Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these excited ministers with cold eyes flashing in his eyes.

Of course, he understood the thoughts of these people and had already thought of this scene, but the Jin Yiwei had to be established, and no matter how much the officials objected, they could not change his decision.

"The Jin Yiwei are the pro-army we set up, and these people were arrested by me. Are you blaming us?"

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, the scene suddenly fell silent, but the ministers would not easily obey such a matter of great importance.

"Since it is His Majesty's will, it is natural. However, Your Majesty must have a reason for arresting people. I dare you to ask what these people have committed?"

Zhan Hui, the supervisory censor, asked aloud.

Zhu Yuanzhang still gave preferential treatment to the censor's adviser. Zhan Hui had impeached Li Dang before, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not include him on the list. After all, it was the censor's duty to picket and impeach.

Now Zhan Hui raised a question. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was displeased, he did not punish him directly. Instead, he said lightly: "We suspect that they are corrupt, perverting the law, and practicing favoritism."

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned. This charge was too broad. The scope of corruption was very large, and favoritism was beyond the scope of the crime.

In fact, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not openly suspect that these people were plotting to murder the queen and grandson was because he had his own considerations.

The imperial power is supreme and inviolable. However, now that the emperor's grandson and the queen are dead, if it is really these people who did it, then they have successfully murdered the royal family. Since the emperor, grandson and empress can murder, why can't the prince? The prince can be murdered, and the emperor is no exception!

Once this kind of thought arises, the awe in the hearts of the ministers will be reduced. Even if he kills heavily, I am afraid it will be difficult to extinguish him.

So on the face of it, it would be better for the emperor, grandson and empress to die of illness. As for these people, he can find other excuses to kill!

"Your Majesty, the state-owned legal system has family rules. Even if these people are really guilty, according to the court regulations, they should be handed over to the judicial department for trial. I also hope that your majesty will let the Jin Yiwei hand over the people to the judicial department. I will do my best to solve the case." Wang Always argue with reason.

Jin Yiwei's behavior at this time usurped the authority of their Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Now that the Minister of Dali Temple is gone, he, the Minister of Punishment, must stand up and fight for it.

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "The Jinyi Guards are ordered by the emperor to investigate imperial cases, so you don't need to worry about this matter. Of course, other cases will still be handled by the judicial department."

Wang Shi was shocked when he heard this and said quickly: "Your Majesty's royal guards are interrogating in private. It is inevitably unfair. I hope your Majesty will think twice!"

"Since it is an imperial case, we will keep an eye on it personally, so you can rest assured." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

The ministers felt depressed for a while, don't worry, you are not worried because you are staring at us!

"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs and has many things to deal with every day. How can he personally supervise the handling of the case? In my opinion, it is better to let the judicial department handle the case!"

Wang Shi once again spoke out and argued that without the Prime Minister, the imperial power had completely overwhelmed the power of the ministers. If there were another imperial guard, even part of the power of handling cases would be divided, and their ministers would have no chance to stand up.

"Yes, Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you can eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. Your Majesty does everything personally, which really makes the ministers ashamed." Wu Yong, the young minister of Dali Temple, echoed.

"If you're ashamed, just concentrate on doing the things I've assigned you and don't worry about anything else!" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded and waved his hand: "We have already decided on this matter, you don't need to say anything else!"

"Your Majesty, you can't do that!"

"His Majesty……"

The ministers still refused to give up, kneeling down and crying.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and snorted, waved his sleeves and stood up and walked down from the throne. Xu Shou quickly shouted to retreat. The ministers were thrown in the court hall. After a while, they stood up and dispersed helplessly.

However, the matter did not end there. After the disbandment of the dynasty, ministers wrote memorials one after another to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to revoke Jinyiwei's case-handling authority.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang kept these memorials and did not publish them, the pressure from the officials to remonstrate was still there.

In the prison, screams could be heard one after another. Li Wei looked at the confession in his hand and frowned.

