The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 342 Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard just to find trouble for Mr. Ye, the imperial envoy recommended by Hu Weiyong!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the retreating figure in front of him, not only clenched his teeth, but also clenched his fists in the hands hidden in his sleeves.

"The emperor wants him to take an assessment?"

"That's right, the emperor is accepting his assessment!"

"It's just that if we continue with this assessment, our patience will be exhausted!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the many handwritten memorials written by Ye Qing over the past few days. How many times had he not been so angry that he flew into a rage?

How many times have they been cut into pieces by a thousand cuts without being put on someone else's body?

But because Ye Qing was a talented person, he kept quiet over and over again, and trampled on his own bottom line again and again.

He even took the blame for Ye Qing's mistakes over and over again.

In his opinion, by announcing to the public that the Ningbo Special Administrative Government was his own idea and then asking Ye Qing to implement it, he was taking the initiative to help him, Ye Qing, take responsibility.

But what did he get in the end?

What I got was still a ‘failed assessment’!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was almost giving up, immediately had the idea of ​​tearing his face and pulling him down.

But just when he was about to get angry, Queen Ma grabbed his hand, and then looked at her Chongba brother with eyes full of pleading and threatening.

"If you get angry at this time, and you issue gold-standard treasure banknotes, silver-standard treasure banknotes, and make Ming Dynasty banknotes the universal currency, when will it be possible to realize it?"

"In other words, do you still want to realize it?"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he just sighed heavily and followed him in stride.

But just when he followed Ye Qing's pace and entered the main road, he saw that Ye Qing was not leaving.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others looked at the super large factory building opposite, with anticipation in their eyes. They really wanted to know what the purpose of building such a large factory building on this offshore side was.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ye Qing and said, "Why don't you leave?"

Ye Qing just pointed at the already setting sun and said, "The workers have got off work, we can't delay their meal!"

"Just in time, I'm hungry too. Let's go home and eat."

Saying that, Ye Qing turned around and got on his horse.

In his opinion, it was a great honor for Boss Guo, whom he brought the money to see so much.

Furthermore, Boss Guo, who has spent all his money but only holds 10% of the shares, is not worthy of him, a major shareholder with technical shares, to accompany him on an empty stomach to inspect.

This time, not only Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, but even Empress Ma frowned.

Although this is not to say that the duck has flown, it can also be said that it was a good-looking storybook. When I saw the climax, it suddenly disappeared.

This feeling is so uncomfortable!

But looking at the army of workers rushing from the factory to the canteen, Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't find anything wrong with Ye Qing.

They had no choice but to take another look at the factory, which was bigger than they knew, and then follow Ye Qing back home to work.

Early the next morning, after Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife had breakfast, they began to pester Ye Qing, asking him to take them to see the super large factory on the offshore side.

This time, Ye Qing said he didn't want to waste this energy anymore.

Yesterday I said I wanted to go for a walk and spend time on horseback, which was more comfortable than spending time on a recliner.

But today he didn't want to hang out on horseback and just kept issuing orders to expel guests.

Seeing Ye Qing's resolute attitude, Queen Ma didn't say anything more. She just made an excuse and took her family Zhongba to Tianfu.

On the official road from Ningbo to Yingtian, inside the carriage,

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Queen Ma and said puzzledly: "Why did you stop us from continuing to pester him?"

"Such a big factory and workshop must be producing some important weapon of the country that we don't know about. We just need to pester him for a while and we can go see it."

Queen Ma just raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and then said softly: "Chongba, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."

"Do you think he really didn't let us see it yesterday because the workers wanted to eat and because he himself wanted to eat dinner?"

"Even if he didn't go this morning, it was just an excuse to not let us go."

"I think he must have his reasons!"

"But there is no need to worry. He will always go to help the Northern Dynasty of Japan to fight against the Southern Dynasty, and there will always be a time to help the Southern Dynasty of Japan to fight against the Northern Dynasty."

"At that time, you, Xu Da, Wang Baobao and others will definitely be able to see what important national weapons are built inside."

After Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, he also felt that this was the truth.

Although Ye Qing likes to have fun, he is also a very serious and practical person when doing serious things.

In fact, Queen Ma was right, Ye Qing did not let them see it on purpose.

In Ye Qing's view, these two people were both people who could talk to the emperor and empress. In other words, they were part-time imperial envoys.

It is true that they came to him to do business. After doing business, it was also true that they went to report to Zhu Yuanzhang what he wanted to know!

