The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 137 Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and became Mr. Ye, behind the prime minister Li Shanchang!

The reason why they look fierce is because Ye Qing is in their hearts that only Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and Zhu Biao can kill!

If the emperor, empress and crown prince want Ye Qing to die, even though they cannibalize people, they can only kill them.

But if these people dare to attack Ye Qing, they are definitely their enemies.

But they also know that today is not the time to kill, they just need to bring back the news they heard.

At this very moment, they heard Kong Kebiao's old Confucian voice again.

"inappropriate,"

"The old man thinks it's wrong!"

In the hall of Hu Weiyong's mansion,

Under the dim light, a figure as tall as Confucius was stroking his beard while pursing his mouth and saying, "The words Ye Chang Meng Duo are not groundless."

"Hu Xiang said that Ye Qing behaved perversely, but in the eyes of this old man, he is not as perverse as His Majesty's perverted behavior."

"Thinking about ancient and modern emperors, who can do such a thing as indiscriminately beating officials and rewarding them again?"

"There must be a reason for doing things, but His Majesty does not have a reason for doing things. Lord Meng still doesn't know why he was beaten and why he was rewarded."

"Everyone only knows that His Majesty came back from Yanmen County, and that he beat and rewarded the person who promoted Ye Qing!"

"All of this is our guess based on this clue, but His Majesty didn't say a single reason."

"Of course, even if he doesn't say anything, we can still make a rough guess. It should indeed be like Hu Xiang said, His Majesty must love and hate that Ye Qing!"

"It's just that we don't know how much love is, how much hate is, and whether hate is more than love?"

Speaking of this, Kong Kebiao immediately cupped his hands to Hu Weiyong and said, "President Hu, if we let this pair of monarchs and ministers with perverted behavior get together, it is easy to produce variables that we can't imagine and can't control!"

"The old man thought that he had to find a way to kill that Ye Qing as soon as possible!"

Speaking of this, Kong Kebiao also made a gesture of wiping his neck.

After hearing this, Hu Weiyong also felt that this old master deserved to be a descendant of Confucius, and he was really thoughtful in considering things.

Hu Weiyong stood up, with a slight frown and said: "It is indeed easy to change when the emperor with perverse behavior and the ministers with perverse behavior get together."

But in the next moment, Hu Weiyong directly stretched his brows, regaining the confidence that the overall situation is under control.

Hu Weiyong smiled lightly and said: "Soon, I will be able to borrow His Majesty's knife to kill Ye Qing!"

"There is no cat in the world that does not steal. September is the harvest season for rice in the north. As soon as the agricultural tax in Yanmen County arrives, he will die."

Hearing this, Kong Kebiao and Tu Jie also nodded thoughtfully.

Yes,

There is no cat in the world that does not steal!
As far as the local officials of the Ming Dynasty were concerned, many of them usually dressed plainly, but lived in rich clothes and fine food at home.

The reason why they are fine is that they behave well in the world, and no one cares too much about it. If you really want to care about it, if you really want to check it to death, eight out of ten have problems.

They didn't believe it anymore, would the emperor who was thousands of miles away steal the fish?

And he, Ye Qing, who dares to say Hu Weiyong 'you're an ass', how else does he know how to behave in the world?
As soon as the agricultural tax in Yanmen County arrives, they will check it up and down together, and they will definitely kill Ye Qing.

As for now, it's better not to provoke him, Ye Qing, and not to speak ill of Ye Qing in front of their emperor.

Not for Ye Qing's face, but for Zhu Yuanzhang's face.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is so stingy to the extreme, rewarded him quite generously after beating the official who promoted Ye Qing.

But once Ye Qing takes a bite out of the agricultural tax, Zhu Yuanzhang can't help him.

As long as they put the crime of evading agricultural taxes at the height of hurting the country and the society, Zhu Yuanzhang will kill him if he doesn't!

Thinking of this, the three of them smiled at the same time and picked up the teacups, and celebrated in advance with tea instead of wine.

above the roof,

The thirteen Jinyiwei veterans who had been entertained by Ye Qingchao immediately looked in the direction of Yanmen County.

They knew that Ye Qing was a good official who worked for the people, and they also thought that Ye Qing would not be a corrupt official who would tamper with the agricultural tax.

But Ye Qing's behavior is perverse, they also very much agree with it.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens!
Thinking of this, they all secretly looked forward to it, and only hoped that Ye Qing would not make such an unforgivable mistake.

As long as Ye Qing doesn't make this big mistake, they can still be friends, and they can still enjoy the theme package of 'the left side is blond, the blue-eyed, the white-skinned horse, the right side is gentle as water, and the North Korean Silla maidservant'!

"My lords, go home first!"

"During this period, you should stop looking for the truth at night."

"The truth will write a secret letter and send it to Haozhou tomorrow morning. Everything has to be decided by Li Xiangguo."

Just when Mao Xiang and the others were thinking like this,

Hu Weiyong sent out Kong Kebiao and Tu Jie, who were wearing black cloaks, and told them these two words.

After watching the two leave, Hu Weiyong went straight to his study.

Just after Hu Weiyong returned to his study, Mao Xiang also rushed back to the palace with his men.

