The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 327 Mr. Ye slashed the emperor's face with a knife, issued three imperial edicts a day, Zhu Yuanzhang is an unscrupulous boss!

The eunuch who came this time to deliver the message was already dealing with Ye Qing for the second time.

As early as when Ye Qing was still the magistrate of Yanmen County, he had been at the gate of the county town and had seen Mr. Ye's valiant and heroic appearance using imperial edicts to flatter him.

Although Mr. Ye showed a good look before receiving the order, he would not show a good look after receiving the order. Fortunately, the reward was more than ever.

As long as the tea fee is paid in full, Master Ye's inexplicable hobby will be a great advantage.

The eunuch who delivered the order stood at the gate of the expanded Ningbo government office, looking up at the splendid gate and the two large stone lions gilded on the surface.

He didn't even need to go in, it was enough to know how good it was inside.

Chinese architecture is very formal. The luxury of the door represents the wealth of the owner, and the height of the threshold represents the status of the owner.

The size of the stone lion represents the size of the mansion!
  It is enough to see that the re-expanded Ningbo government office is already a mansion that far exceeds the Yanmen County government office, integrating office, case trial, administration, and residences, and there is no shortage of pavilions, rockeries, gardens and pools.

If the Huyanmen County Government Office is an existence at the royal palace level, then the current Ningbo Government Office is an existence beyond the royal palace level.

Of course, this was just the impression of the imperial envoys after seeing the gate of the government office.

Ye Qing knows the real situation inside best!
  He has the most pertinent evaluation of the government office he designed, that is, 'the government office is not as big as the palace, just because the site restrictions do not allow it, but compared with the luxury of the palace, it is a scumbag'!
  As per the old rules, before Ye Qing arrived, the maid carrying several trays of reward money came out.

Whether it was the eunuch delivering the decree or the golden-armored guards escorting the eunuch delivering the decree, everyone moved their hands!
  In Ye Qing's view, he is a person who wants to go home. To him, the wealth here is something that he will not take with him until he dies. There is no need to save at all.

He would not be stingy with such a messenger who brought him good news.

From Ye Qing's point of view, there would be absolutely no surprises in this imperial edict, because he did not believe that Zhu Yuanzhang had the courage to make enemies of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world for his sake.

Of course, he believed that his worth might be greater than that of several scholar-bureaucrats combined, but it could never be greater than that of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang would never choose to offend the scholar-bureaucrats in the world for him.

"Your Majesty, Ye Qing, together with the government officials, respectfully welcome His Majesty's edict!"

In the eyes of the people watching,
  Ye Qing, who was wearing a red official robe, along with government officials, including his housekeeper and two special maids, lined up under the plaque with the words 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government' written on it.

Except for Ye Qing, everyone knelt down and bowed. Only Ye Qing bowed.

Ye Qing had the principle of not kneeling before feudal emperors, and he also promised his mentor, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, that he would not kneel before feudal emperors as long as he stayed in the feudal dynasty.

But principles can be broken under certain conditions.

That is the ultimate goal achieved!
  As long as Zhu Yuanzhang grants him death, he will definitely kneel down to thank his Majesty. First, he thanks His Majesty for fulfilling his great kindness, and second, it is not good if things are done too perfectly.

At the last moment of the journey to the feudal dynasty, breaking one's own principles is an unforgettable thing.

"His Majesty,"

"You must make me kneel down to thank you!"

Just when Ye Qing was so hopeful, the eunuch who passed the order gave him the money for tea that he was satisfied with and stuffed it directly into his arms.

He smiled and held up the leather roll with the wax seal intact, indicating that the edict had not been peeked at by him.

Immediately afterwards, he opened the seal in front of everyone, and then took out two imperial edicts from inside.

"How come there are two imperial edicts?"

"Master Ye is really favored by His Majesty. The imperial edicts are issued twice at once!"

"It is our blessing to have such monarchs and ministers in our Ming Dynasty. We, as the people of the place where Master Ye lives, are even more blessed to us!"

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The people were talking with great joy, and the government officials kneeling there were looking forward to it.

Only Ye Qing's eyes were as bright as fire, and his heart was already half cold.

He really couldn't understand what Zhu Yuanzhang was doing, issuing two copies of the imperial decree?
  Obviously, it was definitely not the death decree in duplicate, but Zhu Yuanzhang did something else, something he did not expect.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict said:"

Ye Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this raising of his head. This was a raising of his head that told the world.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's urinary nature, he should be sprayed with all kinds of shit and piss on his head before he was sentenced to death.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing just smiled in relief, feeling that this was a completely indifferent matter, as long as it killed him.

