Although Li Wei is very kind to ordinary people, he is not an honest man who is weak and can be bullied, on the contrary, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is ruthless in dealing with corrupt officials and corrupt officials and these wealthy families, just look at the fate of those officials who oppose him.

Although many things were secretly planned by Zhu Yuanzhang, it was not for nothing that he took the initiative to do it himself, from Fan Min to Xu Yong, they all ended up stealing his family and exterminating the clan

"I hope you can be honest and don't force me to be rude!"

Li Wei looked at the direction where Yue Dapeng had left, and muttered to himself.

His wishes are good, but things don't go his way.

A few days later, the acquisition of land by officials of the Ministry of Industry was quickly resisted, and the Gu family, who had promised well, suddenly repented, saying that Sanguan was too low, and they were willing to sell it only after asking for ten yuan, and the Yue family directly refused to sell.

In addition to not selling their own land, these two families also rushed to buy land with the people of the Ministry of Industry, and the people did not dare to offend on both sides, and generally gave it to whoever came first regardless of the price.

The price given to the people by these two families is much lower than that of the Ministry of Industry, and even if the fields are more than three years old, they only give the same money, but relying on their prestige to dominate Yangzhou, they forcibly bought a lot of acres of land from the people.

In Li Wei's temporary mansion, Jiang Quan, the director of the Ministry of Works, whom he had brought along, reported these situations to him, and Li Wei's face was extremely ugly after hearing this.

"My lord, what shall we do now?"

Jiang Quan asked softly.

In fact, according to his thoughts, there was no need to go to such trouble to talk to the people one by one, and he directly ordered the Yangzhou officials to let them expropriate the land.

However, Li Wei didn't want to do this, because he couldn't trust the magistrate, and if he did that, the magistrate would probably put the money to buy the land in his own pocket, and then forcibly expropriate the people's land at a low price or even without compensation in the name of the imperial court.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was severely punished and punished severely, he would be killed if he embezzled sixty taels, and even used the torture of peeling the skin and grass, but Hongwu once corrupted people one after another, repeatedly prohibited, this kind of thing local officials can definitely do!

"What to do? Hmph, since they are not interesting, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being rude! ”

Li Wei's eyes showed a cold light, and he said viciously.

Jiang Quan's heart suddenly sank when he heard this, these magistrates may not know the means of the concubine in front of him, but he, a Beijing official, has witnessed his "ruthlessness and scheming" with his own eyes, and now when he sees Li Wei's expression, he understands that this Yue family's Gu family must be finished!

"Wu Yong!"

Li Wei shouted out the door.

Wu Yong heard the voice and immediately walked in: "My lord! ”

"Go, send someone to summon all the officials at all levels in Yangzhou to the government office, I have something to order!"

"Yes!"

Wu Yong gave up his hand and turned to leave.

Li Wei looked out of the door with gloomy eyes, and curled the corners of his mouth: "Hmph, the tiger doesn't send cats, you treat me as a sick man!" ”

Wu Yong arranged more than a dozen guards to inform the officials at all levels in Yangzhou one by one, from the prefect Tian Qing, the same governor Zhang Cheng, to Wu Xing, the governor of Jiangdu County, and other general judges, governors, master books, etc., large and small, more than a dozen, large and small, did not dare to slack off after getting the news, and all came to the government office, gathered in the lobby to wait for Li Wei's orders.

Wu Xing sat beside Zhang Cheng, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, and took advantage of Li Wei's preoccupation to come to Zhang Cheng's side and whispered: "Lord Zhang, our matter won't be revealed, right?" ”

Zhang Cheng frowned and glanced at him, despising his timid and fearful appearance.

"Afraid of what? Haven't I said it all before? If he can buy land, we can naturally buy it, and it's not that we didn't give money, and if there is not the Yue family and the Gu family in front, it is really impossible to push out a few people from these two families to vent his anger. ”

Zhang Chengman said indifferently.

Although the Yue family and the Gu family are big families in Yangzhou, there are more than two of them in Yangzhou, there are six or seven families that have clearly served him, and he doesn't care at all if he sells these two families.

Wu Xing wanted to speak and stopped, wanting to persuade him, but seeing him like this and didn't know how to speak, he could only sigh secretly in his heart, praying that nothing would happen.

Tian Qing sat in front and ignored the whispers of Zhang Cheng and the others, as if everything here had nothing to do with him.

Although he became the prefect, but most of the affairs in Yangzhou are the same knowledge Zhang Cheng is in charge, even if he has any ideas, he will be vetoed by Zhang Cheng in collusion with officials at all levels, and over time, Tian Qing also accepted his fate, and he didn't do anything all day, and he was transferred out of the house.

After everyone gathered, it took a long time for Li Wei to walk in under the arch guard of Wu Yong and other guards, and everyone hurriedly got up and saluted when they saw this:

"I've seen Master Li!"

Li Wei didn't say a word, walked to the top and sat down with a calm face, and his eyes swept over these officials.

The Yue family and the Gu family are strong in places, without the support of these officials, they will never dare to do anything with him, he believes that some of these officials must collude with Haoqiang to make him stumble, especially Zhang Cheng, who was rejected for bribery, is the most suspicious.

When the officials in Yangzhou saw Li Wei's menacing appearance, they were all a little uneasy in their hearts, and they stood with their heads bowed and didn't dare to say more.

"No need to be polite, just sit down."

Li Wei slowed down his tone slightly and whispered to everyone.

"Master Xie."

