Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"Actually, you don't need to worry too much. Although this Jiang Duhou is arrogant, he doesn't dare to kill you for no reason. You just need to be more respectful to him and survive this period of time until the army goes out to conquer the Japanese."

Li Shanchang comforted him.

"Going out to conquer the Japanese?"

Lin Xian was slightly stunned and didn't react for a moment.

Li Shanchang smiled and said nothing.

After a while, Lin Xiancai suddenly realized: "Yes! When we get to Japan, I will..."

"Master Lin, if you have nothing else to do, please come back!" Li Shanchang suddenly interrupted.

Lin Xian also realized something and quickly stopped talking, but his expression changed from sadness to joy. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your advice!"

Li Shanchang's face immediately turned cold: "What is Mr. Lin talking about? I don't understand."

"Uh," Lin Xian was startled again and changed his words: "It's just a low-ranking official talking nonsense. The Duke doesn't need to care about it."

Li Shanchang nodded slightly.

Lin Xian got the solution and then resigned and left.

The next day, when Li Wei learned that he had left the camp, he immediately found an excuse and ordered someone to give him a whip.

Lin Xian received Li Shanchang's advice and stopped shouting. He suppressed his anger and accepted the punishment honestly.

From then on, Li Wei would beat him a little every three days and once every five days. The beatings made him suffer from new injuries before his old injuries healed, and his days were like years of hard work.

However, as Li Shanchang said, Li Wei did not kill him. After all, he was not a soldier. It would be difficult to explain if he was killed for no reason.

Since Li Wei took over the training, this new navy has changed. The training of bows and arrows and cold weapons has almost disappeared, and all have been replaced with muskets. Especially after the modified steamships left the shipyard, these soldiers were even more shocked. It’s an eye-opener to see what it means to have a strong ship and powerful guns, and what it means to have firepower as king!

Many soldiers who got the new muskets were overjoyed. Although Li Wei's flintlock muskets had been manufactured for a long time, they were given priority to equip the Shenji Battalion and Zhu Yuanzhang's own Shangzhi Twelve Guards. These foreign garrisons did not have them. This blessing, and now under the leadership of Li Wei, all the equipment has been upgraded to firearms.

In addition to muskets, the training of naval guns is a top priority. Based on the gunners in the Shenji Battalion and his own escort, Li Wei trained a group of artillerymen specifically for water warfare.

Shooting on water is more difficult than on land. After all, the boat is rocking and observation is more troublesome. This requires special learning, otherwise it will be very difficult to hit a boat on the vast sea.

Naval training is proceeding in an orderly manner, and Li Wei's little Keqin is slowly growing up.

When a child is just born, he almost looks the same every day. Now Li Wei's greatest pleasure when he comes home every day is to see what this kid has become.

At this time, little Keqin is no longer the wrinkled and ugly look he was when he was just born. His delicate skin is white and rosy, and can be broken by a blow. When he sees him, he makes babbling sounds and reaches out to hug him. He is really cute. .

In order to comfort his son, Li Wei even ignored Xiaoqing and Anqing.

Time flies by for a month. Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are busy preparing for the year-end celebration. But now no one in the court cares about their celebration, because they have a more important thing, and that is to have a drink. The full moon wine was given to the eldest son of the Li Wei family, the Prince Consort, the Marquis of Jiangdu, and the Crown Prince.

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, although the weather was cold, the sun was shining brightly, bringing a little warmth to pedestrians.

The busy traffic and crowds of people in front of the Prince Consort's Mansion dissipated most of the coldness.

Li Wei was the first son, and the eldest son born to the princess. Although he himself didn't care about the difference in age, others paid great attention to him and prepared generous gifts early in the morning to congratulate him.

Yu Ji and Wu Bozong from the Ministry of Personnel, Wu Chen from the Ministry of Rites, Ru Taisu from the Ministry of Husbandry, Yang Jing from the Ministry of Punishments, He Li from the Ministry of War, Jiang Shouqing and Jiang Quan from the Ministry of Works.

There were also Han Yike and Daotong from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Jie, Shen Jie and others from the administrative department, and almost everyone from all the yamen in the court gathered together.

Compared with the civil servants, there were relatively few military generals, but there were also old subordinates such as Hu Hai, the Marquis of Dongchuan, and Song Zhong Zuowei, who had been promoted to the governorship of Qianshi.

There were many others who did not arrive, but sent congratulatory gifts. After all, he was the prince-in-law of the dynasty. If he could not give face to Li Wei, he had to give face to the emperor and the princess.

In the wing room in the front yard, people with relatively high status or close to Li Wei, such as Wu Bozong and Ru Taisu, would be invited in and sit around a few tables, while the others could only deal with it in the courtyard.

There is no way, there are too many people.

"Congratulations, Lord Marquis, on the birth of your son!"

