First Minister of Ming Dynasty

If you dare to do something, it is crossing the line.

But there are exceptions to everything. Zhu Biao, the prince, has a terrifying power, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't doubt his son at all. He only thinks that Zhu Biao is not strong enough.

If Zhu Biao can really make up his mind to overthrow Li Shanchang and reorganize the court situation...it will indeed be a wonderful move for the entire Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Zhang Ximeng is not sure whether Zhu Biao can handle this matter clearly.

But no matter how you say it, Zhu Biao's ability to have this idea means that this kid is not simple and has a promising future.

Zhang Ximeng's heart, which had been calm for a long time, became eager.

Li Shanchang is about to roll over, it's Zhu Biao's shot!

This thing is just too much fun!

Lao Li, Lao Li, you asked me to protect you back then, and I kept my promise, so naturally I didn't trip you up, but if Zhu Biao made a move and brought you down, then it would have nothing to do with me.

And you fell into Zhu Biao's hands, and you were crippled by a junior. The scene was so beautiful that Zhang Ximeng couldn't even imagine it.

Zhang Ximeng wished he could return to the capital immediately to witness this scene with his own eyes.

But he is very clear that he must not go back.

Once he returned to the capital, with his years of friendship, he really couldn't do anything to Lao Li.

Not only can he not go back, even Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma can't go... They must be good audiences for this good show.Just leave the position of the protagonist to Zhu Biao.

Zhang Ximeng now hates that he doesn't have a live broadcast, otherwise, witnessing Li Shanchang's embarrassment with his own eyes will definitely be recorded in history.

Zhang Ximeng felt uncomfortable scratching his heart and liver, and on the other hand, Zhu Biao was also thumping in his heart, extremely excited... It wasn't a day or two since he had the idea of ​​bringing down Li Shanchang.

All over Fujian, the government treasury was in short supply. This matter was certainly related to Li Yu, the chief minister, and Li Dequan, the inspector, but both of them were promoted by Lu Ben, and Lu Ben was promoted by Li Shanchang.

Therefore, many corrupt officials can be traced back to Li Shanchang.

If you want to say that Lao Li is corrupt and perverts the law, and employs private individuals, it is absolutely impossible to say, but he has used these messy things again and again, which has to make people think.

And with the deepening of the inventory, this is the case in Fujian and Zhejiang, and the treasury is in short supply, which is very serious.Among them, in Hangzhou, 20 bolts of high-quality silk were exchanged and turned into earthy satin woven by ordinary households.

In addition, there are also problems with the treasuries of Huaidong and Huaixi provinces.

Yushitai and Jinyiwei kept sending news to Zhu Biao.

How to do?

Like Fujian, take down all the officials and behead them one by one?

Perhaps it should be done, but before doing it, it seems that there is a person who should be responsible!

On this day, Zhu Biao still ordered to invite Li Shanchang and Xu to the East Palace to discuss the deficit of the treasury.

After these two people arrived, Zhu Biao had just spoken a few words to them when someone came over and whispered something to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao got up immediately, "There is something urgent in the palace, I will come as soon as I go, Wei Guogong will accompany Li Xiang first, and be sure to wait for me to come back."

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he left straight away.

Naturally, he didn't go to deal with private affairs, he came to another hall, and there were several important ministers sitting in this hall, such as Wang Guangyang, Minister of Political Affairs, Luo Furen, Minister of Household Affairs, Mao Gui, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jiang Nan, Minister of Commerce. In the matter, Song Lian, Liu Bowen, and Hu Weiyong, Minister of the Ministry of Taxation, etc., are all listed.

After Zhu Biao came in, he went directly to the seat of authority, and sat down, "You are all pillars of the court and pillars of the Ming Dynasty. They are also the courtiers that the father relies heavily on. Now the provinces are in serious deficit, and the amount is more than tens of millions. Improper employment and ineffective supervision ...The prime minister cannot absolve himself of the blame. I just thought it was Li Xianggong's negligence, but what do you think of it?"

Chapter 756 Dismissal

As soon as Zhu Biao came up, he directly bombarded Li Shanchang, and everyone present was horrified.Of course, some of it is true and some of it is false.

But there is no doubt that Hu Weiyong is real.

After the downfall of Yang Xian, Hu Weiyong restrained himself too much, and even regained his friendship with Lao Li. Of course, Hu Weiyong kept a low voice and tried his best to flatter him, all because of his feelings. , no tricks.

Can Lao Li not understand what happened to Hu Weiyong!But he is old and there is no need to cause trouble for his descendants.And one more helper, one more way.

Hu Weiyong can also be regarded as a person with good ability. Lao Li accepted Hu Weiyong and even helped him get the title of political advisor, which made him equal to Wang Guangyang.

I thought the future was bright, but all of a sudden, Zhu Biao directly set up his chariot and cannon and started a war with Li Shanchang.

This matter itself was utterly absurd. With Li Shanchang's status, no matter what, he had to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's return, and the only one who was qualified to bring down Li Shanchang was Zhang Ximeng.

