mo's back straightened a little more, and he asked.
"I want your full support and absolute control over Mocheng." The index finger tapped on the table, Ye Lanming said.
"The army can't." The old general pondered for a moment.
"Okay, I won't touch the army, I want to do internal affairs in the city, and I need someone to assist me." Ye Lanming agreed with kindness.
Originally, she didn't plan to be so greedy, and she grabbed everything.
"Miss Ye is not disgusted, I will be your deputy in the future." He Guan said with a smile, there is no frame at all.
"Then it's going to be a bother." Ye Lanming nodded and did not refuse.
"I remember giving you a plan to do cash-for-work in the city."
Without wasting any time, Ye Lanming began to discuss the construction of Mocheng resolutely.
"I've read that plan, and the idea is very clever, but I don't have the money to carry it out, so I can only shelve it." He said regretfully.
"I have money, I can lend it to Mocheng, no, half of it is lent to Mocheng, and half is used for investment." Ye Lanming said.
"But...... If we go all out to carry out cash-for-work, I am afraid that it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver one after another. "He Zhi's face is embarrassed.
"Small money, I have 500,000 taels of silver in my hand now, which is enough." Ye Lanming smiled like a fox, and there was a tail wagging around behind him.
"Poof...... How much? General Mo had just taken a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and when he heard Ye Lanming's understatement, he squirted out the tea at once.
Steward He was also dumbfounded.
He heard him right, 500,000 taels of silver! Mocheng doesn't have that much money.
"This is just the money I earned in three months, General Mo, what I'm best at is making money." Ye Lanming boasted unashamedly.
"You will know later how right you made the decision today."
Old General Mo took a deep breath, he now faintly believed that the girl in front of him would bring him a huge surprise.
He straightened his face and discussed seriously: "The problem of money has been solved, but now is not the time. ”
"The steppe cavalry outside the city is ready to move, and the most important thing is to drive them away first."
"With the current strength of Mocheng, it is impossible, or I will write a letter to ask for reinforcements......
Before he finished speaking, Ye Lanming interrupted him.
"It's useless to ask for help, if you had the heart, you would have come to support a long time ago."
"And the steppe cavalry is no longer a climate."
"Why?" He said puzzledly.
"It seems that the internal problems of the Mojia Army are bigger than I imagined, the spies of the army have not come out, has Qi Yanzhuo's grain and grass been burned clean?" Ye Lanming asked rhetorically.
"What?"
Old General Mo and Steward He asked in shock at the same time.