The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 401 Lord Ye was hunted down by the emperor’s marshal, and his gift to the Ming Dynasty was realized a hundred years ahead of schedule!

"After death, half of the ashes are scattered on Yanmen Mountain in the north, and the other half are scattered on Zhaoling in Jiuwei Mountain?"

"One is the burial place of the Yanmen garrison of the past dynasties, and the garrison place of the first Yanmen Pass garrison of the Tang Dynasty. The other is the imperial mausoleum where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Empress Changsun are buried together, as well as the tombs of the Tang Dynasty's meritorious deeds?"

"Why is he, such an old man, thinking about those two places full of Tang souls?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and Wang Baobao also began to think individually after hearing Mao Xiang's question.

In the end, they got a result that they thought was correct.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang, when he was thinking about this issue, he also thought of the scene where Ye Qing knelt down and bowed to Li Mu, Li Jing, and Li Shimin.

In his opinion, Ye Qing's frequent claims that he was the master disciple of these three people were just talking nonsense.

But this is enough to prove that Ye Qing is a person who lives in the Ming Dynasty and whose heart is at the peak of China and the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

It can also be said that he is a person who dreams of China returning to the peak of the Tang Dynasty!
Because of this, he had this series of "confused" behaviors!
When he worshiped these three people, the portrait of Tang Taizong Li Shimin was always in the middle, which is the best proof.

The one he gave to Zhu Di was made to look almost like real Tang Dynasty equipment, which is the best proof.

When he sent equipment to Zhu Di, those who hoped that Zhu Di would inherit the spirit of the Tang Dynasty were also the best proof.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was almost half-dead by Ye Qing's anger, was the first to laugh.

Such a person who regards his ancestors as his faith, such a person who is unruly on the surface but shoulders the burden of inheritance, is now his minister, how can he be unhappy?
The key is that this minister not only has the above advantages, he is also an industrial genius!
After Zhu Yuanzhang appraised Ye Qing at this moment in his heart, he immediately felt a sense of enlightenment and a sense of well-being throughout his body.

He lay on the railing, looking along the bow of the ship towards the end of the sea, and looking at the battlefield they were rushing to, his mentality changed again.

At this moment, he once again found the feeling of "Guo Shenjiang" in Yanmen County!

At this moment, he decided that before returning to the land of the Ming Dynasty, he would be the "Guo Shenjiang" of "Marshal Ye"!
As for the personal grudge between Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Ningbo Magistrate Ye Qing, let him wait until he returns to Fengtian Palace to settle things with Ye Qing slowly!

He thinks that he, Zhu Yuanzhang, is also a master with a clear distinction between grievances and grievances.

Ye Qing has made great contributions over the years and deserves no less rewards. He will definitely reward Ye Qing in full.

But he, Ye Qing, has committed many of the "crimes of angering the emperor" over the years, and he will intensify them and slowly liquidate them.

After Zhu Yuanzhang made this plan, he decisively turned around and walked to the combat conference hall alone.

From now on, Ye Qing's side is his place.

Another thing is that he can't let Zhu Di have a master and forget his father. He also has to teach Zhu Di to lead troops in war in front of Ye Qing.

He must let Zhu Di know that his father is also a rare handsome man!

Moreover, he is still a handsome man who scored a great victory in Poyang Lake!

A few days later,

Their fleet arrived, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was occupied by Japan as 'Okinawa Prefecture' in the future.

Of course, as a businessman with business ethics, Ye Qing would never do an act of aggression by rashly landing on the shore without the consent of others.

In the command booth, Ye Qing took out a long telescope, looked at the land line in the distance, and then asked someone to bring him a navigation chart.

He just glanced at it, nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, that is the closest to Kagoshima of Japan, the main island of Ryukyu Kingdom."

"It's just that the Ryukyu Kingdom is now divided into the Shannan Kingdom and the Shanbei Kingdom with the mountains across the island as the boundary."

"And the supply base we need to deal with is best from the Shanbei Kingdom."

After Wang Baobao heard this, he squinted at the Ryukyu landmarks on the navigation chart.

He was very puzzled and asked: "The Ryukyu Islands are not very big together. Such a main island, which is the size of a grain of rice, is less than a county in the Ming Dynasty, so it is divided into two kingdoms?"

Xu Da just touched his beard, then smiled calmly and said: "Brother, do you think that there are so many people in this country in the world who have the same idea of ​​​​unification that goes deep into their bones like us?"

