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Chapter 1156: Li Wei's Debriefing 5

Li Wei waited for nearly two hours, and he waited from morning to noon, and only three of the officials who were waiting together were called in. As for the others, they were also waiting like Li Wei.

In addition, after Li Wei, several officials from the sixth and seventh ranks came. They sat in the corridor like Li Wei.

At noon, an official from the Ministry of Personnel came to ask if you need food. If you need it, he can help you buy it.

Of course, running errands requires money, which is also a feature of the Ministry of Personnel. As for what food is naturally impossible, it is nothing more than beef pancakes and other things. There is definitely no problem with what to do with your belly.

Therefore, the waiting officials, including Li Wei, paid for the official to help run errands. When the beef cake arrived, Li Wei ate two of the boiled water sent by the official, and then he was full of his belly.

After lunch, Li Wei continued to wait. After another hour, footsteps came. Li Wei opened his eyes and saw a young official walking past the corridor. Seeing that his clothes were third-rank officials, he didn't know which one he was.

The official seemed to be about to go inside, when he passed by the corridor, he saw the officials waiting in the corridor, and soon his eyes stopped on Li Wei.

After all, among the officials waiting, Li Wei has the highest rank, and he sat alone without whispering softly with other officials, so he seemed very unique.

The official stopped on Li Wei for a while, quickly withdrew his gaze, and then went inside. But unexpectedly, a moment later, an official came to the corridor and found Li Wei and asked Li Wei to follow him in.

Li Wei was a little surprised because there were two officials who had not entered before him, so why did he suddenly get himself in? But since it was a good thing to advance in advance, Li Wei got up and tidy up his official uniform, thanked the official, and then followed the official into it.

The official led Li Wei into the inside. Li Wei followed him and walked through two yards before he arrived at a wing room. The official stopped and knocked on the closed door, and then said to Li Wei behind him: "Mr. Li, go in, you're here."

"Thank you." Li Wei bowed to the officer, then pushed the door and entered.

When the door opened, he saw two people sitting in the main and upper positions, with tea on the table, and were whispering something. Hearing the door opened, the two stopped talking and looked at the door. At this time, Li Wei recognized that one of them was the official who had just passed by the corridor. As for the other, who was older, he was also a third-rank official.

Li Wei did not know the other party's identity and went forward to salute and said, "Manila governor Li Wei came to Beijing to report his work, and he had met two adults..."

"Oh, you are Li Wei and Li Youjie?" The older official looked at Li Wei, and then smiled and said, "I heard that you have the nickname of Li butcher Li in Luzon. I was a little surprised when I saw it today. It doesn't look like a butcher or something."

Li Wei bowed and said, "Return to Shangguan, the so-called butcher is just the name of local natives. Li Wei felt ashamed of his intentions in Luzon, and did things for the country and the people. Shangguan's words were forgiven by Li Wei, who could not agree with it."

"What? Are you still not convinced?" The senior official was a little surprised and said in a displeasure: "You killed hundreds of thousands of people in Luzon. I have never had such a bold official since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. Do you know that the court's impeachment of you have been piled up into a mountain, but now they do not admit their crimes? Where did you get such a courage?"

As he said that, the senior official slapped the table and all the teacups on the table jumped off.

Li Wei gave another tribute and said neither arrogant nor humblely: "The natives of Luzon do not want to educate, and are stubborn and do not transform, and help the evil to abuse and massacre our Ming people. Back then, the Spanish and local natives massacre more than hundreds of thousands of our people? When my Daming soldiers took over Luzon, these natives still tried to harm our Daming people. How can they forgive their crimes?"

"How can a saint repay kindness? Repay grievances with righteousness and kindness! Li Wei is the local magistrate, so he naturally has to govern the people of our Ming Dynasty. Besides, there is also a saying among Buddhists that he is angry, let alone the officials of our Ming Dynasty. If he lets himself go, he will be innumerable disasters. Once the local natives are rekindled, will Luzon still be my Ming Dynasty territory? Although Li Wei is not talented, he thinks he is a real man, standing up to the sky, dealing with the court, and the people, so how can he make mistakes?"

These days, Li Wei has been full of anger in the impeachment. Today, after seeing Shangguan, he was questioned by Shangguan. When he was excited, Li Wei ignored him and said everything in his heart.

After saying that, he stood there straight, with no fear at all, but instead looked back at the senior official who was asking about it.

The two officials did not expect that Li Wei would say this and immediately looked at each other in surprise.

"How is it?" the younger official asked suddenly.

"I'm a little brave." The elderly official nodded, and then suddenly laughed: "Everyone says that Li Wei is very brave, it's not bad! Li Wei, let's sit down."

Li Wei was stunned. He originally thought that his words would definitely be scolded. Who would have thought that the other party not only did not scold him but let him sit down, but his expression was different from the aggressiveness just now, and he seemed a little kind.

After thanking him, Li Wei sat down after he finished his first step.

After he sat down, the elderly official asked about Li Wei's affairs in Luzon. Since he had reported his duties, Li Wei had already prepared and came one by one.

In recent years, Li Wei's governance in Luzon has not only been just killing people, but the purpose of killing the natives is only to retaliate and consolidate his rule. As the prefect of Manila, Li Wei actually managed the entire Luzon. In addition to stabilizing the place and developing production, Li Wei also did a lot of things.

For example, the establishment of new cities in various parts of Luzon, the development of domestic and foreign trade, the support for agriculture and the construction of factories, etc. Li Wei was also very concerned about these, and he did a good job.

At present, Luzon's grain and other specialty production continues to rise, and industry and commerce are also becoming more and more prosperous. In just one year, Luzon changed from the original financial support of the Ming Dynasty to paying finance and taxation to the Ming Dynasty. These are Li Wei's political achievements.

During the report, Li Wei did not exaggerate it, but explained it in a realistic manner, and even explained some of the problems and difficulties he encountered during his governance. In addition, under the inquiry of the two Shangguans, Li Wei also talked about the plans for the development of Luzon in the later period. Although these plans were not comprehensive, it can be seen from Li Wei's account that Li Wei did put his mind into it.

This talk lasted for more than an hour, and Li Wei was dry and said it. The young official asked someone to give Li Wei a cup of tea. After Li Wei thanked him, he quickly picked up the tea and drank it. After a few sips, he felt better.

"Li Wei, do you know who we are?" the young official asked with a smile.

Li Wei replied: "Return to Shangguan, this is what Wei wants to ask about."

"Hahaha!" The two Shangguans burst into laughter, and the young Shangguan said, "I am the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue..."

"Ministry of Revenue? Or the Left Minister?" Li Wei was immediately confused. Since the other party was not the Shangguan of the Ministry of Personnel, why did he be here? And he asked himself so much?

But Li Wei was surprised by the other party's next words.

"I am Zeng Yishu, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue. This master is Sun Xi, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

Hearing these two names, Li Wei subconsciously stood up. Although these two officials were just ministers, their real identities were not simple. Whether it was Zeng Yishu or Sun Jiagan, they were both dignified military ministers! Li Wei never expected that he would meet these two bosses when he went to the Ministry of Personnel.
Chapter completed!
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