My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 303 The Political Struggle Begins in Thunder Prison!
For the Lei Department of Zhongzhou City,

The good news is that Li Wei, this outsider who was parachuted in, was sent in by the minister on his very first day in the Thunder Department.

The bad news is that Minister Lei himself has also been sent to jail.

In recent versions, there has never been a case of a Minister of Thunder being sent to Thunder Prison, and there has never been a case of him being sent there by his own subordinates. This is simply going against the natural order!

All the Thunder Gods who witnessed this scene were filled with deep awe.

"The fact that this happened can only mean that this country bumpkin has at least one level of authority that has suppressed the Minister, allowing him to manipulate the Thunder Department's law system to arrest him!"

Yes.

The power to proclaim and educate the Thunder Department has always been in the Heavenly Court's Thunder Department, which is fundamentally beyond the mortal level. It was only because the Supreme Emperor Haotian and the Thunder Department's Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable reached a temporary agreement that the system of proclaiming and educating the Thunder Department was delegated in just over a month.

Therefore, this law system was probably just weakened and maintained before being directly implanted into the lower realm. Its level is still inherited from the Heavenly Court, and it is half a level higher than the power of the Thunder Department in the mortal world. Even the Minister of the Thunder Department cannot disobey it!
After realizing this,

The officials' attitude towards Li Wei changed immediately: "In the past, the deputy ministers were all suppressed by the minister to varying degrees after entering the Thunder Department. There has always been only one voice in the entire Thunder Department of Central Continent!"

"But from now on, Inspector Li Wei will have a lot less say in the Thunder Department!"

"The political landscape of the Central Plains Thunder Department will undergo a dramatic change as a result. In the future, we will inevitably be drawn into the vortex of political struggle and become tools for the two masters to fight for power!"

to be frank,
The political environment of Zhongzhou Lei Division has always been relatively stable, so everyone has become accustomed to the world where the Minister has the final say. As long as everyone works together to "govern" Zhongzhou City well, everyone will benefit.

But now that Li Wei has only been here for a day, he has already had such a big falling out with the minister. There will definitely be more friction in the future, which will affect everyone's interests.

Thinking of this,

Some people immediately began to complain about Kong Miaodan.

"Minister Kong is really something. Why did she have to fight Li Wei at this time, forcing the Minister to personally intervene? If it weren't for her, the Minister and Li Wei wouldn't have clashed so early!"

"Hmm? What you said seems to make sense. Although Lady Miaodan had a grudge against Li Wei before, she shouldn't have violated the public security regulations of Zhongzhou City by going out to fight with Inspector Li in the street. Could there be something else we don't know about?"

"You can guess, but can you not say it out loud? What if you guess right?"

hiss!
The officials exchanged glances and couldn't help but gasp inwardly.

It seems that even before Inspector Li Wei arrived at the Thunder Department, some people in the Thunder Department of Zhongzhou City had already taken sides.

If today's events were truly a conspiracy orchestrated by Minister Kong and Li Wei to send the Minister to jail, then that would be truly terrifying!

The Thunder Tribe of Zhongzhou is probably not going to have any peace from now on.

The Thunder Department of Zhongzhou is divided into two parts: above ground and underground.

The ground floor has ninety-nine floors, which are the offices of ordinary thunder officials, while the underground floor has nine floors, which is the Thunder Prison of Zhongzhou City!
This place generally only detains suspects with minor offenses or those who have not yet been fully sentenced. As for the truly heinous monks, they have already been tried and sent to hell to serve their sentences.

However, because Zhongzhou City is so large, all kinds of criminals emerge one after another. Even those who are only minor offenders and suspects fill up the entire Nine-Story Thunder Prison.

So even though Li Wei was an inspector, and even though he was only put in solitary confinement, he did not receive any special treatment when he entered. He could only squeeze into a solitary confinement cell with more than twenty divine officials!
This included Kong Miaodan, as well as others who were punished with confinement after making mistakes.

Li Wei had just landed and hadn't even reacted yet.

A short dwarf, dressed in the uniform of a deputy minister of the Thunder Department and carrying a thick, door-like waist knife on his back, but only about 1.5 meters tall, arrived at the entrance of the solitary confinement cell.

Zhang Li, the deputy minister in charge of managing Thunder Prison, noticed Kong Miaodan's outstanding presence as soon as he approached and couldn't help but marvel:
"I never expected that Fairy Miaodan would come to visit my Thunder Prison. Luckily, I came down to inspect today, otherwise I would not have witnessed such an interesting scene."

Zhang Li usually only comes down once a year, but recently he heard that a new celestial inspector will be parachuted down with new authority, so he came here specifically to sort out the system, for fear of being caught by his superiors for some kind of leverage.

But I didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing as soon as I got off.

Kong Miaodan had no interest in arguing with him; her eyes were fixed on the door, and it was unclear what she was waiting for.

Seeing that she ignored him, Zhang Li could only continue to gloat in his heart. When he turned around and saw Li Wei, his gloating intensified.

"This must be Inspector Li Wei, right? I didn't expect you to be here too. It seems that being an official in our Thunder Department is really not easy. But fortunately, the treatment and benefits of being confined in our Thunder Prison are quite good, so you won't be wronged."

