Wang Jie set his eyes on Li Wei, expecting him to stand up and say a few words.

This time, Li Wei did not disappoint him, and immediately stood up again, and asked with a chuckle: "Can Li Shangshu also know business?" ”

Li Shu glanced at him and said disdainfully: "This official has read the classics of the sages, how can he be contaminated with these vulgar ways? ”

When Li Wei heard what he said, he immediately smiled slightly, Li Shu is a typical scholar who is fake and high, eating and drinking other people's food, and treating others as lowly and petty, just like the ministers of the six ministries look down on the Ministry of Light Industry.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was high on the throne, also frowned slightly when he heard his words, he also hated these literati who talked about misleading the country, which was also something he had been worried about.

Li Wei said directly: "Since you don't have access to trade, wouldn't the Chamber of Commerce hand it over to you to mess up?" ”

"Hmph, this official doesn't need to do it himself, he just needs to take care of those merchants, isn't it the same for Guogong?" Li Shu took it for granted.

Li Wei sneered: "Although I don't do everything myself, but I founded the Chamber of Commerce single-handedly, and I know all the details from entry to exit, do you dare to compare with me?" ”

The Chamber of Commerce is one of his main sources of income, and strictly speaking, the Chamber of Commerce is private property, and it is not all Zhu Yuanzhang's, let alone the imperial court.

However, above the court, they are all moral gentlemen, and at this time, they must not mention selfish interests, and they must oppress people with reason.

Li Shu's cheeks twitched, although Li Wei's words were a little arrogant, but he was a newly promoted prince with outstanding achievements, and the "junior official" he had just been promoted to this place really couldn't be compared with others.

"That'...... Then the bank should always be under the control of the account department, right? ”

"Heh, do you know what a reserve is? Do you know what inflation is? You don't know anything, and you dare to reach out to the bank? ”

Li Wei casually mentioned a few nouns and stunned him, but he still didn't want to give up, and said forcefully: "Guogong doesn't need to bluff people with these new words that he hasn't heard, although the official hasn't heard of it, it's not difficult to think about it, and the official can master it by learning it casually!" ”

"I'm sorry, I don't want to take in apprentices if you want to apprentice." Li Wei scoffed.

Hearing this, Li Shu's face suddenly turned red, he didn't mean to apprentice, but these things were all made by Li Wei, he really had to ask others if he wanted to learn, and Li Wei had nothing wrong with saying this.

Wang Jie saw that Li Wei had stunned the newcomer to the household department with a few words, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time admired Li Wei even more.

He had never seen Li Wei so intimidating before.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and looked at them, he knew very well that most of these literati were moral gentlemen, but they were often helpless to do practical things, and even some unvirtuous traitors were much stronger than these virtuous scribes, which made him very headache, no virtue, no ability, it was too difficult to find a talented and virtuous ruler, which was also the reason why he showed mercy to Li Dang's subordinates.

I don't know why, these good ministers in the DPRK and China will move closer to Li Wei and form the so-called "Li Party", so that he can't do it if he doesn't cut it, and he is reluctant to do it.

After being silent for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Li Shu: "He is also right, if the household department really wants to participate in the affairs of banks and chambers of commerce, just learn some real talents honestly, otherwise don't fight this idea!" ”

When Li Shu heard this, his heart suddenly became entangled, it would definitely not work for him to worship Li Dang's traitor as a teacher, but His Majesty also explained that if he didn't learn these things first, he would definitely not let him meddle in these affairs.

"Yes!"

After thinking about it, he couldn't pull his face, so he had to retreat to the court first.

After the household department finished the recital, Zheng Kexin from the criminal department also came out to do the work, which was nothing more than the trial of cases in various places, the detention and management of criminals, etc., which were all routine affairs, and everyone else also looked like they had nothing to do with themselves, listening quietly.

However, as soon as Zheng Kexin finished speaking, Li Wei interrupted again: "Your Majesty, the minister has some suggestions for this, and I also ask Your Majesty to give a concert!" ”

Zheng Kexin, who had just finished speaking, suddenly looked slightly gloomy, and the ministers were also stunned.

