The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 90 The battle between Emperor Zhu and Lord Ye begins now!

In the eyes of everyone, a 1000 tael banknote of Daming was lying quietly on the counter of the wage settlement office.

Not only that, there is also a string of copper coins pressed on top of the treasure banknotes.

A gust of wind blew across the counter, blowing the precious bills that were held down by the copper coins flying around.

If it weren't for this little movement, the two guards posing as agents would not have recovered so quickly.

And these people who were released after serving their sentences and still waiting in line to settle their wages also reacted immediately. They looked at the many figures who had already strided outside the gate with disbelief in their eyes.

"These people use money as paper flowers, don't they?"

"I do know that businessmen don't like to cause trouble, especially wealthy businessmen. They think that things that can be settled with money are nothing!"

"No, but it's not 80 taels, it's 1000 taels!"

"How rich are these people, incomparably rich or something?"

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These people who were released from prison and lined up to get money thought so, and so did the two jailers posed by secret agents.

Looking at the 250 taels of Daming banknotes under the 1000 Wen copper coins, they couldn't imagine what happened just now.

Time goes back to when they came up with a plan to lose money or get out.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened immediately, and the red blood in the whites of his eyes began to spread densely at a visible speed.

As for the agent who proposed this plan, seeing the reaction of the actual imperial envoy Mr. Guo in front of him, he felt that he was about to succeed.

But just when Mr. Guo was about to get angry, his wife ran to the counter quickly, took out a precious banknote and put it on the counter.

Immediately afterwards, the 250 Wen that should have been given to them was placed on the treasure note.

At the same time, he said very politely: "This poor man is right, everything is our fault."

"It's because of our curiosity that we inquired about it, which misunderstood you and caused you trouble."

"We lost the money. As for the salary of 250 Wen, let's give it to the poor man to drink tea!"

Before he could react, she pulled her master and began to drag him out of the gate. As for the guards, although their eyes were full of disbelief, they still followed.

Finally, they disappeared at the end of the road.

Two jailers pretending to be agents watched this, and then looked at each other:

"Am I asking too little?"

"Is this related to the asking price? You hand over to the jailer here, and I will take the 1000 taels and the 250 Wen to find Master Ye first."

As soon as the words fell, the agent who was in charge of stringing up the copper coins took the money and headed towards the stable.

On the way back to the city from the prison,
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had regained his freedom, was not happy. He looked around first, and after finding no one there, he asked aggressively, "What's the matter with this woman?"

"Can this money be compensated?"

"When I was a beggar for food, I had never suffered such grievances!"

Queen Ma was not angry at all, and she was in a good mood to enjoy the scenery on the roadside.

This kind of frontier fortress scenery where mountains and hills coexist with plains is not surprising to Zhu Yuanzhang, who traveled all over the country, but to Empress Ma, who experienced this kind of scenery for the first time, it is so fascinating.

Empress Ma just smiled softly, took her family Shigehachi's hand, and was about to start to reason gently.

"Don't touch me!"

"Don't come here, you shouldn't pay for this money. How can there be such a reason in the world, you prodigal bitch!"

In the eyes of Mao Xiang and the other dozen or so guards behind him, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty once again stood up.

Look at this way of walking alone with hands behind your back, how hot and hot, how disrespectful.

"Mao Xiang, tell me, should I pay for this money?"

After Empress Ma caught up with Zhu Yuanzhang, instead of persuading Zhu Yuanzhang first, she looked directly at Mao Xiang with 'threat' in her eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't leave either, but also looked at Mao Xiang with a threatening look in his eyes: "You, answer what the queen said carefully, and think about it!"

The next moment, the middle-aged couple looked at the dozen or so guards behind Mao Xiang with threatening eyes.

It's just that the threatening look in Empress Ma's eyes is very gentle!
After a dozen or so young guards looked at each other, they all clasped their fists and saluted Mao Xiang: "General, we listen to you, we will say what you say!"

At this very moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma stopped looking at these young guards, and just looked straight at General Mao in front of them.

Mao Xiang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then at Queen Ma. While he was looking around like this, he was also secretly greeting the family members of his subordinates behind him.

Finally, he still looked at Empress Ma firmly and said: "I think that the empress is right, we should pay for this money."

"Yes, General Mao is right, and the empress is even more right, we should pay!"

"Your Majesty will be right next time, you should pay!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the guard who didn't have long eyes, and was about to scold him. What does it mean that His Majesty will be right next time?
But before he could swear, he saw the end of the road, and another person who had been released was coming.

"Cough cough!"

