Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1535: Benevolent ruler? Wise ruler?
So in Ye Mingsheng's opinion, An Miaoyi was just using it as an excuse to beat those young eunuchs to death because they violated the palace rules!

The fundamental reason why An Miaoyi ordered those young eunuchs to be beaten to death was because An Miaoyi wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey and use the killing of these young eunuchs to intimidate Chen Rouer and Murong Xinyun!

Although An Miaoyi has always been an image of a ruthless person in Ye Mingsheng's mind, Ye Mingsheng was still very surprised that An Miaoyi did such a thing!

After this matter fermented over the past few days, it also caused some rumors in the palace and the court, creating a bad impression!

Xuan Yifeng, the censor of the Censorate, even submitted a report today to impeach An Miaoyi, saying that the Empress was too cruel. He hoped that Your Majesty could advise the Empress and rule the world with kindness and benevolence to prevent such a situation from happening again!

Ye Mingsheng was a little embarrassed about this. He was preparing to abolish more than ten kinds of torture such as being cut into pieces and being torn apart by five horses at a legal level, in order to show his benevolent side as an emperor. As a result, news came out that An Miaoyi beat four eunuchs to death because of a trivial matter. This was more or less a counter-tune to Ye Mingsheng!
In fact, although Xuan Yifeng reported An Miaoyi, his words were very tactful. Jia Gong from the Hanlin Academy said it very directly. He had told Ye Mingsheng before that the Queen was definitely not a good person. If the Queen was allowed to continue doing what she did, the tragedy of chopping Peng Yue into meat sauce and sending it to other princes, and turning Concubine Qi into a human pig might be staged in Daqian in the future...
At that time, Ye Mingsheng felt that Jia Gong's words were too alarmist and did not take them seriously. But now it seems that they may not be completely unreasonable!

He is still alive now, and it is already like this. If he had not lived longer than her, then she would have held all the power. Ye Mingsheng didn't want to think about it any further!
While Ye Mingsheng was thinking secretly, An Miaoyi had already finished bathing and changing clothes. She walked to Ye Mingsheng with lotus steps and said:
"Your Majesty, the bath water is ready! Please let me help you bathe!"

Looking at An Miaoyi's sweet smile, Ye Mingsheng's little F immediately became hot. Although as an emperor Ye Mingsheng had dozens of women, Ye Mingsheng always believed that An Miaoyi was the most charming woman he had ever seen. Even though An Miaoyi was over 30 years old now, she was still one of the most beautiful women in the palace!

When Ye Mingsheng thought of some of An Miaoyi's past methods again, his body couldn't help but change. Noticing Ye Mingsheng's changes, An Miaoyi's smile became even more charming.

Half an hour later, Ye Mingsheng lay on the bed somewhat weakly, while An Miaoyi leaned in Ye Mingsheng's arms. The atmosphere in the room looked very harmonious and loving. However, at this moment, Ye Mingsheng was organizing his words, thinking about how to talk to An Miaoyi!

When dealing with his ministers and generals, Ye Mingsheng could be more self-centered and direct, and not care too much about their thoughts and feelings.

However, Ye Mingsheng felt that he had to consider his wife, the mother of his son, a little more. He could not simply treat her the same way he treated those ministers and generals under his command.
Just when Ye Mingsheng was almost ready to speak, An Miaoyi seemed to sense something, sat up from Ye Mingsheng's arms, looked at Ye Mingsheng seriously and said:
"Your Majesty, is there anything on your mind?"

An Miaoyi's sudden question disrupted Ye Mingsheng's plan. Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment and chose to be honest:

"Miaoyi, I do have something I want to talk to you about!"

When Ye Mingsheng said this, An Miaoyi, who was always very sensitive to ZZ, also sensed something and immediately asked back:
"Is it related to Concubine Rou and Concubine Yun?"

Ye Mingsheng did not answer An Miaoyi's question, but continued to preach:

"Miaoyi, I intend to abolish 17 kinds of torture, including being cut into pieces and being torn apart by five horses. I think they are too cruel and undermine Daqian's purpose of ruling the world with benevolence. I hope you can support me!"

