The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 406 Confucian general Xu Da turns into a gorilla, Lord Ye unlocks new magical powers, and Zhu Yuanzhang turns Wang Baobao into a soldier!

Since General Liu and the others left Nara Port one day earlier, they also returned to the main island of Ryukyu one day before the Southern Dynasty delegation.

After Ye Qing learned the news, he immediately issued an order, that is, let his fleet scare them half to death first.

Early the next morning, the Japanese envoys from the Southern Dynasties appeared on the sea and sky in their best warships.

And at this moment,
Ye Qing and Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the king of Yuanshan North Kingdom and the king of Shannan Kingdom, all came to the watchtower located in the center of the palace.

Although the palace of the Yamaboku Kingdom is not as big as the county government of the Ming Dynasty, it occupies the best position on the northern peninsula of the main island of Ryukyu.

Standing on this watchtower, you can not only see the entire peninsula beach, but also the farthest sea and sky as far as possible.

Ye Qing took out the long telescope and suddenly saw a black spot appearing on the line between the sea and the sky.

Gradually, the black spot turned into a boat.

Finally, Ye Qing saw the apron-shaped cake flag fluttering in the wind!

The reason why Ye Qing called their flag the apron and cake flag was because he heard a legend in his early years.

Legend has it that a long time ago there was a short man who sold flatbreads. Because he could not survive in the Central Plains, he took his business to the Japanese country.

But the locals felt that the dwarf was very tall, like a giant, so they worshiped him as the first ghost emperor, the 'Shenwu Ghost Emperor'!
So he took off the apron from his waist, cut his finger, smeared a large cake with blood, and then patted the cake down, turning it into the flag of Japan.

Of course, this is also the unofficial history of Ye Qing listening to the chats of foreign merchants in the teahouse when he was the magistrate of Yanmen County.

Some people even said with a smile, is the giant cake seller Wu Dalang?

At that time, Ye Qing still said with a smile: "Wu Dalang is already very tall. To them, he is indeed a giant!"

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Ye Qing knew that these were all jokes.

But at that moment, he would rather believe that those wild histories were true!
Thinking of this wild history, Ye Qing just smiled lightly and said: "I am ordering all the fleet officers to show off their height in front of the dwarf."

"By the way, I'm telling all the captains, if they don't understand what it means to show off your height in front of dwarves, don't ask me what I mean, just get twenty military sticks yourself!"

The flag messenger saluted and said: "Yes, sir!"

Soon, the semaphore soldiers waved semaphores to their fleet in front of them.

At the same time that the flag soldiers were raising flags, Xu Da took the monocular and looked at everything on the sea.

At the same time, he smiled and said: "Brother Ye, if you have such a good thing, don't you give one to each of us?"

Ye Qing just put his hands behind his back, rolled his eyes at Xu Da from the corner of his eye and said, "What do you think this is? It's hard to finish it even if it's all handmade!"

"Okay, if I have a chance, I'll give one to each of you."

When Wang Baobao heard this, he immediately became unhappy.

He frowned and glared at Ye Qing with a scrutinizing gaze: "What does it mean to have a chance?"

"You sound like something will happen tomorrow. What unlucky words are you talking about?"

"His Majesty the Emperor thinks so highly of you, nothing unexpected can happen!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again, smiled and said politely: "General Guo, do you think this is what happened?"

Zhu Yuanzhang just sighed and then smiled and said: "General Wang is right."

As he said that, he looked at Ye Qing again and said in a reproachful tone: "Master Ye, we don't know why you always like to say such depressing words. You are so embarrassing to Your Majesty. Your Majesty doesn't remember the faults of others. I value you so much, what else can you do?"

"Even if your heart is a stone, Your Majesty should warm it up!"

"You have to believe in Your Majesty. You have to know that all the founding emperors are always broad-minded and loving. Don't always judge a gentleman with a villain's heart!"

"Cough cough!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

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As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Mao Xiang and Zhu Di behind him started coughing.

Especially Mao Xiang, who almost coughed out his lungs.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mao Xiang and Zhu Di with extremely disgusted eyes and said, "What are you two coughing about? You are so young and you still wear so much. You can't stand the sea breeze?"

"It's not as good as us old guys!"

Mao Xiang just smiled and shook his head: "No, sir, I just suddenly smelled the fragrance of a flower and was a little irritated."

Zhu Di quickly agreed with a smile: "Yes, yes, brother Mao is right, that's what happened."

After Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he didn't think much about it.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw Wang Baobao smiling secretly there.

At this moment, he immediately understood the real reason why Mao Xiang and Zhu Di suddenly coughed!

He really wanted to turn around, glare at the two of them and ask them, 'Are I right?'

