The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 330: General Ashikaga failed to give gifts and was in debt. He can repay the debt by leading a horse for Mr. Ye. Never force it!

Just when Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and others widened their eyes, the Northern Army general turned around and looked at the girl from Korea who had been wronged.

He just said in a calm tone: "If the first offender takes someone's life, it will appear that we are too unkind."

"Do you think what this general said makes sense?"

This Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty wiped her tears, then bowed and saluted: "But it's up to the general to make the decision."

After the Northern Army general nodded, he turned to face Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and others, and said in a selfless tone: "General Ashikaga, I treat everyone equally, and you can see it!"

"I thought that you were new here, so I begged you for mercy!"

Before Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was already furious but still enduring secretly, could speak, he ordered: "Catch this person, chop which hand he touched, and then impose eunuch punishment on the spot. "

"Then, I wrote a consent form for mediation on the spot, saying that the Japanese general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was not strict in discipline and was willing to pay [-] taels of silver to settle the matter."

As soon as the words fell, these elite soldiers who had been tempered by the flames of war immediately started arresting people, and at the same time they raised their swords and prepared to execute them.

"Wait a minute!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately stopped him.

He really didn't expect that his warrior would have his hand cut off again, be sentenced to eunuch punishment, and pay a huge compensation of seven thousand taels just for touching his butt.

You must know that the [-] taels of gift money he prepared for Ye Qing has already gone to [-] taels. If he loses the [-] taels, he will have to go to Ye Qing empty-handed.

Not to mention being rude and unethical, he even lost the confidence to show off to Ye Qing.

"Why such a coincidence?"

"It's so coincidental that they came here for my ten thousand taels of silver!"

When he thought of the compensation of [-] taels, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately had such an idea.

But when he thought about it again, he felt it was impossible.

In his opinion, it was impossible for Ye Qing to know that Yoshimitsu Ashikaga would prepare a gift of [-] taels for him.

He had thought before that as long as Ye Qing accepted the gift of [-] taels, Ye Qing would be caught by him.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, could tolerate him being greedy for money within the country, but he would never tolerate him being greedy for money abroad.

Even if we could tolerate his greed for foreign money, we would never tolerate him, Ye Qing, accepting gifts from a Japanese general who had a feud with the Ming Emperor.

Yes,

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to the Japanese country, hoping that they would pay homage to him.

As a result, not only did they not come to worship, but they also chopped off the envoy's head.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not attack the Japanese country for some reasons, he always resented the Japanese country.

At this time, if Ye Qing dared to accept the gift from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely accept Ye Qing's head.

"Once I crossed the Yongjiang River, I was charged [-] taels of shipping toll."

"If you touch your butt once, you will be compensated seven thousand taels of silver."

"Judging from the amount, it looks like he came for my ten thousand taels of silver."

"But Ye Qing can't possibly know the amount of my gift!"

"Not only that, Ye Qing couldn't have guessed that my people would touch this woman's butt!"

Thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu dismissed his conjecture and just regarded it as a 'coincidence' that had been unlucky for eight lifetimes.

What he can do now is to try to save the lives of his warriors and then reduce the amount of compensation.

As long as Ye Qing accepts the gift if he leaves a thousand taels for him, he will have the advantage.

At that time, the leadership of future cooperation will be in his hands, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

After a brief thought, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately said to the Northern Army general and the Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty: "This general, this girl, this general is the guest invited by your Lord Ye."

"How about you guys give this general some face?"

"There's no need to cut off your hand and become a eunuch. How about compensation of [-] taels?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't want to bargain for fifty taels and one hundred taels, he only needed to keep one thousand taels.

Another thing is that he knew that the Ningbo Special Administrative Government was too strong, which was equivalent to the Ming Emperor recognizing Ye Qing, the local emperor.

This seems to be an unreasonable verbal decree that can take effect at any time, and he must abide by it.

Who told them they were wrong in the first place!

If he had all his armor and weapons, there would still be some room for bargaining.

But now, he could only think of leaving a thousand taels to prove his crime of accepting bribes, Ye Qing.

"Woooooo!"

"Master Ye's words don't mean what he says. Master Ye once said that as long as we are not at fault first, we can ask for a high price. If not, we can argue with reason!"

"It's fine now. You can't kill him, and you can't follow my rules."

This Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty sat on the ground and started crying and making trouble. She was even ready to hit the wall and die.

When the other people heard this, they immediately stopped her and scolded the Northern Army general.

The Northern Army general quickly shouted: "What are you talking about?"

"Master Ye means what he says. You unscrupulous people say that I can do it, but you must not say anything about your great parents."

