The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 281 Mr. Ye’s forbidden area, the top secret in the box, the shameless and unsatisfactory Zhu Yuanzhang!
As soon as the eunuch who delivered the order finished speaking, the people gathered opposite the county government office all looked at Ye Qing, who was wearing a green robe and official uniform.

At the same time, outside the gate of the Yanmen County government office, all the county government officials also looked at their Lord Ye.

Ye Qing stepped out with his head held high, but casually cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Ye Qing accepts the order!"

It must be a very casual salute!
In view of the lessons learned last time, he would not even give Zhu Yuanzhang the minimum respect in advance. He would only give Zhu Yuanzhang the greatest respect if the content of the imperial edict was as he wished.

As long as the imperial edict goes as he wishes this time, not to mention bowing deeply and bowing three times in thanks, it won't be a problem.

But in Ye Qing's opinion, there shouldn't be any surprises in this response. After all, the two conditions he proposed cannot be described as excessive. They are simply too much!

If something unexpected happens, he will be at his wits end soon!

At this moment, everyone's hearts were full of expectations, but Ye Qing's expectations were completely opposite to those of everyone except him.

"It's up to heaven, the emperor said:"

Just hearing such a look up, the expressions on Ye Qing and Wu Yong's faces became two extremes.

Ye Qing frowned slightly and his whole body tensed up, as if he had been struck by lightning!

Wu Yong's brows stretched and a smile appeared on his face, as if a good thing had been decided!

As for the other county officials and people, except for some knowledgeable people who knew a little about court regulations, whose expressions were similar to Wu Yong's, the others still looked expectantly.

There is no other reason,

Just because Zhu Yuanzhang had different usage regulations for the last four words when he invented the imperial edict of "Fengtian Chengyun".

Emperor Zhao said: It is used for edicts to inform the world. It is used when important political matters need to be announced to the people of the world.

Emperor Zhi said: It is used to express the emperor's favor, and is only used to declare officials, and is not issued to ordinary people.

The emperor's edict said: "It is used to promote officials to higher ranks. When promoting officials to higher ranks, the officials are warned to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, keep up their efforts, and not to be arrogant or complacent or arrogant due to favor."

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang used the word "zhiyue" when he issued the imperial edict for promotion last time was that in addition to promoting the two officials, he also meant to express the emperor's favor.

But now when we use 'Edict', it is not just as simple as grace!

"Ye Qing, the magistrate of Yanmen County, has been an official for three years. He is dignified and close to the people. He is self-disciplined and law-abiding and has achieved good results. I am very pleased that the civil servants support the army and do not get involved in the army."

"Special, promoted to the sixth rank, promoted to the fourth rank, 'Prefect of Ningbo Prefecture'!"

"Wu Yong, the magistrate of Yanmen County, has served as an official for three years. With outstanding assistance and meritorious service, he was promoted to the fourth rank and promoted to the sixth rank, 'Tongpan of Ningbo Prefecture'!"

"The remaining officials in Yanmen County will remain in office and will be rewarded as soon as possible. They will be issued after the new magistrate takes office!"

"In addition, in view of the prosperity of Yanmen County and the hard-won success, I specially appointed Ye Qing to lead Yanmen County when he was appointed as the prefect of Ningbo. The new magistrate is under the prefect of Taiyuan and directly under the prefect of Ningbo. Any major events must be reported to the prefect of Ningbo Ye Qing is determined.”

"In view of Ningbo Magistrate Ye Qing's unique way of governing the world, I have now established the 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government'. During the term of office, we will act expediently!"

"I hope you will live up to my expectations and achieve great results again!"

"Kin this!"

As soon as the eunuch who delivered the order finished speaking, the scene fell into dead silence, simply because everyone was stunned.

A moment later, a big crow flew over Ye Qing's head, and a rough, hoarse crow sound sounded like a 'taunt'.

At the same time, a piece of pale crow excrement fell directly on Ye Qing's black gauze hat.

