Du Hu Weiyong was promoted to prime minister, many people thought that it was recommended by Li Shanchang, and they all praised the teacher's love for the students, and the students also earned enough face for the teacher, and the teachers and students were both prime ministers, which was really a great honor.

Li Shanchang did not admit or deny this matter, and he warned his younger brother Li Cunyi: "Don't provoke Hu Weiyong in the future, and don't get too close to him." ”

Li Cunyi was puzzled: "We are in-laws with him, is it because he has taken over the official position of the eldest brother, do we have to avoid suspicion?" ”

"It's not to avoid suspicion, it's to be careful of getting into trouble." Li Shanchang's face showed a trace of worry, "I can't see through this person now, but even I have to bow down to his methods." It took me decades to become a very popular minister, and in the end I had to resign to protect myself, and he climbed to the position of 10,000 people under one person in just a few years, do you think this person is powerful? So don't fight him, your head can't fight him. ”

Seeing that Li Cunyi was a little unconvinced, Li Shanchang raised his hand and signaled him not to speak yet, and continued: "Of course, he was promoted so quickly and had his own ability, and the main thing was to get the favor of the emperor. But have you ever wondered why the emperor promoted him? The emperor used him to deal with us heroes, what will be the end of him after dealing with us? ”

"Big brother!" Li Cunyi raised his head suddenly, looking shocked.

"Think about what I said, don't bring disaster to the Li family!" After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he sent off the guests, and said that, what happens to this brother in the future depends on his own creation.

On the day when Li Shanchang set off to return to his hometown, Hu Weiyong, who was his student, naturally came to see off his teacher, accompanied by Zhao Cheng, who saw off Zhu Yuanzhang on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang, and some officials close to Li Shanchang.

In the Shili Pavilion, Hu Weiyong raised his wine glass very sincerely, choked up, and said: "The students thank the teacher for their careful cultivation for many years, and now the teacher is sick, but the students can't serve the left and right, which is really ashamed." ”

"You can share the emperor's worries and seek well-being for the society is the greatest reward to the old man." Li Shanchang smiled with satisfaction, as if he was very satisfied that his students were so good.

Officials who did not know the truth applauded one after another, boasting that the teacher and student had achieved a good story. Those who know the truth don't break it, and the scenes are more beautiful than the other.

After a few glasses of wine, Li Shanchang boarded the carriage with the strength of the wine, and the rest of the people dispersed one after another.

Zhao Cheng drove the carriage in the palace and asked, "Prime Minister Hu, our family wants to go back to the palace to resume their lives, do you want to go along?" ”

Hu Weiyong said: "It just so happened that the official had something to tell the emperor, so he bothered the chief manager to give him a ride." ”

Zhao Cheng said with a smile: "It is an honor for our family to serve Prime Minister Hu Cheng. ”

Hu Weiyong politely entered the carriage, and the carriage left in the dust.

The dusty officials in the back couldn't help but complain, Zhao Cheng, a eunuch, was really snobbish, and he only knew Hu Weiyong, when they didn't exist?

The carriage stopped in a secluded place, and Zhao Cheng jumped off the wheel and said, "Congratulations to Prime Minister Hu, congratulations to Prime Minister Hu." ”

"Rejoice, rejoice." Hu Weiyong got out of the carriage and put his hand on Zhao Cheng's shoulder, "I can have today, and the general manager is indispensable." ”

Zhao Cheng saw that he had not forgotten his own merits, and he did not shy away from contacting him, so he felt more comfortable, and said: "Prime Minister Hu Cheng, our family really has no way to rescue Ping'er." He recounted the execution of the people of Jingyang Palace that day.

Hu Weiyong sighed gloomily: "You can't blame you for this, it's her own life." If she can pull the old guy off the horse, she can be regarded as a well-deserved death. ”

Zhao Cheng was terrified when he heard this, Hu Weiyong was still like this to his subordinates and his teachers, how sincere could he be to him?

