Li Wei looked at these officials, these people agreed on the surface, but they obviously didn't think so, which made him very uneasy.

"I do what I say, if anyone beats and scolds the craftsman at will, I will definitely not let him go!" Li Wei frowned and emphasized.

"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely follow your orders."

Guan Ziming said respectfully.

The young man glanced at Li Wei and felt that this official was very different.

"You help your father down to rest, see if he is injured, and if he is injured, he will quickly find a doctor." Li Wei said to the young man.

"Thank you, sir!"

The young people thanked them, and the old people followed suit.

After the young and old people left, Li Wei glanced at these officials again, still a little uneasy, but he had no other good way, he just arrived at the Ministry of Industry and didn't have any cronies or the like, so he could only take a look at them more often.

After leaving the iron-making furnace, Li Wei went to look elsewhere, and saw a huge waterwheel, as well as a forging hammer driven by a waterwheel, but this thing is very inconvenient to use, and the hammers are also large pieces of iron, and swords and other things cannot be used.

After learning about the basic situation of the Ordnance Bureau, Li Wei and everyone left here and returned to the Ministry of Industry.

By the time he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, it was not early, and Li Wei was very tired after walking so far back and forth.

Just this one time, two or three hours will be gone, ancient times are trouble, and time is wasted on the road.

After saying hello to Xue Xiang, Li Wei went home, and in the evening he learned about the Chamber of Commerce with Laifu and Abu.

Although Shen Jing looks respectful, but when it comes to interests, he still has to have more snacks himself, otherwise people won't know if they are pitted.

Speaking of pits, Li Wei thought of Lao Zhu, but Lao Zhu was a hard pit, and the pit he dug was good, even if you didn't want to jump when you saw it clearly, he would kick it in.

On the second day, before Li Wei got up, Zhu Yuanzhang had already ascended the throne of Fengtian Temple and started a morning meeting.

Since Li Wei made a budget table, killed a household secretary, and pulled down a secretary of the ministry, it was like disappearing, there was no news of him in the court, and the ministers had forgotten about this-stirring stick.

But just a few days ago, the emperor suddenly promoted this seemingly non-existent cabinet official to the Ministry of Works.

Zhao Jun, who just met with Li Wei yesterday, first went out to file a complaint:

"Your Majesty, Li Wei, the newly appointed right attendant of the Ministry of Industry yesterday, beat his subordinate chief officer Sun Jian for no reason on the day he took office.

Sun Jian is Zhao Jun's fellow villager, and he also recommended him, this Li Wei beat people on the first day he came up, obviously not giving him face.

Although Li Wei didn't know the relationship between him and Sun Jian, he didn't care about this, anyway, he had long seen that this guy was not pleasing to the eye, and he could play it if he could, and he had other purposes.

Xue Xiang, who was beside Zhao Jun, glanced at him in some surprise, he really didn't know about this, after all, what just happened yesterday.

However, as the boss of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Jun, the second-in-command, passed him and directly reported to the emperor, which still made Xue Xiang feel a little unhappy.

He is old and about to retire, but as long as he does not retire, he is still the boss, Zhao Jun should inform him first, otherwise His Majesty will ask him, he will not know anything, and it seems that he is incompetent as a scholar.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on it, frowned slightly after hearing this, and asked in a deep voice: "Xue Xiang, is there such a thing?" ”

Xue Shen came to Zhao Jun's side, first glanced at Zhao Jun, and then saluted respectfully and said truthfully: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know about this matter, but the minister thinks that Li Shilang is not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, so I think there is a reason for it." ”

When Zhao Jun heard this, he was secretly proud, he impeached Li Wei out of friendship with Sun Jian, and also to dig a pit for Xue Xiang, as long as this old guy retires, the next secretary of the Ministry of Industry will be him.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little displeased after hearing this: "How did you become a secretary of the Ministry of Industry?" ”

"The minister is guilty."

Xue Xiang honestly confessed his guilt, he was a pragmatic person, he knew if he knew, and he didn't know if he didn't know, although he could see that Zhao Jun was uneasy and kind, but he didn't deny or quibble.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't blame him anymore, but asked, "Is Sun Jian here?" Spread Sun Jian! ”

"Sun Jian, the director of the Ministry of Communication~!" Xu Shou immediately shouted loudly.

Of course, Sun Jian, as a six-rank petty official, was not qualified to be in the palace, so he walked in from outside the palace under the summons of the eunuch and fell to the ground with an aggrieved face.

"Sun Jian, the director of the Ministry of Ministers, see Your Majesty."

"Li Wei beat you yesterday? Why hit you? Zhu Yuanzhang asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, yesterday the minister inspected the Ordnance Bureau with Li Shilang, and saw a craftsman slacking off in the way, so the minister reprimanded a few words, but he didn't expect Li Shilang to be furious, and kicked the minister to the ground, and the minister was wronged, but Li Shilang also ordered that no one was allowed to scold the craftsman again, and the minister was afraid that the craftsman would be slack and not be able to complete the trust of the court, so he reported the matter."

Sun Jian avoided the trivial complaint.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and thought about it, although he felt that there must be a reason for this, and it would not be as simple as Sun Jian said, but Li Wei's beating was definitely a fact.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials fighting officials and officials beating the people are not the same thing.

Hong Yi, the new Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, saw the opportunity to go out of class: "Your Majesty, Li Wei is still young, and he has only been in the court for half a year, so he was promoted to the position of the Ministry of Works. ”

The former secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the current Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites, glanced at Hong Yi after listening, his heart is still young, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers!

He understands it, but if he gets involved with Li Wei, there will be no good results.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he did not make it clear, but glanced at Xungui's side.

Xu Da stood at the front and immediately understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

"Your Majesty, Li Wei made a flintlock pistol, as well as invented a three-stage gun array, this kind of merit is enough to be qualified to be a squire of the Ministry of Works, Your Majesty has a discerning eye, it is really a holy act!"

As soon as Xu Da spoke, the nobles who originally played soy sauce and wine coaxed one after another.

"Yes, yes, Wei Guogong is right."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

“……”

Hong Yi didn't even understand what was going on when he heard these-stirring sticks, so he followed the blind coaxing, and his face was immediately unhappy.

"Hmph, it's just some tricks and tricks, a craftsman can do it, how can such a little credit be worthy of the job of being a good three-grade?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelids jumped when he heard this, he is now a little bit interested in the word "tricks", last time he missed the opportunity to make a fortune because of these four words, and then he was cheeky to go to Li Wei's house to rob it, at this time when he heard these four words again, his face suddenly sank, and he scolded:

"You know what a fart, weapons are a major event for soldiers, a major event for a soldier's country, how can it be a strange skill? You are so shallow, let's see that it is difficult for you, the secretary of the ministry, to be a big responsibility! ”

"Huh?"

Hong Yi was dumbfounded, not knowing why his words poked at the emperor's pain points.

The old god of Si is standing on the side, and the secret way is really like this, the court is dangerous, and the king is like a tiger!

He has already thought about it, and this year he will find an opportunity to return to his hometown and go home to enjoy his old age in peace.