The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 201 Master Ye’s military orders are like mountains of new weapons. Zhu Yuanzhang is shocked by the three companies, and Wang Baobao sends his troops to attack!

The three words "understood" resounded in the ears of everyone present.

Mao Xiang listened to the powerful voice, the iron-firm tone, and then looked at the ashen face and the extremely determined eyes, and he immediately understood Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Ye Qing's answer can be said to be extremely rebellious. It is necessary to have the country in your heart, but it is also necessary to have the master in your heart.

People living in the land of the Ming Dynasty, if they do not have Zhu Yuanzhang as their master in their hearts, they have no king, no father, and are unfaithful and unfilial.

If it's just a common person who can't make any waves, it really doesn't matter.

But he, Ye Qing, is not a commoner who cannot make waves. He, Ye Qing, is a maverick genius. In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is a double-edged sword that can usher in a prosperous age for the Ming Dynasty and can also subvert the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Ye Qing was mixed with love and hate, he wanted to possess and kill him at the same time!

It was only because of Ye Qing's current performance and Queen Ma's protection that Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Ye Qing was in a state where he loved more than he hated.

To put it bluntly, although the fierce horse is extremely rebellious, the rider has not given up on taming it, and still feels that there is hope of taming it!
It's fine now. Ye Qing's words made Zhu Yuanzhang give up completely!

Yes,

In Mao Xiang's view, Zhu Yuanzhang's state of mind when facing Ye Qing was that of a rider giving up on his horse and a miracle doctor giving up on his patient.

But he, Zhu Yuanzhang, was not a horseman or a miracle doctor. He was the decisive and decisive founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, once Zhu Yuanzhang gave up on Ye Qing, Ye Qing would not even have a chance to fend for himself. Zhu Yuanzhang's giving up was a quick and accurate way to kill him.

If nothing else happens, after this battle, no matter what the outcome is, Ye Qing will be dead!

"What's the surprise?"

"How could there be an accident?"

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Thinking of this, while Mao Xiang looked at Ye Qing from the corner of his eye, his eyes were filled with unbearable and complaining expressions.

The reason why he couldn't bear it was because in his opinion, after the war, if His Majesty the Emperor could not kill Ye Qing in an upright and fair manner, then that would be his business.

Although Ye Qing gave Zhu Yuanzhang a lot of anger, he was absolutely cruel to him and his subordinates.

Apart from anything else, in terms of clear distinction between rewards and punishments, he, a mere seventh-grade county magistrate, did better than the superior Emperor.

It’s not better, it’s not much better at all!

It's just that Mao Xiang is also a loyal minister who doesn't care about the two masters. He also has his own principles. If Zhu Yuanzhang insists that he do something to Ye Qing, he will definitely do it to Ye Qing.

But then, maybe he will do something to himself!
And the reason why he complained was because Ye Qing still looked like he didn't know whether to live or die, and he was still so free and easy.

He just couldn't understand. Even if Ye Qing didn't know that the person in front of him was Zhu Yuanzhang himself, he still knew that he was a part-time imperial envoy who could talk to Zhu Yuanzhang!

"How dare he say such treasonous words in front of Mr. Guo, who can speak to His Majesty?"

"What is going on in his extremely smart mind?"

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Not only was Mao Xiang, who was wearing personal armor and was pulled in as the temporary captain of the personal guards, unable to figure it out, Wu Yong, who was sitting behind them as a scribe and taking notes, also couldn't figure this out.

In Wu Yong's eyes, Mr. Guo, who was sitting in the first seat on the right, could not be said to be depressed.

He just sat here looking at the ground with a cold face, his eyes like a hawk, almost unblinking, as if he was hating the person who killed his father.

I still hate the kind of father-killing enemy who needs to be forbearing for the time being and cannot be killed for the time being!
Because of this, he also felt that their Master Ye was a little too much.

"Is this Master Ye's hard-to-get game again?"

"As Mr. Ye said, everything he did in front of Mr. Guo, who can be compared with His Majesty, was all to increase his own worth?"