Therefore, his weapons and equipment suitable for the navy must not be hidden.

Of course, he didn't plan to hide these equipment.

As far as Ye Qing's original intention is concerned, this is the 'legacy' left to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After he was sentenced to death, he left an actual "Northern Army Arsenal" and a "Southern Army Arsenal" to the Ming Dynasty, which was worthy of his limited conscience.

As long as he is not a fool and becomes the emperor, he can use these family assets to double the size of the Ming Dynasty.

He never wanted the Ming Dynasty to last for ten thousand years. He only needed the Ming Dynasty to double again and make the Ming Dynasty the last feudal dynasty.

As for the things in the super large factory, it is not convenient for Zhu Yuanzhang to know now.

If the things built here were exposed in advance, it would be a huge risk for him, Ye Qing.

Not only is Zhu Yuanzhang very likely to send people to investigate, it may even affect his plan to seek death!

Therefore, before the time of setting off to fight against Japan, the things in the super large factory must not be known to Zhu Yuanzhang through any means!

Besides, the things inside are made slowly.

Even if Mr. Guo and the others were asked to look at it now, they would not see any effect.

They can't see the effect, and they are very curious. When the time comes, it will be their eloquence and patience that will suffer.

There is absolutely no need for such a thankless task. It is better to just expel Todoroki and let him lie down and spend his time in peace!

A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang and his party returned to Yingtian Mansion.

In the following period, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the life of going to court, reviewing memorials, educating the prince, and beating other sons.

Even the little rest time at night was fairly distributed by Empress Ma to the other concubines.

Civil and military officials still have some rest at night, but Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to have almost no rest except for the time to sleep.

Living like this, he really felt uncomfortable all over.

This person is like this, you hate him when you meet him, and you miss him after not seeing him for a long time.

In his opinion, although he would be angry if he stayed with Ye Qing, he could at least sleep peacefully every night.

Because of this, he began to look for reasons to visit Ye Qing privately in private.

But the news he got was that Ye Qing no longer made any big moves, and was either hanging around or hanging around in the house every day.

All in all, nothing happened that was worthy of his special trip.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the offshore commercial deep-water terminal in Beicang County and the Ningxiang Bay deep-water terminal located between Ninghai County and Xiangshan County are both stepping up construction.

The deep-water terminal in Ningxiang Bay is not for commercial use, but for the exclusive use of the Donghai Mining Development Group!

When Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned the Donghai Mining Development Group, which was engaged in military production, he thought of the super large factory that made him extremely curious. But again, Ye Qing didn’t want him to know, so he couldn’t see it.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very unhappy when he thought of this!

Of course, what made him most unhappy was the news that Ye Qing was extremely leisurely these days!

Is it ridiculous that he, the emperor, is working as a cow and a horse in the palace, while that servant is there leisurely and contentedly?

This must be outrageous!

Zhu Yuanzhang has only one idea now,

That is, since he cannot go to Ye Qing and live a comfortable life, he must not let Ye Qing live a comfortable life in the jurisdiction.

No one can tell when exactly they will use troops against Japan.

It would be extremely unfair if during this period of time, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, had been acting like a cow and a horse, while he, Ye Qing, was content.

Only when he, Zhu Yuanzhang, acts like a cow and a horse, and he, Ye Qing, is extremely busy, can he feel comfortable!

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that if Ye Qing had nothing to do for the time being within his jurisdiction, he would have to find something for him to do outside!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, suddenly stood up.

He came to the map of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall, looked at the entire Ming Dynasty territory, and looked for trouble for Ye Qing.

But he thought about it for a long time, and he really couldn't think of anything that was worth asking a prefect to leave his jurisdiction.

A few months later, the time came to August of the eighth year of Hongwu.

The summer is hot, cicadas are neighing, people's hearts are impetuous, and even the water of the Qinhuai River has become much rougher.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry couldn't help but frown when he saw the Qinhuai River in person and the extremely turbulent Qinhuai River.

He looked at the officials from the Ministry of Industry and said: "We must check the dams in various river basins and record all the responsible officials."

"This year's weather is hotter than ever, and this year's water is destined to be bigger than ever."

"You must remember what the word "scourge" means. You must not be careless."

The Minister of Industry, wearing a plain short-sleeved shirt, was still talking and wiping sweat.

Other officials from the Ministry of Industry also wore plain short-sleeved singles.

Summer clothes with short sleeves are not unusual at all. They were already very popular as early as the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

It was not until the Song and Ming Dynasties that women wore thin gauze. Otherwise, women in the Ming Dynasty could wear very cool clothes like those in the Tang Dynasty.

