Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 233 Hu, which side are you on?
On the imperial chariot.

"You said that after the army is settled, who should we attack next?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Biao: "Is it the Ministry of Education, the provinces, or just kill Li Shanchang?"

"My son will have a good talk with Mr. Han." The prince said softly.

"It's useless, the winners who work hard in troubled times only believe in strength." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "He dared to challenge us because he believed that the cards in his hand were stronger than us, at least higher than what we could play. So how can he throw in the towel before we squeeze his cards?"

The card Boss Zhu mentioned was the leaf card.

"And you, Uncle Li, have another advantage. He has no ambition to be a leader, so what he talks about is fighting without breaking. It is very important that they take risks." Zhu Yuanzhang continued:
"So we will keep him until the end, and let him help us manage your lawless uncles. Of course, if our life is over, we will drag him down as a companion when we die."

"Understood." The prince nodded slowly, talking about the emperor's mind, he was still a little tender.

"Is that the Ministry of Education in China, or the Ministry of Education in Action?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"My son can't tell." The prince shook his head and stopped guessing.

"It's Xingxing." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "Because Zhongshu Sheng has Hu Weiyong, a smart guy who is determined to climb up, we can try to win him over. In this way, when we move Xing Xing, we can let Zhong Shu Xing work. View from the wall.

"But if it's the other way around, if the Ministry of Education is the first to move, then the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education will inevitably cooperate with the Ministry of Education, making us both busy and unable to handle it." Boss Zhu said in a deep voice at last:

"So let's focus on cleaning the place thoroughly first, and cut off the minions of Zhongshu Sheng."

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Hall of Martial Arts.

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 he has suffered on behalf of Zhongshu Sheng."

As he spoke, he leaned over and kowtowed: "On behalf of Zhongshu Province, I apologize to the emperor."

"You understand people, and you know that the general came back to ask the teacher about his crimes." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, still sternly said:
"Do you know how much the front line has been affected by the problem of the Ministry of Education?"

As he said that, he slapped the case hard, and shouted: "The opportunity to completely wipe out Bei Yuan is likely to be missed just like that!"

"I'm damned, I'm incompetent, please punish me severely." Hu Weiyong took off his black gauze hat, and said with tears of pain: "I have failed my superior's trust, I am a sinner of China!"

"Don't be in a hurry to plead guilty. You want to pick someone up at this time? There is no way!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Let me ask you, the imperial court's Northern Expedition will not happen once or twice. Why can the military supplies be in place every time before? This time But he pulled his hips and went to grandma's house!"

"Because the canal is blocked, because the banknote law is resisted..." Hu Weiyong said in a deep voice.

"We don't want to listen to these excuses. There are many difficulties every time, how can we overcome them? But this time it can't work?!" Zhu Yuanzhang took another picture of the imperial case and said, "Tell us the truth! Is it your benefactor? What the hell?!"

"Chen..." Hu Weiyong saw sweat on his forehead, and struggled to make a sound.

"We'll only give you one chance, and you can talk after you think about it." But Zhu Yuanzhang said quietly again:
"Don't forget, you are our prime minister now. The majestic teacher of all officials, the emperor in charge of the prime minister, the assistant of Wanji, the prime minister who is under one person and above 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 that one generation will be stronger than the next. But you have been alone for a few years? Why do people think of our prime minister, Han Gong, instead of you, Hu Weiyong?"

"Yes." Hu Weiyong nodded, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "The minister was single-handedly promoted by the Korean government, and the officials of the Zhongshu Province were also single-handedly promoted by the Korean government. The minister has indeed been living in the shadow of the Korean government. Down."

"Wrong, you were promoted by us! And those of your subordinates, who are also our officials and receive the salary of the court, when did they become Li Shanchang's favor?!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his voice and said angrily:

"If you still regard yourself as his running dog, then you really don't have the spirit to dominate the world, and we won't place high hopes on you anymore!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the gate of the palace, and said disdainfully: "Get out of here, and never come back again."

Hu Weiyong was so scolded that he wept bitterly, but his knees were rooted and he remained motionless.

"Why, you don't want to leave?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little pale.

"I have made it clear, I am loyal to the superior." Hu Weiyong burst into tears and nodded vigorously. "Even if the minister is expelled from the court by the superior, it must not be because he is suspected of being disloyal by the superior."

"This is still like a human saying!" Boss Zhu stared at Hu Weiyong with blazing eyes, and asked sharply: "Say, whose lackey are you?!"

"The superior." Hu Weiyong wept.

"Speak up, we can't hear you clearly!" Zhu Yuanzhang tilted his head and put his hand next to his ear.

"The minister is the running dog of the superior!" Hu Weiyong said loudly: "The minister only has the superior in his heart, 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 sigh of relief, adjusted his emotions and said, "The problem this time is indeed on Han Hangong. But the superior can't blame him..."

"Why?"

"In the past, when the imperial court had large expenditures, such as the Great Works or the Northern Expedition, he personally wrote letters to assign tasks to the provinces and set deadlines for them. No one dared to exceed the deadline, let alone fail to complete the task.

"He didn't write a single letter this year, and the provinces didn't receive any assignments, so they are naturally happy." Hu Weiyong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Your Majesty can't just punish Han Han for not doing anything, 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 the Duke of Han is no longer in Zhongshu, he still holds the money bag and official hat of the court firmly in his hands. Those big officials in frontiers naturally want to listen to him."

"We understand the official hat, it is nothing more than the promotion, appointment and dismissal of important officials, and he must nod." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty is wise and innocent." Hu Weiyong took the opportunity to complain fiercely: "All the ministers of the Ministry of Officials are the old ministers of the Duke of Korea. For important appointments and dismissals, they have always been directly consulted with the Duke of Korea. The prime minister, who is a minister, must not hear about it."

"Are you an idiot?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded, "Just let them make you up like this?"

"If I cooperate with them, I can still do some things; if I don't cooperate, the entire Zhongshu Province will be paralyzed. Your personal honor and disgrace are of little importance, but the court cannot become a headless chicken." Hu Weiyong said sadly.

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed to scold him, because he himself suffered a lot from it.

"Then, don't you, the prime minister, make a display?"

ps. Write another chapter.

(End of this chapter)