The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 95 The people of Yanmen fought with Zhu Yuanzhang, everything is the emperor's fault!
"Stop, this drum can't be beat!"

Among the eight door officials standing opposite each other on both sides of the gate of the county government office, the four door officials who were looking at each other loudly stopped.

Not only that, but he subconsciously stretched out his hand, and made a gesture to stop it.

But no matter how fast they reacted, they were still not as fast as an angry middle-aged man's hand speed. They could only watch this middle-aged strong man in brocade clothes destroy their "cultural relics" with a single drumstick. !
At this moment, Empress Ma also hurriedly joined Mao Xiang and the others to rescue Zhu Yuanzhang who was imprisoned by the drum.

Time goes back to the moment when Zhu Yuanzhang beat the drum,
After Zhu Yuanzhang came running aggressively, he picked up the drum stick on the drum stand, aimed at the big drum that was enough to put a strong man in it, and smashed it fiercely.

With this strength, if it is a golden hammer with a special gourd to hit the top, it can definitely smash a person's head in one fell swoop.

He hit the paper-pasted drum with such force, and of course it pierced through it all at once, and the inertia of the force hit back the drum body.

Naturally, the drum body, which is as round as a super-large bucket, is like a ferrule, and Zhu Yuanzhang is put in it.

Fortunately, Mao Xiang and the guards were agile, so they grabbed the underside of the drum before hitting his feet: "Master, be careful!"

"Sir, raise your hand, we'll take it out for you!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just reacted, was immediately stunned.

It was only after looking at the remnant drumhead that was rattled by the wind that he knew that the drumhead was not made of leather, but a waterproof oil-paper umbrella surface that looked like kraft paper!

"Ming grievances are using paper to fool you? This dog official!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang cooperated with the guards to help him take out the drum body, he didn't forget to curse inwardly.

But even so, he didn't curse out loud, after all, the place he was in was right under Ye Qing's nose.

But he also made up his mind, it doesn't matter if he doesn't see him this time, he will go to the nearby guard station to transfer troops, arrest Ye Qing directly and settle the score.

It's not a big deal to embarrass him, but he already knows Ye Qing's character because he has even used paper to confuse the complaint.

Isn't this just a made up mind, so that the people have no way to redress their grievances!

But when the drum body, which was as round as a super-large bucket, was lifted out, the people in the past directly blocked his way to dispatch troops:
"What's the matter with you, you don't have eyes!"

"Dare to beat this drum, do you know what this drum is to us?"

"Master, don't let them go, you must make them lose money, and after paying ten thousand and eight thousand, they will be sent to labor camps to atone for their sins!"

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Just when everyone pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang coldly and started cursing, an old man silently walked up to the damaged Drum of Injustice, and he just caressed the torn paper drum surface with great care.

At the same time, he also shed tears of great regret: "Beast!"

"Bastard, this old man will fight with you!"

After the old man wiped away his tears, when he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again, it was as if he had seen the murder of his father and enemy, and he ran towards him as if he had died together.

Faced with such a situation, not to mention Mao Xiang, even the smart and careful Empress Ma did not react.

How could it be his family's Chongba's fault?
But they still reacted instinctively, and directly protected Zhu Yuanzhang in the middle.

Fortunately, the gatekeeper made a move, hugged the old man and said: "Old man, don't do this, we have something to talk about."

While a young door official carried the old man who wanted to die with Zhu Yuanzhang to the side to do ideological work, other door officials also quickly appeased the angry Yanmen people.

"Everyone, calm down, this is the county government office, no lives can be caused."

"These guys can tell at a glance that this is the first time a foreign business traveler has come, and they must have encountered some urgent matter before they did this."

"Everyone should know that our Yanmen County cannot exist today without these foreign business travelers. We should let them know where they went wrong and give them a chance to reform themselves."

"Yes, only in this way can we highlight the generosity and tolerance of the people of Yanmen, and let people come here once, and there will be another time."

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Under the education of the door officials, the eyes of the common people looking at Zhu Yuanzhang and others were obviously not so fierce.

Seeing that most of the crisis had been resolved, Mao Xiang and the others nodded in satisfaction. They had to say that these door officials were much better than those in other places who liked to take advantage.

But then, they felt something was wrong.

This dog official used paper to fool people, and became a saint?

It's useless for them to be wrong at all, and they directly become sinners?

And it turned out that the people of Yanmen were generous and gave them a chance to reform?
Not to mention Mao Xiang and the others, even Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma couldn't figure out what was going on.

In order to find out what was going on, Empress Ma directly signaled Mao Xiang, who was standing in front of her, to get out of the way, and she wanted to ask the matter clearly.