The officials from the Ministry of Industry all bowed in unison: "I will keep this in mind."

After the Ministry of Industry Minister nodded, he led the officials from the Ministry of Industry and continued to inspect the water conservancy facilities in the Qinhuai River Basin.

After all, it is at the feet of the Emperor. After all, the Emperor's property is here, so we can't be careless.

If there was a flood in the Qinhuai River, their lives would be at risk!

A few days later in the morning,

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair, but he didn't feel hot at all.

First of all, the design of the Fengtian Hall takes into account the effect of ventilation and heat insulation. Secondly, it is indeed not very hot during the early morning.

In this era where there is no industrial pollution or high-rise buildings, although the daytime in summer is still hot, the night cools down quickly.

But although he doesn't feel the heat, he knows what he fears most in summer.

Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "My dear friends, you must pay more attention to the following matters. Once a flood disaster is discovered, it must be reported immediately for disposal."

"Rescue for victims and post-disaster reconstruction must be implemented quickly."

“Everyone knows that after a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic!”

"But how did the epidemic come about?"

"The great epidemic is caused by us people who don't take the common people's affairs to heart, so that the fields are starved to death, and everything is dirty."

"If disaster relief is timely, many people do not starve to death, and there is no chaos everywhere, how can there be a major epidemic?"

Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became serious: "I, let's stop talking here first."

"If there is a flood, if you people dare to make this fortune, I will become ruthless!"

All the officials here immediately bowed: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

"My ministers, I will do my best to live up to the divine grace!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and prepared to move on to the next topic.

But at this moment, a rushing sound came from outside.

"Eight hundred miles urgent!"

"Zhengzhou, eight hundred miles urgent!"

When the civil and military officials heard this, they immediately frowned.

It has been a long time since they heard that this would not only make people run to death, but also make them run half to death for eight hundred miles.

In many cases, even the urgent military situation is at the urgent level of 600 miles.

One can imagine the seriousness of the eight-hundred-mile emergency. Either the country's gate is breached, or it must be a catastrophic disaster.

When everyone thought of Zhengzhou, which was located in the Central Plains, they immediately ruled out the possibility of the country being breached.

All civil and military officials could think of this, and Zhu Yuanzhang could think of this at once.

"Send it up!"

In everyone's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly opened the memorial and read it carefully and quickly.

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the eunuch to hand the memorial to Hu Weiyong.

At the same time, he looked at Hu Weiyong and said: "A flood occurred in the Yellow River section of Zhengzhou, submerging countless villages and affecting hundreds of thousands of people."

"Who do you think should be sent as this disaster relief imperial envoy?"

Hu Weiyong just rolled his eyes, and his mind began to spin rapidly.

First of all, there is no corruption in the water conservancy project in Zhengzhou, which means that Huaixi Xungui will not be involved.

At this time, he cannot let his people do such thankless things.

Disaster relief has always been a hard job!

Of course, it can also be said to be a fat position!

But if Zhu Yuanzhang embezzles disaster relief money and food under his nose, all the nine tribes really want to die!

Furthermore, the Ministry of Revenue cannot allocate much money for disaster relief, and may have to raise funds by itself.

The key is that if you can't raise the money, you will be labeled as incompetent in disaster relief. It's really not easy to say that it's hard to do so, and you may get into trouble.

Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong immediately thought of Ye Qing.

Hu Weiyong stood up with the jade tablet in his arms and said, "Your Majesty, I think that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are not suitable to stand here."

As soon as Hu Weiyong finished speaking, everyone became curious.

If the people here are not suitable, who else can take on this important task?

　Traveling through the early Ming Dynasty, he became Zhu Biao's legitimate son Zhu Yunxi. At the same time, he obtained the inheritance holy pearl of the Corpse Refining Sect and directly inherited a zombie planet as property.

　　Lao Zhu: Yunxi, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. I still want you to inherit the throne of grandpa.

　　Zhu Yunxi: Emperor? It’s nine-nine-six all day long, and no one will work if there’s no holiday yet!

　　Lao Zhu: How can a man be without power for a day? Yunxi, you are still too young.

　　Zhu Yunxi: Old man, everything you said is right, but if I practice for another two years, I will probably meet your great grandson, the Emperor Chongzhen who ended up with a rope. How should you deal with it?

　　Lao Zhu: “…………!”

　　

　

(End of this chapter)