Originally, Li Wei had already surprised them by taking back the affairs of the previous two ministries, but now he even has to meddle in the affairs of the Criminal Department, this Hanguo public is a little too lenient, right?

Zhu Yuanzhang also set his eyes on him, his eyes were sharp, and he paused for a moment before he said in a deep voice: "Say!" ”

"Yes!" Li Wei was not polite at the moment, and said directly: "The Criminal Department can't just finish the trial, but also needs to sort out and analyze these cases, has the number of offenders this year increased or decreased compared with last year?" Why did it increase and why did it decrease? Knowing the reason, the imperial court can prescribe the right medicine to reduce the crime rate, and in addition, these prisoners cannot just be locked up, they must be educated, punishment is only a means, and educating the people to abide by the law is the goal......"

Li Wei gushed a lot, although Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with his wanton interference in the government, but when he heard these suggestions, his eyes couldn't help but light up!

These words shocked him a lot, punishment is not the goal, educating the people is, and what crime rate, he wants to use this kind of thing as one of the criteria for the evaluation of officials!

Zheng Kexin's eyes were also surprised, although he didn't want to admit it, but from the bottom of his heart, he agreed with Li Wei's suggestions, but he didn't expect that this Guogong knew the legal system better than their group of officials in the Criminal Department.

"Your Majesty, what Han Guogong said is really Lao Cheng's strategy to seek the country, if the Criminal Department follows this law, it will definitely be able to educate the people and reduce that ...... The crime rate, the people abide by the law, and the future can be safe. ”

He Li of the military department hurriedly came out and praised.

He saw that the energy of this prince was still very terrifying, originally due to the change in Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, coupled with Chen Su's departure from Jinyiwei, he had already alienated Wang Jie and these Li Dang, but now when he saw Li Wei in person, he easily suppressed the officials and households, and now the criminal department is likely to be obedient, so the power suddenly made him recognize the reality.

"What Lord He said is extremely true, and the minister seconded it!"

Wang Jie, as the main force of the Li Party, hurriedly came out to echo it.

"The minister also seconded the proposal, this is a good policy for governing the country!"

Han Yike, who easily did not get involved in the court fight, also came out to play, he really felt that Li Wei's advice was beneficial to the country and the people, and now although the Ming Dynasty has basically unified the world, but all parts of the country are not peaceful, and there are often bandits who cause trouble, and it is when these good strategies are needed.

Han Yike is now the deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in the absence of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he is equivalent to a promotion, his status is on par with the six departments, and his words are still very weighty, and when the other ministers saw this, they immediately saw the direction of the wind, and they echoed one after another:

"The minister also seconded the ......"

Zheng Kexin looked at this situation, although he didn't want the criminal department to be controlled by others, he could only bow his head and be silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the ministers, and his heart was both happy and worried.

Li Wei has interfered in the affairs of the government several times today, and his enthusiasm is unprecedented, and if he had done so in the past, he would definitely laugh three times and give him a heavy reward.

However, now it is this time and that time, Li Wei is no longer the little reckless young man, but when he is the prince of the country, the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and he has to be cautious.

"This is a very good strategy, you can make a charter and submit it to the Criminal Department, let them refer to it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly, he naturally can't deny this good policy, but he will not let Li Wei master the affairs of the six ministries again.

Li Wei also expected this, and did not think of personally participating in the affairs of the six ministries as before, but it didn't matter, as long as his ideas were adopted, it would have an impact on the government, which was also an indirect power.

"Yes."

Li Wei gave up, and then silently retreated to the court.

But at this time, when the ministers saw that his three consecutive advances were adopted, they no longer dared to be contemptuous, and their eyes looking at him faintly revealed a little awe.

Lan Yu behind him, seeing him so beautiful, his eyes were about to burst into flames with jealousy.

These nobles, although they occasionally say a word or two, but they often either shout that they want to fight, or they want to fight, anyway, there are few serious things, not only will they not be adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang, but they will be reprimanded anyway, there are almost no cases like Li Wei who suppress Wenchen, if it weren't for their outstanding military achievements, I'm afraid this court would have been a hall of Wenchen's words.