Zhang Xiang didn't make a move, but Li Xiang was as steady as an old dog.

But who would have expected that before Zhang Ximeng came back, Zhu Biao would do it, how many things would be involved after this?

Hu Weiyong didn't dare to think about it. It's not an exaggeration to say that the foundation of the country is shaken!

In fact, this shows strength. If Zhang Ximeng is in Beijing, he can directly ask who is in charge, and once asked...even if Zhu Sheng is in the court, he can speak up and stop it.

But now, this group of ministers is not enough, and they can't stop the power of the prince at all.

But Hu Weiyong still tried his best, he pondered for a while, and bravely said: "Your Highness, is this a crime or a conviction?"

Hu Weiyong dug a hole, and it was up to the three judges to judge the crime, and Zhu Yuanzhang was the one to convict. No matter what the result was, it would not be Zhu Biao's turn.

But this little trick is obviously not enough.

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "It's neither a conviction nor an argument... just to talk about the current court situation, from the Tang Lu case at the beginning, to the Navy case, and now, there are losses everywhere. My father, the emperor, worked hard to rule, and I am Ming It is flourishing day by day. However, there are still big cases of corruption and ink, one after another, and the court is full of complaints. What happened to the officials and personnel in Ming Dynasty? Do we have to reflect on ourselves? blame."

Zhu Biao pointed out the problem again.

Hu Weiyong pondered for a while, speechless for a while.

But Mao Gui stood up, "His Royal Highness, in fact, the case of the navy and the issue of the Department of Shipbuilding, as early as a few years ago, when our Ministry of Foreign Affairs was just established, the minister wrote to Li Xiang, hoping to hand over all foreign affairs to him." It is handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Those who come from outside must be approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, Li Xiang and other important ministers say that they are guests from afar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should treat guests as a landlord. The quasi-Foreign Ministry manages the exchanges of envoys, and the rest of the business, study, etc., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no control at all."

Mao Gui didn't go any further, but the meaning was already clear, Li Shanchang made a mistake!

What he said was like opening the big guy's chatterbox.

Luo Furen immediately said: "Over the years, the Ministry of Accounting has always hoped to take inventory of warehouses in various places, and the wind and the evil will be eliminated. As a result, every time Zhongshu's inventory is just a formality. The warehouse is unbearable, just look at the accounts... May I ask what the accounts are? People remember it, check it back and forth, what can you find out?"

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bowen also fired. Take the appointment of Lu Ben, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, as an example. In fact, his qualifications are far from enough for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

On Menxia Province's side, Lu Ben's assessment result was only average.

In front of Lu Ben, there are at least dozens of people who are more suitable for this position.

But on Li Shanchang's side, he didn't respect Menxia Province's opinion, but insisted on appointing this person, and it turned out that he was not suitable.

People kept standing up, accusing Li Shanchang of his mistakes, and the artillery fire was fierce and earth-shattering.

Faced with this situation, even a fool would know that Zhu Biao is ready to take down Li Shanchang.

As an outlier among the crowd, Hu Weiyong was panicked and terrified. If Lao Li couldn't hold on, I'm afraid he would be in bad luck too!

This is how to do?

When Hu Weiyong was hesitating, Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Hu Shangshu, do you think what the big guy said is true? Are they talking nonsense?"

Zhu Biao's question is very interesting. Facing a bunch of people, how dare Hu Weiyong say that you are all talking nonsense. Li Xianggong is a loyal minister and a good man!

Hu Weiyong had no choice but to say: "All kinds of rumors emerge endlessly, and they may not all be groundless."

Zhu Biao nodded, "Very good, since everyone thinks so, then follow me to meet Li Xianggong!"

Is this a showdown?

Everyone is awe-inspiring!

Although it's okay to talk about Li Shanchang's fault in private.But to face this South Korean prince who is in the middle school and has been in power for more than ten years, it still makes people tremble and shudder.

A very simple truth, if someone is yelling to deal with Zhang Xianggong, then the big guy will only think you are crazy.My mind is out of order.

Li Shanchang's prestige and character are naturally not as good as Zhang Ximeng's, but it takes courage to confront him head-on.

If you fail, Li Shanchang can make your life worse than death.

To be honest, it is indeed difficult.

Fortunately, it was Zhu Biao who took the lead and followed the prince, so he didn't lose a little courage.

In this way, more than ten important court officials surrounded Zhu Biao and came to look for Lao Li.

At this moment, Li Shanchang is still chatting with Xu Da.

In fact, Li Shanchang was thoughtful, and seemed to feel that the atmosphere was not right.

But he never expected that Zhu Biao dared to challenge him.

Li Shanchang is also a man with sharp eyes and ears, and he knows all the troubles of the court.

But Li Shanchang also has a judgment, that is, like most people, if Zhang Ximeng does not come back and Zhu Yuanzhang does not nod, even if someone wants to take him down, it is impossible to succeed.

