Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Soon after, Wu Yong also led people to escort Zhao Ben into the imperial prison.

When Zhao Ben saw Li Wei inside, his heart suddenly sank, and he became even more certain that this was his public revenge.

Although he didn't want to give in, when he saw the gloomy environment in the cell, he still held back the corner of his mouth and spoke: "Master Li, I was deceived before to participate in the impeachment. You let me go this time, and from now on we will The water from the well does not interfere with the water from the river!"

Although Zhao Ben didn't cry and kneel down to beg for mercy like those wallflowers, the meaning behind his words was the same.

Li Wei glanced at him lightly, spread his hands, and sighed: "Master Zhao, the one who arrested you is the Jin Yiwei. It really has nothing to do with me. Besides, it's all His Majesty's will. What I said doesn't count. !”

"You!" Zhao Ben glared at him and cursed: "You fart! It has nothing to do with you. Why are you here? And these guards in uniform are all your guards. You are clearly taking this opportunity to avenge your personal revenge! I want to see His Majesty, I want to impeach you!”

Li Wei's face immediately darkened when he heard this, and he waved his hands coldly: "Take him off!"

"Yes!"

Wu Yong responded and took Zhao Ben down.

After that, Lu Tang and Abu brought Du Ze and Liu Zhongzhi in. When they saw Li Wei, their faces turned pale and they repeatedly begged for mercy.

Although the two of them are not outsiders, they are not much better. Neither of them are staunch anti-Li elements.

After a while, when no one came in anymore, Li Wei asked, "Is everyone here?"

"Sir, all the eighty-three people in Beijing have been arrested, including one!"

Wu Yong reported back.

"Well," Li Wei nodded lightly, "Then let all the soldiers who participated in the operation rest. Leave a few reliable ones and start the trial directly."

"Okay sir."

After saying this, Li Wei yawned again and said, "You guys should go and have a rest. Just leave one person to watch. I'll leave first."

"Sir, walk slowly."

Wu Yong, Lu Tang and others sent him off respectfully. Li Wei took a few guards to follow him and went home to sleep. He was too old to stay up late.

After he left, Wu Yong and others discussed it, and then Lu Tang himself stayed, and everyone else left in turn.

In the prison, the officials who were divided into several cells were whispering anxiously, especially Zhao Ben, who had the highest rank and naturally became the backbone of these people.

"Master Zhao, what is going on? This Li Wei has no official position, why should he arrest us?"

"Yes, don't say he has been dismissed. Even if he is still the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he does not have the power to arrest so many important officials of the court!"

Everyone was talking a lot, hoping that Zhao Ben, the minister, could give them an answer.

"Hey, it's the Jinyi soldiers who arrested us. Didn't they say that this is a case handed down by His Majesty!"

"Nonsense. I know the person leading the team. He is clearly Li Wei's own bodyguard. He clearly resents our impeachment for losing his official position and is taking personal revenge on us."

"I shouldn't have participated in this matter in the first place. It's fine now. It's really unlucky..."

Everyone was chattering non-stop, wanting him to give an explanation, but Zhao Ben remained silent. Now that he couldn't protect himself, how could he have the time to deal with these people.

Li Wei went home to sleep, but they didn't want to think about it. Shortly after Li Wei left, Lu Tang led people to interrogate them in turn, leaving them no chance to rest. In the morning of the next morning, after the whipping, the palace gate opened and the officials entered in formation.

At this time, the ministers suddenly realized that there were fewer people around them, especially the two ministers, Yu Ji and Wang Shi, who were standing alone in the front row with no one else around them.

"Why didn't Mr. Zhao come?" Wang Shi asked Yu Xu in a low voice.

Yu Ji didn't look back and said calmly: "I don't know."

Wang Shi was suspicious, so he looked back behind him, and suddenly found that the two ministers from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel were not here either.

"Why isn't your minister Du Ze here?" Wang Shi asked again.

"I don't know." Yu Xu said simply. Anyway, he is neither Li Party nor anti-Li Party. He doesn't care whether people like Zhao Ben come or not.

Wang Shi: "..."

I don’t know this or that, how did you become a heavenly official?

Wang Shi cursed in his heart and looked a little unhappy.

However, no matter how loud the whip was now, he could only follow the ministers into the palace.

In the Zuotian Palace, there are a large number of big shots who are eligible to enter the palace. Because of Li Dang's affairs, there were two missing ministers and one minister. In addition, Li Wei was dismissed, and only Zhao Ben and the two of them were left among the six ministers. Now Zhao Ben is gone again, and there are also two ministers missing. The civil servant class suddenly seems much sparser.

Wang Shi looked around, wondering secretly in his heart.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, turned a blind eye to this and asked the ministers to inquire about matters as usual. As for the yamen without the chief official, several low-level officials were called in to temporarily replace him.

Many of the ministers discovered this, but seeing His Majesty's unconcerned appearance, they did not dare to ask.

After the morning court ended, the ministers took the time to inquire around. The family members and servants of the arrested officials also took the initiative to go to their master's old acquaintances to report the news. Only then did the ministers know what happened last night.

One minister, two ministers, and other officials, there are more than eighty people in total. This is not a small number!

Although the officials in the capital were over a thousand years old, the number of civilian officials was only a few hundred if the military attachés were removed. If so many of them were removed, the operation of the court would be affected.

What made the ministers even more panicked was that these civil servants were all directly arrested by the newly established Jinyiwei, and they only said they were handling imperial cases without even giving a clear reason. Is this okay? !

The ministers immediately became upset, and the officials who had already left the court and returned to their own yamen also entered the palace again to see him.

In the Fengtian Palace, all the ministers were excited and played the memorial one after another.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guard has just been established and has been arresting courtiers for no reason. This is an act of chaos. I ask your Majesty to reprimand his leader and release the courtiers!"

"I second the proposal, Your Majesty, although the Jinyi Guards are pro-military, they cannot arrest people randomly without evidence. They didn't even explain clearly what case they were dealing with, and among the people arrested was the Minister of Secretariat. If such an important minister delays the government affairs of the court, the fault will be all Jin Yiwei's fault!"

"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Prince Consort Li. I heard that the imperial guards who arrested people last night were all Li Prince Consort's bodyguards. Li Prince Consort is obviously resentful because of the previous impeachment of him by ministers, and is seeking personal revenge. Please punish him for violating the law by violating the law. crime!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Now, regardless of whether they were related to Zhao Ben or others, they all filed petitions for impeachment, and people like Yu Xu who had nothing to do with them also spoke out.

Jin Yiwei's behavior really offended the public. If the ministers can be arrested casually like this in the future, how can they live a good life? (End of chapter)