The next moment, everyone except Ye Qing cheered.

Among the people on the other side of the street, some shouted with joy, some clenched their fists in excitement, and some had tears in their eyes.

The county government officials around Ye Qing also expressed their unspeakable happiness in various ways.

"His Majesty the Emperor is holy!"

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live!"

"It is said that the founding emperors of the Ming Dynasty are all wise emperors. I, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is the only emperor through the ages!"

"We have such a wise emperor, it is really an eye-opener for God!"

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All of a sudden, this sound lasted for a long time and resounded throughout the whole street!
At the same time, the eunuch who delivered the order came to Ye Qing with a smile and reminded him: "Master Ye, what Your Majesty wants is not your flattery."

"His Majesty wants me to tell you that what he wants is for you to do what you say and to 'create greater glory and become bigger and stronger' within a greater scope of power!"

"Master Ye, take the order!"

The next moment, everyone began to persuade Ye Qing to accept the order.

Ye Qing looked at the formation in front of him. It could be said that if he didn't accept the order, something was wrong with him.

Yes!

His Majesty the Emperor is so sincere, it can be said that he is moved by heaven and earth. If he, Ye Qing, does not accept the order, he will be unreasonable.

Ye Qing really didn't want to accept the order, but he really had no reason not to accept it.

After agreeing to the conditions that these two people thought it was impossible to agree to, Ye Qing accepted the order and went to his post with peace of mind. These were his own words.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the order without saying anything, and he couldn't show any displeasure.

Because in the eyes of these officials, his previous behavior of resisting the decree was to raise his own worth, and he also "clearly marked the price" himself.

Now that Boss Zhu has accepted the price he proposed, what reason does he have for not accepting the order with a smile?
Thinking of this, Ye Qing could only smile and bow slightly in front of everyone, and accepted the imperial edict with both hands.

"Your Majesty, Ye Qing, accepts the order and thanks you for your kindness!"

"Master Wu, please invite the imperial envoys in for tea. We will hold a big banquet tonight to cleanse the imperial envoys from the wind and dust, and prepare a local special product for each of them."

As soon as Ye Qing finished speaking, under the door plaque of the Yanmen County government office, everyone from the county government officials to the common people in sight, to the eunuchs who delivered the decree and the guards and soldiers, all had faces filled with joy. .

The only ones with no happy expression on their faces were the two stone lions who couldn't smile!
Wu Yong greeted the eunuchs and twenty personal guards to enter the county government office. Only Ye Qing just stood at the door of the county government office, smiling and looking in the direction of Yingtian Mansion.

In Ye Qing's heart at this moment, he was not scolding Zhu Yuanzhang from head to toe, but it wasn't too far off.

"Emperor Hongwu?"

"Fuck you, the Great Emperor Hongwu. With your weak and benevolent behavior, are you worthy of the word 'Hongwu'?"

"Brother, that's not what the emperor means. That is to say, I have no intention of rebelling. If it were anyone else, I would definitely seize your kingdom, kill your son, and take your wife and daughter as well!"

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After Ye Qing secretly scolded Zhu Yuanzhang for a few words, his eyes became deep again.

"Do not,"

"If he is really weak and benevolent, how can he start with a bowl and end with a country?"

Thinking of this, Ye Qing opened Zhu Yuanzhang's handwritten edict again and read it word by word.

He had emotions before, so he hadn't heard much yet.

Now he has the mentality of summarizing his mistakes and can immediately see where the problem lies.

"I want to use these two conditions to challenge the imperial power in order to anger you, but you see the advantageous side of these two conditions?"

"Reading between the lines, it's not the conditions I proposed, but the national policy you came up with?"

"You shameless Zhu Yuanzhang, you plagiarized my idea and asked the eunuch who passed the order to give me back the words 'create greater glory and become bigger and stronger'?"

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Thinking of this, Ye Qing suddenly felt a heavy loss.