After saying that, the Northern Army general looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said with great seriousness: "You have also seen that it is related to Mr. Ye's reputation, and I cannot show favoritism."

"What I, the general, can do is cut off one of his hands, chop off two inches of his flesh, and then ask you to compensate him seven thousand taels."

"Don't even think about discussing it. If you dare to refuse, I, the general, can punish you for refusing to enforce the law!"

"Based on this, you are still at fault first. This general has the right to hack all of you to death on the spot!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out the sword that killed countless enemies at Yanmen Pass!

At the same time, all three hundred soldiers of the Northern Army also drew out their standard swords. Just waiting for the general's order, all of them would fall to the ground.

"Okay, Mr. Ye really means what he says!"

"Yes, these are the soldiers under our parents' officers!"

"Well done, I support you"

In Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes, the three hundred soldiers' swords of the Northern Army of the Ming Dynasty were all shining with dazzling light in the sun.

The people of the Ming Dynasty around them were cheering for them.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu completely remembered this scene, and secretly swore that he would definitely make the people here pay the price in his lifetime.

But in order to realize this condition, it is necessary to reach cooperation with Ye Qing.

He not only needs Ye Qing's mining and smelting technology, but also Ye Qing's support in weapons to achieve the unification of the north and south of the country.

After the reunification of the north and the south, he became the greatest hero in the history of Japan.

By that time, his reputation will be equivalent to that of Japan's 'Ye Qing'!

After he becomes the 'Ye Qing' of the Japanese country, and with the mining, smelting technology, and weapon technology provided by the real Ye Qing, he will hopefully make the people here pay the price!

Thinking of this, he immediately decided to settle for the next best thing.

What is the next best thing?

If you can't grasp Ye Qing's leverage, as long as you see Ye Qing's face and reach cooperation, you will settle for the next best thing!

"Ready, chop!"

Just when the three hundred soldiers were about to slash, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, we agree to this condition."

As soon as he finished speaking, he just grabbed the warrior's neck and broke it violently, and the man died on the spot.

Seeing this scene, except for the soldiers of the Northern Army, the people were shocked.

"Is this person still a human being?"

"Even his own people were killed directly!"

"Instead of having his hands chopped off and used as eunuchs, it would be better to kill him directly. This young Japanese general is not easy to do!"

"He is not simple, and we, Mr. Ye, are even more not simple!"

While the people were talking in low voices, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu walked up to the general of the Northern Army and said: "I will pay for the seven thousand taels of silver."

"As for this warrior of mine, let alone cut off his hand and become a eunuch again, you can chop it into pieces and feed it to the dogs as you please!"

"you"

The Northern Army general looked at the corpse on the ground still bleeding from the corner of his mouth and had nothing to say. Like the Southern Army general on the dock, although he was an enemy, he still felt that the Japanese general was a figure.

He looked forward to the day when he could compete with him on a frontal battlefield, where they would compete and decide life and death.

Thinking of this, the Northern Army general waved his hand and said: "Since General Ashikaga has cleared the door, there is no need to do anything more."

"Come here, escort Ashikaga General Shangguan to move the money."

In this way, three hundred sword-wielding soldiers and the Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty escorted them to the dock to move the silver.

Soon, seven large boxes were neatly placed on the dock.

Under the sunlight, the twelve silver bricks in these big boxes could not reflect any silver light at all.

On the contrary, these three hundred soldiers wearing the Northern Army's standard armor made by Yanmen were radiating a dazzling silver light.

In the eyes of the Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty, the silver was full of visible impurities, and the silver was also yellow.

"This, this, this, what kind of junk is this?"

"Is this silver?"

As she spoke, she took out her silver bracelet and compared it with the silver brick in front of her.

In such a strong contrast, not only the dog was disgusted by it, but also Ashikaga Yoshimitsu himself was shy when he saw it.

But precisely because of this, he was determined to obtain the mining and smelting technology!

"General, this can't be done!"

"Silver of this quality can only be worth one hundred taels, and these seven thousand taels of silver can only be worth three hundred and fifty taels!"

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his people really wanted to curse when they saw this scene.

But they have no choice. This is the price of backward technology.

The more this happens, the more they have to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and the more they have to persist until they see Ye Qing.

"Master Ye is here!"

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard this, he immediately thought of something, that is, Cao Cao not only couldn't say it, he couldn't even think about it.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound and saw a young official wearing a red official robe, playing with walnuts and walking towards the dock.

And behind him, there were a hundred tall and powerful government officials.

Looking at these government officials, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately thought of a painting, which was the painting of "Yu Chi Gong" on the Central Plains Door God!

