The Imperial City of Jinling is also called the Forbidden City, in fact, the Forbidden City in Beijing is built according to the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and even the layout and name of the palace are the same, and the scale of the Forbidden City in Nanjing is larger and more majestic than the scale of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

The East Warm Pavilion of the Jinshen Palace, here is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang usually deals with government affairs, because the weather is cold, and Zhu Yuanzhang is old and cold, so he deliberately let people build the East and West Warm Pavilion on both sides of the Jinshen Palace, there is a flue underground, and charcoal is lit in winter, so that the whole warm pavilion is as warm as spring, sometimes Zhu Yuanzhang is too late to deal with government affairs, so he lives here directly.

Prince Zhu Biao stepped to the East Warm Pavilion, he had just returned from Li Shanchang's birthday banquet, and he needed to report to his father about today's birthday banquet, but when he walked to the door of the Warm Pavilion, Zhu Biao stopped, first sorted out his clothes, and then adjusted his mood, and then stepped into the Warm Pavilion.

It was not early, the lights were bright in the warm pavilion, and a burly old man sat behind the bookcase, on which there were many folds, and the old man was holding a red pen and was reviewing a thick fold.

Zhu Biao immediately slowed down and tried to make his footsteps as soft as possible, with his fat body, it was really difficult for him to do this.

However, Zhu Biao's efforts did not have any effect, and the old man said without raising his head: "Are you back?" ”

Zhu Biao smiled a little embarrassedly, but he didn't expect that he still alarmed his father: "I'm back!" It's getting dark this day, don't be too tired, father! ”

"It's almost the New Year, and many things are reported at the end of the year, what a group of mediocre officials!" I saw that Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the folds in his hand, and then he dropped his pen and raised his head.

I saw Zhu Yuanzhang's rectangular face, broom eyebrows, big eyes, big nose and big mouth, anyway, his facial features are one size bigger than the average person, but he is not as ugly as the legend of later generations, but he is very powerful, maybe because of years of pampering, Zhu Yuanzhang looks a little fat, but his body is still very burly, it can be seen that he must be a strong man when he is young!

Zhu Biao has long been accustomed to his father's harshness to officials, and he also knows that his father has not always been like this, his father used to fight the world, and he used to be brothers and sisters with those founding heroes, and later became the emperor, and his majesty is becoming more and more powerful, and the ministers below no longer dare to be presumptuous in front of him.

Especially after the death of Zhu Biao's mother Queen Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament became more and more severe, and he couldn't see a smile on his face all year round.

"Something happened at the birthday party?" Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and moved his body for a moment, and then asked.

"Yes, Li Gong's grandson Li Jie persuaded him to return to his hometown to retire, but Li Gong was furious, drove Li Jie's father and son out of the house, and forbade them to come to the door in the future." Zhu Biao replied truthfully.

Zhu Biao was not surprised that Zhu Yuanzhang knew about the birthday banquet so quickly, after all, Jinyiwei was the emperor's eyes and ears, although Jinyiwei had been suppressed in the past two years, his intelligence gathering ability was still very strong, and every move that happened in the minister's family would be sent to Zhu Yuanzhang's desk.

"What do you think about that?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

Zhu Biao also knew that this was not his father asking for his opinion, but testing his knowledge and eyesight, so he immediately replied: "Erchen thinks that although Li Jie is young, he is extremely knowledgeable, if Li Gong can follow his advice and return to his hometown to retire, it will be a good thing for him and the imperial court!" ”

"If he was willing to go back to his hometown to retire, he would have gone back a long time ago, so why wait until now?" I saw Zhu Yuanzhang sneering and said, there were only two of them in the warm pavilion, father and son, so Zhu Yuanzhang had no scruples when he spoke.

"Father, the son thinks that Li Jie is a talent, with vision and courage, it can be said that it is quite rare at his current age!" Zhu Biao spoke again at this time, he still admired Li Jie very much, otherwise he would not have interceded for Li Jie at the birthday banquet.

"I heard that he also gave a birthday gift, what is it called the world's first mirror?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again with a faint gaze, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart?

"Exactly, that mirror Erchen also played with his own hands, and it was not made of brass, but made of glass, which was a hundred times clearer than the bronze mirror, and it was also made by Li Jie novice, the only one in the world." Zhu Biao replied immediately.

"A hundred times clearer than a bronze mirror?" Zhu Yuanzhang also showed a surprised expression when he heard this, although the information he got was very detailed, and some details were still ignored, but then he suddenly said to himself with some sadness, "It's a pity, if the queen is still there, I can ask for a mirror to give her, she loves stinky beauty the most, and she has to look at the mirror ten times eight times every day." ”

Hearing his father mention his deceased mother, Zhu Biao's eyes were also red, he was the eldest son, when Queen Ma was alive, he was most concerned about him, and his father punished him when he made a mistake, and it was Queen Ma who protected him, and now that his mother is gone, his father's temper is becoming more and more irritable, and he is often angry with him, but no one can help him intercede anymore.

After being sad, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head again and said: "But no matter how clear the mirror is, it is just a mirror, it is of little use to the country and the people, at most it has become a plaything in the hands of a woman, Li Jie spends his energy on this kind of thing, it is simply not a proper job!" ”

Hearing his father say that Li Jie was not doing his job, Zhu Biao was also shocked, and immediately said again: "In addition to the mirror, Li Jie also wrote a poem for Li Gong, although the words are vulgar and straightforward, but they are directly aimed at the hearts of the people, and Li Gong's anger almost made people beat him to death." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it! Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Li Shanchang was so angry by a poem that he was reading like this, and he was immediately very interested, and the information sent by Jinyiwei did not have this poem.

"Everyone in the world knows that immortals are good, but they can't forget their fame! Where will the past and the present meet? The barren mound is gone, and the grass is gone. Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only gold and silver can't forget! In the end, I only hated to gather much, and when I got to it, my eyes were closed! Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only the wife can't forget it! Jun's birthday said kindness, and Jun died and went with others. Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only the children and grandchildren can't forget! There are many infatuated parents in ancient times, who has seen filial piety to their children and grandchildren? ”

Zhu Biao has an excellent memory, and he only listened to Li Jie recite it a few times, and he memorized it word for word.

Zhu Yuanzhang went from a beggar to an emperor, and his life was full of ups and downs, twists and turns, and no one else was comparable, so when he heard this good song, it immediately resonated with him, and some of the memories that had already been sealed in his heart were also opened, and after a while, he whispered: "This Li Jie...... It's kind of interesting, too! ”