Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1496 An unexpected person!

Based on the current situation in the court, Ye Mingsheng really does not want to replace Li Jian, which is not a good thing for the reform led by Ye Mingsheng.

But killing Wang Xuecheng is a red line. If Ye Mingsheng does not stick to this red line, there will be endless troubles!
It was precisely this kind of conflicted mentality that prevented Ye Mingsheng from making a final judgment on Li Jian.

And now with the arrest of Chen Jinnian, the matter is almost coming to an end. In fact, with the arrest of Li Jian, all kinds of voices were heard in the court. For a time, people in the court were restless and some work could not be carried out.

At the meeting today, Gu Sansi hinted to Ye Mingsheng very tactfully that due to the imprisonment of Minister of Justice Li Jian, many things in the Ministry of Justice have come to a standstill. The shutdown of such a large department has also caused other departments to receive considerable impact.

Therefore, in order to restore the normal work of the court, Ye Mingsheng should have made a decision early and prevented this public opinion from continuing to ferment.

So at this moment, Ye Mingsheng has to make a decision!
After pondering for a moment, Ye Mingsheng shook his head. He still felt that Li Jian was a capable person and it would be useful to keep him!

However, the death penalty is acceptable, but the living crime is hard to escape, so Ye Mingsheng decided to give Li Jian a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious contributions!

Didn’t Qi Dechao not want to be stabbed in the back and do dirty work in Guanzhong?

Then let Li Jian do this matter. Let him be the prefect of Luoan and specifically deal with those aristocratic gentry who oppose the reform. It's fine if Li Jian can do it well, but if he can't do it well, don't blame yourself for being heartless and ungrateful...
After making this decision, Ye Mingsheng felt relieved, but this was far from over!

Dealing with Li Jian is just the beginning. Next, Ye Mingsheng will have to make a series of personnel decisions. This is what Ye Mingsheng and Cui Shaogusansi, two important officials in the court, are discussing today.

That day in the imperial study, Li Jian confessed to Ye Mingsheng about the Yide Trading Company. He thought that Ye Mingsheng ordered the arrest of Zhuang Shanhe because of the Yide Trading Company incident, which eventually led to Zhuang Shanhe committing suicide out of fear of punishment!

But in fact, Ye Mingsheng had no idea that Yide Company had committed a crime. In fact, Ye Mingsheng knew about Yide Company, and he had also been to the gambling houses under the name of Yide Company. After all, gambling houses and brothels were the few heavily taxed industries in the Daqian court. These two industries contributed nearly 10% of the court's tax revenue every year!
So when Ye Mingsheng went on a secret visit before, he also inspected several gambling houses in Yijing, including the Yide Trading Company's gambling house. Of course, he also played a few rounds there, but Ye Mingsheng was not very interested in it, so he had no choice but to never go there again.

However, Ye Mingsheng felt that these gambling houses were quite standardized. The regulations that Ye Mingsheng required to limit the amount of each B bet were also implemented very well. The amount of each T bet did not exceed one or two taels of silver. In addition, the service in the casino was also good, with free pastries and tea.

However, Ye Mingsheng really didn’t expect that Yide Trading Company was playing such a trick behind the scenes. If Li Jian hadn’t reported it to him, he really wouldn’t have known about it...

However, since Ye Mingsheng already knew about this matter, he would never sit idly by and immediately asked the Coordination Office to investigate.

At present, the investigation of Yide Trading Company by the Coordination Office has not been completed. However, according to the investigation of the Coordination Office, some of Li Jian’s stories are basically true. The real boss behind Yide Trading Company is Yunhe. In addition to Yunhe, some people from the Gongsun family and even some people from the Cui family are also involved.

In addition to these three companies, some court officials from Liaoyang were also involved, acting as umbrellas for them and providing various conveniences. Ye Mingsheng was very angry about this and secretly made up his mind to deal with it seriously!
The current focus of the Coordination Office's investigation is still on Gongsun Hao, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and people at higher levels.

