The rain is getting heavier and heavier. It is the late autumn rain, with a hint of chill. Li Wei was sitting alone in front of the window, staring at the slightly cold late autumn rain in a daze. He couldn't help but think of the poem "Autumn wind and autumn rain are so sad." This is Qiu Jin's long sigh of worrying about the country and the people five hundred years later. But at this time, the Ming Dynasty was just like the rising sun. The magnificent dynasty had just begun. He should have nothing to worry about the country, but he knew that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was due to the ultimate corruption of a series of national policies in the early Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to imitate the Tang system, such as the military household system and the hereditary soldiers. This was to imitate the Tang Dynasty's government system, so that the court would not have to bear heavy military expenditures. However, the Tang Dynasty's government system was eventually corrupted due to land annexation, which directly led to the Anshi Rebellion.

What about the military household system of the Ming Dynasty? Zhu Yuanzhang also saw the bad consequences of land annexation, so he strictly prohibited land annexation and ordered the powerful and high-ranking officials who occupied a large amount of land to retire from their land to receive their salaries. On the other hand, he encouraged farmers to reclaim land and realize the agricultural social dream of those who ploughed the land. He saw the serious consequences of separatist rule in the feudal towns, so he used clan children to build vassals on the border. He worked hard to prevent the tragedy of the late Tang Dynasty from happening again in the Ming Dynasty, and even set up an iron card, "Internal officials should not interfere in politics."

But this is only in the early Ming Dynasty, and in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the system of treating symptoms but not root causes remains unchanged, and the rules of land annexation cannot be changed by one person.

Looking at all dynasties, all of them have risen in the beginning, deteriorated in the middle and destroyed in the end. However, the initial capitalism in the middle and late Ming Dynasty flourished, but no political system was suitable for it, which made the Ming Dynasty re-take the old path of the Song Dynasty and be destroyed by foreign races. Isn’t that the Song Dynasty the same? The fire of Chinese civilization was far earlier than that of Europe, but it was not able to embark on the path of Europe’s prosperity. Where is its root?

Finally, in the late Qing Dynasty, the country was ruined and the nation was decadent, and it became a sick man from East Asia who was fooled by the foolish people and was slaughtered by others. How could he bear the feelings? After all, it was still the word "power". Who would the power belong to? To whom would belong to the king, to the ministers, or to the people? Originally, after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a complete power check and balance system was gradually formed. The power of the monarch was limited by the ministers, and the power of the ministers came from the huge scholar class. This power check and balance system was carried forward during the Song Dynasty and adapted to the development of the economy and society. Even the Song Dynasty became the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history. It’s a pity that the nightmare left behind by the chaotic country of the martial man in the late Tang Dynasty could not be gone forever, which made Song Xuan prosperous but not hard, and prosperity eventually became a flash in the pan.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang kicked away this principle of checks and balances, and took over the power of the world by the emperor. However, this totalitarian system was carried forward by the Qing emperor, turning all the people of the world into slaves of one person. Power is used by one person, so how can the country be undefeated?

Li Wei sighed. He had been in the Ming Dynasty for two years. In the past two years, he had completely integrated into this era. However, many of his thoughts from later generations have not been destroyed. He has always dreamed of using the bones of the Han and Tang dynasties, the flesh and blood of the Song dynasties, and the soul of democratic later generations to rebuild a brand new Chinese civilization. He began to carefully test whether the blue sea could open up a closed society like an iron barrel in the Ming Dynasty. But just this little bit of temptation brought him an unprecedented crisis. Tomorrow, he will face the biggest test in his life. Can he pass this level?

Just as Li Wei was staring at Qiuyu in a daze, the door quietly pushed open. Yao Ji walked in with a bowl of red dates and longan soup. She put the bowl in front of Li Wei and said gently: "Master, Qiu Yehan, drink the bowl of hot soup to replenish your body!"

Li Wei smiled, put his waist on his lap and sat on his lap and said, "Is it raining like this in late autumn in Japan?"

Yao Ji nodded slightly, and a hint of melancholy appeared in her eyes. Li Wei was just seeing it and asked, "Do you miss your hometown?"