After nearly an hour,
General Mao, who had returned to the golden armor of the army, entered the imperial study again. At the same time, the eunuch in charge also greeted all the eunuchs and maids in attendance, and retreated out of the viewing range.

In the brightly lit imperial study room, after hearing Mao Xiang's report, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he slapped the dragon's table with his palm.

The three-finger-thick solid wood table top had a crack cracked last time because of Ye Qing's self-report letter, and now another crack has been added at a similar position.

"I'm so daring!"

"It's just outrageous!"

"No one wants Ye Qing's life except me!"

In the eyes of Mao Xiang who was still kneeling on one knee, Zhu Yuanzhang who got up suddenly had murderous intent in his eyes.

This kind of look, except because of Ye Qing, has not appeared for a long time.

Looking at this scene, Mao Xiang was very happy in his heart.

The phrase 'Ye Qing's life, no one else wants it except Lao Tzu', it really touched their hearts.

"Ha ha!"

"Are we behaving badly?"

"They are afraid of the emperor who behaves pervertedly, and he will get together with ministers who behave perversely, right?"

"We really want to see, after we and Ye Qing get together in front of them, what expressions will they have?"

After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's faint smile on his mouth and a little look of expectation in his eyes, Mao Xiang spoke up and said, "It is estimated that their backs will feel cold while their faces are expressionless!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard such an answer, the look of anticipation in his eyes was even stronger than before.

"As long as his Ye Qing's [-] mu of arable land is indeed more than [-] catties per mu, as long as the agricultural tax he pays matches this amount, you will see this day."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he immediately regained his composure, and then looked in the direction of his hometown in Haozhou with extremely deep and complicated eyes.

In fact, he has already given Li Shanchang a chance!
He had known for a long time that Li Shanchang wanted to lead Huaixi Xungui to sing a rivalry with him, but he really didn't want to learn from Liu Bang who killed Han Xin.

That is because he was grateful for Li Shanchang's achievements. When he was only four years old in Hongwu, he reminded Li Shanchang that he was already 60 years old.

In fact, he knew that Li Shanchang was only 57 years old at that time!

But he just wanted Li Shanchang to understand Zhu Yuanzhang's true purpose of deliberately misremembering his age, that is, to ask him to take the initiative to resign his old age and return home.

Such a smart person as Li Shanchang naturally knew Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions, so he obediently came to sue his old age and return home the next day.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy at that time, and gave him not only a few hectares of land in Haozhou, but also set up 150 cemetery households, [-] tenant households, and [-] guards of honor.

The reason why such a rich family property is rewarded is for two purposes, one is to appreciate his achievements, and the other is to hope that he can retire with peace of mind and stop thinking about putting his hand into the court.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, he was also given an errand to do, that is, let him be responsible for building the Linhao Palace, and also moved 14 wealthy people from the south of the Yangtze River to Haozhou for farming, and let him Li Shanchang manage them.

It stands to reason that Li Shanchang already has money, land and work to do, so he probably has no energy to put his hands into the court!
But he never expected that Li Shanchang's energy is so good, and he is the prime minister behind his back!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes looking in the direction of Haozhou became cold again!
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "It seems that your Jinyiwei needs to develop more minions. We have to grow our eyes in their mansion."

Mao Xiang instantly understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, that is, to stuff people into the yamen and mansions of officials all over the country. He, Zhu Yuanzhang, wanted to keep track of their movements and take the initiative in his own hands at all times.

Thinking of this, Mao Xiang immediately asked: "Your Majesty, are there still people in Lord Ye's place?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt dizzy when he thought of Ye Qing, he frowned and asked, "Can you stuff it in?"

Mao Xiang didn't ask any more questions, he already knew what to do.

After a while,

Zhu Yuanzhang issued another oral order that the people who put Jinyiwei in the official's mansion had to start with Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong.

Not only that, but he also asked Mao Xiang to leave for Haozhou tomorrow morning. He must read the content of Hu Weiyong's letter to Li Shanchang, and he must also see the content of Li Shanchang's reply to Hu Weiyong.

Early the next morning,
Zhu Yuanzhang once again wore the imperial robe and sat in the middle of the dragon chair in Fengtian Hall.

And the civil and military officials have once again started their early career of being cautious and under tremendous pressure!
At the same time, Qiao Zhuang dressed up as a messenger of Hu Weiyong, a man from the rivers and lakes, and rode on the official road to Haozhou on horseback.

Mao Xiang, who was also dressed as a person from the rivers and lakes, deliberately delayed for half an hour after watching Hu Weiyong's messenger leave, and then rode on the official road to Haozhou on horseback.

A few nights later,
After Hu Weiyong's messenger knocked on the door of Li's Mansion in Haozhou, the housekeeper Fu Er said a few words, and was taken to Li Shanchang's study by the housekeeper.

"Li Xiangguo, this is a secret letter from Hu Xiang."

"The matter is urgent, please reply Li Xiangguo as soon as possible, and let the villain bring it back!"

Li Shanchang, who was already full of gray hair, would not act so anxious just because the messenger said something was urgent.

After slowly opening the letter, he read it carefully by the light.

But he didn't know that the roof tile facing the desk candlestick had already been opened a small gap! .
　Seeking support from the officials, asking for recommendation tickets, asking for monthly tickets, asking for reward support, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)