"You said after organizing the army, who should we attack next?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Biao during the examination: "Should it be Zhongshu Province, each province, or should we directly kill Li Shanchang?"
"My son, I will have a good talk with Mr. Han." The prince said softly.
"It's useless. Winners who work hard in troubled times only believe in strength." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "He dares to challenge us because he believes that the cards in his hand are better than ours, at least better than the cards we can play.
So how can he admit defeat before we suppress his cards?"
The card that Boss Zhu is talking about is the leaf card.
"And there is another good thing about your Uncle Li. He has no ambition to rise to the top, so he talks about fighting without defeat and fighting to the end. Not only does he not take risks when his head gets hot, but he can also suppress those warriors and prevent them from letting go.
It is very important that they take risks." Zhu Yuanzhang continued:
"So we will keep him until the end and let him help us take care of your lawless uncles. Of course, if our life span comes to an end, we will drag him down to keep us company before we die."
"I understand." The prince nodded slowly. When it came to the emperor's mind, he was still a bit immature.
"Is that the study of books in action or the study of books in action?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"My son, I can't tell." The prince shook his head and stopped guessing.
"It's the province." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Because the Zhongshu Province has Hu Weiyong, a smart man who is dedicated to climbing up, we can find a way to win him over. In this way, we can save time and time, and we can let the Zhongshu Province do the work.
View from the wall.
"But if we go the other way and start the Zhongshu Province first, the Zhongshu Province will inevitably cooperate with the Zhongshu Province internally and externally, making us both busy and unable to cope with it." Boss Zhu finally said solemnly:
"So let's concentrate on cleaning the place thoroughly first and cut off the minions of the Central Publishing House."
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Wuying Palace.
Boss Zhu summoned Hu Weiyong the next day and asked with a dark face:
"Hu Weiyong, do you know that the general is back?"
"I know." Hu Weiyong nodded and said respectfully: "I also know that the emperor must have been wronged, and Dai Zhongshu Sheng has suffered."
As he spoke, he leaned over and kowtowed: "On behalf of Zhongshu Province, I apologize to the Emperor."
"You are a sensible person. You know that the general has come back to raise an army to investigate the crime." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and still said sternly:
"Do you know how much impact the Zhongshu Province's problems have had on the front line?"
As he spoke, he slapped the imperial case hard and shouted: "The opportunity to completely eliminate Bei Yuan may have been missed!"
"I deserve to die. I am incompetent. Please punish me severely." Hu Weiyong took off his black gauze hat and said with painful tears: "I have betrayed the trust of my superiors. I am a sinner of China!"
"Don't be in a hurry to apologize. You want to give up at this time? There is no way!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Let me ask you, the imperial court has not done more than one or two Northern Expeditions. Why was the military supply in place every time before? This time
But I went to my grandma’s house with my hips pulled!”
"Because the canal is blocked, because the banknote law is resisted..." Hu Weiyong said solemnly.
"We don't want to hear these excuses. There have been many difficulties every time, how can we overcome them? But not this time?!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted the imperial case again and said: "Tell us the truth! Is it your benefactor?
What the hell?!"
"My lord..." Hu Weiyong was sweating on his forehead and groaning, struggling to speak.
"We will only give you one chance. You can think about it before we talk." But I heard Zhu Yuanzhang say quietly again:
"Don't forget, you are our prime minister now. The master of hundreds of officials, the emperor in charge of the prime minister, the assistant of thousands of ministers, the prime minister who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people!
"Yes." Hu Weiyong nodded slowly, and Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice:
"We have high hopes for you. We hope that the waves behind the Yangtze River will push the waves ahead, and each generation will become stronger than the last. But how many years have you been in power? Why do people think of Mr. South Korea when they mention our prime minister, and not you, Hu Weiyong?"
"Yes." Hu Weiyong nodded and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Weichen was promoted by Mr. Han, and the officials of Zhongshu Province were also promoted by Mr. Han. Weichen has indeed always lived in the shadow of Mr. Han.
Down."
"Wrong, you were promoted by us! And your subordinates are also our officials and receive salaries from the court. When did they all become favors to him, Li Shanchang?!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his voice and said angrily:
"If you still regard yourself as his lackey, then you really don't have the courage to rule the world, and we won't have high hopes for you anymore!"
As he spoke, he pointed at the palace door and said disdainfully: "Get out of here and never come back again."
Hu Weiyong was scolded so much that he cried bitterly, but his knees were rooted and he could not move at all.
"Why, you don't want to leave?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked slightly relieved.
"I have thought clearly. My allegiance is to my superior." Hu Weiyong burst into tears and nodded vigorously. "Even if I am expelled from the court by my superior, it must not be because I am suspected of being disloyal by my superior."
"This sounds like a human saying!" Boss Zhu stared at Hu Weiyong with burning eyes and asked sternly: "Tell me, whose lackey are you?!"
"The superior one." Hu Weiyong sobbed.
"Louder, we can't hear you clearly!" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and put his hands beside his ears.
"I am the lackey of the superior!" Hu Weiyong said loudly: "In my heart, I only have the superior and no one else!"
"Okay, remember what you said, you will always be our prime minister." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly and said: "Now, you can answer the question just now."
"Yes." Hu Weiyong breathed a long sigh of relief, adjusted his emotions and said: "The problem this time does lie with Mr. Han. But the superiors cannot blame him..."
"Why?"
"In previous years, whenever the imperial court had major expenditures, such as large-scale construction or the Northern Expedition, he would personally write letters to the provinces to assign tasks and set deadlines for them. No one would ever dare to exceed the deadline, let alone fail to complete the task.
"He didn't write a letter this year, and the provinces didn't receive tasks, so he was naturally happy and relaxed." Hu Weiyong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"The emperor can't punish Mr. Han just because he has done nothing, right? He has been retired for several years..."
"Since he has retired, why do the provinces still listen to him?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a dark face.
"Although Mr. Han is no longer in Zhongshu, the money bag and official hat of the imperial court are still firmly in his hands. Those officials who have feudal borders naturally want to listen to him."
"We understand that the official hat is nothing more than the promotion, appointment and dismissal of important officials, which requires his nod." Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"There is no wiser emperor." Hu Weiyong took the opportunity to complain harshly: "The previous ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were all the old ministers of the Han Dynasty. For important appointments and dismissals, they have always directly consulted the Han Dynasty. The prime minister is not allowed to hear about it."
"Are you an idiot?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded: "Let them ignore you like this?"
"If I cooperate with them, I can still do something; if I don't cooperate, the entire Zhongshu Province will be paralyzed. My personal honor and disgrace are insignificant, but the court cannot become a headless fly." Hu Weiyong said sadly.
"..." Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed to curse, because he himself was also deeply affected by it.
"Then, as the Prime Minister, why don't you just put it on display?"
