Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

After Chen Su left, Li Wei sat blankly for a while, and then sighed.

Although Chen Su only found out this bit of scattered information, it is not difficult to guess Xiao Qing's origin by connecting Xu Yao's past.

As for the exact identity, it didn't matter now, and he didn't want to delve into it anymore.

It was getting late at this time, but Li Wei had no intention of leaving. Instead, he ordered someone to prepare a room for him in the Ordnance Bureau and stay there temporarily.

Recently he doesn't want to go home.

……

Chen Su secretly organized another "Jinyiwei", and the real Jinyiwei, under the instruction of Mao Xiang, quickly found out what was abnormal about Li Wei in the past two days and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In fact, in the past few days, apart from being more active in government affairs and getting closer to his old friends, Li Wei had not done anything illegal or disciplinary. As for the plans in his mind, they were just plans. If there was any suspicion, the only way was to let Chen Su secretly form a secret organization.

However, Chen Su acted cautiously, and became even more cautious after his repeated instructions. Jin Yiwei was not aware of his actions for the time being.

However, although Zhu Yuanzhang did not find out what Chen Su was doing secretly, it did not affect his suspicion of Li Wei.

On this morning, Li Wei was still the protagonist in the main hall, participating in everything and caring about everything. Although not everything hit the mark, he always acted from reality and everything he said was well-founded.

After the morning court, as soon as he walked out of the hall, a young eunuch stopped him.

"Duke Han, your Majesty has summoned you."

The little eunuch lowered his head in a respectful manner.

When the people following Li Wei saw this, they immediately started to flatter him.

"The Duke is truly attentive to the Emperor's heart. It seems that His Majesty has something important to discuss with you."

"The Duke is truly the pillar of the country!"

"Yeah yeah……"

Before the little eunuch said anything, these people praised Li Wei to the sky, as if His Majesty could not accomplish anything without him.

After all, Li Wei had been in business for many years, so of course he would not believe these nonsense. He casually waved his hand to stop everyone, and then said to the little eunuch: "Lead the way."

"Yes!"

The little eunuch didn't dare to say anything, so he agreed and led the way.

Li Wei followed him to Jinshen Hall, where Zhu Yuanzhang was already sitting on the throne waiting for him.

"See Your Majesty."

Li Wei bowed his hands in a salute, neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and examined him for a moment before saying, "Forgive me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Wei straightened up, his eyes lowered, quietly waiting for him to ask questions.

After waiting for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke and broke the silence.

"I heard that you yelled at home at night a few days ago. What did you say? You changed your life against the will of God. Who will regret it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked careless, but what he said made Li Wei's heart sink!
There was a spy in the consort's house for sure, and he knew it himself. He couldn't suppress his anger that day and shouted so loudly that it was not surprising that his servants heard him and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said this, indicating that he was warning him.

However, this warning not only failed to scare him, but made him even angrier!

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it seemed that as the emperor, he should monitor the ministers, but Li Wei did not think so.

"It's just some chores at home. I couldn't control it for a moment. I shouted too loudly and disturbed His Majesty. Please forgive me!"

Li Wei said nonchalantly, with sarcasm hidden in his words. Zhu Yuanzhang was in the palace. No matter how loud he roared, it would be impossible to hear him, let alone disturb him.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned cold instantly: "What if we don't forgive?"

"Of course I'll just let it go." Li Wei said calmly.

Hearing his words, Zhu Yuanzhang's face became even more ugly. Although Li Wei said that he would let it go, but if he really punished him, an important minister of the court, tomorrow there would definitely be a bunch of ministers interceding for him in the court, and there would inevitably be another round of intercession. trouble.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him coldly and suddenly said: "I heard that Anqing is happy again. You should stay at home with him recently. You don't have to come to court every day!"

Li Wei's expression changed slightly. Zhu Yuanzhang was going to drive him out of the court directly!

Li Wei was silent. Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and said, "Why, our will doesn't work anymore?"

"I dare not, but I obey the order!"

Li Wei cupped his hands to receive the order.

If you don't come, you won't come. It's not like you can only participate in government affairs after entering the court. You can also do many things in private!
"That's good, step back!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted coldly.

Li Wei didn't stop, bowed his hands and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his back and couldn't help but his cheeks twitched.

