Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Although Li Wei is very kind to ordinary people, he is not an honest person who can be bullied. On the contrary, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is ruthless when it comes to dealing with corrupt officials and wealthy families. Look at those who oppose him. We know the fate of the officials.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang secretly planned many things, he also took the initiative to do them. From Fan Min to Xu Yong, they all ended up confiscating their families and exterminating their families.

"I hope you can be more honest and don't force me to use force!"

Li Wei looked at the direction that Yue Dapeng was leaving and murmured to himself.

His intentions are good, but things don't go his way.

A few days later, officials from the Ministry of Industry quickly encountered resistance to the land acquisition. The Gu family suddenly reneged on their promise, saying that three guan was too low and wanted to sell it for ten guan. In addition, the Yue family directly refused to sell.

In addition to not selling their own land, these two families are also competing with people from the Ministry of Industry to buy land. The people do not dare to offend either side, and generally give it to whoever comes first, regardless of the price.

The prices offered by these two families to the people were much lower than those offered by the Ministry of Industry. Even for mature fields that were more than three years old, they only paid the same amount. However, relying on their power to dominate Yangzhou, they forcibly bought a lot from the people. Acres.

In Li Wei's temporary residence, Jiang Quan, the director of the Ministry of Industry, whom he brought with him, reported these situations to him. Li Wei looked extremely ugly after hearing this.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Jiang Quan asked softly.

In fact, according to his idea, there was no need to bother talking to the people one by one. He could just give orders directly to Yangzhou officials and let them expropriate the land.

However, Li Wei didn't want to do this, because he couldn't trust the local officials. If he did this, the local officials would probably put the money to buy the land into their own pockets, and then use the name of the court to expropriate the people at low prices or even for free. land.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang punished people severely and punished those who corrupted sixty taels, he even used tortures such as peeling off the skin and grass. However, during the Hongwu Dynasty, corrupt people continued to appear one after another and were banned repeatedly. Local officials were definitely capable of doing this kind of thing. !

"What should I do? Well, since they don't know what's interesting, don't blame me for being rude!"

Li Wei's eyes flashed coldly and he said viciously.

When Jiang Quan heard this, his heart suddenly trembled. These local officials may not know the methods of the prince-in-law in front of him, but he, a capital official, had "personally" witnessed his "cruelness and scheming". Now that he saw Li Wei's expression, he Understand, this Yue family and the Gu family are definitely going to die!

"Wu Yong!"

Li Wei shouted loudly to the door.

Wu Yong heard the sound and immediately walked in: "Sir!"

"Go, send someone to summon all the officials at all levels in Yangzhou to the government office. I have something to tell you!"

"Yes!"

Wu Yong accepted the offer and turned to leave.

Li Wei stared at the door with a faint look, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Humph, if a tiger doesn't show off to a cat, you think I'm sick!"

Wu Yong arranged for more than a dozen guards to notify officials at all levels in Yangzhou one by one, from the prefect Tian Qing, to the prefect Zhang Cheng, to the Jiangdu magistrate Wuxing, as well as other magistrates, governors, chief registrars, etc., more than a dozen large and small, After receiving the news, they did not dare to neglect, and they all came to the government office and gathered in the lobby to wait for Li Wei's instructions.

Wu Xing sat next to Zhang Cheng, feeling a little uneasy. Before Li Wei came, he leaned close to Zhang Cheng and whispered: "Master Zhang, isn't our affair exposed?"

Zhang Cheng frowned and glanced at him, despising his timid appearance.

"What are you afraid of? Didn't I say it before? If he can buy the land, we can of course also buy it. It's not like we haven't paid for it. Besides, we still have the Yue family and the Gu family standing in front of us. We really can't bring down the people from these two families. Push a few out to vent his anger."

Zhang Cheng said nonchalantly.

Although the Yue family and the Gu family are big families in Yangzhou, they are not the only two families in Yangzhou. There are six or seven families who have clearly joined him, and he didn't care at all when he sold these two families.

Wu Xing hesitated to speak, wanting to persuade him a few words, but seeing him like this he didn't know how to speak, so he could only sigh secretly in his heart and pray that nothing would happen.

Tian Qing sat in front and ignored the whispers of Zhang and Cheng, as if everything here had nothing to do with him.

Although he became the prefect, most affairs in Yangzhou were decided by Zhang Cheng, his colleague. Even if he had any ideas, he would be vetoed by Zhang Cheng in collusion with officials at all levels. Over time, Tian Qing also accepted his fate and spent the whole day Do nothing, just hang around and wait for transfer.

After everyone gathered, it took a long time for Li Wei to walk in under the guard of Wu Yong and other guards. When everyone saw this, they quickly stood up and saluted:

"I've met Mr. Li!"

Without saying a word, Li Wei walked up to the boss with a calm face and sat down, scanning the officials with his eyes.

The local tycoons like the Yue family and the Gu family would never dare to confront him without the support of these officials. He believed that someone among these officials must have colluded with the tycoons to trip him up, especially Zhang Cheng, who was rejected for bribery, and was the most suspected.

Seeing Li Wei's menacing appearance, all the officials in Yangzhou felt a little uneasy and stood with their heads down, not daring to say anything.

"No need to be polite, just sit down."

Li Wei slowed down his tone slightly and spoke softly to everyone.

"Thank you, sir."

Everyone relaxed a little and sat down again. Under the gaze of everyone, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief, his face relaxed, and he asked softly: "I want to forcibly seize the property of the Yue and Gu families. Who among you is in favor and who is against it?"