Because otherwise tonight, everyone in Yanmen County would know that leading Yanmen County and establishing the Ningbo Special Administrative Government was a special additional favor given to Ye Qing by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now that things have come to this, he really has no choice but to go to his post.

There is no other way but to pack up and prepare to pack up and leave, go to a new place and continue working hard to return home.

Just when Ye Qing regained his fighting spirit, the eunuch delivering the order ran out again.

When the eunuch who delivered the order saw Ye Qing still looking at Yingtian Mansion in the distance, he thought he was secretly grateful to His Majesty the Emperor.

He looked at Ye Qing and smiled lightly: "Why can't I find anyone?"

"Master Ye, you have done a good job in your post in Ningbo, which is the greatest gratitude to His Majesty."

"I almost forgot. His Majesty also asked me to bring you a message. After the new magistrate arrives, you should rush to Ningbo to take office."

"Your term is from the spring of the eighth year of Hongwu to the spring of the eleventh year of Hongwu!"

After hearing this, Ye Qing just said casually: "I know."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing walked into the mansion with his head held high, not even bothering to look at the eunuch again.

At the same time, he also thought to himself: "Boss Zhu, you are really a good at exploiting workers!"

"I took office in the middle to late of the seventh year of Hongwu, but I have to work until the spring of the eleventh year of Hongwu. Do you still want to spend more than half a year in vain?"

"Okay!"

"Then let's see if I can let you kill me in the past four years?"

"If you are really capable, let me live until the end of my term."

Even though these harsh words were what he was thinking, Ye Qing immediately shut up in his heart.

Based on hundreds of years of life experience, the saying that good things do not work but bad things do is really a fact.

Although he didn't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang had this ability, let alone that he was so incompetent, it was still better to avoid it a little bit.

Early the next morning,
The eunuch who conveyed the order and the twenty guards and soldiers, not only had enough to eat and drink, but also gave each person a pound of 'local specialties'.

When they left with happy faces, each of them said blessings to Ye Qing, hoping that he would continue to advance.

But they didn't know that their blessings were poisonous arrows piercing Ye Qing's heart.

After watching them leave, Ye Qing immediately turned around and headed straight for the large forbidden area in the backyard.

"Sir, what are you doing?" Wu Yong chased after him with a smile.

Ye Qing just said with a serious face: "I'm going to pack my bags and leave soon, why don't you go about your business?"

"I want to be alone and think about how to create greater glory and become bigger and stronger after arriving in a new place."

Wu Yong looked at Ye Qing's back as he left alone, and nodded thoughtfully.

Yes!

The great glory of Yanmen County is already here!
His Majesty the Emperor gave such a great official position and such great privileges, didn't he just want them, Mr. Ye, to create greater glory in the new place?
Starting from scratch is not the hardest thing, surpassing oneself is even harder!

Thinking of this, Wu Yong just looked at the retreating figure and shouted loudly: "Master Ye, you can definitely do it. The magpies have pooped on your black gauze hat. This is a good sign for continued promotion!"

At the same time as Ye Qing turned the corner, Wu Yong heard Ye Qing's slightly impatient voice: "Then he is a crow!"

Outside the backyard behind the Yeqing mansion of the county government office,

Shen Waner opened the door with the only key, and Ye Qing walked in alone.

This so-called backyard was actually Ye Qing's private warehouse. Ye Qing opened these rooms one by one. They were filled with all kinds of rare treasures, antique calligraphy and paintings, and various gold and silver coins of this era.

Of course, there are also Ming Dynasty treasure notes packed in boxes!
Ye Qing looked at the wealth, which added up to several boats, and felt that it was no different than dung.

Because apart from taking away a set of souvenirs from each life, he simply cannot take away these external belongings.All he did was just to create his own image as a corrupt official, just to become the person Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill most.

As for the little things he did for Yanmen County, in his opinion, it was just a trivial effort!
But I never expected that he would be promoted?

