Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"Of course, your majesty has great talents and strategies. He has quickly gained momentum since leaving Haozhou. Xianlin naturally wants to support him. Liu Ji and Song Lian are both from Xianlin. They have been called child prodigies since they were young. They have gained a reputation. It spread far and wide, but it’s a pity that Xianlin was a step too late after all, and was taken advantage of by Li Shanchang, a country man.”

Zhao Ben said with some regret. In his words, he looked down on Li Shanchang, a Korean man.

Although Li Shanchang claimed to have been studying since childhood and was also a scholar, he had no fame or fame, and his poetry and literary talents were incomparable to those of them who pretended to be noble talents and sages.

However, in fact, Li Shanchang's resourcefulness and foresight are unmatched by self-proclaimed literati like them!

Later generations praised Liu Bowen, even to the point of deification, but since Zhu Yuanzhang gave Li Shanchang the title of duke but only gave him the title of uncle, it has already explained the problem, and the result of the court battle was that Li Shanchang won and is still alive today. And Liu Bowen was killed early.

However, Zhao Ben obviously didn't think so, but was full of resentment for all this resentment.

"Although His Majesty is upright in Chinese attire, he still treats us harshly, emphasizing military force over literature. It's really chilling!" Zhao Ben sighed faintly.

"Ha, you can quit if you think the salary is low!" Li Wei sneered and mocked. Zhao Ben is not an irreplaceable time traveler like him. If he really wants to resign, Zhu Yuanzhang will not insist on staying.

When Zhao Ben heard this, he was immediately speechless.

But now that he is in prison and his life is in danger, he doesn't need to worry about these things at all.

Li Wei asked him some more things about Zhang Zongyi, and Zhao Ben revealed everything one by one under the threat of "iron barbecue". Then Li Wei had someone take him back to the cell.

After sending Zhao Ben back, Li Wei turned to look at Lu Tang and Chen Su and said, "Did you see that, like me, I don't need to use severe punishment, but I still let them obey the law."

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Lu Tang was deeply impressed. He was really not good at these things. Although Chen Su respectfully claimed that he was right, he disagreed in his heart. In his opinion, there was no need to go to such trouble. It would be easier to just use his correct method. .

"Okay, just follow my method and hand over your testimony to me when the time comes."

Li Wei ordered softly.

"Sir, what if this method is discovered?" Chen Su asked worriedly.

Pork is pork after all, you can tell by just which one.

Li Wei was silent for a long time before saying: "If it really doesn't work, let's use torture again."

"Yes!"

After receiving the permission, Chen Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Li Wei finished speaking, he left the imperial prison. The environment here was harsh and there were screams from time to time. He didn't want to stay here forever.

While progress was being made in the case, the Jin Yiwei who were sent out to arrest other people gradually returned to Beijing. One by one, the gentry and wealthy businessmen were imprisoned in the imperial prison, and soon the imperial prison was overcrowded.

Among these people, there is an important figure, Zhang Zongyi, who has been dismissed.

Zhang Zongyi was very panicked, especially when he saw Li Wei.

"Master Zhang, it's been a long time. You said you're retired. Why are you running around if you can't just stay at home?"

Li Wei looked at Zhang Zongyi in front of him jokingly and chuckled.

Zhang Zongyi looked ugly and the corner of his mouth twitched.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Wei's mouth. When the craftsmen rioted, Zhu Yuanzhang had already arranged an edict for him. If the Ministry of Punishment slowed down, he would be able to catch up and rescue these craftsmen. It was this Zhang Zongyi who hurriedly ordered to be beheaded. That's why those craftsmen died in vain.

"Tell me, what is the Xianlin? Where is it now? Who exactly is in it?" Li Wei said softly. When Zhang Zongyi heard the name Xianlin, his expression changed: "How did you know?"

"Humph, Ben Zhao has already made a move!"

When Zhang Zongyi heard this, he was extremely angry: "This traitor!"

"You eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. You take the salary from the court but do things that endanger the court in private. You are the traitor!" Li Wei said with contempt.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Zongyi looked upright and angrily said: "What crime do I commit if I accuse a corrupt official? It's you, a treacherous sycophant, who has done evil and harmed the world. You are the sinner!"

Li Wei's eyes narrowed slightly and he snorted coldly: "To be so stubborn now, huh, I really can't shed tears until I see the coffin!"

Li Wei didn't talk nonsense to him and said directly to Chen Su: "I'll leave it to you. Ask carefully."

"Yes!"

Chen Su responded respectfully, and then looked at Zhang Zongyi with gloomy eyes.

Zhang Zongyi looked at Chen Su in panic: "What are you going to do...ah..."

Li Wei turned around and left, and Zhang Zongyi's screams continued to be heard behind him.

Chen Su put his inventions into practice on Zhang Zongyi one by one. Zhang Zongyi didn't hold on for a long time before he summoned everything. Chen Su quickly sent his testimony to Li Wei.

"Sir, according to Zhang Zongyi's confession, the last Xianlin meeting was in a small village in Danyang County, Zhenjiang. This is a sketch he drew."

Chen Su handed over the sketch and continued: "According to what he said, this place is called Xianlin Study. There are four masters and more than ten core students in it. Most of these gentry and merchants are their disciples, relatives and relatives. , usually communicate with the command through letters.”

Li Wei took it and took a look. This Danyang County is not far from the capital. If you go there, it probably won't take a day.

"Then take people to arrest him immediately!"

"Yes!" Chen Su accepted the order with his fists clasped.

A team of hundreds of Jin Yiwei left the capital and headed straight for Danyang County.

In Danyang County, that inconspicuous little village, Liang Shi Zhang Fengyi and others lived here, teaching students and writing books and poems.

The land of Xianlin was originally created to cultivate talents, but their training method, in addition to teaching knowledge, also used publicity among literati to make famous some talents who needed to be born.

Many famous Confucian scholars became so famous because of their operation. And once you have a reputation, just like Jiang Taigong fishing, willing people will come to seek help.

At least half of the reputation of these talented people is water.

In the morning, the servants hired by the study prepared breakfast, and everyone came to the side room to eat.

The study is also very well behaved. Master Liang, Zhang Fengyi and other teachers sit high in the room, while the others bow first and ask them to use it first.

Master Liang was older and had higher seniority, so he acted first without hesitation, followed by Zhang Fengyi and others, and then others started to use their chopsticks.

The only difference today is that Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Ziyi and others ate very slowly, chewing the food back and forth in their mouths. If anyone looked carefully, they would find that they did not swallow it at all.

Nearly half of the many students below are like them.

After a while, Master Liang, who was the first to eat, suddenly made a move and looked at the rice bowl in his hand with a horrified look on his face: "There is poison in the rice... Poof!" (End of Chapter)