Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1489 You are becoming less and less concerned about me!
the next day, early morning

Under the influence of the biological clock, Ye Mingsheng slowly opened his eyes on the bed, only to find that there was no one beside him. Ye Mingsheng was surprised and looked around the room, only to see Pei Zhixiu sitting in front of the dressing table and putting on makeup.

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised to see this. In his impression, Pei Zhixiu usually did not wear any makeup and had a plain face. She would only wear a little makeup on some important occasions, such as Ye Mingsheng's coronation ceremony.

And if Ye Mingsheng remembered correctly, nothing important happened outside the Kilometer Palace today.

Although Ye Mingsheng was lying on the bed without making any sound, Pei Zhixiu still felt that Ye Mingsheng had woken up. She had just finished drawing her eyebrows and turned to look at Ye Mingsheng with a smile and asked:

"Does it look good?"

Looking at Pei Zhixiu who was lightly made up, Ye Mingsheng felt a little emotional. Although she had given birth to a child and was over 30 years old, it had to be said that Pei Zhixiu really had the secret to maintaining her youthful appearance. She still looked like a girl in her early twenties.

And with the help of makeup, Bae Ji-soo has added a bit of mature woman's charm, looking pure and sexy!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng smiled and nodded and asked:

"Is there anything important today?"

When Pei Zhixiu heard Ye Mingsheng ask this, she didn't say anything, but her expression seemed a little dissatisfied, as if she was blaming Ye Mingsheng for asking this question.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng was even more surprised. Could it be that today was really an important day and he had forgotten about it?

Just as Ye Mingsheng lowered his head and pondered, Pei Zhixiu also said in a low voice with some disappointment:
"Today is the tenth day of the lunar new year. You promised me that you would let me go back to the medical school to teach..."

Ye Mingsheng suddenly realized what was going on after hearing this. Ever since the end of his self-reflection, Pei Zhixiu had proposed to Ye Mingsheng his idea of ​​returning to medical school.

At that time, Ye Mingsheng did not agree immediately. After all, Pei Zhixiu was able to enter and leave the palace, which caused some controversy in the palace. However, Ye Mingsheng had been suppressing this matter before, so the matter did not escalate further.

However, because the case of the palace maid's extramarital affair affected Pei Zhixiu, some voices of dissatisfaction that had been suppressed by Ye Mingsheng in the past began to rise. Among them, Queen Mother Ye Cui also found Ye Mingsheng and talked about this issue, asking Ye Mingsheng not to pamper Pei Zhixiu too much and let her do whatever she wants in the palace!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng believed that if Pei Zhixiu was allowed to return to medical school immediately, she would become the target of public criticism. Therefore, in order to protect Pei Zhixiu, Ye Mingsheng asked her to wait and return to medical school after some time.

Several months passed during this wait. A month ago, Pei Zhixiu once again mentioned to Ye Mingsheng that she wanted to return to medical school. Ye Mingsheng initially thought about waiting a little longer, as it felt a little too early to go back now. However, after Pei Zhixiu's constant persuasion, Ye Mingsheng agreed to let Pei Zhixiu return to medical school on the tenth day of next month!
At that time, Ye Mingsheng thought that the matter of the palace maid's affair had been completely settled. By the tenth day of the next month, it would have been almost three months and a hundred days. Therefore, even if Pei Zhixiu returned to the medical school at that time, it would not cause any big disturbance.

After making this decision last night, Ye Mingsheng put this matter behind him. After all, this matter was not worth mentioning compared with the military and national affairs that Ye Mingsheng had to deal with.

But Ye Mingsheng didn’t expect that time passed so quickly. Before he realized how much time had passed, it was already the tenth day of the first lunar month...
Seeing Pei Zhixiu's disappointed expression, Ye Mingsheng also smiled and comforted her;
"I remember it! I always remember it!"

Pei Zhixiu complained after hearing this:

"Your Majesty, you are caring less and less about me! Now I don't know who your Majesty's heart is with!"

After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng laughed a little and then explained:

"Jisu! I can come to your place for half a month in a month!"

"My body is here, but my heart is with someone else!"

