With the "Li Party" regaining its heavy responsibilities, although Li Wei has no official position or position, his hidden power is even more prevalent in the past.

After Zhu Yuanzhang pushed out the Dali Temple, the resentment of the government and the opposition gradually subsided, although many people understood that Li Wei did all this thing, and even thought about it deeply, this thing was all done by His Majesty, but no one would definitely say this kind of thought.

Time flies, and the end of the year is approaching.

After killing so many people, the resentment in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart also subsided a lot, but within a year, the death of the emperor and queen Sun one after another still made it difficult for the founding hero to hide his sadness, and even the atmosphere of the New Year Festival in the whole capital was a lot calmer.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has been trying his best to avoid the influence of his emotions, after the death of Queen Ma, the folk plain clothes can be used for three days, only the vocal music is banned for 100 days, and the civil and military officials have also returned to normal office early.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers in the city was sparse, and sensible people knew that the emperor was in a bad mood and did not dare to be too noisy.

On the horse mansion, Li Wei and An Qing sat upright, and many female officials and servants congratulated one after another, and then Xiaoqing and Xiaohong sent the prepared reward money to everyone.

Although there were many disasters this year, there were also many happy events, especially in terms of money.

The chamber of commerce and the bank won more than 3 million yuan this year, plus the 350,000 yuan earned from the construction of Yangzhou City, a total of nearly 4 million yuan, and Li Wei got 800,000 yuan.

Of course, his money is incomparable with what Zhu Yuanzhang gets, Zhu Yuanzhang not only got nearly three million from him, but also gained a lot from a slaughter and raiding his home, so it can be said that the court will no longer worry about money in the short term.

After the reward was distributed, everyone smiled happily and then began to eat.

Li Wei held his chopsticks and turned around on a table of vegetarian dishes, and finally reluctantly grabbed a piece of tofu.

But he has to fast for three years, even if the period of prohibition on slaughter has passed, he can't eat meat, Anqing certainly doesn't eat either, and other subordinates don't dare to eat it, so even on Chinese New Year's Eve, he has no meat on this table.

Although the chefs in the Fuma Mansion are not bad, the condiments are now single, there is no chicken essence, no chili peppers, and no other condiments, and the taste of the dishes is inevitably a little boring.

Thinking of chicken essence, Li Wei couldn't help but feel a move in his heart.

This thing is simple, it is mainly made of shiitake mushrooms and chicken or shrimp skin as the main material, if there is chicken essence as a seasoning, the taste of the dish will definitely be much better.

But chicken and shrimp are also meaty, and the chicken essence made from them is meat or vegetarian?

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but darken his eyes again, and sighed helplessly.

Forget it, don't take the risk.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a fortune, and the reward was much richer than in previous years, but the banquet after the reward ended hastily.

In previous years, Zhu Yuanzhang feasted the ministers in the Huagai Palace, and Queen Ma feasted the women in Kunning Palace, but this year, there is only the front banquet left, and there is no vocal music, which seems very deserted, but the ministers have benefited, even if they don't give a banquet, they will not have the slightest complaint.

Although the imperial court has been deserted this year, Li Wei's mansion is not deserted at all, since Zhengdan, there has been an endless stream of people who have come to visit, not only Ru Taisu, Wu Bozong and others who have been reinstated, but also those officials who have escaped death in prison.

Ru Taisu and the others were also affected by his affairs, and out of guilt, Li Wei couldn't turn them away, but the others didn't have this kind of treatment, he just accepted the stickers and didn't let these people in.

In front of the gate of the Horse Mansion, Huang Zai saw Wu Bozong, Wang Jie and others who were welcomed into the door, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Several of them came out of the cabinet, and they all entered various ministries as directors and other positions, and because he entered the military department, he took into account the views of his boss Zhao Ben, and since then he has deliberately distanced himself from Li Wei and others.

And now, Zhao Ben is gone, and the current Ministry of War and Criminal Department are also respectful to Li Wei, and they sent a worship sticker early, Wu Bozong, Wu Shen and others have been promoted one after another, and he is still a small chief officer, it is impossible to say that he does not regret it.

After Li Wei sent away Ru Taisu and others, he was about to let people close the door to thank the guests, but Abu came to report again:

"Master, there is a monk outside the door who insists on seeing you, do you want to drive him away or meet him?"

"Monk?" Li Wei was slightly surprised, thought about it, and the figure next to Zhu Di appeared in his mind, "Could it be him?" ”

After frowning for a moment, Li Wei ordered, "Let him come in." ”

Dao Yan is not a simple monk, if it is really this monk, then he really wants to meet it.