After Li Wei finished speaking, everyone immediately looked at each other. If they had watched a certain movie, they would understand that this was a prelude to the boss going crazy. At this time, they must not be reckless and bow their heads when they should.

Although Tian Qing didn't know that Li Wei was going to get angry, he very much agreed with it and even felt that it should be like this. It was abnormal for Li Wei to talk to the people one by one like that.

"Master Li has a destiny, and I naturally agree with it. Don't worry, sir, I will fully cooperate!" Tian Qing said respectfully.

However, after Tian Qing finished speaking, other officials did not follow suit, but quietly looked at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was also very shocked at this time. He did not expect that Li Wei would be so direct and wanted to forcibly conquer the fields of the Yue and Gu families.

If Li Wei is really allowed to do this, then everything he has done before will be in vain. Not only will he not be able to earn the price difference, but he will also have to spend a lot of money to buy the land in vain.

Although the Yue family and the Gu family are responsible for all the money, he will get the lion's share of the money earned.

No, he must be stopped!

Zhang Cheng's expression changed and he secretly made up his mind.

However, Li Wei obviously came here with bad intentions today, and he didn't want to take the risk himself, so he turned his attention to Wu Xing.

Wu Xing's heart suddenly sank when he saw him winking at him!

He is not stupid, and of course he can see that the situation is not right. If he speaks out against it at this time, isn't that asking for death?

Seeing that he was not moving, Zhang Cheng suddenly frowned and winked at him.

Wu Xing was his subordinate, and the two had been colluding for many years. Faced with his instructions, Wu Xing finally had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak:

"Sir, why do you have to expropriate the Yue and Gu families' fields separately?"

Wu Xing did not dare to object directly, but asked politely why.

However, even so, Li Wei suddenly stood up and pointed at him and yelled: "Come here, put this man in jail and interrogate him strictly!"

Everyone present was shocked when faced with his sudden rage. Wu Xing trembled all over and turned pale: "Sir, why? Why do you want to arrest this official?"

"Huh? You ask why?" Li Wei looked at him in surprise, as if his question was stupid. He paused for a moment, and then said compassionately:

"Okay, then I'll tell you why. I suspect that you are colluding secretly with the Gu and Yue families, taking bribes and perverting the law!"

"No, no, I don't have one, sir. What evidence do you have?" Wu Xing defended in panic.

"Hmph, I will find out the evidence and won't wrongly accuse you." Li Wei said coldly.

While the two were talking, Wu Yong and his guards had already stepped forward to restrain Wu Xing. Now Wu Xing was so frightened that his face turned pale and he shouted to Zhang Cheng in horror: "Master Zhang, please say something quickly. Help me!"

Zhang Cheng was also extremely shocked at this time. He never expected that the prince-in-law who could even speak so loudly would suddenly change his demeanor, become furious when he said it, and arrest people when he wanted to!

"May I ask if you have any evidence, sir? Isn't it inappropriate to arrest a court official without any evidence?" Zhang Cheng had no choice but to take action himself.

"Yes, yes, my lord, you have no proof, how can you accuse me of being an official so unjustly?" Wu Xing shouted.

Li Wei glanced at Zhang Cheng coldly: "What, you are also colluding with the Yue and Gu families?"

Zhang Cheng's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this, and his voice became darker: "Ha, sir, you are just joking!"

"Humph!"

Li Wei snorted coldly. He really wanted to arrest Zhang Cheng directly, but there was no way. The Ming Dynasty Law stipulated that all Beijing officials and local officials above the fifth rank could not be interrogated without an order. When he was the envoy of the Jiaofang It was also because of this law that Zhang Zongyi and others had no way to deal with him.

But now the situation is reversed. Zhang Cheng has just reached the fifth level. He can directly catch Wu Xing, but he can't do anything to Zhang Cheng.

"Whether he is unjust or not, you will naturally know after the trial. Take him away!"

Li Wei didn't bother to talk to him and gave orders directly to Wu Yong.

Wu Yong didn't care about anything else. He was Li Wei's bodyguard. Unless His Majesty had other orders, Li Wei's orders were the most important. After hearing Li Wei's orders, he immediately led people to take Wu Xing into custody.

"Master Zhang, Master Zhang, please save me!"

On the way Wuxing was dragged out, he kept calling for help from Zhang Cheng. Seeing that he insisted on having Wu Xing taken away, Zhang Cheng felt a little angry in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Sir, you have acted so recklessly. Your Majesty will be impeached by this official." For you!"

"Hey, there are so many people who have impeached me. Who do you think is the oldest?" Li Wei smiled disdainfully.

Not to mention that Zhang Cheng was a small official, even the daily harassment of the ministers and ministers in the court could not do anything to him.

"You..." Zhang Cheng suddenly became angry when he saw this. Li Wei was the consort and had the trust of His Majesty. He also knew this. If he just wrote a letter of impeachment, it would be of no use.

Tian Qing, who looked confused next to him, didn't realize it until now. This seemingly kind-hearted prince-in-law was so resolute that he arrested Jiangdu County Magistrate on the spot regardless of the obstruction. What a joy!

Tian Qing secretly praised Li Wei, and he couldn't help but become more active.

Now that Zhang Cheng and Li Wei are at loggerheads, and Li Wei is so strong, can he take the opportunity to bring down Zhang Cheng, a local snake? (End of chapter)