Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

An Qing fell in love with the taste of the forbidden fruit since he first tasted it, and pestered Li Wei every day to make him commit evil acts.

On the other hand, in order not to neglect Xiaoqing, Li Wei was also diligent and studious, and would always find opportunities to take extra classes after committing an attack.

He is now in his early thirties, and his body is really struggling to cope with this situation. It is too difficult to call him both civil and military!

In the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Li Wei was taking a nap with a tired face and a health tea brewed from wolfberry in his hand. The officer led a eunuch in.

Seeing Li Wei's appearance, the guard immediately slowed down his steps, hesitated for a moment, then came forward and called softly: "Sir, sir?"

Li Wei shuddered, opened his eyes and saw the guard, steeled himself and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sir, someone is coming to the palace. Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace to see you." The officer said softly.

Li Wei raised his head and glanced at the little eunuch behind him. The little eunuch bowed quickly. Now that Li Wei was so powerful and the holy family was in full swing, he, a little eunuch, naturally did not dare to be disrespectful.

Li Wei took a long breath, stretched and said, "Okay, let's go."

"Prince-in-law, please!"

The little eunuch stretched out his hand to lead the way, and Li Wei followed him out of the yamen and towards the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang received him at Wuying Palace. After saluting, Li Wei stood aside with his head bowed, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions.

"You also know about Zhao Jun, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

"I know." Li Wei nodded.

"Well, then what do you think should be done with this Zhao Jun?"

"Of course it will be dealt with according to the law!" Li Wei said matter-of-factly.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed slightly: "Really? You don't need to go into more details to deal with Zhang Zongyi and Lan Yu?"

Li Wei's expression suddenly froze when he heard this, and he was hesitant.

Of course he wanted to kill these two guys directly if possible, but now that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him this, he probably just didn't want to deal with them.

After pondering for a moment, Li Wei secretly sighed. If you don't want to deal with it, then don't deal with it. Although Lan Yu and Zhang Zongyi strongly recommended Zhao Jun, at most they can only be regarded as unknown persons and jointly and severally responsible. Based on their status It is also impossible to put sin to death directly.

"The state has its own laws, and every family has its own rules. Your Majesty will just deal with it in accordance with the law." Li Wei said softly.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and asked: "What about Sun Jian?"

Li Wei frowned slightly. There was no need to ask him these things. Could this old man be testing him?

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help curling his lips and said simply: "Dispose of it according to law."

"He's yours, why don't you ask for a favor for him?"

"Why did Your Majesty say this? All ministers of the Ming Dynasty are His Majesty's talents, and not to mention a subordinate. Even if his own son breaks the law, he should be dealt with according to the law!"

Li Wei glanced at him and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned, and he was keenly aware that this boy seemed to have something on his mind. His face suddenly darkened and he said coldly: "Huh, that's because you don't have a son yet!"

"..."

Li Wei was choked and his breath stagnated. If you can't speak, just don't speak. It's just your son, right? Stallion!

"Okay, you don't have to worry about their affairs. In a few days, we will issue an order to promote you to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Works. You will handle all the affairs of the Ministry of Works for us. The cities, roads and bridges must be built as soon as possible. You Go back and take a good look, don’t delay!”

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered softly.

Li Wei rolled his eyes secretly, "I don't need to worry about you. Why are you asking so much?"

"Yes, I obey your order." Li Wei responded listlessly.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, then noticed his appearance, and couldn't help but frown slightly: "What's wrong with you?"

"Oh, it's okay. It's just that I've been busy with work lately and I'm a little tired."

Li Wei used an excuse to cover up, but he couldn't let his father-in-law know that it was caused by excessive practicing with his daughter.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him suspiciously: "I'll let the imperial doctor take a look at it later!"

"No, no, no, I have this little problem, I just need to rest and rest." Li Wei waved his hands in panic.

"You really don't need it?"

"No!" Li Wei said firmly.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him again to make sure that he was really fine, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After bidding farewell to Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Wei returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and began to take over the affairs left by Zhao Jun and Xue Xiang.

Since Zhao Jun was arrested, the officials under him have also been arrested and interrogated one after another. Now, except for the people under Li Wei's own jurisdiction in the Ministry of Works, the losses are not big. Among the officials under Zhao Jun, only a large number of officials are left. Two or three cats and kittens.

At this time, these people were also recruited into his room by Li Wei and asked to report on the affairs they were responsible for.

Although the imperial edict has not yet been issued, these people did not dare to shirk under his "obscene power" and tremblingly explained all the things they were responsible for.

Li Wei asked someone to sort it out and handed it over to his public case.

He didn't know clearly without asking before, but now that he has taken over all the tasks, he realizes how much work the Ministry of Works has to do!

The Ming Dynasty administered more than 100 state capitals and nearly a thousand county towns. Due to years of war, nearly one-third of these cities needed to be repaired and one-tenth needed to be rebuilt. In other words, he now has to build dozens of state-level cities and rebuild a dozen more, not counting small county towns!

There are also official roads in various places that need to be repaired, water conservancy, bridges, etc.

