The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 204 Master Ye burned incense and asked for seals. Li Mu, Li Guang, Li Jing, and Li Shimin appeared. Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked!

Zhu Yuanzhang and the other three were not surprised at all that Ye Qing would come here to worship.

One is that General Li has said this before, and the other is that although he, Ye Qing, is a corrupt official, he is not only greedy for money but also a person who cares for the people and the hearts of civil servants.

Such people come here to worship on a quiet night before the war. Even if they don't know about it in advance and just meet by chance, they won't be surprised, they will just think it's a coincidence.

But Wu Yong was carrying a bucket of cleaning tools, which surprised Zhu Yuanzhang.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and the other three were focusing on this bucket of cleaning utensils, Ye Qing smiled happily at Mr. Guo.

"Old Guo,"

"You still come here to pay your respects. It seems that your status as an imperial merchant has not completely turned you into the kind of person who gets into money's asshole!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was immediately unhappy.

Zhu Yuanzhang retorted loudly: "Master Ye, are you speaking in human language?"

"You're such a corrupt official, you actually have the nerve to say that I've got money out of you?"

When Ye Qing saw Master Guo's anxious expression, he felt that he couldn't even understand what this man was saying. He obviously wanted to praise him from the bottom of his heart, but why couldn't he find the key point in his words?

Ye Qing didn't want to say anything more to him, lest it affect his ability to pay homage to his former general and mentor.

In everyone's eyes, Ye Qing ignored Zhu Yuanzhang, not even Mrs. Guo and Mao Xiang.

It can also be said that he didn't realize at all that the relatively thin soldier was Mrs. Guo who could match him in negotiation eloquence.

It wasn't that his eyesight was bad, but that ever since he stepped onto the threshold of Jingbian Temple, all he could see was the general standing tall in the temple.

Under the candlelight of the temple,

Ye Qing carried a basket of sacrifices, straightened his collar, lifted his clothes, crossed the threshold of the temple, and passed by Mr. Guo.

Just when the two of them passed each other, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the words "defiant" from Ye Qing's unsquinting profile.

Judging from his current expression and eyes, the word "arrogant" is really written on his face.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry because of his arrogance, because he knew that Ye Qing's arrogance at the moment was aimed at living people like them.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others stood outside the main hall dedicated to Li Mu, watching Ye Qing worship Li Mu.

In their eyes,
Ye Qing personally placed four roast chickens, four pots of fine wine, and four bowls of steaming white rice on the confession table.

Immediately afterwards, he personally lit four pairs of red candles and four sticks of incense, and inserted them into four bronze incense burners.

The sacrifice in the middle and the burning incense candles correspond to the golden statue of Li Mu standing in the middle. But the other three sacrifices and the three sets of burning incense candles correspond to who they are!

Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang, even the meticulous Queen Ma didn't know who the three sacrifices and incense candles were prepared for.

Because except for the statue of Li Mu, there is no one else here.

Just when the three of them were secretly wondering, General Li walked to the side and pulled the pull switch hidden behind the pillar head.

The next moment, three scroll portraits as tall as one person were lowered directly from the beams.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others knew why Ye Qing prepared four sacrifices and four incense candles!

In their eyes,
The first portrait from the left is of the famous Tang general Wei Guogong Li Jing!

Li Jing is wearing the Tang Dynasty gilt Mingguang armor, a red robe dancing in the wind, and holding a Tang Hengdao in his hand. His eyebrows, eyes, and beard are all so lifelike.

Just by staring into these eyes, one can instantly understand what it means to "strategize and win from thousands of miles away"!
In the upper left corner of this picture, there are seven large characters in regular script "Li Jing, Duke of Jingwu of the Kingdom of Wei" written clearly, and under these seven characters, a brief introduction to Li Jing's life is written.

The second portrait from the left is of Tang Dynasty General Tiance (Tang Taizong) Li Shimin!
It's just that the Li Shimin in the portrait is different from the Li Shimin wearing a dragon robe that Zhu Yuanzhang saw in historical materials.

The Li Shimin here is wearing dragon scale bright light armor, with his right hand holding the dragon pattern Tang Dao on his waist, and his left hand holding a dragon pattern golden gun. The portrait is still lifelike, as if he really saw the living Tiance General Li Shimin.

In the upper left corner of the portrait, there are also fourteen large characters written in regular script "Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and General Li Shimin". Under these fourteen characters, a brief introduction to Li Shimin's life is also written.

