Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1462: Change the Crown Prince?

In the imperial study, Ye Mingsheng looked at the documents in front of him and couldn't help feeling deeply tired. At this moment, the man in gray in front of him asked:

"Your Majesty, are you going to take action?"

Ye Mingsheng was silent for a while after hearing this. He didn't say anything but just waved his hand.

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's attitude, the man in gray was very tactful and stopped talking. He immediately bowed and left the room.

After the man in gray left, Ye Mingsheng leaned back in his chair, feeling very upset.

Just yesterday, Ye Mingsheng received a letter from Ibugel, the current Khan of Luobei and also a minister of Daqian!
In the letter, after greeting Ye Mingsheng, Ibugele told Ye Mingsheng the latest news that Luo Bei had just received!
The Roman people observed that after the Golden Horde experienced a series of civil strife, a small nobleman, Habib, with the support of the Roman Empire, emerged as a rising star in the internal strife of the Golden Horde, successfully broke the original political structure of the Golden Horde, and became the new Khan of the Golden Horde!
Although this Habib is young, it is said that he has just turned 30 years old, but he is a very ruthless character. In order to seize power in the Khanate of Qincha, it is said that he massacred tens of thousands of people and sent all opponents to hell!
Although Habib used terror and killing to stabilize his rule within the Golden Horde, the situation of internal and external troubles of the Golden Horde did not change. Compared with working hard to govern the country and gradually achieving stable development, Habib wanted to divert the internal contradictions of the Khanate and enhance his prestige with the victory of external expansion!
Although Habib had such an idea, he did not expand blindly. He knew very well that the severely damaged Golden Horde was not on the same level as the reviving Great Qian. So in order to narrow the gap, he not only got a lot of firearms from the Roman Empire, but also hired some Roman soldiers to serve as instructors to train the soldiers of the Golden Horde to use firearms...
According to intelligence from the Robes, there were at least a hundred Roman instructors, all of whom were Roman soldiers who had participated in many wars in Crimea and had rich combat experience.

Currently, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Golden Horde are undergoing firearms training, which makes the Robe people deeply uneasy. Ibuger even has a pessimistic judgment that the Golden Horde will launch another attack on the Elunqin steppe in the early spring of next year!
So in order to resist the Robe people, Ibugel asked Ye Mingsheng to also support the Robe people with firearms and send instructors to guide the Robe people in the use of firearms!

When he received the news, Ye Mingsheng was also very surprised, but Ye Mingsheng was not surprised that the Golden Horde was going to attack the Elunqin steppe again!
For nomadic people, the lush grasslands with abundant grass and water are what they pursue throughout their lives and are engraved in their bones. So even though the Golden Horde suffered a heavy blow during its southward advance, forcing them to restrain their edge and lick their wounds like a wounded wolf!

But this cannot change their deep-seated yearning for the grassland, so when they recover from their wounds, they will definitely return to their old ways and join the war again.

What surprised Ye Mingsheng was that this time the Roman Empire actually took direct action!
As early as when Ye Mingsheng was still in the Imperial Guard, he had heard of the Roman Empire. He knew that they were a giant in the north and were very enthusiastic about expanding their territory.

However, because the Roman Empire was too far away from the Central Plains, no one paid much attention to it. After Ye Mingsheng registered, it happened that Queen Sophia of the Roman Empire came to power and defeated Kaman, Okai and other countries in Crimea and Courland, and her momentum was very huge for a while.

The Roman Empire not only expanded westwards, but also southwards. Roman settlements had already appeared in the Tunguska region.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng also asked the Coordination Office to collect some information about the Roman Kingdom. After all, although in Ye Mingsheng’s plan, the focus of Daqian’s development is Dongdao and Nanyang!
However, some things still need to be planned in advance, and not wait until things are right at the doorstep to cram. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng had previously listened to the report on this matter from the Coordination Office.

At that time, Wang Xuecheng told Ye Mingsheng that although the Romans had appeared in Tunguska, they were only a small group of Romans. The Roman top leaders were still very consistent in their ideas about developing westwards, and westwards would be the focus of Romans’ development for some time to come!
It was because of Wang Xuecheng's report that Ye Mingsheng did not take any countermeasures to this matter, but he did not expect that the Romans would now directly intervene in the Golden Horde.