Ye Qing walked straight to a room. There was no belongings in this room, only a few large iron boxes with multiple locks on them.

Compared with those priceless antique calligraphy and paintings that can be taken away with just one hand, this large iron box with a protection level comparable to the safes of later generations is filled with waste paper that is worthless to others.

But these pieces of paper, which are worthless to ordinary people, are the "huge legacy" left by Ye Qing to Zhu Yuanzhang.

It contains excellent governance concepts and leading technologies in various industries.

It doesn’t matter what great lies, as long as he, Zhu Yuanzhang, has read all these things, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, will be considered half a modern person.

As long as we strictly follow what is written here, the Ming Dynasty, which only lasted for 300 years, can be extended to at least 600 years.

In order to ensure that Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to see and believe these things, Ye Qing really worked hard.

As long as he opens any of the big iron boxes, without looking at the thread-bound book inside, he can be sure that Zhu Yuanzhang believes that Ye Qing is a time traveler from later generations!
Regarding this, Ye Qing is fully confident!

Unfortunately,
The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty failed to live up to expectations!
Ye Qing looked at these large iron boxes and really wanted to burn them down.

But because of his little conscience, he still couldn't bear it, so he had to pack up all these 'inheritances' and so many treasures and move them to another place.

He said that as long as Zhu Yuanzhang didn't help him, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, would never get anything good from Ye Qing.

He must keep his word on this matter!

In the afternoon half a month later,
The eunuch who conveyed the order first placed 21 small bundles containing "local specialties" in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and then began to report the details.

Perhaps because he received souvenirs and was treated with courtesy, the eunuch who delivered the order even exaggerated a little symbolically when reporting.

"Your Majesty, Master Ye not only accepted the order happily, but also looked in the direction of Yingtian Mansion and shed tears of gratitude."

"Not only that, he also promised to live up to the emperor's favor, promised to create greater glory in his tenure, and made Ningbo Prefecture even better than Yanmen County."

"You haven't seen it with your own eyes. Outside the gate of the county government, the whole street resounded with the words 'Your Majesty's Holy Ming' and 'Long Live Your Majesty'!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang was already happy when he heard this answer.

But on the surface, he just nodded with satisfaction, and then sent the eunuchs to leave with these local specialties, even if he, the emperor, rewarded them!
After a while, he sent for Queen Ma again.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Sister, you female Zhuge is so right. After we agreed to him, he burst into tears of gratitude!"

"Cook more rice tonight, and we will definitely be able to eat three big bowls of rice."

When Empress Ma saw Zhu Yuanzhang happy, she was naturally happy too.

Immediately afterwards, Queen Ma asked with a smile: "Chongba, now that you have determined what kind of person he is, you should tell him who you are next time we meet!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the smile on his face disappeared and turned serious again.

He just pondered for a moment and said, "We'll talk about it then."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's reply, Queen Ma knew what he was still worried about.

After all, the news he got was only the news from the eunuch, not his own witness.

They are all people who have endured hardships and know what will happen to the person who spreads the message after receiving the benefits.

The fact that he happily accepted the order is definitely true, but whether he is so grateful that he shed tears of gratitude remains to be verified!
Besides, in their opinion, Ye Qing always has some indescribable sense of mystery!
You are only in your 20s, why do you know so many things, or are you proficient in everything?
Who did he learn from?
When she thought of this, Empress Ma thought of the scene where Ye Qing paid homage to Li Mu, Li Guang, Li Shimin, and Li Jing with the ceremony of apprenticeship, and the scene where he solemnly said that he was the master of them!
Just thinking about this aspect, Queen Ma felt that it was impossible and unreasonable, and even a little bit creepy!
Just when Empress Ma began to think more carefully, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said: "By the way, sister, you go get a roast goose tonight. We would like to treat Xu Da to a meal."

"Let's discuss together who should be sent to Yanmen County as the county magistrate."