Abu Gongsheng said that after a while, he brought this monk in, as Li Wei thought, it was indeed Daoyan.

"The poor monk has seen Master Li."

Dao Yan is kind and kind-eyed, and he salutes with one hand.

Li Wei smiled lightly: "What did the master do when he saw me?" ”

Dao Yan said: "The poor monk will go north with King Yan in the near future, one is to celebrate the New Year for adults, and the other is to talk about some things with adults." ”

"Oh, let's talk about it." Li Wei bowed his head slightly.

"Amitabha." Dao Yan chanted a Buddha name, and then fell silent.

Li Wei waited for a moment before he realized that this was a private chat with him, it seems that what this monk wants to say is definitely not a good thing!

Li Wei hesitated, but still waved his hand and said, "Come with me, Abu, guard the door." ”

"Yes!"

Abu Gongsheng should be outside, and then Dao Yan followed Li Wei into the house.

The two sat down, and Li Wei asked directly: "I am a straight person, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly." ”

With Abu guarding the door, it's safe for the time being.

Dao Yan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

After observing this period of time, he also found that Li Wei has a straightforward personality and has no city government, and the sentence he asked last time is probably really as he said, just ask casually.

In fact, this kind of personality does not correspond to his current position of power at all, but he does have this position of power.

In today's court, Wenchen basically no one dares to fight against him, the generals are impeached, and Zhu Yuanzhang has launched Wu Yong of Dali Temple, which is an understatement, it can be said that as long as he doesn't build it now, basically no one can help him.

"Master Li is quick to talk, and the poor monk is also outspoken." Dao Yan smiled, "The poor monk is here to save Lord Li." ”

Li Wei was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "Hehe, save me?" ”

He is in the capital, with Lao Zhu guarding calves and thousands of loyal guards below, what danger can he have?

Dao Yan's smile remained unchanged, and he continued in a deep voice: "My lord seems to be powerful at this time, but in fact, he is in danger! ”

Li Wei looked at him with a serious face, the smile on his face couldn't help but disappear, and asked lightly, "Why did the master say this?" ”

Seeing that it had attracted his attention, Dao Yan's heart was slightly relieved, and he said softly:

"This time, the Jinyi Wei relied on the imperial power to run rampant, offended the government and the opposition, although the ministers were afraid of surrendering to the adults on the surface, in fact, their inner resentment was unabated, and when this resentment accumulated to a certain extent in the future, these people may not advance and retreat with the adults."

"What your Excellency relies on now is nothing more than Your Majesty's trust, but what about Your Majesty ten thousand years later? Or maybe the adults lost their favors early? ”

Li Wei's eyes condensed slightly, his lips moved, and he was speechless for a while.

Dao Yan is right, now he seems to be beautiful, but in fact he has nothing to rely on at all, Zhu Yuanzhang's grace comes and goes, one will lift him to the world, and the other will trample him on the ground.

The Jiaofang Division was directly demoted from the third grade to the ninth grade, and this time it was more thorough, and he was directly unofficial and unemployed, if it weren't for the little rich woman Anqing, he would be no different from the grass people now.

It is said that the king is moody, maybe one day Zhu Yuanzhang will see that he can't build a car and an airplane, and he will give up directly when he is impatient, and then his dependence on the traverser will be gone.

As for the people who are now attached to him, Wu Bozong, Han Yike and others are all loyal and upright courtiers, and they will not stand on his side unprincipledly, as for the others, they are all people who tend to be inflammatory, and they are even more unreliable.

After thinking about it, Li Wei suddenly realized that in addition to his own skills, the only thing he could rely on was those craftsmen.

These low-level craftsmen are truly dependent on him, except for him, no other powerful person will care about the life or death of these craftsmen, and apart from these craftsmen, no one else will be so loyal to him.

Dao Yan looked at him calmly, and did not urge, Li Wei pondered for a long time before putting his eyes on him.

"And how are you going to save me?" Li Wei asked lightly.

When Dao Yan heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and threw out the true purpose of his visit: "Have you ever thought about leaving Jingshi?" ”

"I can't go."

Li Wei shook his head, a little disappointed in his heart, he thought that this monk had some high opinions.

Dao Yan was slightly stunned, and then suddenly.

He himself has said that if Li Wei can't be used, he will be killed, and with the majesty and majesty of His Majesty today, he must have the same idea, so it is naturally impossible to let him go.

It's just that what Dao Yan doesn't know is that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches much more importance to Li Wei than he thinks.

After a moment of silence, Dao Yancai said again: "The poor monk has some ways, if the adult agrees, the poor monk can secretly send the adult away from the Beijing Division, and then the adult can go to the north, incognito and change his face, the poor monk promises to be able to hide from the sky and the sea, with the ability of the adult, he will be able to do something else if he wants to come to the back." ”

"Northland? Yan Wang: That's it? Li Wei glanced at him.

