The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 99 Zhu Yuanzhang is the truth, Lord Ye's greed for millions of snowflake silver is the truth!
The guards did not hand over their sabers, but just looked straight at Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma who had already crossed the threshold, or it could be said that they were just looking at Zhu Yuanzhang!
Although they can obey Queen Ma's orders many times, they will definitely only obey Zhu Yuanzhang's orders in this matter.

As Zhu Yuanzhang said, the reason why people in the palace listened to her Empress Ma most of the time was simply because he, Zhu Yuanzhang, loved her almost connivingly.

But in this matter of principle, which is related to responsibility and safety, they will only listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders.

What's more, they really don't want to hand over their sabers. They are soldiers who regard sabers as their lives, and they are pro-military who always wear sabers in the palace.

It's so insulting to be disarmed by a small clerk under the seventh-rank county magistrate!
But their boss, General Mao Xiang, paid all his attention to the doorman who asked him to hand over the soft sword hidden in his belt.

He can be sure that this door official is not simple, and it can also be said that these door officials are not simple. If they all surrender their weapons and then enter this county government office, it will really be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.

"Just wait outside!"

"This is Lord Ye's county office, so there is absolutely no problem with safety."

But at this moment,

After Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and ordered loudly, he and Queen Ma simply turned around and entered the county government office.

To the gatekeepers, his order was a compliment to them. They agreed with this sentence and nodded in satisfaction.

After Mao Xiang heard the order, he only responded to it, and then led someone to squat in the corner.

In his opinion, what Zhu Yuanzhang said made sense.

Furthermore, this is the only way to go under such circumstances. If you really hand in your weapons and follow in, then you have no way out.

On the large square in front of the administrative hall of the county government,

Standing here, Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife looked extremely small.

They were surrounded by people of all kinds, not only Ming citizens in Hanfu, but also foreign merchants in strange costumes.

The people who went to the administrative hall all looked like they needed to solve something urgently, with their brows furrowed or their faces serious.

But the people who came out of the administrative hall were all satisfied and smiling. They didn't walk in such a hurry, and they even wanted to slow down and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the county government.

Whether it is the garden landscape combining rockery pools and trees, or this building that is comparable to a palace and can represent the Chinese mortise and tenon technology, they are all amazing.

Especially those foreign business travelers who have traveled far and wide, but have never seen the world!

Looking at this scene, although Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best not to show his emotions and anger, he felt emotional in his heart.

All the way to the north, they also passed by many prefectural and county government offices, not to mention the county government offices, even the government offices, the more north they went, the poorer they became.

That is to say, after they arrived at Taiyuan Mansion directly under Yanmen County, they saw the scene they wanted to see. Although it was not as good as Yanmen County, it was not much inferior to the wealthy Jiangnan!
They didn't stay long, and didn't disturb the Taiyuan magistrate, but went straight to Yanmen County.

When he left Taiyuan Mansion, he still thought about promoting Taiyuan Prefect in the coming year!

It's just that what happened in Yanmen County made him forget all these things completely. If he hadn't come here, he wouldn't have remembered it at all.

He frowned when he thought about uniting Yanmen County and Taiyuan Mansion, the immediate superior of Yanmen County.

But before he could think about it, Empress Ma said, "My lord, the people came here anxiously, but they all returned satisfied. Do you still want to see the administrative hall?"

"I'd really like to see it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Empress Ma's gratified smile and confident eyes, and he knew what kind of idea this woman was up to.

Isn't it because he is confident that this administrative hall can satisfy him, Zhu Yuanzhang, can become another outstanding achievement of his Ye Qing, and it can even become a major reason for her, Ma Xiuying, to protect Ye Qing!

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang completely used the words "emotions and anger are invisible" to deal with Empress Ma.

He also just smiled in satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

As soon as the words fell, he followed Queen Ma to the administrative hall.

As for the possible "collusion" relationship between Taiyuan Prefecture and Yanmen County that he thought of, he didn't mention a word.

He didn't intend to tell Queen Ma about this. As an emperor, he had to save himself.

If he made up his mind to kill Ye Qing, this is his legitimate reason for killing Ye Qing!
If he wants to save Ye Qing's life for the time being, this is his 'magic weapon' for holding Ye Qing!
quickly,

They came under the door plaque of the administrative hall.

The administrative hall is arranged in a courtyard, and the architectural style is a bit of the Jiangnan artistic conception of white walls and black tiles. It can also be said that the entire county government is the Jiangnan in the northern fortress.