"Since I came to the throne, I have been working for the people all day long, and I have never dared to slack off. I finally came up with three major national policies that benefit the people, namely [dividing the peasants into acres], [returning the fire to the public], and [the gentry serving as errands and receiving food as one]" ]!"

"The details are as follows."

"After receiving the edict, all states, prefectures and counties will announce it to the world and implement it immediately!"

"In addition, the general imperial envoy for the implementation of these three major national policies is Confucius Kong Kebiao, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. All states and counties must do their best to cooperate!"

"Kin this!"

When the hundreds of people watching heard this, they immediately cheered.

Slogans such as "Long Live the Emperor" are rising in waves.

All Ye Qing's ears could hear were words of praise for Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this moment, no one paid attention to Ye Qing's almost dull expression, but Ye Qing's mind was moving very fast.

"Did you really find a way to break the situation?"

"If you ask the representatives of the world's scholar-bureaucrats and the descendants of Confucius to help you implement the national policy that harms the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world!"

"Are you really too stupid and too smart?"

"No, with your personality you will never be able to think of such a sinister trick. People like Queen Ma, Zhu Biao, and Xu Da must have come up with it for you."

"Especially Xu Da, it must be Xu Da, and Wang Baobao!"

"Only such a tactical person with a dark and dirty heart can come up with such an idea!"

"But I can be sure that you, the shameless guy, must be the one who copied my ideas!"

"You came up with it, do you want some shame?"

Thinking of this, Ye Qing looked at another imperial edict and secretly expected in his heart: "After you give me death, you can copy it as you like, but you haven't."

Ye Qing now has no expectations for the second imperial edict.

But he still has a little expectation. He only hopes that the great emperor will be the one who plagiarizes his ideas and then kills people and silences them.
  As long as he does this, Ye Qing will definitely kneel down and thank the Holy Grace!
  Finally, after everyone was quiet, the eunuch who delivered the edict issued the second imperial edict: "The Emperor, who is destined to be transported by heaven, decrees:"

Hearing that this imperial edict was not aimed at the common people, but only at a certain or a certain group of officials, Ye Qing felt slightly relieved.

It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is ready to kill the donkey!

"Ye Qing, the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture, since arriving in Ren, has vigorously punished corrupt and rebellious royal relatives, vigorously confiscated illegally obtained land from temples, and has been working to develop the local area all day long. He is indeed a model for local officials across the country."

"I will give you a plaque of 'one parent' as a token of appreciation!"

"I hope you will continue your efforts, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and live up to my high expectations!"

"Kin this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden-armored guard behind him directly carried out a large plaque. As soon as the yellow cloth was lifted, the golden characters inside were revealed.

It is indeed not a hand-written font. It is written as well as calligraphy masters. At first glance, it seems that it was written by Zhu Biao or Queen Ma.

Whether it is the four words "one parent" or the words Zhu Yuanzhang's signature below, they are definitely not Zhu Yuanzhang's handwriting.

Although Ye Qing had never met Zhu Yuanzhang in person, he also knew that he could not write such a good handwriting.

How shameless! The front leg copied his idea, and the back leg used such an insincere plaque to fool him!
  Ye Qing looked at this plaque that could not be eaten or worn, and he suddenly thought of his boss in his previous life who wanted to beat him to death every day.

They seize the creative results of employees' labor, then draw a big pie, and then give them a red book with award-winning certificates and that's it.

How is this different from an unscrupulous boss?
  Of course, Ye Qing didn't care about this at all. He just felt that it was so difficult for him to want to die. It was really uncomfortable!

"Master Ye, congratulations. This is the first time His Majesty has given you a plaque in his own hand!"

Ye Qing looked at the eunuch who delivered the order and said, "Isn't it written by someone else?"

"This"

The eunuch who delivered the order thought to himself: "Master Ye is really disrespectful. There are a few officials who don't know. Although His Majesty's handwriting is not a child's graffiti, it is not much better. It is embarrassing to use it to make a plaque."

"But the only one who dares to say it is you, Lord Ye Qingye!"

At this moment, there were voices of praise and congratulations for Ye Qing.

Of course, what you see is a scene of congratulations.

Seeing this scene, Ye Qing took the two imperial edicts, turned around decisively, and loudly ordered in a serious voice: "Here comes someone!"

"Your Majesty was not sincere. He passed off someone else's plaque with an inscription. He chopped it up on the spot and threw it into the kitchen to use as firewood."

The next moment, there was total silence under the plaque on the gate of the Ningbo Special Administrative Government.

