He had already reminded His Majesty of the matter of the salt farm, but His Majesty did not deal with it, and now the situation has far exceeded his original prediction and has become extremely complicated.

But looking at the situation at this time, His Majesty should have decided to let a minister go to the thunder, after all, this case must be related to the powerful, and if it is not handled well, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Li Shanchang also took the secret report, squinted at it for a long time, and handed the secret report to the others with a calm expression, depending on what he had understood, but he had to deliberately keep his composure.

After a while, the entire Fengtian Hall began to talk in a stumbling manner.

"Impossible, right? Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the legal system has been strict, how could such a serious thing happen. ”

"Who is so bold as to dare to ignore the legal system so much?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at all the ministers coldly and said:

"You've all learned about the situation, let's talk about it!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's words fell, the audience suddenly fell silent, and some officials who were still active just now lowered their heads one by one, like children who had made a mistake.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was pale, and he slapped his palm at the bookcase and said:

"I raise you all to eat dry rice? Why are you stunned, do you want to wait for me to check it out in person? ”

All the officials were so frightened that their legs trembled, and they kept wiping the cold sweat from their heads.

At this time, the entire Fengtian Hall was silent, and the sound of air movement could be heard quietly.

Zhu Yuanzhang slowed down, looked straight at Liu Bowen in front of him and said:

"Liu Bowen, as the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, how come you don't even know about such a big thing as refined salt smuggling?"

When Liu Bowen heard the emperor's accountability, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty:

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, Weichen is not as clear as Your Majesty, the insight is like watching the fire, it is really helpless, this smuggling matter is the failure of Weichen's supervision, but the matter of private salt should be caused by avoiding supervision, otherwise how can the Metropolitan Procuratorate established by His Majesty be unaware?"

Li Shanchang looked at it from the side, showing a trace of worry, he was just about to open his mouth to say something, but after a pause, he couldn't help but say nothing, the matter is very important, and he must not act arbitrarily.

The superior is really angry this time, you must be careful, and you must not offend Long Yan.

However, this Liu Bowen is also a slippery head, and he wants to take off the responsibility in a few simple words, and he is not in a hurry to see the situation before making a decision.

"Li Shanchang, why are you stunned? Want a vegetarian meal? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to stare at Li Shanchang and asked, a pair of sharp eyes looked directly at Li Shanchang, Li Shanchang dodged his gaze, and replied:

"Your Majesty, after the ban on foreign smuggling, sporadic and non-scale, now the large-scale smuggling of refined salt must be related to the government, and all officials of the Salt Transportation Department should be thoroughly investigated."

"If it weren't for the failure of the inspection, how could so much private salt be released, Your Majesty should strictly investigate."

"Hold local officials, prosecutors accountable."

Li Shanchang just said this, everyone's eyes were on him, isn't the procuratorial department the Metropolitan Procuratorate? Isn't the spearhead directly aimed at the Zhedong Party?

Lord Xiangguo is taking the opportunity to suppress Liu Du Yushi!

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth on the dragon chair hooked up a shallow smile, and he turned his head to see that Liu Bowen was still very calm and calm.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this case has not yet been clarified, and he should not be punished lightly, and the smuggling implication is very extensive and cannot be taken lightly."

Yang Xian walked out from the side and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Liu Bowen glanced back at Yang Xian and signaled not to act rashly, but Yang Xian did not react and looked straight at Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Li Shanchang heard that someone stood up against him, he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart, but he didn't look at Yang Xian.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked very satisfied, and hurriedly said:

"Let's look at this case, and I'll leave it to you to investigate thoroughly! Don't let us down, don't let anyone you find that should be killed. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the subordinates were shocked, but Li Shanchang was very high, because this case would directly drag this reckless descendant into a catastrophe, and countless nobles would let him die without a place to be buried.

But he can easily sit back and reap the benefits and watch the weakening of the power of the Zhejiang Party.

Liu Bowen's originally calm expression also panicked, his eyes kept turning, thinking about how to deal with it, and just about to make a speech to Zhu Yuanzhang, he heard His Majesty's voice again.

"Liu Bowen, you assist Yang Xian in investigating this case thoroughly."

"We must find out who is behind the scenes!"

Li Shanchang's face on the opposite side was surprisingly happy, and he looked at Liu Bowen and Yang Xian with schadenfreude, although this case may not directly bring down Liu Bowen, but it can greatly hurt his vitality.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone, waved his hand and prepared to disperse, but suddenly thought of something, and said casually:

"Good man, don't be idle, let's help Yang Xian check together."

His Majesty thought that there was no need for too many people to be involved in this matter, and that a large number of people would not be conducive to the smooth investigation and handling of the case. Lord Liu and Lord Yang will definitely find out. ”

Li Shanchang excused himself.

"Say no more! It's decided, we think it's good, let's go down. ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he turned around and left.

After the court meeting, all the ministers also left the Fengtian Temple.

......

Metropolitan Inspectorate,

As soon as Liu Bowen and Yang Xian sat down, Liu Bowen said loudly:

"Confused! How can you be so reckless. ”

"This case is too involved, Your Majesty just wants to find a sword to deal with those powerful people who violate the law and discipline, if there is no perfect strategy, they will be frantically retaliated against at that time."

"Teacher, the student knows, but the student can't watch Li Shanchang frame you!"

"Besides, the people of the world need clean officials, and students will never regret it even if they go to the soup and fire."

Yang Xian got up and arched his hand.

"That's it! Things aren't that bad either. ”

"Your Majesty is really unpredictable, and he actually let Li Shanchang also participate."

"But it's a lot simpler!"

Liu Bowen breathed a deep sigh of relief, stroked his beard and said.

Yang Xian's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he instantly understood the meaning of the teacher's words, and then said:

"What does the teacher mean... Students admire the teacher! ”

Liu Bowen's teachers and students looked at each other, looked at each other and smiled, and the plan had been born in their minds......

Just dispersed.

Li Shanchang did not go to the government hall to work but returned home directly, and the maid saw that his face was pale, thinking that he was too thirsty to walk, so he brought a cup of tea and handed it to Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang subconsciously took the tea bowl, took a sip, and found that the water temperature was wrong, so he immediately dropped the tea bowl.

Tea was scattered all over the ground, and tea leaves were scattered on broken porcelain pieces.

Seeing this, the servant was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground, but at this moment, Hu Weiyong came in from outside the door.

"Engong, don't be angry, this matter is not necessarily a bad thing!"

Li Shanchang frowned, and asked suspiciously:

"What do you have in mind?"

Hu Weiyong leaned close to Li Shanchang's ear and whispered, "Engong, we can ......"