"There is one thing that I miss my parents and brothers and sisters. I wonder if I can see them again in this life?" Yao Ji's sorrow was infected by the autumn rain. She whispered: "You ask if there is no return date. The night rain in Bashan rises to the autumn pond. This is the Tang poem my father taught me when he was a child. Only today do I understand its artistic conception."

Li Wei smiled and patted her fair and delicate face, comforting her, "I promise you that I will definitely take you back to China with a glorious atmosphere. At that time, I will ask you to be the translator for me!"

Yao Ji rested her head on his shoulder, snuggled in his arms like a cat, quietly listening to the rustling sound of the rain hitting dead branches, her beautiful eyes full of longing for the future.

The next morning, dozens of palace guards rode fast horses and rushed to the gate of Li Wei's main mansion like a whirlwind. They jumped off the horse and knocked heavily on the door.

"Who!" Qianqian opened the door. She looked at a group of palace guards outside the door in surprise. Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard commander Liu Yong shouted: "The emperor has an order to order the commander of Weihai Guard Li Weizheng to enter the palace to attend the morning court immediately."

Li Wei was walking out of the mansion quickly and asked, "Mr. Liu, should I ask me to attend the morning court or the afternoon court meeting?"

"Mr. Li, please come with me quickly! The emperor temporarily changed the agenda and originally changed the matter of Goryeo that was discussed in the afternoon to the morning court. The envoy of Goryeo has already entered the palace. Because it involves you, the emperor ordered you to go to the palace to ask immediately."

Li Wei was surprised. Isn’t the plan to discuss the matter of Goryeo this afternoon, and then the morning court will officially meet the envoy of Goryeo tomorrow? How did it change? "Mr. Liu, what happened?"

"I don't know, Lord Li, the emperor is still waiting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony! Come with me."

A temporary change of the agenda was extremely unfavorable to Li Weizheng. Fitingan had to write a letter to the emperor after the morning court was over, but in this way, things would be delayed. Li Wei was trying to calm himself down and nodded and said, "Okay! I'll go to the palace with you now."

At this moment, the Taihe Hall has temporarily stopped the court. Zhu Yuanzhang went to Zhonghe Hall to rest. The civil and military officials in the Taihe Hall were talking a lot. Just now, the envoy of Goryeo presented Li Chenggui's official document to Zhu Yuanzhang. Li Chenggui said in the document that King Goryeo was still young and he took charge of the state affairs of Quan Goryeo. He hoped that His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty approved it. Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to Li Chenggui's request and formally appointed him as Quan Goryeo. However, Li Chenggui's second request was to return Danluo Island. Zhu Yuanzhang did not express his opinion, but announced that Li Weizheng would meet.

At this time, all the civil and military officials in the hall knew that the matter had come to a decision. Everyone was not interested in the ownership of Danluo Island. What they were interested in was Li Weizheng's final outcome. A small commander, who had only less than two years of experience, dared to challenge the dignified prince and the most powerful minister of the dynasty. This was too overestimated. Did he think he was still a thousand households in the Jinyiwei?

It was Li Weizheng's imprint on the Jinyiwei that made him almost an enemy of the ministers. The senior officials of the Jinyiwei never had any good endings. The first Mao Xiang was the Hu Weiyong case and was buried with him. Now Jiang Yan would not be able to escape from death sooner or later. However, Li Wei was a thousand households for less than a year, but he was cruel and vicious. He publicly skinned the magistrate in Guangzhou and peeled the first person on the street. He then created the case of Jiangxiahou Zhou Dexing, and Zhou Dexing's family was executed.

Although all officials knew that the magistrate of Guangzhou was convicted of corruption and Zhou Dexing was implicated by his son, the magistrate of Guangzhou did not understand Li Weizheng for this reason. On the contrary, the magistrate of Guangzhou was a Jinshi. The skinning of his skin aroused the anger of officials of Jinshi, as if he had peeled his skin. Afterwards, hundreds of people signed and followed up in the book that Zhan Hui impeached Li Weizheng. Although Li Weizheng was later transferred from the Jinyiwei, the shadow left by this matter has been waving away in the hearts of all officials.