Next to the statue of Li Mu, the first portrait from the right, depicts the flying general Li Guang!
Li Guang is wearing the armor of a Han Dynasty general, and he is bending his bow to shoot at the Northern Wolf. He is still lifelike. Just take a look at the fully drawn big bow, and you can feel the weight of the four words "ape-armed general".

In the upper left corner of the portrait, there are also six official script characters written "Li Guang, General of Valiant Cavalry", and under these six characters, a brief introduction to Li Guang's life is also written.

It's just that the brief introduction to Li Guang's life above focuses on the deeds of the "Ape-Armed General" Li Guang, who fought dozens of battles with the Huns when he was the governor of Yanmen, Daijun, and Yunzhong, and was called the "Flying General" by the Huns.

As for the fact that he failed to participate in the Battle of Mobei in the fourth year of Yuanshou because he lost his way, it can be said that there is no mention at all.

The reason why Ye Qing didn't mention it was not because Li Guang was his teacher and he deliberately 'exploited his strengths and avoided weaknesses'. It was just that he, as a disciple, didn't want to write about his master's mistakes!
Furthermore, his personal experience in the Han Dynasty was that he and Li Guang were stationed in Yanmen.

As for what happened next, Ye Qing, who had died in the Han Dynasty, did not personally participate, so he only needed to remember the 'Flying General' and 'Ape-armed General'.

He is not a historian, so he does not need to write such a comprehensive picture in a portrait for commemoration and worship!

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others looked at these three portraits with varying degrees of horror in their eyes.

Mao Xiang looked at Wu Yong, who was standing next to him, and asked in a low voice: "Who painted these three portraits?"

"Surprisingly, the painting is so lifelike, as if these three famous historical generals were alive in the painting!"

Just after Mao Xiang asked this question, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma also looked at him, waiting for the answer from Yanmen County Prime Minister Wu Yongwu, who was Ye Qing's assistant.

Wu Yong just whispered: "If you have anything to say, we'll talk to you later. Don't disturb Lord Ye from worshiping them!"

After Wu Yong finished speaking, his whole person became solemn.

The group of them just stood at the gate, watching Ye Qing working solemnly and quietly.

At this moment, Ye Qing was not arrogant, but there were no living people like them in his eyes, only these three pictures and this golden statue.

They only saw Ye Qing take out four antique wooden boxes from the bag, and then take out four pieces of paper.

After placing the four pieces of paper on the confession in front of the four bronze incense burners, he placed four antique wooden boxes on the four pieces of paper in turn.

Immediately afterwards, he carefully opened the box one by one, and then took out the private seal inside.

Finally, he took out the cinnabar red ink pad, stamped the four private seals in the middle of the white paper in sequence, and then placed the private seals on their sides with the bottom of the seal facing outward.

The first portrait of Li Jing from the left corresponds to [Li Jingyin]!
The second portrait of Li Shimin from the left corresponds to the [Li Shimin Seal]!
The third portrait of Li Mu from the left corresponds to [Li Mu Yin]!
The fourth portrait of Li Guang from the left corresponds to [Li Guangyin]!
After doing all this, Ye Qing came to the center of the hall, faced the four mentors, and knelt down on his knees simply and decisively.

In everyone's eyes, Ye Qing first looked up at the four famous historical generals, then put his left hand on his right hand, cupped his hands on the ground, and slowly lowered his head to the ground.

Empress Ma knew at a glance that this was the most solemn of the nine worships of the Han family.

This kind of great ceremony is only used to worship parents, ancestors and mentors in heaven and earth. Even if it is to worship the king, it is not necessary to use this kind of great ceremony.

After Empress Ma recognized that this was Jishou's salute, she always felt that it was reasonable and unreasonable.

The reason why I think it is reasonable is because they are the ancestors and martyrs, and there is nothing wrong with future generations performing this great gift!

The reason why I think it is unreasonable is that if they are not direct ancestors and do not have special feelings for them, as descendants hundreds of years later, generally they will not give such a gift easily!
To put it bluntly, it means that the feelings are not that great, and a general salute to show respect is enough!

Thinking of this, Queen Ma wanted to ask Wu Yong again what kind of special feelings Ye Qing had for them.

But since they had already said hello, she could only remember this question and ask it again after Ye Qing had finished paying homage.

Just when Empress Ma recognized this as the Jishou Prostration Ceremony and realized the problem, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been a monk and studied various worship rituals, also recognized this worship ritual.

