Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1530: Bad luck and hard to achieve ambitions!
On the 13th day of the first lunar month, Daqian Yuyang

As the roosters crowed at the hour of Mao, the gate of Yuyang slowly opened. A convoy, escorted by more than a thousand soldiers, drove out of Yuyang and headed north.

After the convoy had been moving for about an hour, the curtain of one of the carriages in the convoy was lifted, and a fat old man with a big belly was looking at the long-lost scenery outside the window with a complicated expression. This man was the former senior commissioner of grassland affairs of the Fengwu Army and the current special envoy of Daqian grassland affairs - Gao Shen!
Although he hadn't walked this road for a while, Gao Shen was not at all unfamiliar with everything in front of him. He had walked this road countless times in his dreams!

Gao Shen was from Dongning, Liaoyang. His family was not well off, so he was sent to Baolin Trading Company as an apprentice at an early age. Baolin Trading Company was engaged in grassland business, selling some small sundries and porcelain from Liaoyang to the grassland, and then bringing back cattle and sheep from the grassland. Therefore, Gao Shen started to learn how to do business on this route very early.
Gao Shen worked as an apprentice in Baolin Trading Company for ten years and as a clerk for eleven years. However, because he was not promoted to the position of manager of a branch company and his salary was not high, he became dissatisfied and wanted to leave.

At that time, the Fengwu Army led by Ye Mingsheng rose rapidly in Liaoyang and controlled the Dadongsheng Company. As a result, the Dadongsheng Company developed greatly and became short of manpower, so it began to recruit workers, especially those with experience and who could stand on their own...
Gao Shen saw the opportunity, so he left Baolin Trading Company where he had worked and lived for twenty-one years and joined Dadongsheng Trading Company!

With more than 20 years of business experience and connections, as well as a serious and responsible attitude, Gao Shen quickly stood out in the Dadongsheng Company. And because he was very familiar with grassland affairs, Gao Shen became the person in charge of the leather business of the Dadongsheng Company at that time.

Just when Gao Shen was trying to make more profits for Dadongsheng Trading Company, so as to increase his year-end dividend and become a senior executive of Dadongsheng Trading Company, an opportunity that he had not expected and which also changed his life appeared in front of him!

The grassland peoples in the north have been the number one enemy of the Central Plains dynasties for thousands of years. Therefore, the Fengwu Army regime that rose in the north also attached great importance to the grasslands. So at that time Ye Mingsheng had the idea of ​​arranging someone who understood grassland affairs to be responsible for this work.

At that time, Gao Shen was recommended to Ye Mingsheng by Ye Hongsheng, the then general manager of Dadongsheng Trading Company. After reading Gao Shen's resume, Ye Mingsheng also met with Gao Shen in person and had a chat with him.

During the meeting, Gao Shen was very nervous at first, and even spoke with a stutter. But as the conversation progressed, Gao Shen became more confident, and began to tell Ye Mingsheng about his views on the Robe people, as well as some of their traditional customs. In the end, he even went into detail about how a certain Robe chief's concubine had an affair with his general!

Ye Mingsheng saw that Gao Shen knew everything about grassland, so he gave this aspect of the work to Gao Shen. Gao Shen did not disappoint Ye Mingsheng's expectations. He made great contributions to the Fengwu Army's military victories over Luobei at that time and was appointed by Ye Mingsheng as the senior commissioner of grassland affairs.
All these things made Gao Shen complacent, but also made him more greedy. He was not satisfied with the status of a senior commissioner, and he was even more angry that Su Yi, a young man who was only a few years older than his son, became his superior, the Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

Gao Shen felt that in terms of ability, seniority and merits, he was only better than Su Yi in every aspect, and definitely not worse than him. So how could you, Su Yi, a green-headed boy, become the director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau and his boss!
This is absolutely unfair!

For this reason, Gao Shen began to oppose Su Yi. Su Yi himself was young and energetic, and he became a high-ranking official of the Fengwu Army at a young age. He was also arrogant. Seeing that Gao Shen, an old man, dared to challenge his authority, he was also unwilling to give in. The two of them started to confront each other in the Foreign Affairs Bureau. If you make trouble for me, I will make things difficult for you!

