Chapter 35 Ye Xuan's Methods

Chapter 35 Ye Xuan's Methods
After saying goodbye to Mao Xiang, Ye Xuan went straight back to the Zhenfusi Yamen without delay.

As soon as he arrived at his room, he grabbed one of his men and asked Song Zhenshan and Wang Feihu to come and see him.

After a while, Song Zhenshan and the other man came hurriedly.

The two knew that Ye Xuan had been staying in Miaoyin Pavilion every day these days, and originally wanted to make some jokes with him, but they saw Ye Xuan looking at them with a serious face.

He immediately felt relieved and understood the reason behind Ye Xuan's expression, he was probably going to assign a task to him.

So he restrained his expression, clasped his fists respectfully and paid his respects.

Ye Xuan didn't say anything on the surface, but he was quite satisfied in his heart.

Originally, I thought that these two people would inevitably be a little complacent since they had made such a great contribution to the Empty Seal Case. But now it seems that what Ye Xuan was worried about did not happen.

Inviting the two to sit down, Ye Xuan straightened his expression and said, "I called you here this time because I have an important task for you."

The two men patted their chests and took on the responsibility, "Sir, just give me your orders. I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Ye Xuan smiled slightly, wondering with some evil humor in his heart what expressions these two people would have after he told them the mission.

Thinking of this, Ye Xuan said, "It's not that we have to go through fire and water, but it's just our job to closely monitor an official for twelve hours and record his every word and action, especially things like interpersonal relationships."

Ye Xuan was not talking nonsense. Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet thought of doing anything to Yang Xian. He just asked Ye Xuan to keep a close eye on him.

For the Jinyiwei, monitoring a person is indeed a basic operation, which is easy and not difficult at all.

Upon hearing that it was such a simple task, the tongue-tied Wang Feihu was the first to express his loyalty, saying, "Just let me handle these minor matters, and I promise to do it beautifully!"

Song Zhenshan was not to be outdone and said, "Oh, Feihu has become smarter today!" Then he said to Ye Xuan, "When it comes to boxing and kicking, Feihu is the best among the brothers, but when it comes to surveillance and investigation, you know my ability, Song Zhenshan."

Looking at the two of them vying for favor, Ye Xuan felt a little amused.

He shook his head and said, "The target of surveillance this time is not trivial. It's not too late for you to make a decision after listening to it."

Song Zhenshan and Wang Feihu looked at each other and became cautious.

Ye Xuan said word by word: "The person we want to monitor this time is Yang Xian, the current left prime minister of the Secretariat and the head of all officials!"

"hiss……"

"Sir, please stop teasing me!"

Ye Xuan's face was stern, and he said sternly: "Who has time to tease you? How about it? Who will do it?"

The two of them looked at each other, and after losing their previous high morale, they looked at Ye Xuan with bitter faces.

Ye Xuan was not angry, he just looked at the two of them with a mixture of anger and amusement.

Although the Jinyiwei have a fierce reputation, it depends on the person.

The current Zuo Cheng of the Secretariat and a first-rank official of the imperial court!
It can be said that apart from Emperor Hongwu himself, he was the only one above everyone else in the Ming Dynasty court.

Even their Jinyiwei commander Mao Xiang had to bow obediently and call him Sir Yang when he met him!
What’s more, people like Song Zhenshan are just small seventh-rank generals!
Even Ye Xuan himself was only a sixth-rank military officer, and the gap in status between him and Yang Xian could be said to be as huge as heaven and earth!
However, this was an imperial decree from Zhu Yuanzhang, so Ye Xuan certainly would not be afraid of Yang Xian's position. But Song Zhenshan and the other two didn't know!
Ye Xuan had no intention of telling them. After all, this was Zhu Yuanzhang's private instruction, and the matter involved confidentiality and could not be disclosed easily.

Moreover, Ye Xuan also wanted to see how his two generals would choose between Yang Xian and himself.

Then he knocked on the table again, intriguingly, and said slowly, "Weren't you so confident just now? Why are you silent now?"

Song Zhenshan said with a stiff face: "Sir, why should we investigate him if there is nothing to do?"

"Yes, yes, I heard that our left prime minister is very powerful and influential. If he knew that we were monitoring him, we would be in big trouble." Wang Feihu also quickly interjected.

"Why, are you scared?" Ye Xuan pretended to be indifferent and said, "I, Ye Xuan, never force anyone to do anything. It doesn't matter if you don't dare to do it. Just remember that what happened today must not be leaked. I will ask the captain to replace two general flags for me."

"This……"

Song Zhenshan was stunned for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency is too kind. We are just worried that you have offended Yang Xian for no reason. Since Your Excellency has made up his mind, how can I, Song Zhenshan, be disloyal and unrighteous! I will take this job!"

Seeing that even the most cunning Song Zhenshan had expressed his opinion, Wang Feihu immediately gritted his teeth and agreed!
Ye Xuan nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that his two subordinates were quite loyal. In this case, he could consider training them well.

After the two of them had expressed their opinions, Ye Xuan immediately spoke out the plan that he had thought of in his mind on the way back.

"You will lead the Zhenshan team and select capable and smart people to go to the Yang Mansion to recruit servants and secretly monitor the Yang Mansion's every move." Then he looked at Wang Feihu and said, "As for Feihu, you will lead a team of people to pretend to be peddlers and keep a close eye on everything outside the Yang Mansion."

Next, Ye Xuan discussed all the details carefully with Song Zhenshan. They did not ask for finding useful clues in a short time, but only for being thorough and cautious so as not to let Yang Xian notice anything unusual.

After all, he is the Left Prime Minister of the Secretariat. Once he finds out that the Jinyiwei are monitoring him, he will definitely be furious.

When the time comes, a memorial will be submitted to the court. Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not come out to say that this was all his idea and that Ye Xuan and others were just following orders.

What a joke! Would the emperor admit that he sent people to spy on his prime minister?

Once this matter is made public, there will be an uproar in the world, and everyone in the court will feel insecure.

Just imagine, if the emperor can’t even trust his own prime minister, who can he trust?

By then, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably not escape being described as mean and ungrateful in history books.

It can be said that as long as the secret is leaked, Ye Xuan and his companions will definitely be blamed.

At that time, in order to calm the hearts of the officials and quell Yang Xian's anger, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely kill Ye Xuan and the other two without hesitation, and would not feel the slightest bit of guilt.

After all, in the eyes of a great leader like Zhu Yuanzhang, if you are exposed, it means you are not doing your job well.

Since he failed to do his job well, he deserves to be put to death.

So although Ye Xuan looked calm on the outside, he was actually very cautious inside.

On the contrary, Song Zhenshan and Wang Feihu thought that this was a task assigned by their superiors, so after they decided to take the task, they were surprisingly calm and dedicated.

After all, if the sky fell, there were tall people to hold it up, so it would never fall on the two small seventh-rank officials like them.

Ye Xuan thought with some evil interest, if the two knew the truth, would they be so scared that they would flee to Mobei immediately.

(End of this chapter)