Hu Weiyong didn't notice Zhao Cheng's face, and asked with interest, "Guo really cursed the queen with Gu magic?" ”

Zhao Cheng replied: "Ping'er said that Guo didn't know about it, and Guo himself didn't admit it, but Zhang Normal did search for witch Gu from Jingyang Palace that day, and the emperor directly sentenced her to death without trial." ”

Hu Weiyong laughed, "I'm afraid this woman has fallen into a trap and died an unknown death." If she really knows these methods, she won't be helpless with the queen every time. ”

Zhao Cheng wanted to speak and stopped, "You suspect it......"

"Who else could it be if it wasn't her? Except for her, who has the ability to install people in Jingyang Palace. Don't look at her sick now, it's also a sick tiger. Hu Weiyong rejoiced: "Fortunately, you and I have not been exposed, otherwise it will be troublesome to be targeted by her." ”

"I suspect that she knows that Guo is in contact with other ministers in addition to Li Shanchang, because Xun Ying had asked Guo to confess to the ministers who colluded, but fortunately Ping'er didn't tell Guo that we were secretly helping each other, so Guo couldn't say anything." Zhao Cheng was a little worried, when Xunying interrogated Guo Hui and Ping'er, his soul almost flew away, fortunately Guo Hui didn't know, and fortunately Ping'er would rather die than say it.

"It's okay, now that the Guo family is dead, even if she wants to check, she has no evidence." Hu Weiyong thought for a while and said, "Let's not contact us directly for the time being, I'll let someone inform you if there's something." ”

Zhao Cheng hurriedly asked, "How are my wife and children now?" ”

Hu Weiyong smiled slyly: "The chief manager still can't trust me? I said that as long as I have one day, I will protect your wife and children for a day, don't worry, they are fine in their hometown. A few ruffians who wanted to tease your daughter-in-law were beaten away by the people I arranged, and the virtuous nephew was studying in the school, and I also sent a small servant to serve him. ”

"Thank you Prime Minister Hu for taking care of me." Zhao Cheng suppressed the bitterness in his heart and tried to squeeze out a smile.

"Haha, let's see the outside world when I say this, we are like brothers, isn't your son my son, can I not take care of it?" Hu Weiyong laughed loudly, and there was pride, pride, and rampant in the laughter.

Even Zhao Chengdu thought that he encouraged Zhu Yuanzhang to clean up Shen Wansan in order to deal with Ma Xiuying, but he didn't know that he had played a big game of chess, and he wanted to take this opportunity to drag Li Shanchang, Liu Ji and others into the water, and the current result seemed to be more satisfactory than he expected.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and now he had finally achieved his wish. The officials who once looked down on him vied with him, and the opponents who once excluded him were all trampled under his feet. Hmph, Liu Ji Lao'er said that he is not worthy of being a prime minister, he has not been a prime minister, but Liu Ji's official position is lower than him now, and he has to clean up this guy who dares to slander him in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, Liu Ji gathered Song Lian and others together, and solemnly announced: "Hu Weiyong is a curse rather than a blessing for us to be a prime minister, he is now in the limelight, and I want to resign and return to my hometown to avoid his edge." ”

Zhang Yi said angrily: "A minister like Hu Weiyong can also be a prime minister, I don't know what the emperor thinks. ”

Liu Ji's deep eyes shone with wisdom, "He is now the knife in the emperor's hand, can the emperor not reuse him?" ”

Song Lian asked, "Teacher, how do you say this?" ”

Liu Ji pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "I didn't want to say more, and I was afraid that you would lose yourself in the officialdom, I will only say this once, and you will do it yourself in the future." Now that the emperor has sat firmly, the next step is to suppress the heroes, so he chose a newcomer who has nothing to do with the heroes to deal with the heroes, and we old people are already overwhelmed. ”

Ye Chen was surprised: "The emperor is not afraid of the heroes making a disturbance when he does this?" ”

Liu Ji smiled, "If the situation develops according to the emperor's thoughts, it is best, if the situation cannot be controlled by then, he can also push Hu Weiyong out to appease the anger of the ministers." ”

The three of them suddenly realized, "In this case, we will resign with the teacher, and we will talk about it in a few years when the situation is stable." ”

"It's difficult," Liu Ji shook his head, "everyone is gone, who will handle the political affairs?" The emperor will not agree, and I am also relying on the queen to owe me a promise, and I am ready to ask the queen to intercede for me. ”

"Will the queen agree?"

"The queen will understand my difficulties."