The second is the Zhou Dexing case. Zhou Dexing was a founding veteran and served as an official in Fujian for a long time. Although he was executed due to the disaster of his son's uterus, no one dared to take his anger on Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead, he pointed his finger at Li Weizheng, the three Jinyiwei families who handled the case. Especially the Fujian military and the Ministry of War hated Li Weizheng to the core. This is the root cause of the Fujian military's impeachment of Li Wei to let go of fishermen on Xiaoliuqiu Island.

As the melodious bells came from the Zhonghe Hall, after the rest, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to return to the Taihe Hall. The Taihe Hall suddenly became quiet. Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the main hall surrounded by guards and palace maids. He sat down and glanced at the ministers and said, "The envoys of Xuan Goryeo met again."

"The emperor has issued an order to Xuan Goryeo envoys to meet again!"

The shouts of the Han general came down to the hall. After a moment, the Goryeo envoy Pei Kelian walked up to the hall. He knelt down and said, "The vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the last minister Pei Kelian, met His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty."

The person who translated Pei Kelian was another official from the pedestrian department. The emperor suddenly wanted to summon Pei Kelian early this morning, but Han Yi, who was the translator, disappeared for a while, and the pedestrian department was in chaos. Finally, another small official who knew Goryeo language temporarily translated it for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked again, "Is Li Weizheng here?"

The guards passed the words, and soon after, Li Weizheng was led into the hall. Li Weizheng's arrival caused a small commotion. King Zhu Ren of Qin quickly exchanged glances with Zhan Hui. The two nodded. Zhan Hui's eyes turned to the Minister of War Sun Jiatai, and hinted to him that he would strike Li Weizheng in the first time later.

Li Wei was kneeling down and worshiping: "My dear Li Wei was meeting His Majesty the Emperor, I wish His Majesty a long life!"

"Li Aiqing is calm, so you can go to the side to listen to the court." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to stand aside with a expressionless face. The Goryeo envoy requested the return of Danluo Island, and Li Weizheng, as the person involved, must leave the list.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Wei was standing up and quickly came to the area where the third-rank official stood.

Zhu Yuanzhang's attention returned to the Goryeo envoy Pei Kelian. He said without any haste: "Goryeo kept saying that the Ming Dynasty occupied Danluo Island and demanded the return of Goryeo. Goryeo took the opportunity to go north to occupy the territory of our Ming Dynasty. I have not forgotten that before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo captured He, Deng, Ding, Chang, Yu, Gao, Wen, Yi, Xuande, Ningren, Huide, Jingbian and other towns. In the 12th year of Hongwu, it was Li.

Cheng Gui blatantly sent troops to prevent our Ming army from resuming the rule of the Helan Mansion of the Yuan Dynasty. Just two years ago, the Goryeo army crossed the Motianling Mountains and established the so-called Wanhu Mansion of Jizhou in the Ming Dynasty without authorization. He also sent a list of documents to instruct the tribes on the ground of the East Jurchens. Goryeo occupied our territory and did not come to apologize when recruiting my people. Why did the Ming Dynasty occupy Danluo Island immediately come and ask for it? This slowdown and impediment made it really difficult for me to understand. Is Goryeo really a minister of my Ming Dynasty?"

The emperor's questioning attracted a series of secret praise from the ministers. It can be seen that the emperor was prepared for today's dynasty meeting. Goryeo wanted to return to Danluo Island, but it had to return the Ming territory occupied by Goryeo. This was almost a consensus among all the civil and military officials of the dynasty. Danluo Island was worthless to the Ming Dynasty, but the territory on the land could not be given up.

Only Li Wei's face changed drastically. He heard that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to give up Danluo Island. The Danluo Island he seized the opportunity to occupy finally became Zhu Yuanzhang's bargaining weight for northern land. He was very anxious, but he did not dare to object easily.

After listening to the translation, Pei Kelian let down his heart. The attitude of the Ming Dynasty was actually as expected by Li Chenggui. The Ming Dynasty didn’t even want the huge Little Liuqiu Island, would he care about a small Danluo Island? But Danluo Island was extraordinary to Goryeo. The Ming Dynasty occupied this island and would directly threaten the safety of Goryeo. Make some concessions appropriately, take Danluo Island back first, and then slowly map northward. This is the strategy set by Li Chenggui.

