The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 329 Lord Ye’s words are the law, Zhu Yuanzhang’s ears and eyes are awakened, and the Japanese general throws down his armor!

"Take a look, take a look!"

"Pass by, don't miss it!"

"Master Ye will meet with General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of Japan in the lobby on the first floor of Ningbo Restaurant tomorrow."

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Under the sun, many government officials took gongs and started beating them everywhere.

The news that Ye Qing would meet with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the lobby on the first floor tomorrow was also plastered all over the major vegetable markets.

This kind of publicity directly attracted the attention of the two plainclothes guards stationed here.

And this is what Ye Qing wants!

No matter how big the restaurant is, it can't accommodate so many people watching the excitement. The main purpose is to tell Zhu Yuanzhang a message through the Jin Yiwei who hides it from the people.

That is to repay the emperor's tolerance and not killing, Lord Ye decided to enter into a large-scale trade with the Japanese general.

"Master Ye really dares to do this!"

"You dare to publicize this kind of thing in a big way?"

"Never mind it, I'll keep an eye on it here tomorrow, and you go back and tell His Majesty!"

"No, even if I leave now, it's too late. Why don't we sneak in and see how he will meet, and then tell His Majesty together?"

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After the two reached an agreement, they disappeared into the crowd.

Early the next morning, a fairly large sailboat sailed upstream from the mouth of the Yongjiang River between Beicang County and Zhenhai County.

Under the sun, the Beicang County Port located at the mouth of the sea, the Zhenhai County Port in the middle section of the Yongjiang River, and the Jiangbei County Port at the end of the Yongjiang River are all ready.

Above the port of Beicang County, five hundred soldiers wearing riveted cloth masks, all holding fire blunderbuss, stood ready.

Not only that, there are five cannons, ready to fire at any time.

Finally, they saw the ship with the words 'Japanese General' written on the canvas.

The soldiers of Beicangwei immediately waved flags at them, signaling them to dock for inspection.

This set of semaphores is not for military use, but has been specially used for commercial ships from various countries since the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department system. It can be said that it will not change for hundreds of years.

A common semaphore for international ports has now been formed. It is just one sentence anyway. Foreign ships that do not know this set of semaphores cannot even think of doing business in the Central Plains.

On the deck of the Japanese general's ship,

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who is only [-] years old and less than [-] meters tall, sits high on a handsome chair and is wearing his general's black armor.

The Japanese armor lacked iron, but the leather was polished very well.

And their helmets are also big and have many accessories, and they look like dung ladles placed upside down on their heads.

"General, Beicang County Terminal, let us dock for inspection."

"I think we are here to show off to Ye Qing, and we don't need to follow their instructions."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, looking at the five cannons aimed at him at all times, immediately cursed: "Baga, this man can do anything."

"I have to show my power before I can give it to him."

"Get to the shore!"

Soon, the Japanese sailors raised flags to the officers and soldiers of Beicangwei.

The next moment, the general of Beicangwei just gave an order, and except for a few tall soldiers with swords, everyone dispersed.

They looked for favorable terrain to ambush, and all aimed their muskets at the dock's disembarkation point.

In the eyes of the Kitakura Guardsmen, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and a group of samurai with mustaches and swords disembarked from the ship with great pride.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't pay attention to the general in front of him at all. He just said coldly: "General, please come on board for inspection!"

The Beicangwei general in front of him ignored him, just waved casually, and a group of soldiers boarded the ship to inspect.

After a while, they disembarked and reported: "General, they are armed with two hundred samurai swords, and the two hundred crew members, including the rowers in the bottom warehouse, are all Japanese warriors."

General Beicangwei said solemnly: "You are going to see Mr. Ye. What you are registering is also a merchant ship. According to the "Ningbo Special Administrative Government" decree, we must confiscate your swords."

"General Ashikaga, since you are here to discuss cooperation with our Lord Ye, I, the general, will have to confiscate this armor!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard this, is this okay?

They were all the top warriors in the country, and they came here just to support him, to regain their face that had been trampled under Ye Qing's feet.

It's good now. Before anyone even arrives at the scene, their weapons and armor are confiscated?

"idiot!"

"Although we are talking about cooperation, the general is our general and we must protect his safety."

Just as the samurai next to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu finished speaking, a firecracker exploded and came over.

By the time everyone came to their senses, the samurai who had just scolded Beicangwei General ‘Baga’ had already fallen to the ground.

At this moment, his mouth had been smashed by a fire gun, and he looked like a dead toad. Only his legs were still kicking a few times due to nerve reflexes.

