Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 156
"Sir, you, you won't leave us alone, right?"

Tao Youqing asked in disbelief. He didn't know what fate Li Wei mentioned about being unable to resist, but like other craftsmen, he had some blind worship of the former minister.

Although he was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, he did believe that Li Wei could help them, and there was no conflict.

"I'm just a small priest, how can I help you?"

Li Wei looked at him meaningfully and asked.

"Qin Ke..." Tao Youqing opened his mouth to say that you can ask the emperor, but he immediately reacted and stopped talking.

Li Wei confirmed his guess, with a look of disappointment on his face. He waved his hand casually and said in a driving tone: "Let's go."

After saying that, he stopped staying and turned directly back to the Jiaofang Division.

Tao Youqing was stunned, and then panicked in his heart. Looking at Li Wei's attitude, he realized that he seemed to have been exposed. This was a matter assigned by His Majesty. If he failed, would he get any good results?

Li Wei returned to the Jiaofang Division with some disinterest, went to the back hall and sat alone.

He has always been honest with people, but he doesn't like this kind of intrigue, intrigue, and conspiracy. It's full of calculations, betrayals, and intrigues. It's not pleasant at all. It's annoying!
There is also Zhu Yuanzhang, who wants him to go back and just say it. He is ready to make sacrifices and seek compromise. He insists on resorting to these methods, but he also wants to go back and beg to work for him. Ha, what a beautiful thought.

Li Wei cut it with disdain, he was not in a hurry anyway, he just wanted to use it up.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Li Wei is not in a hurry, but Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a little anxious. Under his arrangement, Li Wei has now offended all the powerful people, and after listening to his nonsense, Zhu Yuanzhang is even more sure that this bitch cannot be connected with the powerful people. I feel more at ease using him.

Just thinking about his little girl, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. With this boy's temperament and his ideas of being an enemy to the world, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to survive in the end. If his daughter married him, she would probably be a widower. .

Now he couldn't care about these things for the time being. He had to train this brat as soon as possible and become a force to restrain Wu Xun. As for whether this brat would lose control in the future, he was not worried.

It would kill any Lenu to survive. This boy is obviously a very loyal person. It is too easy to control someone like him. Not to mention his own daughter, just the people around him now are enough. Tie him up tight!
Now that everything was arranged, I was waiting for this kid to come over and beg him, but things got stuck here.

"What, that guy said he doesn't care?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mao Xiang said respectfully.

A small person like Tao Youqing was not qualified to be received by Zhu Yuanzhang in person. He was just a temporary worker hired by Mao Xiang. After finishing the work, he still had to report it to Mao Xiang and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised when he heard this. He didn't believe it. According to his judgment, this boy should not be the kind of person who could easily let go of these craftsmen.

"Please tell us carefully what he said at that time!"

Mao Xiang was slightly startled. He didn't know what aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion. He immediately repeated what Tao Youqing told him to Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Tao Youqing made the report, because he was worried that the emperor would know that he had failed, he omitted the part where Li Wei finally tested him, and only said that Li Wei sighed and refused.

Mao Xiang didn't know Li Wei well enough, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew it very well. After hearing these words, he immediately discovered the problem.

What does "I can't even resist my own fate" mean? He doesn't need to say this to a small steward. This is clearly complaining to him. This bitch must have discovered that there is something wrong with this steward.

"When did this bitch become smart?"

Zhu Yuanzhang murmured to himself, and then snorted to Mao Xiang and said: "Huh, the person you are looking for must be hiding something and not reporting the truth!"

Mao Xiang's face suddenly changed, and he said in a panic: "I made an oversight, please forgive me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and did not blame him, nor did he say what to do with the steward. He did not need to give orders for such matters.

But now that this person has been exposed, he can only think of another way, what a headache!

This brat, now that he knows what I mean, he still doesn’t come to beg me quickly. It’s really unreasonable!
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned worriedly and waved his hand casually: "You go down first."

Mao Xiang, who was waiting with his head lowered, felt relieved when he heard this, and quickly bowed: "Yes, I'm resigning!"

Mao Xiang walked out of the Qianqing Palace backwards. As soon as he left the door, he began to think about how to deal with Tao Youqing. He dared to hide it and not report it, causing him to be embarrassed in front of His Majesty. He was very courageous!
Mao Xiang is busy rectifying Tao Youqing, Zhu Yuanzhang is racking his brains to plot against Li Wei, and Ge Si from the Ministry of Rites is also very busy recently, because their Ministry of Rites has to choose a consort for the princess.Although Zhu Yuanzhang had already decided on Li Wei, only he and Empress Ma knew about it and had not told anyone else. The Ministry of Rites still followed normal procedures.

The first step is to publish a list and call on young talents from the capital to sign up.

As soon as the list came out, the Ministry of Rites was filled with people. The families of powerful people from all over the world had children of the right age, and they all came to sign up.