"At that time, if Qin Shihuang had not established the idea of ​​​​unification, we people would not have the idea of ​​'one country'!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded as 'General Guo' and said: "Yes, the Qin Dynasty has died, the Han Dynasty has died, so many dynasties have died."

"The only thing that will survive is the 'idea of ​​unification of a country' that Qin Shihuang left behind for us!"

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Speaking of which,

Under the dome of the command booth, Ye Qing, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Wang Baobao, Mao Xiang, and Zhu Di, who now needed to see more and talk less, all had the same sentence in their minds.

That is 'how lucky you are to be born in China'!
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and asked: "No, how do you know these things?"

"The Ming Dynasty's intelligence department has no records of such a place the size of a grain of rice between the two countries. How do you know so clearly?"

"This navigation chart really draws their dividing line, and also marks the south and north of the mountains?"

"The surveying and mapping spies you sent out are so powerful?"

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Ye Qing wanted to tell the truth that he had never hired surveying and mapping spies, but he knew that this truth could still be regarded as a lie.

Therefore, he simply followed Zhu Yuanzhang's words and said, "Can you blame me?"

"This can only be blamed on the limited capabilities of the intelligence department maintained by His Majesty the Emperor!"

As he spoke, he strongly emphasized: "Of course, in fact, we cannot completely blame His Majesty the Emperor's intelligence department. It is mainly our fault that His Majesty the Emperor does not have the awareness to attach importance to overseas affairs."

"If His Majesty, the Emperor, has a little bit of awareness, requests and supports the intelligence department in terms of funds and conditions, and must understand the intelligence of the surrounding small countries, they can also do it."

"Of course, the fact that the chief officer of the intelligence department does not have this awareness is also a big reason."

"In short, His Majesty the Emperor and the chief officers of the intelligence department are a bit short-sighted in this regard."

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The reason why Ye Qing emphasized this matter so much in front of Mr. Guo, who was also the emperor's part-time 'clairvoyant', was because of his good intentions.

He knew that it was not easy for Jin Yiwei at this time.

Especially for the commander of the Jin Yiwei, the future ending will be quite tragic.

Because of this, he didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to scold General Mao Xiang and Mao after Mr. Guo brought his views back.

In his opinion, by tying the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the Jinyiwei commander Mao Xiang together and scolding them together by hitting them with eight hundred blows each, he could perfectly prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from scolding Mao Xiang.

Moreover, he can also gain Zhu Yuanzhang's hatred by the way. This is completely a good thing that is helpful to others and self-interested, a win-win situation.

But at this moment,

Xu Da, Wang Baobao and Zhu Di all started coughing one after another.

"Cough cough!"

"Ahem!" Ye Qing asked with concern: "What's wrong? You can't stand the sea breeze?"

He looked at Xu Da and said with concern: "Are you still the Xu Da who successfully fought from the south to the north? The sun sets on the west mountain, and it can't be so fast!"

Then, he looked at Wang Baobao and asked with concern: "Are you still the same Wang Paopao who successfully escaped from Xu Da countless times?"

"Are you still the 'Wang Jianqiang' who made a comeback after countless failures and successfully defeated Xu Da once?"

"This is not how your body goes downhill. You are going downhill directly like falling off a cliff!"

"Come, let me take your pulse!"

As they spoke, their enthusiastic and loyal Brother Ye struck out with both hands at the same time, grabbed their hands, and began to feel their pulses in the sea breeze.

"Xu!"

"The kidney pulse is indeed a bit weak!"

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In Zhu Di's eyes,
Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang looked at Ye Qing with daggers in their eyes. Even Xu Da and Wang Baobao, who had just wanted to cough to remind Ye Qing to stop talking, also had daggers in their eyes.

And the sword in their eyes is more obvious than the sword in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang!
The next moment, Ye Qing immediately started running.

"stop!"

"Stop for me. I have to teach you how to speak today."

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Zhu Di hurriedly stopped the running soldiers and said with an awkward smile: "They are familiar, they are very familiar, they are all having fun like this."

"Stand guard, just pretend you don't see me."

When the soldiers heard this, they decided to do whatever they wanted.

But there was a brave soldier who, before leaving, whispered to the soldier next to him: "Actually, if I were General Xu, I would also beat him."

"Who says it isn't? I really deserve a beating!"