"congratulations……"

"thanks, thanks!"

Wu Bozong and others congratulated each other, and Li Wei also thanked him with a smile on his face.

"Hmph, I didn't expect that your kid is now a parent. You need to be more prudent in your behavior in the future!" Ru Taisu said seriously.

Fang Xiaoru nodded in agreement.

Li Wei strongly objected: "Where am I not stable? I have always been stable, okay!"

Ru Taisu sneered, and Fang Xiaoru turned his head.

Li Wei gave them a blank look and said to himself, forget it, today is a happy day and he won't be angry with these grudges anymore.

Everyone sat down, and the food and drinks came one after another. Li Wei raised his glass and invited everyone to drink together, and then moved their chopsticks together.

Since it is the child's full moon ceremony, it is natural to talk about the child first.

Ru Taisu said: "I heard that the child's name was given by His Majesty. What is it called?"

When mentioning this matter, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, my name is Li Hackin, what are you saying to remind me not to be lazy in the future?"

"Hahahaha, what a good name, Your Majesty!"

Ru Taisu laughed immediately after hearing this, and everyone else also couldn't help but laugh. Only Fang Xiaoru's expression froze and he asked in a deep voice: "Which Keqin?"

Li Wei felt very strange: "It's the Keqin who is diligent and thrifty."

After Fang Xiaoru heard this, his face darkened immediately, he put down the wine glass with a bang, stood up and held his hands: "It doesn't taste good, let's go!"

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left.

Li Wei was stunned, and the others also looked at each other, full of doubts. Only Ru Taisu, an elder of the older generation, sighed, seeming to understand something.

"What's going on with him?" Li Wei asked, pointing at Fang Xiaoru's back.

Ru Taisu explained: "Fang Xiaoru's father's name is also Keqin."

"Uh..." Li Wei was speechless for a moment, and everyone understood. No wonder Fang Xiaoru suddenly became angry when he heard that Li Wei's son's name was Li Keqin.

"Look, how many people have been hurt by one name!" Li Wei pointed at the table and complained.

Everyone was silent, and the name was given by His Majesty. This was equivalent to blaming His Majesty. They were not as courageous as Li Wei.

Seeing that everyone ignored them, Li Wei could only sigh.

"Master Hou, if you really want to introduce it, why not use the ancient form instead? It has the same sound and the same meaning but different forms, so there is a slight difference." Wu Bozong said softly.

Li Wei's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Oh? Is there such a word? How to write it?"

Wu Bozong smiled: "It's very simple, just add the word "心" under the word "Qin"!

The word Qin is the ancient writing style of the word Qin. Keqinkejian can also be written as Keqinkejian. Changing it to this word does not violate His Majesty’s wishes.

After hearing this, Li Wei suddenly felt that he had learned something and happily agreed.

Although changing it to "Qin" is a bit troublesome, it is better than having the same name as someone else. Moreover, he is a son, so a son cannot be spoiled. If he makes a mistake in the future, he will be punished by copying his own name!

If poor little Keqin knew his father's thoughts, he would probably never reach out for a hug again. After solving the trouble caused by his son's name, Li Wei felt much relieved, and the banquet continued lively.

After drinking for three rounds, Li Wei went to the opposite wing to pay tribute to the military generals Hu Hai and Song Zhong. Civil and military officers never peeed in the same pot, so he specially separated them when making arrangements. Fortunately, because of his relationship, Although these people looked down upon each other, they never had any conflicts.

After the important people in the two wing rooms paid their respects, the people in the courtyard also had to deal with it. After all, they were all here to congratulate, so they couldn't reach out to hit the smiling person.

When the banquet was coming to an end, the heavyweight Zhu Biao came with his people.

When the ministers saw the prince coming in person, they immediately stood up and saluted, and they were even more surprised by Li Wei's important status.

After receiving the news, Li Wei hurried out of the wing and worshiped with everyone.

"Meet His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"No gift, no gift."

Zhu Biao smiled warmly, and even stretched out his hand to help him as he spoke.

Li Wei straightened up and glanced at his uncle, who was a few years younger than him: "Why did His Highness the Prince come here in person?"

"Of course I have to come here in person, I am the child's biological uncle!" Zhu Biao said matter-of-factly.

"..."

Li Wei was silent for a moment and thought that it was the same. If his identity as the prince were removed, the child's uncle of Full Moon Wine should come over.

"His Royal Highness, please come inside quickly." Li Wei raised his hand to lead the way, leading Zhu Biao into the wing.

Taking advantage of the little time they wasted, the servants quickly tidied up and made room for Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao took Li Wei and sat at the main seat together, his intimacy clearly revealed.

"My father was busy with government affairs, so he didn't come here in person, but he also gave a reward, and the emissary will send it to him later." Zhu Biao explained first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Wei cupped his hands in thanks.

