The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 266 Wang Baobao is actually Lord Ye’s loyal minister. Zhu Yuanzhang has a loving father and a filial son. If he pays taxes, his merits will be fulfilled!
"Retreat!"

The sharp voice of the eunuch who often served resounded inside and outside Fengtian Hall.

Not long after Zhu Yuanzhang raised the issue of passing on the national jade seal, he left directly from his special channel.

The sun had just risen at this moment, and the first ray of morning light had just shone on the large square in front of the temple.

After the civil and military officials left the main hall one after another, under the shining of the winter morning light, they headed towards their respective intelligence departments where they were on official business.

On Chengtianmen Avenue,
Kong Kebiao looked around to make sure that no one could hear what he was going to say next, and then he took the initiative to approach Hu Weiyong.

Kong Kebiao frowned and said: "Prime Minister Hu, do you think Xu Da can find the imperial seal?"

"You must know that the idea of ​​encircling the Northern Yuan army and annihilating it under the city was Ye Qing's idea. It was also Ye Qing who said to Xu Da in his letter that it would be possible to find the imperial seal if He Lin was defeated."

"Otherwise, Xu Da would not strongly recommend this idea, and His Majesty would not adopt it."

"If there is no possibility of finding the imperial seal, His Majesty will never let 20 troops travel thousands of miles to attack Hala and Forest."

"When marching and fighting, every extra step you take costs a huge amount of money and food!"

"If it weren't for the Imperial Seal, there would be no need to attack such an isolated city in the hinterland of the grassland."

"In a word, if you find the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, it will be worth it no matter how much manpower and material resources you spend. But if you can't find the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, even if you win, it will be a loss-making business."

"As long as I can't find the Imperial Seal, I can pour dirty water on Ye Qing!"

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Hu Weiyong looked at Kong Kebiao, who was hoping to find the imperial seal, and really wanted to fly up and slap him.

Hu Weiyong said coldly and seriously: "Master Confucius, I suggest that you go back and study the words 'Thieves also have their own ways'."

"After thorough research, tell me the truth. Do you still hope that you can't find the imperial seal?"

Kong Kebiao was a little puzzled. He didn't understand the meaning of Hu Weiyong's words for a moment, but he also knew that he was definitely scolding him.

"The officer will leave!"

Hu Weiyong looked at such a big man Kong Kebiao heading towards the Hanlin Academy, with such contempt in his eyes that he didn't even want to hide it.

"You have to be grateful that you have a good ancestor in your family. If it weren't for the identity of the 55th descendant of Confucius, not only would you not have been able to become a bachelor of the Hanlin Jade Academy, but you would have died eight hundred years ago and returned to the capital."

"If you weren't in this position, and His Majesty didn't kill you, I would have sent someone to kill you."

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Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong shook his head helplessly.

There was no way, because of Kong Kebiao's status, the emperor had to use such a high status but no real power position to win over him, and he, the prime minister, had to suppress his anger to win over him.

The reason is very simple, winning over him is equivalent to winning over the scholars in the world!
But from the bottom of their hearts, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Hu Weiyong hated this person.

Especially after listening to his remarks, Hu Weiyong can be said to hate him even more than Zhu Yuanzhang. It is simply for his own interests that he no longer has any literary character.

What is Chuan Guo Yuxi?
That is a supreme national treasure and an important weapon of the country!
If you get it, it symbolizes your "order from heaven", if you lose it, it means that you are "exhausted". Anyone who ascends to a great position without this seal will be ridiculed as a "white emperor", showing lack of confidence and being despised by the world. !

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor who expelled the barbarians, he still seemed to have a fly in the ointment because he did not have a national jade seal.

If Zhu Yuanzhang had the two extraordinary merits of expelling the Yuan Man and retrieving the imperial seal that was taken by the Yuan Man, then he would truly have accomplished his merits and have no regrets in his life.

Not to mention its importance to the emperor, the recovery of the Jade Seal represents the country's avenging its past humiliation. All Chinese people should hope to find the Jade Seal!
Yes,

Hu Weiyong really hopes to use Zhu Yuanzhang's sword to kill Ye Qing!
But he would rather find other opportunities to suppress Ye Qing than hope that the imperial seal cannot be found. This is the so-called 'thief has his way'!
After some heroic thinking about Yuntian, Hu Weiyong immediately frowned again.

"If I get back the Imperial Seal, I really don't know how to suppress Ye Qing."

