Xue Xiang was silent for a long time, and finally could only sigh helplessly: "Hey, but do good deeds, don't ask about the future!" ”

Even if he has lived in the court for many years, he can't think of a perfect plan, since ancient times, he has been with the king like a tiger, and a person with outstanding talent like Li Wei can't even refuse, he can only take one step at a time.

"Let's go, take care!" Xue Xiang arched his hand and turned to leave.

Li Wei shouted behind him: "The boss should also take care, maybe I will go to see you one day!" ”

Xue Xiang smiled and waved his hand casually, as if he had swept away all his worries in the past.

Li Wei stood for a long time, and waited until Xue Xiang's back completely disappeared before he sighed slightly and turned back to the city.

Xue Xiang left, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost, thinking a lot along the way.

Talking to Xue Xiang today, he figured out some things, like the blue jade at the banquet before, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't show up for a long time, maybe this is also his calculation, the purpose is to set himself against Xungui.

Zhu Yuanzhang had cheated him once before about Hu Weiyong, and it was normal to do it again, but it was unexpected that because of Li Shanchang's words, the innocent music girl Xu Yao was involved.

But when he thought about it, he and Lan Yu were both punished at that time, and there was no need to do anything more.

Li Wei frowned and recalled, remembering that Xu Yao seemed to want to say something at that time, he was emotional and didn't pay attention, and then Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered someone to drag him down.

"Could it be that Xu Yao knows some secret and wants to tell me that Zhu Yuanzhang is killing people and killing people?" Li Wei muttered to himself in his heart.

It's just that he thought about it, and he couldn't think of any big secrets that Xu Yao, a music girl, could know, which was worthy of Zhu Yuanzhang's personal order.

Thinking hard to no avail, he could only put this aside in advance and speed up his pace back to the city.

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Fengtian Temple.

After dealing with the daily government affairs, most of the ministers returned to their respective yamen offices, leaving only a few important ministers, nobles and some imperial historians to participate in the Wu Dynasty.

After the rest and dinner, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne again, and the ministers simply saluted and began the formal discussion.

"Let everyone stay today, that is, to discuss the candidates for the three books of the officials, rites, and works, Ruan Jian and others are old, but the government affairs of the DPRK and China cannot be delayed, if you have any suggestions, just talk about it, and select the people today."

Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

When the ministers heard this, their spirits immediately perked up, the moment of the decisive battle had come, and they had to go all out!

"Your Majesty, the ministry of Shangshu is very important, and the minister thinks that when he chooses a person with rich qualifications and a senior leader, he can ensure the orderly affairs of various ministries, and Du Ze, Liu Zhongzhi and Zhao Jun have served in each ministry for many years, and they can be entrusted with important tasks."

Zhang Zongyi came out of the class to play, and after speaking, he secretly glanced at Lan Yu, Cao Xing, Zhang Wen and others in Xungui, and Lan Yu and the others also responded with their eyes.

Before, he and Zhao Jun went to visit these people in the name of Li Shanchang, and these people really gave face, especially Lan Yu, who promised to help them, in addition to his old grudge with Li Wei, Li Shanchang's face also played a great role.

As for Li Shanchang himself, after learning about the actions of Zhang Zongyi and others, he didn't say anything about it, and I don't know if he acquiesced or pretended to be stupid and didn't know.

After Zhang Zongyi's words were finished, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him expressionlessly, noncommittal, waiting for others to speak.

Zhao Ben, as Zhang Zongyi's old partner, saw this, and followed the class and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang's words are safe, and the minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The minister also seconded it!"

Tang Duo and several others also came out of the class in agreement.

Ru Taisu stood in the middle of the court, hesitating in his heart, not knowing whether to come out to oppose it, and help Li Wei and the others say a few words.

At the moment, all the officials in the court are sitting in the court, three of the six Shangshu are gone, and the other yamen have nothing to do with Li Wei, only he is a member of the "Li Party", if he doesn't speak, then he can only let Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and others call the shots.

After hesitating for a long time, Ru Taisu still sighed helplessly, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, the court employs people, and it can't just look at the qualifications, such as Li Wei Li of the Ministry of Industry, although the time of entering the court is still short, but the achievements are remarkable, far from Zhao Junneng, who has been working for many years, as for Du Ze and Liu Zhongzhi, they have been promoted to squire for less than a year, and it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that they have rich qualifications. ”

After Ru Taisu finished speaking, Zhang Zongyi and several people immediately cast angry eyes at him, and scolded "Li Dang traitor" in his heart.

In the past few years, Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher's knife has danced like a fly, and the important ministers of the central government have changed as if they were watching flowers, and even the important positions of the six departments of Shangshu are rarely done for a year, especially the officials and households, which have been changed several times a year, and they have not stabilized until now.

The three people Zhang Zongyi mentioned just now, except for Zhao Jun, who did work in the position of squire for a short time, the other two were also just promoted, Zhang Zongyi said that these two people have been working for many years, but they were all petty officials in various ministries before.