Li Wei was his son-in-law. After all, he was still a family member. In fact, he didn't want to do anything to Li Wei and reduced his power just in case.

When he mentioned An Qing and the child just now, he just cared about family ties and hoped that this boy could be in peace. But looking at the situation, it was obvious that his words were in vain. This boy didn't listen at all!
"Spies, spies, spies again, you thought you were the only one who knew how to use spies!"

Li Wei walked out of the palace angrily, cursing secretly in his heart. Li Wei really didn't listen, but became even more angry.

Originally, he wasn't so angry when Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mention it, but now that Zhu Yuanzhang has so clearly stated that he has placed spies around him, he is even more angry!
Isn't it just a human flesh camera? Zhu Yuanzhang can use it, so can he. After Chen Su gathered manpower, he decided to train the organization himself. He has watched so many spy war dramas in the past. I have never eaten pork and haven't seen a pig running. ? Use all the secret codes and codes that can be used. He still doesn't believe that he can't create a secret intelligence organization that far surpasses Jin Yiwei!
At that time, he would in turn monitor this old man and find out for how long which concubine he had been playing with at night!

And get rid of all the spies in his own house!
Li Wei secretly hated it and thought fiercely.

The imperial edict had to be obeyed. From that day on, Li Wei never went to the morning court again. However, his influence has already spread. Even if he does not go to the morning court now, others still have to come to him for advice on many matters, such as his suggestions for the Ministry of Punishments and other matters such as crime rates. If the Ministry of Punishments wants to handle them well, they still have to come to him.

In addition, the ministers who have surrendered will not treat him as if he does not exist just because he does not go to court. After all, it was common for him to not go to court before. In the eyes of everyone, this is normal and they do not think it is any surprise.

As for Li Wei, although he can no longer participate in everything, his private actions have not stopped.

A few days after Zhu Yuanzhang's warning, he began to clean up the servants and slaves in the house. His attitude towards his servants was completely different from before. He would scold and beat them at every turn, and would drive people out of the house as soon as he found an excuse.

The servants in the Prince Consort's house were surprised and frightened when they saw that their formerly kind-hearted master suddenly became aggressive. They began to act cautiously, fearing that they would be caught making mistakes and be punished.

Even so, Li Wei did not let them go. Except for Laifu Abu, who was really trustworthy, he found excuses one after another to drive the other servants out of the house. Even Xiaohong, a female official, would have been kicked out of the house if An Qing hadn't tried her best to protect her. Can't stay.

Within a few days, the servants in the Prince Consort's Mansion were changed again. The new ones recruited were either the family members of the craftsmen, or people from other places who had an innocent family background.

Not only that, he also set strict rules for these new servants. They were strict about where they could go and where they couldn't go. Even if there were Jin Yiwei's spies among them, it would not be that easy to get information.

After cleaning up the house, Li Wei started to attack the guards again.

Wu Yong was sent to him by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the guards who first came to the Prince Consort's Mansion were all transferred to insignificant positions by him. Wu Yong was even removed from the position of guard commander and was temporarily handed over to Abu.

It happened that many of his students also wanted to join the army, so he directly placed them.

These guards of his are all assigned to hold important positions in the navy. As long as they control these guards, they can indirectly control the army, just like Lan Yu's three thousand village slaves in history. With these loyal subordinates, They can control the army like an arm and a leg.

After arranging the guards, he personally took Lu Xiu, Ye Qing and other students who wanted to become officials to the academy and handed them over to Fang Xiaoru.

There is no airtight wall in the world. I don’t know who passed the poem that Li Wei copied. The supervisors who came to Minghuang Academy also knew about Li Wei’s contribution. Although the quota was given by the prince, Li Wei and Fang Xiaoru Their role is the most important, and these students are grateful to them.

Now that Li Wei had personally brought people here, it was easy to get a few places, and Fang Xiaoru didn't stop him. He had taught Lu Xiu and others, so he agreed after a brief review.

The Chamber of Commerce also arranged for Jia Jinming and other students to go in.

These actions of Li Wei quickly attracted the attention of Jin Yiwei and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Asshole! This bitch really wants to rebel!"

Zhu Yuanzhang became furious after reading the information presented by Mao Xiang.

