The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 234 Master Ye is the first person in history. Their red clothes turned into white clothes, and all the veterans rebelled!
The afterglow of the setting sun is shining in Yanmen County at this moment.

A horse-drawn cart with five Yanmen soldiers lying on it slowly entered the city from the north gate of the county seat.

The coachman leading the horse said nothing, and just led the pack horse to control the speed as much as possible to prevent the white cloth covering their faces from being blown away by the wind.

In the words of the coachmen, that is, 'The afterglow of the setting sun is still dazzling, the children are too tired, it is time to have a good sleep'.

When they entered the city, the county defenders did not bother them. They just stood up straight and tilted their heads to watch, until they disappeared at the end.

After entering the city, the people on both sides of the road voluntarily gave way and watched on without saying a word. It was not until the horse-drawn cart was about to disappear at the end that they could not help wiping away tears.

"Whose child is it again?"

"There is no difference between the children of any family. The county says they are old or young. Most of them are the children we watched grow up."

"The red silk outside the windows and doorways of five more families will turn into white cloth."

"Damn Beiyuan, isn't it good to keep trading with each other? Isn't it good to use their fur and leather specialties to exchange for the things they need? They have to come in and grab it!"

"Sorry, sorry, me,"

"Old Wang, it's none of your business. You are a member of the Mongolian tribe from the Ming Dynasty, and your children are also our soldiers!"

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At this moment, the horse-drawn cart stopped at the entrance of a residential lane.

In an instant, all the young women in red clothes and their parents-in-law ran out eagerly.

The driver looked at the eyes coming from all directions and couldn't help but laugh at himself. As an ordinary person pulling a cart, it can be said that he has never experienced this kind of "people's attention" feeling in his life.

But now, he doesn't want to feel it again in his life.

Because these looks made him feel like he was a crow specializing in mourning!

But so what?

This is his responsibility. It is his responsibility to send these children home 'safely'.

The driver took out the five 'death notices' given to him by the Yanmen garrison and said, "Who is Li Xiaoyong's family?"

"Yanmen Zuowei, the [-]th household, which family does Li Xiaoyong belong to?"

No one answered, but almost all the neighbors lowered their heads in silence.

Only a young woman in red and her parents-in-law behind her did not bow their heads in silence, nor did they cry. They just silently helped their daughter-in-law take the red dress that she had just taken off.

A young woman dressed in white came to the coachman and received the "death notice" belonging to her husband.

At the same time, the parents-in-law who were standing at the door just now, the fathers and mothers of the fallen soldier, carried away their son under the guidance of the coachman.

They didn't say a word from beginning to end, that is, they looked panicked when they ran out, and they were relieved and silent after receiving the body.

Immediately afterwards, they tore off the red silk in the courtyard and turned it into a white funeral cloth.

Soon after they returned home and closed the door, the red silk on the windows turned into white mourning cloth.

It was just when the driver was taking the remaining four fallen soldiers away that he heard the heart-wrenching cries from a family of young and old.

And among these heart-wrenching cries, there are also three words, 'my son', 'brother Yong' and 'father', which represent the three identities of a man!

When the driver left the alley, he looked back at this rather deformed scene.

Next door, one is hanging white and the other is hanging red. Hanging white closes the door and cries, just so as not to affect the mood of hanging red's neighbor, while hanging red's family also has no happy face, just looking at hanging white's eyes are wet and red.

Immediately afterwards, the daughter-in-law of the Guahong family looked at her red robe with white clothes underneath, and her red silk coat wrapped in white cloth.

Their eyes flickered, and their expressions were so complex that there were no words to describe them.

"This is war!"

After the coachman sighed, he took the horse and continued to send people home. Before nightfall today, he had to send four other soldiers home.

We can't let the children continue to spend the night in the cold wind at the border.

And at this moment,
At the other end of the alley, Ye Qing and Zhu Yuanzhang, who were carrying baggage, were also watching this scene.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang were used to seeing life and death, they were still somewhat moved when they saw this scene. As for Queen Ma, she had already covered her face and cried for a long time.

Only Ye Qing, who was standing behind them, had a relatively calm expression.

Just because Ye Qing at this moment has returned to the relevant memories of those past lives.

During the Warring States Period, he served as a centenary under the general Li Mu, carrying his baggage and leading his horse while walking among the villages of Yunzhong, Yanmen and Daijun.

At that time, there was no precedent for having names and unit numbers engraved on breastplates, and there was no precedent for using one's hair to return to one's hometown. It can be said that Ye Qing was the first.

The reason why he made such a suggestion was that he did not want the parents, wives, and children of the fallen soldiers to get nothing.

During the Han Dynasty, Ye Qing served as the commander-in-chief of Daijun, Yanmen and Yunzhong counties, that is, the flying general Li Guang, and further promoted this system.

During the Tang Dynasty, this system had become custom-made for the entire army, and there were special military Chinese scribes responsible for this matter.

At that time, Ye Qing, as the general who built Yanmen Pass and garrisoned the border, personally carried his baggage and walked inside and outside the city.

