The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 283 The prefect is missing, Zhu Yuanzhang is more greedy than Lord Ye, and Queen Ma has bad intuition!

"Your Majesty, I will retire now."

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was looking in the direction of Ningbo Mansion, looking forward to Ye Qing's performance in taking office in Ningbo, Jiang Wei came to his side and bowed.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked at Jiang Yu and said, "Why are you panicking? We still have something to ask you."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not too serious. He also knew that Jiang Yu was tired from the long journey and should go to rest early.

He just continued to ask: "When Ye Qing handed over the ordnance industry technology, did he make things difficult for people from the Ministry of Industry?"

Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but then he knew what was going on.

Although the officials from the Ministry of Industry left after being kicked out, these scholars in carriages could not return to Beijing as fast as they, warriors with light armor and fast horses.

Obviously, those Ministry of Industry officials are still on their way back to Beijing!
Thinking of this, Jiang Wei's eyebrows immediately frowned slightly. He really didn't want to be the person who 'complained'.

But even if he said this, Zhu Yuanzhang would still know it when the Ministry of Industry officials came back.

Rather than letting those who were kicked out complain, it would be better to let him, a person who has received 'local specialties', file a complaint.

Although he couldn't help Ye Qing hide it at all, he could still try his best to reduce some of Ye Qing's sins in the way he spoke!

Thinking back to the extremely arrogant shouting of those officials when they fired out the officials from the Ministry of Industry, Jiang Wei was also confused!
Why did Ye Qing do this?
Are you tired of living in this world?

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei saluted and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, in order not to be discovered, I always keep a distance from the county government gate."

"I only saw the officials from the Ministry of Industry being thrown out by the county government officials, and they threatened that they could not provide military engineering technology, but they could take orders from the northern border army!"

“What’s more, we only charge cost price!”

In this way, Jiang Wei not only reported truthfully but also avoided the important and neglected the important, citing the excuse of keeping a distance and limited audio-visual capabilities.

Compared with the sentence 'I am not willing to give up the position of Prime Minister, but also want technology', and the sentence 'Only charging the cost price is not to give face to the emperor', this truth can be said to be very evasive and trivial.

But even so, the anger in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart had already reached Tianling Gai.

Jiang Yu, as an apprentice, was still not as experienced as Mao Xiang. He knew what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted.

If Ye Qing gave Zhu Yuanzhang skills, no matter how many cruel words he said, it would be harmless, but if he did not give him skills, those harsh words that were more serious crimes in Jiang Wei's eyes would still be "harmless"!
"Stand down and rest!"

In Jiang Wei's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were very cold at this moment, and his voice when he said these words was also extremely cold.

Although Jiang Gu was not as experienced as Mao Xiang, he also knew that if he dared to say another word, he would become the target of Zhu Yuanzhang's venting.

"I retire!"

As soon as Jiang Wei finished speaking, he retreated and left.

The moment Jiang Wei left the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked at his regular eunuch, Eunuch Wang.

"deliver an imperial order,"

"Ask Mao Xiang to take the people to Ningbo Prefecture and wait there. When Ye Qing arrives, he will be tied up and brought back to the capital!"

The prince's response was just not timely enough, so Zhu Yuanzhang became furious and said: "Why don't you go and deliver the order quickly?"

The prince shuddered immediately, turned around and started running.

He knew that what His Majesty the Emperor wanted was not for him to bow according to the rules and then run away, but to run quickly to the Imperial Guard Command and Envoy Department.

But before he could run out of Zhu Yuanzhang's sight, he met Queen Ma coming towards him.

After Queen Ma glanced at the hurried prince, she subconsciously looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing there with an angry look on his face.

Her intuition told her that it was probably Ye Qing who provoked him again.

Empress Ma also had a headache when she thought of the word Ye Qing. This person really didn't make people worry at all.

But in order to ensure that Chongba of her family was good at killing talented people and not doing anything that would make her regretful, she still asked the prince to stand aside.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his sister was doing bad things again, he could only turn around and didn't bother to look at Queen Ma.

As for blaming the prince for listening to the queen rather than the emperor, he still chose, "My lord has a lot of money and is too lazy to argue with the eunuch who has no discernment."

"Go back to the imperial study and talk!"