There are a lot of jealous people among Xungui, but there are also a lot of admirers, they feel that he is giving Xungui a long face, and he is also honored, how much they admired Li Shanchang in the past, and how much they admire Li Wei now.

Zhu Yuanzhang took in the subtle changes in the attitude of the ministers, and his heart suddenly became solemn.

This kid's performance today is a bit abnormal, it seems that people have to check it carefully!

After the criminal department finished the recital, Zhao Mao, who had just helped Li Wei with the Ministry of Officials, also came out to report on the imperial examination.

In view of the fact that he had just "fought side by side" with him just now, Li Wei did not come out to interrupt again, but this Zhao Mao is the prince's person, and he will definitely not become a Li party, and Li Wei only did not target him for the time being, and he still has to find a way to get rid of it in the future.

He Li of the military department saw the opportunity early, and he had already expressed his attitude, and when he was also doing things, his eyes repeatedly glanced at Li Wei, testing his meaning, and Li Wei didn't say anything more.

In the affairs of other ministries, he repeatedly spoke out and severely criticized these people if they did not go according to his wishes or did not like his eyes.

Eliminate dissidents, form parties for personal gain, that's what he is doing now!

Now that his power has been achieved, none of the six heavenly officials can compete with him, and these lower-grade ones dare not say much, so they can only listen honestly.

Under his influence, the much-suppressed "Li Party" revived, and there was a hidden desire to restore the heyday when he was first crowned.

After the early dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the apse, his face immediately became gloomy, and he urgently ordered Xu Shou to summon Mao Xiang.

At this time, Li Wei walked out of the palace surrounded by ministers, looking like a powerful minister.

From this day on, Li Wei almost every time he had to attend the court meeting, no matter how big or small the affairs of the court and politics were concerned, although Zhan Wei and Zheng Kexin and others spoke out against it several times, they were suppressed by him, He Li, Wang Jie and others.

In charge of the division, in this yamen founded by Li Wei, a group of dignitaries gathered here to listen to the instructions of him, the Duke of Hanguo.

Li Wei glanced at everyone, there are all old faces here, like He Li, Wang Jie, Wu Shen, etc. are all old people in the past, although some have been demoted, but when they heard about the affairs of the court, their hearts became hot again, and they looked at Li Wei with burning eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I used to be sorry for everyone, and I didn't say anything to help everyone when they were suffering injustice, but I also have a reason for that, I hope you can understand."

Li Wei said softly.

It is also true that he said this, and the reason why he didn't help these people at the beginning was because he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would be ruthless.

Of course, there are also reasons why he has no intention of running away from politics.

Everyone is not stupid, although Li Wei's reason is a bit far-fetched, they will not question it.

"Han Guo's words are serious."

"Yes, Guogong doesn't have to care, although we are disappointed for a while, as long as you are here, I think we will always have a day to rise again."

"Not bad......

As they spoke, they spoke tentatively.

Li Wei did not disappoint them, and immediately spoke: "Don't worry, as long as you are outstanding yourself, the imperial court will use you sooner or later, and the day of resurgence will not be too far away!" ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were immediately overjoyed, and with Li Wei's words, they were relieved.

"Xie Guogong!"

Wu Shen took the lead in thanking him, and everyone also agreed.

Li Wei bowed his head slightly, and then changed his words, and said: "But there are some things I have to say in front, for the government of the government, ability is one thing, and virtue cannot be lost, especially corruption!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at everyone sharply, and said coldly: "You all know how much Your Majesty hates corrupt officials, and I am the same, if someone secretly accepts money and bends the law for bribes in the future, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a tightening in their hearts.

Li Wei warned them very severely, if they really didn't listen and made such a mistake in the future, not only would they not get the help of this prince, but they would be severely punished.

Among the crowd, some people's faces changed slightly, and some people were disappointed, but they were not worried, it was obvious that some were greedy, some wanted to be greedy, and as for the really honest ones, it was not nothing, but very few.

Li Wei saw their reactions in his eyes and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Although these people are easy to use, they are not honest people like Wu Bozong and Han Yike.

