"Hu Weiyong!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted, "What else do you have to say?" The flames burned in his eyes.

Hu Weiyong stepped forward in a panic, bent his legs, and knelt on the ground: "The emperor is angry!" The minister's coachman was a foreigner, and deliberately overturned the carriage while driving, killing the dog, and the minister ......"

"How do you know it's on purpose?" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the royal case and almost jumped up from the dragon chair.

"Emperor, Emperor, that road is very flat, it is impossible for a horse to be frightened and overturn for no reason, and someone saw a woman suddenly crossing into the middle of the road......"

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Hu Weiyong's words again: "These are your inferences, do you have real evidence?" Where is the woman now? ”

"That woman ......" Hu Weiyong didn't know how to answer, his escort returned with injuries, and did not catch the woman who crashed the car.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to want to listen to his defense, so he glared and said, "Is the law of the Ming Dynasty applicable to you?" In the case that happened in your family, should the deceased person be filed in the Criminal Department? Or are you Hu Weiyong alone in charge? ”

"Don't dare! Don't dare! Hu Weiyong's legs kept trembling.

He knew that the fundamental reason why the emperor reprimanded him was not to disregard human life, but to flout the law and cover the sky with one hand.

"The emperor spares his life! The emperor spares his life! The minister knows that he is wrong! Hu Weiyong cried bitterly, looking remorseful, and couldn't wait to take out his heart to show Zhu Yuanzhang.

The ministers were silent, and no one dared to speak for Hu Weiyong.

Xu Da's face did not change, and he was cold at Hu Weiyong's ugliness.

"Get out!" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head sideways, unwilling to look at Hu Weiyong again.

Hu Weiyong put away the heart-wrenching performance with interest, and bowed down dejectedly to retire.

There was a dead silence in the hall.

In the following day or two, ministers from various ministries sent a stream of reports reporting Hu Weiyong's violations of law and discipline.

They were able to climb to where they are today, and they are all people who know the times.

They knew which way the wind of the imperial court was blowing, and they would never choose the path of arduous sailing against the wind.

After Hu Weiyong returned home, he immediately wrote a 10,000-character plea to Zhu Yuanzhang. Whether it is useful or useless, dead horses are treated as live horse doctors.

If Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless to him, then he would immediately gather his army and enter the palace.

If Zhu Yuanzhang still has a trace of kindness to him, then he will wait for a more mature time to start an incident.

Hu Weiyong has never felt that he has less credit to the Ming Dynasty than Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Tang and these people who claim to be the founding heroes every day.

He defected to Zhu Yuanzhang in the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, from the "Marshal's Mansion" to the chief secretary of Ningguo County, the county order, the general judgment of Ji'an Mansion, and then to the affairs of Huguang Province, which post he was not conscientious and hard-working.

He treats the people as his parents, his parents are hungry, he never dares to eat enough, his parents are cold, he never dares to dress warmly. If he didn't love the people so much, how could Zhu Yuanzhang's country sit firmly?

Later, Hu Weiyong met his fellow countryman Li Shanchang.

Lee Sun-chang pushed his career to the peak.

Under the promotion of Li Shanchang, he was transferred to Taichang Siqing, and with his innate talent, he climbed to the position of Zuo Cheng in Zhongshu Province.

Luck is like the melons and fruits he planted with his own hands in the yard, and every day he will surprise him with huge fruits.

Even the only threat, the right prime minister Wang Guangyang, was demoted to Guangdong because of greed and incompetence, and all power was concentrated in his hands.

Hu Weiyong knows how to deal with the only person in the world who is above his head.

He never made Zhu Yuanzhang angry, but he was by no means obedient.

He saw that the wind made the rudder's skill like fire, and he was careful and careful in everything, and handled it properly.

Over time, Hu Weiyong became the courtier who could best enter Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, far leaving Liu Ji, Song Lian, and Li Shanchang, who had built the country together with Zhu Yuanzhang and got along for decades.

Hu Weiyong began to have a different positioning for himself.

Decades of self-denial and public service, why can't he have a little selfishness?

He wanted to make his house bigger, he wanted his son who had nothing to do to become a high official in the court, he wanted two majestic horses, and he wanted to secretly leave a few agate bracelets and pendants from the tribute to his wife.

His selfishness swelled from the unseen passage of time, and from the growing joy to boldness and arrogance, so much so that he would be frustrated at the slightest hindrance of his desires.

He finally understood that only by removing the people above his head could he truly live freely.

He began to prepare for this freedom, and everything was in order.

The coachman incident, Xu Da's accusation, Hu Weiyong was like a stick. He didn't expect that when everything was going in order, he suddenly felt like a duck being caught up on the shelf.

Hu Weiyong didn't want to light the fuse yet.

His preparations were not yet ripe, and the mystery should not have been unravaged so quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the music in front of him quietly, and he complained hoarsely about the bad deeds of Hu Weiyong, who he already knew in his heart.

For example, Hu Weiyong privately reviewed the concerts from all over the world and discarded the concerts that were not conducive to him.

