Daming prepares the emperor

Time is like running water, and several years have passed in a flash.

After Zhu Jingjing was sent to Tushan, her mother and concubine cried several times before she recovered her mentality, but she could understand Zhu Biao's kindness. Even if she didn't understand, she was happy that she was valued by the prince.

After the recovery of Yunnan, the territory of Ming Dynasty was basically stable. The only place where there was still war was the coastal area, which was invaded by Japanese pirates from time to time.

After discussing with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao sent a navy to station along the Yangtze River to destroy Japanese pirates in wartime and escort fishing boats in peacetime.There are not only veterans and veterans on board this navy, but also several princes.

For a long time, Zhu Biao has entrusted the Zhenyaosi to Changsun Wanguan to take care of it, and he doesn't mind if he finds some ways to make money and turn the yamen into a shop.One is because there are really few people who understand monsters, and the other is because shops are easier for people to accept.

When the time was right, he appointed Lu Jin'ai to take over the Zhenyaosi, sent his eldest grandson Wanguan to Shen Wansan, and told them to go to sea to have a look, and exchange tea and silk from Daming for silver.

In the capital, Hu Weiyong, as the prime minister, made no major mistakes, but kept making minor mistakes.

Being promoted to a position under one person, it is impossible not to be inflated. He has collected a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, beautiful women and wine, and a lot at home. It is said that it is self-defilement, but it is actually a kind of greed.

It is said that prosperity must decline, and things must reverse. Hu Weiyong attracted more and more hatred from others. At first it was one or two books, and later it was one or two people. The words and words of impeaching him were spread all over the capital.

There was a censor in the main hall who pointed at his nose and scolded him, and a storyteller among the people poked his spine.

Some said he was going to rebel, some said he was going to cast a curse on the emperor, and some said he was the one who was destined to sit on the dragon chair when he was born.

All kinds of rumors are more than ten times more powerful than those of Li Shanchang and Yang Xian.

From indifference at the beginning to depression now, it didn't seem like it took long for Hu Weiyong's temples to turn white.

Autumnal equinox.

The days are getting shorter and shorter, and early in the morning, the Zhongshu Value Room lights up the lights.

In the conference room, Hu Weiyong sat in the center with a gloomy face.There are several people sitting at the bottom, namely Wang Guangyang, Tu Jie, and Li Yinbing.

It had been a while since everyone had arrived, but no one spoke first. Everyone lowered their heads and looked at each other once or twice from the corner of the eye. Their eyes were full of helplessness and bitterness.

In the end, it was Hu Weiyong who spoke first: "Master Li, take out the folder in your arms and show it to everyone."

In the sight of everyone, Li Yinbing slowly pulled out more than a dozen books and gently placed them on the table.

Tu Jie took it and handed out a copy to each of them, just like that.

They all rely on their ability to hang out in the officialdom, and they can always do it with one mind and two tasks. Hu Weiyong didn't understand them, and continued on his own: "Look, this month has just begun, and there are already more than a dozen people who have impeached me. What do you say? , is my prime minister really that unbearable?"

No one dared to answer.

Hu Weiyong continued: "These are nothing, the most hateful thing is playing with shade. What is the intention of saying that my house in my hometown glows red in the middle of the night, and stalagmites grow in the well water?"

Li Yinbing is a natural speculator. After Yang Xian fell from power, he defected to Hu Weiyong. Thinking of his half-closed attitude in the Zhejiang case at that time, and how many people he was, Hu Weiyong didn't kick him away and let him join the case. Come in your own circle.

What's more, now that his family is the only one, there is no other place for this weed to shake.

At this moment, Li Yinbing spoke up: "Prime Minister, I thought that the remnants of eastern Zhejiang were operating in secret. They were not dead enough, so they kept causing rumors."

Tu Jie couldn't help but glanced at him, he was still hugging Yang Xian's thigh with his front foot, and he was talking about the remaining evils with his back foot, such a selfish person is harder to find than gold with a lantern.

