The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 280 Master Ye challenged the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang granted further privileges, and the current magistrate even remotely magistrates the county!
In the eyes of the eunuch who delivered the order, Zhu Yuanzhang just took a brief look and then stared like a cow's eyes.

Not only that, his nostrils also contracted and expanded as the amount of air out and in increased.

And the golden dragon head on his chest also rose and fell with the rise and fall of his chest, like a furious golden dragon!

"Bastard!"

"Okay, I'll take his head off right now!"

"No, I'm going to chop him with 250 knives and then take his head off his neck!"

"Is it so difficult to find the jade seal passed down from the country?"

"Based on these two bastard conditions he proposed, I will kill him alive no matter what!"

Outside the imperial study room, the eunuchs on both sides quickly took a few steps back.

Just as they were retreating, Ye Qing's handwritten letter was crushed into a pile and thrown out.

At the same time, the eunuch who delivered the order also rolled out and crawled out, his face as pale as a dead man with fright.

"deliver an imperial order,"

"Hurry up and give me the order!"

"Ask Mao Xiang to take the best imperial doctor to Yanmen. He will not be allowed to die until he is chopped with 250 knives!"

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The princes and princes who were waiting outside did not dare to go in and say, "I obey the order," so they turned decisively and went to the Yamen of the Jinyiwei Commander's Office.

But before he walked out of the royal study, he met Queen Ma walking towards him in the corridor.

The prince looked at the crystal clear glass teapot in Queen Ma's hand, which contained chrysanthemum, wolfberry, cassia and other medicinal materials.

He only felt that this health tea, which could clear the liver, purge fire, nourish yin and improve eyesight, was just right for Zhu Yuanzhang now.

But the words [Produced by Yanmen Liulichang] on the glazed teapot can definitely add fuel to the fire!

"Your Majesty, you'd better change to a teapot!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the prince bowed, then lowered his head and prepared to pass by Queen Ma.

Who is Queen Ma?
Can he still understand what this eunuch who often serves as a servant means?
It was obvious that the troublesome Ye Qing had pissed off her Chongba family again!
Queen Ma stopped the prince and said, "Why did your Majesty ask you to go?"

The prince whispered: "The person who went to Yanmen County to deliver the order came back. Master Ye did not accept the order. He seemed to be dissatisfied with the reward, so he put forward two additional conditions."

"After His Majesty knew these two additional conditions, he asked his slaves to convey the order to behead Master Ye alive. He also asked General Mao to bring the best imperial doctor there. Master Ye was not allowed to die before the beheading was completed."

"Empress, Your Majesty is really angry and wants to kill Mr. Ye!"

Queen Ma just looked at the prince in front of her. He knew what the chief chamberlain was thinking in his mind.

As the emperor's regular eunuch, he naturally couldn't take the initiative to tell her the matter, so he could only use this method to let her take the initiative to ask.

This can be regarded as a way to show off in front of her!
It can be considered difficult for these people. They are afraid of offending the emperor, don’t want to offend the queen, and don’t want to offend the prince!
Empress Ma smiled lightly and said, "Slowly walk over to deliver the message, do you understand?"

The prince nodded and said: "I obey the order!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the prince was on his way to convey the decree, but he walked very slowly and his steps were very small, even smaller than a small step.

At the same time, Empress Ma strode towards the imperial study room.

At the door of the imperial study room, she saw the pile of paper thrown out again. Just by looking at the pile of paper, she could imagine how much strength Zhu Yuanzhang used when pinching the paper into a lump.

After Empress Ma picked up the pile of letter paper, she carefully opened it for a long time before completely opening the letter paper.

Content of the letter: "Dear His Majesty the Emperor:"

"My merits are too great, but the official position given by His Majesty is too small. This is no different from an unscrupulous boss who wants the horse to run but does not let the horse eat grass!"

"But I am not a stingy person who refuses to take any losses. As long as your Majesty agrees to my two conditions, I will gladly accept the order and take up my post!"

Queen Ma felt a little out of breath just seeing this.

The opening line of the letter was so rebellious, what else could she use to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang?

After Empress Ma took a deep breath, she regained her composure and had the courage to continue reading.

"Yanmen County is what it is today because of my hard work for three years. Every plant and tree embodies my hard work. Not only that, I also have many industries there. Some are owned by me alone, and some are jointly established by me and others." of."

"Therefore, no matter where I go, I cannot completely break away from Yanmen County."

"The first condition is that although I am the magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture, I also lead Yanmen County. This means that the new magistrate can make the decision on small matters, but I must make the decision on major matters!"

"And the second condition is to establish a 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government'. As for the specific special law, we will wait until the minister takes office. Anyway, it will have many privileges."

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong. I have no intention of turning back, and I don't want to be the emperor behind closed doors."