Pei Kelian immediately knelt down again and kowtowed, "Your Majesty has no idea that the occupation of the territory of the Ming Dynasty was done by the former Goryeo King without authorization. General Li resolutely returned to the army to abolish the King of Goryeo because he strongly opposed the invasion of King of Goryeo. In order to show his sincerity to worship the Ming Dynasty, General Li was willing to return the north of the Motianling Ridge to the Ming Dynasty. In addition, when General Li's son Li Fangyuan was stationed in Busan, he angered the Celestial Empire because he could not return the Ming cargo ship in time. General Li himself broke his son's leg and cut off one of his fingers to show punishment."

Speaking of this, he turned around and greeted the deputy envoy. The deputy envoy stepped forward with a golden plate and knelt down, holding the golden plate high above his head. In the plate was a map, a bottle of soil and a brocade box containing Li Fangyuan's broken fingers.

Pei Kelian continued: "Your Majesty, the map and soil indicate our sincerity in returning the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In the brocade box is Li Fangyuan's broken finger. General Li apologized to Your Majesty for offending Daming's power."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly. Li Chenggui was very aware of the current affairs. He was so pleased with the Ming Dynasty. It seemed that he wanted to replace Goryeo and replace him. He was about to issue an order to accept it, but Sun Jiatai, the Minister of War, suddenly stood up and knelt down respectfully and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have a question. Please ask your Majesty to ask Goryeo envoys."

"Your dear, just ask."

Sun Jiatai glanced at Li Weizheng with a slight glance, then walked to Pei Kelian and asked, "Just just now, I heard that Li Fangyuan's crime was not returned to my Ming cargo ship in time, but the person involved here said that Li Fangyuan wanted to embezzle my Ming cargo ship, one was timely and the other was embezzled. The meaning was very different. I want to ask clearly, what was going on?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not say a word, and he also wanted to know the truth of the matter. Pei Kelian kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, Shangshu Sun, Li Fangyuan has the courage to embezzle the Ming cargo ships. It's just because he had just arrived in Busan to take office and did not know much about the ownership of the Ming cargo ships. He was very young and in his early twenties. He dared not make any decision on this matter and had to ask the Goryeo court for advice. So he did not return the cargo ships immediately. Unexpectedly, he angered Daming Tianwei, which led to the Ming military ships bombarding Busan. The merchants and the people were killed and injured. No less than a thousand merchants drowned. The people's homes were destroyed and the houses collapsed, and there were countless casualties and wounded. These General Li did not dare to have any complaints about the Ming Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Pei Kelian burst into tears and kowtowed continuously. The court suddenly felt an uproar. Everyone turned their heads and looked at Li Weizheng. Li Weizheng sighed secretly. In order to kill him, Zhan Hui did not hesitate to collude with Goryeo to weave lies. Fortunately, he was ready. Li Weizheng walked out of the Chaole and knelt down and said, "Please explain to your Majesty."

"You say!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face was extremely gloomy. If the Goryeo people said, Li Wei was just killing people, and he would never let him go.

"Your Majesty, after I arrived at the Port of Busan, Li Fangyuan sent people to say that there were no Ming cargo ships in Busan at all. When I tortured the people he sent, I realized that Li Fangyuan had all captured all the workers on the Ming cargo ship, replaced them with Goryeo, and hid the cargo ship. I repeatedly asked for it, but they just refused to admit that there were Ming cargo ships, and they did not say that they would go to the capital to ask for instructions, and also dispatched troops to confront me. I had no choice but to fire a gun to demonstrate. At that time, there were only three merchant ships in the port, and there were no people on the ships. There were no houses in Busan Port, and there were no innocent people who died or injured, and they were purely nonsense. They released the Ming ship workers under my pressure and returned the Ming cargo ship. If Your Majesty did not believe it, you could ask the ship workers and ask other Ming soldiers who participated in the battle. Who was making up lies can be distinguished immediately."

Sun Jiatai sneered and said, "Mr. Li, you are avoiding the real and the false. You know that the boatmen are transporting grain in Guangdong now, and you know that the other soldiers are in Weihaiwei, and it depends on your face. You want the emperor to ask now, who is the emperor asking? Where to ask?"