According to the report from the Coordination Office, Gongsun Hao facilitated Yide Company's entry into the gambling and brothel business and helped them obtain licenses, but there is no direct evidence to show that Gongsun Hao was acting as a protective umbrella. The Coordination Office is conducting further investigations and striving to collect more evidence!
Although the Coordination Office is still investigating Gongsun Hao and has not reached a final conclusion, Ye Mingsheng has already begun to consider how to deal with those involved in the case. Other officials are easy to deal with, those who should serve hard labor will do so, and those who should be beheaded will be beheaded, but Gongsun Hao is a little difficult to deal with!
The reason why Ye Mingsheng appointed him as the Minister of Justice was mainly because he was said to be impartial and selfless, and he was very principled in doing things and would not be greedy or take bribes.

But now that the Yide Trading Company incident has come out, Ye Mingsheng has realized that Gongsun Hao is also a two-faced person!

So while Ye Mingsheng was disappointed, he also felt that Gongsun Hao was no longer worthy of staying in the yamen!
But as to whether or not to kill Gongsun Hao is still a question to be discussed...
Firstly, Gongsun Hao is a veteran of Daqian, who has both merits and hard work. Although he is not a cabinet minister, he has always been regarded as a respected official in the court. Secondly, he is also a good friend and buddy of Cui Shao. The Gongsun family and the Cui family are also very close political allies!

Based on Ye Mingsheng's understanding of his third uncle, he would not stop him from killing those involved in the case, even if these people might have some relationship with him. However, if he wanted to kill Gongsun Hao, he would most likely plead for Gongsun Hao and let him spare his life!
As for Ye Mingsheng, he could turn a blind eye to other people's pleas, but he still needed to consider Cui Shao's face!
After pondering for nearly half a cup of tea, Ye Mingsheng felt that he should put this issue aside for the time being. After all, the investigation of Gongsun Hao by the Coordination Office had not yet been completed!

I want to see the complete investigation results about Gongsun Hao before making the final decision!

If Gongsun Hao is really the backer of Yide Trading Company and is aiding and abetting the tyrant, then even if Cui Shao pleads for mercy, Ye Mingsheng will definitely have to use his head in order to maintain the law!
But if Gongsun Hao only helped Yunhe to obtain a license and did not get too deeply involved in the affairs of Yide Trading Company, then Ye Mingsheng could consider giving Cui Shao a favor and letting Gongsun Hao go!
However, no matter how things develop, one thing is certain, that is, Ye Mingsheng not only needs to consider the successor to the Minister of Justice, but also the successor to the Vice Minister of Justice, so that the Ministry of Justice can return to normal order as soon as possible...
Before deciding to take over Li Jianzhuang, Ye Mingsheng had considered the successor to the Minister of Justice, and for this reason Ye Mingsheng also asked Gu Sansi for his opinion.

Although Gu Sansi didn't know at that time that Ye Mingsheng wanted to replace the Minister of Justice, he also provided two candidates for Ye Mingsheng!
The first candidate is the current Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Shen Changhong.

The second candidate is Ye Hao, the current governor of Yunbing.

These two people are both good members of Daqian at present. They have both good performance and personal ethics. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng regards them as the future pillars of Daqian.

But for now, Ye Mingsheng believes that they are not the most suitable candidates to take over the position of Minister of Justice!
The Minister of Justice is supposed to uphold the laws of Daqian and be brave enough to arrest people. From this point of view, Shen Changhong is like an old He person, who is a little too smooth-talking. If he really encounters any difficult problems, given his personality, he will definitely try to play Tai Chi and smooth things over, which is what Ye Mingsheng doesn't like!

Compared with Shen Changhong, Ye Hao is ruthless enough and dares to arrest people, but as the Minister of Justice, as the defender of the law, you have to be strong yourself and cannot be easily found fault with, otherwise you will not be able to lead this team!

Ye Mingsheng also heard about some of Ye Hao's affairs. Although this did not exceed Ye Mingsheng's tolerance, he was obviously not qualified for the position of Minister of Justice...

After rejecting the two candidates recommended by Gu Sansi, Ye Mingsheng also had a candidate in mind!
This person is obviously Liu Ning, the prefect of Yijing!
Liu Ning has been the prefect of Yijing for five years. When Ye Mingsheng first took over Yijing, he appointed him as the prefect of Yijing, and he has been doing this job until now! Yijing's current booming development is absolutely inseparable from Liu Ning's hard work. In addition to economic development, Liu Ning is also very skilled in public security. When Ye Mingsheng first took over Yijing, the public security in Yijing could be said to be very poor!
At that time, the streets of Yijing were full of stragglers, and some ruffians were even colluding with the officials of the government office. The situation was very complicated, but after Liu Ning took over, he immediately launched a round of heavy blows, and the situation soon improved!

