In the Fengtian Palace, Hu Weiyong successfully attracted the attention of all the civil and military officials to him with just one sentence.
Lan Yu couldn't help but be surprised when she heard Li Jin's name again. When did Li Jin provoke Hu Weiyong?
Hadn't he been demoted back to Shanghu County long ago?
One of these two people is in the capital and the other is in Shanghu County. How could they meet?
Not only Lan Yu, but also Liu Bowen looked at Hu Weiyong with some surprise.
As the leader of the East Zhejiang Party, Liu Bowen felt that Hu Weiyong was a kind man, at least not as duplicitous as Li Shanchang.
When Hu Weiyong took office and participated in politics in Zhongshu Province, Liu Bowen felt a little lucky. After all, Hu Weiyong's behavior was quite mild, and there was not much hatred between the two.
But he didn't expect that Hu Weiyong would attack Li Jin as soon as he took office.
Although Liu Bowen had only met Li Jin less than twice, he had a very good impression of this man.
Li Jin is not a stickler for formalities, he is an official who sincerely does practical things for the people, and he is a good seedling of the Ming Dynasty that Hu Weiyong values more.
When Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Li Jin to the capital as a supervisory censor, Liu Bowen was among them who promoted it.
But now, Liu Bowen didn't know why Hu Weiyong wanted to kill Li Jin.
You know, rebellion is no joke. Once Zhu Yuanzhang starts to doubt, even if it is just doubt, Li Jin will be in danger.
As a last resort, Liu Bowen had no choice but to stand up and say for Li Jin:
"Master Hu, I wonder who you heard this from?"
"If you want to know about a major conspiracy case, you must not catch the slightest hint of it. It is related to the imperial officials. I wonder if Mr. Hu has real evidence?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression on his face.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about Li Jin's rebellion, he felt unbelievable in his heart.
After all, Li Jin loved money as much as his life, so Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe that Li Jin would invest his money in training a private army.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who started out as a rebel, naturally knew exactly how much it cost to raise troops.
And after so many days of contact, Zhu Yuanzhang was certain that Li Jin was not the kind of person with great ambitions.
He also felt that Li Jin was the kind of person who took things easy, worked hard to make money, and lived a more luxurious life.
Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously wanted to scold Hu Weiyong. After all, this kind of false accusation against a court official made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.
As the words came to his lips, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind and thought, why not let Hu Weiyong try it?
If we could really get hold of Li Jin, regardless of whether he really rebelled or not, and directly ransack his house, wouldn't Zhu Yuanzhang be the one to do it?
"Ahem!"
Zhu Yuanzhang then coughed slightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked:
"Bo Wen is right. Hu Weiyong, you said that Li Jin conspired to rebel. Do you have any evidence?"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong expectantly, hoping that Hu Weiyong would not disappoint him.
Hu Weiyong heard this and quickly replied:
"Your Majesty, I have witnesses who can prove that Li Jin does have the intention of treason."
"oh?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face looked calm, but he was ecstatic in his heart. He didn't expect that Hu Weiyong was so clever that he could really catch Li Jin's pigtails?
In this case, Li Jin, don't blame me for being cruel!
"Send the witnesses and we will interrogate him personally. It is simply appalling that a court official dares to conspire against you."
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang trusted him so much, Hu Weiyong was overjoyed and hurriedly asked people to bring up the people he had brought from Shanghu County.
Soon, several common people wearing simple cloths and simple faces walked up to the hall tremblingly, accompanied by guards.
It was the first time for these common people to come to such a solemn place. They were so frightened that their legs shook, and they could barely stand still with the help of the guards.
After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon throne, these people were even more unbearable. They were so frightened that they knelt down and said tremblingly:
"Grass people...see...the Emperor!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw these people, he felt a little friendly. At first glance, they looked like honest and friendly people.
Looking at their timid appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that such people were very honest and would not deceive him.
"Keep your head up."
Zhu Yuanzhang controlled his voice and made it sound amiable.
"Where are you from and what are your names?"
"The grassroots people are all from Yiwu County."
"The common man's name is Chen Da."
"The common man's name is Chen Er."
"The common man's name is Zhao Si."
After the three of them calmed down a little, they told Zhu Yuanzhang about their lives one by one.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he nodded slightly.
As soon as these people's names sounded like they were from the countryside, they had the same effect as Zhu Chongba.
"We heard that you are going to report Li Jin for rebellion. I wonder if that's the case?"
Hu
When Chen and the other three heard this, they couldn't help but glance at Hu Weiyong secretly, wondering whether they should answer or not.
When Hu Weiyong saw this, his eyes widened and he said angrily:
"What do you think I'm doing? Just answer whatever the emperor asks!"
"Didn't you stop me on the road to complain and accuse Li Jin of treason?"
Hu Weiyong's voice made these people tremble, and they nodded quickly and said:
"Yes, yes, the common people reported that Li Jin, the magistrate of Shanghu County, is plotting a rebellion."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes kept looking at the faces of Chen Da and Hu Weiyong, and then his face turned serious and he asked in a serious voice:
"Is everything you said true?"
"You must know that if you dare to frame a court official, you will be charged with rebellion."
"Sit back? What is sitting back?"
Zhu Biao looked at several people with confused faces and explained kindly:
"That is, if it is found to be a false accusation in the end, then you will bear the same charges."
"If Li Jin did not rebel, then you will bear the crime of rebellion, confiscate your home, and kill the nine tribes."
Chen and the other three looked at each other in confusion. No one had told them this before coming, so they couldn't help but look at Hu Weiyong again.
But this time Hu Weiyong didn't speak anymore, he just looked down at the floor with an expressionless face.
When Chen Da and others saw this, they knew that they and others had no way to retreat, so they had no choice but to bite and said:
"Every word of what the grassroots say is true."
"Then Li Jin was recruiting soldiers in our Yiwu County just seven days ago."
"Everyone in Yiwu County knows about this matter. You can go to Yiwu County and find someone to find out."
As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials were in an uproar.
If it is true as these people said, then Li Jin is dead.
Everyone in the county knew that Li Jin was recruiting soldiers. I'm afraid he couldn't hide this kind of thing even if he wanted to.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely happy.
Okay, that's really great.
No matter what Li Jin wants to do, but now that yellow mud has fallen into his crotch, Li Jin can never rely on him.
With so many witnesses, no matter how Li Jin defends himself, Zhu Yuanzhang can have Li Jin's house confiscated and beheaded.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong with even more admiration.
As expected of someone we value, he helped us accomplish a big thing just after he took office.
Hu Weiyong raised his head at this moment and saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. Hu Weiyong became even more energetic and said loudly:
"Reporting to your Majesty, what Li Jin did in Yiwu County is indeed true."
"I also have a report and memorial from the magistrate of Yiwu County. Please check it with your Majesty."
