The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 107 Master Ye asks Zhu Yuanzhang for bribes, and he is the owner of the Han and Tang armors!
In front of the three glass showcases,

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were still focused on the three pieces of armor and the weapons in the showcase, completely ignoring the people behind them.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these three pictures, and he only saw the armor in the legends of historical books and written records. It can be said that his eyes were extremely greedy.

Although he has become a wealthy emperor in the eyes of the common people, he was also a general who wore armor and held a sharp blade and led troops to fight!
The general's special affection for armor and weapons, even if he became the emperor, he still has more or less.

If someone could offer him these heirlooms, he would definitely reward them generously, and he would never be stingy with verbal rewards.

In the Ming Dynasty's decrees, it is indeed clearly stipulated that private possession of armor is not allowed, except for such family heirlooms that symbolize the glory of family history.

Of course, you can only collect one set of heirlooms!
Thinking of this, the envy in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became more obvious!

Such a good family heirloom, or a family heirloom that can't be measured by money at all, was honored by these merchants to Ye Qing?

He felt sorry for the descendants of these three generals, and he was simply betraying the glory of his ancestors.

He, Ye Qing, is a scholar, worthy of possessing this family heirloom with both historical glory and Chinese blood?
It would be great to pay tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang!

Although it is indeed satisfying his personal hobbies, he can definitely keep these three sets of armor for eternity, instead of putting them here as a tool to show his strength!

Thinking of this, his eyes were full of pity and worthlessness, and there was even a hint of greed that was not obvious.

"This is really a fake!"

At this very moment,
That young yet steady voice reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears again from behind.

Zhu Yuanzhang still insisted: "It cannot be a fake, let alone other things, but the armor and weapons will never be hidden from our eyes."

"As early as the Warring States period, our ancestors had already mastered good iron smelting technology, although it has not yet reached the level of large-scale equipment armies."

"But the elites of the armies of various countries are equipped with iron swords and other weapons, and the armor of the fatal parts of the armor is already made of iron armor."

"Qin's still using bronze doesn't mean anything. It can only prove that Qin has mastered the best bronze smelting technology at that time, and can match bronze in the most reasonable way."

"The state of Qin has millions of armors, and armor and weapons are consumed very quickly, which is one of the reasons why they don't use iron as weapons!"

"This pair of armor has iron armor on the chest and abdomen, and leather armor on the other parts. The fine iron long sword is also engraved with Zhao Guo's seal. If we guess correctly, it should be the armor and guard weapons of the Yanmen frontier general under the command of General Li Mu!"

Behind Zhu Yuanzhang,

After Ye Qing heard these remarks, he was also shocked immediately, he looked at the back of this middle-aged man, and his eyes were full of the words 'admiration'.

Just for a moment, he actually had an idea to discuss with this imperial envoy.

I haven't met such a knowledgeable person in many years!

The key is that he saw from the reflection in the glass that this middle-aged strong man looked at the three sets of armor with obvious respect in his eyes!

He can be sure that this person must be a military officer imperial envoy!
His impulsive and irritable but also patient and wise performance is indeed worthy of the word military officer!

Not only that, but he had to be a high-ranking military officer!

Ye Qing thought, if he wasn't in a hurry to go home, he would really be willing to make friends with this person, just because there was a hint of respect in the eyes he looked at the three armors.

It's a pity that he lived in ancient times for hundreds of years, and he really didn't want to stay a day longer. He had to make these imperial envoys so angry that he went back to sue as soon as possible.

But he doesn't care about an hour, just because of the respect in his eyes, Ye Qing is willing to give them an hour.

If they can persist for an hour without running away, he is willing to treat them to dinner!

Just when Ye Qing made up his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned the Han Dynasty general armor again, and he was quite accurate.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the set of Tang Mingguang armor, the Tang Hengdao with half of the anthropomorphic support drawn out, and the scabbard on his waist.

If it wasn't for the glass cover, he couldn't help but get started.

"This set of bright light armor is also a fake!"

Ye Qing's voice reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears again from behind.

Zhu Yuanzhang also resolutely retorted as always: "No, this is also a genuine product!"

"Mingguang armor in the Tang Dynasty is mostly composed of gold, silver, red and black. Gold refers to the gold-plated heart mirror, gold-plated arm guard, gold-plated arm guard, and gold-plated rivets!"

"Silver is the silver fish scale armor, black is the black leather lining, and red is the red cloth base material and the fixed string."

"All of this is as recorded in historical data. We are sure that if we take off the cover and let us count it again, it must be composed of 590 pieces of fish scale armor and 640 pieces of long strip armor."

"This heart mirror is polished so smooth, it looks like a bronze mirror. If it is placed in the sun, it will definitely reflect dazzling light."

"Mingguang Armor is named after this, which means 'seeing the light of the sun, the world will be bright'!"