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised to see Pei Zhixiu's jealous look. In his impression, Pei Zhixiu was rarely like this. Although he didn't know why Pei Zhixiu was jealous, Ye Mingsheng still used his eloquent tongue to coax Pei Zhixiu into smiling again.

With Pei Zhixiu's service, Ye Mingsheng also finished washing and dressing, and then went to the imperial study to start a new day's work.

As usual, Ye Cheng came to Ye Mingsheng with a stack of memorials, then took out one of them and reported to Ye Mingsheng, "Your Majesty, the important thing today is that the Ministry of Personnel has submitted the layoff report of the Qilu Provincial Administration. In addition, there is news from the Coordination Office that they have made progress on the issue of the Jinghai Army, and the matter may be resolved..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng took the memorial from the Coordination Office from Ye Cheng. In the memorial, Ji Xian told Ye Mingsheng that they had reached a preliminary agreement with Zhang Dapeng on the punishment of the pirate instructor by the court. The problem is expected to be completely resolved in the next month, and the security of Jiangnan's overseas trade will be guaranteed again!
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but nod slightly. Because Ye Mingsheng adopted the policy of reducing agricultural taxes, overseas trade became a major pillar of taxation in the court, and more than 70% of Daqian's overseas trade relied on the Jiangnan region!
Therefore, after the Jinghai Navy had a falling out with the Daqian court because of the pirate instructor incident and stopped providing protection for Daqian merchant ships as agreed, Daqian's overseas trade inevitably suffered a significant impact. This also directly affected the financial revenue of the Daqian court. According to incomplete statistics from the Ministry of Households, the tax revenue has been directly reduced by 80,000 taels of silver in the past few months!
The indirect trade losses amounted to more than 100,000 taels of silver!
To be honest, when Ye Mingsheng made the decision to severely punish the illegal pirate instructor, he realized that this decision would have a negative impact on the relationship between the imperial court and the Jinghai Army!
But Ye Mingsheng did not expect that the negative impact of this incident would be so great and would cause such great losses to the court!

In fact, after causing such a huge loss, there were also some other voices within the court, thinking that Ye Mingsheng made a wrong decision and should show leniency to these pirates...

Ye Mingsheng was also aware of this voice. Ye Mingsheng admitted that he had indeed underestimated the reaction of the Jinghai Navy to the pirate instructor incident, and this had indeed caused considerable losses to Daqian's overseas trade and the court's tax revenue!

But if time could be turned back, Ye Mingsheng would definitely make the same decision and severely punish the pirate instructor involved!
For a feudal monarch like Ye Mingsheng, his authority comes from the army and from the barrel of guns and the handle of swords, so the combat effectiveness of the army is very important!
Ye Mingsheng has always believed that there are three aspects to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army. The first aspect is advanced weapons and equipment, the second aspect is strict military discipline, and the third aspect is correct decision-making. These three aspects can be said to be the important magic weapon for Ye Mingsheng to lead the Fengwu Army to seize the world, and also the foundation of the Fengwu Army!

Therefore, when it comes to military rules and regulations, Ye Mingsheng does not intend to make any compromises, and there is no room for negotiation!
Otherwise, if such a precedent is set, there is no doubt that the gap will become wider and wider, and the Daqian army will no longer have strict military discipline!
Of course, although Ye Mingsheng will still kill the pirate instructors involved in the case, he will also ask the Coordination Office to do more preparatory work on some details, so as to reduce the reaction of the Jing Navy and minimize the impact on Daqian's overseas trade!
However, it is only hindsight to talk about these now. This incident also made Ye Mingsheng realize that he should not have any illusions about those pirate instructors. Although these pirates have been recruited now, they are still pirates at heart. He cannot give them hope...
Daqian must speed up the construction of the navy to ensure that it will not be controlled by others in future maritime trade issues!

When Ye Mingsheng was reading the memorial, Ye Cheng hesitated for a moment and reminded him:

"Your Majesty, the Internal Guards have received some news. Although Ge Xiong has made some progress in solving the problem of pirate instructors, he has extorted several Jiangnan businesses and made no less than 100,000 taels of silver!"

Ye Mingsheng showed no expression and said nothing when he heard this, but Ye Cheng understood Ye Mingsheng's attitude and chose to bow and leave the room.