"The reason why there is this second condition is because I feel that many of His Majesty's laws and regulations are problematic and will seriously hinder local construction and economic development."

"Only by agreeing to this second condition and moving to a new place can I create greater glory and become bigger and stronger!"

"Signature [-]: If your Majesty does not agree, it is Ye Qing, a common man who would rather die than accept the order!"

"Signature [-]: If Your Majesty agrees, it will be Ye Qing, the most corrupt official in the world!"

In the eyes of the little eunuch who was waiting outside,
Queen Ma frowned and pressed her temples with her hands, looking like she had a splitting headache.

Not only that, but the corner of his mouth twitched, and his other hand crushed the letter paper that he had finally pulled away into a lump.

The little eunuch watched this scene and looked at the pile of letter paper in Queen Ma's hand out of the corner of his eye, with curiosity in his eyes.

It is said that Mr. Ye is very capable and can make His Majesty the Emperor furious with just one letter!

Now it seems that the ability of the legendary Lord Ye is far more than that. Even the queen had a headache after looking at him and even wanted to get angry.

Yes,

Although Queen Ma is kind, she is also a person with a temper. It is just difficult to make her lose her temper.

And it was much more difficult to make Queen Ma angry than to make Zhu Yuanzhang angry!
Thinking of this, the little eunuch became even more curious about the contents of the letter!
But he also knew that he was just a little eunuch, and the contents of this piece of paper that had been crushed into pieces by the emperor and empress were not something he could pry into!
At this moment, Queen Ma quickly calmed down again.

She did not go into the imperial study room, but walked to the corner of the yard and opened the letter again.

This time, she was extremely calm, reading the letter word for word, and thinking about why while reading it.

From what she knew about Ye Qing, at least one sentence in Ye Qing's letter was true, that is, he had no objections at all, at least now.

Why would a minister who had absolutely no objection write such a letter seeking death?
Are you really looking for death?
Again, people who have suffered a lot may seek death, but how can someone like him, who lives like a god, seek death?
Thinking of this, Queen Ma began to use another layer of meaning to explain the two conditions proposed by Ye Qing.

Finally, she self-righteously figured out the true meaning of Ye Qing's two conditions!
After she thought everything was figured out, she walked into Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he saw Empress Ma coming with health tea, but when he saw the words "Produced by Yanmen Liulichang" on the glazed teapot, he immediately exploded.

"Take it away, we won't drink it!"

"Don't come here to persuade me, we are just bastards who are determined to eat the weights!"

"Bah, I'm so angry that I'm incoherent. I'm not a bastard!"

Queen Ma didn't say anything, she just put the health tea in front of him, and then poured the tea for him.

Empress Ma just held up the teacup with both hands and said, "Your Majesty, please have some tea!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry. If it were any other concubine, he would have thrown them and the cup away.

But the person in front of him was not another concubine, but a girl from his family. He had no choice but to take the cup and drink it in one gulp like medicine.

"Okay, the tea has been drank, you can go!"

With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards the dragon chair behind the dragon case with his head held high.

But as soon as he sat down, he found Queen Ma sitting opposite him, as if she would not leave until she made it clear.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Are you turning a deaf ear to my words?"

Empress Ma smiled lightly and said: "It seems that the rumors are true. Your Majesty is really a human being when you want others, but not a human being when you don't want them?"

"Whenever you need me, I will be your female Zhuge. When you don't need me, you will not be allowed to interfere in politics in the harem?"

"Okay, I won't talk to you about political affairs. I'll just talk to you about this tea."

"You are so disgusted by the fact that the cup comes from Yanmen County, but you have forgotten that I personally selected the medicinal materials and boiled the water for the tea in it."

"Your Majesty, please consider the matter as it is. This is just a vessel filled with water. It is not guilty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pursed his lips and said with a speechless and helpless look: "Okay, you say, you persuade, we listen, but whether we listen or not is our business."

"The two conditions that bastard put forward were to go to Ningbo Mansion and become the emperor behind closed doors, and also to be the local emperor of Yanmen County. He has eaten one end and refused to throw away the other!"

"Can we agree?"

"If we agree, the reign name will not be called Hongwu, but simply 'Ruoren'!"

Empress Ma just smiled gently and said: "Your Majesty, you have forgotten that his letter is so virtuous. At first glance, it makes me angry. But after a closer look, it is really the truth."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately remembered the two letters Ye Qing wrote to him. This was really what happened.

But he still insisted on his opinion: "This is the moment and the other is the moment!"

"That's because his merits were not so great before, but now that he has done so, people are arrogant. It's not the same!"

Empress Ma nodded and said, "Your Majesty, it was because you had a bad temper and didn't think about it that way."

"His first condition actually means that the new county magistrate sent by the imperial court, without his talent, will not be able to maintain the prosperity of Yanmen County, and will be corroded by the existing prosperity and become a big power with no bottom line. Corrupt officials.”