But before Queen Ma went out, Zhu Yuanzhang took Queen Ma's hand and pulled it back, and he walked out by himself. As a big man, how could he let his wife stand out!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at a young door official, and said with an attitude of looking down: "Let's ask you, what's going on?"

When the common people saw his appearance as a superior, they immediately became furious: "What are you, is this the attitude of doing something wrong?"

"Believe it or not, I smashed you to death with a hoe!"

"I've seen shameless ones, but I haven't seen shameless ones!"

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Facing this group of common people who could be called troublemakers, Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't want to bear it anymore. The five words 'one who doesn't know is not guilty' couldn't calm him down.

But at this time, Empress Ma still came out, and first smiled and apologized before asking the doorman politely.

Seeing that the lady was so reasonable, the people temporarily suppressed their anger and were willing to give them a chance.

Empress Ma asked the gatekeeper, "This messenger, we just have something to complain about."

"It's a custom handed down by the ancestors for the common people to sue and beat the drum to express grievances, but why is the drum surface made of paper?"

Empress Ma saw that the people were like this, she didn't mention the word Ye Qing at all, she just acted like they didn't understand and urgently needed to be cleared up.

Seeing that the lady was so knowledgeable, the common people also opened their mouths to tell the story of the drum.

Following the extremely detailed explanations of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma also had a scene that was almost like a reenactment of the story in the minds of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma.

Time went back to three years ago, when Ye Qing took office.

At that time, Yanmen County, although there was a county seat, was full of dilapidated and dilapidated feelings, and those agricultural lands that should have symbolized the characteristics of farming civilization were under the strategy of "returning farmland to pasture" , turned into a meadow.

At night in summer, among the lush pastures, there are four wild wildfires!

There is no other reason,

Just because after Beiman killed people, he would bury them under the pasture to make fertilizer. The grass grew as good as today's rice. You can even see the grass growing from the common people's yard all the way to the top of the kang. Scenes.

Even on a July night in midsummer, those places are bitterly cold.

This is Yanmen County when Lord Ye took office. After arriving in the county, the gates of the county government are all dilapidated.

And the Mingyuan Drum, which has been handed down since the end of the Song Dynasty, is also very old. If the drum body was not well made, it would have disappeared long ago.

As for the drumhead, it really breaks when you hit it!
At this moment, the young Ye Qing came here wearing an official uniform and riding a donkey!

He summoned the people who were half-lived from hunger because they had not had enough to eat for a long time to listen to him.

But how can the common people, who are already like walking dead and have lost confidence in life, believe that a young official can make them rich?

In order to keep everyone quiet, Ye Qing also acted like this old man, once the drumstick was dropped, it directly tore the surface of the drum.

"It's bad, it's good!"

"If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come!"

"You have one and only one choice. You can only have hope for the future if you follow this official!"

"You have no choice, either you are ready to starve to death at any time, or use the remaining half of your life to follow me to fight for a better future!"

When Ye Qing said this, he also looked at the patched and patched clothes on the yamen servants and the common people.

In the next moment, Ye Qing tore off his official robe, and shouted with all his strength: "There is a Bodhisattva in the Buddhist family who said that hell is not empty, so I vow not to become a Buddha!"

"Those are illusory gods and Buddhas. If praying to gods and worshiping Buddhas is useful, these northern barbarians will not be able to enter!"

"The only thing you can believe is your hardworking hands, and me, Mr. Ye, who swears that if you don't wear new clothes, I will always wear patched official uniforms!"

"How to do it, you choose!"

As soon as the words fell, Ye Qing, who was wearing a rotten official uniform, turned his back directly.

But at this moment, the common people knelt down in unison, willing to fight with this young Master Ye!
Finally, the officials and the people laughed together and had hope for the future.

Immediately afterwards, everyone looked at the grievance drum whose surface was crushed by Ye Qing, and worried, because they were so poor that they couldn't even repair this drum!

But Ye Qing immediately said: "It's good to paste it with paper, this is the respect for the ancestors who set the rules!"

"From today onwards, people don't need to beat the drums to complain about their grievances. I will formulate a better way for everyone!"

"This paper drum for grievances will always exist. After you become rich, every time you pass by and see it, you will remember that you were so poor that you couldn't even repair the drum for grievances in the county government!"

"Maybe, you don't dare to imagine it now, but you will definitely have that time in the future!"

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Now under the majestic gate of the county government,
Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and the others listened to the people's weeping reminiscence words, and restored the scene of Ye Qing's arrival in their minds, and then looked at the people's unpatched clothes and the delicate rattle in the children's hands.

After Empress Ma wiped away her tears, she patted Zhu Yuanzhang's drumming arm, with a hint of reproach in her eyes: "It's all your fault!"

"I told you not to be so impulsive, but you didn't listen, it's fine now, you made a big mistake!".
(End of this chapter)