Sun Jiatai turned around and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Goryeo came on behalf of a country. What he said was what Goryeo said. I thought there would be no falsehood. Li Chenggui had severely punished his son for this matter. I thought there was no need for Goryeo to deceive the Ming Dynasty again."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Weizheng and said coldly: "Commander Li, what else do you have to say? Whether I am Goryeo or the general of the Ming Dynasty, I just want to know the truth."

Seeing that the matter had reached a point where it was necessary, Li Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Goryeo will certainly not take the risk of cheating on Your Majesty, but the envoy's words did not represent Goryeo, but someone secretly colluded with him in our court and prepared a set of lies in advance."

As soon as Li Weizheng said this, the court suddenly exclaimed. Zhan Hui's face turned pale and his legs were trembling. When he saw that today's translation was not Han Yi, he vaguely felt something was wrong. Now Li Wei was exposing his conspiracy, how could he not be afraid?

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sat upright and asked sternly: "Li Weizheng, do you have any evidence?"

"I have no evidence in my hands, but there is evidence in my hands of Fitingan, a thousand households in the three Jinyiwei schools."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Weizheng deeply and immediately pronounced an imperial edict: "I ordered the thousand households in the Jinyiwei to meet with Fei Ting'an."

"The emperor has issued an order to meet Fetingan, a thousand households in the Xuanjin Yiwei!"

"The emperor has issued an order to meet Fetingan, a thousand households in the Xuanjin Yiwei!"

The decrees were passed down, and the hall was silent. Soon, the figures outside the hall were shaking, and Fitingan was brought in. He knelt down and bowed, "My minister, Fitingan, see His Majesty the Emperor."

"Fei Qianhu, Commander Li said that you have evidence that my Ming Dynasty ministers colluded with Goryeo envoys, but that's it?"

Fitingan didn't say anything for a long time. Li Weijing stared at him tightly. Seeing his face turned red and white, Li Weizheng began to feel something was wrong in his heart. Fitingan didn't dare to look at Li Weizheng. After a while, he whispered: "I have never heard of this."

At this moment, Li Wei seemed to have stepped into a deep abyss. His heart was frozen. Fitingan betrayed him at the most critical moment. The hall was silent, so quiet that it was as if a needle could be heard.

Surprisingly, Zhu Yuanzhang was not furious. He waved his hand gently and said, "I will investigate this matter clearly. Now I have decided that as long as Goryeo retreats to the south of Motianling, I can return Danluo Island to Goryeo."

"Your Majesty!" Li Wei was kneeling down and said anxiously: "Danluo Island is not a land of Goryeo. The Danluo Kingdom has existed on Danluo Island since ancient times. Now the Danluo King is still there..."

"Enough!" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Li Weizheng's words, and he was finally angry. Although Fitingan denied that someone had colluded with the envoy of Goryeo, he also vaguely guessed that this matter would not be groundless and he did not continue to investigate the matter. However, Li Weizheng was not tactful and must keep Danluo Island. Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Is it necessary for him to teach this matter?

"I have decided that if you dare to say more, I will punish you for deceiving the king."

Li Weizheng lowered his head helplessly. Zhu Yuanzhang finally could not understand the importance of Haiquan. It seemed impossible to persuade him to take back Xiaoliuqiu Island. However, the envoy of Goryeo was overjoyed. He kowtowed repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty's kindness, the people of Goryeo will be engraved in their hearts. Goryeo is willing to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for generations."

He slowly retreated, and the matter of Goryeo seemed to have ended like this, but Li Weizheng's crisis had just begun. Sun Jiatai sneered, took out a memorial and said, "Your Majesty, I still have this memorial."

"Please speak with Aiqing Sun!"

"I received a memorial from the Fujian Commander's Office yesterday. The Fujian Navy impeached Li Wei and released more than 10,000 fishermen who betrayed the Ming Dynasty when he was on Xiaoliuqiu Island. He despised the emperor's national policy of banning the sea. Please punish him severely!"

A chill flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Weizheng and asked word by word: "Have you really let them go?"

Li Weizheng sighed in his heart. The Fiting case betrayed him and made him passive step by step. It seems that he is unable to protect himself today. He nodded silently and said, "Your Majesty, I did not kill them. When I wiped out the Japanese pirates on Xiaoliuqiu Island, they helped the officers and soldiers and made contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, they have more than 10,000 people, and I dare not deal with them without authorization. I want to ask Your Majesty to make a decision."