Although Ye Mingsheng did not mention Chen Rouer, Murong Xinyun, and the eunuchs who were beaten to death, An Miaoyi still heard the hidden meaning of Ye Mingsheng's words. She looked at Ye Mingsheng seriously and said:
"Your Majesty, you are truly a kind-hearted, compassionate and wise ruler! A benevolent ruler!"

An Miaoyi's tone and expression were very calm when she spoke, but as a couple for many years, Ye Mingsheng could clearly feel the sarcasm in An Miaoyi's words.
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng's expression became serious. The couple's eyes were focused on each other, and the atmosphere in the room changed from harmonious and loving just now to a little tense.

This somewhat serious stare-in did not last too long, and ended with An Miaoyi looking away. The Queen of Daqian said calmly:

"It is often said that the husband sings and the wife follows. Since Your Majesty wants to be a benevolent ruler, I will naturally follow your decision!"

Ye Mingsheng said in a deep voice:
"I have never thought about being a wise ruler or a benevolent ruler. I just don't want to be a tyrant or a tyrant. I don't want to be criticized by future generations in history books! I am not Emperor Gaozu of Han, nor am I Emperor Taizong of Tang!"

An Miaoyi understood the hidden meaning of Ye Mingsheng's words and felt very aggrieved, and clenched her fists.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng didn't say much. He turned over in bed and closed his eyes. Seeing this, An Miaoyi turned over and slept on the other side of the bed!
Although he closed his eyes, Ye Mingsheng felt very complicated!
He really didn't expect that An Miaoyi would be so ambiguous and mock him on this issue. What does it mean to be soft-hearted? What does it mean to be kind-hearted?

Although these two words are good words and seem to be praising yourself, in fact, it sounds like you are talking about abolishing torture. Do you, Ye Mingsheng, really think of yourself as a benevolent and wise ruler?

Even if you, Ye Mingsheng, really abolished all these tortures, it would not change the fact that you were plotting to usurp the throne and rebel!
Can you be forgiven for all the dirty and bad things that Ye Mingsheng has done?

People like you think it's cruel for me to beat a few young eunuchs to death?
Do you deserve it?
Although these words were made up by Ye Mingsheng himself and An Miaoyi did not really say them out loud, based on Ye Mingsheng's understanding of his wife, this is what she meant...

To be honest! Ye Mingsheng hasn't felt such a sharp mockery for a while!
Although some of the memorials from the Censorate before were for persuasion, Ye Mingsheng didn't think it was a big deal. But today was different. It turned out that the person next to him understood his sensitive points better!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but shook his head. It was precisely because Ye Mingsheng had done some bad things and some immoral things in the past in order to dominate the world, so Ye Mingsheng wanted to do some good things now. Ye Mingsheng had no choice before. In the warlords' melee, it was either you die or I die, so Ye Mingsheng could not have any mercy!
Isn't there such a sentence?
Being kind to your enemies is being cruel to your own people!

So Ye Mingsheng could only grit his teeth and move forward, but now the situation is different, he Ye Mingsheng has a choice, so Ye Mingsheng wants to do something that he thinks is right, leaving some traces of his own in the world, so that his trip to this world is not in vain. Thinking about it, Ye Mingsheng fell asleep. At the hour of Mao the next morning, Ye Mingsheng slowly opened his eyes, took a look at the sky outside, and began to put on his clothes. After washing up, Ye Mingsheng glanced at An Miaoyi who was still sleeping, with a hesitant look on his face, but in the end he said nothing and walked out of the room.

After Ye Mingsheng left, An Miaoyi, who was originally sleeping soundly, opened her eyes. She looked at Ye Mingsheng's back with a complicated expression.

After pondering for a while, An Miaoyi called Qiqige into the room and instructed:

"Pass the order to Concubine Rou, the deadline for copying the fifty copies of the Daqian Palace Rules as a punishment for Concubine Yun is extended to three months..."

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Erlunqin Grassland, Luobi Royal Court
Under the blue sky and white clouds, thousands of Robe soldiers were lining up to receive muskets from the carriages of Gao Shen's delegation. Every Robe soldier who received a musket was playing with it curiously.

