The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 294 Zhu Yuanzhang becomes Zhu Da’s grievance, Master Ye’s new plan, strong resistance to the decree and the crime of killing the emperor’s benefactor!

Under the watchful eyes of all,

The two prisoners, with their hands tied behind their backs and their heads covered with black cloth bags, were escorted to the center of the trial platform.

On both sides of them, there were two government officials who were as strong as bears.

Soon, two government servants disguised as Yanmen elite soldiers took off the black hoods on their heads at the same time.

"Verify integrity!"

As soon as Ye Qing finished speaking, the fifty elite soldiers standing on both sides of the trial stage spread these four words.

All the people looked at these two familiar faces and their eyes widened immediately.

"Master Ye actually dares to do it for real, it's really the two of them!"

"You haven't seen with your own eyes how powerful Mr. Ye is. He beat up the emperor's nephew as soon as they got to the shore, arrested the emperor's brother when they got ashore, and even searched the 'Zhu Mansion' given to them by His Majesty!"

"The father and son have been so extravagant and arrogant over the years, and now they are so depressed. They deserve it!"

"As long as Mr. Ye dares to really deal with these two, I will only follow Mr. Ye's lead from now on!"

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The heated discussions of Ningbo people spread throughout the venue.

Not only them, but even the executioner felt that he was powerful, and he was still discussing who should behead the father and son.

After being an executioner for so many years, I have never chopped off the heads of relatives of the emperor!
While the people were discussing it heatedly, Zhu Liujiu and Zhu Huan and his son looked at the scene in front of them with endless horror in their eyes.

But then, the fear in their eyes completely disappeared.

Because they remembered their identities, especially Zhu Liujiu, who looked even more disdainful.

"Your Majesty!"

As soon as Ye Qing finished speaking, the father and son, who had their backs to Ye Qing, pretended not to hear.

But before they could raise their proud heads, they were turned around by the elite soldiers beside them. While facing Ye Qing, they kicked them in the knees.

After hearing a clang, the father and son knelt down.

But at this moment, Ye Qing looked at the elite soldiers beside them and said: "Bring it up, turn around, let them kowtow three times to the people of Ningbo first."

After the four elite soldiers, who were as strong as bears, took the order, they just picked it up and turned around like chickens.

Immediately afterwards, they were forced to hold down their heads and hit the ground three times.

When they looked up again, their foreheads were obviously red and swollen!

Faced with Ye Qing's special arrangement, the people of Ningbo were very satisfied!

The father and son had persecuted them for so long, and they should kowtow to them and confess their sins before they died.

Of course, it feels good to have the royal family members kneel down for ordinary people like them.

Just as the father and son were being carried and turned around to kneel down to Ye Qing, the people once again looked at the new Ningbo magistrate, Mr. Ye, who was wearing a bright red official robe.

Only this time, their eyes were filled with gratitude and reverence.

Throughout the ages, even if it was necessary to treat relatives of the emperor, it would be done behind closed doors. Firstly, it was for the sake of the royal family's face, and secondly, it was to facilitate the operation and lighten the sentence.

As long as the people are not allowed to see it, even if a notice is posted in the end that the person has been beheaded, it may not be the real beheading!

But this Lord Ye was different. Not only did he treat the emperor's relatives in full view of the public, he also asked them to kowtow to the common people and apologize first!
"Master Ye is wise!"

"Master Ye is so wise!"

Thousands of people chanted in unison from the bottom of their hearts, and their sound was so powerful that it made the birds around them scream.

Xu Da and Wang Baobao looked at the scene in front of them, but they frowned in tacit agreement.

Because the two of them knew that Zhu Yuanzhang and his family were secretly watching all this somewhere.

But even if the two of them knew about this, they couldn't look for their family in an obvious way.

Xu Da just gave Wang Baobao a hint in his eyes, and Wang Baobao knew what he should do.

Judging from the scene happening now, no matter what Ye Qing's thoughts were, it had already contributed to the fact that he was using the heads of relatives of the emperor to establish his own prestige.

This was definitely not a scene that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see. This was also a scene that Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not be able to tolerate Ye Qing after seeing it.

If you want to save Ye Qing's life, you must return his prestige to Zhu Yuanzhang!
Wang Baobao walked around Wu Yong and whispered in his ear: "You don't need to say what we are here for, you know, but it is not just the two of us here, but also His Majesty's eyes and ears."

"Find a way to make the people shout, Your Majesty is wise!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he asked loudly: "Master Wu, where is the latrine?"

Wu Yong immediately pointed generously in the direction of the latrine on the stage. Wang Baobao covered his stomach and started running towards the latrine as if he was in a desperate need to urinate.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yong winked at the person in charge of the 'artificial sound' and began to spread his voice.

"Everyone be quiet!"

"Everyone, listen to me, our Master Ye's wisdom is obvious to all."

"But don't forget, it is His Majesty the Emperor who is extremely wise and wise, who has made Mr. Ye the wise man in your eyes."