"Do you really dare not deal with it without authorization? If you really think they are guilty, then why don't you report it to the emperor? If you conceal or not, you are simply despising the national policy of banning the sea and not taking the emperor seriously."

This is Zhan Hui's out of the list. In their plan, since Zhou Ming was dead, the Qin King mentioned this matter again, it seemed that there was insufficient evidence. He was suspected of revenge on Li Weizheng, which would affect the Qin King's plan to enter the Eastern Palace. Since Zhan Hui decided to assist the Qin King in the end, he would not let the Qin King take risks easily, so Zhan Hui would eventually carry out a fatal blow to Li Weizheng.

He walked out slowly, knelt down and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said in a deep voice: "I also want to impeach Li Wei, the Ming Dynasty's national policy of banning the sea. It is not accidental that he lets fishermen go on Xiaoliuqiu Island. I also report something to the emperor."

Murderous intent arose in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart again. He could tolerate Li Weizheng's bombardment of Goryeo Busan. After all, this was to teach the Goryeo a lesson for him, but he could never tolerate anyone's strategy of provoking him. He looked at Li Weizheng coldly and unconsciously pressed his belt down to his stomach.

"What's up?"

At this time, not only were the Zhan Hui party members, but nearly a thousand ministers in the hall knew that Li Weizheng was unable to escape this time. The emperor had already murderous intent. Some people suddenly felt a sense of sympathy. Li Wei was standing alone in the hall without anyone to help him. He seemed so lonely. His failure was destined. A Jinyiwei who had no strength and even the only Jinyiwei he relied on betrayed him. How could he be able to fight against the Qin King and Zhan Hui party? How sad!

A sinister smile flashed in Zhan Hui's eyes. He actually had a killer move that he had not used. He has endured this killer move until now, just to kill Li Wei at the last moment, and he handed over a memorial.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Liangcheng, the governor of Dengzhou, and Yang Guozhen, the governor of Penglai, let the fishermen go to sea to catch fish without authorization, and went out to sea to buy food from Goryeo. The evidence is conclusive, but Li Weizheng concealed it and refused to report it. Isn't this his despise of the Ming Dynasty's national policy?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was finally furious. He threw Zhan Hui's memorial to the ground and shouted sternly: "I have repeatedly strict orders that the people will not be allowed to go into the sea. Those who violate the order should not be beaten. The prefect of Dengzhou dared to know the law and violate the law. He passed on my order. The Jinyiwei immediately went to Dengzhou and beheaded the prefect and the county magistrate on the spot."

Li Weizheng was shocked and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the people have no food to eat in Dengzhou. The governor Zhao had no choice but to go into the sea. Please forgive them."

"Shut up!" Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Li Weizheng and cursed: "I have tolerated you again and again, but you have repeatedly challenged my bottom line. I can't bear it anymore. Someone came and pushed Li Weizheng out and beat him to death!"

Li Weizheng also took the initiative and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you can kill ministers, but Zhao is one of the few officials who love the people. He would rather starve his parents to death than lose to the people. Your Majesty, you cannot kill him!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. He grabbed the wooden gourd of the guards and smashed it hard at Li Weizheng, "Pull it out and kill it, and then destroy the three tribes!"

More than a dozen guards who were like wolves and tigers came forward to catch Li Weizheng and dragged him down. Li Weizheng struggled and shouted, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhao is not guilty!"

At this critical moment, a trembling shout came from outside the hall gate: "Father, keep someone under the knife!"

Two guards appeared outside the hall gate with the skinny prince Zhu Biao. He rushed two steps and knelt down, shouting unhurriedly: "Father, beg your father to spare Li Weizheng's life for his sake."

After shouting, he spurted out blood and fainted on the ground. There was chaos in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Several guards hurriedly wanted to help him. However, Zhu Yuanzhang rushed down from the hall and picked up his son and shouted: "Son, how are you doing? Pass it to the Imperial Doctor! Pass it to the Imperial Doctor!"

Zhu Biao opened his faint eyes, and he looked at his father with tears in his face, begging melancholy: "My son is about to die, I only beg my father to spare Li Weizheng's life."
Chapter completed!