Ye Qing looked at them and said, "Which one is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu stepped forward, and while biting his back molars, he smiled and saluted: "This general is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the great general of Japan."

Ye Qing rolled his eyes at him and said, "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, do you know your guilt?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes immediately lit up, and his eyes became obviously red.

This man is really famous. He doesn't do anything except irritating people.

He had already suffered so much, so why did he have to accuse him as soon as they met?

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was puzzled and said: "What crime did I commit, General? Please enlighten me, Master Ye!"

Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth and said: "You set the time on the greeting card. I have been waiting for so long, but you are still late. This is a great disrespect to me!"

"You are a mere general from a small country, but in front of me, a fourth-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, you are nothing more than a village chief."

"Moreover, your Japanese country is at odds with the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and you are only the general of the Northern Dynasty. In this way, you are only half a village chief!"

"The Northern Dynasty is slightly stronger than the Southern Dynasty, that's just half of the village chiefs!"

"The village chief dares to call himself a general when he sees a senior official of the fourth rank. Isn't this a crime of great disrespect?"

"Also, for such a high official to see you, a small village chief, and because you are a foreign guest, he wears formal official uniform to show respect, which is enough to show the style of my country with great etiquette!"

"But you, a little village chief, are dressed in plain clothes. You don't even wear the village chief's armor. Are you looking down on me too much?"

"Is this a crime of lese majeste?"

"When you and I first met, you committed the crime of disrespect three times. I already have the right to chop off your head!"

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu now has many conjectures in his mind.

He even felt that it was Ye Qing's idea that his armor was confiscated!

Of course, not only did he have no evidence, he also couldn't make any sense.

He knew very clearly that if he raised any doubts, Ye Qing would definitely say that the Ming Dynasty separated military and political branches. People in the army had this consideration. Not only did they have their own reasons, but it was also true.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but thought to himself: "This Ye Qing, I underestimated him."

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had this understanding, he immediately knelt down and bowed: "Master Ye, I'm here. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is aware of his crime, and I ask Master Ye to punish him."

Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "That's all, I am a high-ranking official. Although I am the last one among the elected officials, I am still regarded as a person by your country like Confucius and Mencius."

"My lord, I don't care about the faults of others, so I will be exempted from punishment!"

As he said that, he looked at the seven large boxes and said, "What's going on?"

This Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty cried and told the whole story, and the Northern Army general also added some key details appropriately.

After Ye Qing nodded thoughtfully, he turned to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said, "It's really embarrassing to take out all your money."

"Our official formalities are over, and we will talk about cooperation later."

"I can generously help you mine and smelt!"

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he instantly felt that the grievances he had suffered before were no longer grievances.

He immediately smiled and said: "Master Ye, this is a gift prepared for you, but after these things happened, I can only pay my respects empty-handed."

"Of course, you don't like the fine silver either."

Ye Qing nodded and said, "I really don't like silver of this quality."

With that said, he called to Shen Wan'er who was accompanying him, took out six thousand six hundred and fifty thousand coins and handed it to this Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty.

"This amount of silver is equivalent to three hundred and fifty taels of seven thousand taels of silver. Take it!"

"I will pay the remaining price difference on behalf of General Ashikaga."

"how do you feel?"

After the Korean girl from the Ming Dynasty took the money, she immediately bowed and asked others to follow her.

As for the three hundred Northern Army soldiers, they were good people and worked hard to help carry the money to her house.

After they left, Ye Qing said to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in front of so many people watching: "I forgive you for the three crimes of disrespect, and I also helped you pay [-] yuan. You Tell me, how much favor do you owe me?"

"When we talk about cooperation later, you have to repay the debt of gratitude!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around decisively and mounted his big white horse.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at Ye Qing's back and suddenly had the urge to draw his sword, although he did not dare to actually draw his sword even if his weapon was not confiscated.

He was really furious!

This hasn't even come to the negotiation table yet, not to mention that we have lost ten thousand taels and still owe such a huge favor.

The key is that everything has its own reasons, which is really uncomfortable.

Just when Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was so angry, Ye Qing suddenly turned back and said with a smile: "I have a suggestion."

"Do you want to hold a horse for me in the name of the Japanese general so that you can pay less of the debt of gratitude when discussing cooperation?"

"Of course, this is just a small opinion."

"If you don't want to, I will never force you."

"A tough melon is not sweet, I still understand this truth."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing turned around decisively, casually letting a yamen servant hold his horse, and walked forward slowly.

But at the same time, he was also counting silently in his heart: "One, two, three"

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(End of this chapter)