The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 400 Master Ye’s ashes were divided into two halves, one half in Yanmen and the other in Zhaoling. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to poison the tiger and eat the cub!
The moment Ye Qing closed the window and looked at the strategic map on the wall, he was no longer Lord Ye Qingye of the Ming Dynasty.

It can also be said that he is Lord Ye of the Ming Dynasty, but his heart has become Marshal Ye Yun of the Tang Dynasty.

Under candlelight,

He looked at the strategic map on the wall and walked over step by step.

With every step he took, his eyes became less civilized and more sharp like a general's.

But when he walked to the strategic map and looked at the many landmarks of Japan, his eyes changed fundamentally.

At this moment, he was like a lion who had been eating vegetarian dishes for many years and suddenly saw a bowl of braised pork that was full of color, flavor and flavor.

At this moment, a more perfect battle plan was hatched in his mind.

His eyes moved to the Ryukyu landmark, Okinawa Island east of Kagoshima at the southernmost tip of Japan.

Modern Okinawa Prefecture is actually not the land of Japan at all!
Okinawa's real name is Ryukyu, which was originally given by the people of the Ming Dynasty!

Since ancient times, Ryukyu has maintained close cultural exchanges and overseas trade with the Central Plains Dynasty, the Japanese Kingdom, Goryeo (North Korea), and Southeast Asian countries.

Therefore, Ryukyu's customs, culture, food, materials, and architectural styles are very different from those of Japan, but are closer to the cultural characteristics of the Central Plains.

It was not until the early fifteenth century that King Basashi unified Ryukyu, was given the surname Sho by the Ming Dynasty, and began to build Shuri Castle.

Since then, Ryukyu officially became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. When the king of Ryukyu met with the emperor of the Central Plains, he called himself a "subject".

When the Ryukyu envoys met with the Central Plains emperor, they also called themselves "foreign ministers"!
Ye Qing thought that he could do one more thing for Zhu Yuanzhang.

That is what was done by Jean in the early fifteenth century, and now he can do it.

He planned to make Ryukyu a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty now, thus becoming a springboard for his attacks on the Japanese and Southern and Northern Dynasties, as well as a logistical supply base.

As long as he has a firm foothold in Ryukyu, he can fight however he wants.

Thinking of this, he looked in the direction of Yingtian Mansion again, and said to himself: "Boss Zhu, I'll give you another big gift, just enjoy it secretly!"

"If you don't kill me after I come back, you will be a turtle bastard!"

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Thinking of this, Ye Qing looked at the messenger on duty and said: "Send my order, the fleet will turn collectively and head towards Ryukyu!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After a while, the messenger came to the deck and conveyed Ye Qing's order.

Immediately afterwards, the four flag language soldiers quickly rushed to the flag language starting booth on the fifth floor.

There is a person on duty at the starting booth at all times, and they will pay attention to other ships to see if they can send semaphores.

The sea is no better than land, and the sound of various winds and waves is enough to greatly reduce the transmission of sound.

Therefore, even if the ships are not far apart, they cannot rely on roaring communication and can only communicate through semaphores.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others looked at the four flag carriers on the starting booth, constantly shouting the same flags in four directions, but they could not understand any of them.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Mao Xiang: "What are they talking about?"

Mao Xiang shook his head and said, "Isn't this our universal navy flag?"

Xu Da nodded and said: "Yes, this is not our general navy flag language. This guy actually made his own navy flag language?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Ye Qing did not use the flag language of the Ming Dynasty, his little heart ignited again.

Although this navy is nominally the private team of the [Donghai Mining Development Group], in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it is essentially the navy he, Ye Qing, built for him.

Since the navy was formed for him, Zhu Yuanzhang, he secretly engaged in such a set of flags that even the central generals could not understand, which really made him angry.

If it had been before, he would have thought that Ye Qing was preparing for rebellion.

But even now, he doesn't doubt that Ye Qing will rebel, but he doesn't doubt it at all.

Thinking of this, in order to feel at ease, he was going to go to the hall to ask clearly.

But before he could turn around, he almost lost his footing.

He saw the three-masted giant arrow. The mainmast turned and the ship suddenly turned.

They stood on the deck railing and saw that all the ships had turned around, and the bows were pointing in the same direction.

"They turned?"

Wang Baobao said in surprise.

