"This wine is called Erguotou!"
"I obtained it from an old friend. Liu Ji, you old fellow, try it too!”
"I guarantee that you won't be able to drink this wine anywhere else!”
Wuying Hall, the Emperor's royal study.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen sat facing each other. The Emperor personally poured a glass of wine for Liu Ji.
Liu Ji was terrified and did not dare to delay.
After the Emperor insisted, he carefully took another sip of the wine.
His face was twisted by the spiciness of the Erguotou at first, but after a while, his expression relaxed.
"Good wine!"
"Although this wine is spicy in the mouth, after it enters the throat, it inexplicably warms the body!“
"Your Majesty, who is this old friend you are talking about? I believe that after following Your Majesty for many years, I don't remember anyone around you who knows how to brew wine.”
"Not to mention brewing such good wine!”
When the Emperor heard this, he thought of Liu Ji's identity as Liu Wu and smiled mysteriously.
"You're leaving, so there's no need to get to know him!”
"I don't think you want to see him!”
When Liu Ji heard this, his body stiffened slightly.
The information given by the Emperor made him forget to ask about Chen Shu's identity.
"You've already guessed this minister's intentions?”
"Your Majesty, this subject has failed to live up to Your Majesty's expectations.“
"In addition, I'm already old and powerless!”
"I beg Your Majesty to let Liu Ji go and retire!”
The Emperor drank his wine in silence.
Liu Bowen's old age was fake, but it was true that he was forced to leave by Li Shan Chang.
However, he didn't want to expose the crux of the matter, just like he wanted to let Liu Bowen go.
Liu Ji might have hoped that the Emperor would keep him, but Old Zhu did not.
He was Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty.
No matter how conceited Liu Ji was, he wanted to prove that he had no one and that the world could continue to spin.
"Since Mister has already thought it through, this one will not keep Mister!”
"Take care of the things in your hands. Before you leave the capital, zhen will send you off!”
"I dare not trouble Your Majesty!"
Liu Ji was terrified.
The Emperor was silent for a moment before asking,"
"Teacher Liu, after you leave, who do you think should take over the position of the Imperial Censor?”
"Or, who do you think can be put in an important position in the court?”
Liu Ji thought for a moment and said the names of three people.
"Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang, and Hu Weiyong!”
"Old Hu is from Huaixi, right? You old fellow, you don't know how to avoid suspicion. Alright, I'll remember it!”
The Emperor put down his wine cup and Liu Ji stood up.
Then, he knelt on the ground.
"I don't know if I will be able to see the emperor again in this life. This subject Liu Ji will kneel and bid farewell to the emperor!”
Liu Bowen was very serious. He knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times before slowly getting up and turning to leave.
The Emperor watched him leave and sighed.
……
Outside the palace gate, a carriage was waiting for Liu Bowen.
"Milord, did the Emperor not make you stay?"
Liu Bowen got into the car with another person.
Liu Ji shook his head.
"If I didn't beg the emperor, the emperor wouldn't have kept me!”
"This is what I knew before I went to the palace!”
"This time, Li Shan Zhang is pressing too hard. If I don't retreat, I will be killed!”
"Since the emperor doesn't want to appear, I can only retreat!”
Liu Bowen changed his pride as a senior in the palace and possessed her again.
However, this meritorious minister of the Ming Dynasty had a complicated look in his eyes.
He thought that he was smart and was far from being comparable to Lee Shan Chang, but because of his personality, Lao Zhu was also afraid of him.
He also knew that Old Zhu had given him the title of "Uncle of Sincerity" to suppress his arrogance.
If he gave in, his future might not be inferior to Li Shan Zhang.
However, Liu Ji had his own pride. Even if he relied on his position as an Earl of Sincerity and a censor, he could still compete with the Duke of Korea, Lee Shan Chang, who controlled most of the founding dukes.
He had even made Lee Shan Chang suffer a great loss, but he had also received Lee Shan Chang's crazy counterattack.
This time, Liu Ji had no choice but to retreat.
However, he was not willing to retreat just like that.
"Yang Xian, I just recommended you to the Emperor. If there are no accidents, you will definitely have a position in my Imperial Censor or the Ministry of Central Affairs!“
"You came from the Imperial Examiner's background, and the Emperor trusts you!”
"He doesn't know about our relationship, so he should put you in an important position!”
"After you take office, you can secretly gather evidence and kill Li Shan Chang in one blow!”
"Yes, teacher!"
Yang Xianzi, who was in the narrow carriage, still bowed to Liu Ji.
"Teacher's wisdom is unparalleled, but unfortunately, Li Shan Zhang is too powerful!”
"I've always thought that the number one civil official is a teacher!”
"Even if His Majesty suppresses Teacher's noble title and status, he can't suppress Teacher's scheme of being the best in the world!”
"The number one schemer in the world?"
When Liu Bowen heard this, he could not help but laugh.
Although he was proud, he did not really think that he was number one in the world.
Liu Ji was indeed very proud, including now. Even if he was forced by Li Shan Chang to resign to avoid disaster, he still did not like Li Shan Chang.
He could let Liu Ji go, but he would have to suffer his revenge.
However, Liu Ji looked down on Li Shan Chang, but it did not mean that he looked down on the person in the palace.
Liu Ji had always believed that the methods of the person in the palace were comparable to his.
However, when he thought of the Emperor, he couldn't help but think of an image of a delicate child.
That child had also made him suffer a lot back then.
Especially when he pointed at the Emperor's nose and scolded Zhu Yuanzhang for having a pair of dog eyes and not recognizing the heroes of the world. Although it was funny now that he thought about it, he probably did not know that the Zhu Da he scolded was the wise Lord Zhu Yuanzhang he spoke of.
However, that child had a thorough understanding of the current situation in the world. Even after so many years, Liu Ji still had a deep impression of him.
"If he was still alive, it would definitely be good to fight with me. Unfortunately, merchants are destined to be useless!”
"In this chaotic world, life is like a straw dog. That child probably didn't survive, right?”
Liu Bowen quickly erased the image of Chen Shu from his mind, and his mood was as calm as ever.
His carriage passed by a house. If Chen Shu went out at this time, he would probably meet an old friend.
Unfortunately, the Chen figures in the house were checking the accounts that Xu Miaoyun had handed over.
"More than 5,000 copies. This number should be the highest!”
Chen Shu looked at the accounts and was very satisfied with Xu San's work.
In just ten days, he had sold more than 5,000 units of penicillin. Xu San's connections were not bad.
Xu Da, Duke of Wei, looked at Chen Shu nervously like a servant. When Chen Shu praised him, he was proud.
However, Chen Shu said that the business of penicillin had reached its peak, and he was worried about his gains and losses.
"It's already very good!"
Chen Shu saw Xu Da's disappointment and comforted him.
"If I'm not wrong, this amount of penicillin should have emptied the money bags of the high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing!”
"Of course, if they didn't empty their pockets, they probably wouldn't dare to take out money!”
"If you take out more, you'll have to bear the anger of the higher-ups!”
Chen Shu did not know that when he said this,
Next door, Zhu Biao's scalp was numb.
Was this guy a monster?
Had he guessed what Imperial Father was thinking?
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