"Yes, next spring, I will pay special attention to Lord Ye's taxes!"

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Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong stepped towards Zhongshu Province with his head held high.

But Lu Ben, who was ten steps behind him and had been following him, was looking at Hu Weiyong's back with deep and empty eyes.

The Minister of Civil Affairs, who always kept a clean mind and never got involved in the dispute between imperial power and prime ministerial power, just watched Hu Weiyong disappear around the corner and then looked in the direction of the East Palace.

The moment he looked in the direction of the East Palace, there was an imperceptible hint of 'greed' in his eyes.

"I also hope to find the jade seal passed down from the country!"

"Not only do I hope to retrieve the imperial seal, but I also hope that you, Mr. Ye, who is thousands of miles away but has disturbed the court, can successfully enter the court!"

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Thinking of this, Lu Ben stopped looking in the direction of the East Palace and just went straight to his staff.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace,
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son were sitting at the dinner table, waiting for the arrival of Queen Ma.

In front of them, there were lotus roots, pickles, boiled eggs, and a bowl of hot porridge.

Finally, Queen Ma and her personal maid came in carrying a bowl of vegetable porridge.

Zhu Biao was about to serve porridge to his parents, but Queen Ma stepped in first. She served Zhu Yuanzhang a bowl of porridge first, and then served Zhu Biao a bowl of porridge.

"Son, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhu Biao took over with both hands and said: "Mom, my son didn't work hard, you and dad did. Finally, you can have breakfast with your parents."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that this table was far less rich than Ye Qing's, but it was his rarest breakfast. He picked up the porridge and started drinking it.

"The porridge made by the girl must be delicious!"

"Ye Qing's milk, steamed buns, fried eggs, etc., they just don't look good or taste good."

"Biao'er, this is what your mother will do for us in this life. Eat it while it's hot."

In this way, the three of them finished the breakfast happily, and the whole room was filled with the atmosphere of "a virtuous mother, a kind father and a filial son".

But at the moment when the dining table was cleared, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became sharp when he looked at Zhu Biao.

"Biao'er, you have worked hard during this time, dad should praise you."

"But you pretended to be me and issued an edict of praise to Ye Qing, and we have to deal with the fact that it has embarrassed us."

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with his legs crossed, and immediately knew that he was going to take off his shoes in the next moment, and then he would grab and knock him down with one move, and then spank him with the sole of his shoe.

"Mom, what are you doing with the feather duster?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he quickly put away his legs, and then subconsciously looked behind him.

At the same time, Zhu Biao started running. At his current speed, he could almost catch up with Jin Yiwei!
"Bunny,"

"That bastard Ye Qing committed the crime of deceiving the emperor as if it were a joke. You bastard also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor as if it were a joke."

After Zhu Yuanzhang cursed at the door, he could only slap his mouth on the armrest of the chair and pull it down.

Zhu Biao is his eldest son, so it doesn't matter if the criminal deceives the emperor, he is not the only one who suffers.

Although Ye Qing was not his son, he was curious about this prodigy who could always surprise him.

Therefore, as long as the crime of deceiving the emperor is not too serious, he can only say to himself, "He who doesn't know is not guilty" and pull him down.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked in the direction of Yanmen County again, with a look of 'revenge' in his eyes.

"The surname is Ye,"

"Xu Da had better find the Imperial Seal according to your method, and you'd better be able to surprise me in the next spring."

"This way, no one can stop you from entering the court!"

"At that time, I will stare wide-eyed to see if you still dare to bully me as 'Master Guo'!"

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Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was so hopeful, Zhu Biao, who had just escaped from Qianqing Palace, was also complaining as he walked.

"I have worked hard to supervise the country for so long, but I haven't even said ten nice words and now I want to beat my baby?"

"I don't know what you are thinking. It will be good if I cooperate with you to finish this drama. Ye Qing makes you embarrassed, why don't you kill him!"

"If you don't have the ability to kill your ministers, you have the ability to beat your son. I think you are even more shameless than that Ye Qing!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao also looked in the direction of Yanmen County, his eyes full of expectation.

He still had the same idea, he hoped that Ye Qing would come to court to anger his father, and then he would be responsible for protecting Ye Qing's life, but he couldn't anger his father too much, as long as his father didn't have time to deal with him!