The current prince-in-law is different from the one after Hongwu. He is not allowed to be an official, and he is not allowed to belong to a powerful family. These rules have not yet been determined. For example, the two princes-in-law in front are Li Qi, the eldest son of Li Shanchang, and Mei. Mei Yin, Sizu's son, came from a powerful family, and was entrusted with important responsibilities. He often sent envoys to local areas for disaster relief and inspections under the emperor's orders.

Being a prince consort now is a great thing. The prince consort has a high status. He is ranked under the uncle and the prince, half higher than the great uncle Li Wei once was. Everyone is flocking to it, especially the children of common people. For me, that is a good opportunity to reach the sky in one step.

Naturally, Li Wei also heard about the lively activities of the Ministry of Rites, but he didn't take it seriously and was not interested in it at all. As the saying goes, it has nothing to do with him, so he still rehearsed some politically correct programs every day, and at the same time, he was not interested in it. Plan the future for yourself and Xiaoqing.

It was said that he had discussed marriage with Xiaoqing several times recently, but Xiaoqing was really not in a hurry at all and was even a little procrastinating. This surprised him and even made him doubt her feelings for him.

While he was thinking wildly about his feelings, a servant sent by the Ministry of Rites found the Jiaofang Division and said that His Majesty was inviting ministers from the Ministry of Rites to the palace to discuss the canonization of the princess and asked him to go with him.

He, the head of the Jiaofang, also belongs to the Ministry of Rites, and his official rank has been promoted to the sixth rank. He is at the same level as the chief in the Ministry of Rites. It is normal for him to participate in this kind of thing.

Li Wei, who has always liked to be lazy, did not push back this time.Because he remembered that when Zhengdan gave the banquet, the little princess once told him that she would be canonized soon. He thought that the princess who would be canonized this time was probably her.

He had also promised to support others when they were canonized. It was not easy to break his promise, so he just took this opportunity to participate.

Li Wei made arrangements for Feng Jingchun, and then followed the officer to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to meet with the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

It turned out that the officials in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites were noisily discussing the etiquette procedures. As soon as Li Wei came in, the whole place fell silent, and then everyone who was close to him ran away several times, their eyes full of disgust, disdain, etc. .

Although Jiaofangsi is a serious place, its reputation is not good. Especially officials like them know the secrets better. In their opinion, the ambassador who manages Jiaofangsi is no better than the madam in a brothel. , so everyone had avoided the position of Jiaofangsi before, except Li Wei who was eager to take it.

Although after Li Wei's rectification, the Jiaofang Secretary no longer had those messy things, these officials still looked down upon him as the Jiaofang Secretary.

Li Wei didn't care about these people. Anyway, he was known as a traitor before, and he didn't itch even if he had too many lice.

"Hey, Sir, you haven't retired yet?" Li Wei greeted an acquaintance when he saw him. As the minister, Ge Si was in the most conspicuous position, so he got close to him when he came up.

"Haha, it's coming soon, it's coming soon." Ge Si laughed twice.

Although the word "retirement" is relatively rarely used, it has actually been used since the Tang Dynasty, and of course he can understand it. In fact, many words used by later generations were already used in ancient times.

After Li Wei said hello to him, he looked around again. He didn't know many officials from the Ministry of Etiquette. Except for Li Mian, the minister, they basically couldn't name them. Oh, and there was also Mao Buquan!

"Master Mao, long time no see!"

Mao Buquan, who was hiding in the crowd, suddenly changed his face slightly when he heard him naming him. He snorted coldly and turned his head.

He suffered big losses three times under Li Wei before, but he has been honest since then. Now Li Wei has been promoted to the same level as him in just a few months. He doesn't want to take the initiative to offend, but the resentment in his heart is It never went away.

Except for Ne Si and Mao Buquan, Li Wei was not familiar with the others, so he didn't speak again.

When Gesi saw that almost everyone had arrived, he led everyone out of the Yamen and towards the palace.

The matter of canonizing the princess is a private matter of the royal family and cannot be discussed in Fengtian Palace. Instead, the ministers were called to Jinshen Palace.

The difference between men and women is reflected here. The canonization of princes and princes is a state matter in Fengtian Palace, while princesses and concubines are private matters and can only be carried out in these later palaces.

In the Jinshen Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma ascended to the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang was in the middle, Queen Ma was on the side, and Zhu Biao was also there.

In addition to these people from the old Zhu family, other nobles like Li Wenzhong and Li Shanchang were also called by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Ge Si led the officials from the Ministry of Rites in to greet Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma and Prince Zhu Biao. Today was their home court, and chief officials from other ministries also came to join in the fun. Almost all members of their Rites Department were present.

　I will update another chapter later. The little princess will grow up. Please vote for me.

　　
　
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