Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao expectantly, hoping that Zhu Biao could give him a satisfactory answer.

"Li Jin, Erchen thinks that if Li Jin can enter Zhongshu Province, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong may be more restrained."

Zhu Biao said with confidence:

"Li Jin is a person who does things imaginatively, his personality is retributive, and his wrist ability is not ordinary."

"Erchen thinks that Li Jin will definitely be able to meet his father's requirements."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think about it, so he waved his hand directly and refused, saying:

"No, Li Jin is from Fengyang and also belongs to the Huaixi Group."

"If Li Jin is also allowed to enter Zhongshu Province, I am afraid that the power of the Huaixi Group will be further expanded."

"Father, although Li Jin is from Huaixi, he is from a poor family."

Zhu Biao persuaded him bitterly:

"He has nothing to do with these people from the Huaixi Group."

"Last time, Hu Weiyong wanted to impeach Li Jin, wanting to put Li Jin to death."

"Father, think about it, if Li Jin is let know about this, will he still be in the same league with Hu Weiyong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent, and what Zhu Biao said was very reasonable.

Li Jin's background has been checked several times by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is very clear.

Although Li Jin is a native of Huaixi, his family has been poor since he was a child, and he has reached this position step by step by relying on his own ability.

has not received any support from Huaixi people, so Li Jin actually does not have such a great sense of belonging to Huaixi people.

And just a few months ago, Hu Weiyong even wanted to dismiss Li Jin from office, just to get Shanghu County.

Zhu Biao also told Li Jin about this matter before, presumably Li Jin should not get back together with Hu Weiyong.

In this way, it is indeed not impossible to let Li Jin enter Zhongshu Province.

But as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the things Li Jin did, his heart was full of reaction.

Corruption and bribery, flies and dogs, this Li Jin is simply a rat poop in officialdom.

"Let's think about it again, it's really not good, let's think about Li Jin again."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like Li Jin's style very much, if the pattern of the court really changes, it will be time to rearrange it.

Zhu Yuanzhang will still use Li Jin, for Zhu Yuanzhang, civil and military officials are just flags.

Their only purpose is to achieve their goal of consolidating the country.

Hu Weiyong is the same, and so is Li Jin.

....

After Hu Weiyong left the study, he didn't dare to stay for a moment, so he returned straight to Zhongshu Province to meet Li Shanchang.

After telling Li Shanchang about what happened in the study, Hu Weiyong looked at Li Shanchang with a nervous face and asked:

"Teacher, did Wei Yong do anything wrong?"

Li Shanchang no longer had the same calmness as before at this moment, his face was shocked, and after hearing Hu Weiyong's words, he asked in disbelief:

"What you just said is true?"

"It's true, the emperor was still praising me for having a way last moment, the idea is good, and the next moment he will directly change his face, let me come back first and wait for the news."

Hu Weiyong didn't dare to hide it, and described the scene in detail again.

When Li Shanchang heard this, he fell silent and did not say a word.

Seeing this, Hu Weiyong's heart was even more up and down, and he continued to ask anxiously:

"Teacher, why don't you speak? Did Wei Yong do something wrong and angered the emperor? ”

"That's why the emperor is so angry."

Li Shanchang let out a long sigh, and then said:

"Wei Yong, next, the two of us must show disagreement."

"You must object to what the old man agrees to."

"In the same way, if you agree to something, the old man will definitely object."

Hu Weiyong was anxious, Li Shanchang wanted to dissociate himself from him.

What does that mean? Is it because he is afraid that he will drag him down?

"Teacher, do you want to abandon Weiyong?"

Hu Weiyong looked sad and felt that his career might be coming to an end again.

"Wei Yong, you are a fan of the authorities!"

Seeing Hu Weiyong's appearance, Li Shanchang stood up, patted Hu Weiyong's shoulder gently, and comforted:

"The reason why the superior is doing this is that we turn against each other."

"At least not on the same front."

"Our emperor, has too strong a desire to control power."

"Zhongshu Province, nominally the prime minister helps the emperor deal with the government, but if it weren't for the emperor going out, the old man wouldn't even be able to see the folds."

"Where is the turn of the old man to help the emperor deal with the government?"

