Chapter 58: Ye Wang

Chang'an Fort is still dozens of miles southeast of Shenyang. He Xi never expected to see Ye Wang here.

Looking at his face, Ye Wang can be regarded as a veteran. The steel helmet couldn't stop the gray hair. His face was wrinkled, as if it had been cut with a knife. It's just that when he saw He Xi at this moment, he bowed down from afar and said: "The ministers of the left capital are in charge of the palace, the commander of Liaodong is the envoy, and Ye Wang is visiting the horses." Then he bowed respectfully and fell to his knees in the dust.

Wen Tianxiang said that the south is kneeling, and the north is kneeling.

The Song people's work is the kneeling of the Northern Dynasty.

Entering the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made every effort to restore the Han rites, but because of the influence of the Yuan Dynasty, the kneeling ceremony was not abolished. But that is the etiquette that only exists when the status of the two sides is very different. For example, petty officials, the common people see the emperor. Or a big dealer. However, in the same officialdom, there is generally a difference of more than three grades, and only those who kneel are performed.

Even further on, the more loose this etiquette becomes.

Even to the point where there is no kneeling on an important occasion.

Of course, that's a story for later.

Now, although Ye Wang is a political marginal. But the seniority of the position is not low at all. Counted, even the oldest. There are a lot of titles on his body, even if he sees some knighted generals, Ye Wang may not need to kneel.

It's just that the environment can change people.

More than 20 years ago, Xie Zaixing rebelled. It is destined to be the current situation of Ma-Yunye. After more than 20 years, Zhu Yuanzhang's group advanced by leaps and bounds, from King Wu to the emperor, the people of the entire group, the promotion of officials, the wealth of fortune, even Ye Wang, from the thousands of households in the year, to the current Liaodong commander. The town guards Liaodong.

However, he was not feeling well.

After all, how many soldiers did Zhu Yuanzhang have back then? He and Ma Yun are both thousands of households, so they can only meet Zhu Yuanzhang directly, and Zhu Yuanzhang was only a few dozen cities at that time. There were no more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. They have thousands, almost one in twenty.

There are more than 300 Daming guards and millions of troops. He can only nest in Liaodong.

He has not been in Liaodong for a short time, and he will add some vanity at most every time, and he will not think about promotion or anything.

In such a situation, twenty years of marginal people. Ye Wang's temper has long been softened. Now it's not for me, but also for the descendants of the Ye family, what is it if your knees are soft.

It's just that He Xi didn't adapt to it.

He Xi has seen many founding generals, some of whom are arrogant. Some are calm, some are deep, and some are frivolous. But there is a sense of arrogance. After all, he is not a winning general, but he has not fought a few defeats. It's not that they are very powerful, but the entire battlefield situation of the founding of the Ming Dynasty has not suffered many defeats.

Is this because of their own abilities, or because of their fortune? It is the benevolent who sees the benevolent, and the wise who sees the wise. They themselves must attribute the cause to themselves. I think I typed it myself.

There is a spirit of victory on the battlefield, and no one thinks very low of themselves. The so-called arrogant soldiers and fierce generals are like this.

Such as Ye Wang. But it is rare, but there are many magistrates like this.

This is also the status quo during the Hongwu period. Martial noble and light.

He Xi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Ye, why do you have to be like this, you have killed the juniors." ”

Ye Wang said: "Don't dare, the colt came with a holy oracle, that is the angel." The last general will not dare to be disrespectful, and dare to ask the horse, how is the holy bow? ”、

He Xi could only whisper softly and said, "Holy bow." ”

Ye Wang turned to the south and kowtowed, and said, "The old minister has not seen His Majesty for twelve years, and the minister invites His Majesty to be Sheng'an." ”

He Xi sighed secretly in his heart, and then he realized how important Zhu Yuanzhang's favor was to him. A founding veteran who was placed in Liaodong for 12 years. And he has been in correspondence with Zhu Yuanzhang and kept in touch. This is simply envious to death, I don't know how many people.

He Xi exchanged a few words with Ye Wang, and then Ye Wang said, "How about the dog serving the adult?" ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "Lord Ye Linglang is?"