Dao Yan smiled calmly: "If the adult is willing, of course King Yan welcomes it, he admires the adult very much, even if it is against His Majesty's wishes, King Yan will definitely protect the adult." ”

"Forget it." Li Wei waved his hand and refused.

Dao Yan was stunned for a moment: "You don't believe in King Yan? ”

Li Wei shook his head: "I believe in myself more." ”

After hearing Daoyan's words, he became even more determined, and he wanted to focus on teaching the students of the academy and leading the craftsmen to develop new equipment in the future.

He now has 3,000 guards, although the number is not much, but if it is really armed according to the mechanized army of later generations, it is also a force that cannot be ignored, especially heavy firepower such as machine guns, once it appears, it will be crushing, not to mention the invincible opponents all over the world, he can also let him go sideways.

Dao Yan looked at Li Wei's confident appearance, and couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, could it be that he was wrong? In addition to His Majesty's trust, does this Lord Li have any other stronger reliance?

"Lord Li, His Royal Highness King Yan is benevolent, instead of staying in Beijing and being in danger, you should consider following King Yan to Beiping!"

Dao Yan persuaded unwillingly.

"Can he still have the prince's benevolence?" Li Wei pouted.

In history, Zhu Di was better than his old man, but this may also be because his prestige was not as good as his father, and he had to be graceful to buy people's hearts.

Of course, Li Wei knew that although the crown prince was benevolent, he hiccuped early and failed to inherit the throne, but he didn't count on Zhu Biao in the future, so he just said it to block Daoyan's later words.

The name of the prince's benevolence is known to the world, and when it comes to this, Dao Yan can't refute it, and he is silent for a while.

After a while, Li Wei said lightly: "You go, I shouldn't have heard today's words." ”

Dao Yan is just helping Zhu Di dig his father's corner today, if these words leak out, Zhu Di will be fine, but he, a monk, will definitely be finished.

Li Wei didn't want to mess with him, so he said this sentence to reassure him.

However, what Li Wei didn't know was that Dao Yan and him could not be regarded as without grudges, and the previous impeachment of Dao Yan in the court also secretly contributed, and this time he persuaded him not only to let him follow King Yan, but to deceive him out of Beijing.

It can only be said that people's hearts are sinister, and Li Wei is still too simple.

Seeing Li Wei's resolute attitude, Dao Yan was a little disappointed, so he could only reluctantly chant the Buddha's name and leave.

Tianjie Temple, this is the temporary residence of monks who entered Beijing.

The night was dark, and under the lonely lamp, Dao Yan was still sitting in front of the Buddha, holding a prayer bead and reciting scriptures in a low voice.

"When my heart is disturbed, it is useless to recite more scriptures."

Suddenly, a fluttering voice came, Dao Yan was shocked, opened his eyes suddenly, and turned his head to look out the window.

Under the moonlight, an old figure stood on a lonely stone in the distance, dozens of feet away from him, but the voice of this person was obviously not loud, but it seemed to ring in his ears, and it was extremely clear.

Dao Yan stepped to the window, looked at the figure in the distance, and bowed: "Dao Master!" ”

The fluttering voice sounded again: "Have you seen your destiny?" ”

"Yes, it's just the appearance of a person that makes me doubt my destiny."

Dao Yan replied respectfully, not loudly, but the other party could obviously hear it clearly.

"The stars shift, the number of days changes, but the way of heaven is constant, the fixed number is difficult to change after all, you just need to do your own thing, you don't need to worry too much about this person."

Dao Yan was silent for a moment before bowing down and saying, "Thank you for your guidance." ”

Dao Yan straightened up and looked again, the front was empty, but he didn't doubt what he had just seen, but after a few short conversations, his mood gradually calmed down.

After seeing Li Wei, he made two shots, one was gently exposed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and this time he was dodged by Li Wei's inexplicable self-confidence, which made him doubt whether Zhu Di could successfully ascend to the Supreme.

After all, the things that Li Wei made and the things he did, any one thing he took out was enough to change the fortunes of the country, there is such a person, no matter who ascends the throne, as long as he firmly grasps this person and listens to his advice, the throne will be as stable as Mount Tai, and it will be difficult for Zhu Di to take the throne.

But the words of the man under the moon just now made him temporarily let go of his doubts about this person.

Although this person has extraordinary talents, he lacks resourcefulness, and it is not impossible to deal with it if he really meets in the future, and it is not impossible to even use tactics to turn against the new emperor.

(End of chapter)