"Does he want to use Mr. Guo to get His Majesty to offer higher conditions in the future?"

"its not right!"

"How can you ask for such an exorbitant price?"

"You have no one in your heart, how can your Majesty hold back your anger and offer a high price?"

"If I were Your Majesty and I heard someone say that Ye Qing is very capable, but in his heart he only has the country and no master, then I would rather not have this talent!"

"The way the emperor gives up talents must be such that I can't get it, and no one else can get it!"

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Thinking of this, Wu Yong immediately frowned slightly, feeling that they had already played Master Ye's "play hard to get" game.

After having such awareness, Wu Yong looked at Mr. Guo's back with a hint of murderous intent that was not easy to detect.

Before the war ends, Mr. Guo, who can talk to the emperor, will never return to the capital if his attitude towards Mr. Ye does not improve.

Even if he is not killed by the robbers on the way, he will still have to sink the ship to feed the fish!

Just when Wu Yong was making this calculation, Ye Qing, who was sitting on the commander's seat, had already had a panoramic view of everyone's micro-expressions and other details.

But what he cares about most is Mr. Guo, who basically represents the emperor's personal visit, and his die-hard subordinate Wu Yong.

Ye Qing could tell from Mr. Guo's expression and eyes that as long as nothing unexpected happened, his outcome after the war would be stable.

The more Master Guo gives up on him, the more at ease Ye Qing feels!
As long as Mr. Guo goes back and says that Ye Qing has a country but no master in his heart, all the credit will be in vain!

You must know that the situation Ye Qing was in was not only in feudal times, but he was also serving as an official under the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was suspicious by nature and good at killing donkeys.

If you serve as an official under Zhu Yuanzhang and still dare to openly claim that you have a country and no master, isn't this just looking for death?
Thinking of this, Ye Qing just smiled reassuringly.

Steady!

If nothing else happens, everything will be stable!

wrong,

Just by saying 'there is a country but no owner', there will definitely be no accidents!

As for Wu Yong's thoughts, he didn't care at all. As long as the deception was in place, Mr. Guo could return to Beijing safely.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing also felt helpless in his heart.

No matter what era, if a 'middle-level manager' like Ye Qing wants to achieve his goals, he must keep in mind the four-character mantra, which is to 'deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors'!
As long as you are not a real big boss, if you want to be promoted, get a raise and gain both fame and fortune, you must do the trick of "bullying the superiors and concealing the inferiors".

Yang Xian, who is now an old man, is such a typical case.

When he deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates perfectly, he could be said to have risen to prominence. In the first year of Hongwu, he was appointed as Zhongshu and participated in political affairs. In the second year of Hongwu, he moved directly to Zuocheng.

But he drifted away as soon as he became Zuo Cheng.

As soon as this person wanders, he will immediately make a lot of mistakes, so that all his previous deceptions will be exposed, and he will end up with a ruined reputation!
And among those who died well in history, none of them ever deceived their superiors and deceived their subordinates. It’s just that they successfully deceived their superiors and deceived their subordinates all their lives, and they did achieve some achievements.

Not to mention others, Xu Da has also deceived others!
When Xu Da was guarding the border in Peiping in the later period, he hid it from Zhu Yuanzhang and allowed Zhu Di to establish himself in various positions in the army, and also had various relations with the northern generals!

But although he deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates in this regard, he intuitively told Zhu Yuanzhang that the only person above Xu Da's head was Zhu Yuanzhang.

This is the genius of Xu Da!
In the same way, as a middle-level manager of the Daming Group, if he wants to be punished by the big boss Zhu Yuanzhang, he must "deceive the superiors and deceive the subordinates."

It's just that others deceive the superiors and hide the truth from the subordinates, but he bullies the superiors and deceives the subordinates!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing's helpless feeling became even stronger.

He just wanted to be named and killed by Zhu Yuanzhang without causing harm to the country and the people. How could it be so difficult?

He has already written two memorials to bully Zhu Yuanzhang!

But why did it all come to nothing?

