At the end of the court meeting, the ministers dispersed one after another.

Outside the palace gate, Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and others walked together, and when they saw Ru Taisu, who was alone, they couldn't help sneering and mocking the two sentences of "Li Dang traitor".

Ru Taisu's face twitched, knowing that she couldn't take off this label, so she could only leave in a hurry with a black face to report to Li Wei.

The main hall of the Ministry of Industry is empty, and Li Wei and Zhao Jun still perform their duties and do not interact with each other.

After Ru Taisu entered the door, he went straight to the house where Li Wei was, and when Li Wei saw him enter the door, he laughed and said, "Yo, what hurricane blew you over, Lord Ru?" ”

Under normal circumstances, he goes to Ru Taisu when he has something to do, but today this old man took the initiative to come to him, which is rare.

Ru Taisu was not polite, and directly found a chair and sat down, and said with a dark face:

"Huh, you can still laugh? Your Shangshu position is in vain, and His Majesty intends to promote you to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but Zhang Zongyi somehow moved Lan Yu and Cao Xing to help him speak, so he stopped him! ”

Li Wei was stunned when he heard this, and then said indifferently: "If you stop it, you will stop it, I'm not interested in being promoted." ”

Ru Taisu was stunned for a moment, a little surprised by his indifferent attitude.

You must know that this is the pinnacle of civil official positions, even he who prides himself on being indifferent to fame and fortune was pulled into the water by Li Wei because of the position of the head of the household, but Li Wei himself can be so indifferent to this, which can't help but make him admire.

"Hey, in fact, Your Majesty didn't say that he wouldn't give you a promotion, it's just that so many people have blocked it for the time being, and I think you still have a chance." Ru Taisu's tone was slightly slower, and he sighed lightly.

Li Wei chuckled, he really didn't care much about this matter, first, he was really not interested in being promoted, and second, he believed what Xue Xiang said, what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do could not be stopped by others, and the position of this Shangshu was estimated to fall on him in the end.

Just when the two of them were light and worried, Chen Jing and Gao Xin also hurried over one after another.

"I've seen Lord Li, Lord Ru!"

The two entered the door and bowed, and Li Wei and Ru Taisu also nodded in response.

"Lord Ru, what is the result of the court discussion?"

Chen Jing asked anxiously.

Although both of them are three-grade servants, and their grades are even higher than those of some yamen's officials, but in some important affairs of the court, the voice of a court official is higher than theirs, just like this time, Yu Xi, the political envoy, is the same as them, but Yu Xi was left to participate in the deliberations and they could only wait for the letter in their own yamen.

Ru Taisu glanced at them, understood their mood at this time, and did not sell the guanzi, and directly said the result of the court meeting:

"Your Majesty has a decree, and ordered Yu Xi to be transferred to the Ministry of Officials, and Master Gao was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the candidate for the Ministry of Industry was shelved for further discussion."

Ru Taisu's voice fell, and Chen Jing and Gao Xin were both surprised, and then their faces changed.

Chen Jing's face sank and he was disappointed, while Gao Xin was ecstatic.

"Haha, Your Majesty is wise, oh, of course, thank you Lord Li for your advice!"

Gao Xin couldn't help laughing, and at the same time didn't forget to thank Li Wei, but although he was still respectful on the surface, he obviously lost his previous flattery.

Now that he has been promoted to Shangshu, Li Wei is still a squire, his identity and status have changed, and his attitude is naturally different.

"How so? It shouldn't be! ”

Chen Jing complained with an ugly face, and his gaze at Li Wei also implied complaint, he felt that it was Li Wei's inactivity in this matter that led to this result.

Li Wei saw their expressions in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart, the grass on the wall is the grass on the wall, you can't expect them to be loyal, they won't be really grateful if they get benefits, and those who don't benefit will complain.

At this time, he suddenly thanked Zhu Yuanzhang for this arrangement, which gave him the opportunity to easily see the true face of these wall grasses.

"But do good deeds, don't ask about the future!" Li Weichang took a long breath, spoke out leisurely, and gave Xue Xiang's words to them.

Chen Jing and Gao Xin couldn't help but be stunned, slightly embarrassed.

But Ru Taisu glanced at Li Wei in surprise again, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration. In addition to his mouth, this Lord Li is not as unbearable as he thought before!

Li Wei served tea to the guests, although Chen Jing was still unwilling, but he could only endure it and retire with Gao Xin. Ru Taisu didn't stay any longer, and then took his leave and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang's operation was unexpected by everyone and made the ministers scratch their heads.

You say that he is biased towards Li Wei, it is a bit biased, after all, the Ministry of Rites did use Gaoxin who defected to Li Wei, but he did not use Chen Jing in the most important ministry, and Li Wei himself failed to be promoted.

And to say that Li Wei fell out of favor, it is not necessarily, after all, His Majesty has already expressed his attitude, and he wants him to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but he was only blocked by the ministers.

However, according to the ministers' understanding of His Majesty today, if he really insisted on promoting Li Wei, I am afraid that the ministers would not be able to stop them with one mind, but the current facts are really pulled, which can't help but make them a little unbelievable.

But in any case, the facts are in front of us, and this is a rare victory in the struggle against the Li Party.

