Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 214 Play him for me
  When Li Wei was free during this period, he went to talk to Zhu Biao about the basic knowledge of currency and the operation of finance. Regardless of whether he understood it or not, he said everything that needed to be said anyway.

Zhu Biao died young, and he had no chance to use it if he explained it to him. The cause of his death in history is unclear. In addition, Li Wei is a novice in history, so even if he wanted to save Zhu Biao, he would not be able to do it.

Time flies, spring goes and autumn comes.

Li Wei was busy with his own affairs step by step. If he occasionally went to court, he would be impeached and would simply not go.

Now more and more people are attached to him. Even if he doesn't go to court, someone will tell him what happened in the court.

For example, today, as soon as the news came out that the Northern Expedition army was about to return to Beijing, someone reported it to him.

After Li Wei got the news, he went to Huang Zai, who was transferred to the Ministry of War, to get a copy of the Northern Campaign Report.

This was a battle report from a long time ago. It was no longer a secret to the court officials, so Huang Zai copied it for him.

Li Wei returned to the Ministry of Industry and took a closer look at the battle report. The Northern Expedition went smoothly and captured a lot of prisoners. The Beiyuan army almost fled when they saw the Ming army. There were not many tough battles, but the victory was real. , after these generals come back from the expedition, rewards will definitely be indispensable.

Lan Yu is one of these generals. This time he fought bravely and took the lead. He gave full play to the advantages of the human-headed dog and won a lot of military exploits. This time, not only was he able to get away with his merits, but he also got many rewards.

Li Wei stared at the information in this battle report, and his face couldn't help but look a little ugly.

Lan Yu was one of the main culprits in Xu Yao's death, and he himself was almost bitten to death by this dog at that time. He absolutely didn't want to see this guy being rewarded. Even if he couldn't be killed now, he couldn't be made comfortable. .

It's just that it's not easy to deal with this victorious Marquis.

Li Wei frowned and thought for a moment. Almost all of these nobles were arrogant and domineering people, and Lan Yu was the best among them. However, even Zhu Yuanzhang could only temporarily turn a blind eye to their illegal behavior. If he wanted to take this If you make a fuss about something, I'm afraid it will only end in vain.

"Hey, that's not necessarily true!" Li Wei murmured in a low voice.

He suddenly remembered those two scammers, Han Yike and Daotong. It was still very painful for them to impeach the censor. If they could take the lead and more people impeach Lan Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang would kill Lan Yu even if it was inconvenient. , I have to punish him severely for showing off!
  Just thinking about the behavior of these two cheaters who beat up their teammates every time, Li Wei was a little hesitant.

After thinking for a long time, there was no other good way for him to give up and let Lan Yu get the reward, but he was unwilling to do so.

"Hey, forget it, let's give them a try and give them another chance!"

Li Wei sighed, made up his mind, and got up to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Now the Metropolitan Procuratorate is nominally represented by Li Shanchang, but in fact he is not in charge of much, and these censors are allowed to do their own thing.

Li Shanchang was born in Huaixi. Although he was a civil servant, he was actually closer to the military generals. Most of the other civil servants in the court were scholars from Liu Bowen and Song Lian's lineage, although they have now lost their backbone. It became a mess, but it didn't get together with Li Shanchang, a Korean man.

Zhu Yuanzhang recalled him to the capital, originally keeping him close to him so that he could keep an eye on him. He asked him to act in the Metropolitan Procuratorate because the original Liu Bowen group in the Metropolitan Procuratorate would not listen to him. He would be just a decoration if he went there. .

Li Wei came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and directly found Han Yike.

Han Yike, who was dealing with official duties, saw him and suddenly felt very strange:
  "Master Li, why are you here?"

"Well, I have something to ask you for help."

Li Wei touched his nose in embarrassment. Ever since he decided that Han Yike and Daotong were scammers, he had been avoiding these two people and vowed never to ask them for help again. However, time has changed, and he still coming.

"What's the matter, you said."

Han Yike stood up and left the publican, led him to the reception area aside, motioned for him to sit down and said.

After the two of them sat down, Li Wei got straight to the point and said:

"I heard that Lan Yu is arrogant and domineering, indulging the village slaves, oppressing the people, and occupying the people's fields... Please play him for me!"

Li Wei pinned all the charges he could think of on Lan Yu, regardless of whether they were true or false.

Han Yike frowned slightly when he heard this. He also knew that Li Wei had a feud with Lan Yu. Now that Li Wei had made a lot of accusations and asked him to help impeach him, this was obviously a form of personal revenge.

Han Yike frowned and hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse directly. Instead, he asked: "Master Li, is there any evidence for what you said?"