"The choice of this person must be carefully considered, not only to ensure that he will not be corrupted by the prosperity of Yanmen County and become Hu Weiyong's person, but also to ensure that he will not completely become Ye Qing's person."

After Queen Ma nodded, she went to her small kitchen.

When it was time for dinner, in the hall of Wuying Hall, Xu Da, dressed in regular clothes, walked in.

Xu Da just smelled it, his eyes lit up, and then he went straight to the dining room.

"Your Excellency, Xu Da, pays homage to your majesty, pays homage to the empress, and pays homage to the crown prince."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with an unhappy look on his face: "We specifically asked you to wear regular clothes to avoid having to wear regular clothes in the court. Your sister-in-law, your nephew, and I are all wearing regular clothes, so why are you kneeling down?"

"Biao'er, why don't you go help your Uncle Xu up?"

Seeing that the three of them were all in regular clothes, Xu Da sat down happily.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Xu Da only had eyes for the two goose legs, he just smiled and said: "Isn't that what you like? Let's do it!"

Xu Da responded, smiling and about to take action.

But when his hand was about to touch the goose's leg, he immediately took it back with a serious look on his face.

Xu Da said solemnly: "I have been honored by Your Majesty to host banquets for countless times, but to eat roast goose cooked by the Queen herself is only four times in my life!"

Seeing this scene, the three members of Zhu Yuanzhang's family just smiled secretly.

Xu Da recounted the past in detail: "In the 17th year of the Zhizheng Period, Chen Youliang invaded Yingtian. Your Majesty's important ministers and King Kaiping set up an ambush in Jiuhua Mountain. When seeing him off, your Majesty told his ministers that this battle will lead to a narrow escape!"

"This is my first time eating roast goose cooked by the Queen!"

"In the 25th year of Zhizheng, I led my troops to attack Zhang Shicheng. Your Majesty told me that if we win this battle, Jiangnan will be settled from now on!"

"This is the second time!"

"In the first year of Wu, your Majesty's important ministers and King Kaiping led an army of 25 to the northern expedition to Dadu. This was the third time!"

"In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, His Majesty asked King Yan to betrothed to his eldest daughter Miaoyun. This is the fourth time!"

Speaking of this, Xu Da, who was originally serious, frowned.

At the same time, he thought to himself: "Isn't this old brother trying to take advantage of my Miaojin family again?"

"That's not okay. My Miaojin is for Brother Ye. Not to mention one roast goose, I won't sell ten roast geese!"

Thinking of this, Xu Da stood up, looked at the smiling family of three in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, is there anything difficult for me to do this time?"

In front of Xu Da, the three of them just smiled again, really without any thought, just like a family.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Tiande, what kind of virtue do you have?"

"It's like an old brother treats your old brother to dinner and forces you to go through life and death every time. We are not like that."

"Hurry up and sit down and say, boss, help your Uncle Tiande sit down, and then fill it up for you."

Xu Da immediately refused and said, "No, no, no, since it's a family dinner with everyone wearing regular clothes, I'll ask you to speak first and then I'll sit down."

Seeing this scene, Queen Ma looked at Xu Da with a serious face: "Tiande, if you still want to eat the roast goose cooked by your sister-in-law, sit down quickly."

"Okay, sister-in-law!"

The next moment, Xu Da simply sat down.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Biao personally poured a glass of wine for Xu Da, and Zhu Yuanzhang personally put a goose leg into Xu Da's bowl.

Seeing this scene, Xu Da also knew that he had been tricked again today.

The queen cooks, the emperor picks up the dishes, and the prince pours wine. He can't refuse such an imperial favor!

But such a huge imperial favor must cost him such a heavy price!