When Queen Ma saw Zhu Yuanzhang turning his back, she didn't bother to look at him. She stopped being gentle. She just stopped behind him, said this, and walked into the imperial study alone.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the weak back in front of him and said with a smile: "It's like talking in her imperial study room. If you go back to the imperial study room to talk, just go back to the imperial study room to talk. Are we still afraid of you?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang said such cruel words in a low voice, he strode towards the imperial study room and at the same time, he closed the door.

The little eunuch who was accompanying him outside watched this scene and wisely retreated to a position where he could neither see nor hear.

In the imperial study room, in front of the empty dragon chair, the couple sat opposite each other on the chairs on the left and right.

Empress Ma still said gently: "Chongba, this Ye Qing hasn't even arrived at a new place yet, can he offend you again?"

Zhu Yuanzhang just snorted coldly and said: "You must not offend us on the road. He offended us the day before leaving Yanmen County."

"Tell me, we asked him to be promoted to the sixth rank in a row and agreed to his conditions. Isn't that not sincere enough?"

"But he's good. We just sent people to ask for military engineering skills, and he blasted our people out!"

"As the saying goes, when you beat a dog, you have to look at the owner. Isn't this the same as kicking us out?"

"You have to know that he was not attacking Mr. Guo, but Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang used his language to tell Empress Ma what Jiang Yu said to him.

After Empress Ma heard this, she just thought about it for a moment and then said with a faint smile: "Chongba, would you like to hear my opinion on this matter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang just said angrily: "You have a mouth, can we cover your mouth or plug our ears?"

Empress Ma immediately laughed loudly: "Chongba, I discovered that Ye Qing learned from you. How you treat me, Ye Qing will do this to you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned after hearing this, but then he smiled with relief.

Of course, even if he is angry with his girl, he is just being mean-spirited!
But they are a couple in need!
How could a bastard like Ye Qing, who has no father, be so mean to Zhu Yuanzhang?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Empress Ma again and said, "If you tell me, I won't believe it. How can he do it for our own good if he hides military technology secretly?"

Queen Ma nodded and said, "You are right, he is just for your own good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang just nodded with interest: "Our female Zhuge, our female prime minister, please enlighten me!"

Queen Ma was not polite and said bluntly: "Actually, he has already given his skills to you!"

"He said he would accept orders from the Northern Border Army and only charge the cost price. Isn't that obvious enough?"

"If you go to the north to open an arsenal specifically to supply the Northern Army, will it cost you?"

"And the money spent is the cost price?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said: "Sister, does he mean to turn Yanmen Arsenal into the Northern Army Arsenal of my Ming Dynasty?"

When Empress Ma saw that Zhu Yuanzhang realized this, she continued: "I can guarantee that even if you have those technologies, the cost of setting up such an arsenal in the north will definitely be much higher than theirs."

“How come you see?”

Queen Ma said again: "Not to mention that the new managers and craftsmen who were sent in the past are not as good as them and need to adapt and learn. Even the chief officials in charge of this matter, you can't guarantee that they will not be greedy."

"As long as the word "greed" is used in this matter, the lives of thousands of soldiers and thousands of families will be harmed!"

"Your Majesty, I just want you to ask yourself, can you guarantee that the people under you will not be greedy in this matter?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard these words, his eyes immediately became more profound.

He still didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that if he used those technologies to open an arsenal, the effects in all aspects might not necessarily reach the level of Yanmen Arsenal.

After thinking about it, Ye Qing asked Yanmen Arsenal to accept orders from the Northern Army and only charge the cost price. It was really equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's [Northern Army Arsenal].

He, Zhu Yuanzhang, is the big boss, and he, Ye Qing, is a good and conscientious shopkeeper, the kind who doesn't take a penny of wages and doesn't take advantage of a penny of stolen money.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Qing was really thinking about Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's frown immediately relaxed, and there was a hint of satisfaction at the corner of his mouth!

But at this moment, in order to completely convince Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma continued: "It's just like your Yingtian Industrial Park. It doesn't even look like it if you try to copy it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately darkened and he blushed: "Stop, we already understand everything."

"Ye Qing is really thinking about us, but what he said is like a dog's mouth that cannot spit out ivory."

