The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 89 Empress Ma said that a poor emperor is not as good as a corrupt official, Zhu Yuanzhang must either lose money or leave

"Okay!"

"Then let's see how much wages the dozen of us can get after being caught by you and working as coolies for so many days."

In the eyes of a jailer disguised as an agent,

This Mr. Guo, who has been identified as an imperial envoy, just exchanged a glance with his wife, and he said this without being humble, and then walked out the door first.

Immediately afterwards, his wife and his bodyguard followed suit.

Looking at these people who didn't get angry at all, the agent in charge of them didn't react for a while.

As early as on the way here, he thought about their reactions after hearing the news.

Let alone an imperial envoy, even an ordinary out-of-town businessman would have to jump up and get angry.

Everyone has a temper!
After being wronged for so long and working as a coolie for so long, it is normal to ask for justice and compensation, not to mention jumping up and scolding.

As long as they dare to ask for compensation, he can proceed to the next step, but their performance has completely exceeded his expectations, which is a bit difficult!
There is no choice but to hand it over to the comrades in the wage settlement office to deal with it!
quickly,

The dozen or so people who were identified by their Lord Ye as imperial envoys exchanged for the clothes they had when they came, and obtained their various personal items according to the procedure.

Careful Empress Ma checked her baggage, not to mention treasure bills and silver coins, not even a silk scarf was lost.

Seeing this scene, Empress Ma couldn't help but secretly praised Ye Qing again.

Although she had never been to the sky prison and imperial prison in Yingtian Mansion, she also knew that there must be a smoky atmosphere inside.

As the saying goes, do one line and eat one line, the oil and water in it are too big!

Not to mention anything else, it still happens from time to time that rich people commit crimes and go to jail, and the shackles can be removed by giving money.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is determined to fight corruption, she knows that it will never be eradicated.

The prison at the foot of the emperor is full of smog, not to mention the prison in the border city far away from the emperor, it must be even more smoky.

But it's different here, not to mention that I haven't seen a similar situation, even the jailer's hands and feet are so clean!

"master,"

"Is the prison under the rule of the corrupt officials cleaner than the prison under the poor emperor?"

After Empress Ma put her belongings back on her shoulders, she looked at her family and asked Shigeba.

Zhu Yuanzhang just rolled his eyes and gave his sister a white look: "This is a great day to be released from prison, don't make us unhappy."

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Yuanzhang just tidied up his brocade clothes, and then took his men and followed the jailer to the labor settlement office.

It's just that along the way, he was also thinking about this problem.

Looking at the prison where the prisoners are treated as human beings, and the jailers who acted impartially, although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to admit what his sister said, he had to admit that the sky prison and imperial prison under his poor emperor's rule were just It can't compare to the prison under the rule of this big corrupt official.

He can learn the layout of these sky prisons visible to the naked eye, as well as the system that allows reform-through-labor prisoners to create value.

In his opinion, this is something that he can completely copy and learn without seeing Ye Qing!
But so many prison managers are as clean as water, if you don't see Ye Qing, you will never learn it!
Even if he was thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher's knife, the sky prison and imperial prison were still not clean, but this corrupt official made the managers of these prisons as clean as water.

Thinking of this, he also strengthened his belief that he must meet Ye Qing first!
quickly,

They came to the payroll office.

Not far from the prison, there is a separate small house, the height of the counter is about the same as that of a pawnshop.

All the people queuing up outside had smiles on their faces, because everyone was released from prison after serving their sentences and no longer wore prison uniforms.

The key is that before he is released from prison, he can still get a lot of income, which is the capital to start all over again.

"You have to be comfortable in prison under Master Ye!"

"My family's ancestral grave is smoking, which is why I was sent to Yanmen County to be imprisoned!"

"Brother, do you want to go back to your hometown? My family members died in troubled times, I won't go back, I will settle down here."

"Can I settle down here and not go back to my hometown?"

"Of course you can. The rules in Yanmen County are those who are willing to return, and those who are not willing to return can settle here. Don't worry about anything else, Mr. Ye has his own way."

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The people queuing up before and after Zhu Yuanzhang were discussing excitedly, but their words made Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again.

Finally, Empress Ma heard the sound of Zhu Yuanzhang clenching his fist.

Zhu Yuanzhang whispered: "How dare he?"

"Let's not talk about the local prisoners, how dare he let the prisoners who were assigned to settle here?"

"These people are all sources of soldiers that can be developed!"

Empress Ma hurriedly held Zhu Yuanzhang's clenched hand, and whispered: "Calm down, we'll talk about everything after we meet!"

Under the comfort of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang barely suppressed the anger in his heart.