"They say it is difficult to conquer a country, but even harder to defend it!"

"The first emperor of Qin unified the country, and the second emperor of Qin defeated the country. That's the truth!"

"Can you guarantee that if a new magistrate is sent to a county, he will not secretly join Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong?"

"They are all staring at this piece of fat!"

"Letting Ye Qingyuan take the lead will not only ensure that Yanmen remains prosperous, but won't this piece of fat be still in the hands of your Majesty the Emperor?" "Although he seems to be rebellious, is he really rebellious?"

Under Empress Ma's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up again. He just thought about this direction and immediately felt that there was still three points of truth.

Looking back on everything he, 'Mr. Guo', experienced in Yanmen County, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense!
The next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Empress Ma and smiled and said: "Come, our daughter Zhuge, tell me what his second condition means?"

Empress Ma just put her hands on her hips and turned away and said, "Have you turned into a female Zhuge again? Did you agree that the harem will not be involved in politics?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly walked around the dragon case, brought a chair casually, sat in front of Empress Ma and said, "We said that the empress should not be involved in politics, but we did not say that the female Zhuge should not be involved in politics."

"Besides, this is to help us analyze things, and it's not us who make the final decision!"

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang acting like a serious rogue and was both angry and funny. The key was that she liked Zhu Chongba like this.

It can only be said that this is Zhou Yu's fight against Huang Gai. One person is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.

Besides, this is the effect she wants. As long as her Chongba is willing to listen, this matter will be alleviated.

Queen Ma continued: "His second condition is also very reasonable!"

"Think about it, if he followed the imperial tax system, how could the brothels and gambling houses in Yanmen County pay so much tax?"

"If he didn't charge tolls on merchants and horses, how could such a good road come about?"

"If he really followed the rules that officials are not allowed to engage in business, how could he make so much money?"

"Without this income, how could the walls of Yanmen Pass and the houses in Yanmen County be repaired so well?"

"Not to mention other things, the [Yanmen Sanatorium] that you want to follow after seeing it, and the [Yanmen Arsenal] that only spends money but does not make money, aren't they all supported by these incomes?"

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After hearing what Empress Ma said, Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly nodded and said, "You are right. We also know that many of our systems and regulations are not as good as his ideas."

"If Ye Qing were a person who strictly followed our rules, he might have left a reputation as an upright official, but he would definitely not be the Yanmen County we are today."

Empress Ma held Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and said: "Chongba, the emperor is also a human being. The reason why the emperor is called a saint is not because he knows everything, let alone because he will not make mistakes, but because he can admit his mistakes generously." insufficient."

“Even if you can’t admit it verbally in front of a minister for the sake of face, you can still admit it and improve it in action!”

After saying that, Queen Ma continued: "The second condition you agreed to is to admit and improve in action!"

"And the reason why he put forward this second condition is just to reach a silent tacit understanding with you. First, he uses actions to admit that he did the right thing in Yanmen County, and to let him free his hands and feet to do it in Ningbo Prefecture. !”

"Actually, by doing this, Ye Yeqing is considering you."

"After all, the way of corrupt officials is only suitable for a principled and bottom-line person like him!"

"The word "corrupt official" is wrong all the time. It's just because Ye Qing is the one who practices the corrupt official method, so it's right!"

"Therefore, agreeing to his second condition, establishing a 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government', and recognizing some of Ye Qing's personal privileges is equivalent to announcing to the world that you, Zhu Yuanzhang, do not recognize corrupt officials, but only recognize Ye Qing's personal privileges. The way of corrupt officials, if others dare to follow and become corrupt officials, they will only die!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised and said: "So, he still considers us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he just rolled his eyes and nodded again: "It seems that this is really the case!"

As he spoke, he took Ye Qing's autographed letter from Queen Ma and continued to read it word for word, carefully reading it.

This time, it's not so annoying.

Just looking at Ye Qing's first and second signatures, he couldn't help but tremble at the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the signature and said, "Look at this signature. If His Majesty doesn't agree, is it Ye Qing, a common man who would rather die than accept the order?"

"What do you mean, are you threatening us with your life?"

"And this second signature, if Your Majesty agrees, it will be Ye Qing, the most corrupt official in the world?"

"Even if you just write a sentence, if your majesty agrees, it will be Ye Qing, the most loyal minister in the world, and we will be a little relieved!"

"This bitch really can't spit out ivory from his mouth. If he continues like this, he will either die in our hands or we will be pissed to death by him!"

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As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Ye Qing, he started panting like an ox again.

And this letter written by Ye Qing was crushed into a lump for the third time.

Queen Ma picked up the piece of paper again, pulled it away, and burned it all.

At the same time, she couldn't help but thought to herself: "It's really annoying. If I don't come, he will really die in your hands."