Ye Qing didn't want to think about this problem anymore. He felt very overwhelmed when he thought about it. As the saying goes, let the past go, and just look forward to everything.

He didn't believe it. This crime of "having a country but no owner" had already been established, coupled with the crime of "every man is innocent and guilty of holding a treasure" that he was brewing, plus the "madness" that he would definitely commit in the future. Can the crime of "grabbing farmers' taxes" be exchanged for a death edict or oral edict from Zhu Yuanzhang?
Maybe he didn't even have to commit the crime of "crazy greed for agricultural taxes" and was sentenced to death directly!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing immediately felt relieved!
After making up his mind, he immediately focused all his attention on this battle.

It's still the same sentence. In order to draw a successful conclusion to his ancient fighting career, this battle must be fought at a high level.

At the same time, you must also be killed for winning too beautifully.

"Come on,"

"Get the letter paper, I want to reply to Wang Baobao!"

After a while, Ye Qing began to write a reply to Wang Baobao in full view of everyone.

The pattern of Wang Baobao's letters is the same, with one cover saying "Letter of War" and one cover saying "Personally addressed by General Wang Baobao".

In fact, before that, he tore up a cover that had just been written with the words "King of Qi in the Northern Yuan Dynasty expanded the profile of Timur himself".

There is no other reason,

He just wanted to tell Wang Baobao about Ye Qing's attitude on the cover!

"If you want to see it, come and see it. Don't peek down there. It's not aboveboard at all."

Ye Qing wrote the letter fluently while speaking to Mr. Guo who was peeking at him.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was criticized again, neither denied nor was polite. He just went up and stared at Ye Qing's letter with wide eyes.

The contents of the letters of challenge were pretty much the same, they were all similar official texts, and they were nothing more than provocative words without swearing.

However, looking at this provocative statement that was enough to make people angry, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had completely given up on Ye Qing, still felt a little comforted in his heart.

But when he saw the content of Ye Qing's private message to Wang Baobao, he forced a smile with relief.

"Brother Mao Qiang,"

"You guys go on another trip and hand this letter of challenge and private message to Wang Baobao in the same way."

"In addition, give him a bottle of liquor for me!"

At the same time as Ye Qing gave the order, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Mao Xiang, indicating that he would obey the order.

After Mao Xiang clasped his fists and saluted, he asked his five brothers to leave the combat command room with him.

After half an hour,
Outside the central gate of Yanmen Pass, Mao Xiang carried a bottle of liquor on his back, and with his five brothers, they flew directly to the Beiyuan camp.

The distance of six miles is only the time of a cup of tea for a fast horse and a light horse.

In the Beiyuan camp, the Beiyuan guards wearing leather armor also drew their bows and set arrows, as if they were always ready to fire thousands of arrows.

It's just that the distance between Mao Xiang and the others was beyond the range of Beiyuan's bow and arrow.

At this moment, a Beiyuan general led his people out of the camp to confront him: "What are you doing?"

"The one who delivers letters and gifts!" Mao Xiang didn't say much. He just put the baggage on the ground, drew his bow and flew away with an arrow.

The silver arrow accurately struck the grass directly in front of General Beiyuan.

Just when General Beiyuan bent down to collect the letter, Mao Xiang and others decisively turned their horses around and quickly returned to the pass.

After the big Beiyuan general watched them go away, he stepped forward to pick up the baggage, and then went straight to the commander's tent.

Inside the handsome tent,

Nai'er Buhua took the white wine, which not only had a transparent bottle, but also the liquid, and looked at it carefully.

"How else can we say that Ye Qing is a talent?"

“It’s not difficult to make colored glaze, but it’s so difficult to make glaze with uniform texture and complete transparency!”

"Have you heard, General? Emperor Zhu treasures a transparent glass vase when he gets it, but Ye Qing uses it as a wine bottle."

“Can wine as pure as water taste like wine?”

When Nai'er said this, she immediately took off the cork and smelled it first.