As long as they dare to say something wrong, one of them will be killed and the other will cry!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Xu Da again. He only saw that Xu Da was seriously using a monocular telescope to check the movements on the sea.

He didn't use any strange behavior to show that he didn't believe what he said.

Xu Da must believe it!

Because what Zhu Yuanzhang said, the advantages of the founding emperor were originally used on Xu Da.

"That's not right!"

"Although I have never been to the Ming Dynasty, merchants who come and go say that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is cruel and ruthless!"

At this moment, the King of Shanbei, who was standing on the side, spoke seriously in broken Chinese.

Immediately afterwards, King Shannan also nodded and said: "I have also heard that just a few years after His Majesty issued the iron scrolls to avoid death, he directly arranged the Hongmen Banquet and forcibly took back all the iron scrolls to avoid death."

"If the Queen hadn't been able to control His Majesty the Emperor, I don't know what happened to him!"

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In this way, the King of Shanbei and the King of Shannan, who usually disliked each other, were now singing and talking about the legends they had heard about the Ming Emperor.

Xu Da just glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes from the corner of his eye and made a decision immediately.

Xu Da said loudly: "That's enough!"

"You are already the magistrate of my Ming Dynasty. It is disrespectful and unfilial for you to talk about your king like this!"

"After I return, I will definitely ask you, sir, to teach you what it means to be a 'master of heaven and earth'!"

"I am Xu Da, His Majesty's brother. Do you think it is appropriate for you to speak like this in front of me?"

King Shannan and King Shanbei's eyes lit up immediately, and then they remembered this.

They are no longer kings. As subjects, they cannot talk about their king like this.

Just like that, the two of them immediately knelt down to Xu Da and admitted their mistake!
Xu Da did not let them get up immediately, but secretly glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang with his peripheral vision, and found that there was no more obvious murderous intention in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, so he let them get up.

And at this moment,
Ye Qing, who was standing behind 'Mr. Guo', although he did not see his eyes, knew that he, 'Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant', must have a lot of opinions about these two kings.

He was certain that if Xu Da had not said these words, Mr. Guo might not have gotten angry immediately, but he would definitely tell Zhu Yuanzhang after he returned.

Thinking of this, he looked at Marshal Xu with his peripheral vision, who was actually saving the lives of these two people.

"What a great Marshal Xu, who has served both as a general and as a prime minister, with both civil and military skills!"

"In just a few words, it expresses no less than three levels of meaning!"

The reason why Ye Qing secretly praised Xu Da so much was because he understood the full meaning of Xu Da's words.

His first sentence was to strongly rebuke the two newly arrived ministers from the position of a minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only did he express his absolute loyalty to Mr. Guo, who was Zhu Yuanzhang's spy, but he also made the two surrendered ministers understand what the power of Ming Dynasty is!

And his second sentence, on the surface, was to say that they were uneducated and did not understand the rules. In fact, he was telling Mr. Guo that these people had not gotten used to their new identities, and they were excusable!

And his third sentence showed that he was not only a minister of the Ming Dynasty, but also the brother of Zhu Yuanzhang by speaking in front of "Master Guo".

No matter where he is, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's brother!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing also felt that it was normal for him, Zhu Yuanzhang, to only be "broad-minded and compassionate" towards Xu Da. All these benefits are due to Xu Da’s sensibility!
Everyone said that Zhu Yuanzhang was Xu Da's brother, but they never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang killed many of his brothers!

Xu Da's good death was definitely not as simple as "brother"!
Just when Ye Qing was thinking like this, the two kings who had just surrendered stood up.

Ye Qing looked at this scene and felt that Xu Da did not save their lives completely.

In his opinion, there is only one way to completely save their lives in front of Mr. Guo, who is Zhu Yuanzhang's spy.

That is, attract all the hatred to yourself!

Fortunately, for him, this is a good thing that benefits both others and himself!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing first looked at Wang Baobao and said, "Brother Wang, do I need to be so nervous?"

"My words 'if I have a chance' are just words!"

"Besides, what I do may not be acceptable to His Majesty!"

Ye Qing did not give Wang Baobao a chance to speak. He turned to look at the two kings who had just stood up and said fiercely: "Kneel down!"

The two of them were so frightened that they knelt down in front of Ye Qing.

Ye Qing suddenly pointed in the direction of Yingtian Mansion and said: "Remember, that is the direction of Yingtian Mansion, where the gods in your hearts live."

"Don't kneel down to me, kneel down there!"

The two kings trembled and said, "Yes, Mr. Ye is right. We, we know we were wrong."

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Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang not only no longer held any grudge against the two kings, but also felt that he had finally warmed up Ye Qing's stone heart.

He felt so comfortable at this moment!

But at this moment, Ye Qing reprimanded loudly: "Are you also telling such a big truth?"