After the end of the court meeting, Zhang Zongyi, Zhao Ben and others were in a good mood, their main purpose was to prevent Li Wei from ascending, as for who Shangshu's position was given to in the end, it didn't matter, the people in the world were one family, as long as they were not traitors of the Li Party!

In order to celebrate this victory, Zhang Zongyi discussed with Zhao Ben and decided to follow Li Wei's example and hold a banquet in the mansion to show that they are still the same as these civil servants, and they will never succumb to Li Wei's obscenity!

After the next day, Zhang Zongyi's house was full of traffic and lively. Perhaps because he felt that the wind direction had changed, many people who had been to Li Wei's banquet before also appeared here.

Although they didn't invite the young lady of the Jiaofang Division to sing and dance at this banquet, it was more lively when there were many people chanting poems and writing!

When Zhang Zongyi and others were holding a banquet, Mao Xiang walked into the palace with a person.

Sun Jian held the book and account book in his hand, and followed closely behind Mao Xiang with his head down, both apprehensive and happy in his heart.

He is Zhao Jun's fellow countryman, and after joining the Ministry of Workers, Zhao Jun also took care of him a lot, of course, while taking care of him, he also instructed him to do some dirty things.

It's just that after taking refuge in Li Wei, he drew a clear line with Zhao Jun, and under Li Wei's repeated warnings, he didn't dare to continue to be greedy or anything, but suddenly one day, Mao Xiang, the commander of the pro-army, found him, and directly took out the evidence of his previous corruption and bribery, which scared him so much that he couldn't possess his soul, and he kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy.

Fortunately, Mao Xiang did not mean to kill him, but asked him to collect evidence and report Zhao Jun.

Adhering to the firm belief that friends of the dead will not die in the poor, Sun Jian sorted out the past accounts, and even found colleagues who had worked together, collected all the evidence, and under the guidance of Mao Xiang, he entered the palace today to ask for a meeting with His Majesty, and submitted the impeachment recital and evidence together.

Under the leadership of Mao Xiang, Sun Jian smoothly entered the palace, met Zhu Yuanzhang, and presented the evidence and the impeachment recital.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the evidence, and his eyes became colder and colder.

Bang!

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the case and roared angrily: "What a Zhao Jun, dare to be corrupt and pervert the law under our noses, is it really unfavorable for our knife!" ”

Sun Jian trembled and knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the minister was coerced by Zhao Jun and had to do something wrong. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him coldly when he heard this, and said, "I'll talk about your business later, Mao Xiang!" ”

"The minister is here!"

"Take him, go and take down that Zhao Jun for me, and put him in prison for strict interrogation!"

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang received the order respectfully, and after speaking, Sun Jian, who had weak legs, withdrew and left.

At Zhang Zongyi's mansion, Zhao Ben, Tang Duo, Zhao Jun and others gathered, Lan Yu, Cao Xing and others were also there, and there were many new faces, more than double the number of people when they met last time.

Li Shanchang also went to invite, but unfortunately he didn't move, Li Shanchang was cautious, this time he pretended not to know the whole process, and even said a few words to Li Wei in the court, looking like he wanted to draw a line with them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Lee Party in the DPRK and China is flattering and doing evil, and we must unite as one to stop the Lee Party from disrupting the government...... Balabala......"

Zhang Zongyi made a generous statement, and made Li Wei and his henchmen happy, especially a certain Hubu Shangshu surnamed Ru, who bore the brunt.

Zhao Ben and Duo thought so and agreed repeatedly.

Zhao Jun was a little sullen, after all, although he prevented Li Wei's promotion this time, he didn't move, and now the Ministry of Industry is still empty.

Lan Yu and Cao Xing Zhang Wen and several military generals, although they disdained the hypocrisy of these sour and rotten civil officials, but out of cooperation, they still gave enough face, and then reprimanded Li Wei a few words.

Especially Lan Yu, who scolded from the heart.

The crowd set the tone, and then the drinking began.

Zhang Zongyi and other literati naturally wrote a few good poems, and they were so interested that some people even made up a literary level comparable to Li Wei, and the words were full of materials worth learning, which caused a burst of laughter.

Although Lan Yu and the others are old and rude and don't know anything about writing and ink, they are very interested in these crooked poems, and even read two sentences from time to time.

Everyone is also very face-saving, only mocking in their hearts and keeping a smile on their faces.

When everyone was drinking, there was a sudden bang, and Mao Xiang slammed open the door and led people in!

Zhang Zongyi and the others stood up in shock, and Lan Yu looked at the guards who rushed in, and his heart was also stunned.

He knows this scene well!

"What does Master Mao mean by this?"

Zhang Zongyi, as the host, forcibly endured the panic in his heart and stepped forward to ask.

Mao Xiang didn't answer immediately, but scanned the audience and took these faces to heart.

Everyone was panicked in the face of Mao Xiang's gaze, and they didn't know why he suddenly brought troops here.

However, they didn't wait long, and Sun Jian, who was beside Mao Xiang, solved their confusion for them.

"It's him, he's him, Zhao Jun, the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry!"

Sun Jian searched in the crowd for a moment, recognized Zhao Jun and immediately pointed at him and shouted.

Zhao Jun looked frightened: "I...... What's wrong with me? (End of chapter)