During that period, Su Yi and Gao Shen were fighting each other with great pleasure, and even Ye Mingsheng knew about the conflict between the two. In order not to affect the work, Ye Mingsheng found them and reprimanded them, asking them to focus on their work, and whoever wanted to fight in the nest would be dealt with!

At that time, Ye Mingsheng gave both of them fifty lashes, but Ye Mingsheng also knew that Gao Shen felt unbalanced, so in order to make Gao Shen feel better, Ye Mingsheng privately rewarded Gao Shen with a three-story house in Yijing...
With the new house, Gao Shen did feel better and no longer went against Su Yi as he did before. However, Gao Shen had also accepted his fate. He felt that with a young man like Su Yi standing in front of him, no matter how great his achievements were, he would not be able to make any progress in his career.

In the Fengwu Army regime, Ye Mingsheng attached great importance to the integrity of party members in order to rectify the administration of officials. Therefore, Gao Shen felt that he had a chance to become a big party member. Therefore, even if someone gave him money and various benefits, he refused them because he did not want to affect his future because of these money and money!
Seeing that he had no chance, Gao Shen completely let himself go and began to accept benefits from Ibugele, Nurjiang and others. At first, he accepted benefits from others, but as time went by, Gao Shen even took the initiative to ask for H.
Although Gao Shen felt that these operations by H were very secretive and would not be known to others, unfortunately, the truth would eventually come to light. His deeds were still discovered by the Coordination Office, and Gao Shen was recalled by Ye Mingsheng to report on his work.

After returning to Yijing, Gao Shen was also investigated. Faced with overwhelming evidence, Gao Shen pleaded guilty. According to Daqian law, Gao Shen should not only have his illegal property confiscated, but also perform forced labor.

However, Ye Mingsheng took into consideration Gao Shen's hard work and contributions to the Fengwu Army and Daqian, so he reduced the punishment and only confiscated the illegal property, exempted Gao Shen from labor, and simply gave him a warning.

At that point, Gao Shen felt that he was completely finished, but fortunately Ye Mingsheng left him the house that he had rewarded to Gao Shen, and left Gao Shen a sum of money for his retirement, so that Gao Shen's family had a source of income in Yijing and did not have to live on the streets...

After these things, Gao Shen settled down at home to enjoy his retirement, thinking about spending the rest of his life in peace. However, sometimes when it was late at night, Gao Shen would miss the glorious days of the past, the time when he could dance with his sleeves freely on the grassland and chat and laugh with the chiefs and generals of the grassland!

Whenever Gao Shen thought of these things, he still felt a little unwilling. Having experienced the glory days in the past, he was still not used to the life of an ordinary citizen now. He felt that although he was not young anymore, he could still fight on the front line!

So he once considered writing a letter to Ye Mingsheng, asking Ye Mingsheng to give him a chance to make a comeback. He promised that he would turn over a new leaf and devote himself to the cause and Ye Mingsheng until his death!
Gao Shen even wrote this letter, but unfortunately, firstly, no one was willing to present his letter to Ye Mingsheng, and secondly, Gao Shen's family also advised Gao Shen that it would be better to retire at home at his age and there was no need to go to the grassland again. Now that he has landed safely, who knows what will happen if he comes out again!

Seeing that the letter could not be sent, Gao Shen, under the persuasion of his family, completely gave up the idea of ​​making a comeback!

However, just when Gao Shen lamented his bad luck and his unfulfilled ambitions, a turning point in his fate appeared in front of Gao Shen again! As Su Yi suffered repeated setbacks in grassland affairs, the Minister of Rites of Daqian was also facing great pressure, which also reminded him of his former ZZ opponent!

When Su Yi found Gao Shen a few days ago, Gao Shen was very surprised.

Although Gao Shen and Su Yi stopped their internal fighting at the request of Ye Mingsheng, the relationship between the two was definitely not good. At most, they kept to themselves. You, Gao Shen, took care of your grassland affairs, and I, Su Yi, took care of the diplomatic affairs with the major princes of the Great Zhou. Although Gao Shen was still Su Yi's subordinate in name, Gao Shen did not actually report to him, but directly to Ye Mingsheng!