If his father is angry to death in advance, he will suffer a huge loss!
He doesn't want to sit on this tiring throne just yet. He still wants his father to help him work for a few more years!
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and his son were looking in the direction of Yanmen County and making their own plans, Ye Qing was also making his own plans.

Located in the reception hall of Ye Qing's private residence in Yanmen County Yamenhouya,
A middle-aged man, nearly forty years old, was sitting and discussing with Ye Qing.

"Brother Ye, you specially sent someone to call me here from Taiyuan Mansion. What's the important thing?"

The middle-aged man sitting next to Ye Qing drinking tea is Ye Qing's immediate superior, Mr. Liu Wencheng, the prefect of Taiyuan.

Ye Qing signaled Liu Wencheng to come over and started whispering.

by candlelight,

Liu Wencheng listened to Ye Qing's whispers, his facial expressions could be said to be quite rich, sometimes his brows were furrowed, and sometimes his eyes were full of horror.

In fact, the content of Ye Qing's whisper was about paying taxes in the coming spring.

He used his sharp tongue to successfully deceive his subordinates, but he also had to deceive his direct superior.

Without his signature and cooperation, his taxes from Yanmen County would not be able to enter the accounts office of the Ministry of Revenue!
Over the past three years, Mr. Liu has had a very good relationship with him. As long as they are not wearing official uniforms, the two of them will not use the false etiquette of the court.

After Ye Qing finished his whisper, Liu Wencheng immediately shook his head and refused: "No, absolutely not."

"You said before that you wanted to develop the county and also promote the development of my Taiyuan Prefecture, so I helped you and made your taxes similar to those in other places."

"That won't work this time. Xu Shuai has already met you, and you, Mr. Ye, are also famous in the court."

"Does Your Majesty still know what your Yanmen County is like?"

"This time, you must pay your taxes honestly and properly!"

As soon as Liu Wencheng finished speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up. He looked at Ye Qing and said, "I said, you are not the kind of person who does things without discretion. You know what can be harvested and what cannot be harvested!"

"You taught me these four words: greed for money and virtue!"

Ye Qing did not refute, and just listened to Liu Wencheng's words. After he finished speaking, Ye Qing poured a cup of tea for Liu Wencheng himself.Liu Wencheng looked at the tea that was seventy percent full, shook his head decisively and said, "I won't drink it, I'm going back."

Ye Qing quickly stopped him and said, "Master Liu, Brother Liu, Uncle Liu, you already know me so well, why are you so impatient?"

Liu Wencheng just smiled helplessly and said: "You still blame me for being impatient, you want it all"

Liu Wencheng looked outside, and then whispered: "You guys are going to take such a big bite out of the national agricultural tax, why shouldn't I be impatient?"

"Young man, don't think that you have forgotten your original intention after you have made some achievements. Your days are still long."

"Also, your brother has lost his parents and has no wife or children. I, Liu Wencheng, have old parents and a good grandson. I can't accompany you in this business that is harmful to the country and the people!"

Ye Qing just patiently listened to the education from his immediate superior. After he finished listening, he planned to continue his deception.

Can he, Ye Qing, do things that hurt his friends?
Ye Qing's principle is: first, don't do anything that harms the country and the people, and second, don't do anything that harms your friends!

His plan to raise taxes is definitely the fault of the prefect and Ye Qing alone!
Finally, after Liu Wencheng talked until his mouth went dry, he picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.

At the same time, Ye Qing also officially talked about his tax plan that "the credit lies with the prefect and the fault lies with Ye Qing alone."

But it can't be said like that, it has to be said like 'Let the emperor hate first and then love, and finally use an eight-carriage sedan to invite him to Ye Qing for promotion, and at the same time praise him, Master Liu, the prefect of Taiyuan'!
Ye Qing just talked about a cup of tea with such witty words, and finally succeeded in deceiving his immediate superior Liu Wencheng.

Liu Wencheng smiled and nodded, then looked at Ye Qing with admiration.

"Good job, Ye Qing!"

"If you had said these words earlier, it would have been over. I will seal and sign it for you when the time comes. I still have something to do in my yamen, so I will leave first."

Ye Qing asked the servant waiting outside to bring him a gift and said, "This deer whip will be given to you, Mr. Liu."

Liu Wencheng's eyes immediately lit up, he took the deer whip in an exquisite gift box, nodded with satisfaction, and left with a smile.

After Ye Qing watched Liu Wencheng leave, he instantly felt relaxed.