"You are obviously doing human affairs, but you insist on not saying a word about human beings."

Zhu Yuanzhang made a lengthy criticism of Ye Qing's style of speaking and doing things.

Queen Ma, who was opposite him, was completely relieved when she saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was just criticizing Ye Qing through gritted teeth for not speaking human words!

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished criticizing Ye Qing, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

Just because his inference thinking worked at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought, aside from the fact that Ye Qing doesn't speak human words, many things he does are still very reliable.

Thinking about it now, he also felt that the technology of Yanmen Arsenal was not applicable to the entire Ming Dynasty. Whether it was the armor weapons, cannons, firearms, etc. they made, they only had advantages in fighting on the land plains.

Those equipment are too heavy and heavy, and there is no way to use them in the south where there are many mountains and rivers and close to the sea.

You must know that the army of the Ming Dynasty is also divided into the Southern Army and the Northern Army. The Northern Army is good at riding and shooting in the field and attacking cities, and the Southern Army is good at mountain and water battles.

Not only the Ming Dynasty, this has been the case since ancient times!

If it weren't for such historical and geographical factors, Xu Da's victory in the Northern Expedition would not be so dazzling!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked in the direction of Ningbo again, his eyes still full of expectation.

"It would be great if Ye Qing could open another [Southern Army Arsenal] for us with armament technology far superior to that of the imperial court."

After hearing this, Queen Ma just smiled lightly and said: "You are more greedy than Ye Qing!"

"It is already very good that he has such attainments in the military industry technology of the Northern Army. How can he have such high attainments in the military industry technology of the Southern Army?"

Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled and said: "My sister is right, if we are not greedier than Ye Qing, how can we be the emperor?"

"Of course, we can only talk about this behind closed doors!"

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again and said: "It's true, we don't look forward to the Southern Army Arsenal."

"As long as he can build Ningbo Prefecture into Yanmen County, he will be worthy of our kindness of not killing him!"

When she mentioned Ningbo Mansion, Queen Ma immediately thought of one person.

That person is Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew Zhu Huan!

When Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and brothers died of starvation, his brother Zhu Liujiu from the same village gave him a piece of thin land and a few straw mats, so that his parents and brothers could be buried in peace.

Because of this kindness, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he rewarded Zhu Liujiu heavily, and also asked his family to move to Ningbo and made Zhu Huan the prefect of Ningbo.

Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also accepted Zhu Huan as his adopted son and allowed him to call him his father, the emperor, and Queen Ma and his mother.

Although Zhu Huan cannot be said to have governed Ningbo very well over the years, he can still be considered to be at a medium level among prefects in the country.

He belongs to the kind who has good or not bad political performance, that is, the kind who usually does not attract much attention.

As soon as Empress Ma thought of Zhu Huan, she reminded him: "Chongba, do you want to write a letter to Huan'er and tell him clearly that you will demote him to the fifth rank of Ningbo Prefecture and ask him to serve as Ye Qing's assistant?" The deputy is here to help Ye Qing learn his skills."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew what Empress Ma was worried about. She was simply afraid that the child would neglect Ye Qing and thus cause conflicts with Ye Qing.

But he is still very confident in his adopted son and nephew.

Zhu Yuanzhang just waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sister, you are worrying too much."

"Huan'er, like us, comes from a humble background. Although he is not as capable as Ye Qing, this child has a good character and will definitely understand our good intentions."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang say this, Empress Ma could only nod subconsciously, but she just had a bad intuition.

But she couldn't tell exactly what was wrong!

A woman’s intuition is very accurate, but she really can’t tell what’s wrong with it!
A few days later,

Officials from the Ministry of Industry also returned to Yingtian Mansion and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang more accurately about Ye Qing's expulsion.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes immediately became sharp.

"Good job, Ye Qing!"

"I want to be prime minister now, and my appetite is so huge now. How can I get it in the future?"

"Isn't charging the cost a favor to give us face?"

"Okay, very good!"

"In these three years, you'd better give me some peace of mind!"

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Two months later,

The Jin Yiwei guarding the Ningbo Mansion sent Zhu Yuanzhang news about Ye Qing.

Contents of the secret report: "The new Ningbo prefecture governor Ye Qing has not yet arrived at the boundary of Ningbo!".
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