So when Gao Shen learned that Su Yi came to see him, he just thought that Su Yi was here to mock him, so he didn't want to see Su Yi. He even wanted his two sons to kick Su Yi out. After learning that Su Yi's purpose was to invite him to come out of retirement and recommend him to be the Minister of Rites, Gao Shen's first reaction was not happiness, but deep suspicion that Su Yi was setting a trap for him!

Su Yi was also very helpless about this. He knew that Gao Shen had a deep prejudice against him, and it made sense for his master to advise him to find Gao Shen in person.

In order to persuade Gao Shen to come out of retirement, Su Yi was very frank. He also clearly informed Gao Shen of his situation so that Gao Shen would not have any worries. He, Su Yi, had long let go of the grievances between the two of them. Now, if Gao Shen is willing to come out of retirement, he will absolutely support you and will never make things difficult for you like he did before!
Although Su Yi was very humble and sincere, as if begging him to come out of retirement, Gao Shen was somewhat tempted by Su Yi's proposal. However, due to the grudge between the two, Gao Shen did not dare to completely trust this former ZZ rival, so he did not agree directly, but said he would think about it...
Although Gao Shen said he would consider it, Su Yi still directly recommended Gao Shen in the memorial to Ye Mingsheng, which led to Gao Shen being summoned by Ye Mingsheng without any preparation!
Although the incident happened suddenly, Gao Shen still relied on his understanding of the Luobi tribes and talked freely in front of Ye Mingsheng as he did in the past, commenting on the characters in the Luobi tribes and expressing his views on Dariyachi, Urgenbayar and others!

Just like many years ago, Gao Shen's analysis once again impressed Ye Mingsheng, causing the Daqian emperor to directly decide to make Gao Shen his special envoy, with full responsibility for Daqian's grassland affairs. In this way, Gao Shen, who originally thought that his official career was over, once again miraculously made a comeback and embarked on his old path!

Gao Shen was still very excited and happy about being reinstated, but at the same time he knew that the burden on him was very heavy. If he did a good job, he would not only get a large reward, but he might even become the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. But if he messed up, his previous stable life would probably no longer exist!
Although Gao Shen felt the pressure, he was not worried about it. When he was in the leather business, whenever there was snowstorm, the price of leather would go up. The stronger the snowstorm, the more expensive the leather!
As a clerk who started out as a merchant, Gao Shen liked this kind of business with high risks and high returns!

In the past, Gao Shen was often able to make a lot of money from such transactions, and Gao Shen believed that this time would be no different from before, and he would still have the last laugh...

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Yijing, the Imperial Palace

In a warm room, An Miaoyi was sitting on the sofa, sipping tea slowly. She looked very relaxed and contented. After about a cup of tea, Murong Xinyun and Chen Rouer also walked into the warm room together.

As soon as Chen Rouer saw Murong Xinyun, she immediately glared at Murong Xinyun fiercely, as if she had some great grudge against Murong Xinyun. However, Murong Xinyun ignored Chen Rouer, bowed to An Miaoyi and said:

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen!"

Chen Rouer also reacted after hearing this and followed suit, saying:
"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen!"

An Miaoyi waved her hand slightly, and then said lazily:
"No gift!"

"Thank you, Queen!"

After the ceremony, An Miaoyi did not exchange pleasantries with the two men, but went straight to the point:
"I called you two here today! Mainly because of the matter concerning your two subordinates!"

"I have already investigated the matter, but now I will give you two a chance. If you have anything to say, tell me now. Don't wait until I announce the results of the investigation before saying something nonsense!"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Rouer said:

“Your Majesty, this Murong Xinyun is too arrogant. She relies on the power of her family and her sister who is a royal concubine. She condones her subordinates to gamble in the palace and even deliberately hurts people. Your Majesty, you must punish her severely…”

After hearing what Chen Rouer said, An Miaoyi turned to look at Murong Xinyun and asked with interest:
"Yunpin, do you have anything to say?"