In addition to these, ships were also built for shipping and commerce. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow private people to go to sea for business, official sea trade was not interrupted, but the types and quantities of goods were restricted.

Li Wei glanced through these matters and suddenly felt dizzy.

Originally, he had not completely taken over his own affairs. For example, he had not asked much about the affairs of Jiang Shouqing's Tuntian Cleaning Department. Now that so many projects have been added, he would be too busy even if he were killed!

Li Wei scratched his head, pondered for a moment, and shouted loudly: "Come here!"

The officer outside the door heard the sound and ran in through the path.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

"Go next door and call Wang Jie over." Li Wei ordered.

"Okay, little one, let's go."

After the officer finished speaking, he turned around and hurriedly left the Ministry of Works Yamen. After a while, he walked in with Wang Jie.

"Sir, are you looking for me?"

Wang Jie bowed respectfully first, and then asked.

Li Wei nodded lightly: "Well, those Hanlin classics you brought last time to review and so on, are they still idle now?"

Wang Jie nodded awkwardly when he heard this.

Although Li Wei gave them an idea last time to organize a Hongwu ceremony, when they submitted these reports to His Majesty, the answer they received was just two words: No money!

Repairing books also consumes a lot of money and food. In addition to the salary of the personnel, it is also necessary to collect some rare and rare books, which is very valuable. It cannot be done without money.

So these people can only continue to do what they were doing, which is to say nothing.

Li Wei's face lit up and he said, "That's great. Call them all over. The Ministry of Industry is short of people now, so tell them to apply quickly!"

"Uh, do you want them to fill the vacancy?" Wang Jie didn't quite understand the word "apply".

"That's right! It's just filling the gap!"

"Okay, then I'll inform them later!"

Wang Jie was also surprised and said that these people were all his former colleagues. Thanks to his connections, he found Li Wei. Li Wei gave an idea to build the Hongwu Ceremony but failed. Now that he has this opportunity, it is natural. Great thing.

While Li Wei was busy forming a new team, Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and other civil servants were in trouble.

Zhang Zongyi is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang will not hand over Zhao Jun's case to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. Instead, he will directly hand it over to the Criminal Trial Division of the Dali Division for trial by the newly appointed interrogator.

The evidence of Zhao Jun's embezzlement was conclusive, and the interrogation department directly sentenced him to confiscate his home and behead him. During the interrogation process, Zhao Jun knew that he would definitely die, and he did not hide the crime he committed and confessed everything truthfully.

But in the process, he bit Sun Jian desperately and emphatically explained the crimes he had committed. Naturally, the interrogation department could not turn a blind eye and soon arrested Sun Jian.

After Sun Jian was imprisoned, everyone's eyes were on Li Wei to see if he would take action to save himself, a loser.

If Sun Jian is rescued, it means that Li Wei is kind and worthy of trust; if Li Wei turns a blind eye, it means that he is unkind and unjust, and anyone who wants to turn to him must be careful.

A few days later, the Interrogation Department reported the results of the trial to Zhu Yuanzhang, who quickly gave his approval.

Zhao Jun was undoubtedly beheaded, his property confiscated, and his family members were deprived of official positions.

In addition to him, dozens of other officials who were implicated also beheaded. Although Zhang Zongyi did not die, he was dismissed. Without him, Zhao Ben was the only pillar among the civil servants who opposed Li Wei.

But Zhao Ben, the mainstay, obviously couldn't stand it. Since Zhao Jun was arrested, he had been reclusive and kept a low profile. Tang Duo was turned away by him several times.

In addition to these civil servants, Lan Yu and other generals were not imprisoned, but they were also reprimanded and transferred out of the capital.

As for Sun Jian, the dog-legger of the Li Party that everyone was paying attention to, after careful consideration, Zhu Yuanzhang spared him the death penalty and demoted him to Zaoli.

When the officials in the court saw this result, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Although there was an additional powerful minister in the court, fortunately, this person was not so ruthless.

Sun Jian narrowly escaped death and was so excited when he saw the light of day again that he immediately went to visit Li Wei.

"Thank you, sir, for saving my life. I will definitely repay your kindness and act like a horse for you, even if you go through mountains of fire and seas of swords!"

Sun Jian, who had already changed into his uniform as a sergeant, kowtowed to Li Wei repeatedly.

Li Wei's expression was a little confused. He knew that he had never asked for mercy for this Sun Jian, and even told Zhu Yuanzhang that he would be punished. However, Sun Jian did not know that he had always attributed his escape with his life to him as a good leader.

Li Wei hesitated for a moment, knowing that he couldn't explain it, so he could only comfort him softly: "It'll be fine when you get out. In the future, you have to change your mind and start a new life. You must not do any illegal things again!"

"Yes! You must remember your master's teachings!" Sun Jian responded respectfully.

Li Wei nodded: "That's good, let's go out and do things."

"Yes, villain, I obey!"

Sun Jian stood up, turned around and walked out of the lobby, then went outside to look at the door with a stick. (End of chapter)