But at this moment, after reading the letter of challenge and the private message, Wang Baobao gave a serious order: "Put it down, you can't drink this wine."

Nai'er Buhua said in surprise: "Isn't he despicable enough to poison it?"

Wang Baobao just shook his head and said: "No reward for no merit, so I can't drink this wine, even though I also want to taste the liquor brewed by this genius myself!"

"How dare he refuse the king's kindness when he can't get a prodigy?"

At the same time that Nai'er Buhua had a look of horror on his face, Wang Baobao handed Nai'er Buhua a letter of war written by Ye Qing himself, as well as a private letter to Wang Baobao.

After Nai'er Buhua took the letter, Wang Baobao sighed in despair and closed his eyes in despair.

The content of the letter of war: "General Wang Baobao is really a talented general, but he does not know the justice of the world. He cleverly creates a name and commits thieves and bandits."

"If you insist on knocking the pass, you can attack at will!"

"Although our Yanmen garrison only has [-] soldiers, everyone is determined to die and vows to live and die with the city gate!"

"Signed: Ye Qing, Magistrate of Yanmen County in the Ming Dynasty!"

The content of the private message written to Wang Baobao: "General Wang Baobao, your ability to open up borders with military skills and determine the world through civilized governance really impresses me."

"If you are willing, I am willing to find a way to recommend you to become an official in the court. In fact, I do not need to recommend you."

"In the fourth year of Hongwu, after your defeat, your sister Wang was captured, but His Majesty married her to His Highness King Qin as his concubine, and told the world. This is a signal to you that he wants you to surrender to the Ming Dynasty with peace of mind."

"As long as you surrender, I can ensure that your tribe will not lack food and clothing during the winter. General, please remember that only mutual benefit is the long-term solution."

"At that time, His Majesty will definitely let you be the deputy general of General Xu Da. You will open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will have many capable ministers to govern the world."

"When that time comes, we will definitely not make the same mistake as Genghis Khan and others, where the fight was in vain!"

"Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice to the general. As long as you don't look like coal, as long as you are not a Japanese slave, and as long as you recognize Han culture, you can become a member of the Chinese nation."

"But never think about being the master of China!"

"If you dare to have such an idea, it's like 'when the enemy comes, there are guns, and when the friends come, there is good wine'!"

"The fine wine has been delivered, please choose carefully, General!"

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When Nai'er Buhua saw this, she just smiled and said, "Did he come to persuade you to surrender?"

"This civil servant is quite interesting. What he writes does not have the circumlocution of a literary man at all. It can be said to be very straightforward. He is really a civil servant with a heart."

At this moment, Wang Baobao suddenly opened his eyes and said, "What a pity, he actually wants us to be their ministers?"

"I will never let my tribe surrender at the feet of Emperor Zhu!"

"Pass down the Commander-in-Chief's order!"

Upon hearing these five words, Nai'er Buhua immediately became serious, because these five words were enough to represent the choice of His Highness King Qi.

Their Royal Highness, King Qi, wants to be Timur, the expansion of the grassland, and not General Wang Baobao of the Ming Dynasty.

"Send the order, three days later, at sunrise, attack the east and west gates of Yanmen Pass."

"Zhongmen, hold still!"

quickly,

Bei Yuan's messengers went directly to the east and west.

After Wang Baobao's command arrived, the [-] troops outside the east and west gates all began to make final preparations for the siege.

A moment later, the unusual movements outside the east and west gates were also transmitted to the combat command room through flags.

"Report,"

"The 12 Beiyuan troops outside the Zhongmen are standing still!"

"Ninety thousand troops outside the east gate, the siege equipment begins to move forward!"

"Ninety thousand troops outside the west gate, the siege baggage begins to move forward!"

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Listening to this information,
Mao Xiang, as well as the young men from Jinyiwei who were acting as personal soldiers, stood nearby and their eyes widened in shock.

"Master Ye is really good at predicting things!"

"It's better than Zhuge Liang in the play. Lord Ye said they would attack the east and west gates and stay put at the middle gate, but they actually did it."