In fact, as early as the period of Asdogan, the Roman Empire and the Golden Horde had already had a lot of contacts. At that time, Asdogan also obtained some firearms from the Roman Empire. He also learned some firearms technology from the Roman Empire and was able to produce some muskets.

However, there was a lack of iron ore on the grassland, and also a lack of qualified craftsmen. As a result, the production of muskets was low and the quality was uneven, making it impossible to equip the army on a large scale.

If it was just an influence at that time, then now directly giving firearms and sending instructors for training can be regarded as the Roman Empire trying to intervene. Ye Mingsheng must be highly vigilant!

According to the report of the General Coordination Office, the level of development of firearms in the Roman Empire, as well as the quality and combat effectiveness of its army, are very high. Otherwise, they would not have been able to achieve successive victories in Crimea, Kulmán and other places, forcing Kaman and Okay to retreat one after another.

After receiving the news yesterday, Ye Mingsheng immediately wanted to convene a military meeting. However, because Chief of Staff Zhao Han was not in Yijing at the moment and had gone to Yunbing for inspection a few days ago, even if he returned to Beijing immediately after receiving the news, he would have to wait a few days before returning.

Since the chief of staff is not here, there is little point in holding a military meeting, so Ye Mingsheng has not yet called together all the generals to discuss countermeasures.

However, at such a critical juncture, a new external threat has not been resolved, and some internal problems in Daqian also make Ye Mingsheng worry.

After some work by the internal security, they found a carefully preserved booklet in Ye Ling's home, and this was the secret file that Wang Xuecheng was rumored to have.

In this secret file, Ye Mingsheng saw many familiar names, and the things recorded in the file also greatly subverted Ye Mingsheng's impression of these people, which also made Ye Mingsheng feel very bad.

Although Ye Mingsheng knew that many people in Daqian would let themselves go in the absence of a strong JG system, he still couldn't believe that these people's FH speed was so fast. You know, as of now, his Daqian has not even been established for a year.
All these internal and external troubles were placed in front of Ye Mingsheng, which made Ye Mingsheng a little worried...
Just when Ye Mingsheng frowned, Ye Cheng walked into the imperial study room holding a large memorial. While handing the memorial to Ye Mingsheng, he also said:
"Your Majesty! The Queen has just punished the Crown Prince with confinement and not allowed him to eat tonight!"

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this, and subconsciously asked: "Jingren didn't do his homework again?"

"It has nothing to do with studies. It seems to be related to a dog. The Queen got very angry!"

Ye Mingsheng was even more surprised when he heard this. Although An Miaoyi was cruel to others, she was always soft-hearted towards her younger brother An Tianyu and her son Jingren.

Although An Miaoyi is usually very strict with Jingren in his studies, she is still very doting on Jingren in life.

In Ye Mingsheng's impression, although An Miaoyi punished Jingren many times, it was almost all related to Jingren's studies. Either Jingren was too playful to do his homework, or Jingren did not do his homework well and did not memorize the texts he was required to recite.

As far as Ye Mingsheng could remember, there had never been a punishment that was not related to academics!

So now Ye Mingsheng is very curious about what his eldest son did to make his mother so angry!

"Ye Cheng, what's going on?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Cheng also told Ye Mingsheng the whole story, including how Chen Rouer and Murong Xinyun had a dispute over the dog, how Mantou yelled at An Miaoyi, and how Jingren saved the dog in the end...

Hearing about this series of incidents caused by the dog, Ye Mingsheng did not know whether to laugh or cry. He had been very busy with official duties recently and had a lot of troubles, big and small, so he had no time to care about these things. He never thought that these women could cause so much trouble because of a dog!

However, when Ye Mingsheng thought that Jingren actually dared to disobey his mother's orders, he felt very relieved!