"Remember, if you hear these truths, you must treat them as rumors!"

"How to treat it as a rumor?"

"A wise man can survive when rumors are put to rest in his stomach. This is a wise man!"

As he spoke, Ye Qing raised his head three more points and made a gesture of embracing nature.

At the same time, he imitated the chic and conceited tone of 'Shixian Taibai' and said: "In this world, I am the only one, Ye Qing, who can tell these truths."

"Do you know why?"

"Because I, Ye Qing, have abilities that His Majesty the Emperor urgently needs but others don't have!"

"So, even if he knew that I was telling the truth every day, he wouldn't dare to do anything to me!"

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Ye Qing continued to do his best to be conceited in front of 'Mr. Guo', who was Zhu Yuanzhang's spy.

The two kings who knelt in the direction of Yingtian Mansion also kowtowed like chickens pecking at rice while complying.

Seeing their sensible performance, Ye Qing was also very satisfied.

He thought that he should have attracted 100% of the hatred.

In fact, the performances of Xu Da and Wang Baobao were enough to prove that Ye Qing's 'method of absorbing hatred' was very successful.

Without exception, they all showed an inconspicuous expression of silence.

At the same time, Xu Da came over to persuade Ye Qing: "Brother Ye, please shut up!"

"You are also His Majesty's servant. How can you be so presumptuous?"

Ye Qing continued to speak in a high-pitched tone: "Am I being presumptuous?"

"This is Zhu Yuanzhang, no, I have to give His Majesty the minimum respect!"

"Why didn't His Majesty the Emperor kill me? Isn't it because I have abilities that he needs that no one else has?"

"Isn't this the truth that only I, the client, am qualified to tell?"

"Because of kindness, why don't you kill me?"

"Hypocrisy is not hypocritical!"

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Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always turned his back to Ye Qing, couldn't bear it anymore.

This watchtower is made of wood, and the quality of the work is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang tightened his toes so hard that the wooden boards under his feet made a little sound.

"Crench!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around decisively and cursed loudly: "Ye Qing!"

"Don't go too far, we are"

"We are His Majesty's personal soldiers. Even if we are engaged in business now, we will remain His Majesty's personal soldiers for the rest of our lives!"

"Believe it or not, we will strangle you alive right now!"

"Don't stop me, don't stop me."

Because the watchtower was only that big, Ye Qing didn't have any personal soldiers on his side.

How could a flag-talking soldier be Zhu Yuanzhang's opponent? After he pushed the flag-talking soldier away, he looked like he was going to strangle Ye Qing to death.

Fortunately, Wang Baobao turned into Ye Qing's personal soldier at the right time, and then he hugged Zhu Yuanzhang, who was baring his big teeth and stretching his hands towards Ye Qing's neck.

Wang Baobao persuaded Ye Qing: "Brother Ye, stop talking."

"You and I both know that His Majesty will not kill you and me because of our ability, but what you said is too much."

"General Guo Shen is His Majesty's personal soldier. To make him feel better, please say less!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked at Wang Baobao and said, "What are you trying to persuade?"

"I"

Xu Da looked at the watchtower that was about to collapse, with a frown on his face and a look of constipation on his face.

He has a headache!

Meeting these brothers, he had a headache so much that he wanted to kill them all!
"Shut up!"

"Give it all to me, shut your mouth!!!"

Everyone looked at Xu Da, who had lost all his demeanor and clenched his fists like a gorilla.

Zhu Di looked at this scene and breathed a sigh of relief.

He also admired his biological father and master very much, how could they force Uncle Xu to do this?

The next moment, Xu Da took a long, deep breath, straightened his collar, and restored his Confucian-general style.

But he still said in a low voice: "Everyone, the enemy is coming."

"The ship carrying the enemy's envoy is about to enter our fleet. Let's get down to business first, okay?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he took a deep breath and then regained his senses.

But he must remember Ye Qing's hatred!
When he goes back, he will definitely sit on the dragon throne and ask Ye Qing whether his Majesty the Emperor is really broad-minded or is he pretending to be broad-minded!

He didn't believe it, he still dared to say such conceited words!

At the same time, Ye Qing also felt that he had exerted a little too much force today.

His personal soldiers are not here. If Wang Baobao doesn't take action in time, his "one-armed black warrior" will come out.

There is no way, he can't fall into the hands of Mr. Guo!
Thinking of this, he decided to temporarily withdraw his 'supernatural power'!
But if after this is completed, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, does not kill Ye Qing, he will keep this 'supernatural power' and use it in front of his emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang!
After Ye Qing made up his mind, he asked Xu Da for a monocular telescope to continue observing the situation on the sea.

But at this moment,

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had regained his senses, suddenly realized a serious problem! .
(End of this chapter)