"And this horizontal knife"

Hearing this, Ye Qing, who was standing behind them, couldn't find any reason to insist that it was a fake.

It has to be said that this imperial envoy is indeed an expert, even the owner of this Mingguang armor was very accurate in his analysis of what level of general he was in the Tang Dynasty.

At this very moment,
Empress Ma immediately asked again: "Then what are the four characters of Zhao Dazhuan engraved on the long sword next to General Zhao's armor?"

But at the same time as she asked this sentence, Empress Ma, who was not obsessed with Zhu Yuanzhang, immediately realized that someone had already come.

She even basically confirmed the identity of the visitor.

When Empress Ma was about to turn around to see the appearance of the person coming, Ye Qing took a step forward and walked directly in front of the two of them.

He just looked at the long sword next to General Zhao's armor, and his demeanor immediately changed from being a civil servant, and there was an obvious look of nostalgia in his eyes.

Ye Qing just said firmly: "Save the environment and the people!"

As soon as Ye Qing's words fell, Zhu Yuanzhang also immediately came back to his senses, and looked at the back of his eyes with Empress Ma.

This person is dressed in a white Ming uniform, and the gentleman's black bamboo on the clothes symbolizes the elegance of character and noble integrity, which makes people unable to associate with the word 'corrupt official'.

Because of this, Empress Ma also had doubts about her guess.

Finally, under the expectant eyes of the two, Ye Qing turned around.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma,

In front of the three sets of majestic armor, the figure of this person completely overlaps with the middle set of Han Dynasty general armor, which can also be said to just block this set of Han Dynasty general armor.

Just looking at the body shape, it can be said that it is tailor-made for him!
It is also because of this background full of martial arts and heroism, coupled with the gentleman Mo Zhu on him that symbolizes the elegance of character and noble integrity, the two of them did not rely on the word 'Ye Qing'.

Besides, this look is even more handsome than Zhu Biao, no matter how you look at it, it is not the look of a corrupt official.

But the one they came to look for was Ye Qing, this is still Ye Qing's reception hall, this person appeared here, and they had no choice but to rely on the word 'Ye Qing'.

Empress Ma looked at the man in front of her, only wishing that he was Ye Qing.

If he was Ye Qing, it would be enough to prove her guess about Ye Qing's 'greedy money for the people, build armor for the army'.

But Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he should be Ye Qing's subordinate, that he should be sent by Ye Qing to receive them first.

He even couldn't figure out how someone with such temperament could be inferior to Ye Qing.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked, "Where are you, Lord Ye?"

"I've been waiting here for so long, is this his way of hospitality?"

Ye Qing looked at this unfriendly expression, the feeling of wanting to make friends before disappeared in an instant.

Sure enough, he was still the reform-through-labour prisoner that people couldn't like!

Ye Qing just walked to the main seat and sat down comfortably, not looking at them at all.

At this moment, a sweet-looking maid came over with a plate.

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, she put a cup of tea in front of Ye Qing, and then smiled softly: "Master Ye, I'll be outside and give orders at any time."

Ye Qing just nodded in satisfaction, then took a sip of tea and said, "You guys have queued up for so long to see me, why are you so rude when you see me now?"

"Also, even if you didn't recognize me just now, you shouldn't have said that!"

"This is not your home, it's my site!"

"A mere lowly merchant, even if he sees his servant girl, he should treat him with courtesy, how can he look down upon him and ask him?"

Ye Qing didn't give them a chance to talk at all, and didn't even look at Zhu Yuanzhang who was already gritted his molars in anger, he just casually glanced at these decorations out of the corner of his eyes:
"These things are all bribed by merchants who cooperate with me!"

"Are you coming empty-handed?"

"Won't there be a gold ornament weighing two catties?"

"Won't there be one of Wu Daozi's authentic works, and one of Wang Xizhi's manuscripts?"

"I'm only willing to give you an hour to see if you can persuade me to do business for you because you have a capital of [-] yuan."

"But you are so blind, I guess it will be difficult!"

As soon as the voice fell,
Ye Qing simply turned his legs up, as if he thought they were air, he just gently blown the tea leaves, and continued to take a sip.

After moistening his throat, Ye Qing looked at the guest next to him again: "Why are you standing there, just sit down!"

"Sit down and talk quickly. After talking about me, I can go to rest!"

"Come on!"

"Prepare the copper pot hourglass, say an hour is an hour, and the time for one more drop of water will not work!"

After the maidservant outside the door bowed and saluted, she immediately arranged for the copper kettle to drop the leak.

Ye Qing just smiled in satisfaction, then continued blowing open the tea leaves, enjoying the tea comfortably.

At the same time, there is only one sentence in Ye Qing's heart, "Master Imperial Envoy, let me see how much you can endure. If you have the ability, just stick to it for one hour. I will definitely treat you to a big dinner tonight!" '

But in Ye Qing's opinion,
If nothing else happened, they should have rushed out of the door immediately!
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