Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 353: Airtight surveillance!
Liu Sanwu waited at home for more than half an hour, but his good son-in-law Zhao Mian did not come.

Sitting on the bed, Liu Sanwu clenched his few remaining teeth, feeling depressed and uncomfortable in his heart.

He likes his son-in-law very much.

And Zhao Mian did not disappoint him. After graduating from the Hanlin Academy, he was appointed as the Left Counsellor of the Criminal Division of the Ministry of Works. However, this position was not an important one, so he often went around for Zhao Mian in the court. Now that Zhao Mian was promoted to the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he asked Zhao Mian to come over again, but Zhao Mian ignored him. This made Liu Sanwu feel that he was being insulted.

a long time.

Liu Sanwu couldn't help cursing, "They are all a bunch of ungrateful wolves."

"I have cultivated you with all my heart, but when I needed you to do something, you all pretended not to know. Well, well, you all think that I am old, that I have no say in the court, and that His Majesty is not that close to me anymore. You all think that I am dispensable, right?"

"I will let you know that if you underestimate me, you will pay the price."

Liu Sanwu snorted coldly, covered himself with the quilt, and lay down to sleep angrily. However, it was cold and he didn't change his clothes. He caught a cold due to the alternation of cold and heat. Now he could only recuperate at home.

Liu Sanwu's episode did not attract much attention.

Wuying Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in his seat, looking coldly at the Jinyiwei below, and said indifferently: "How is the matter I asked you to investigate going?"

Song Zhong, the Jinyiwei envoy, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, everything has been investigated clearly."

As he spoke, Song Zhong raised the memorial in his hand high above his head. Pu Gou'er, who was standing below the podium, immediately understood what he meant, and walked a few quick steps with light steps to Song Zhong. He took the memorial that Song Zhong had sorted out, and then carefully presented it on the podium.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to open it, and asked, "How is Jiang Li's investigation in Ningbo going?"

Song Zhong said, "Your Majesty, according to the news from the Jinyiwei, Envoy Jiang has found that Lin Xian, the commander of Mingzhou Guard, has colluded with many local officials, and even his family members have had some contact with some coastal pirates, but there is no news about what the specific contact was."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's okay."

"I am not an impatient person. I can wait. I am waiting for you to investigate several coastal garrisons for me. As for the officials who are in collusion with Lin Xian, you send someone to inform Jiang Li and let him deal with them on the spot. I will not tolerate such grains of sand in my eyes."

"As for the money and grain that Lin Xian embezzled, as well as the collusion between officials and businessmen, investigate them carefully."

“Especially by sea.”

"We need to know whether the sea we have 'banned' for these years is really banned, or whether it only bans some people and gives others an easy door. We need you to investigate these dirty things one by one for us. If everyone in Wei is colluding with the Japanese pirates and secretly smuggling goods out to sea."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused, as if thinking about how to deal with it.

finally.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with sternness, and he said, "Just confiscate the property and exterminate the clan!"

Song Zhong was startled and said solemnly, "Yes."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Okay, go down. During this time, remember to keep a close eye on Xia Zhibai. I am getting more and more worried about this person. I always feel that this person is doing something behind my back, but I haven't figured it out yet. As my eyes, you have to keep a close eye on this person for me."

Song Zhong said: "I will obey your orders and will not fail your majesty's orders."

After saying that, Song Zhong quickly walked out of the hall.

After Song Zhong left, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his gaze to the memorial below. He reached out and took it, flipped it open, and just glanced at it for a few seconds. There was a hint of strangeness in his eyes, and he said softly, "Is Li Shanchang getting old and confused? Why is he still talking to Xia Zhibai about these things?"

"But being called a rat by Xia Zhibai is probably hard for Li Shanchang to accept given his arrogance." Zhu Yuanzhang grinned.

He still knew Li Shanchang very well.

This man was very arrogant. Although he usually seemed submissive, that was only towards himself. He was arrogant and narrow-minded towards the officials below him. Otherwise, he would not have had private quarrels with Zhu Sheng and Liu Bowen, because these people had better plans than him.

Now that Xia Zhibai had insulted him like this, Li Shanchang must have been extremely angry.

What he was watching was the topic that Li Shanchang and Xia Zhibai were talking about yesterday. Not to mention that Li Shanchang was not on guard, even if Li Shanchang was on guard, he could dig out what they talked about. Zhu Yuanzhang's surveillance of his ministers could be said to have reached the extreme.

Especially after the Hu Weiyong case, his inner anxiety reached its peak.

He must know the daily actions of these ministers.

To prevent the incident like Hu Weiyong from happening again.

After just a few more glances, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly changed.

Because he saw some glaring words on it.

Li Si Sima Yi.
In his mind, these two names were not good names, and were even the names that the emperor hated the most. One assisted the new monarch but was full of selfishness, and the other even usurped the throne. Both of them were not good people.

Now Xia Zhibai openly attributed these two names to Li Shanchang.

What made Zhu Yuanzhang even more nervous was that Xia Zhibai's description was very consistent, and he even viewed Li Shanchang in the same way in his heart. Therefore, in the past few years, he had been subtly weakening Li Shanchang's influence in the court, and he also intended to use Xia Zhibai to cut down the Huaixi forces.

If not.

He would not lead Xia Zhibai to the south.

Doesn't he know that Xia Zhibai himself is a 'disaster' and causes trouble wherever he goes?

He did it on purpose.

But now, his thoughts were seen through by Xia Zhibai at a glance, and he told Li Shanchang directly. This undoubtedly disrupted Zhu Yuanzhang's established arrangements, which made Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turn cold.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Rat."

"Why do I feel like this is scolding me?"

"This Li Shanchang must either be a rat or Sima Yi."

"However, Xia Zhibai misjudged one thing. Li Shanchang is older than us. He might die before us. Then he won't have a chance to become Li Si or Sima Yi." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, but secretly deepened his vigilance against Li Shanchang in his heart.

Isn’t this the case with Sima Yi?
As a result, Sima Yi outlived both Cao Pi and Cao Rui.

He is in good health now, but who knows if Li Shanchang will be in better health?

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to look down.

He wanted to see what solutions Li Shanchang and Xia Zhibai could come up with to dispel his anxiety, but when he saw Xia Zhibai's suggestion, he suddenly stood up from his chair, his eyes full of horror.

Xia Zhibai actually thought of it!!!

(End of this chapter)