Although Wang Baobao had never commanded a water battle, he also knew what the fleet's turning meant.

This means that their strategic goals have changed, but the angle of change is not large, and they will not deviate from the goal of leaving Japan.

Therefore, he couldn't figure out for a while what Ye Qing, the 'chief helmsman' of this fleet, was planning.

The few people just looked at each other and strode toward the hall.

After arriving at the hall, they only saw Ye Qing with his back on his back and a baton in his hand, gesturing at the landmarks in the Japanese waters.

Beside him, Zhu Di listened carefully to his master's teachings.

Just now, Zhu Di came to the hall first and asked why the fleet suddenly turned.

Ye Qing said to Zhu Di in a teaching tone: "Child, you have to remember that both strategy and tactics are changeable."

"It can be forced to change due to time, weather, and other environmental conditions."

"It could also be that inspiration suddenly comes to you and you think of a better strategy, which can bring greater benefits to your camp!"

Zhu Di was puzzled: "Commanding a war is not writing an opera script. How can we rely on inspiration?"

Ye Qing smiled lightly and said: "Actually, it's all the same thing!"

"Look, my teacher just saw this large island not far away from Kagoshima and immediately thought of a better strategic plan."

"We were thinking about seizing Kagoshima as a logistics supply base!"

"But Kagoshima is just a peninsula. It borders Kumamoto Prefecture in the Northern Dynasties of Japan!"

"Once the war begins, the generals of Japan's southern and northern dynasties will immediately know our strategic intention of attacking the north and the south at the same time, and they will in turn attack our logistics supply base."

"So, seizing Kagoshima in advance is not the wisest choice!"

"Look at this Ryukyu Island. They don't belong to the Japanese country, and they have a long history of trade with us. They are also friendly to us. We can make them our vassal country without any bloodshed!"

"At that time, using this place as our base, we will not only solve the logistical supply problem, but we can also attack and defend!"

"Even after we defeat the Japanese Southern and Northern Dynasties, this place can become our base for managing the Japanese mining industry!"

"Do you think it would be better to seize Kagoshima or take Ryukyu without any blood?"

Zhu Di's eyes immediately lit up, and then he cupped his fists and bowed: "Master, my disciple has been taught."

But then, he excitedly hugged Ye Qing's arm and said, "You, you just called yourself a teacher?"

"Master, do you recognize me as your disciple from the bottom of your heart?"

"Great!" "I will definitely, I will definitely study hard and fight well!"

Ye Qing just frowned and immediately regretted it.

How come after he mentally transformed into Marshal Ye Yun of the Tang Dynasty, his bad habit of being a role model for others also followed him?

Well now, this dog-skin plaster is even harder to peel off!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing just smiled awkwardly at Zhu Di and said, "I said it was a slip of the tongue. Do you believe it?"

Zhu Di hugged Ye Qing's arm and refused to let go even to his brother-in-law. He just smiled excitedly and said, "I don't believe it. You are so angry that my father wants to hit the wall and my father has to apologize for laughing. How can you do this?" Slip of the tongue?"

Ye Qing was helpless. He just looked at the thick dog-skin plaster and said, "You are the most filial son I have ever seen. You really take advantage of your father anytime and anywhere!"

Zhu Di just snorted and said with a smile: "He has beaten me for so many years, what's wrong with me making fun of him?"

"And I didn't make fun of him in front of him. I don't have the ability."

"But, Master, you do!"

"No, I just want to learn your skills so that I can make fun of my father in front of him, and he will have to make fun of me."

When Ye Qing heard this, he nodded happily and said: "Based on your grand ideal, I will officially accept you as my disciple."

"As I said before, how long you can study with your teacher and how much you can learn depends on fate and your luck."

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately became serious.

Then, he raised and lowered his hands towards Ye Qing and said, "Master, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

"You haven't taught me much yet. You can't die of illness!"

Ye Qing was also furious at this apprentice's filial piety!
How could he get sick?
How could he be sick?
The reason why he paid so much attention to health care was that he was afraid that he would die of illness before being given death by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Even though he has medical skills that are not inferior to those of his mentor Sun Simiao, he is not a fairy who can cure everything, so he pays great attention to daily maintenance.

Ye Qing suppressed his anger, put aside Zhu Di and said: "You deserve to be beaten by your father. You can't even say a word. Do you care about people so much?"

