The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 345 The powerless and incompetent Zhu Yuanzhang, the abnormal order, this is the real panic buying!

"Chongpachi,"

"Don't be impulsive. How many times have you suffered losses?"

"What if it's not what I meant literally? Then you've misunderstood someone again?"

Empress Ma used all her energy to catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang and quickly started admonishing him.

The word "Chongba" is something that everyone knows about in the Huaixi circle, but among the people in Henan, it is something that no one knows about.

Even if people heard it, they would treat it as a local name like "goudan".

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he slowed down and began to recall all the past losses and misunderstandings.

It had to be said that Queen Ma was very reasonable. He had suffered losses from Ye Qing several times because of his misunderstanding.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang just sighed and said: "It's strange. When we were in the palace, we were not so impulsive."

"But we are close to Ye Qing, so let's"

When Queen Ma saw that he was hesitant to speak, she immediately added: "It's all because of your competitiveness. You want to seize his handle and control him too much."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer, just remained silent, but the speed of his feet was no longer so urgent.

He doesn't think he is at fault!

As an emperor, shouldn’t he grasp the handle to control his ministers?

The more capable a person is, the more he should grasp the handle and control it within the palm of his hand!

It can be said that this is the sense of security that the ministers give to His Majesty the Emperor, or it can be said that this is the emperor's way of controlling people!

It's just that the more he wants to control Ye Qing, the less he will be able to grasp Ye Qing's handle, and he may even suffer a loss because of it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang once again recalled Ye Qing's attitude towards the people. He was really a cunning person, but he always acted for the people.

Would a person who is both cruel and cruel to the dignitaries but cruel to the common people really do such a thing of taking advantage of others?

"Running to buy a yellow-flowered eldest daughter?"

"No matter how you look at this, you are taking advantage of others!"

"If it can be used on Ye Qing, it's really possible that he's not taking advantage of the situation!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang just thought about it and immediately decided to go and see it first.

When it comes to Ye Qing's matters, seeing is believing is the safest choice.

Soon after, they went straight out of the north gate of Zhengzhou City.

And outside the north gate are the major villages on the banks of the Yellow River!

They only saw heavy soldiers guarding the city gate. Countless people affected by the disaster wanted to enter the city to seek life, but they were blocked by the cold-looking Zhengzhou soldiers.

They were in the city, and although the scene they saw was not as good as Yanmen County and Ningbo City, it was still peaceful and there was no disaster in sight.

But outside this city wall, there are countless ‘walking corpses’!

The victims held out hope and wanted to go to the city to seek life, but after seeing the soldiers who wanted to turn them away, they turned back in despair.

The walking dead in their eyes are the victims walking back.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and others, a general was still on the city gate building, smiling lightly and shouting: "The imperial court has money and food for disaster relief. We have built a tent for you and opened a porridge restaurant for you."

"You can't all rush into the city and go back to your villages."

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Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang and others looked at this superior general and were really angry, but they could not find any reason to vent their anger.

Because what he said is quite right!

As long as the disaster relief is effective, enough refugee shelters are set up, and enough porridge restaurants are opened, they really cannot all run to the city.

A large number of refugees rushed into the city, which could easily cause a devastating blow to the city's security.

This is not groundless, it is based on experience.

Throughout history, Zhu Yuanzhang knew of two very famous incidents that resulted in negative consequences after taking in refugees.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, internal fighting broke out among the Xiongnu, and some of the defeated troops fled to the territory of the Han Dynasty.

They begged and promised the Han government that they were willing to serve as the vanguard of the Han Dynasty and help the Han Dynasty attack the Xiongnu.

At that time, everyone in the court thought that using barbarians to control barbarians was a good idea, so they resettled this group of Huns refugees.

And history also gave this group of Huns refugees a name, called the ‘Southern Huns’!

At the beginning, the Southern Huns still abided by the agreement, but after the Northern Huns were defeated, this group of Southern Huns continued to cause chaos in the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty had a strong military and suppressed the rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu many times. However, because the Han Dynasty was unwilling to give up the well-armed Southern Xiongnu army, it never completely eradicated it.

In the Three Kingdoms era, the Southern Huns finally revealed their true colors!

Their leader led the Southern Huns to rebel against the imperial court, leading to the Western Jin Dynasty's direct demise!