He just coughed lightly, straightened his collar, and continued walking forward with his head held high.

After Mao Xiang and the other guards looked back, they continued to follow silently. At the same time, they also formed a row of people as a walking wall as much as possible.

In front of them, Empress Ma looked at Chongba, who was unhappy in her family, with a little smug look in her eyes: "Master, everyone says you should pay, do you think you should pay?"

Zhu Yuanzhang just looked at this woman coldly, he really wanted to pinch her neck now!
But, he couldn't bear it!

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "You have to understand that the reason why they listen to you out of conscience is because we tolerate you."

Empress Ma nodded and said: "The concubine knows, but the concubine knows better, and you will say that you should pay for it later."

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Zhu Yuanzhang said in a blunt tone: "You better be able to convince me, you bitch!"

Empress Ma still smiled softly: "1000 taels, let you get the cannon technology you've been thinking of, is it worth it?"

"1000 taels, let you have the iron smelting, armor, and weapon production technology that you covet, is it worth it?"

"1000 taels, let your weaving and dyeing institute under the Ministry of Industry double the output while maintaining the quality, is it worth it?"

"1000 taels, let you."

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly interrupted: "Stop talking, you are right, the money should be paid!"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang who had come to his senses, Empress Ma smiled gratifiedly again. His Chonghachi is actually a very smart person, and it was just his temper.

After all these years of being married to him, I don't know how many times I've seen him regret it because of impulsiveness!
Empress Ma knew that her health had been bad, and she knew that she would not live as long as Zhu Yuanzhang. She hoped that his family's Zhongba could change his temper while she was alive.

After she's gone, he won't do things that he can't regret, and things that will last forever!

But over the years, she has also used a lot of brains, but she just can't change it.

Unexpectedly, after coming here, he has changed a little.

Of course, changing one's bad habits is not easy, and this is just the beginning.

Because of this, she firmly believes that if Ye Qing can become the right-hand man of her family's Shigehachi, her family's Shigehachi will definitely become a wise king who will last forever.

She hopes that when she is still alive, she can see her Chongba and Ye Qing become the "Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng" of Daming, but this has to be measured by him, Ye Qing, and not doing something that even Ma Xiuying thinks she should be damned OK!
Of course, she still believed that Ye Qing would not do such a thing, just because of that extremely arrogant self-report letter.

Even until now, she still firmly believes that Ye Qing wrote this letter to attract the attention of his family, Shigehachi, and to directly reach the purpose of Tian Ting.

After all, no one in this world would really seek death!
And all he has done is to benefit the country and the people in a way that is not accepted by the world!

Just when Queen Ma made up his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately refused to accept it and said, "However, we have to find out his fault before going to him."

"We can't take all the losses, he takes all the advantages, we are his emperor!"

"The guards in his big prison have clean hands and feet, but we don't believe that the waiter in the big restaurant he owns is also so clean!"

"After we were caught, they must have stolen our goods!"

"As long as a piece of cloth is missing, we will go to the Yanmen county government to beat drums and complain, and we will sue him, the thief boss who uses his official position as a businessman and allows his subordinates to steal things from the residents!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he moved forward unswervingly.

This time, Queen Ma not only did not stop him, but also supported him in doing so.

In her opinion, what her family Zhongba said is right, he is the emperor, and he must find his place!

At this very moment,
In the mansion behind the county government office, in Ye Qing's study.

Wu Yong, who was standing on the side, just looked at the 1000 tael banknote and the 250 Wen coins on it, and then listened to the agent's report.

After Wu Yong heard it, his eyes were full of disbelief: "My lord, I have lived for more than thirty years, and I have never seen a woman who knows so much about the general situation."

"Is this money also lost?"

Ye Qing, who was sitting on the seat, did not answer.

But in his heart, there was also a sentence, "I've lived for hundreds of years, and I've never seen this kind of woman." He couldn't say it.

Ye Qing just said to the agent who came back to report: "You have worked hard these days, the 1000 taels that I paid, and the 250 Wen tea money, let's share it with the big guys!"

"Next, you put all your energy on Wang Baobao."

The agent immediately knelt down on one knee: "Thank you for the reward, sir, we will do our best!"

As soon as the words fell, the agent took the money and left.

In fact, it is one thing for Ye Qing to give a reward for this money, but the more important thing is to be out of sight and out of mind.

After a while, Ye Qing just glanced at his new countdown calendar from the corner of his eye, and then gave Wu Yong an order:
"Since they won't leave, let's follow last night's arrangement!".
(End of this chapter)