Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Sun Jian pointed at him and shouted: "You are corrupt and perverting the law, betraying craftsmen, and deducting money and food for the project..."

Sun Jian looked distressed and told Zhao Jun's crimes one by one.

Zhao Jun's face turned pale, and he was shocked and angry: "You, you...you are talking nonsense!"

"Ha, I have evidence!" Sun Jian sneered.

Zhao Jun's heart suddenly sank. Sun Jian was from the same hometown as him. He used to work under him, but he knew a lot of his secrets. It would not be surprising if he had evidence.

"Sun Jian! I treat you well, how could you slander me like this?!"

Zhao Jun's eyes were red. In the past, he trusted and cared about Sun Jian for the sake of his fellow villagers. But now, this dog thief not only went to others to beg for mercy, but even bit him in turn. It was really unreasonable. !

Faced with Zhao Jun's questioning, Sun Jian looked a little unnatural, but he still said firmly: "I don't let personal feelings forget justice. You are corrupt, perverting the law, and unfaithful. Naturally, I will kill your relatives and report your crime. "

"You thief, I'll kill you first!"

Zhao Jun was furious and shouted that he was going to come up and kill the ungrateful dog thief Sun Jian. Sun Jian was startled and hurriedly hid behind Mao Xiang.

After Mao Xiang finished watching the excitement, he waved his hand, and the guards behind him immediately rushed up and captured Zhao Jun.

"Let me go, I will die with this thief! Sun Jian, you bastard..."

Zhao Jun struggled wildly, screaming and cursing, but he was held by two guards and could not break free.

After Mao Xiang captured the main culprit, he confessed to Zhang Zongyi and said, "I'm sorry for disturbing everyone's enjoyment."

The corner of Zhang Zongyi's mouth twitched, and he said with a stiff expression: "No...it doesn't matter, official business is important."

Mao Xiang smiled, turned to the crowd and said, "Everyone, continue on. I have official duties to attend to, so I won't accompany you much longer."

After everyone heard this, they sparsely returned the greeting with a few polite words. Mao Xiang and his guards escorted Zhao Jun and turned around to leave.

After Mao Xiang's figure disappeared completely, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

However, the impact of Zhao Jun's sudden capture did not dissipate. The banquet fell into silence for a while and was no longer lively as before.

After a while, a head of the Ministry of Personnel suddenly stood up and bowed his hands to Zhang Zongyi and said: "Master Zhang, my mother at home is not in good health, so she has to resign today. I'm sorry!"

After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and walked out the door.

Zhang Zongyi opened his mouth, but before he could say anything to persuade him to stay, the figure of the principal disappeared outside the door.

This person's actions seemed to cause a chain reaction, and everyone present stood up to accuse him:

"Master Zhang, I remembered that I still have some official business to deal with, so I'll excuse myself for now. Please drink slowly!"

"Master Zhang, my mother-in-law is pregnant, so I won't stay any longer. Farewell!"

"Me too, me too, say goodbye!"

"My concubine is sick..."

"I have diarrhea……"

"My child has diarrhea..."

"???"

Before the person with diarrhea had gone far, he looked back at this person in surprise.

The man changed his words in embarrassment: "My son is sick. I have to find a doctor for him. Say goodbye!"

Everyone made excuses to leave, but no one could stop them. Zhang Zongyi raised his hand, but in the end he could only lower it weakly.

After a while, only a few people, including Zhao Ben and Tang Duo, were left in the originally lively banquet. Lan Yu, Zhang Wen and other generals did not dare to stay. Originally, they were here to help, but now they saw that The situation is not right, so of course we have to evacuate immediately.

"Huh, what a bunch of cowardless people! Zhao Jun was caught only because of his own fault. We are walking and sitting upright, so what do we have to be afraid of?"

Tang Duo said angrily.

The remaining people all looked embarrassed when they heard this.

Tang Duo is the deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is indeed an upright official, and when he hangs out with Zhang Zongyi and others, he is simply stubborn and looks down on Li Wei, and truly regards him as a traitor.

But this is not the case for other people. They come here more or less with their own selfish motives, let alone the so-called upright behavior.

"Master Zhang, it's getting late, so I'm leaving."

"Farewell." After Tang Duo finished speaking, several more people stood up and left one after another. In the end, only Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and Tang Duo were left at the scene.

Zhao Ben was about to speak, but he was about to speak. Zhao Jun was arrested on the spot, and he was very panicked. Now this place has become a place of right and wrong. He also wanted to leave quickly, but he stayed here out of kindness. At the end.

Zhang Zongyi took a deep breath and said feebly: "It's getting late, you guys should go too."

Zhao Ben breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take the opportunity to leave, but Tang Duo encouraged him with dignity and dignity: "Master Zhang, don't be discouraged. I believe that as long as we work together, we will be able to bring down the traitor Li Party! "

Zhao Ben and Zhang Zongyi both looked at him in astonishment, feeling speechless.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Zongyi was silent for a long time and sincerely thanked him.

The corner of Zhao Ben's mouth twitched, and he wanted to thank him too.

Now that Zhao Jun was caught on the spot at the banquet, if Your Majesty really pursues this matter, I am afraid that many people will be implicated. At this time, you should quickly draw a clear line with Zhao Jun. Protecting yourself is the right way, so why talk about overthrowing Li Dang? ah!