"It's like the other party's command is issued according to Master Ye's wishes!"

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As for Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting in the first seat on the right, although he did not show such obvious shock, his eyes were full of disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"Although the terrain outside the east and west gates is also a plain with an 'eight' opening. Although they have the advantage, it is not absolutely flat land. There are rivers, grassy hills, and woods. It is not as easy to march as the middle gate!"

"Besides, it has been proven that there are enough cannons in those two places and they are well-equipped. How can we challenge them?"

"Others only pick soft persimmons to pinch, but he only picks hard walnuts to smash?"

"Do not,"

"Wang Baobao must have fallen into Ye Qing's trap!"

"But what's the plan?"

"We have been by his side Ye Qing, but we don't know what trap he laid for Wang Baobao?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this and immediately looked at Ye Qing who was sitting on the commander's seat with his peripheral vision.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Ye Qing's face was calm, but his gaze was deep, as if he had everything under control, and it could be said that he already knew everything.

Yes,

In fact, for him, Ye Qing, he already knew about this result, but he just reported it belatedly.

The reason why Ye Qing has such confidence is not without reason.

First of all, although Wang Baobao is not as suspicious as Zhu Yuanzhang, he is far more cautious than anyone else, and the end of caution is suspicion.

For Daming, this battle can still be lost!
But for him, Wang Baobao, he couldn't afford to lose this battle!
The reason why Wang Baobao was able to gather 30 troops from various grassland ministries was only because he defeated Xu Da once last year.

For Wang Baobao, he bet his own honor and all the belongings of the grassland in this battle.

If he loses this battle, not only will his personal reputation be ruined, but the Northern Yuan court will not even be able to maintain basic operations!
Therefore, he would never believe that the defense in the middle goal was sparse and the equipment was old.

Coupled with his impression of Ye Qing being a maverick, it made him feel that under the appearance of a sparse defense in the middle gate, there must be a back-up plan capable of making the Beiyuan army pay a heavy price.

Even if they can finally get in, they will definitely pay a heavy price.

As a businessman, don’t do business if it’s not profitable!
This is especially true for a general. You won't do a deal that requires too much sacrifice!
In fact, Wang Baobao's idea is also correct. Under the appearance of sparse defense in the middle goal, there is really a backhand that makes them pay a heavy price.

But it is enough to kill them all and prevent them from getting in!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing immediately ordered:
"Transmit my order,"

"The east and west gates are ready."

"Over the past two nights, the tower crane built into the middle gate city wall was converted into a 'super long-range trebuchet'!"

"At the same time, move three hundred 'counterweight trebuchets' into the three cities under night cover, all arranged in a checkerboard pattern."

"By the way, before refitting, hoist the 'Crossbow Bed' and 'Intercepting Giant Arrow' onto the city wall and install them overnight."

"The 'Ten Thousand Enemies' used in the ultra-long-range trebuchet and the 'kerosene bombs' used in the counterweighted trebuchet are all transported to the corresponding locations."

"Remember, everything must be done at night. After it is done, cover it with curtains and gauze during the day!"

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A series of orders were passed out in front of Zhu Yuanzhang through the messengers, and also spread to all directions through the flag soldiers outside the combat command room.

But at this very moment,

Mao Xiang and others in the combat command room immediately opened their eyes.

"Tower crane, that huge machine that looked like an elephant's trunk that I saw that night?"

"Can that machine that assists in building city walls be converted into a 'super long-range trebuchet'?"

"I know the crossbow bed, but what kind of arrow is it to intercept the giant arrow?"

"An enemy of ten thousand people, a counterweight trebuchet, and kerosene bombs, what kind of weapons are they?"

Although the young men in Jinyiwei were whispering to each other, their voices were very low and could not be heard by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's inner thoughts were the same as theirs.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ye Qing, the disbelief in his eyes was already worse than before.

He didn't have time to figure out what trick Ye Qing had laid for Wang Baobao.

But what followed was a series of new weapons that he had never heard of, and they appeared without any warning! .
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