"However, although Zhongshu Province is a showmanship, it does have this power, and it can divide the emperor's power to deal with government."

"Therefore, the upper position naturally can't see a unified Zhongshu province."

"The previous superior transferred you to Zhongshu Province, I'm afraid that's what I have in mind."

"It's just that I didn't expect that after so long, you are still working together with the old man, which makes the upper position feel threatened."

"What he wants is the division of Zhongshu Province, not a mass of harmony."

"When you wrote this time, you mentioned the old man again, and gave all the credit to the old man."

"The upper position is naturally unhappy in his heart, which is why the upper position suddenly changed his face."

"From now on, we can't do this anymore, and it's better to avoid even drinking tea face-to-face like this."

After Hu Weiyong heard these words, he suddenly realized.

He was not a mediocre person, and after hearing Li Shanchang's penetrating analysis, he immediately understood what the problem was.

As Li Shanchang said, the problem lies in the unity of the upper and lower levels, and what the emperor wants is to fight against the court.

Before, it was because he cared about it, but now after understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Hu Weiyong immediately got up and bowed down:

"Thank you for your advice. Even if Weiyong can't find a mentor to drink tea in the future, the mentor will always be the guiding light of the mentor in Weiyong's mind. ”

Li Shanchang stroked his beard with relief, nodded and said:

"The old man naturally understands Wei Yong's mind."

"Remember what the old man said, in the future, we will no longer be able to be harmonious in the court."

"Just keep in mind."

Hu Weiyong gave up again.

"In that case, then you should go back first, think about your speech in the court tomorrow, and save your image in the upper center."

Li Shanchang picked up the teacup and prepared to send off the guests.

"In the future, Zhongshu Province will rely on you sooner or later, old man... It's old! ”

Hu Weiyong said goodbye to Li Shanchang and turned to leave.

Just as Hu Weiyong was about to leave the room, Li Shanchang suddenly shouted:

"Hu Weiyong, you dare to offend the old man, you'd better not come to the old man in the future, otherwise the old man will make you look good!"

Hu Weiyong was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly, did not turn his head, but replied:

"Li Shanchang, you are already old! We'll see! ”

After saying that, he left the room without looking back.

Other officials in Zhongshu Province were stunned when they heard the conversation between the two.

These two people have always had a deep master-apprentice relationship before, and they can wear a pair of pants, why are they suddenly turning against each other now?

What's going on here? Is it the distortion of human nature, or is it the degradation of morality?

Everyone looked at each other with an expression of eating melons.

"Look at what you see, don't go back and be on duty, if something goes wrong, be careful of the black gauze hat on your head!"

As the boss of Zhongshu Province, Li Shanchang naturally no one dared to resist his order, so he hurriedly put away his gossip ears and continued to devote himself to intense work.

.....

The next day, the Fengtian Temple court.

"Superior, the old minister impeached Hu Weiyong for not knowing how to respect the teacher and offended me, please treat Hu Weiyong for the crime of disrespect."

At the beginning, Li Shanchang pointed the finger at Hu Weiyong.

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials were a little confused, what happened?

The first and second leaders of Zhongshu Province, Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang, who are known as the best master-apprentice duo in the Ming Dynasty, are going to turn against each other?

Wasn't we still talking and laughing together yesterday? Why did he directly send Hu Weiyong to prison today?

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Li Shanchang, wondering what trick Li Shanchang was playing?

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, looked at Hu Weiyong, and asked:

"But Yong, is there such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, there is no such thing."

Hu Weiyong looked indifferent and said:

"Yesterday, the minister took the memo written by the minister, and went to Li Xiang about the method of highway construction."

"As a result, Li Xiang refuted the minister's performance and put forward a lot of outrageous suggestions, and the minister felt that Li Xiang was old and a little backward in his thinking."

"But he thought that the minister was insulting him, but in fact, the minister did not mean it."

"You're talking nonsense, you're going to play that piece..."

Li Shanchang was about to open his mouth to refute when he heard this, but was directly interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang:

"It's not a big deal!"

"Good elder, only Yong is your subordinate, you have to take more care, don't be so strict."

"Wei Yong, Li Xiang is also for your good, you apologize to Li Xiang, this matter is over."

