Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

At the end of the court meeting, the officials dispersed one after another.

Outside the palace gate, Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and others walked together. When they saw the lonely Ru Taisu, they couldn't help but sneered and said "Li Party is a traitor".

Ru Taisu's face twitched, knowing that the label would never be removed, so she could only leave with a dark face to report the news to Li Wei.

The main hall of the Ministry of Industry Yamen was empty. Li Wei and Zhao Jun still performed their duties and did not interact with each other.

After Ru Taisu entered the door, he went straight to the room where Li Wei was. When Li Wei saw him entering, he said with a smile: "Hey, what kind of hurricane brought you here, Mr. Ru?"

Normally, he would go to Ru Taisu if he had something to do. Today, it was rare for the old man to take the initiative to come to him.

Ru Taisu was not polite, directly found a chair and sat down, saying with a dark face:

"Humph, you can still laugh? Your position as Minister is in ruins. His Majesty intended to promote you to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but Zhang Zongyi somehow persuaded Lan Yu and Cao Xing to help him speak, so he stopped you!"

Li Wei was startled when he heard this, and then said nonchalantly: "If you stop him, just stop him. I'm not interested in promotion."

Ru Taisu paused for a moment, a little surprised by his indifferent attitude.

You must know that this is the pinnacle position of civil servants. Even he, who claims to be indifferent to fame and fortune, was dragged down by Li Wei because of his position as Minister of Household Affairs. However, Li Wei himself can be so indifferent to this, which can't help him. I feel admiration.

"Hey, actually, His Majesty didn't say he wouldn't promote you. It's just that so many people have blocked it so he has put it on hold temporarily. I think you still have a chance." Ru Taisu said with a softer tone, sighing softly.

Li Wei chuckled lightly. He really didn't care much about this matter. Firstly, he was really not interested in being promoted. Secondly, he believed in what Xue Xiang said. No one else could stop Zhu Yuanzhang from doing what he wanted to do. The position of the minister was estimated to be the final one. It will still fall on you.

While one of them was looking calm and the other was looking gloomy, Chen Jing and Gao Xin also came in a hurry.

"I've met Mr. Li and Mr. Ru!"

The two of them bowed their hands as they entered, and Li Wei and Ru Taisu nodded in response.

"Lord Ru, what was the outcome of the court meeting?"

Chen Jing asked anxiously.

Although both of them are ministers of the third rank, even higher than some court officials in some yamen, in some important affairs of government, the right to speak of a court official is higher than them. Just like this time, the general Yu Ji The political envoy was a third-rank official like them, but Yu Ji was left to participate in the discussion while they could only wait for the letter in their own yamen.

Ru Taisu glanced at them and understood their mood at this time. He did not show off and directly told the results of the court meeting:

"His Majesty has decreed that Yu Xi, the general envoy for general affairs, be transferred to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Mr. Gao will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. The selection of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry will be put on hold for further discussion."

After Ru Taisu finished speaking, Chen Jing and Gao Xin were both surprised and had different expressions on their faces.

Chen Jing's face darkened and he was disappointed, while Gao Xin looked ecstatic.

"Haha, your Majesty is so wise. Oh, of course I also want to thank Mr. Li for the tip!"

Gao Xin couldn't help laughing, and at the same time he didn't forget to express his thanks to Li Wei. However, although he was still respectful on the surface, he obviously lost his previous flattery.

Now that he has been promoted to minister, Li Wei is still a minister. His status has changed, and his attitude has naturally changed.

"How could this happen? It shouldn't be!"

Chen Jing complained with an ugly face, and looked at Li Wei with a hint of complaint. He felt that it was Li Wei's inactivity in this matter that led to this result.

Li Wei saw their expressions in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The grasshoppers are the grasshoppers. They can't be expected to be loyal. They won't be truly grateful if they get benefits, but those who don't get benefits will be understanding. Complain.

At this time, he suddenly felt grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang for this arrangement, which gave him the opportunity to easily see the true face of these wallflowers.

"But do good deeds and don't ask about the future!" Li Wei took a long breath and spoke leisurely, passing on Xue Xiang's words to them.

Chen Jing and Gao Xin couldn't help but be stunned, slightly embarrassed.

But Ru Taisu looked at Li Wei in surprise again and couldn't help but look at him with admiration. He thought to himself that apart from being a bit mean-mouthed, Mr. Li was not as bad as he thought before!

Li Wei served tea to see off the guests. Although Chen Jing was still unwilling, he could only endure it and resigned together with Gao Xin. Ru Taisu didn't stay any longer and left immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang's operation was beyond everyone's expectations and left many ministers confused.

You might say that he was biased towards Li Wei, but that was a bit biased. After all, the Ministry of Rites did use Gao Xin, who had taken refuge with Li Wei, but he did not use Chen Jing in the most important Ministry of Personnel, and Li Wei himself failed to be promoted.

It is not necessarily true that Li Wei has fallen out of favor. After all, His Majesty has already expressed his attitude and wants him to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but he was blocked by the ministers.

However, according to the ministers' understanding of the current His Majesty, if he really insists on promoting Li Wei, I am afraid that all the ministers will not be able to stop him, but the current fact is that he has really stopped him, which can't help but make them a little bit incredible.

But no matter what, the facts are before our eyes. This is a rare victory in the fight against Li Party.