But even so, Xu Da still made up his mind. If he wanted to take advantage of his Miaojin family, then there would be no need to discuss anything!
Just when Xu Da was so worried, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "As you know, we see that boy Ye Qing is a genius, he broke the rules and established the Ningbo Special Administrative Government, allowing him to do whatever he wants. "

"Yes, Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to smile and said: "Also, we are afraid that after the next magistrate is sent to Yanmen County, not only will he not be able to maintain the hard-won prosperity, but he will also be corrupted by the prosperity and become like Hu Weiyong and the others. So let Ye Qingyuan lead Yanmen County, and he will still make the final decision on all major matters."

"Yes, Your Majesty Shengming!"

While Zhu Yuanzhang was smiling in his heart, he also said seriously: "We don't want to hear these four words, we just want you to give us an idea."

"Although I asked Ye Qing to lead it from afar, it is still a thousand miles away from the south to the north!"

"You must choose a suitable candidate to ensure nothing goes wrong!"

When Xu Da heard this, he immediately understood the real purpose of inviting him to this meal.

It was true to ask him to recommend officials to replace Ye Qing and become the new magistrate of Yanmen County, but it was also true to ask him to take the blame.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the recommendation of county magistrates was a matter for the Ministry of Personnel and Zhongshu Province, which meant that the Huaixi nobles of Hu Weiyong's party had a lot of room for maneuver.

Now that he, a prime minister with military power, is recommended, Hu Weiyong and his party will have no room for maneuver.

Because of this, if they want to hold grudges, they will only hold grudges against Xu Da, who kept the recommended candidate secret from them.

But a prime minister with military power, who has the courage to hold a grudge?

Thinking of this, Xu Da smiled and ate the roasted goose leg: "It smells so good!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Xu Da had agreed to this matter with practical actions, he nodded with satisfaction again. It must be his brother Xu who is reliable.

After Xu Da finished chewing the goose leg, he said seriously: "I really have such a candidate, the No. 1 candidate in the Hongwu three-year scientific examination, Yang Bocheng!"

"This person is from Jian'an County, Jianning Prefecture, Fujian Province. Logically speaking, this person can't escape when he becomes an official in Beijing. But in the same year, his father was bedridden due to illness, so this person requested to stay in Jian'an County to take up a job in order to fulfill his filial piety at home."

"But I was afraid that he would be the chief official in his hometown, Yurou Township, so I only made him a ninth-grade chief registrar."

"This person has been an official for three years. He is honest and upright, and has an excellent reputation in the local area."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt that this filial, upright and upright person was exactly the kind of person he was looking for. Hu Weiyong couldn't pull him away, and neither Ye Qing could pull him over.

"Okay, it's him!"

"It's true that things in the world are unpredictable. We took the scientific examinations in the same year, and the top number one has to take over the job of the bottom number one?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile helplessly.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Bo, who was transferred to Jian'an County as the chief registrar and became the magistrate of Yanmen County, appeared in Zhongshu Province again to register the imperial edict.

Hu Weiyong looked at the words "Recommended by Wei Guogong Xu Da, the Right Prime Minister of Zhongshu and the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Military Commands," and the expression on his face could be expressed by the sentence "A dumb man eats Coptis chinensis and cannot tell the pain."

Nearly two months later, it was July of the seventh year of Hongwu, the early autumn season of the lunar calendar.

Yang Bocheng, also a young man, came to Yanmen County with his wife.

In fact, among the people who came to Yanmen County during this period, there were also two groups of people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, one overt and one dark.

The group of people on the surface are officials from the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court. Their purpose of coming here is very simple, they are here to obtain the technology of Yanmen Arsenal.

The group of people in the dark were Jiang Yu and four Jin Yiwei who had never been to Yanmen County.

Outside the county government gate, Jiang Yu and others in plain clothes were drinking tea in a tea shop.

The only reason they came here was to see whether Ye Qing would leave with ease or take his belongings with him.

If he is leaving with property, he must clearly know how much property he is taking with him.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, this information was very important to him. He could use this information to further understand Ye Qing.

After a while,

Just when Yang Bocheng was about to enter the county government office with his wife, the officials from the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court were collectively kicked out!
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