The plan to return home is completely prepared. What he has to do now is to lie down and die in this era.

The inheritance prepared for Zhu Yuanzhang and the inheritance left for Ming Dynasty are also completely prepared. He can take them all away as long as Lao Zhu searches his house.

The feeling of being about to go home with "complete merits and virtues" is simply not a good feeling!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing looked in the direction of Hara Helin, the temporary capital of Beiyuan.

"If my method can help Xu Da find the imperial seal, this national treasure can be returned to the hands of the Han Dynasty."

"My merits have truly been fulfilled!"

Thinking of this, Ye Qing closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Just as Ye Qing expected, Xu Da at this time had already commanded the Ming army to surround Hala and Lin.

Halahalin, also known as Helin or Hening, was the capital of the Mongolian and Yuan Empire founded on the Uighur capital in the seventh year of Meng Yuan Mu Yijian Khan's reign (1235). It was also the capital of the Lingbei Province of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the middle of the [-]th century, there was "Tiance Huanhuan" who controlled the upper reaches, and all the side courts were paid to the Jin vassal.The rivers and mountains are connected with each other in mid-summer, and the wind, snow and flood cover the north tower.

Halahe Forest is located in the center of the Mongolian-Yuan Plateau, where there is the Orkhon River with rich water resources, dense forests, and flowers blooming everywhere in midsummer.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is Jiangnan on the plateau!
That is to say, it was only after Kublai Khan established himself as Khan in Kaiping and defeated Ali Buge that the political center moved south to Han Dynasty that it was no longer the capital.

But after the Yuan Dynasty fled north, this place became the capital of the Northern Yuan Dynasty again!
in the morning light,

Xu Da, Tang He, Li Wenzhong and other generals stood on the edge of the Orkhon River, looking at the city that had been surrounded by them for seven days, and felt a lot of emotion.

Xu Da looked at this Mongolian and Yuan capital city that combined the urban construction culture of the Central Plains and said: "In the seventh year of Mu Yijian's reign, which was the second year of Duanping in the Southern Song Dynasty, Wokuotai Khan of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty established his capital here."

“From Habsburg (Vienna) on the Rhine River to Bianliang on the Yellow River, from the cold grasslands in the north (Russian steppe) to the desert (Arabia) under the scorching sun, everything is shrouded in the power of this city and under power.”

"The missionaries from the Roman Pope, the envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty, the camel and horse teams of Persian merchants, the tributes from the Kingdom of Goryeo, etc. all gathered here."

“Buddhist temples, mosques, Western pagan churches, all kinds of religions and cultures are integrated here!”

"Their Great Khan's edicts are issued from here and delivered to the Mongolian and Yuan armies everywhere!"

"Here is where Genghis Khan, Ogedai, and Meng Ge gather together to plunder millions of rare treasures, gold, silver, and jewels from all over the country!"

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Just after Xu Da expressed his emotion, Li Wenzhong said with a smile: "It is indeed glorious, but now as long as we give the order, this place will become a ruin."

Tang He said solemnly: "Although our history has been humiliating, we will eventually make barbarians from all directions fall at our feet."

Xu Da nodded and said: "I don't want it to become a ruin. I just want our descendants to be able to visit here one day."

"How many days have Wang Baobao and the others been without food?"

Fu Youde cupped his hands and said, "Back to Xu Shuai, we have been without food for three days!"

After hearing this, Xu Da turned around decisively and headed towards Helin City Gate.

At the same time, he continued: "If it is the warm autumn season, no one will die even if we don't have food for five or six days, but now it is the cold winter, and people will die if we don't have food for three days."

"In my opinion, Wang Baobao will leave the city to surrender before tonight, or he will leave the city to fight me decisively."

"But I don't want to fight anymore, after all, we will all be from Ming Dynasty from now on!"

"Pass the commander's military order, allocate some rations, and stack them in a place where people in the city can see them. Then find someone to shout in Mongolian, 'surrender and eat food'!"

Fu Youde clasped his fists and said, "The last general takes orders!"

The end of Shen Shi and the beginning of You Shi ([-] p.m.),

The rich aroma of mutton soup was wafting in the Daming Commander's tent three miles away from the south gate of Helin City.

Xu Da and others were sitting around a big pot, eating mutton soup. A mouthful of mutton soup really warmed them from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet.

And their narrator was also driving a big pot, and all the ingredients for the mutton soup pot were prepared, but no one was sitting around.