"You, you."

The next moment, nearly five hundred fire gunmen appeared from all directions.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew that as long as they fired together, they would all be beaten into pieces.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was very angry and felt that it was a miscalculation. He originally wanted to have his people surround Ye Qing during the negotiation.

At that time, even if they have thousands of troops, he Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will still have absolute initiative.

As long as Ye Qing loses face in front of the people of Ningbo, his face will be restored, and he will be able to take the initiative in terms of momentum in the future.

But he never expected that people would give him a blow on the way.

Although he was very angry, he showed no intention of getting angry at all, and there was only endless indifference on his face.

It was thought that when he was ten years old, he succeeded the Northern Dynasty General, but the Hosokawa family monopolized the power of the Muromachi Shogunate.

In less than eight years, he not only regained power, but also led the Northern Dynasty to overwhelm the Southern Dynasty, which can be regarded as making history.

He thought that he had the qualifications to be absolutely mature and could trample Ye Qing under his feet.

But I never thought that Ye Qing was a smart man who was cruel and shameless!

Just when Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was thinking like this, General Kitakura Wei, who was almost [-] meters tall, looked down at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said: "General Ashikaga, he just scolded me, Haga, so he was shot in the mouth. "

"According to the decree of the Ningbo Special Administrative Government, foreign merchants and travelers with weapons who dare to curse any Ming citizen in Ningbo can have his mouth smashed!"

"If you don't want something like this to happen, give all your weapons and armor to me, the general!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu just raised the corner of his mouth. He had never seen such a person in his life. What kind of law is this?

There has never been such a law in the Ming Dynasty!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said: "Please also ask this general to bring out the order with the seal of the Ningbo Special Administrative Government."

General Beicangwei shook his head and said: "We, Mr. Ye, have said that if you don't abide by our rules, as long as you make a mistake first, we can punish you however you want, and it will be a law that takes effect at any time."

"I will definitely report it truthfully, and Mr. Ye will stamp it on the spot and it will take effect!"

Having said that, General Beicangwei smiled faintly and said: "The imperial power charter, behead first and report later, is the 'Ningbo Special Executive Government'."

"Master Ye's words, as long as they make sense, are laws that will take effect at any time!"

"He scolded me first. He was wrong first. That's the truth!"

"Even if you go to His Majesty to file a complaint, it's still 'you were wrong first, and we have the right to formulate corresponding punishment methods'!"

"This general reminds you, never make a mistake first!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew that if he didn't suffer the disadvantage of being dumb, he would never see Ye Qing. Thinking of this, he just gave an order and had all the samurai swords taken down. He also had people remove his armor in front of General Kitakura Wei.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was just wearing civilian clothes, smiled lightly and said: "General, you are satisfied!"

General Beicangwei looked at this young Japanese man. Although he was an enemy country, he had to look at him with admiration.

Just because he can do this, he can be considered a young man.

But then, he hoped to compete with him on the frontal battlefield and decide whether to live or die!

At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also wanted to remember this general, hoping that one day he could compete with him on a frontal battlefield and decide life and death.

"General, what is your name?"

General Beicangwei said: "An ordinary soldier of the Ming Dynasty!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu just nodded and decisively turned around and boarded the boat.

But at this moment, General Beicangwei said seriously: "Wait a minute, merchant shipping tolls will start from you. Based on the size of your ship and the value of the goods, the collection will be one thousand taels of cash!"

"you"

Even Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was always calm, really couldn't calm down anymore.

He turned around and said with a cold eyebrow, "Mr. Ye, are you going too far? When I, the general, visited him, he actually collected shipping tolls?"

General Beicangwei explained: "This has nothing to do with Master Ye. We originally wanted to implement this regulation and we calculated the auspicious time to start."

"It's purely a coincidence that you happened to be crossing the border at an auspicious time. General Ashikaga, please follow our rules."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu really couldn't swallow this breath, and immediately said forcefully: "There is no cargo on our ship. It is not a cargo ship."

General Beicangwei continued to explain: "What you register is a merchant ship. If there is no cargo, it will be calculated based on the size of the ship. It will also cost this much."

"Even if we don't consider the size of the ship and treat your Ashikaga General as cargo, it's still so much money!"

"Anyway, it's just one thousand taels of silver, so one tael cannot be missing!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had no choice but to grit his teeth and make people pay.

Fortunately, they lacked everything, even the iron for their armor, but they did not lack silver.