"Hmph, although Li Wei has merits, he is young, reckless, and unruly, how can the imperial court let such a person take on some heavy responsibilities? Ru Shangshu, don't talk nonsense for favoritism just because you have been favored by others! ”

Zhang Zongyi snorted coldly.

Ru Taisu's face suddenly turned red, and he emphasized loudly: "I'm just telling the truth, and I have no intention of favoritism!" Your Majesty, you know the things that Li Wei did, such as supervising the manufacture of muskets and artillery, improving methods to improve the efficiency of the Ministry of Industry, and creating the division to print new banknotes, which stabilized the treasure money and solved the needs of the imperial court at the same time. Li Wei is definitely qualified to be this Shangshu! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded lightly when he heard this: "Well, Li Wei is indeed talented, and when Xue Xiang was a scholar, he was also recommended to us." ”

Zhang Zongyi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although Li Wei is talented, he is still too young, let him sharpen it for a few more years!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed slightly, swept his gaze to the nobles, and said softly:

"What do you think?"

Although most of these nobles are attached to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, in addition to military affairs, they also have the power to participate in political affairs.

At this moment, since Zhu Yuanzhang asked, the generals could naturally speak freely.

Now Xu Da is out of Beiping, Fu Youde has not returned from the expedition to Yunnan, and Feng Sheng and Tang He are the two princes who stand in the forefront of the nobles.

Tang He's ability is not as good as Xu Da, but when it comes to loyalty, he is still victorious, Zhu Yuanzhang has already expressed his attitude just now, of course he will not have a word, and immediately agreed: "The minister thinks that Li Wei, this kid, can be, it's good to let him be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed slightly, not surprised by this, and then looked at Feng Sheng again.

Although Feng Sheng was not as good at pat horses as Tang He, he also said respectfully: "It's all up to Your Majesty!" ”

The two bigwigs agreed, and it stands to reason that other junior generals would just echo the two sentences, but today is different.

Under the anxious gaze of Zhang Zongyi and others, Lan Yu took the lead in speaking out against it: "Your Majesty, Li Wei has committed many illegal acts before, beating his subordinates, inciting craftsmen to rebel, and there are countless things that abuse power, this person is really not suitable for entrusting him with important tasks!" ”

"Oh, is it? So who do you think is a good fit? Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him lightly and asked.

"Of course it's Zhao Shilang, Zhao Shilang has been in an important position for many years, and he has never been negligent in his work, so he should be entrusted with a heavy responsibility."

"You know him well, don't you?"

Lan Yu's heart froze, knowing that he had said too much, so he quickly changed his words and said, "The minister has only heard about it slightly. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled lightly, and did not pursue it, but continued to ask others.

Zhang Zongyi walked around, with the pervasiveness of the guards and school inspections, he naturally didn't know it, he wanted to see today which generals Zhang Zongyi and Zhao Jun instigated to help them speak.

The nobles replied in twos and threes, and Cao Xing, Zhang Wen and a few others echoed Lan Yu in accordance with the previous agreement, but their attitudes were obviously not as positive as Lan Yu, and the others were mostly like Feng Sheng, but they relied on His Majesty to make the decision in the past.

After everyone expressed their opinions, they all set their eyes on Zhu Yuanzhang, waiting for him to make a holy ruling.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked around at everyone and suddenly shouted, "Yu Xi! ”

Among the ministers, Yu Xi, the general political envoy who had no sense of existence, was suddenly called by name, and he was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and hurriedly went out of class to salute: "The minister is here." ”

"With you transferred to the Ministry of Officials from now on, you have to work hard and don't live up to our expectations!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

When Yu Xi heard this, his breathing was stagnant, and it took a while to react, he was promoted! Or suddenly promoted to the heavenly official!

"Minister...... Thank you, Lord Longen, the ministers will do their best to manage the government affairs of the Ministry of Officials, and never live up to Your Majesty's expectations! Yu Xi was incoherent with excitement, and hurriedly bowed down to thank him.

Zhang Zongyi, Lan Yu and others were all surprised, Ru Taisu also showed a look of astonishment, Zhu Yuanzhang had neither the person recommended by Zhang Zongyi, nor the high respect that Li Wei had advised, but chose Yu Xi, who had no sense of existence, which was really surprising!

Yu Xi respectfully thanked him, and returned to the court with a sense of satisfaction, becoming the unexpected winner of this controversy.

"In addition, the Ministry of Rites will set a high letter, and the Ministry of Industry will discuss it later!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said yes, although he said that he would listen to everyone's opinions, but he didn't listen to anyone's decision, except for one Gao Xin of the Ministry of Rites who was biased towards Li Wei, the other one appointed Yu Xi who was unexpected by everyone, and the other directly postponed the discussion.

Although Zhang Zongyi and others were dissatisfied in their hearts, fortunately, His Majesty did not use Li Dang's traitors, and Li Wei himself failed to be promoted.

"Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order!"

Everyone saluted and received the order, and the matter came to an end for the time being.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, sneered in his heart, these things were actually arranged by him, as Xue Xiang said, no one can stop what he wants to do, and Li Wei's promotion to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry is inevitable! (End of chapter)