The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 47 Emperor Zhu forced the villagers to rebel, but Mr. Ye made the repeat offender willing to work hard!
When Ye Qing rushed to the construction site, it was already half past time.

The sun at this time was about to show its power, although it was not as fierce as the sun at noon, but standing under the sun for a long time would still sweat a lot.

Just standing under the sun will sweat, let alone working with your face facing the loess and your back facing the sky.

It's just that the farmers in Yanmen County have either returned to their homes at this time, or entered the grass sheds in the fields to rest.

Within the jurisdiction of Yanmen County, there are almost no old farmers sweating under the sun.

The only one that is still facing the loess and its back is the sky is the military official road in Yanmen County, which is under construction.

Strictly speaking, these reform-through-labour prisoners in prison uniforms are not facing the loess and back to the sky, but "facing the asphalt and back to the sun"!
"I'm exhausted!"

"I can't do it anymore, I really can't do it anymore."

"Your Majesty, my lord, hurry up and rest for a while. If you get tired and get sick, I will be guilty."

Mao Xiang, who was already sweating profusely and covered in black stains, was sitting on the ground, panting heavily, while pouring the 'extra bitter Artemisia annua water' prepared for them!
Mao Xiang drank the extremely bitter Artemisia annua water that had been cooled long ago, with a look of disgust on his face, but the posture of frenzied drinking had already surpassed the posture of drinking imperial wine.

He is indeed a master of martial arts, if it is to kill the enemy on the battlefield, he is definitely a good hand.

But building roads and practicing martial arts are not the same thing at all!

Not to mention Mao Xiang, even the invincible Chang Yuchun would be exhausted if he came to work for a day!

At this very moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang, the No. 88 prisoner with black stains all over his face, walked in front of Mao Xiang, and also got a bowl of cool and refreshing Artemisia annua water from the bucket.

He has been mixed to the point of heavy physical labor reform, so he doesn't care who has drunk so many clay bowls.

Furthermore, the bitterness he suffered before was far more bitter than this extremely bitter Artemisia annua water.

In his opinion, this incomparably cheap artemisia water that quenches the heat and quenches thirst is not much different from drinking strong tea.

Mao Xiang watched Zhu Yuanzhang suffer this crime, and his teeth itch with hatred: "This Ye Qing, dare to let you do such a hard job."

"Don't let me go out, after I go out, I must kill him!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved and wanted to scold Mao Xiang who had regained some strength and began to verbally kill Ye Qing again.

What is gratifying is that Mao Xiang's loyalty to himself is still worthy of recognition.

And the reason why I want to scold him is because he is still too tender, so it is not a good thing to put all the emotions and anger on his face, let alone entrust him with a greater responsibility!

You have to practice hard with him!
But Mao Xiang can't be completely blamed, this Ye Qing is really annoying!
If it hadn't been for the consideration that Ye Qing didn't know him, if it hadn't been for the fact that his various inquiring behaviors had caused the misunderstanding first, if it hadn't been for the consideration that Ye Qing arrested the Beiyuan spies for the purpose of protecting his family and the country, he would have revealed his identity a long time ago. Knocked down.

If he hadn't considered these objective factors, he would never have given such a chance.

The current Zhu Yuanzhang only hopes that his sister can get in touch with Ye Qing as soon as possible, and resolve this misunderstanding as soon as possible, preferably before he can't bear it anymore.

Otherwise, he wouldn't care about 21!
In fact, with Zhu Yuanzhang's impulsive and irritable character, under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for him to endure it until now.

That is to say, his sister's advice is always in his heart, so he suppresses his anger and puts the overall situation first.

In order not to get angry, he even used a special method, that is to find Ye Qing's goodness as much as possible.

Not to mention, after working here for half a day, he really discovered a lot of things worth learning from the imperial court's Ministry of Industry!
Zhu Yuanzhang sat next to Mao Xiang and said: "When you are away from home, we will treat you as a junior."

"Why don't you know how to learn more from Lao Tzu?"

"We also get angry for a long time at home, but when we go out, we must not show our emotions and anger. When Mount Tai collapses in front of us, we don't change our expression. Don't let people see through the emotion and anger on your face."

"If you've been so restless, how can we entrust you with more important tasks in the future?"

After Mao Xiang was educated, it can be said that his attitude was very good, and he was full of gratitude in his heart.

The Emperor Lao Tzu treats him as a junior and a student to educate him, but the glory that can't even be smoked from the ancestral grave!
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Mao Xiang had regained his composure, he immediately pointed to the ferocious-looking reform-through-labour prisoners who were still working and said, "Have you noticed that although these felony reform-through-labour prisoners do heavy physical labor, they don't have any complaints."

Mao Xiang looked in the direction of Zhu Yuanzhang's finger, and immediately reacted.

In fact, not only Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone is like this, once they are not dazzled by anger, they will be much wiser.

In Mao Xiang's eyes, although these felony reform-through-labour prisoners were sweating profusely and frowning, they did things without delay.

From their faces, there is not even a hint of wanting to take the opportunity to escape!

At the same time, he thought about what happened in Fengyang in recent years.

Soon after Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he enthusiastically began to build the Central Capital in his hometown Fengyang.

But the result was that a large number of corrupt officials filled their pockets, resold materials, and withheld money from civilians, so that Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown even rebelled.

Although this incident was suppressed quickly, it also slapped Zhu Yuanzhang in the face heavily.

Emperor Zhu came out of Fengyang, but forced the elders in his hometown to rebel?
The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more angry he became, and he directly killed all the corrupt officials involved in the case.

As for their families and relatives, at least all the men from the family were beheaded, and the women were distributed everywhere.

Mao Xiang still remembers that during that time, he was so exhausted that he was busy raiding his house!
Thinking of this, when he looked at the scene in front of him again, a strong contrast immediately formed in his mind.

It is the same corrupt officials who engage in projects, so how come the effect is completely different?

The corrupt officials in the capital forced Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow villagers to rebel!

But this corrupt official of the seventh rank in the border town can make these felons dispatched from various places willing to work hard!
Thinking of this, Mao Xiang just rolled his eyes, and immediately thought of it.

Although Mao Xiang hated Ye Qing's blood, he had to admit that Ye Qing did a good job in this aspect.

Mao Xiang praised reluctantly: "Master, do you still remember the Fengyang corruption case?"

"That forced the emperor's fellow villagers to rebel!"

"They are all corrupt officials, but Master Ye has never withheld the treatment of these people!"

"I now understand why we have to eat big meat in the morning. It is to prevent the coolies from becoming weak and affect the construction period!"

"Look at this Artemisia annua water, although it is bitter and cheap, but people can manage enough."

"Not to mention how good the treatment is, but at least Master Ye treats these reform-through-labour prisoners as individuals!"

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A series of compliments spit out from the mouth of Mao Xiang who hated Ye Qing to the core.

For this, Zhu Yuanzhang is still very satisfied. Being able to praise "enemies" generously is also a good growth.

It's just that he was also very dissatisfied, and the sentence, "You fucking praise Ye Qing, just praise Ye Qing, why mention the rebellion of the emperor's fellow villagers", was stunned, but he couldn't say it.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was so angry that his eyes were red, raised his hand and was about to open Mao Xiang!

But at this moment, a jailer ran over with a whip:

"We're still chatting, aren't we?"

"Lazy, aren't you?"

"The asphalt over there, hurry up and bring it over!".
(End of this chapter)