Seeing this, Li Shanchang looked ugly, but Hu Weiyong arched his hand at Li Shanchang and said:

"Li Xiang, I'm sorry."

Seemingly insincere, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said:

"Okay, that's it."

"Both of you are our humerus ministers, and you should have worked together to take care of Zhongshu Province."

"I hope that the two of you will cooperate well in the future, and work with us to govern the entire Ming Dynasty and make the Ming Dynasty prosperous."

"Yes."

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood, and just last night, he received a secret report from Jinyiwei.

Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang turned their backs, which made Zhu Yuanzhang laugh.

I didn't expect that just one twist and turn could make the two go toe-to-toe, it seems that Hu Weiyong is indeed ambitious, otherwise he would never dare to challenge Li Shanchang's authority.

But it's a good thing to be ambitious, if Hu Weiyong doesn't have ambition, he doesn't deserve to sit in this position.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the two of them might be acting for themselves, but now it seems that the two of them are openly turning their faces in the court.

This means that whether the two of them pretend to be or not, the Huaixi Group may be divided into two factions in the future.

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see, after all, the united Huaixi Group has a very big threat to him Zhu Yuanzhang.

With the end of the battle between the two, today's early dynasty officially began.

"Wei Yong, how are you preparing for the highway you explained yesterday?"

"The minister is about to report to the emperor, and ask the emperor to issue a holy decree to inform the whole country that we should build the first toll highway in Tianfu."

Hu Weiyong slowly stepped out of the ranks, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"And tell the people of the world that the money for the construction of this highway needs to be raised from the gentry of the world, and correspondingly, the income from the highway can be passed on to future generations."

As soon as Hu Weiyong's words came out, the surrounding civil officials instantly exploded.

Originally, these civil officials had already informed their families of this matter, and the family behind them, which one of them was not a gentry?

These gentry have long regarded this highway project as fat in their own bowls, where can they allow others to interfere?

They even want to let the children of their respective families who are officials in the court be able to make suggestions to the emperor and give up greater benefits.

After all, the imperial court has never been able to compete with the people for profit, so that they can encroach on more interests.

In addition, there are many gentry who are already quietly preparing gifts and want to visit Hu Weiyong and ask Hu Weiyong to open a back door to his home.

This is a way to get on the bus as soon as possible, or to crowd out other competitors.

They tried their best to cover up the matter, that is, to reduce the opportunity for the other gentry to know, so as to obtain greater benefits.

After all, if you are willing to invest in your own family, then the initiative will be completely in your own hands.

For them, the fewer people who know, the better.

But now Hu Weiyong actually wants to directly pick out this matter and inform the whole country.

Then this matter, the impact it brings, is not what these gentry want to see.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is so vast, if you really want the gentry from all over the world to participate in this gluttonous feast, then they will get very little benefit.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are against it."

As soon as Hu Weiyong finished speaking, the head of the household department stood up directly and said:

"The minister thought that this matter only needed to respond to the gentry around Tianfu to complete the construction of the highway."

"If you want to make an order, it will alarm the gentry of the world, and it may cause turmoil in the world."

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the suggestion made by Lord Hu is not a good suggestion."

Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department also stood up at this moment and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister thinks that the current Ming Dynasty needs to recuperate, especially when the northern region has just been pacified, and it is the time when it needs to be consolidated steadily."

"If an order is issued at this time to let them enter Beijing, unforeseen accidents may occur."

"The ministers seconded it!"

Most of the officials all stood up, not wanting Zhu Yuanzhang to agree to Hu Weiyong's suggestion.

After all, now their interests are aligned.

The more people who come in to share the food, the less profit they will make.

They may even be dominated by the imperial court's anti-guest, squeezing their profits as much as possible.

But these are not what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see, he directly scolded loudly:

"Nonsense."

"Let's see that you guys are all ghosts."

"The construction of highways is a matter of the whole world, not only related to the gentry of Yingtianfu, but also to the gentry of other prefectures and counties."

"Let's see that you just want to control the number of gentry, so as to blackmail the imperial court, and want to monopolize the benefits brought by the highway."

"Such a lust is really a sin that deserves death!"