In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the custom, the palace held a banquet in the Huagai Hall to entertain the courtiers, but the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang only showed his face, toasted the courtiers, and chatted with a few old acquaintances, and then left, leaving only the crown prince Zhu Biao to entertain the courtiers for him.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Biao also left under the pretext of being too drunk, but he didn't go to rest, but came to the Dongnuan Pavilion, only to see Zhu Yuanzhang still sitting behind the bookcase as usual and dealing with the twists and turns, even if it was the New Year.

"Father, for the Chinese New Year, let's put aside these official duties for the time being!" Zhu Biao saw the white hair on his father's head and his slightly rickety body, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed and persuaded.

"Your mother is gone, it's past the year of fart!" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't raise his head.

Zhu Biao's eyes turned red when he heard this, since the death of his mother Queen Ma, his father seems to have changed as if he is a different person, and he is usually moody, the more he celebrates the New Year's holidays, the more irritable his father becomes.

In fact, Zhu Biao also knows that this is his father thinking about his mother, when his mother was still there, his mother would cook himself every time he was New Year, the family was happy together, and his father rarely lost his temper with them, but since his mother left, everything has changed.

"That bastard of Lanyu is gone?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked at this time.

"Left, I just left yesterday, I wanted to persuade him to leave after the New Year, but my uncle said that the military situation was urgent and could not be delayed." Zhu Biao replied immediately.

"Hmph, this bastard is bold, even the concubine of the Yuan Lord was hugged to bed, causing the other party to die of humiliation, and now a group of people are waiting to impeach him, instead of letting him stay in the capital, it is better to get away, so as not to annoy people!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly again.

"Ahem, my uncle is indeed a little nonsense outside, but he is still very loyal to the court and his father!" Zhu Biao was also a little embarrassed to intercede for Lan Yu, after all, the other party was his uncle, and the friendship between the two was deep, so Zhu Biao naturally didn't want Lan Yu to be punished.

"I knew you would say that!" Zhu Yuanzhang finally finished dealing with the last piece of the book at this time, threw down the imperial pen in his hand and looked up and said, "Lan Yu, this kid first followed Yuchun, and then followed the general, but he learned the ability to lead soldiers, but unfortunately his temperament is too poor, and sooner or later he will cause a big disaster in the future!" ”

Among the heroes of the founding of the country, there are several who have been named generals, but there is only one general in Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, that is Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and Zhu Yuanzhang's playmate when he was a child.

"What my father said is very true, but my uncle has also restrained a lot over the years, and his son has also persuaded him, I believe that he will pay attention to his words and deeds in the future!" Zhu Biao also defended Lan Yu again.

"That's right, he used to be a bastard when he was young, if it weren't for Yuchun's face, Lao Tzu would have cut him ten times or eight times!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in the end, he was also a little annoyed, Lan Yu slept with the concubine of the Yuan Lord, this kind of thing can be big or small, to put it mildly, the Yuan Lord is the same as him, and Lan Yu dares to sleep with the emperor's concubine, which is already a big rebellion.

"By the way, Lan Yu made a break before leaving, saying that he wanted the court to supervise the creation of the flintlock pistol, so that the army could equip it as soon as possible, and this flintlock pistol was the one you told me last time?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of another thing, so he asked again.

"Exactly, Erchen is also going to give the flintlock pistol to his father as a gift!" Zhu Biao said that he asked people to send in the box with the flintlock pistol and personally delivered it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the army, and he was no stranger to muskets, so he picked it up and looked at it, and soon found out that this flintlock pistol was different, and even he picked up the hammer, pulled the wrench and tried it, and found that when the hammer hit the anvil, it also shot a lot of sparks, obviously these sparks can ignite gunpowder.

"Have you tried it, and how is the performance?" Zhu Yuanzhang played with it a few times and immediately asked Zhu Biao again.

"I have tried it, and the performance is excellent, not only is it not afraid of wind and rain, but also the range is longer and more powerful than the previous arquebus, and with a special paper-wrapped bullet, the gunpowder is not afraid of moisture, even in the south." Zhu Biao reported again.

"Excellent! It seems that you really have a vision, that Li Jie is a talent, and he has made such a great achievement, it seems that he has to be rewarded! Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded with great satisfaction when he heard this.

"Erchen has promoted him to Zuo Qing Jilang, responsible for supervising the construction of flintlock pistols, as well as future improvements!" Zhu Biao was also very happy to hear his father's praise.

"That's your reward, the court can't do without saying this, I think let him be in charge of the Ministry of Industry again, so that the superintendent of the flintlock pistol is more justified, and in addition to reward some property and property, and post a commendation, so that the world can know that the court is thirsty for talent!" Zhu Yuanzhang is rare to be generous, mainly because he knows the military very well and is very optimistic about flintlock pistols, so he is not stingy with rewards.

Other rewards are fine, but when Zhu Biao heard that his father wanted Li Jie to go to the Ministry of Industry to serve as the director, he showed a hesitant look, since Hu Weiyong's death, the power of the prime minister is divided into six ministries, and the power of the Ministry of Industry has also been strengthened.

If it was before, Zhu Biao would definitely be very happy, because his father's approval means that he has a good vision, but thinking of Li Jie talking about the government and politics without authorization that day, and he was very reckless in saying that the two guards must be opposed, which made him hesitate for a while.

"Why don't you speak, do you think the reward is less?" Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered his son's abnormality, so he frowned and asked.

"This ......" Zhu Biao hesitated again, and finally said the truth, "Father Qi, when Li Jie presented the flintlock pistol, he asserted to his sons that it was Ying Changwei and Quanning Wei set up by the imperial court on the grassland that they would definitely rebel within a month, and his sons felt that he was too young and still needed to be trained!" ”

After all, Zhu Biao is a generous character, he concealed Li Jie's eavesdropping on his conversation with Lan Yu, so as to discuss the affairs of the government in vain, so that even if Zhu Yuanzhang is angry, he will not punish Li Jie for his crimes.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang also sneered when he heard this: "The tone of the young age is not small, the two guards have just been established, and he asserts that the two guards will rebel within a month, does he think that he is smarter than the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?" ”