The crowd relaxed a little and sat down again.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief gently, his face relaxed, and asked softly: "This official wants to forcibly expropriate the land of the Yue and Gu families, who is in favor and who is against?" ”

Li Wei's words fell, and everyone immediately looked at each other, if they have watched a certain movie, they will understand that this is the prelude to the big guy's madness, at this time, you must not be reckless, and bow your head when you should bow your head.

Although Tian Qing didn't know that Li Wei was going to be mad, he agreed with this very much, and even felt that it should be like this, and it was not normal for Li Wei to talk to the people one by one.

"Lord Li has an order, the lower officials naturally agree, although your lordship can rest assured, the lower officials will fully cooperate!" Tian Qing said respectfully.

However, after Tian Qing finished speaking, the other officials did not follow, but quietly looked at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was also very shocked at this time, he didn't expect Li Wei to be so direct, and he would forcibly expropriate the fields of the Yue and Gu families.

If Li Wei really did this, then what he did before would be in vain, not only would he not be able to earn the difference, but he would also have to buy a sum of money to buy land in vain.

Although the money is borne by the Yue family and the Gu family, he has to take the lion's share of the money.

No, he must be stopped!

Zhang Cheng's face changed, and he secretly made up his mind.

However, today Li Wei was obviously not good, and he didn't want to take this risk himself, so he set his sights on Wu Xing.

Wu Xing saw him give himself a look, and his heart suddenly sank!

He is not stupid, of course, he can see that the current situation is not right, and if he speaks out against it at this time, isn't that self-defeating?

Seeing that he didn't move, Zhang Cheng immediately frowned and was displeased, and gave him a look again and again.

Wu Xing is his subordinate, the two have colluded for many years, and in the face of his instructions, Wu Xing can only bite the bullet and speak:

"My lord, why do you want to expropriate the acres of the Yue and Gu families separately?"

Wu Xing didn't dare to object directly, but asked why.

However, even so, Li Wei suddenly took the case, pointed at him and shouted: "Come on, put this person in prison for me, and interrogate him strictly!" ”

Everyone present was shocked in the face of his sudden anger, and Wu Xing trembled even more, his face turned pale: "My lord, why?" Why do you want to arrest the officials? ”

"Huh? Why, you ask? Li Wei looked at him in surprise, as if he was stupid in this question, paused for a moment, and then said compassionately:

"Well, then I'll tell you why. This official suspects that you are secretly colluding with the Gu Yue family and bending the law for bribes! ”

"No, no, the lower officials don't, what evidence do you have?" Wu Xing replied in a panic.

"Hmph, the evidence will be found out, and he won't wronged you." Li Wei said coldly.

At the same time as the two were talking, Wu Yong had already stepped forward with the guards to restrain Wu Xing, and now Wu Xing was even more frightened, and shouted to Zhang Cheng in horror: "Lord Zhang, say something quickly, help me!" ”

Zhang Cheng was also shocked at this time, he never thought that the previous master who was even talking well and angry would suddenly change his appearance, he would be angry when he said he was angry, and he would arrest people when he said he was angry!

"Is there any basis for daring to ask adults? If you arrest the court officials without evidence and without evidence, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? Zhang Cheng had no choice but to go out in person.

"Yes, yes, my lord has no evidence, how can he wronged the lower officials so much?" Wu Xing shouted.

Li Wei glanced at Zhang Cheng coldly: "What's the matter, you also colluded with the Yue and Gu families?" ”

Zhang Cheng's face suddenly became ugly when he heard this, and his voice sank: "Heh, my lord said he was laughing!" ”

"Humph!"

Li Wei snorted coldly, he really wanted to arrest this Zhang Cheng directly, but there was no way, there was a rule in the Daming Law, all Beijing officials and local officials above the fifth grade could not be interrogated without a purpose, and when he was the envoy of the teaching workshop, it was also because of this law that Zhang Zongyi and others had no way to take him.

And now the situation is reversed, Zhang Cheng is just up to the fifth grade, he can directly arrest Wu Xing, but he can't do anything to Zhang Cheng.

"Whether it is wronged or not, you will naturally know after the trial, and take him down!"

Li Wei didn't bother to argue with him, and ordered Wu Yong directly.

Wu Yong doesn't care about anything else, he is Li Wei's bodyguard, unless His Majesty has other wills, Li Wei's order is the greatest, and when he heard Li Wei's order, he immediately led someone to take Wu Xing down.

"Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang save me!"

Wu Xing kept calling for help on the way out of the road, Zhang Cheng saw that he insisted on letting Wu Xing be escorted down, and he was also a little angry in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, if you act so recklessly, the lower officials will definitely play Your Majesty to impeach you!" ”

"Heh, there are many people who impeach me, how old are you?" Li Wei smiled disdainfully.

Not to mention that Zhang Cheng is a small mansion, even the daily bullets of those Shangshu servants in the court have not been able to do anything to him.

"You ......" Zhang Cheng suddenly became angry when he saw this, Li Wei is a concubine, and he is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and he also knows that if he only writes to impeach, I am afraid it is really useless.

Tian Qing, who was stunned next to him, didn't react until this time, this seemingly kind horse master acted resolutely, and he arrested Jiangdu Zhixian on the spot regardless of the obstruction, really, happy!

Tian Qing secretly praised Li Wei, and his mind couldn't help but become active.

Now that Zhang Cheng and Li Wei are deadlocked, and Li Wei is so strong, can he take the opportunity to bring down Zhang Cheng, the head snake? (End of chapter)