"Are they all deaf?"

"Go on!"

"No one is taking action, right? I'll do it myself!"

In the eyes of everyone, Ye Qing pulled out his saber from the waist of the nearest government officer and rushed over.

But just as he was about to strike with a sharp and accurate knife, he felt something was wrong.

He quickly gathered up most of his strength, so much so that when he stabbed down, the knife bounced away, and his own hand was numb from the shock.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to be really shaken to the point of numbness!

But in the eyes of everyone, he is an angry but powerless master!
  Ye Qing picked up the knife on the ground and started slashing at it, causing sawdust to fly and the gilded paint to fly into pieces.

Whether it was the Jinyi guards, the eunuch who delivered the order, or Wu Yong, they were all shocked, and they felt that he really didn't want to live anymore!

"Master Ye, that's not how you should be an official. You are too straight."

"What can we do, what can we do!"

"Why are you still standing there? Stop, stop, and carry Mr. Ye away!"

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In this way, Ye Qing was carried back to the mansion by several government officials.

Wu Yong looked at the plaque that had been slashed with gaps everywhere, and felt that Ye Qing was slashing Zhu Yuanzhang's face, leaving scars all over his face.

Seeing this scene, he suddenly felt weak.

How to clean up this mess?
  If it was in Yanmen County, he could also mobilize troops to surround the imperial envoy, and use coercion and inducement to reduce the big matter to a trivial matter.
  But Sanjiang County, Ningbo Prefecture, where the government office is located, does not have much military strength.

Even if they wanted to mobilize troops, they would have to go dozens of miles away, and it would be too late.

Now it seems that coercion is not enough, the only option is inducement!

Wu Yong just winked at Shen Wan'er, and Shen Wan'er and the two maids hurried back to the house.

When they came out, several government servants had already brought out two large baskets of local specialties.

One basket contains Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, and the other basket contains gold and silver coins of various shapes!

Wu Yong bowed to the imperial envoy and several imperial guards: "Everyone, in fact, this is not our fault, Mr. Ye."

"Our Lord Ye is a straight man. No matter how bad His Majesty's handwriting is, he will accept it happily and hang it up."

"But this matter of hiring a ghostwriter is really a bit unethical!"

"Please don't talk about it when you go back. How about you take as much of these local specialties as you can?"

The eunuchs who delivered the decree and the young men in the Imperial Guards were very clear about the difference. They really wanted to take it, and they even wanted to help such a generous and good official.

But they also know what money should be made and what money should not be made.

They just sighed and galloped on their horses to answer the question!
  Looking at the imperial envoys flying away, Wu Yong also frowned. He never expected that their Lord Ye would be so straight.

tired!
  He is really tired!

At this moment, other officials in the government office were asking him what to do.

He just glanced at these people, and he really didn't know what to do.

But at this very moment,

Although she was not the hostess of the household, Shen Wan'er, the housekeeper who was still the hostess of the household, directly led Ye Qing's two dedicated maids to give a speech to so many people.

"Brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters!"

"Everyone has seen what Lord Ye did after he took office, but His Majesty found someone to write the plaque for him because of his poor handwriting."

"What kind of behavior is this? This is extremely shameless behavior. This is behavior that chills the hearts of loyal ministers."

"Master Ye's life is in your hands!"

As soon as the voice fell,
  Shen Wan'er led the two maids and immediately bowed to the people.

The next moment, there was a scene of people shouting and responding. The people reprimanded the emperor for being dishonest and expressed that they would go out to tell him.

If His Majesty the Emperor wants to kill their Lord Ye, all the people in the city will be criminals who rob the court!

Wu Yong looked at this scene and immediately laughed.

"This housekeeper is indeed Shen Wansan's daughter. She has the potential to be Mrs. Ye!"

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Thinking of this, Wu Yong returned home with peace of mind.

in the afternoon,

After Ye Qing learned that Shen Wan'er had helped him so much, he felt quite depressed.

It must be depressing!
  The 'remedial strategy to seek death' that he finally came up with was destroyed by Shen Wan'er's move of 'the law does not blame the public'.

"Sir, the imperial edict has arrived."

"Another decree is coming!"

Ye Qing looked at the officials who came to report and felt a little interested again.

But after thinking about it, I also felt that the imperial edict to punish him for the crime of disrespect would definitely not come so soon.

Ningbo Mansion is eight hundred miles away from Yingtian Mansion. The news that he slashed the plaque has not yet been sent to Tianfu. How could the imperial edict of punishment come so soon?

Obviously, this imperial edict has nothing to do with his chopping off the plaque! .
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