As he spoke, Zhang Li gave a wink to the twenty-odd divine officials locked in the cell—the Thunder Department and Thunder Prison have suppressed the power of this inspector, so you guys should take good care of him!

clear!

The divine officials immediately sneered.

Although they were not as high-ranking as Li Wei, Li Wei had clearly been brought in by the Minister, so when they dealt with Li Wei, the Minister would naturally back them up, and they were all fearless.

Li Wei saw through their little tricks and said meaningfully, "I think your benefits need to be improved. It's okay if I feel wronged, but it would be bad if the minister felt wronged."

A hint of doubt appeared in Zhang Li's eyes.

What grievances does the minister have?

This kid is completely clueless!
Just as he was thinking this, another bolt of lightning appeared, and a humanoid lightning elemental creature was also captured and locked in the same solitary confinement cell as Li Wei and the others!
Boom!
Lei Yanzi, bound like a dumpling by the power of the laws, fell to the ground.

Zhang Li's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!

He couldn't help but curse himself inwardly—you damn idiot! Why did you have to come to inspect at this time of year?

Now that you've seen Lei Yanzi in such a sorry state after being arrested, it's like planting a thorn in his heart. In the future, whenever he sees you, he'll think of this day. What future do you have then?

Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to release the minister as soon as possible!

Thinking of this,

Zhang Li immediately opened the door of the solitary confinement cell and rushed in to untie Lei Yanzi, but to no avail.

He knew it was useless!

After all, even Lei Yanzi, who has higher authority, has been arrested. Of course, he can't possibly lift these law restrictions with his authority, but he has to show this attitude, otherwise that petty guy Lei Yanzi will definitely hate him.

"Get away!!"

After Lei Yanzi shooed Zhang Li away, he struggled to sit up and stared intently at Li Wei, saying, "Let me go!!"

"I haven't finished checking your academic credentials yet, how can I let you go?"

"Then why don't you do the inspection?"

"I don't have anything on me right now, so how can I check? Let's wait until I get out of here before we talk about it."

The Thunder Department system truly accepted Li Wei's words and continued to keep Lei Yanzi locked up tightly.

Seeing this, Li Wei even gave a special thanks: "It really feels good to have the final say. This time, Minister, I have truly benefited a lot!"

Lei Yanzi took a deep breath, suppressing his anger: "Li Wei, you've got guts this time. I'll release you from confinement, and you release me too. How about we call it even?"

The news shouldn't have spread yet, so he still has a chance to sway public opinion and maintain his authority as minister.

But how could Li Wei let go of such a good opportunity to establish his authority?
Since this Minister of Thunder has delivered himself to our doorstep, we shouldn't blame him for being impolite.

I don't want to go out, so everyone should stay home!

“Minister, I’ve always been a person who values ​​rules the most! So after careful reflection, I realize that I was indeed wrong to fight with Sister Kong this time, and being put in solitary confinement is only right.”

Sister Kong?!

Upon hearing this, Lei Yanzi's face turned ashen, and he said coldly, "Heh! I heard that you, Xiao Kong, even bought a course to befriend Li Wei. It seems that you've made a very successful friend!"

He felt like he had been set up!
This bitch probably wants to take my ministerial position, doesn't she?
Kong Miaodan was stunned upon hearing this.

No, I didn't, I don't know anything!

Although she possessed top-tier divine blood, she didn't want to offend Lei Yanzi, a powerful figure, so she quickly explained, "Minister, please listen to me, this must be a misunderstanding."

"That's right! It's all a misunderstanding!"

Li Wei answered first: "Kong Miaodan and I are mortal enemies, so why would I team up to frame you? It's all just a coincidence."

Kong Miaodan: Please, please stop talking!!!
When I turned around,
really!

The more Li Wei explained, the less Lei Yanzi believed her. His eyes even held a hint of murderous intent, clearly indicating that he had labeled Kong Miaodan as part of an opposing political force!

What a despicable person! I never imagined you were hiding your true colors so well!

Kong Miaodan is numb.

She was just trying to be friends with Li Wei as the ancestor asked, so what did she do to deserve this?

So no matter how she explained, Lei Yanzi wouldn't listen and became increasingly irritable, especially after some officials from the divine realm began sneaking around to watch the show. Lei Yanzi was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

He felt like he was being kept in a zoo and put on display by Li Wei.

"Zhang Li! Seal off Thunder Prison and forbid anyone from entering!"

Just as Vice Minister Zhang was about to take action,

Li Wei suddenly looked up, his face icy cold, and said, "What, Minister Zhang also wants to be locked up with us?"

If I can get Lei Yanzi in here, I can get you in here too. Think it over!

Zhang Li couldn't hold back any longer!

If he doesn't close down Lei Yu, he can't explain it to Lei Yanzi; but if he does close it, he'll be arrested by Li Wei. He's caught in a dilemma.

Is this what it feels like to have a leader with "two real powers" in one department?
I was just here to inspect Thunder Prison, how did I become a tool in your political struggle?

Zhang Li, on the verge of tears, struggled for a long time before finally managing to utter:
"Or should I resign?"

(End of this chapter)