Today, as the capital of Daqian, Yijing has good public security. If you say that no one picks up things on the streets and no one locks their doors, that would be an exaggeration. But overall, crime is rare and the people of Yijing all praise Magistrate Liu.

As for personal morality, although Liu Ning was not as pure as Hai Rui, according to the internal security report, Liu Ning had nothing serious to do except being lustful and having an affair with a Western Region Hu girl. He was better than Ye Hao and Shen Changhong.
Ye Mingsheng has decided to summon Liu Ning tomorrow to listen to his ideas. If there are no problems, Liu Ning can take up his post in the Ministry of Justice the day after tomorrow and get the work of the Ministry started.

As for the candidate for the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice after Gongsun Hao left, Ye Mingsheng decided to listen to Liu Ning's opinion. After all, Liu Ning was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and would work together with the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

However, Ye Mingsheng had a suitable candidate in mind. Ye Mingsheng felt that he was very suitable to take over the position of the Minister of Justice...

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The next day, noon

In the palace, An Miaoyi walked into the room. She originally wanted to check Jingren's homework, but she saw that although Jingren was holding a brush in his hand, he was looking out the window in a trance and had not written much in the notebook.

Seeing this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Jingren, what are you doing?"

His mother's words immediately interrupted the thoughts of the Prince of Daqian. Jingren immediately lowered his head again and began to copy the text honestly.

Seeing this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but shake her head slightly. Since Ye Mingsheng's story that day, this was the third time she saw Jingren absent-minded.

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Originally, An Miaoyi thought that Jingren could digest Ye Mingsheng's words, but now it seems that those words are too shocking for Jingren, whose mind is still immature.

An Miaoyi knew that if this problem was not solved, it would bother Jingren and have an adverse impact on Jingren’s study and life!

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi also felt a little resentful towards Ye Mingsheng for telling Jingren so many cruel things. In her opinion, Jingren was still a child, and he should be learning and growing instead of being exposed to the cruelty of ZZ!
An Miaoyi even thought that Ye Mingsheng’s words scared Jingren. Why tell those things to the child?

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi also spoke:
"Jingren! Stop writing now!"

Upon hearing this, Jingren stopped writing and turned to look at his mother.

An Miaoyi also touched her son's head lovingly and said:

"Jingren, tell me what you've been thinking about lately?"

Jingren's eyes evaded when he heard this, and he hesitated for a moment before saying:
"Mother! I didn't think of anything!"

Seeing that Jingren was unwilling to speak, An Miaoyi spoke directly:
"Are you thinking about what your father said?"

Seeing that his mother had made the matter clear, Jingren nodded under his mother's gaze. Seeing this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but blame Ye Mingsheng in her heart, thinking that Ye Mingsheng didn't pay much attention to Jingren's education, and as a result, this education directly caused trouble for herself!
Despite the complaints, An Miaoyi still said soothingly:

"Jingren, don't think too much. Those things are still far away from you. What you need to do now is to study hard and do your homework. As for other things, they have nothing to do with you. Father and mother will help you!"

Facing his mother's comfort, Jingren couldn't help but say:
"Mom! Is father really as bad as Shangguan Hongyuan?"

An Miaoyi was a little speechless after hearing this, but she continued:

"Of course not. Your father is a great hero who saved the people of the world from disaster. How can a sinner like Shangguan Hongyuan be compared with your father?"

"Then why did father himself say that he and Shangguan Hongyuan were birds of a feather and were big villains? And why did you kill Jiang Cong, mother?"

After hearing her son's two questions in a row, An Miaoyi felt helpless and didn't know how to explain to Jingren.

After pondering for a while, An Miaoyi felt her son's innocent gaze and couldn't help but sighed and said seriously:
“Jingren, you will understand these things when you grow up. Now you just need to know that mother will protect you and won’t let you get hurt…”

(End of this chapter)