"Oh." Hu Weiyong said, "Then what do you think I should do?"

"The subordinates think that the prime minister can let Brother Ling's daughter marry Han Hangong's nephew as soon as possible, tie the hearts of the nobles to death, and then beat Chengyi Bo."

Han Guogong is Li Shanchang, sincerity, of course it is Liu Ji.This idea Li Yinbing came up with is obviously for Hu Weiyong to stabilize his position. Since he chooses to be a powerful minister, then he should be a top powerful minister. Being stuck in the middle is the most uncomfortable. Anyone can step on it and climb to a higher place. Although the risk is high, it can't be taken care of so much.

Tu Jie waited for his last word to land, and scolded: "Li Yinbing, what brains are you, now the prime minister is worried that the tree will attract the wind, but you persuade him to climb higher, don't you think the matter is not big enough?"

Li Yinbing said: "Then what is your opinion, can you tell me?"

Tu Jie couldn't speak, so he could only stare at him.

"Master Wang is knowledgeable and talented, do you have any ideas?" Hu Weiyong asked.

Several people turned their gazes to Wang Guangyang again.

Since he was relegated and brought back, he has been sitting in the position of deputy prime minister for some days. Although he has experienced ups and downs in his life, Wang Guangyang is not a person who will change easily.

This is both his strength and his weakness.

The advantage is that he is in a good mood, and the level of his official position is not that important to him, so he still enjoys leisurely every day, not moving like a mountain.

After Que was promoted, he pushed everything to Hu Weiyong, not like a deputy prime minister, but like a little secretary. He didn't take any ideas, just waiting for the salary, which didn't play any role.

He actually understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant by putting himself in this position, but he just had no fighting spirit. He didn't want to fight with anyone, and he didn't want to fight with anyone.

Wang Guangyang sighed softly: "I have no good solution. Right now, I can only investigate. If I find out, I will block the mouths of those people. If I can't find out, I have to follow Mr. Li's method. In fact, the most important thing to find out is Not these..."

"What is it?" Hu Weiyong grabbed his clothes tightly.

"It's the Holy Majesty's attitude." Wang Guangyang said, "The Holy Majesty is a person who can distinguish between likes and dislikes. When the Holy Majesty likes you, it makes sense for you to fart. When the Holy Majesty hates you, even if you don't do anything, you will be killed." It came from the sky. What I am worried about is that it is His Majesty, not others, who let these rumors spread outside."

The room fell into a deeper silence.

A few moths kept flying towards the lampshade, making a beeping sound.

Everyone understands this truth, but only Wang Guangyang said it.In fact, they want to deceive themselves. If they really believe that the person behind the scenes is Zhu Yuanzhang, no one can think of how to struggle.

Zhu Liangzu, Liu Ji, Yuan Kai, Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, and now Hu Weiyong.No matter how stupid people are, they can see that the battle between Zhedong and Huaixi has never escaped from the emperor's palm. He watched the battle outside as if holding two birds. If any bird showed signs of depression, he would feed it. If there is some food, whichever bird is about to win, it will be starved for two or three days.

Looking back, no matter which faction the officials are, they find that there are fewer and fewer friends around them, and the rest are some poor children promoted from the bottom, and the number two in the new imperial examinations.

But what can I do?At this position, there is no place to stop.

Hu Weiyong didn't even know how many people he had hurt. Once he fell, he felt worse than dying.

"In my opinion, I shouldn't have been an official in the first place." Tu Jie said, "How can there be such an emperor in the world who is still punishing all the officials in the palace? Like a county government office, I think it's a matter of background, muddy legs are muddy legs..."

As soon as he started speaking, everyone's expressions changed. When he was about to finish speaking, except for Hu Weiyong who was sitting at the head, the other two rushed to him and covered his mouth with their hands.

"You are crazy!"

"You don't want to die, don't pull us!"

"Who knows if there are Jinyiwei outside!"

