The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 240 Mr. Ye is not only tough on words and tough on knees, but also despises the imperial power. Zhu Yuanzhang’s logic is completely messed up!

"What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and change clothes?"

"As His Majesty's idiot fan, you should be more active than me. You are so dumb here, like a big fool."

Under Ye Qing's severe rebuke, Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses instantly.

But before he could get angry, Queen Ma dragged him upstairs. At the same time, she turned around and said with a smile: "Master Ye, wait a moment, we will come down soon."

After returning to the room, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his lungs were about to explode.

This is both a stupid fan and a big fool, and the tone of scolding him in a serious tone is really unbearable.

"Just get used to it!"

"It is said that a loving mother often loses her son. You, a loving queen, often lose her ministers. Even if he does not commit any principled crime, with his eloquence, we will kill him because of your habit."

And at this moment,
Empress Ma, however, was smiling and a little bit happy. She took out Zhu Yuanzhang's formal plain clothes and said, "You can improve your eloquence slowly. I can help you train him in the future."

"His attitude towards the imperial edict is not enough to prove that he will never commit a principled crime, that is, he will not do the things you are worried about?"

"In this case, what can't we bear with a prodigy who just has a nasty mouth?"

Zhu Yuanzhang reacted instantly after hearing such words. He was so confused by Ye Qing that he missed the point.

Before the imperial edict came, Ye Qing's mouth was harder than that of a dead duck.

He still remembers what Ye Qing said to him to this day. He has heard it no less than ten times, such as not only looking down on the civil and military officials of the dynasty, but also the emperor.

But what about now?
As soon as the emperor's imperial edict arrived, he paid more attention to it than welcoming the arrival of the gods. Not only did he have to go out of the city to receive it in person, but he also asked the county magistrate to change into formal official robes with him.

Not only that, but everyone is also rewarded. Isn’t this worse than those local officials who follow the trend and are weak at the knees?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang unconsciously stood up with his head held high.

For his current expression, it would be more appropriate to use the phrase 'seeing people through the nostrils'!

"Sure enough, he is a person whose knees are as soft as his mouth is tough."

"He hasn't even seen the emperor in dragon robes yet, but with an imperial edict, he is kneeling down so firmly?"

"Okay, let's go see him kneeling to receive the order!"

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and opened his arms, signaling Empress Ma to change his clothes. The emperor must be worthy of honor, so how could he change his clothes himself?

But the next moment, Queen Ma was changing her clothes. At the same time, she gave Zhu Yuanzhang a look and said, "You are Mr. Guo now. You will have to kneel down later. Change yourself quickly. They are still waiting!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, and began to change his clothes quickly, but he still felt uncomfortable.

This is obviously an imperial edict issued by his son pretending to be him, but he still has to kneel down?
But when I thought about it again, I realized it didn’t matter!

It is certain that Ye Qing is just a person with a hard mouth and soft knees. In this case, he can be confident and bold in appointing him!

Of course, the rules he set cannot be changed.

This battle must be won, and the agricultural tax after the war must be paid in place. Only if these two points are achieved, can Ye Qing enter the court, otherwise he will have to meet the King of Hell!

But just when Zhu Yuanzhang changed his clothes, he realized a problem that could not be ignored.

Since he, Ye Qing, is a hard-tongued person with weak knees, he should only be so hard-spoken behind the emperor's back. How could anyone write a memorial specifically to speak hard in front of the emperor?
But before he could think about it in detail, Mao Xiang's voice sounded outside the door.

"Master, Master Ye asked me to urge you."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he not only returned to reality from his thoughts, but also had a contemptuous smile on his lips.

Why did Ye Qing come to urge him?
They must be afraid that the imperial envoy will wait for a long time!

This knee is so weak that it is almost turning into soft tofu!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's contempt for Ye Qing took to a new level.

"Ye Qing, Ye Qing, what you said is quite right."

"When you speak harshly, you can be so angry that we want to execute you on the spot, but we also treat you as a person. But when your knees weaken, although we are very happy, we can't help but despise you!"

"You said this kind of mentality is called 'cheap', and the higher the position, the more powerful the person is, the meaner he is. Just be mean, as long as we are happy!"

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Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang went out in high spirits.

At the gate of the county government office, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the big white horse in front of Ye Qing and asked, knowingly: "Why don't you take the carriage?"

Ye Qing still said in a scolding tone: "My car is luxurious but not fast. We cannot keep the imperial envoys waiting."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to laugh at Ye Qing in his heart.

If it were an official in other places, this would be a very unusual operation, but for him, who used to keep saying that he looked down on the emperor and dared to point his nose at the emperor and scold him, it would be like having his knees weak and turning into tofu.

Soon after, Ye Qing led his people to the south gate of the county.

under the sun,

On the majestic south gate city wall avenue of Yanmen County, Ye Qing smiled and cupped his hands and said: "The Holy Edict has arrived, and I am not far away to welcome it!"