It was precisely because the Southern Huns took the lead in the rebellion that the Wuhu also began to rebel against the imperial court. This started the period of Wuhu chaos in China when the people lived in war!

There are also such examples in the Tang Dynasty.

In order to avoid the recurrence of the Wuhu chaos in China, the Tang Dynasty pushed Turkic refugees to the border and asked them to help the Tang army fight. However, they did not expect that by the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, they would still be unable to escape the bad luck of history.

An Lushan and Shi Siming were both Turkic refugees who fled to the Tang Dynasty.

They helped the Tang army fight and made great contributions. They were favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and took control of the military power in Hebei.

But in the end, the two took advantage of their unpreparedness and started the famous "Anshi Rebellion" in history.

Although the Tang Dynasty did not perish due to the Anshi Rebellion, it began to go downhill since then!

This was only Zhu Yuanzhang’s knowledge of the incident that led to bad consequences after taking in the refugees!

And such incidents that he didn't know happened to his descendants.

The Tungus people who originally belonged to Siberia fled to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period in order to escape the cold climate of Siberia and became refugees of the Ming Dynasty.

But it was this group of refugees who finally staged a historical drama called "The Dove Occupies the Magpie's Nest"!

Yes,

These refugees are all our comrades, but refugees who are extremely hungry can do anything.

It was precisely because he was a colleague that he sent Ye Qing to take charge of disaster relief.

But we must not let them rush into the city just because they are colleagues, causing safety risks to the people in the city.

If something like this happens, it will really be a natural disaster plus a man-made disaster.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others were not angry because of the general's refusal to allow refugees to enter the city, but because of his condescending attitude of not treating the refugees as human beings.

But having a bad attitude is not a serious crime.

After all, no matter what they say or what they do, they are absolutely correct.

"Walk,"

"Let's go see if the refugee sheds are enough to house them, and see if the porridge farms are enough to help the people."

Zhu Yuanzhang just glared at the general, and then went straight to the disaster area with Empress Ma, escorted by Mao Xiang and other royal guards.

The deeper they go into the disaster area, the more they can see the traces of the flood peak. Both the grass and trees on the roadside have traces of Yellow River sediment.

You can even see the smelly remains of dead fish being cleaned up!

"can not eat,"

"Fellow, you can't eat this dead fish!"

"How can you eat this dead fish covered with countless flies?"

A cleanup worker with a red cloth tied to his arm and wearing a mask is cleaning these things that can easily breed diseases.

He quickly snatched the dead fish from the old man's hand and threw it directly into the bucket on the horse-drawn cart. Looking at this scene, Queen Ma felt pity, but she controlled her hand that was ready to give alms.

Because she knew that once she gave alms, she would be surrounded by refugees, and people like Mao Xiang would not be able to control them at all.

Furthermore, if a good thing turns into a bad thing, not doing such a good thing is the greatest good deed.

Therefore, she could only choose to ignore it and continue to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to the worst-hit place, that is, to the villages along the Yellow River.

Of course, they didn't have to go there, but they didn't see the so-called 'rush to buy young girls' incident along the way.

“Eating all the dead fish shows that the disaster relief efforts are simply not enough.”

"What on earth is Ye Qing doing?"

"The phrase "rush to buy young girls, it's best not to take it literally, otherwise"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he stopped talking, only quickened his pace again, and his eyes became sharp and firm.

Soon after,

They finally came to a village with open terrain. As long as they stood a little higher, they could see the raging Yellow River.

There is cracked loess everywhere here, but a veteran farmer like Zhu Yuanzhang can tell at a glance that this is not farmland loess, but sand that was not taken away after the flood peak passed through.

After the sand was dried by the hot summer sun, it became this cracked landscape.

"Uncle, come on, okay!"

"I'm going to sell myself and bury my brother."

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Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and others were lamenting the ruthlessness of the floods, they suddenly heard a miserable male voice.

They followed the sound and saw only the victims holding bowls and lining up towards the porridge field.

Queuing up to go to the porridge market is a relatively gratifying scene in the disaster area.

But when they saw so many people with red cloth tied on their arms and masks carrying the body to the firewood pile, they frowned.