But it is not a pure Jiangnan artistic conception, but also has a style of the Fortress, a perfect combination of the two!
The left side hall of the administrative hall in the layout of the courtyard is a special hall for taxation, and the right side hall is a special hall for foreign business and travel comprehensive affairs.

And they are facing the main hall with a higher building and a larger size, which is the people's service hall!

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma first entered the tax hall. They saw a lot of counter-style windows, and girls in Hanfu uniforms of the Ming Dynasty were sitting in them, explaining in detail to the people who came to handle tax-related matters.

A stamped tax receipt is given, and piles of money are collected.

Looking at so much money, and seeing the hand that was about to make a plan, Zhu Yuanzhang never imagined that women could also do the work of these county officials so well.

But as an aborigine of an era, Zhu Yuanzhang still disapproves of women as officials!
But this pile of money gave Zhu Yuanzhang an idea.

After he goes back, it's almost time to go to various places to file tax returns. Today, Yanmen County, which is in the Doujin area, if he dares to fool the emperor and make false accounts, he will definitely kill Ye Qing!

After seeing the tax hall, they went straight to the 'special hall for general affairs of foreign business travelers'!
Compared with the tax hall on the opposite side, in addition to the counter-style windows and girls in Hanfu uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, there are also government officials standing on both sides and watching.

After all, the people who come here to do business are foreign barbarians, and someone needs to protect these beautiful girls.

Regarding this detail, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma also nodded in satisfaction.

Of course, what satisfied the two of them the most was the taxes on these foreign business travelers. They were gold coins and silver coins of different shapes, all of which were genuine gold and silver!
The real gold and silver that was taxed was directly packed and carried away by the strong man in charge of carrying.

Not only that, they also saw foreign business travelers exchanging local currency. After all, they had to spend food and accommodation here, which was a must.

I saw the girl at the counter holding a small scale, weighing the gold and silver coins they took out, and then giving a certain amount of Ming-made copper coins and treasure notes.

Of course, in addition to exchanging taxes for money, they also register information here, and then obtain the occupancy qualification certificate for staying here.

Foreign business travelers can stay here for consumption only if they have obtained the occupancy qualification certificate.

"Fifteen days allowed?"

"Activity venues are allowed, the county purchase and sale market, Yanmen Border Trade Street, all consumer entertainment venues!"

Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang saw the girl who was enthroned and was applying for a check-in qualification certificate for a foreign businessman, and at the same time secretly said in their hearts.

All these qualification certificates are standard and need to be filled out by hand and then stamped, that is, how many days are allowed!
What satisfied them the most was the precautions above, that is, the scope of allowed activities and the places where they were not allowed to enter.

It is clearly marked above that only foreign business travelers with great strength can go directly to the industrial park to purchase goods, and foreign business travelers with average strength can only go to the purchase market to purchase goods.

Of course, there is the most important one!
That is all the secrets and military places, they are not allowed to enter, not to mention, they are not even allowed to approach.

In a word, as long as they can see secret and military places, they are not allowed to go, and they will be directly arrested as spies.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma just looked at each other and then left in silence.

In the garden landscape, seeing no one around, the two started talking in a low voice.

Empress Ma smiled and said: "Chong Ba, look at this Master Ye, he is really a genius!"

"Registration of foreign business travel information not only facilitates management, but also greatly reduces the security problems caused by these barbarians, and fundamentally prevents them from inquiring about military information."

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded in satisfaction and said, "This Ye Qing is indeed a meticulous talent!"

"And these real gold and silver, carry them away in sacks one by one!"

Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he was really hungry.

He could already imagine the scene of Yanmen County pulling cartloads of gold and silver coins into the state treasury.

If this is the case, he can also tolerate this big corrupt official.

There is no other reason,

Because Zhu Yuanzhang is Ye Qing's immediate boss!

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was looking forward to this future, Empress Ma smiled and said: "I believe it now, maybe he really has the ability to greedy millions of snowflakes in three years!"

But as soon as the words fell, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma widened their eyes in a tacit understanding, and then looked at each other.

Just because they thought of Ye Qing's self-report letter again!
"I have been greedy for millions of snowflakes in three years. Is it true?"

"Isn't this a lie to get our attention?"

In Empress Ma's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze became sharper and his voice became deeper and deeper!
(End of this chapter)