Chapter 19 That's what the cabinet is like
After the introduction, Wu Bozong, Wang Jie and others came to Li Wei with a bunch of concerts:
"My lord, this is a piece of music sent by the General Administration, we have sorted it out by category, what do you think will happen next?"
Wu Bozong asked.
Now that the cabinet has just been established, they don't know how to work specifically, so they know that it is to assist the emperor, but the emperor didn't say how to fight, and now that the chief official is here, of course he is asking the chief official.
Li Wei looked at the pile of music in front of him, thought for a while, and said, "You read it to me." ”
"Okay."
Wu Bozong agreed, then took a copy and began to read,
These ministers have no other skills, they still have two brushes to write articles, quoting scriptures and classics, and their tongues are bright, and Li Wei can't hear it clearly!
"Stop, stop...... Ahem, well, you just need to say what you mean concisely, so you don't have to read it. ”
Li Wei quickly stopped halfway through listening, hiding the embarrassment that he couldn't understand.
Wu Bozong did not doubt him, and said: "Okay, this book is played by Xue Xiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, please allocate two and a half million silver for the construction of sea ships." ”
"Huh? Finished? ”
"Well, that's the main thing."
"Did you say how many ships to build, how much budget to build, how long the construction period was?"
"Nope."
Li Wei's eyes widened, and you chattered for so long just now, just this sentence? Why didn't I hear that?
"Reply to him and let him do a good budget again!"
“?”
Wu Bozong glanced at Li Wei in surprise, can we call the shots in this matter? Isn't this to be consulted by Your Majesty?
"What, is there a problem?"
Li Wei saw that he had not moved for a long time, and asked suspiciously.
"Master Li, do you have to ask Your Majesty for this?"
"Do you need to ask him about this? We are here to share your Majesty's worries, how can we share our worries when we ask for instructions on everything? ”
“……”
Wu Bozong always felt that something was wrong, but because he didn't know what this cabinet was doing and what powers it had, he didn't know what to do, so he could only do what Li Wei said.
Li Wei thinks that's how the cabinet is, doesn't he?
He looked at the pile of music, and said to a few people: "You guys, line up, read it first, and then come to me and tell me directly what is going on, and I will deal with it quickly." ”
After listening to it, a few people took turns to pick up the piece according to Li Wei's request, read it in advance first, and when they were finished, they lined up directly to tell Li Wei, Li Wei directly said what to do, and then this person went down and wrote it down as required.
"The waiter of the Ministry of Rites plays, a ruffian in Beiyuan County climbs over the wall at night to harass widows......"
"He's a squire in the ministry, is this his business? He cares so much about the widow that let him watch the widow's door! ”
"The Officials ......"
The four of them reported one after another, and Li Wei's few words were processed quickly, and in less than two hours, a large number of pieces were processed.
"Oh, it's over, it's time to get off work, haha!"
Wu Bozong and the others were stunned when they looked at the finished performance, anyway, they always felt that something was wrong.
"My lord, what will happen to these movements?"
"Send it down, who should you look for!"
"Ah, no, right? Do you have to ask Your Majesty for approval? ”
Li Wei thought about it, well, that's right, I have to find the leader to sign.
"You're right, then you can send these pieces to Your Majesty, I still have something to do, so I'll go."
Li Weiwei said with a grin, he planned to get off work early and go to see the house, after all, the guest house is not cheap.
As for whether this is considered an early departure, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say what time he would get off work, of course, it was he, the chief officer, who had the final say!
sent Wu Bozong to send the recital, and Li Wei himself skipped work and left.
came to the inn to meet Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing didn't make up for sleep, went to find a house for Li Wei early, and came back in the afternoon.
"Master, I asked the tooth shop, the houses in Yingtianfu near the imperial city are relatively close, the price is generally about eighty taels per year, the small ones in the city are not too remote, and the most remote locations are about thirty taels."
Xiaoqing reported on the market that he inquired about today, and Li Wei had a headache when he heard it.
The house near the imperial city actually costs eighty taels, it's too dark!
He calculated, he and Xiaoqing eat and drink every month, it is estimated that it will cost three or four times, the money has always been equal to one or two silver, and the living expenses for a year must be at least fifty times before insurance, and it is impossible to live close to the imperial city with the rest of the money, so you can only find a small one in the city.
He still doesn't know how much his salary is, but the 100 yuan given by Zhu Yuanzhang is counted in the salary, which is equivalent to an advance salary, and he will not be able to receive it again for a period of time in the future.
"Forget it, find a fifty taels or so, hurry up and settle down!"
Li Weidao, don't consider thirty taels, it's too painful to go to work too far, it's a big deal to find a way to make some money, well, regular channels!
Li Wei took Xiaoqing to find a tooth shop, chose a few places to look at, and settled on a small courtyard of forty-five taels. The yard is a bit shabby and there is nothing decent furnished either.
But fortunately, it is a separate courtyard, and it can be regarded as a small villa, Li Wei comforted himself.
After renting the house, Li Wei hurriedly took Xiaoqing to buy bedding and some daily necessities, and worked until dark, and finally settled down.
"Life is not easy!" Li Wei sighed.
……
When Li Wei was busy settling his nest, Wu Bozong came to the Qianqing Palace with Li Wei's "review" of the good piece and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang opened it and looked at it, his eyes gradually changed, and he saw that these pieces had all been reviewed, and how to deal with them had been written, only leaving him a blank at the end, and the front also said "The emperor's signature" instructed him to sign here.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, according to his thoughts, these "secretaries" just sorted out the music for him, and then further briefly summarized the music to save him some trouble, as for how to deal with it, of course, he has to deal with it himself, how can these "secretaries" speak! In case of consultation, he should also take the initiative to consult so that they can speak.
"Bastard thing! Who asked you to review it for me? ”
Wu Bozong, who was respectfully standing below, panicked in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty is angry, this, this is all ordered by Lord Li, and we don't know the inside story." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was cloudy, he put Li Wei in charge of the cabinet in line with the principle of who proposed it, and it was temporary, and when the cabinet stabilized Li Wei also had some qualifications, he transferred Li Wei to the Ministry of Industry to create those future wonders, and he didn't take the cabinet too seriously, anyway, people can be changed at any time, and there is no subordinate agency, it is just a group of auxiliary ministers who completely serve the emperor personally, but at this time, looking at what Li Wei did, he suddenly felt that the cabinet seemed to have the potential to replace the prime minister's power!
Li Wei is a person he wants to use, and he wants to reuse it, so he specially dug a pit to isolate him, so that he had to rely on the holy family for self-protection, but he didn't want to see Li Wei become a powerful minister!
No, it must be changed, the cabinet can't let Li Wei do this!
However, Li Wei's favored minister's character cannot be defeated.
"Well, we know, or Li Aiqing knows how to worry about us! You should all learn from him! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang changed his words and said with relief.
Wu Bozong was quite surprised, but he didn't dare to say much, so he could only agree: "Your Majesty, Shengming, we will definitely learn more from Master Li." ”
"Well, we can't let Li Aiqing suffer by himself, let's decide to make you, Wang Jie, Wu Shen, and Huang Zai all cabinet scholars, and you have to share the pressure more for Li Aiqing, in addition, you can write a brief summary of the chapter and suggestions on a piece of paper and sandwich it in the chapter, let's read it and then decide how to deal with it."
"Wechen obeys!"