After the court meeting, Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and others were in a good mood. Their main purpose was to prevent Li Wei from being promoted. As for who the position of minister would be given to in the end, it didn't matter. The literati in the world were all members of the same family, as long as they were not traitors of the Li party!

In order to celebrate this victory, Zhang Zongyi and Zhao Ben discussed it and decided to follow Li Wei's example and hold a big banquet at the house to show that they, as civil servants, still have the character and will never succumb to Li Wei's power!

After getting off duty the next day, Zhang Zongyi's house was bustling with traffic and bustling. Perhaps feeling that the wind direction had changed, many people who had been to Li Wei's banquet before also appeared here. Although they couldn't invite the young lady from the Jiaofang Division to sing and dance for this banquet, it would be more lively if there were many people singing poems and writing poems!

While Zhang Zongyi and others were hosting a banquet, Mao Xiang led someone into the palace.

Sun Jian held memorials, account books and other items in his hands and followed Mao Xiang with his head lowered, feeling both uneasy and happy in his heart.

He is Zhao Jun's fellow villager. After joining the Ministry of Work, Zhao Jun also took good care of him. Of course, while taking care of him, he also instigated him to do some dirty things.

It was only after he took refuge in Li Wei that he drew a clear line with Zhao Jun. Under Li Wei's repeated warnings, he did not dare to continue embezzlement or anything else. However, suddenly one day, the pro-army commander Mao Xiang came to him. , he directly presented the evidence of his past corruption and bribery, frightened him out of his wits, and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Fortunately, Mao Xiang did not intend to kill him, but asked him to collect evidence and report Zhao Jun.

Adhering to the firm belief that a dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist, Sun Jian sorted out the past accounts and even found colleagues who had worked together to collect all the evidence. Under the guidance of Mao Xiang, he went to the palace today to see His Majesty and impeached him. The memorial and evidence were presented together.

Under the leadership of Mao Xiang, Sun Jian successfully entered the palace, met Zhu Yuanzhang, and presented the evidence together with the impeachment memorial.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the evidence, his eyes becoming colder and harsher.

boom!

Zhu Yuanzhang jumped on the case and roared angrily: "What a Zhao Jun, how dare you take bribes and bend the law under our noses? Do you really think that our sword is disadvantageous?"

Sun Jian trembled and knelt on the ground, and said to himself in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I was coerced by Zhao Jun and had no choice but to do something wrong. Now I regret it, and I hope your Majesty will show mercy!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he glanced at him coldly and said, "We'll talk about your business later, Mao Xiang!"

"Chen is here!"

"Take him with you and capture that Zhao Jun, put him in jail and interrogate him strictly!"

"According to the order!"

Mao Xiang respectfully accepted the order. After speaking, he reached out and lifted up Sun Jian, whose legs were weak, and left.

At Zhang Zongyi's house, Zhao Ben, Tang Duo, Zhao Jun and others gathered together, as did Lan Yu, Cao Xing and others. There were also many new faces, more than double the number of people when they met last time.

He also went to invite Li Shanchang, but unfortunately he was not invited. Li Shanchang was cautious and pretended not to know about the whole process this time. He even said a few words to Li Wei in the court, as if he wanted to draw a clear line with them.

"Everyone, the Li Party in the DPRK is flattering and doing evil things. We must unite as one to stop the Li Party from disrupting the government...Bara Bala..."

Zhang Zongyi made an impassioned speech and thoroughly criticized Li Wei and his party members, especially the Minister of Household Affairs whose surname was Ru, who bore the brunt.

Zhao Ben and Duo were deeply convinced and agreed repeatedly.

Zhao Jun was a little unhappy. After all, although Li Wei was prevented from being promoted this time, he did not move. Now the minister of the Ministry of Industry is still vacant.

Although Lan Yu, Cao Xing, Zhang Wen and other generals disdained the hypocrisy of these rotten civil servants, they still gave them enough face out of cooperative relations and scolded Li Wei.

Lan Yu, in particular, scolded her from the bottom of her heart.

After everyone set the tone, they started drinking and having fun.

Zhang Zongyi and other literati naturally had to recite a few good poems, and when they were so interested, some even made up a literary masterpiece that was comparable to Li Wei's. The lines were full of information worth learning, which caused a burst of laughter.

Although Lan Yu and others were old men and knew nothing about literary matters, they were very interested in these crooked poems and even read a few sentences along with them from time to time.

Everyone was also very considerate, they only laughed in their hearts and kept smiling on their faces.

While everyone was drinking, there was a sudden loud bang, and Mao Xiang opened the door and led people in!

Zhang Zongyi and others stood up in shock. Lan Yu looked at the guards filing in, and her heart skipped a beat.

He is familiar with this scene!

"Master Mao, what do you mean?"

As the host, Zhang Zongyi suppressed the panic in his heart and stepped forward to ask.

Mao Xiang did not answer immediately, but scanned the whole place and remembered these faces in his heart.

Everyone looked at Mao Xiang with fear and uneasiness, wondering why he suddenly came with his troops.

But they didn't wait long, Sun Jian beside Mao Xiang solved their confusion for them.

"It's him, it's him, Zhao Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry!"

Sun Jian searched the crowd for a moment, spotted Zhao Jun and immediately pointed at him and shouted.

Zhao Jun looked horrified: "I...what's wrong with me?" (End of Chapter)