Today, as the magistrate of Yanmen County in the Ming Dynasty, he carries this heavy burden again.

Ye Qing looked at the small white cloth bag that he had taken out. It contained a strand of long black hair and an identity breastplate from the son of the family next door to Guabai House.

Ye Qing knew that as long as it was left in the hands of that wife, both families would be in vain.

"Let's go back to the county office!"

Ye Qing just said these words and quickly disappeared outside the small box.

Mao Xiang caught up and said, "Master Ye, didn't you say you wanted to deliver it in person?"

Ye Qing just said calmly: "Is there no one to help me?" As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing quickened his pace again, as if he wanted to distance himself from them.

But this time, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer blamed Ye Qing for his seemingly unreliable behavior.

He just said seriously: "He just can't bear it. This guy has feelings for everyone, but he just doesn't want to put his heart at us."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously bit his back teeth.

"As long as you have the will, you can win his heart, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the confident and gentle face of Queen Ma next to him, and nodded thoughtfully.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang and the other three also walked back to the house.

But at this moment, another horse-drawn cart pulling the bodies of five fallen soldiers passed by them.

At any other time, the coachman would have said hello, but he just nodded and continued heading outside the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously looked in that direction and immediately knew that these five soldiers were not from the city, because this road led directly to the village outside the city.

He still remembered that he was so angry at Ye Qing that he had to leave the city to relax, so he also took this road out of the city. As a result, not long after he left the city, he saw the [Yanmen Almshouse] founded by Ye Qing.

He still remembers that there are many veterans living there, not only the veterans who once fought against him Zhu Yuanzhang, but also soldiers from the camp of his former opponents Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng.

No matter whose soldiers they are, as long as they have defeated the Yuan Dynasty and other conditions are met, they can stay in the [Yanmen Nursing Home].

Thinking of [Yanmen Sanatorium], Zhu Yuanzhang still remembers that scene. Those gray-haired veterans were in good spirits, some were hanging by their necks, and some were slapping bare trees!

At the entrance of Yanmen Nursing Home,
Dozens of veterans who had served in the camps of Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Shicheng were squatting at the door with a large bowl of food.

It's not that the staff at the almshouse are not nice to them, it's just that they, old men from farm families, like to sit outside to eat and watch the sunset while eating.

Just when they were halfway through eating, they heard the breathing of the packhorse and the heavy sound of horse hooves.

Looking at this scene, they immediately remembered the sound of cannons in the morning!

"Lao Zhang, whose baby is missing?"

The veterans were very familiar with these cartmen who usually brought charcoal and vegetables, so they started to inquire directly with serious faces.

When they learned the names of these five fallen soldiers, many veterans recalled the figure of the kid next door.

It's true that how naughty and hateful she was when she was a child, now she is so sad and cute.

After they watched the five children leave, they felt that the food in the bowl no longer tasted good.

At this very moment,
A veteran who once served in Zhu Yuanzhang's camp directly destroyed his iron rice bowl.

"Old brothers, have you forgotten your skills on the battlefield?"

These anti-Yuan veterans who had served in different camps knew what this old brother meant. After looking at the iron rice bowl in their hands, they also smashed the iron rice bowl that they could continue to eat.

"I haven't forgotten, I'm just a little rusty. How about we practice tomorrow?"

"Then why are you still standing there? Go back and find the things and wash them first!"

At this moment, they are no longer old people eating from iron rice bowls, they are veterans who act resolutely.

Beside the laundry pool of the almshouse,
The female worker who was doing laundry was suddenly startled.

Because there were more than 100 veterans with an average age over 50 years old, and all the guys who kept them as souvenirs were hugged out.

Yes,

Under the influence of those dozens of veterans, all the veterans took out the guys they kept as souvenirs.

Compared with the equipment of the current Yanmen garrison, these guys are far behind.

Not to mention compared with the products produced by Yanmen Arsenal, even compared with the leather armor of the Beiyuan Army, it may not be comparable.

"Uncle Li, are you the one who started this matter?"

"What do you want to do?"

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Uncle Li did not answer the washerwoman's question, but just ordered to the uncles around him: "Old Zhang, stop washing, and quickly bring someone to control the doorman."

"Old Zhao, take someone to the control management office."

"Lao Gao, take someone to control the kitchen!"

"In a word, we will absolutely eliminate the possibility of them going to complain to Mr. Ye!"

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In this way, under the leadership of Uncle Li, the Yanmen Nursing Home was controlled by these veterans who stripped the trees bare.

As night fell, Uncle Li, who had successfully rebelled, just looked in the direction of the Yanmen County government office and bowed.

"Lord Ye,"

"We can no longer eat from this iron rice bowl!"

At the same time, Ye Qing and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had returned to the county government office, also finished their dinner.

On the way back to the room, Ye Qing looked in the direction of Beiyuan's main army, his eyes extremely deep.

"You're going to have a hard time eating your dinner tonight!"

"If my guess is correct, the generals of the Second Northeast Army are looking for you to settle accounts with you!"
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