Tu Jie struggled to hide from the four hands, and taunted: "We are the only ones here, look at your appearance, you are still talking about literati governing the country, everyone is a coward. Didn't the emperor say it every day, I am a commoner, he is an old man Are you proud, use you to worry about it?"

"Okay, everyone sit back." Hu Weiyong became more dignified after becoming prime minister, "What does it look like?"

After Li Yinbing sat back, he suddenly remembered something: "Prime Minister, did he accept the gift that was given to Xu Da earlier?"

Tu Jie said: "It's not a gift for Xu Da, it's a gift for his gatekeeper! It was returned just because of this, maybe Xu Da already knew about it and told the inside of the palace!"

Li Yinbing is the best at accepting bribes. Hearing this, he said, "That won't happen. Even if he knew, he wouldn't tell the palace. Otherwise, how can he hang around in the officialdom."

Tu Jie said: "Where do people need to mess around? They and His Majesty grew up naked. They are all Wei Guogong, the first hero in the founding of the country, and the iron certificate of the alchemy is kept at home, and the hereditary title is enjoyed. I don't want to be with you. Will you die if you play?"

No matter how well-trained Hu Weiyong is, he can't bear it anymore: "Can we just wait for death?"

Wang Guangyang wanted to go home anxiously. He realized that the secret meeting had become more and more crazy, beyond his imagination.

Hu Weiyong saw that he looked like he wanted to talk, and immediately said: "Speak quickly."

"I heard that Uncle Chengyi fell ill after returning home."

"That's right." Li Yinbing said, "That's why I said it's a good deal."

Wang Guangyang shook his head: "Prime Minister, why don't you think of a way to invite him to Beijing. With him in charge, Zhedong can at least rise up. The emperor has always been afraid of him, and officials go to him to win some money for you." Time. The Holy Majesty intends to carry out a large-scale relocation recently, bringing the people from the north to the south to reclaim wasteland. It is the credit of Qianqiu for this matter to be done, so it should be easier."

Hu Weiyong stood up: "This is a good way. You all learn from Mr. Wang, and don't just talk about useless things. Tu Jie, you go to the censor to write a document, and let the people in eastern Zhejiang take Liu as their own." Kei, please."

"Yes."

Wang Guangyang breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "In this case, it's getting late, I..."

The dissatisfaction and ruthlessness in Hu Weiyong's eyes flashed by. At this moment, he was still thinking of leaving the relationship. Even if I agree, do you all agree?

He didn't need to wink, the other two rushed up, put their arms around Wang Guangyang, and wanted to take him to the back room for a night, but they blocked him with excuses about what was more dewy, evil in the middle of the night, and disturbing his wife, and they dragged him out. .

Wang Guangyang had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky.

After everyone went out, Hu Weiyong sat down again, took off the lampshade, and watched the moths slamming their bodies against the flames until their wings were lit and the candles were fanned out, then they closed the door and left slowly.

"It's an eventful autumn, and the storm is about to come."

He was walking alone on the yellow leaves all over the floor, and the lights in the other rooms were dim and dim. Hu Weiyong couldn't tell where he was and what his identity was for a while, and finally stayed under a tree.

"Your Majesty, what are you trying to do in such a hurry to kill everyone?"

Hu Weiyong looked at the spider webs among the branches and leaves, and the crow's nest on the treetops, and murmured, "Is it for the prince? The prince is almost an adult, and he has the town of demons and the ghost city of Fengdu in his hand. All civil and military officials admire him. The reputation among the people is also very high, what else is there to worry about? Who else can stop him from taking charge of the country?"

"Is it for stability? You started as a commoner and fought the world by yourself. Who dares to say a word of dissatisfaction? The only thing that can be used to make a fuss is your background. The worst thing is to say a few thieves. It's not that you dare not use a knife. Get lost, are you killing all fake people! What happened to cause a big prison to rise up, and it will not stop until this point!"

Of course, he got no response at all.

Only the wind at night, passing through the sky and the earth, is as difficult as an old lady who is squinting at the needle.

"Kill me, is there anyone else who can be the prime minister?"