Here they were queuing up to go to the porridge shop, and over there they were queuing up to burn corpses. This scene made Zhu Yuanzhang and others feel uncomfortable watching it.

But they also know that this is the reality in disaster areas.

It's okay if someone takes care of it!

Those who are alive have porridge to eat and shelters to live in, and those who are dead are taken care of. It can be said that the disaster relief work has been done well!

As far as the customs in the Central Plains are concerned, the right way is to be buried in peace, but how can the families of these people have the money to let them be buried in peace?

But there are also filial sons and daughters who sell themselves here to bury their relatives!

Because of this, there are a lot of "Renyazi" here, as well as a lot of coffin shop owners, waiting for business here.

In fact, young adults and young girls who sell their bodies to bury their relatives will never get any money.

As long as a person likes these people, he will give the money directly to the coffin shop owner, and then the coffin will be covered and carried away in front of the prostitute.

In this way, the transaction is completed.

There is no doubt that the coffin shop owner will throw away the corpse and sell the old coffin a new one.

The coffin shop owner still has this basic moral code.

But don't think about erecting monuments or anything like that. At most, you can just bury them in mass graves.

Of course, this has completed the burial and fulfilled the filial piety of the person who sold himself!

When Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this young man who sold his body to bury his brother, he suddenly thought of himself when he begged his neighbors to help bury his parents and brothers.

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but want to pay, but was stopped by Queen Ma, whose eyes were full of tears.

The reason is also very simple,

Once he does this good deed, so many prostitutes will flock to him, and those who have been robbed of their business and the coffin shop owners will also flock to him.

Not only will it cause trouble, it will also affect the disaster relief order that was finally established.

To put it bluntly, his kindness will break the ‘order’ here!

It’s just that this so-called order is really ironic!

At this very moment,

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others heard the sound of many women crying again.

They hurriedly followed the sound, only to see a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a few strong men who looked like thugs at first sight, leading a dozen young women with a rope, and shuttled through the crowd.

And these cries came from the mouths of these daughters who sold their bodies to bury their relatives.

"uncle!"

"I'm going to sell myself. Give me some money for the coffin and let me bury my mother!"

"I beg you!"

At this very moment,

They saw a little girl in her teens who was covered in mud and was constantly bowing her head to others.

But this person, Yazi, smiled, picked up the little girl's chin, and looked at her with squinted eyes.

Seeing that the little girl looked good, he gave the corpse bearer a few pennies, and then gave some money to the coffin shop owner.

The little girl watched her mother being put into the coffin, then watched her mother being carried away, and then stretched out her hand to let it be put on.

Just like that, Ren Yazi took the little girls again and continued to search among the crowd.

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth as he watched, and even Queen Ma had murderous intent in her eyes.

Mao Xiang and others even held the hilt of the sword in their hands. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, they would kill and save others.

But Zhu Yuanzhang did not issue this order!

Because he can't!

From a moral perspective, these people deserve to be cut into pieces by a thousand swords.

But was it forced?

There is no compulsion, everything is voluntary.

Although this is indeed taking advantage of the situation and makes people grit their teeth in anger.

He, Zhu Yuanzhang, could ask Ye Qing not to take advantage of the situation, because Ye Qing was his servant and an official of the court who must have laws and moral bottom lines in his heart.

But he can't ask these people to do good deeds for no reason without taking any money!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang also frowned and said: "Blame us, blame us for not being able to spend more money for disaster relief. We can only let the living people live barely alive!"

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Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was blaming himself in a low voice, he suddenly saw a group of extremely arrogant people coming towards him.

They held loudspeakers made of rolled iron sheets and shouted loudly in the crowd.

"Everyone, listen up, you are not allowed to take away the men and women you bought. We paid double the price for them."

"If you want to take them away by force, don't blame us for killing each one with a knife!"

"Listen to all coffin shop owners and corpse bearers. You are not allowed to do business with Ren Yazi. You are only allowed to do business with us. The price is twice as high as before!"

"If you don't comply, don't blame us for killing you with a knife!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and others heard this, they immediately remembered the sentence 'Master Ye wants to snap up Huanghua's eldest daughter'.

Whether this sentence is literal or not, they are not sure yet because seeing is believing.

But now, they clearly know the meaning of the word ‘rush buying’!

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(End of this chapter)