Zhao Jun is gone, and the Ministry of Works now only has Li Wei as a minister, plus many of his party members. Regardless of whether he is promoted to minister or not, the Ministry of Works will be his voice. What is the point of blocking him at this time?

In the end, Zhang Zongyi let Zhao Ben and Tang Duo leave first.

Zhang Zongyi sat alone in the yard, looking at the table scraps of soup, with mixed emotions.

He felt as if he had done something wrong this time, or had made a mistake long ago.

Zhao Jun was arrested this time, which made him feel a great crisis. Maybe it won't be long before he will be imprisoned.

"Master, it's getting late. You can go and rest. We'll just take care of things here."

The servants of the mansion came to him and said respectfully.

Zhang Zongyi sighed, nodded slightly, got up and went back to the house alone.

In the Korean palace, Li Shanchang was having dinner with his concubine, and a servant hurried in.

"Sir, Zhao Jun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, has been arrested!" the servant reported slightly panicked.

Li Shanchang made a move, then smiled calmly and said: "Oh, really? Did you just catch him?"

"Yes, Lord Mao, the commander of the pro-military army, and his guards rushed directly into the house of Lord Zhang of the Ministry of Justice, and captured Zhao Jun in full view of the banquet. It is said that a chief of the Ministry of Works named Sun Jian reported him. Take bribes, betray the law, sell out craftsmen, and so on."

The servant reported the news he heard in detail.

"Haha, well done! You should be arrested for taking bribes and bending the law!"

Li Shanchang chuckled twice, and thought to himself that it was a pity that he didn't catch enough!

According to his opinion, it would be best to arrest Lan Yu and the others, and it would be even better to kill one or two like Zhu Liangzu did last time.

The death of Zhu Liangzu last time left a shadow in the hearts of the nobles, but it was not enough to reduce Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige. After all, Zhu Liangzu was just a subordinate general and was not from the same group as Huaixi. Moreover, he colluded with the powerful to bully the emperor in vain and died. You deserve it.

But Lan Yu and others are different. These are all old Huaixi people who have followed Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time. If one or two of them die, the impact on the nobles will be far beyond that of Zhu Liangzu, a demoted general.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was very cautious in dealing with the old generals in Huaixi. Generals such as Lu Zhong, Xiang Feiju, etc. who had dealings with Hu Weiyong were forgiven by him. At least at this stage, he was still very affectionate towards these generals.

However, Li Shanchang could see clearly that in recent years, as the princes have been granted vassal and military titles, it will be a matter of time for the vassal king to replace the nobles. And by that time, the nobles will be of no use. The founding hero can still tolerate them. Are these proud and powerful generals who have committed many crimes?

The answer goes without saying!

And what Li Shanchang wants is to force these nobles to wake up before these princes grow up and recognize the reality that the rabbit will die and the dog will cook the bird and the bird will be hidden!

If they recognize the reality as soon as possible, they may still have the strength to fight. If they wait for those princes to fully grow up, then everything will be over!

The servant didn't understand Li Shanchang's thoughts, so he just reported the information in detail. After hearing this, Li Shanchang waved his hand and let him go.

The news that Zhao Jun had been arrested at the banquet spread quickly, and all the officials in the court were immediately panicked. Those who had gone to Zhang Zongyi's house for the banquet were filled with regret and wished they could turn back the time before the banquet and turn around to meet the great Li Your Excellency expresses your loyalty.

Li Wei also got the news quickly, but he was not surprised by the result. He was just a little surprised by Zhao Jun's embezzlement. He said why Xu Yong was so bold. It turned out that Zhao Jun was backing him. Now, Well, there is no need for him to work hard, Zhu Yuanzhang will catch all these people in one fell swoop.

Li Wei felt that this matter had nothing to do with him and that he was just riding a horse. However, the officials in the court did not see it that way.

Who is Sun Jian? That's one of the dog legs in front of Li Wei!

Sun Jian reported Zhao Jun, so he must have been instructed by Li Wei!

Zhang Zongyi and others had just tried hard to recommend Zhao Jun to compete with him for the position of minister, but they finally stopped him for a while. As a result, Zhao Jun was immediately reported by Sun Jian the next day. He knew with his toes that this was why he was angry with Zhang Zongyi. He and others blocked his way to promotion. They would rather sacrifice a dog leg than kill Zhao Jun and others!

After figuring this out, the officials suddenly fell silent, and became more and more in awe of Li Wei, deeply shocked by his "cruelness" and "scheming"!

Chen Jing didn't dare to complain anymore and treated Li Wei with the same respect as before.

Gao Xin no longer had the sense of superiority that came with being promoted to minister. He was submissive and kept a very low profile in front of Li Wei.

On the contrary, Wang Jie, Shen Jie and other people who had taken refuge with Li Wei early on were overjoyed and secretly proud of their ability to recognize people. Master Li did not disappoint them and easily defeated his opponents, even the two ministers. Even if you unite with many nobles, you can't stop your progress!

At this time, Li Wei knew nothing about the thoughts of the ministers, and was still worried about the civil and military affairs at home and the civil and military affairs outside. (End of chapter)