"The reason why I say this is because my way of being an official is a bit special. I might die in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor one day."

"When the time comes, don't even think about holding a grudge against His Majesty the Emperor. Just help me collect the body."

"Don't bury graves and erect monuments!"

"Burn it on fire, and then scatter part of the master's ashes on Yanmen Mountain, and then scatter part of it on Zhaoling in Jiuwei Mountain!"

"As long as you do this, you and I will not be in vain!"

Having said this, Ye Qing finally stretched out his hand and gently placed it on Zhu Di's head, with a hint of doting in his eyes.

Zhu Di held Ye Qing's hand and said firmly and seriously: "Master, don't worry, that day will never happen."

"Believe me, that day will never happen!"

"Do you know my dad?"

At this point, Zhu Di hesitated, and then said firmly: "Your Majesty is a wise king, and the Queen is a wise queen. Even if Your Majesty is so angry that he wants to kill you, the Queen will not sit idly by."

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

In Zhu Di's eyes, Ye Qing suddenly looked uncomfortable.

Just when he mentioned the words 'Empress', Ye Qing's face showed an uncomfortable look as if he was constipated.

"You are dismissed!"

"If you don't get out, I will go back on my word and stop accepting you as my disciple!"

Zhu Di couldn't understand where he said the wrong thing.

But he still could only bow respectfully and said: "Disciple, please retire!"

At the same time, Xu Da, who was standing at the door, still maintained his posture of holding Zhu Yuanzhang with his grasping hand.

There was no way, if he didn't use his grappling hand, Zhu Yuanzhang would have just rushed in and beat up Ye Qing and Zhu Di together.

In fact, Xu Da also understood Zhu Yuanzhang very well.

His ministers and his son said such words of "loyalty and filial piety" inside. If it were him, he wouldn't be able to calm down.

But he is Xu Da, not Zhu Yuanzhang!

If the Queen's sister-in-law is not here, he must eliminate the risk of Zhu Yuanzhang being thrown off the boat to feed the fish!
"go!"

After a group of people escorted Zhu Yuanzhang away and came to the bow deck, Xu Da and others began to take turns saying good things about Ye Qing and Zhu Di.

"I think Brother Ye is very good. The strategy he suddenly thought of is better than before."

Wang Baobao praised directly.

When Xu Da saw Wang Baobao's praise, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned even more tightly, and immediately interrupted his untechnical compliment with a look.

Xu Da smiled and said, "My old brother, look away. Isn't Brother Ye teaching your son seriously?"

"After your son learns it, can he really be like Ye Qing, just to make you want to hit the wall and have to laugh in apology?"

"impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"When your Shiro fought with me, all he said was to be filial to you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang lay on the fence, receiving the baptism of the sea breeze.

Finally, he calmed down.

How could he not know that Ye Qing had already accepted the future 'Royal General' of his family?
How could he not know that what they said was all a joke?
But these jokes really made him want to kill his ministers and then his own son.

After a while,

Although Zhu Yuanzhang regained his composure, he still said fiercely: "Thanks to our sister and your old brother, if not, Ye Qing would have died several times."

Xu Da and Wang Baobao felt relieved again when they saw that Zhu Yuanzhang started to show cruelty on a daily basis.

This level has been passed!
But at this moment, Mao Xiang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly realized a key issue.

Mao Xiang was puzzled: "Master Ye said that if he was granted death by the emperor, he hoped that half of his ashes could be scattered on Yanmen Mountain and half on Zhaoling in Jiuwei Mountain?"

"I can understand why he spread it on Yanmen Mountain, because he has special feelings for Yanmen County!"

"But why not spread it to the county government in Yanmen County?"

"There are graves everywhere on Yanmen Mountain, and those buried are all the soldiers from the Central Plains who died in Yanmen Pass since the first guard general of Yanmen Pass in the Tang Dynasty repaired the pass to garrison!"

"What I can't understand the most is why you still want half of it to be scattered in the Zhaoling Mausoleum on Jiuwei Mountain?"

"That's the tomb where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Empress Changsun are buried together, as well as the tombs where many generals' meritorious deeds are buried!"

"Why did he arrange his funeral like this?"

As soon as Mao Xiang finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and others' eyes immediately lit up and they began to think! .
(End of this chapter)