"We, Mr. Ye, have used our unique way of governing the world to make Yanmen County a wealthy and prosperous city south of the Yangtze River, but that is also a way of governing the world that has been spurned by hundreds of officials in the court!"

Having said this, Wu Yong also bowed to Yingtian Mansion: "But our Emperor, against all opinions, allowed our Lord Ye to be granted the title of Ningbo Magistrate with the sixth rank of Saint."

"Not only that, he also established the 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government' and gave Mr. Ye the power to 'cut first and report later'!"

"If not, this father and son, who are relatives of the emperor and have failed the common people, will not kneel down and apologize to you!"

"We will not convict or sentence anyone in public!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Yong faced the direction of Yingtian Mansion and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

Thousands of Ningbo people present and nearly [-] people outside the venue also deeply agreed with Wu Yong's words.

Immediately afterwards, they all faced the direction of Yingtian Mansion and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, you are holy!!!"

Such a huge momentum not only caused the birds to scream, but also made the water near the market entrance no longer as flat as a mirror.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the scene in front of him through the small window, and his facial expression changed from furious to nodding with relief.

But Queen Ma and Zhu Biao, who were standing in front of the window next to them, felt like they had finally let go of their hanging hearts.

Queen Ma thought to herself: "You are quite smart!"

Zhu Biao thought to himself: "This Ye Qing does have some abilities!"

Mao Xiang thought to himself: "Master Ye is as unstable as ever in his work, but as always he can turn danger into safety!"

But at this moment, the expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly changed to one of constipation.

Because he always feels a little like being roasted on a fire!
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was not the only one who felt unhappy. In his eyes, Ye Qing, who was sitting in the position of judge, also frowned slightly.

Of course, from this short distance, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't see the subtle expression changes on Ye Qing's face clearly.

But regardless of whether he could see it clearly or not, Ye Qing's displeasure was real.

Ye Qing looked at Wu Yong who was walking back with a smile on his face. He really wanted to slap his face with the soles of his shoes!
Wu Yong whispered: "Sir, you can handle your affairs as a low-ranking official!"

"I can guarantee that after your Majesty's eyes and ears go back to report, your Majesty will definitely nod and smile with pleasure."

Ye Qing just thought to himself: "It was done well, don't do it next time."

But on the surface, he still nodded slightly and said: "It's okay." As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Wang Baobao who had returned from urinating urgently, and Xu Da who looked at Wang Baobao and nodded with satisfaction.

Just by looking like this, Ye Qing knew the initiator of this incident.

The mastermind of this matter must be Marshal Xu!
However, due to his status, Xu Da was not able to do anything to obviously help Ye Qing in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's secret eyes!
Therefore, he had no choice but to ask Wang Baobao to remind Wu Yong.

Wang Baobao's so-called urgency to urinate was just an act for Zhu Yuanzhang to watch secretly.

It would be good if his acting skills were not discovered, but even if he was discovered, it didn't matter, because Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to easily touch Wang Baobao, who was already serving in the court.

If it's a battle outside the Great Wall, if you kill, you'll kill.

But facing a surrendered minister who was actually the Lord of Beiyuan, if Zhu Yuanzhang moved easily, it would be equivalent to giving up the vast pasture.

The two of them had no verbal communication at all, but with their tacit understanding, there was no need for verbal communication in many cases.

Although the two have not known each other for a short time, they have been close friends for a long time. It can be said that each other's wives do not understand each other as well as they do.

After thinking about everything, Ye Qing also wanted to take the medicine of regret.

If I had known today, I should have killed Wang Baobao outside Yanmen Pass!

Of course, this was just a momentary remark.

According to common sense, he should thank his two brothers for thinking about him like this.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing just looked in the direction of Yingtian Mansion with his peripheral vision, and said in his heart: "Zhu Dazhao, you will never expect that the person you sent to supervise me not only did not stop me from messing around, but also tried every means to save me. life."

"I don't know if you are helpless or not, but I am quite helpless anyway!"

Soon, Ye Qing focused his eyes on Zhu Liujiu and Zhu Huan, who were kneeling in front of him.

For him, Ye Qing, asking the father and son to kneel before the common people was just an appetizer he gave to Zhu Yuanzhang.

If the appetizers were ruined by Xu Da and Wang Baobao, it would be ruined. It was completely innocuous.

The real main course is the heads of their father and son!
Strictly speaking, the real main course was the life of Zhu Liujiu, that is, the life of Zhu Yuanzhang's benefactor!

As long as this main dish is not ruined, it is absolutely certain that he will be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing immediately picked up the gavel tree and slapped it hard: "The criminal Zhu Huan, the criminal Zhu Liujiu, do you two know your guilt?"

After Zhu Huan and Zhu Liujiu looked at each other, they looked at Ye Qing in front of them with extremely arrogant eyes.