Ye Mingsheng was completely within Ge Xiong's expectations!

What should the Coordination Office do if it wants to resolve and eliminate the anger throughout the Navy regarding the pirate instructor incident?
In the final analysis, it’s nothing more than putting on a smile and then giving compensation!

This matter is obviously not something that can be solved with just 10,000 or 20,000 taels of silver!

So where does the money to compensate the Net Navy come from?

Although the Ministry of Revenue has this silver, the court will not take it because the matter involves the reputation of the court!
Although the Coordination Office has funds, it was previously obstructed by the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice, and its funds are very tight. If the funds are used to compensate the Navy, the salaries of the thousands of spies in the Coordination Office will not be paid!

So where should this silver be taken out?
Of course wool comes from sheep!
This matter is to solve the problem for those businesses in Jiangnan, and they should also pay some money. After all, if things continue to stalemate, they will be affected more. So in order to solve the problem and reduce losses, they will also pay this money.

When Ye Mingsheng handed this matter over to Ji Xian, he was very clear about how Ji Xian would deal with this matter, so Ye Mingsheng's attitude was to tacitly turn a blind eye. After all, you can't let the horse run without eating grass...
Therefore, as long as Ji Xian can resolve the incident with the pirate instructor as soon as possible and allow Daqian's overseas trade to resume, Ye Mingsheng will pretend not to know about his extraordinary actions!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also felt that he needed to inspect the Daqian Navy. With the construction over the past year or so, according to the report of Chief of Staff Zhao Han, many ships of the Daqian Navy have been put to sea one after another, and the construction has begun to take shape.

This is undoubtedly exciting news. Although the imperial court currently relies on recruiting the navy to ensure the safety of Daqian's overseas trade, judging from this incident, these are only temporary. Those pirates are unreliable. If they want to develop overseas, they can only rely on Daqian's own navy!
This incident further strengthened Ye Mingsheng's idea of ​​waiting until the Daqian Navy formed combat effectiveness and then destroying the Jing Navy!
Recruiting the Jinghai Navy was originally a stopgap measure since Daqian had just been established and had no naval power. So since the Jinghai Navy is so jumpy and does not understand the situation, let them be proud for a while!
When the Daqian Navy grows up, it will be the end of these pirates!

No matter how much they have eaten before, we will make them vomit it out with interest!

After making up his mind, Ye Mingsheng continued with his work today and began to read the layoff report submitted by the Qilu Provincial Secretary!
In Ye Mingsheng's opinion, this layoff report should have been delivered to Ye Mingsheng half a month ago, but he did not expect it to be so late. Ye Mingsheng did not know why this happened, but Ye Mingsheng hoped that after being so late, Ma Runchuan's report would not disappoint him...

With this in mind, Ye Mingsheng opened the report. The report was very long, with eleven pages. Ye Mingsheng roughly estimated that it should be more than one thousand five hundred words. Although the report was nominally a layoff report, at the beginning of the report, Ma Runshan did report to Ye Mingsheng what achievements he had made in Qilu in the past year!
Among them, Qi and Lu have achieved a bumper harvest in the past year. Although grain prices have fluctuated slightly, they have remained stable overall, and there has been no large-scale famine. In addition, with the encouragement of Ma Runchuan, Qi and Lu have also taken advantage of their advantageous coastal geographical location and began to look for suitable ports and build docks to try to get involved in overseas trade.

Thirdly, Ma Runchuan reported to Ye Mingsheng that Qilu had added 31 new factories in the past year, providing more than 5,000 jobs. Under his supervision, 30,000 workers in 155 factories of all sizes in Qilu had their wages paid, without any arrears or defaults!

Finally, Ma Runchuan reported to Ye Mingsheng that the Qilu Provincial Administration, including the prefectures and counties under it, had laid off a total of 1,090 employees, including 91 officials and 999 runners, saving a total of more than 30,000 taels of silver.

Seeing these figures, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frowned. If Ye Mingsheng had not seen the layoff reports of other governors at the beginning, Ye Mingsheng would have been satisfied with Ma Runchuan's layoff figures. But now after seeing the reports of other governors, Ye Mingsheng felt that this figure could be better...