Zhu Yuanzhang praised Hu Weiyong with a smile on his face last second, but the next second, he asked in a stern tone:

"Hu Weiyong, do you know why we want to suppress you without using it?"

Seeing that the emperor had brought up the old things, Hu Weiyong hurriedly knelt down and said in fear:

"I guess it's the business of Xiao Ming King."

Zhu Yuanzhang still asked with no expression on his face:

"What did you think?"

"What I originally thought was that the emperor would make great contributions to the emperor and the emperor would reward him."

Speaking of this, Hu Weiyong's head couldn't help but lower himself.

"Later, I thought again, the emperor would not only not only not have the last time, but also exiled me to the world."

"In the end, I will kill the minister and silence him and cut off his head."

"Later, I thought again, whether it was killing or rewarding me, I could only wait without regrets."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face finally changed a little, and he said in confusion:

"Why?"

"Since I choose to follow the emperor, I have to be determined without hesitation. Regardless of life, death, honor and disgrace, it is my destiny."

Hu Weiyong finally said what he said in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth and said:

"I'm trying to guess our thoughts without authorization and be smart."

"Does we need to kill King Xiao Ming? With our merits and power, we can completely let King Xiao Ming abdicate."

"If you don't do something openly and honest, you have to be smart and kill Xiao Ming and let us bear this eternal infamy."

"You said, should we punish you?"

Hu Weiyong was so scared that he was overwhelmed with panic on his face, and said in fear:

"Your Majesty, I know I am wrong."

"In recent years, I always feel heartbroken whenever I think of this."

"Now I have changed my mind and beg the emperor to give me a chance."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, and did not answer Hu Weiyong, but instead changed the topic:

"You are a capable minister."

"But sometimes it's too much!"

"If you often understand the emperor's thoughts, treat yourself as the emperor's confidant, and do good at life and death!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang paused, his tone became colder again, and he asked:

"Over time, don't you just treat your own thoughts as the emperor's thoughts?"

"At that time, do you say, are you the emperor, or are we the emperor?"

Hu Weiyong didn't dare to look up, but kept shouting:

"I know my sins, please ask the emperor to atone for his sins."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked around Hu Weiyong, but the words he spoke out from his mouth scared Hu Weiyong to death.

"At the beginning, we wanted to kill you directly to relieve our hatred!"

When Hu Weiyong heard this, he was so scared that he was out of his mind and dared not speak.

"But we can't bear to bear to kill you!"

"Not only can't bear to bear it, but to tell you the truth, when we considered the position of Prime Minister of the Secretariat, we also thought of you."

If the first half of the sentence makes Hu Weiyong fall into hell, then this sentence makes Hu Weiyong fly from hell to heaven in an instant.

Hu Weiyong suddenly raised his head, and a surprise flashed in his eyes, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang in disbelief.

"Hu Weiyong, we know your abilities. If you let go of all your abilities, you will definitely be smarter and more capable than Li Shanchang."

"We have high hopes for you, and I hope you don't let us down!"

"Do you understand what we mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was not stingy in praise of Hu Weiyong at all, and Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to Hu Weiyong.

After all, he was an old brother who was uprising in Haozhou and had real talents. Now he praised him more so that he could do things wholeheartedly for himself.

After hearing these praises, Hu Weiyong was so excited that he couldn't help but feel excited even though his heart, which had gradually become cold over the years.

"The emperor, the ministers will definitely be heartbroken to repay the emperor's kindness."

After saying that, his head hit the hard city wall heavily.

Zhu Yuanzhang grinned and smiled silently. No matter what, it still made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy to be able to win over such a capable minister.

"Fix the city wall well. When you finish this, we have another important task."

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and left the city wall and returned to the study room.

....

After being inspired by Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Weiyong completed the expected one month's work in less than half a month.

Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly excited and decided to let Hu Weiyong rest for a few days, and then he took office as the Secretariat.

This time, the position Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for Hu Weiyong was to participate in politics in the Secretariat. Although the grade was not high, it was an important position to participate in discussions on major national affairs.

After receiving the imperial edict, Hu Weiyong was even more grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Hu Weiyong is valued by the emperor now, and with the support of Li Shanchang, the top leader of the Secretariat, a broad road has already appeared in front of him.

Next, just follow the steps and endure the teacher Li Shanchang until retirement, and the position of Prime Minister of the Secretariat is his possession.

Hu Weiyong did not rest during the few days of rest.

He always remembered the tasks assigned by his teacher. On the first day of his rest, he hired a carriage to Shanghu County.

Hu Weiyong must take advantage of these few days of rest to understand the situation in Shanghu County.

Although Li Shanchang was his teacher, Hu Weiyong still felt that Li Shanchang was really exaggerating about Shanghu County.

It is possible that Shanghu County is indeed well-managed, but it is definitely not as prosperous as Li Shanchang described. It is likely that the servants have no knowledge and are talking nonsense in front of Li Shanchang.

If it is really as the servant said, I am afraid that the county magistrate of Shanghu County will not be a human being, but a monster, otherwise how could he create such a grand scene?

Hu Weiyong had already made a decision in his heart against Huxian. It was just a servant's nonsense. It would be good if he could believe one or two goals.

But when Hu Weiyong really reached Shanghu County, he realized that he was wrong, and he was very wrong, and he was ridiculously wrong.

When Hu Weiyong saw the flat and wide gray-white avenue, he knew that Shanghu County was definitely not as simple as he thought.

When he arrived at the county town, he saw the clouds of shops, shoulder to shoulder people, and tall buildings like forests. Hu Weiyong only felt that his values ​​were shattered.

There is such a prosperous city in this world?

Is there really a county town that can sweat and turn its sleeves into clouds? The county magistrate of Shanghu County is so terrifying.

In order to find out the real situation in Shanghu County, Hu Weiyong stayed here for three days.

During these three days, he made a systematic statistics on Shanghu County from the composition of the people in this city, the source of commerce and the cultivation of land.

However, this statistical result once again shattered Hu Weiyong's worldview.

The prosperity of this Shanghu County comes from the magistrate of Shanghu County Li Jin, and Li Jin has only taken office for less than five years and has made Shanghu County so prosperous.

Is this something that one person can do?

You should know that if the taxes in this city are really collected, they will be far beyond Yingtian. Even Yingtian Prefecture may not be as good as Shanghu County!

Apart from monsters, Hu Weiyong didn't know how to describe Li Jin.

Fortunately, Hu Weiyong knew that Li Jin was from Huaixi, so he planned to visit Li Jin.

But what happened next directly broke Hu Weiyong's perception of Li Jin and refreshed Hu Weiyong's outlook on life.
Chapter completed!