"By the way, have you taken the child out and seen it?" Zhu Biao asked again.

When a child is born, he is too weak and has many taboos that need to be paid attention to. But after the full moon, these taboos will be lifted and he can be held out to meet others.

Li Wei said: "Not yet."

"Then quickly take it out and show it to everyone."

Zhu Biao smiled.

Everyone else also looked expectant. Li Wei nodded and ordered his servants to make arrangements.

After a while, the beautiful little Keqin was carried out by the wet nurse. Everyone gathered around and praised him repeatedly.

At this time, he was staring at An Qing's beautiful big eyes, and his eyes were rolling around. He was a little timid towards others, and only smiled when he saw the familiar Li Wei.

Seeing this, Li Wei suddenly felt a sense of superiority in his heart. Did you see, this is the treatment of his biological father!

Zhu Biao looked at this cute child and felt pity: "It's so cute! I haven't shaved off my hair yet, so I'll do it!"

Li Wei's expression changed and he quickly stopped: "Forget it, Your Highness, it's such a cold weather, and the child's skin is too tender and easily injured!"

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he thought it was true, so he gave up the idea: "Okay, it's up to you."

Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. There were a lot of ancient rules, some were okay, some were bad, and he couldn't accept them all.

After everyone in the wing had finished reading, he took the child to the opposite wing and walked around before finally sending him to the backyard.

After seeing the child, Zhu Biao chatted with him for a while, and then did not stay long.

Although he arrived late and left early, Li Wei also expressed his understanding. After all, he was the prince of the dynasty. Under Lao Zhu's flat management, his government affairs were no less important than Lao Zhu's.

Everyone drank until it was getting late, and then dispersed in twos and threes. Some of them were quite drunk, and Li Wei ordered his guards to see them off in person to avoid any accidents.

After the banquet was over, the huge Prince Consort's mansion finally became quiet.

Li Wei drank a lot and was wandering towards the backyard. Chen Su, who deliberately stayed at the end, quickly caught up with him.

"I've met the Marquis!"

Li Wei was blocked. When he saw it was him, he immediately smiled and said, "Huh? You haven't left yet?"

Chen Su also smiled and replied respectfully: "I have something to report!"

"what's up?"

Li Wei asked directly, but Chen Su did not answer immediately, but looked around.

Li Wei immediately understood and said, "Come with me."

After saying that, he took him to the side room and called Abu to guard the door.

After entering the side room, Li Wei found a chair and sat down on his own. Chen Su carefully closed the door first and then followed in.

"Master Hou, you asked me to find out something about Lin Xian."

"Oh? Tell me!"

Li Wei immediately sat up straight.

Chen Su calmed down his thoughts and said softly: "When Lin Xian was the commander of the Zhenhai Guards, he often asked for bribes from merchant ships. Passing merchants had to pay him a bribe in advance before they could pass safely. Otherwise, they would be regarded as smuggling and would be subject to inspection at the risk of being investigated. Money and goods, heavy responsibility, imprisonment, and even loss of life..."

Although the Ming Dynasty did not allow civilians to trade with overseas, internal merchants also had to travel by water. As a patrol patrol along the coastal rivers, in addition to guarding against Japanese pirates, they also had to check the citations of these merchants. If they were not found, it would be a serious crime.

However, according to Chen Su, these businessmen who were asked for bribes by Lin Xian were obviously cited in the literature, but they were still forcibly detained by him to ask for bribes. No wonder he was so active in detaining Wang Jinghong and others. He turned out to be a habitual criminal!

In addition to these, he also seizes people's land, oppresses people, etc. He is just like another corrupt official.

"Is there any irrefutable evidence for this?" Li Wei asked seriously.

Chen Su nodded without hesitation: "Yes!"

In his opinion, since Li Wei asked him to check this person, he naturally hopes that he has it. As for whether it is true or false, only he knows.

Li Wei glanced at him suspiciously: "Is it true or false?"

Chen Su fell silent immediately and hesitated for a long time before saying: "It's true, Lord Marquis!"

Li Wei frowned, a little displeased: "If it's there, it's not. Don't do this to me!"

"It's not clear yet."

"Then keep checking!"

"Yes!"

Chen Sugong claimed that it was, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He admired Li Wei's bottom line principles, but also disagreed with this indecisive approach. According to him, since he was an enemy, he had to do whatever it took!
Although Li Wei tortured Lin Xianhao, he did not directly use his power to suppress him to death. Just like Fan Min and Xu Hui in the past. Fan Min was corrupt and perverted the law, so he would naturally die unjustly. Although Xu Hui was always with him. He resisted, but saved his life. He just resigned and left.

"One more thing, Lin Xian went to the Korean Duke's mansion some time ago. I don't know what he said to the Korean Duke. I only know that he looked sad when he went in, but relaxed when he came out." Chen Su added. (End of chapter)