Thinking of this, Queen Ma had another firm idea.

Ningbo is so close and there will be many opportunities to meet in the future. She must find an opportunity to teach Ye Qing what it means to speak 'human language'.

If he continued to be silent in front of the emperor, he would die in Zhu Yuanzhang's rage at some point.

After all, she can't stay by Zhu Yuanzhang's side all the time!
Just like this time, if she hadn't happened to meet him, Ye Qing would have died in the hands of her Chongba!
After a while,

After regaining his breath, Zhu Yuanzhang willingly drank a cup of health tea sent by Empress Ma.

It was after drinking this cup of health-preserving tea, which had the effect of clearing the liver and purging fire, that Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that he had previously issued a decree to kill Ye Qing.

"Come on,"

"Hurry to the Jinyiwei Commander Si Yamen and intercept him for us."

"If the order has been conveyed, then send someone to intercept Mao Xiang for us!"

After a quarter of an hour,

A young eunuch with quick legs and feet met the prince and his father-in-law, who was walking in small steps at the gate of Jinyiweishangsi Yamen.

The speed at which he walks can be said to be stepping on ants!

"My lord, have you conveyed the order?"

"If there is no edict, there is no need to go and do so. Go back to the imperial study immediately. Your Majesty has a new edict!"

After hearing this, Eunuch Wang subconsciously looked in the direction of Yanmen County.

"Master Ye is really powerful!"

"Every time I write a letter, I can make the emperor furious, and I can escape death every time. I owe him all the blessings, wealth, longevity and longevity!"

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After some exclamation, Wang Gonggong hurried to the royal study room.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to Ye Qing's two conditions in a handwritten imperial edict, and another copy was filed with the Ministry of Education.

Hu Weiyong looked at the bottom of the imperial edict for filing, and his whole body froze.

Because judging from the content of Zhu Yuanzhang's handwriting, it was not Ye Qing who proposed the conditions and the emperor agreed to the conditions, but the emperor ordered him to do so.

In other words, letting Ye Qing lead Yanmen County and establishing the 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government' had nothing to do with Ye Qing. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who took the initiative and ordered Ye Qing to do this.

In the future, history books will only record that "Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang broke the rules and was eclectic."

This writing technique, in addition to taking advantage of Ye Qing's "creative ideas", also prevents Hu Weiyong from having any chance to refute.

If it were Ye Qing's conditions, Hu Weiyong would definitely impeach Ye Qing!

But this is the emperor's order, can he still impeach the emperor?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are so powerful!"

"With your hand, Yanmen County is still in his hands and yours, and I can't reach in at all!"

"And this special executive government, especially me as the prime minister, can't interfere, right?"

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Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong instantly felt like he was being defeated.

After Xu Da read this imperial edict, he was simply in high spirits on happy occasions.

Xu Da smiled at Hu Weiyong and said: "Prime Minister Hu, I'm sorry for asking you to worry about it. The truth is that the Governor's Office still has something to do."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Da walked towards the Governor's Mansion with his head held high.

After Xu Da told Wang Baobao, Fu Youde and Li Wenzhong what had happened, everyone was smiling.

There is only one thing in their minds, that is, 'My son-in-law is indeed capable'!
Early in the morning half a month later,
Another eunuch delivering the edict came to Yanmen County carrying a brand new imperial edict and being escorted by guards wearing golden armor.

It was still the imperial envoy who came, and he had to squat in the corner to wait for the announcement.

In the study room of the Prime Minister of Qianmen County, Wu Yong frowned slightly and felt uneasy after receiving the news of the arrival of the eunuch delivering the order.

To this day, he still couldn't figure out how the emperor could agree to these two conditions, which were tantamount to challenging the imperial power.

Because of this, he was a little worried that the content of this imperial edict would not be the result he hoped for.

But I didn’t know why at the time, so I believed what Mr. Ye said.

Of course, in addition to the fact that what Mr. Ye said makes sense, it is also because Mr. Ye has never made a miscalculation!
But he didn't know that Lord Ye had made miscalculations every time before, and he still made miscalculations this time!
"I hope it will be a good result!"

"otherwise."

Thinking of this, Wu Yong's brows also had a hint of unwavering killing intent.

After a while, Ye Qing, who was notified, once again put on his official uniform and came to the gate of the county government to greet the imperial edict.

It was still the south gate guard who cleared the way for the imperial envoy, and it was still all the county government officials in formal uniforms who greeted each other at the county government gate.

Ye Qing still doesn't believe him, how can he not be killed?

If he can agree to this, he will really have no choice in taking up the post of county magistrate!

After the eunuch who delivered the edict came to Ye Qing, he still held the edict high, indicating that the wax seal was intact, and then opened it in front of Ye Qing.

Finally, he opened the imperial edict.

"Ye Qing, the magistrate of Yanmen County, accepts the order!".
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