The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 94: Zhu Yuanzhang complained about his grievances, Master Ye arranged his last words!

Zhu Yuanzhang's bloodshot eyes were quickly filling the whites of his eyes. Two stone lions, which were bigger than the stone lions of the Wangfu town house, were sitting in front of the gate of the county government.

These two stone lions are exquisitely carved, rough when they should be rough, and fine when they should be fine, especially those two pairs of eyes that are always staring at the street in front of the door, like the vicious dogs of the local rich man's house.

The frustrated Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think of such a literary word as finishing touch at all, so he wanted to use the most vulgar words to describe these two stone lions that shouldn't be sitting here.

Between the two stone lions, there are steps up and the double-opened county government gates not much smaller than the city gate.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the double doors anchored by gilded copper nails are worth a lot just because of the mahogany base.

And on the top of the gate, there is a plaque inlaid with gold, with the words "Yanmen County Government Office" written on it.

The only thing that satisfies Zhu Yuanzhang is the five characters on the door plaque, which are written in a style of everyone. It can be seen that they were written by an old calligrapher who has experienced years of baptism.

Just looking at the private seal in the lower right corner, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became dissatisfied with these five words, just because these five words were written by Ye Qing!

"It is said that seeing characters is like seeing people. This character is written decently. Why is this person so bold?"

"A seventh-rank county magistrate, how dare he make the county government more grand than the palace?"

"If we let him be the magistrate, will he build a mansion more magnificent than the imperial palace?"

"It's just outrageous!"

At the intersection of the gate of the county government just now, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw this scene, he was so angry that he cursed directly.

Of course, he didn't lose his mind, and he knew that there were people passing by, so he just gritted his molars and scolded in a voice that only Queen Ma could hear.

And at this moment,
Empress Ma also changed her usual habit of speaking nicely for Ye Qing, because she also felt it was too much.

Not only the stone lions and the gate surpassed the palace, but even the equipment of the gatekeepers did not lose to the Beijing Army's Left Guard Division.

These gatekeepers are all tall and straight, wearing splendid mountain and river clothes, exquisitely carved gilt light armor on their coats, and exquisite sabers with scabbards on their waists.

Empress Ma couldn't see how capable these people were, but such a person was definitely enough to be a doorman.

Mao Xiang looked at the eight door officials who were divided into left and right, and just looked at the way they were ready to draw their knives at any time, and he knew that their kung fu was good, not even inferior to his own men.

Intuition told Mao Xiang that with these eight gatekeepers, if they forced their way in, they might not be able to break in.

This is the first time that Mao Xiang has taken such a liking to the local yamen servants, because no matter where he goes, he can single out all the yamen servants by himself.

Only here, he lost his confidence just by looking at it.

Thinking of this, Mao Xiang hurriedly stopped Zhu Yuanzhang who wanted to break in directly: "Master, we can't break in."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he didn't get angry directly, because he knew what kind of person Mao Xiang was, and if he said he couldn't get in, he definitely couldn't get in.

"The place where he eats and lives as a county magistrate is comparable to the palace of the king, and the office staff is comparable to the left-behind department of the Beijing army."

"His life is more precious than ours?"

"Bold!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was not going to force his way in, because he saw the grievance drum at the door.

On the way here, he was still worrying about not being able to pick out Ye Qing's faults, and he was still in trouble because the emperor wanted to visit the magistrate.

Well now, this is the obvious crime. Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness is the crime of "overstepping the rules", and if he is in a bad mood, it is the crime of "conspiracy"!
In the eyes of Empress Ma and Mao Xiang, Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to complaining about grievances at a pace that his relatives did not recognize.

They knew that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to sue Ye Qing!
Empress Ma didn't stop him, and she knew that she shouldn't stop him, but she still hoped that Ye Qing would behave better, and let her family punish him for the crime of 'breaking the rules'.

Of course, if it is an ordinary official who commits the crime of "overstepping the rules", it is also a death.

Only he, Ye Qing, will not die, because he, Ye Qing, is a talent who can make Zhu Yuanzhang reduce serious crimes within principles!
It's still the same sentence, as long as he, Ye Qing, doesn't do something that even Ma Xiuying thinks he should die, she will definitely keep this talent!

Obviously, judging from the scene seen so far, it is not to the extent that even Ma Xiuying thinks she should be damned.

It can also be said that although it is too much, she still feels that she can meet first before talking!
But they didn't know that their every move was watched by plainclothes agents.

In the tea shop diagonally opposite the county government office, a simple-looking boss, carrying a pot of tea, went to the table closest to the roadside, but there was only one young man with two beards at this table.

While pouring tea, he said, "Master Ye must be wise, and the imperial envoy will have to offend to death, so as to have the effect of playing hard to get."

The young man nodded and said, "That's right, this high-ranking official is a bitch!"

"You flatter and smile at him, he treats you as a fart, and ignores you, only when you ignore him, he will look at you, if you give him a slap, he might even call you a character. "

The boss smiled and nodded, "Yes, especially those high-ranking Beijing officials. The bigger the official, the higher the title, the lower the price."