It was obvious that the guests Xu Shuai wanted to invite had not arrived yet.

At this very moment,
The phrase "surrender and eat food" in both Mongolian and Chinese languages ​​spread to every corner of Helin City from four directions.

In Helin Palace, Wang Baobao was sitting in the main hall. He was already hungry, his lips were white, but his eyes were still firm.

But just when he was about to take the knife, he found that he had no strength to hold the knife.

"Your Majesty, let us surrender!"

Nai'er Buhua, Wang Baobao's family members, and even many members of the Beiyuan royal family came over.

Wang Baobao looked at the people who had the same pale lips as him, and he couldn't bear it and got angry.

"I am the King of Yuan Qi, how can I surrender?"

"You people are all my generals, my family, and even descendants of Emperor Taizu (Genghis Khan). How can you be so weak?"

"Everyone, get up, pick up your sabers, and go out with me to fight Xu Da!"

No one listened to him, even Nai'er Buhua didn't stand up.

Nai'er Buhua even shouted at the top of her lungs: "Your Majesty, we are defeated, we have been defeated."

"We only have [-] soldiers, and [-] soldiers who can no longer hold a sword or ride a horse. If even they die in battle, how can our tribe continue?"

"Your Majesty, let them take off their armor!"

"In the spring of next year, it's time for them to go graze and have children with women!"

After a long time, Wang Baobao finally realized that he was really defeated, completely defeated.

"Kasong, surrender!"

"Send me and Dayuan Golden Seal to Commander Xu's tent!"

After half an hour,
Wang Baobao and Nai'er Buhua, as well as several Beiyuan generals who were not killed in the battle, carried the Dayuan gold seal and were escorted by Ming soldiers to Xu Da's Chinese army commander's tent.

next moment,
Wang Baobao held the golden seal in his hand, knelt down to Xu Da and said: "Shuai Xu, King Kuo Kuo Timur of Qi in the Yuan Dynasty has surrendered!"

Immediately afterwards, Nai'er Buhua also led General Beiyuan to kneel down and handed over the saber with both hands.

Xu Da stood up and held his head high to accept the gold seal presented by him. Li Wenzhong and other generals also accepted the sabers from Nai'er Buhua and other Beiyuan generals.

Xu Da did not wake them up immediately, as the rules should still be followed.

Xu Da just said seriously: "Where is the Secretary General of the Army?"

"exist!"

Xu Da raised his head proudly and said loudly: "Record, in December of the sixth year of Hongwu, our Ming army broke through Helin, the temporary capital of Beiyuan, and the leader of Beiyuan escaped and disappeared!"

"King of Qi in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Timur surrendered and captured the golden seal of the Yuan Dynasty!"

"From now on, the Northern Yuan Dynasty will no longer exist and will all return to the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Baobao suddenly interrupted: "Xu Shuai, my surrender is conditional."

Lan Yu was about to draw his sword: "You, a defeated general, still want to negotiate terms?"

Li Wenzhong quickly told Lan Yu to shut up. He had no place to speak here, so Lan Yu shut up immediately.

If it were anyone else, Xu Da would have killed him with a single blow, but Wang Baobao was different.

Not only was this person Zhu Yuanzhang dreamed of conquering him, he was much more useful alive than dead!
Xu Da said seriously: "Get up and talk, let's talk about your conditions."

"First, you can't kill my tribe members!"

Xu Da smiled lightly and said: "You are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, why are you killing so many people? From now on, can't we wear the same armor and defeat all the territories that your ancestors defeated and lost again?"

When Wang Baobao heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, because this was also his ideal.

Now that I think about it, although I can't take over the Central Plains, it's a good result to be able to fight alongside Xu Da.

Immediately afterwards, he continued: "Second, the Ming Dynasty must reuse Mr. Ye, and it cannot prevent me from visiting Mr. Ye."

"If you don't agree to this, even if our troops surrender, I, Wang Baobao, will commit suicide here!"

As he said this, Wang Baobao looked straight at Xu Da, his eyes full of perseverance even though he was kneeling on the ground.

Wang Baobao added firmly: "Xu Shuai, you know me as well as I know you. I am also a person who does what I say!"

As soon as Wang Baobao finished speaking, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Tang He and others were immediately stunned!
Not only them, but Nai'er Buhua and other Beiyuan generals who were kneeling on the ground were all confused! .
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