Zhu Huan said loudly: "Ye Qing, I am the emperor's nephew. I can be called your majesty, father, empress, empress, and prince's younger brother."

"You haven't arrived yet, so I need to lead all the officials in the government to greet you at the pier!"

"My dear, in order to give you face, I organized such a grand welcome for you, and even boarded the ship to greet you personally, but you are so ignorant of flattery."

"How dare you beat me up and hang me from the mast!"

"How dare you go to my house and arrest my father!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Liujiu said with more arrogance: "My surname is Ye, I am the emperor's brother, your majesty's emperor's brother. The plaque on the door of Zhu's mansion is your majesty's handwriting. If you go to my house to arrest me, you are already a criminal who deceives the emperor." .”

Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth and said: "I have committed many crimes of deceiving the emperor!"

"It turns out that the plaque is written by His Majesty. Why are the writing so ugly?"

The two of them never expected that this calm face and this mouth could say something even more arrogant than them.

Just when the two of them were staring wide-eyed, Ye Qing looked at the person in charge of the 'artificial sound' who was at a loss.

"forget?"

"Every word I say should be spread out word by word, and all the people present must hear it."

Especially the last sentence of advice, Ye Qing said it with particular emphasis.

Soon, these words, which were far more arrogant than those of Zhu Huan and his son, were spread to the entire audience.

When the people heard this, they were shocked by Ye Qing's incredible courage, but they were even more shocked by Ye Qing's ability to be promoted to the sixth rank despite having committed the crime of deceiving the emperor for a long time.

In the private room on the third floor of the restaurant opposite, Zhu Yuanzhang was standing in front of the window watching this scene. After hearing these words, he could already imagine Ye Qing's expression at this moment.

Ye Qing's arrogance was not obvious, at most he looked fearless.

But it was his fearless look that made him angry!
"Okay!"

"He doesn't appreciate my generosity and tolerance for him, so let's forget it, and it has become a capital for him to show off?"

"You're still mocking me for my poor handwriting in front of so many people?"

"I was born as a farm laborer, and it was only after I became a monk that I could recognize a few words. I learned them through hard work later."

"How dare he"

In the eyes of Empress Ma and others, Zhu Yuanzhang crossed his hands, spoke loudly, and gritted his teeth, speaking word by word.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around decisively, preparing to rush in front of Ye Qing.

But when he looked at Queen Ma standing in front of him, he subconsciously stopped.

Empress Ma advised: "Your Majesty, there are more than 1 people inside and outside the stadium shouting Your Majesty's wisdom. If you go down now, everything will be lost."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and the feeling of being roasted on the fire became even more obvious.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang realized this, the sound of the trial scene came from outside.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Ye Qing looked at Zhu Huan and his son and said, "Whether I die or not is not your concern."

"I only know that you must be brought to justice!"

As he said that, Ye Qing opened the book and read: "The former magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture, Zhu Huan, evaded taxes from various places and used tax stamps to secretly collect additional taxes from various places in Ningbo."

"The imperial court allocates funds for river works such as the Fenghua River and the Yongjiang River, and the imperial court allocates money and food for disaster relief. You are also corrupt!"

"Since his term of office, he has stolen a total of 26 yuan!"

"Not only that, you also raped three women, and even forced Chen Wenfa, a clerk in the department of experience, to hit his wife against a pillar and die!"

After Ye Qing finished reciting Zhu Huan's crimes, he looked at Zhu Liujiu and said, "Criminal Zhu Liujiu, you took advantage of your son's authority and your status as an imperial brother bestowed by your Majesty to accept countless treasures such as the Golden Buddha, the Jade Bodhisattva, and the Shu Brocade. .”

"At nearly fifty years old, you still took eight concubines and even killed a girl's father. This constitutes the crime of robbing a common girl!"

Zhu Huan and his son looked at the many criminal evidences in front of them and the many witnesses waiting nearby, and knew that there was no way to deny it.

Zhu Huan just laughed loudly and said: "I am the emperor's nephew, do you dare to kill me?"

Zhu Liujiu laughed heartily and said: "I plead guilty, and I signed and signed it. You have the ability to present my charges to His Majesty."

"Your Majesty will never kill me!"

"I am the royal brother, and your Majesty will never kill me!"

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After Ye Qing heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

Zhu Liujiu is right!

As long as he submitted a petition to Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions, the imperial edict issued by Zhu Yuanzhang to him would at most be to kill Zhu Huan, but he would definitely not kill Zhu Liujiu!
When that time comes, he will directly resist the decree and just kill Zhu Liujiu!

The crime of killing the emperor's benefactor, and the crime of strengthening his power to resist the emperor's decree, it is really difficult not to die!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing just smiled in amusement and said: "Okay, you two, plead guilty and sign a bond, and I will report it to His Majesty!"

"However, regardless of His Majesty's decree, I will kill you both!"

After a moment, Ye Qing's words reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears!
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