Similarly, people like Wu Bozong and Han Yike generally don't obey him, they can only say that it is difficult to do both in the world, and if you want to bring these people under your command, you must always give them some benefits, but fortunately, he already has a plan.

"I know, everyone only takes a lot of money, life is a little hard, in this regard, you can rest assured, there are many jobs in the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, the income is very expensive, everyone has slaves and their families are more leisurely, you can go to the Chamber of Commerce to do things, I let people arrange it, so there is some extra income, everyone's life can be better."

"Of course, if everyone is content with hardship, I will naturally not be reluctant."

Li Wei said softly.

These officials have their own domestic servants, and even high-grade soap officials issued by the imperial court, usually these people are just serving them, beating and so on, and they are idle, if they are arranged to enter the Chamber of Commerce, it is natural to work and get money.

As for the money, of course, it belongs to these officials in the end, everything about the slave belongs to the master, including all the income from his work, there are not many people like Li Wei who give the slave a good treatment, on the contrary, the master will keep the money and property obtained by the slave as his own.

After hearing Li Wei's words, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and those who wanted to be greedy quickly dispelled the idea of making money, and if they could have a normal income, they would naturally not take the risk of corruption again.

Of course, this is also what some people think, there must be people among them who will still be secretly greedy, this kind of person Li Wei will not show mercy to his subordinates, as long as he knows, he will deal with it harshly without Zhu Yuanzhang's action, so as not to implicate everyone.

After Li Wei warned them, he specially comforted Wu Shen and other people who were degraded, and asked them to wait for the opportunity.

After this simple discussion, he finally calmed people's hearts.

After everyone dispersed, Li Wei also left the division and returned to the Ordnance Bureau.

There are many people in the Horse Mansion, and those domestic servants and female officials are all people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is normal for these people to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, and there is also Xiaoqing......

Li Wei sighed faintly, and sat alone in a room in the Ordnance Bureau and waited silently.

It's been two days now, and Chen Su should come to report the results of the investigation to him today.

From the afternoon until the evening, Chen Su hurriedly walked in.

"I've seen my grandfather!"

"Hmm," Li Wei snorted lightly, paused for a moment, and then asked, "How's the investigation?" ”

He was anxious to know the truth, and he was worried about hearing something he didn't want to accept.

Chen Su didn't have so many concerns, and replied directly: "Grandpa, I have already found out some eyebrows, the Xu Yao you are talking about, it is said that she used to be a palace maid assigned by the palace to take care of the former concubine, and later the former concubine was sent back to Mongolia, and she entered the workshop and became the Shao dance ...... of the sect division."

"Former concubine? When was this? Li Wei was puzzled.

He has been in the dynasty for many years, and he also knows something about the destruction of the Yuan by the Ming Dynasty, it is said that when Xu Da broke through the Yuan capital, the Yuan Emperor had already run away with his wife and children in advance, how could the Ming Dynasty still have the concubines of the former Yuan?

"Yes, grandfather, although Emperor Yuan abandoned the city in advance and fled, there were many concubines in the palace of the former Yuan at that time, and he only fled with a few family members such as the concubine and the prince, and many concubines and female officials were captured by the Ming army.

His Majesty had told the generals that they were not allowed to bully orphans and widows, so these concubines were sent to Beijing and taken care of by the palace. ”

Chen Su explained.

Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed very merciful to the prisoners, especially the former Yuan royal family, who was even more kind, and he did this not only to reflect Shengde's fighting spirit to disintegrate the enemy, but also to maintain the royal face.

After hearing this, Li Wei had a faint guess in his heart.

"Anything else?" Li Wei asked.

Chen Su shook his head lightly: "No, Grandpa, you have instructed that this person may be related to Jinyiwei, and his subordinates dare not startle the snake, but they only heard this." ”

Li Wei nodded and said, "This matter is not urgent, you can form an intelligence organization first, and then slowly investigate later." ”

"Yes! The subordinates are recruiting, and these people will soon be able to work for the grandfather! ”

"Hmm."

Li Wei nodded lightly and asked him to retreat. (End of chapter)