In fact, he really didn't care about this little money. Even the meeting gift he prepared for Ye Qing was only ten thousand taels of cash.

A show of authority must be given, and a meeting gift must be given, because he must cooperate with Ye Qing.

Because he needs Ye Qing's support, otherwise, even if he is as capable as the Southern Dynasty, he will not be able to completely unify the North and the South.

He just couldn't swallow this breath!

But now he knows better that even if he can't swallow it, he has to swallow this bad breath!

He has recorded this grudge, and will definitely take revenge on the people of the Ming Dynasty in the future!

Thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu just waved his hand and a large box was lifted down.

Under the sunlight, a hundred silver bricks weighing ten ounces cannot reflect any silver light at all.

There is no other reason. Although the Japanese country is not short of silver, its refining technology is really backward. These silver bricks contain at least [-]% impurities!

General Beicangwei said disgustedly: "Your one thousand taels can only be counted as fifty taels."

"Forget it, let's just think that this general is accommodating to you for the sake of friendship between the two parties!"

"I tell you, you must talk to Mr. Ye about cooperation in mining and smelting technology. Mr. Ye's technology is better than Ming's existing technology."

"When you do business with us from now on, silver of this quality can only be counted as fifty taels per thousand taels."

"Really, in the long run, it won't be worth it for you!"

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After some explanations by General Kitakura Wei, the eighteen-year-old Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately targeted Ye Qing's mining and smelting technology.

"Thank you!"

As soon as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu finished speaking, he quickly boarded the ship and set sail again.

When they passed the ports of Zhenhai County and Jiangbei County, they were treated exactly the same. They first disembarked for inspection, and then they happened to hit the auspicious time to collect 'shipping tolls'.

In this way, when they docked at Sanjiangkou Pier, they had already handed over three thousand taels of silver that they had prepared for Ye Qing.

And these three thousand taels were the money they were supposed to pay according to the rules. Not only did it not serve as a gift to Ye Qing, but because they were here to visit Ye Qing, they did not consider it to be all impurity silver.

In other words, even before Ashikaga Yoshimitsu met Ye Qing, he already owed Ye Qing three huge favors.

After landing, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was holding back his anger, and the three hundred samurai who were holding back their anger walked on the street gnashing their teeth.

But at this moment, a beautiful Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty with a very good figure passed by them.

"Yo Xi!"

A warrior with a mustache and a melon haircut rushed over and slapped someone on the butt.

The Korean girl was so frightened that she cried on the spot.

"Come on!"

"Indecent!"

"Is there any king's law!"

The next moment, three hundred patrol officers wearing the Northern Army's standard bright silver armor made by Yanmen and holding standard swords rushed out from all directions.

The leading general asked: "What happened?"

The Korean girl cried: "This Japanese man touched my butt."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who only now knew about this, rushed over and slapped the Japanese warrior, and then apologized in person.

The Northern Army general said seriously: "I'll kill your mother and apologize to you, will you accept it?"

"you"

The general of the Northern Army continued: "I have dealt with Bei Yuan too much, and I am used to being direct, and speaking harshly but not harshly. That's the way it is."

"If an apology is useful, why do you need Wang Fa to come?"

"Of course, in Ningbo, the decrees of the Ningbo Special Administrative Government have the final say!"

As he spoke, he shouted at the three hundred brothers who surrounded them: "Tell them with the loudest voice what our decree is."

Three hundred loud voices shouted in unison: "Our law is that as long as you make a mistake first, we can make any punishment on the spot!"

As soon as they finished speaking, all the Japanese warriors, including Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, felt tense in their hearts.

The feeling of being bitten by a snake and fearing the rope for ten years immediately came to all of them.

The Northern Army general who followed Ye Qing walked up to the Korean girl and asked, "Are you from the Ming Dynasty?"

"Report to General, I am!"

The general of the Northern Army nodded and said: "I'm asking you more, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, as long as you come to our Ningbo Mansion legally, we will treat everyone equally."

As he said that, he looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said, "Including you, we will treat everyone equally!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at the Korean girl again and asked gently: "Girl, how do you want to punish this person?"

"Whether it's cutting off his hands and adding compensation, cutting off his feet and adding compensation, or making him a eunuch and adding compensation, it's all up to you!"

"The amount of compensation cannot exceed seven thousand taels!"

"I think it is most appropriate, general, to chop off whichever hand you touched, and to be punished as a eunuch and to pay compensation of [-] taels!"

As soon as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and others heard this, their eyes widened! .

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(End of this chapter)