Mao Xiang lowered his head and dared not speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang cursed a few times, turned his gaze on him, and said in a cold voice: "Go, send us more manpower, closely monitor every move of this bitch, and report it to us immediately if there is anything unusual!"

"Yes!"

Mao Xianggong claimed that it was, got up and left in a hurry.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were sharp. He looked at Li Wei's actions recorded in the book in his hand, and his anger couldn't go away.

He didn't expect that the reckless but straightforward bitch who didn't even want to be an official would now be like those like Li Shanchang, harboring heretics!

This powerful official whom he single-handedly trained to restrain the nobles in Huaixi has now become a new and serious problem!
"Hmph, we can lift you up and push you down. You bastard, are you the only one who wants to overturn the world?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself gloomily. Although Li Wei is powerful now, as long as he is around, he can't change the world!

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, Mao Xiang quickly increased the surveillance of Li Wei. However, now Li Wei is no longer under surveillance like before. In addition to the strengthened management of the house, there are also guards patrolling around. The Jin Yiwei now wants to avoid being exposed. It is also very difficult to find out the news about his house under his own circumstances.

In addition to surveillance, Zhu Yuanzhang also had other arrangements. The first was that many imperial censors in the court suddenly impeached him for abusing his servants and violating his benevolence.

Originally, this kind of trivial matter, not to mention the high-ranking prince, was a common occurrence even for those low-ranking civil servants and even wealthy people.

But after Zhu Yuanzhang heard the impeachment of these censors, he immediately became furious. He issued an edict to severely reprimand him and fined him a salary. If Hu Hai, Wang Jie and other civil and military officials had not expressed their pleas for mercy, the punishment would have been even heavier.

Li Wei knew this very well, but he didn't care at all. He ignored the scolding and went in one ear and out the other. His salary didn't matter. He didn't lack the money and food whether he wanted to give or not.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang found out some of his previous mistakes and often issued orders and scolded him.

The officials in the court gradually felt that something was wrong, and those who joined Li's party were even more uneasy.

However, many of their servants and family members were arranged by Li Wei to join the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, and they could get a lot of income every month, even higher than their own salary. They were not willing to give up easily. There was constant turmoil in the hall. Some people impeached him, while others pleaded and argued for him. The back and forth never calmed down.

After struggling for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a headache.

Although Li Wei kept making small mistakes, he never made any serious mistakes, and he never did things like taking bribes and bending the law. As the saying goes, one must be strong without desire, and if one is not greedy, he will not take. It is really difficult to deal with him.

After struggling for a while, for the sake of the stability of the court, Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily put aside his affairs and focused on government affairs.

Time flew by, and as soon as the new year passed, the court began to prepare for the examination.

The Imperial Examination, commonly known as Chunwei, is naturally held in spring, usually in February, and is mainly responsible for the Ministry of Rites. This reopening of the imperial examination is unusual. In order to show attention, Prince Zhu Biao also personally participated.

Before the examination, Li Wei called Lu Xiu, Ye Qingyun and others over to provide personal guidance.

In fact, he had nothing to teach him. He knew nothing about the classics of the sages, and he had finished teaching everything else that should be taught.

This time he called a few people over to guess the questions.

He didn't know the questions for the general examination, but he could still guess the strategy for the palace examination.

In the palace examinations in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emperor nominally set the questions, but in fact the Hanlin did it on his behalf. After all, some emperors did not even go to court, let alone be expected to set the questions in person.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was different. As the founding emperor, he had always been diligent and wanted to do everything by himself. Naturally, he must have come up with the question for the imperial examination.

And based on his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, it is not difficult to guess the issues he is concerned about.

If these questions were answered according to Confucian knowledge, it would be nothing more than quoting scriptures and following ancient systems, which would definitely not satisfy Zhu Yuanzhang.

And he can give instructions in this aspect so that Lu Xiu and others can give different answers, or at least be different from others.

And he also believed that his answer based on reality would make Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes shine even more.

These students of Minghuang Academy accepted his new education and did not miss the Confucian classics. If they were purely based on Confucianism, I am afraid they would not be the opponents of those nerds, but with these practical knowledge, they would definitely be better than those moral gentlemen in serving as officials. Much stronger. (End of chapter)