Ye Wang said: "My unsuccessful one is Ye Shen. ”

He Xi turned his head to look at Ye Baihu beside him. It was in Lushun that he was urgently transferred to his side to protect his Liaodong hundred households.

Ye Shen felt He Xi's gaze and immediately got up and saluted. Indifferent.

He Xi said: "It turned out that the tiger father has no dog." ”

Ye Wang's thoughts, He Xi also guessed some. He Xi came suddenly, Ye Wang had a lot of worries, safety was one of them, but for a while, whether it was caught in the rules of officialdom or the law, it was impossible to mobilize more people. So Ye Wang made an ingenious arrangement and sent his son to guard He Xi.

At best, it is to show loyalty and let He Xi know his heart. It can also be said in the bad place, if something really goes wrong with He Xi. His son counts as a proton. Funeral accompaniment. If you want to pass it on, it will also fall lightly.

Ye Wang said: "My lord has been traveling all the way. I have prepared a banquet for the adults today. How about going to Shenyang tomorrow? ”

He Xi said: "Okay. ”

He Xi came here, although it was an inspection. But one does not check the accounts, and the other does not check the people. So what's wrong with Liaodong, He Xi didn't see it. After all, although under the situation of Zhu Yuanzhang's high-pressure anti-corruption, the officialdom of Daming is only clean on the surface. But in reality, there are still many places where the sun can't get in.

That's the reality.

Although Guo Huan's case broke out early, the scale of Guo Huan's case was relatively small. from the national case. Almost all political envoys were involved. It became the Jiangnan nest case, involving Zhejiang, Jiangnan, Nanzhili and many other places. In the end, the scale is much smaller.

But He Xi still felt that if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to investigate another case of the same magnitude. Da Ming definitely still has.

It's just that He Xi is not here to fight corruption. He came here to ask Ye Wang for help with many things, so he naturally had to be polite, and Ye Wang's posture was so low, and he didn't raise his hand and didn't hit the smiling face.

He Xi and Ye Wang didn't talk about it.

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He Xi wet his face with cold water to sober himself up a little and the smell of alcohol dissipated a little. He Xi immediately threw the towel into the copper basin, and he said, "Mr. Yao, what kind of person do you think Ye Wang is?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said; "Before I came, I had read General Ye's resume, he was old, and he was born in a thousand households in the Spear Army. After a long battle, he is a good hand, and there are no obvious defeats. In the past ten years since I came to Liaodong, I have traveled to every place in Liaodong. Many of the cities were built by old generals. ”

"Adults may not know what Liaodong was like more than ten years ago, about twenty years ago, the Red Turban Army of the East Road advanced into Liaodong, swept the Tartar Liaoyang Province, and invaded Goryeo. In the end, he was defeated. However, the Yuan court and the inability to rebuild the system in Liaodong led to the military and political affairs of Liaodong falling into several local powers, among which Li Yi surrendered to the imperial court. Xuan was killed by Gao's slaves. The two generals of Maya, landed from the mouth of Arthur, under the pressure of the remnants of Yuan and Goryeo. Pacify Liaodong and pacify the army and the people. Absolutely. Both military and political. ”

"It's just that I think General Ye is too flattering today."

"Generals, there are such people. But General Ye shouldn't be like this. ”

"Unless ------"

He Xi said; "Unless what?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "General Ye Lao is asking for adults. I want to join the door of adults. ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes.

He was thinking about this question, that is, to accept Ye Wang's refuge, or not to accept it.

Acceptance, naturally, has great benefits.

When it is decided today, the real right to speak is in the army, and it is the barrel of the gun. He Xi even felt that now Daming was an alliance of warlords who disguised themselves as the imperial court. This is actually the contradiction between Zhu Yuanzhang and Huaixi. Huaixi nobles, in the end, are the shareholders of this world, or employees.

Shareholders have dividends, but employees only have bonuses.

Dividends or bonuses?

That's where the differences lie.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit or acquiesce to some noble privileges, the reason was the military power in their hands.

Similarly, He Xi now relies on Zhu Yuanzhang. It seems that there is no need for military power. But without military power, He Xi is destined to have no initiative in many things. But with military power, it is equivalent to entering a more tragic battlefield at any time.

Why Zhu Yuanzhang treated the nobles so cruelly was because they had military power.

He Xi has his own military power, what does it look like?