"Burn incense and ask for a seal?"

"Even if he is worshiping the martyrs, he doesn't need such a unique ceremony!"

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Burning incense and asking for seals is first of all a worship ceremony to invite the immortal family to come.

Later, this ritual became a worship ritual in which descendants or apprentices invite their deceased parents, ancestors or mentors to enjoy the sacrifices during special solar terms.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, so he naturally does not believe in those mysterious and mysterious things.

In his opinion, those mysterious and mysterious gods and Buddhas are just a spiritual means to maintain rule.

But he was very in favor of using various worship rituals to worship ancestors and martyrs.

Because he does not believe in the fabricated gods and Buddhas in the sky, he only believes in the ancestors and martyrs who have left their names in history and contributed to this land.

But he couldn't figure it out, how much did Ye Qing admire these four famous historical generals?
No matter how much I admire you, you won’t use this grand ceremony to worship your ancestors and your late mentor!
"Do you think of them as your ancestors?"

"But these four are all named Li, and his surname is Ye!"

"Is it possible that something happened and Ye changed his surname?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang only thought about his ancestors, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

First of all, although these four are all named Li, they are not from the same team. There is no such possibility at all.

As for the line of being a mentor, he wouldn't even think about it.The four mentors were in the Warring States, Han Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty respectively, but the apprentice was in the Ming Dynasty?

Just thinking about it made him feel ridiculous!

But just when he was puzzled, his eyes widened immediately, and he focused all his attention on the four private seals.

The seal of Li Mu's private seal is a bronze seal, does it still have patina?
Li Guang's private seal seal is made of jade, while Li Jing's and Li Shimin's private seal seals are made of brass, and both have similar traces of time.

Not only that, the handwriting is also the handwriting that corresponds to the era!
"Authentic?"

"The four seals are actually authentic?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the four seals and narrowed his eyes.

This was a sign that he was concentrating, and it was also a sign that he was starting to have a lot of thoughts again.

At this very moment,
Ye Qing, who was kneeling in the center of the hall, slowly stood up and kept his knees up, still kneeling and looking up at the four famous historical generals.

He looked at the statue of Li Mu, and the memory of that life was in his mind.

"General, the general is here to see you!"

"Teacher, the students are here to see you!"

"Your command tactics will not be called tactics in later generations, but are called 'military command art exclusive to Wu'an Lord Li Mu'. The battle of Zhao defeating the Huns was a typical battle of a large infantry corps annihilating a large cavalry corps, while the Battle of Fei was an encirclement and annihilation campaign." An example of war!"

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Immediately afterwards, Ye Qing looked at Li Guang's portrait again. At the same time, his mind was filled with memories of that life.

"General, the general is here to see you!"

"Teacher, the students are here to see you!"

"You joined the army to fight against the Huns in the 14th year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and was awarded the title of Zhonglang General for your merits. When you were the governor of Daijun, Yanmen, and Yunzhong, you fought against the Huns dozens of times and were called 'Flying General' by the Huns."

"They say you later became a lost general!"

"Among these descendants, there are always a few who only remember a momentary mistake and not ten years of meritorious deeds. Forgive them!"

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Then, Ye Qing looked at the portraits of Li Jing and Li Shimin, and his mind was filled with memories of that life.

"Two generals, two teachers, Ye Qing is here to see you!"

"I know your true biography deeply, "Li Weigong's Art of War", "Tang Taizong Li Weigong's Questions" and "Li Jing's Six Army Mirror", I know them by heart!"

"But I am a clumsy person. I have only learned a little bit from the four of you."

"It was just this little bit of knowledge that allowed me to finally serve as the general guarding the Yanmen Pass in the Tang Dynasty!"

"It's just this little bit of knowledge that gave me the insight to build a city with iron gates and garrison troops to defend it from the commanding heights!"

"In this life, I came to the Ming Dynasty."

"I will use the knowledge from my previous life and this little bit of knowledge I learned from you to fight for Yanmen Pass for the last time."

"This is to draw a successful conclusion to my own career as an ancient, and also to give you a satisfactory answer."

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At the entrance of the main hall,
Zhu Yuanzhang and his party could not hear these voices coming from Ye Qing's heart, but they could see Ye Qing's pious and serious eyes and his 'speaking' eyes.

But none of them could understand what Ye Qing was saying to them in his heart through these speaking eyes.