"No, just put it directly into Master Ye's palm, maybe before tonight, they will have to join forces with Master Ye!"

The young man rolled his eyes at the boss and said: "I don't know what to say about collusion, it should be sincere cooperation!"

The boss nodded and said: "Okay, you can talk, you go through the back door to inform Master Ye, and say that the imperial envoy is here."

The young man drank the tea in one gulp, and went directly to Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, even passing them by.

Just as he passed by, Mao Xiang stopped suddenly, and subconsciously pressed his hand on the belt buckle, as if pulling out a soft sword from his waist at any time.

After a while, he let go again!

It's just that he himself couldn't figure out why he had such a reaction. Anyway, in that split second, he subconsciously felt that there was danger.

And the secret agent who didn't enter the stream was also sweating: "With such personal guards, this imperial envoy is above the fourth rank, it's really cheap!"

Thinking of this, he ran all the way to Ye Qing.

in the study,
Ye Qing and Wu Yong are looking at the Yanmen border defense map.

Ye Qing pointed to the passes on the map and said: "Yanmen Pass is located on the Yanbei Plateau to the north, Xinding Basin to the south, and the important pass town is located in the north of the ancient city of Daizhou."

"The siege of Yanmen Pass was built along with the mountains, and most places can be defended with the help of the Great Wall on the ridges. There are only three places with large openings and plains that are unfavorable to us!"

"That is the East Gate, West Gate, and Middle Gate, which are the main gates built in the Tang Dynasty, also known as Tie Li Gate!"

"The east and west gates have large openings and the terrain is flat. There is no barrier in front of them. It is usually a place where border trade is flourishing!"

"After the harvest in autumn, the first thing you have to do is to close the border trade street inside the east and west gates, and at the same time send troops to stay there to prepare for the war."

"Our cannons should be placed here as much as possible. The terrain is not good for us, so we should use cannons to make up for this disadvantage!"

"Only with powerful firearms and careful deployment can the Beiyuan people give up breaking through the east and west gates, which are beneficial to them, and attack the middle gate instead!"

"Remember, don't set up a single cannon in the middle gate. Tell Beiyuan people clearly that there is not a single cannon here. Welcome to contribute!"

Wu Yong didn't understand. It was obvious that outside the middle gate was the place with the largest opening, the flattest terrain, and the easiest place to be attacked. Why didn't there be cannons installed here?
Wu Yong was puzzled and said: "My lord, the middle gate is the most difficult to defend. If not, the first Yanmen guard general in the Tang Dynasty would not spend a lot of money to cast the middle gate into an iron-wrapped gate." ?”

Ye Qing looked at Wu Yong, and said 'I repaired this gate', he really couldn't say it.

Ye Qing just turned to point to so many dotted lines outside the gate and said: "Look here."

After taking a look at these dotted lines, Wu Yong immediately understood. He was about to praise Ye Qing, a civil servant, for being so knowledgeable about military affairs, but he immediately realized something was wrong.

This teaching method of wanting to take his head off and pour it in directly is very wrong!

Wu Yong asked doubtfully, "My lord, why are you in such a hurry to teach me?"

Ye Qing just frowned slightly, and started to say something.

The real reason is very simple. It is nothing more than that in his opinion, even if these imperial envoys want to come to him, they will eventually be so angry at his "equal treatment" that they will turn around and go back to the capital to file a complaint.

Therefore, he couldn't wait for that time at all!
When the real war started, he had already returned to the metropolis to live his fairy life.

He just wanted to plan as much as possible for these troublemakers while he was still living in this era.

Still the same sentence, I am worthy of my little conscience!
"I"

Just when Ye Qing was thinking of a reasonable lie to say, the special agent who was in charge of guarding outside the county office all the time ran in:
"My lord, as you expected, those imperial envoys really came to the county government."

"Your plan to play hard to get has worked!"

After hearing this, Ye Qing just smiled lightly and said, "Just treat everyone equally!"

"Okay, you don't need to worry about them any more, put all your energy on the Beiyuan spies, and don't miss one."

The agent saluted and left the study.

And Ye Qing no longer put his mind on them, ready to continue teaching Wu Yong the art of war.

In fact, he never thought of playing hard to get. He just wanted to drive them away as soon as possible from the beginning to the end, and let himself go home as soon as possible.

But if you don't tell such a lie, these loyal subordinates will not agree.

Therefore, even for the sake of these subordinates who are rooted here, he must arrange everything as much as possible while he is still living in this era!
One needs to have some affection. If he can't go home and go home in style, let these subordinates who have been loyal to him for three years, as well as these unscrupulous people who support him, all be ruined!
"Come on, let's continue!"

at the same time,

Zhu Yuanzhang also came to the gate of the county government office. He picked up the big drumstick and smashed it fiercely at the Mingyuan Drum!
　I ask the officials to follow up and support me. After I add updates, I will go back and correct the typos, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)