"With such a mouth, we are the only ones who can live without telling anyone, and can live so well, Mr. Ye."

Zhu Di listened to these whispered words and nodded with satisfaction again.

Not only did he feel that his decision to become a master was the right one, but he was even more convinced of his master's abilities.

What is ability?

In his opinion, being as smooth as Hu Weiyong and sneaking into the high position of prime minister is really not what he is capable of!
It has to be like his master, who obviously looks like he's being beaten, but can still manage to be like this, where the emperor comes out to be a subordinate, the prince comes out to be an apprentice, and the marshal comes out to be a helper, that's the real big deal!

Such a capable master cannot be defeated by them.

In order to prevent this evil consequence, he rushed over again.

But as soon as he walked into the hall, he saw a scene that made him unbelievable.

Ye Qing stood under the strategic map in the hall, looked at the four people and seriously criticized: "Is it immoral?"

"You should have some control over joking!"

"You really want to bully me because I'm powerless, right?"

In Zhu Di's eyes, Ye Qing's voice was not very loud, but his sharp gaze at this moment made the aura around him extremely oppressive and chilling.

Even 'Shuai Zhu', who is sitting in command and commanding the three armies, is still inferior by three points.

Just like that, Ye Qing led everyone straight to the command booth on the deck.

When leaving the house, Ye Qing gave Zhu Di a rolling look and said, "If you don't keep an eye on me from the command booth, why are you following me here?"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da, who had been scolded, also scolded each other angrily.

Zhu Di looked at the backs of several people, frowning and scratching his head!
He can't figure it out!

How could his master's ability be so great?
But then, he took advantage of the good skill his father had inherited from him, which is to not bother to think about something when he can't figure it out.

His master is capable, which means that he will also have such great abilities in the future, which is very good.

As for the rest, I’m too lazy to think about it!

After the group of them returned to the command booth, they all became serious, studying the navigation charts.

Of course, there was also competition for Ye Qing's monocular telescope to see what was going on.

Xu Da took the navigation chart and said: "We need to turn north, bypass the Ryukyu Island, and then stick to the long Ryukyu Main Island, all the way north."

"Finally, dock at the northern end of the main island!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Baobao both agreed with Xu Da's navigation strategy, but Ye Qing just looked at the navigation chart and said nothing.

If they had no other purpose but to establish diplomatic relations and station supplies, he would also choose Xu Da's plan.

However, his purpose is not just as simple as establishing diplomatic relations and stationing for supplies.

Ye Qing smiled lightly and shook his head: "Although Xu Shuai's method is good, it is still not very interesting."

Ye Qing pointed at the navigation chart and while tracing the route with his finger, he explained: "We only need to turn slightly northward and pass by the secondary island."

"At that time, we can attract the attention of the residents of the secondary island, and at the same time, stick to the main island, sail from south to north, and attract the attention of the Shannan Kingdom on the main island."

"Finally, in front of the boundary mountain between the Shannan Kingdom and the Shanbei Kingdom, it suddenly turned west and drew a large circle on the offshore sea, attracting the attention of the Shanbei Kingdom."

Having said this, Ye Qing pointed to the boundary mountain beach between the two kingdoms and said: "Finally, we will anchor here and raise the 'Sun and Moon Flag' and the Emperor's Black Dragon Flag at the same time!"

"After all, our honorary shopkeeper is the current emperor!"

After Xu Da heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said: "Good boy, you want to attract the attention of the people of the Ryukyu Islands and let them know that the Ming Dynasty's fleet is coming."

"At the same time, let them know what is a real sailing fleet and what is the strength of the Celestial Kingdom!"

"If you anchor here, the kings of the two kingdoms of Shannan and Shanbei will definitely arrive at the same time to greet you."

"Do you want to unify the Ryukyu Islands without losing any blood and then become a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty?"

Ye Qing didn't answer, he just looked at the distant coastline!
He did want to take this opportunity to seek death, but he also wanted the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was unified by King Bashi and submitted to the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the fifteenth century, to be unified in advance and submitted to the Ming Dynasty.

This can be considered a gift from a dying man to Daming!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing directly issued his sailing instructions.

Immediately afterwards, four flag soldiers were on the top of the starting booth, waving the same flags in four directions.

Soon after,

The entire fleet completed the turn and sailed according to Ye Qing's planned strategic goal!
(End of this chapter)