The eunuch who delivered the order and the military escort behind him saw at a glance that the people behind Ye Qing were none other than Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.

But before they set off, the prince said that anyone who sees the two of them in Yanmen County must treat them as strangers.Thinking of this, the eunuch who delivered the order moved his eyes away from the two of them and Mao Xiang, and turned to look at the officials.

It can be said that the etiquette aspect was impeccable, but what they imagined was completely different.

"Master Ye is young and promising, and has good looks and temperament. The key is that he pays so much attention to the etiquette between monarch and minister. How come your majesty rewards and punishes the examiner who promoted him?"

“Shouldn’t we only reward without punishing?”

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When the eunuch who delivered the order thought of this, he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang who was leaning behind Ye Qing with his doubtful eyes.

But then, he immediately came back to his senses and said: "Master Ye, no courtesy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was ready to take off the yellow cloth baggage on his back, then open the wax seal in front of Ye Qing, and then read out the imperial edict.

But at this moment, Ye Qing said politely: "Everyone has worked hard all the way. Please stop reading the imperial edict and receive the rewards one by one."

Before they could react, Shen Wan'er took a thick stack of banknotes and handed it to Wu Yong.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, Wu Yong walked up to the eunuch who passed the order and started counting. Ten 100-tael banknotes were stuffed directly into the hand of the eunuch who passed the order.

The eunuch who passed the order looked at the 1000 taels of silver notes. He really wanted to take it, but he was also really afraid of taking it.

In fact, they really like being eunuchs who deliver edicts, because there are more or less benefits they can get, but that is definitely something that the emperor cannot know.

But now it's good that Mr. Ye actually gave them so much money in front of His Majesty the Emperor, who kills corrupt officials like mowing grass.

They all knew more or less that Mr. Ye was rich, but they never expected that the offer would be so generous, just 1000 taels, which was enough for them to confiscate his house!

"No, no, no, Master Ye is too polite!"

"I can't take it, and please take it back quickly, Master Ye. I really can't take it!"

The eunuch who delivered the order wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with his peripheral vision while refusing.

But when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang actually smiling, he smiled and nodded with great satisfaction, indicating for him to accept it.

Seeing this scene, the eunuch who delivered the order became even more puzzled.

"Does this mean we don't need to follow any rules when doing errands related to Mr. Ye?"

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When the eunuch who delivered the order thought of this, he immediately became secretly happy and secretly looked forward to the next time.

"Then thank you Lord Ye for the generous reward."

Immediately afterwards, the dozens of golden-armored soldiers queuing up behind them all had a banknote worth one hundred taels in their hands, and they all showed satisfied smiles.

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ye Qing looked at this scene and felt that in any era, money could make the world go round.

In fact, the reason why he was so polite was just to thank Zhu Yuanzhang!

As early as when he heard the news of the arrival of the imperial envoy carrying the imperial edict, he knew that his memorial had had an effect, and His Majesty the Emperor was finally willing to give him the imperial edict he wanted!
He, Ye Qing, is not an unreasonable person. If Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't do what he wants, he must keep scolding him. This is a reasonable thing.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is doing what he wants now, so he should naturally give enough face to the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to kneel down to receive an order. He has adhered to the principle for ten lifetimes and cannot change it no matter what.

Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, even Li Shimin, who had the gift of teaching, could not make him kneel down as the emperor!

"Master Ye, kneel down and accept the order!"

Ye Qing just smiled softly at the corner of his mouth and said: "My legs and feet are inconvenient, so please, father-in-law, just declare the decree like this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Because from his diagonal angle, he could just see the expression of Mr. Ye who was just standing there with his head bowed slightly.

It was obvious that Ye Qing's faint smile was showing contempt for the imperial power.

After realizing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also frowned slightly, feeling that Ye Qing's actions were always so illogical.

All his previous behaviors were enough to prove that he was tough-talking and soft-kneeding, but looking at it now, he was so tough-talking that he was too hard-hearted to think of a reason.

My legs and feet are so inconvenient that I can’t even fool a ghost!

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking like this, the eunuch who delivered the order suddenly figured out a problem.

In his opinion, this was the reason why after Zhu Yuanzhang returned, he rewarded and punished the examiners and officials who promoted Ye Qing. The rewards were for promoting a prodigy for him, but the punishment was for the prodigy's knees being too hard and annoying.

But in the end, His Majesty the Emperor not only did not kill him, but also stayed by his side, which was enough to show that in His Majesty's heart, Lord Ye liked him more than he hated him.

Thinking of this, the eunuch who passed the order no longer asked Ye Qing to kneel down.

Furthermore, it is an eternal principle to eat people with short mouths and take soft hands with others!

in the eyes of all,
The eunuch who delivered the order opened the wax seal in front of Ye Qing to prove that they had not read it halfway, and then began to read it out! .
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(End of this chapter)