But even Empress Ma felt that Ye Qing's actions were really too much.

It has to be said that Ye Qing's way of wantonly expanding the population really touched the emperor's bottom line.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to cooperate with the local government to conduct a "point gate comparison" of the national population, that is, a comprehensive census.

At the same time, the "household post" was also fabricated as a basis for verifying household registration and collecting taxes and labor.

After these things were done, the 'road guide' policy was promulgated immediately, in order to facilitate management and balance the number of people in various places.

Zhu Yuanzhang hopes that there will be more people in each place, so that he can recruit as many soldiers as he wants, and fight Bei Yuan as he wants.

But he also absolutely does not allow the proportion of the population in each region to be seriously unbalanced!

Once some unruly officials control a province with a large population, the Ming Dynasty will be unstable!

Thinking of this, Empress Ma, who had never been to the county government, identified the direction of the county government only based on the red five-pointed star marked on the "Yanmen Business Travel Guide".

She just looked in that direction, her eyes were full of worry, and at the same time she secretly said in her heart: "Lord Ye, after we meet, you'd better give His Majesty a reason to forgive you for doing this."

"If not, I, the queen, can't keep you!"

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Just as Empress Ma was thinking about it, the jailer at the counter immediately shouted, "What's your name?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "Guo Rui!"

The jailer looked at the group of them, nodded, then took out a shiny abacus, and began to fight quickly:
"Guo Rui, Ma Ying, Mao Qiang. Your labor reform wages are 250 Wen."

As he said that, another jailer thoughtfully strung him with a red thread, and said with a smile, "Take the money and walk out of the prison. Don't look back, don't say goodbye."

"It's the rule!"

Zhu Yuanzhang weighed the bunch of copper coins in his hand, and then looked at the dozen or so of himself.

On average, less than [-] Wen per person, or several days' wages, how many Wen per person per day?

If he didn't hear these remarks, Zhu Yuanzhang can ignore it, and wait until he sees Ye Qing.

But when he thought of Ye Qing's blatantly recruiting people, and the fact that he was full of potential soldiers, plus the wages that meant 'the emperor is too cheap', he couldn't bear it anymore.

Before Queen Ma could react, he grabbed the 250 Wen and threw it on the counter: "Who the hell wants your wages?"

"You indiscriminately arrest people indiscriminately, arrest them whenever you want, and let them go whenever you want, right?"

"Take us to meet your Master Ye, he must give me an explanation!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to bear it any longer, he wanted to see Ye Qing immediately, and he wanted to ask him face to face why Ye Qing knew the law and why he wanted to recruit people illegally.

If you don't explain this matter clearly, you don't need to talk about other things!

The two guards at the counter, disguised as secret agents, were secretly delighted to see the imperial envoy getting angry.

This effect is what they want, and they are afraid that he will not get angry!

One of the guards, who was disguised as an agent, just crossed his hands and said, "Let's talk about it!"

"You don't need to meet Mr. Ye, but I can explain to you. Before you entered the city, you looked around, looking around, not knowing that this is a border town, and that the border town is trying its best to catch Beiyuan's spies?"

"After entering the city, you tried every means to inquire about our Master Ye, and even racked your brains to inquire about the situation of our Yanmen garrison. You have such behaviors, and no one will believe you if you are not a spy from Beiyuan!"

"Will a wealthy businessman who comes to do business do such a thing?"

"It's your performance during the reform through labor that made the people in our secret service brigade clear their suspicions!"

"Giving you free repayment of settlement wages is already a virtue of our Lord Ye. If it were any other place, you would have killed you and fed them to the dogs!"

Soon, the other ex-convicts who were queuing up to get the money also pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang and started cursing, saying that it would be considered light to scold him for being cheap and being good.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang directly became the target of public criticism here.

"we"

The sentence "We are speechless" came to my lips, and I was stunned to say it.

At this very moment,
Seeing that he was speechless, the jailer disguised as an agent immediately took out his abacus and quickly calculated:
"Because of your abnormal behavior, so many of our agents have surrounded you, and even dispatched the army to maintain law and order to arrest you."

"It's not too much for you. A thousand soldiers charge your appearance fee, and so many agents surround you to transfer your wages for the past few days, just settle it."

"A total of 1000 taels!"

"I'll give you two choices. If you lose this money, you can stay and do business!"

"If you don't pay this money, get out of the city immediately!"

After the jailer pretended to be an agent, after saying this, he thought of the order given to him by his superiors to 'find a way to make these people get out of the city'.

Thinking of this, there was a faint smile of victory in the corner of his mouth immediately.

In his opinion, no one would accept such a condition, and they would definitely walk out of the open door angrily!
(End of this chapter)