Although in the eyes of many people, Jingren, as the eldest son, is the only candidate for the Crown Prince of Daqian!
However, some other voices were expressed among some of Ye Mingsheng's staff. These people believed that although the prince was generous, he had mediocre qualifications, a soft personality and no temper, and was an incompetent person!
The most important thing is that the prince's mother, An Miaoyi, has a strong personality and is full of desire for control of power. Born into a traditional noble family, An Miaoyi is very conservative in her personal political preferences. Although she did not hinder the reform under the suppression of Ye Mingsheng, everyone knows that the queen does not agree with the reform!
So this is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger. If something unexpected happens to Ye Mingsheng that day, and the prince ascends the throne to become the new emperor of Daqian, An Miaoyi will inevitably interfere in politics. Although in the end An Miaoyi will not seize the throne from her son like Wu Zetian did, she will inevitably rule the country from behind the scenes.

By then, An Miaoyi will certainly overturn Ye Mingsheng’s various reform measures, making all of Ye Mingsheng’s hard work over the years go to waste...
Although Ye Mingsheng was reluctant to admit this view, he had to agree with it. With An Miaoyi's personality, as long as something unexpected happened to her, the possibility of such a thing happening was almost certain!
In response to this possible situation, a reader in the Hanlin Academy named Jia Gong made a suggestion to Ye Mingsheng, that is, let Ye Mingsheng prepare a will. Unexpected things may happen, and if Ye Mingsheng encounters an accident one day, in order to protect the current reform measures of Daqian, An Miaoyi should be allowed to go with him!

At that time, Daqian had just been established and Ye Mingsheng, who had just ascended the throne, was in high spirits and in high spirits. So when he heard Jia Gong's suggestion, he felt it was very unlucky!

Moreover, Ye Mingsheng felt that he was in the prime of his life. Although he might not have more, he could live another 20 or 30 years. There was no need to think about these things so early.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng ignored his advice, Jia Gong instead suggested that Ye Mingsheng could consider changing the crown prince. He still held the same view that the queen was in good health, and if anything unexpected happened, the crown prince would inevitably become the queen's puppet, and the various reforms currently being carried out in Daqian would inevitably be ruined!

Even if nothing unexpected happened, the prince had a great relationship with the conservative forces within the court, and he might not continue to support reforms a hundred years later.

So in order for the reform to proceed, Jia Gong suggested that Ye Mingsheng appoint the talented fourth prince Jingxuan as the crown prince...
Ye Mingsheng once again ignored Jia Gong's remarks and warned him that although he was talented, he should not speak nonsense when it came to matters concerning the crown prince's dethronement and enthronement!

Although Ye Mingsheng did not agree with Jia Gong's idea, Jia Gong's idea was exactly what Ye Mingsheng was worried about!
Although Ye Mingsheng is very satisfied with Jingren, Jingren's character is indeed a little too kind, even a little soft. That would be fine, but Jingren also has such deep connections with all the major conservative forces!
Ye Mingsheng was actually a little worried. He would work hard to carry out reforms like Yongzheng did, but a hundred years later Jingren would simply abolish the reforms like Qianlong did!

Especially Jingren has a mother like An Miaoyi!
So Ye Mingsheng originally planned to make Jingren more independent and reduce An Miaoyi's influence on him!

The reason why no measures have been taken yet is entirely because Jingren is not yet ten years old. Ye Mingsheng is too busy with official duties and cannot stay with him for a long time. So if Jingren is asked to leave An Miaoyi now, it will be too cruel to both An Miaoyi and Jingren!
It was with this in mind that Ye Mingsheng allowed Jingren to continue staying with An Miaoyi!
But Ye Mingsheng still hoped very much that there were some disagreements between Jingren and An Miaoyi, and that Jingren could come up with the idea of ​​breaking free from his mother's control!

And today's incident can be said to be exactly what Ye Mingsheng wanted. Ye Mingsheng regarded it as a beginning, the beginning of Jingren's independence as a ZZ figure!
If Jingren can disobey his mother's orders for the life and death of a dog today, then Ye Mingsheng believes that in the future, after Jingren realizes the necessity of reform, he will be able to disobey his mother and his relatives for the well-being of the people of the world, reject their political influence, and deepen the reform to make Daqian better, so that every citizen of Daqian will have a greater sense of happiness and gain...