Li Wei was slightly startled and said: "Can't you censors get wind of things? I've given you the wind, so what more evidence do you need?"

Han Yike rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's true that I heard that something was going on, but I'm not going to impeach a marquis just because of your words."

What's more, you are seeking revenge with impure motives, Han Yike thought to himself.

When Li Wei heard this, he frowned and became silent. Han Yike looked at him and said: "Actually, it doesn't have to be conclusive evidence, but at least there must be some reliable basis."

It is heard that it is the duty of their censor to supervise all officials. If Li Wei can come up with reliable evidence, then it is his duty to impeach Lan Yu. Even if Li Wei does not ask for his help, he will go to report to His Majesty.

Li Wei took a deep breath, his eyes narrowed slightly and said, "Okay, I'll look for the evidence and hand it over to you when the time comes. You can help me impeach him!"

"If there is reliable evidence, I will certainly be responsible!" Han Yike said seriously.

Li Wei nodded slightly, and then asked: "Where is Daotong?"

"Oh, Dao Tong has been ordered to patrol the place, and he will probably be back soon." Han Yike said.

"Oh." Li Wei was slightly disappointed. If this stubborn donkey was included in the impeachment matter, it would be much more powerful. I hope he can come back as soon as possible.

After chatting with Han Yike for a few words, Li Wei said goodbye and left. He had to quickly arrange for someone to investigate Lan Yu's evidence.

As for the method of investigation, it is the same as before, still mobilizing salesmen to snoop around.

With the current scale of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, it is easy to investigate something in the capital. Unfortunately, the people sent to other places have just set off and cannot detect evidence of Lan Yu's illegal crimes outside. If the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce spreads across the country in the future, then Much more convenient.

After Li Wei issued the order, the salesman from the Chamber of Commerce once again started working as a part-time investigator. In addition, Li Wei himself was not idle either. Every time he went to work, he denounced Lan Yu's crimes to his attached subordinates. Everyone listened. After a few times, they understood that this was Shangguan asking them to find trouble with Yongchang Marquis.

It's just that although everyone works under him, they are just petty officials. How can they dare to offend a big man like Yongchang Hou?

After much hesitation, they could only secretly accuse Lan Yu of impeachment, which not only gave the leader an explanation, but also did not expose his identity and offend Lan Yu.

A few days later, Laifu handed over the various criminal evidence investigated by the salesmen to Li Wei's hands. Li Wei frowned and said nothing when he looked at the evidence.

There are scenes of Lan Mansion's slaves bullying others, Lan Yu's adopted son fighting and causing trouble, drinking without paying, etc.

Although these were all evidence of guilt, the charges were not serious enough. He felt that even if he turned them in, Zhu Yuanzhang would only reprimand him a few times, but he would not do anything to Lan Yu, the hero, at this juncture when the army returned from victory.

"Don't he have any more serious evidence?"

Li Wei asked dissatisfied.

Laifu said with a troubled expression: "Master, after all, we are the capital here. Under the emperor's feet, Lan Yu doesn't dare to go too far even if he is a marquis."

After Li Wei heard this, he also woke up in his heart. Indeed, although these generals were arrogant and domineering, they were still very honest in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Even if they wanted to act recklessly, they often only dared to go to the local area, just like Zhu Liangzu.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh. Even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't fully grasp the local affairs, let alone him. Even if Lan Yu had done illegal things in other places, it would be time-consuming and laborious to investigate. Will it be possible in a short while? There are results.

"Okay, you go down first."

Li Wei waved his hand to let Laifu retreat first.

After hesitating for a moment, he could only take these evidence and go to see Han Yike.

Han Yike was not too surprised when he saw the evidence. Everyone knew the arrogance of these founding fathers.

"Okay, since there are these, I will write a letter to impeach him."

After accepting it, Han Yike agreed, in fact, their imperial censors often do things like impeaching nobles, not to mention every day, it is a common occurrence, but the effect is very limited, His Majesty's tolerance for military commanders The degree is much higher than that of civil servants.

"Are these enough to punish him?" Li Wei asked with a frown.

"Hey, I'm afraid this is difficult. You also know His Majesty's attitude towards these nobles. If the crime is not unforgivable, I'm afraid he won't punish them severely."

Han Yi sighed and said that in the past, when he was in a humble position, he always wrote letters to speak out when he saw injustices, but the results he obtained were often not what he expected.

Since he was promoted to the imperial censor of Qiandu, his official position has become higher and he has seen more. He has gradually understood that sometimes, being honest is not enough.

Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this, but now that's all he can do.

　I’ll post one chapter first and another chapter later in the afternoon.

　　
  　
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