But even if they couldn't see through Ye Qing's inner thoughts, they were still moved by Ye Qing's piety at this moment.

When this war is about to break out, worshiping these four Chinese war gods should be pious and passionate.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and the others looked at the four famous historical generals with admiration, Ye Qing looked at the four mentors again, and his eyes became extremely firm.

The reason why he couldn't speak before was because what he wanted to say couldn't appear in this era!

Now, he wants to petition the four generals as Ye Qing, the magistrate of Yanmen County in the Ming Dynasty.

Ye Qing said: "Here are the four generals,"

"They bullied my colleagues for hundreds of years and were eventually driven out of the Great Ming Dynasty, but they still want to come back and take over the Central Plains."

"I only hope that the four generals will protect the Central Plains and these flesh and blood bodies who are about to wear armor and go into battle."

"I will not lose this battle!"

"Not only will I not lose, I will beat them to the point of being completely convinced!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing just closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

After a long time,

Ye Qing then stood up, put away the three portraits again, took the cleaning tools, and personally scrubbed the golden statue of Li Mu on one side.

After everything was done, Ye Qing left the hall.

It was at the moment when he stepped out of the threshold that he realized that General Li and Master Guo had not left. They had been standing not far away watching him worship.

Ye Qing stepped forward, looked at Mr. Guo and Mrs. Guo, who was wearing personal armor, and said, "Still not leaving?"

"Next time you bring a woman into the camp, I will give you a slap in the face of General Guo."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he held his mouth and looked at the sky and the ground.

Empress Ma just smiled lightly and told Ye Qing again what he said to General Li.

When Ye Qing heard these words, he just thought it was a bit funny. His account books were complete and there was no need to enter the camp to watch.

Ye Qing knew that the real purpose of their trip was that Mr. Guo and Mrs. Guo must be here to serve as spies for Zhu Yuanzhang and explore his new weapons and equipment.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing looked in the direction of Yingtian Mansion again, his eyes still full of complaints.

It’s still the same saying, ‘if you don’t take the initiative to search your house, there is something wrong with your brain’!
He had already archived the technical data for these technologies that were 300 years ahead of the current world. As long as he killed himself and ransacked his house, they would all belong to him, Zhu Yuanzhang.

But he, Zhu Yuanzhang, didn't know why he went crazy, and he dragged it until now.

Not even until now, but until after the war.

When he thought of this, Ye Qing just wanted to say one thing to Zhu Yuanzhang who was far away in Yingtian Mansion: "Whenever I die, I will give it to you. As long as I live in this era, you don't even think of taking it away from me." One'!
And at this moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang saw obvious complaints and disgust in Ye Qing's eyes, and even felt that his eyes were 'cursing'.

He looked in the direction Ye Qing was looking at, and then realized that it was actually the direction of Ying Tian Mansion.

It was obvious that Mr. Ye, who dared to say in front of him that he had a country but no master, must be scolding the emperor in his heart.

The sentence 'Have we provoked you? ’ He was stunned when it reached his throat, but he swallowed it back forcefully.

He just immediately changed his words and said: "Looking at how filial you are to Tang Taizong and the three generals, you are not the kind of person who has no king or father!"

"Can't you be more respectful to His Majesty?"

"He is also a hero who drove away the barbarians and restored China!"

It's okay that Ye Qing didn't listen to this, he just complained in his heart.

But as soon as he heard this, he was about to provoke Zhu Yuanzhang, who was thousands of miles away, in front of Mr. Guo, the part-time imperial envoy who could talk to the emperor.

Still honor him?

As long as he kills himself early, all of Ye Qing's 'legacy' in this era will be filial to him, Zhu Yuanzhang, no problem.

But he doesn't live up to his expectations and still wants to be filial?
Thinking of this, Ye Qing just nodded and said: "I respect my ancestors and martyrs, but I don't respect your majesty!"

"When His Majesty becomes the ancestral martyr, I will honor him well!"

"Don't talk about burning incense and asking for seals,"

"I must worship him every morning, noon and evening, according to three meals a day."

"If I let him miss a meal, I will be regarded as an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust bastard!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing clasped his hands behind his back and walked away with his head held high.

Before leaving, he winked at Mr. Guo who was shocked by his words.

Whether it's provocation or teasing, that's what it means anyway.

Since you can't provoke him directly, Zhu Yuanzhang, then let's provoke Mr. Guo, who is a big fan of Zhu Yuanzhang! .
(End of this chapter)