On the small hill nearby, Gao Shen and a bald thug were standing together.

"Master Gao! We have no grudges against each other! Why are you trying to harm me?"

Gao Shen smiled and said:

"General Urigenbayar, what do you mean by this?"

Seeing Gao Shen pretending to be stupid, Wu Rigen Bayar said coldly:

"Master Gao, you know exactly what you did!"

"You gave me this batch of firearms. Aren't you going to make me a target of public criticism?"

Seeing that Urigen Bayar had made his point clear, Gao Shen stopped playing dumb. He blinked his eyes and said with a smile:

"General Urigenbayar, you can give it up!"

In response to Gao Shen's remarks, Urgenbayar snorted coldly but said nothing.

Yesterday, when he learned that Gao Shen had rejected the request of the eldest prince Darachi and insisted on handing over all the firearms brought from Daqian to himself, Urgenbayar understood what Gao Shen was planning, and his first reaction was to refuse!

He is a military commander and doesn't want to get involved in the treacherous political situation...

But unfortunately, although Urgenbayar wanted to refuse, his subordinates did not want to give up this pie in the sky!

The organizational structure of the Robe people is a tribal system, and the leader of the tribe is the military lord. Now is the time when the storm is brewing and the old enemies Robe and the Cumans are about to break out in a war, so the Robe tribes are trying every means to enhance their own strength to ensure that their tribes can survive the brutal war and achieve the final victory!

The attitude of the Luobi tribes towards firearms has always been complicated. As a nomadic people, the Luobi people claimed to be a nation on horseback and were always very proud of their riding and archery skills. So at the beginning they looked down on firearms, thinking that these things were just useless toys!

However, with the continuous evolution and progress of firearms, the Luobi people became more and more aware of the power of firearms. Especially in the several battles with the Fengwu Army, the Luobi people suffered great losses at the hands of the Fengwu Army's firearms. Their internal beliefs were shaken, and many people had differences in their concepts!
Conservatives believe that horse riding and archery are the foundation of the Luobi as a grassland nation. Studying firearms like the people in the Central Plains now is tantamount to betrayal. As long as we practice horse riding and archery to the extreme, we don't need to be afraid of the firearms of the Fengwu Army!

The progressives believe that times have changed, and the Robe people must also make changes. If they do not, the Robe people will decline and eventually become one of the dozens of grassland ethnic groups that disappeared in the long river of history. The Robe people must embrace firearms and use firearms. This is the future of the Robe people...
In fact, a few months ago, these two ideas could not convince each other within Robi, and they were in a situation of being evenly matched!
However, the situation changed drastically after the Kipchaks, the nomadic people and arch-enemies of the Robes, obtained a large number of firearms from the Roman Empire in the far north and defeated the Robes. Even some traditional conservatives had to admit the power of firearms!

In such a situation, the firearms brought by Gao Shen are absolutely popular and are something that all tribes are competing for!
So even though Urrigen Bayar realized that these firearms were a trouble, and even a landmine planted by Gao Shen for him, his men and his tribesmen were all looking at him eagerly, and Urrigen Bayar had no way to ignore everyone's thoughts, so he could only choose to compromise!

After a period of silence, Urigenbayar looked at Gao Shen and said:

"I know what you're planning! But that's impossible!"

Gao Shen smiled and said:
"General Uzhigenbayar, I also know that you want to stay out of trouble, but if you think back to the history of you, the Luobei people, do you think you can really stay out of trouble?"

"A gentleman is innocent! It is his crime to possess a treasure!"

Listening to Gao Shen's words, Wu Rigen Bayar's eyes remained firm. Gao Shen was a little disappointed. He pondered for a moment and said:
“General Urgenbayar, I know you are loyal to the Khan, but I think you should consider the entire Luobi. Take the crisis Luobi is facing now as an example. If Luobi has a friendlier attitude towards Daqian, it will undoubtedly gain more support from Daqian, which will undoubtedly increase the possibility of Luobi’s victory and save more Luobi lives…”