Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang who was bowing and saluting, narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
"You are good at growing up. We know you are mature and prudent."
"It's just that now, our Ming Dynasty is changing all the time. You have to understand that just being cautious cannot do everything."
"We have sent Fu Youde and led an army of 100,000 to the southwest to take control of the country, for the so-called return of the country."
"It's just that the distance between the southwest and southwest is too far. If, as you said, we still make decisions before planning, what will happen if the business is delayed?"
"Hepu County in the southwest is not only related to the livelihood of the people in the southwest, but also related to the success or failure of our Ming Dynasty's reform of the land."
"Besides, Li Jin is now in charge of Hepu County. If something goes wrong, we will never let him go. Don't worry about this."
Li Shanchang couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had been insinuating that he was old.
He is indeed old now, but he is only over sixty years old. Throughout the ages, how many prime ministers have served in their seventies and are still active in the court?
There are countless of them. Li Shanchang feels that he can work for another ten years. Where does he need to retire?
After thinking for a while, Li Shanchang raised his hands again and replied:
"What the superior said is reasonable, but I lacked consideration."
"If I hadn't been reminded by my superiors, I would have almost made a big mistake. I sincerely ask my superiors to agree to open sea in Hepu County for the sake of the overall situation."
Li Shanchang is very wise in this regard. He can raise objections to Zhu Yuanzhang once or twice, but when Zhu Yuanzhang makes up his mind, Li Shanchang will know the current affairs and shut up immediately.
After following Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world for so many years, how could he not know Zhu Yuanzhang's temper?
This is the reason why Li Shanchang can be named the first hero of the founding of the country.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Shanchang's submission, he smiled slightly and said:
"Since there is no objection, then the matter is settled."
"Immediately pass the decree and let Li Jin, the prefect of Qinzhou, be responsible for rebuilding the port in Hepu County. After the port reconstruction is completed, it will be time for Hepu County to reopen to the sea."
"I hope Li Jin will continue his efforts and focus on political affairs and not let us down."
With Zhu Yuanzhang's decree coming to an end, today's morning court is coming to an end.
In fact, Li Shanchang didn't understand that the so-called reason for opening up the sea in Hepu County was not about reforming the country. After all, a hundred thousand troops were pressing down on the border. As long as those chieftains were not fools, who would dare to get into trouble at this time?
The reason for opening the sea is simply to improve his political performance. When the port in Hepu County is completed and opened to the sea, it will be the time for that person to return.
After the dynasty dispersed, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xiao Huangmen to call Hu Weiyong to the study room.
Li Shanchang naturally noticed this scene. He was angry but helpless.
After all, the two people who were originally master and apprentice reached this point. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was instigated, the bigger reason was naturally power and desire.
Since Hu Weiyong entered Zhongshu Province, he has been like a duck in water. With the support of himself and Zhu Yuanzhang behind him, it can be said that he has skyrocketed.
In less than a year, Hu Weiyong had climbed to the position of participating in politics in Zhongshu Province, and was only one step away from becoming the prime minister of Zhongshu Province.
It can be said that he has great power.
The current Zhongshu Province is very strange. Although Li Shanchang is the prime minister, he is superior to one person and inferior to ten thousand people.
But he was just a right prime minister, and the more noble left prime minister was not a scholar at all, but a martial artist.
This warrior is Zhu Yuanzhang's most trusted military commander, Duke Wei of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ministry of War and the Inspectorate in order to balance the civil and military affairs.
The Ministry of War naturally aims to restrict the rights of generals, while the Inspectorate suppresses generals so that they do not dare to be too arrogant and domineering.
As long as he, Zhu Yuanzhang, has the Inspectorate, he can seize the pigtails of these generals and deal with them anytime and anywhere.
What's even more amazing is that the person these generals hate is not Zhu Yuanzhang, but Liu Bowen, the censor of Zuodu who is considered to be a frequent snitch.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the excessive power of civilian officials, so he actually thought of making a military general serve as the left prime minister.
In this way, there were checks and balances between civil and military officials. Although Li Shanchang had the right to handle government affairs, he was not the head of civil servants. The head of civil servants was a martial artist. This strange phenomenon was the genius of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now if Hu Weiyong wants to move up, he can only squeeze himself out.
Everyone knows that Xu Da will definitely have to stay in the position of Zuo Prime Minister for a long time. Unless Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want him to do it anymore, or Xu Da is really old and can't go to court, he can retire.
It is Zhu Yuanzhang's national policy to serve as the prime minister of the left with a military general, and it will not be changed easily, at least not in the short term.
Therefore, the current tense relationship between Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong is likely to be a game designed by Zhu Yuanzhang, with the intention of splitting the entire Huaixi Group.
Li Shanchang sighed in his heart. After having been with Zhu Yuanzhang for so long, Li Shanchang could almost guess what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.
But even if he guessed it, there was nothing Li Shanchang could do.
It was impossible for him to go to Hu Weiyong to make peace, because that would affect Zhu Yuanzhang's interests, and by then, Li Shanchang would be even more dangerous.
But it is not that easy for Li Shanchang to just sit back and resign from his position as prime minister.
Li Shanchang looked at Hu Weiyong's leaving figure coldly, thinking about his plan in his heart.