In the final analysis, Li Shanchang also overestimated the changes in the court situation.

In fact, in recent years, the original six-ministration structure has been broken, and many new officials have been added. These people may still respect Li Shanchang, but they will never follow orders.

Moreover, many of the officials at the rank of minister and doctor were able to read and write after Zhang Ximeng made great efforts to start a school, passed the imperial examination, and entered the imperial court.

Although these people are young and have low qualifications, they are better than having a large number of people.

They generally have some opinions on Lao Li's employment, and feel that Li Shanchang is not fair.Many times, for the convenience of control, he deliberately promoted some inappropriate people.

Conversely, these people with problems feel guilty, and after they go up, they must obey Lao Li's instructions even more.

This is also a small skill that Li Shanchang has accumulated over the years, and it has been tried and tested.

It's just that he is old and dull.He didn't realize that those little people who he didn't like could also form a trend together.

These days, Zhu Biao has severely punished officials, forbidding them to form cliques for personal gain, and forbidding them to form associations... His actions really gave hope to many young officials.

Afterwards, the warehouse was thoroughly inspected and many corrupt officials were taken down, which made the big guy feel very excited.

His Royal Highness, in terms of means, His Majesty is not weak.Punishing corrupt officials and rectifying government affairs has its own style.

The court has already recognized the prince very much.

Lao Li didn't notice the change in the direction of the wind, and he didn't take any measures to win people's hearts and save the discussion. Today's embarrassment is also expected.

But Zhu Biao, surrounded by the officials, was aggressive, and when he walked in, Li Shanchang's heart skipped a beat.

It's broken, why the eyelids jumped up for no reason.

Li Shanchang bowed to salute, Zhu Biao did not sit down, but looked at Li Shanchang, facing the left minister of Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Li, I just discussed with several important officials alone. I feel that the current deficit cannot be taken lightly. Food and cloth are all necessities for the people's livelihood. The court stores them to cope with the disaster year and ensure the people's livelihood. The result is corrupt officials. It is rampant, and corruption of ink is prevalent. Now that the price of food in the market is fluctuating, and cloth is in short supply, Mr. Li, as the prime minister, thinks how to deal with it?"

Li Shanchang paused. To be honest, this scene was very bad. There was a posture of provoking a teacher to ask a crime, but he, Lao Li, was not an ordinary person, and he had never seen any troubles.

He felt that he had to stick to his consistent position and not allow others to see his flaws.

Li Shanchang sighed, "In the affairs of the world, haste makes waste. The shortfall does not come in a day. Even if it is thoroughly investigated now, it is difficult to find out at once. Even if it is clear, there is not so much food to fill the shortfall." , just let the common people worry in vain, and the world is in chaos for no reason. The old minister thought that His Highness can appease people's hearts first, and then arrange officials to go down to investigate secretly. When there are conclusive evidence, they will investigate one by one, that's it. .”

Li Shanchang concluded: "If His Highness finds it inconvenient, why don't you ask the old minister to write a memorial to His Majesty and talk about this matter alone. I don't know what His Highness thinks?"

Zhu Biao smiled slightly and shook his head. Unexpectedly, he was not polite.

"Mr. Li, I think it's very inappropriate! What do you mean you can't make a big fanfare? What do you mean, sir, could it be that there is no investigation? If there is no investigation, there will be no deficit? Isn't this self-deception and perfunctory? This is what the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty should have. Attitude? To be honest, what Li Xiang said made people very disappointed. He was very angry and irresponsible. Li Xianggong, you need to reflect on yourself!"

These words really shocked Li Shanchang.

He was dumbfounded, Zhu Biao, are you talking to this old man like that?

Let your dad come here!

But before Li Shanchang could refute, Mao Gui stepped forward, "Li Xiang, Your Highness's accusation is completely justified. There are so many officials in several provinces, how many of them are from Li Xianggong's family? Improper employment, Li Xiang can hardly be blamed !"

Li Shanchang was furious, and it was reasonable for Zhu Biao to attack him based on his status as the crown prince.

But what is Maogui, who dares to accuse him?

Just when Li Shanchang wanted to reprimand Mao Gui, Xu Da suddenly said quietly: "Mr. Li, I think Mao Shangshu is right."

Xu Da's statement shocked the sky.Don't look at Xu Da's resignation as the governor, but he is still the Duke of Wei, the leader of the nobles.

No wonder His Highness the Crown Prince dared to attack Li Shanchang, it turned out to be supported by Xu Da!

Now the other officials had the courage to criticize and scold them again.

Li Shanchang's old face fell to the ground completely, his beard trembled with anger, and his chest was filled with anger!

Are you trying to beat the old master to death?

At this moment, Jiang Nan, who had not spoken all the time, suddenly said in a low voice: "Mr. Li is the left prime minister of Ming Dynasty, you can't be so rude!"

Jiang Nan's words stopped everyone.

At this time, everyone turned their attention to Prince Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao pondered and said: "Gu will report the matter to the emperor truthfully, and ask him to make a decision!"