Under the torture, these people also revealed a lot of things, but from the confessions it can only be seen that they belong to the same force, are married to each other, exchange letters, collude with each other, etc.

For example, collecting evidence of "Li Party" crimes and recommending officials to each other are all ambiguous things. You can say that he is guilty, but it doesn't matter how serious it is.

As for the murder of Empress Huangsun, which Zhu Yuanzhang suspected, they said they had no idea at all, and no matter how they tortured her, it would be useless.

When Li Wei was at a loss what to do, Mao Xiang suddenly led people into the imperial prison.

After Mao Xiang came in, he first looked up at the prisoners being interrogated, and then slowly came to Li Wei.

"Master Li!" Mao Xiang said with cupped hands.

Li Wei looked up when he heard the voice and returned the greeting: "Master Mao." "I wonder how the interrogation went with Master Li?" Mao Xiang asked softly.

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head: "Hey, these people are recruiting trivial things. The most important thing is that they didn't recruit anyone."

When Mao Xiang saw him like this, he looked calm on the surface, but he couldn't help but feel a little disdainful in his heart.

He was actually a little unhappy that His Majesty had entrusted the matter of imprisonment to this prince-in-law, and in his opinion Li Wei was just a layman and knew nothing about trial cases.

"Master Li, you must use torture when dealing with these people. You don't need to be merciful." Mao Xiang said with a smile.

Li Wei glanced at him in surprise, then at the officials who were beaten and screaming, and was speechless for a moment.

Even though he was beaten like this, in Mao Xiang's eyes he was still soft-hearted!

After a pause, Li Weicai said: "I understand, thank you."

Mao Xiang nodded, and then said: "Master Li, Your Majesty has ordered that this case must be heard as soon as possible. The ministers in the court are currently in a quarrel. Without some evidence, it will be difficult to convince the ministers."

Li Wei frowned for a moment and nodded slightly.

After Mao Xiang brought the words, he said no more and left.

Li Wei looked at the officials in tattered clothes, then suddenly turned to Lu Tang and asked, "Do you think I am soft-hearted?"

Lu Tang was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He pondered for a moment and said tactfully: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted. This is not a bad thing."

Li Wei frowned and sighed inwardly.

Does he still have to use inhumane means to interrogate like the Jin Yiwei in history?

"Sir, I think our punishment is still too simple. In view of my humble position, I still need to use some severe punishment to get out."

Seeing Li Wei's silence, Xiao Qi, who was standing next to him, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hands and said.

Li Wei and Lu Tang both turned to look at the little flag in surprise.

"Do you have any idea?"

Li Wei asked softly.

Seeing that he was not angry because of his rash intervention, Xiaoqi felt happy in his heart and continued: "Beizi does have some ideas. If adults allow it, Beizi can make some new torture instruments, which will definitely make these people speak obediently. ."

These guards are the skilled craftsmen of the Bureau of Ordnance. It is not easy to make tools for treating people.

Li Wei looked this little flag up and down. He was not very old, in his early twenties, but he was quite strong, and his eyes revealed ambition that was unwilling to be ordinary.

"Okay, you go ahead and do it." Li Wei nodded lightly.

If possible, he does not want to be severely punished, but if it is not possible, just use it. Anyway, these people are all on the death list given by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yes!"

Xiaoqi happily accepted the order and left.

After he left, Li Wei turned to Lu Tang and asked, "What is the name of this little flag?"

"My name is Chen Su." Lu Tang said.

Li Wei nodded lightly and said nothing more.

Chen Su acted quickly and brought several craftsmen to work together. The next day, he placed several brand-new torture instruments in front of Li Wei.

"Sir, please see, this iron brush can be used to scrub prisoners, and it can remove a layer of skin in one stroke; the iron plate can trap the prisoner on it, and use fire to burn the bottom. If the prisoner can't bear the heat, he will naturally be beaten, and For this, I asked him to play the pipa, place the prisoner on it, and flick his breastbone with a knife..."

Chen Su introduced these novel torture instruments one by one, which made Li Wei feel numb. (End of chapter)