Another example: Hu Weiyong embezzled the disaster relief funds allocated to various places and the repair funds allocated to temples; buying and selling official positions; embezzlement of tribute, including ivory, ebony, and garan incense from the Champa state; Famous horses and rare birds from Goryeo......

When he saw Hu Weiyong embezzling the golden silk carpet of Persian tribute, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, not because he learned about it for the first time, but because he had restrained Hu Weiyong's illegal behavior for too long, and he had been tolerating Hu Weiyong's trampling on the Ming Dynasty.

This Persian tribute carpet of gold silk was woven from pure gold thread and took five years to complete by a thousand goldsmiths and a thousand weavers.

More importantly, its pattern is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The significance of Persia's tribute to this carpet is to praise the Ming Emperor's ninety-five supreme and trample the territory of the Ming Dynasty under his feet for eternity.

However, this map was spread out at home by the lowly Hu Weiyong and stepped on it every day.

Zhu Yuanzhang is like a man on his back every time he thinks of this.

His unusually sharp nerves often led him to see the greed for the throne and the disdain in the eyes of his courtiers.

Especially those who think that they have made great achievements in the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and without them, there would be no Ming Dynasty.

They thought that his position was given up by their broad-mindedness, and he Zhu Yuanzhang must be grateful to them.

He didn't, at the beginning he killed chickens and monkeys and got rid of those rampant people.

But desire is unquenchable, and it is impossible for him to get rid of all the ministers in power.

Zhu Yuanzhang aimed at the official position of "prime minister".

The prime minister system has always been a thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

In order to decentralize the power in the hands of each minister, it is first necessary to abolish the high-ranking position of prime minister.

He wanted to remove the thorn, but he had many scruples.

The first is the opposition of the ministers, which is the biggest obstacle.

These courtiers invariably suppressed him with ancestral systems and traditions. In order to convince them, earth-shattering events must occur that put the prime ministership system at risk to their own interests.

Moreover, if the post of prime minister is abolished, then he must take care of everything himself.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is hard-working, it is impossible to do everything himself. His time and energy are limited, how can he personally handle all the affairs of such a large country?

He wanted to establish a new type of institutional structure to replace the prime minister's system, but this was not yet fully matured in his mind.

Hu Weiyong gave Zhu Yuanzhang the opportunity to complete the system transformation.

His reckless behavior won Zhu Yuanzhang the support of the ministers and the people, and his self-righteous and meticulous layout won Zhu Yuanzhang more time for the overall plan.

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to turn a blind eye to Hu Weiyong's one-handed covering, and only by putting a long line could he catch a big fish.

He wants to wait until the women and children in the streets and alleys know that Hu Weiyong has the heart of rebellion, and then uproot Hu Weiyong and the unshakable prime minister system.

At this critical moment, Li Chengyi came to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the Lord's task, and at this time, Hu Weiyong also needed such a friend by his side to help him overcome the biggest problem in his life.

After the two met and greeted, Hu Weiyong did not take the initiative to mention this major event that caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, pretending to be as usual and calm.

"Prime Minister, these ministers in the court have always been jealous of your high position, and the emperor is used to seeing them slandering you, and he has seen too much, but he doesn't take it to heart as before. Don't worry, Prime Minister. ”

Li Chengyi observed his grievances from Hu Weiyong's wrinkled nose.

"Sincerity!" Hu Weiyong couldn't help but call out the title that Li Chengyi would use when he was emotional.

"My son died so tragically under the carriage, and the tragic sight of him lying in a pool of blood that day appeared in front of me all the time......"

Hu Weiyong's nose was wrinkled like pickles in a pickle jar, and two big teardrops rolled out of his mung bean-sized eyes.

"Prime Minister, you mourn!"

"No one sympathizes with me, and everybody wants to blame me. What is the principle of heaven? Xu Dan, that old guy, fought with the emperor, and he never took me seriously. Right now...... He made a big fuss about a little coachman, and he wanted to kill me! ”

"Prime Minister," Li Chengyi's eyes shot out of anger, filled with righteous indignation, "Your son died because of the coachman, and the coachman deserves to pay for his life." If this matter falls on Xu Da's head, he may cost the driver's family their lives. They're making a big fuss about the people who usually go against you, just to use this to bring you down! Shameless! ”

"I think this is what Xu Da has been planning for a long time, even if I didn't kill the coachman, he would make a fuss about other things!"

The tears on Hu Weiyong's face had dried up, and he took a heavy snort and sucked back the snot hanging in his nostrils.

"We have to shut up Xu Da." Li Chengyi got straight to the point, "The emperor will ignore the twists and turns of other ministers, but Xu Da is different." In recent years, the emperor has been particularly disgusted by the advice of civil officials, and always feels that they like to stir up right and wrong, but Xu Da is different. He is not only a relative of the emperor, but also a hero of the founding of the country, and his friendship with Zhu Yuanzhang is extraordinary. Besides, he rarely speaks ill of other officials, and this time his impeachment of the prime minister will definitely get the emperor's attention. ”

"Xu Da!" Hu Weiyong slowly spit out these two words, and the Sichuan character between his eyebrows rose to the ground, "He is a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard!" ”