At the West Water Gate of Jinling City, Li Jie and Liu Yi sent Liu Ying on the boat, and the three of them stood at the bow of the boat to say goodbye, and finally Liu Ying took Li Jie's hand and said: "Jie'er, I don't know when I will come back this time, and your cousin will entrust you to take care of it!" ”

"Dad, what you said is not right, I am also a cousin, I should take care of my cousin, right?" Liu Yi, who was next to him, was a little unhappy when he heard his father's words.

"You're still a cousin?" Liu Ying glanced at her son blankly, "Look at these things your cousin has done recently, which one can you do?" And you are idle every day, you don't learn and don't know, maybe you will be sold one day and you don't know, if you don't have a festival to stare at you, I don't worry about throwing you alone in the capital! ”

Liu Yi rolled his eyes when he was choked by his father's snatch, he didn't expect his father to look at him like this, but he was also convinced by Li Jie, others didn't understand, but he clearly knew his cousin's ability, and if he were anyone, I am afraid that he would not be able to get out of Li Shanchang's case to protect his family.

"Uncle, cousin, don't worry, my father and mother will ask you, and let them take care of their health, don't worry about me!" Li Jie also said with a smile, his hometown is in Dingyuan County, Haozhou, and Liu Yi is going to Fengyang, and the two places are close to each other.

"Don't worry, I may stay in Dingyuan for a while longer, after all, there may not even be anyone to talk to on Fengyang's side!" Liu Yi also sighed at this time and said, if there is no way, he doesn't want to leave the bustling capital, although Fengyang is known as Zhongjing, and it has been expanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, and even moved a lot of rich families, but it still can't be compared with the capital.

It was not early, and Liu Ying was about to set off, so Li Jie and Liu Yi got off the boat, and then stood on the shore and waved to see each other off, until Liu Ying's boat disappeared into the river in the distance, and the two stood on the shore for a while, and then turned around and went back to the city.

This time Liu Ying left Beijing, Li Jie didn't have any special words to bring to his parents, but bought them a lot of things, and asked Liu Ying to take them back, after all, Dingyuan County is a small place, and some things are not easy to buy, especially Di'er, Li Jie bought her a lot of snacks, but Liu Ying has to walk on the road for several days, and I don't know if it will break down on the road?

"Cousin, the day after tomorrow you will report to the Iron Book Army, do you have anything to worry about?" On the way, Li Jie smiled and asked Liu Yi.

"Of course I'm worried, you also saw Mu Sheng's appearance that day, I'm worried that my small body will not be enough for him to spoil when he enters the army!" Liu Yi said with a self-pitying expression, thinking of going to practice in person, he felt that his life was hopeless.

"Haha~, cousin, don't be too pessimistic, you are so young, you should be strong if you practice." Li Jie also laughed when he heard this.

"It's easy to say, why don't you go to the Iron Book Army to practice for a few days?" Liu Yi pouted.

"I want to go, but I'm not qualified!" Li Jie smiled again, don't say that Li Shanchang is gone, even if Li Shanchang is alive, his grandson is not qualified to go to the Iron Book Army, but this is okay, he and Liu Yi are estimated to be half a catty and eight taels, and if they enter the army to really practice, it is estimated that it will not take a few days to grind off a layer of skin.

The two brothers joked all the way, first returned to the Yihui Hou Mansion, Liu Yi went home to prepare to go to the Tieshu Army the day after tomorrow, but Li Jie did not get off the carriage, because he still had to enter the palace, and the handover over to the household department was almost completed, and he also had to report to Zhu Yuanzhang.

At that moment, Li Jie rode into the imperial city in a carriage, and then walked to the warm pavilion to show him, Zhu Yuanzhang also quickly let him in, but to Li Jie's surprise, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang, there was a very young official in the warm pavilion, I saw that the other party was about twenty years old, wearing a Hanlin suit, obviously a Hanlin bachelor, that is to say, the other party was at least from a Jinshi, which made Li Jie also surprised, after all, such a young Jinshi is very rare.

"Your Majesty!" Li Jie glanced at the young Hanlin a few times, and then saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.

"How's it going?" Zhu Yuanzhang still asked straightforwardly.

For example, there was a minister who wrote a 10,000-word transcript before, but Lao Zhu didn't see what he wanted to say after reading half of it, so he was so angry that he arrested and beat the official, and later after the official's explanation, he felt that what the official said made sense, so he rewarded the other party.

"It's done, those belongings will be taken over by the household department, and they will be sent to Ningbo one after another!" Li Jie replied immediately.

"That's a good job!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed to the young Hanlin next to him very casually and introduced, "His name is Xie Jin, he is a jinshi the year before last, and the current bachelor of Hanlin, you are of the same age, and you are also my henchmen, you can get closer in the future!" ”

Li Jie was also shocked when he heard Xie Jin's name, and immediately looked up at the historical Xie scholar, speaking of which Xie Jin is a real prodigy, learning poetry at the age of five, writing articles at the age of seven, and being able to remember at the age of eleven, at the age of eighteen, he was in the Yuan at the age of eighteen, and he was a scholar in the second year, and became a bachelor of Hanlin in the same year, which is simply the most ideal life for ancient scholars.

It's a pity that Xie Jin's fate is very bumpy, probably because he is a young man and a little arrogant, so he offended many people in the officialdom, and after several ups and downs, he was finally reused by Zhu Di and became one of the cabinet scholars, but later because of his involvement in the dispute between Zhu Di's sons, he was finally buried in the snow and froze to death by Jinyiwei, and he was less than fifty years old when he died.

Thinking of Xie Jin's bumpy life, Li Jie also sighed secretly, but he still smiled and saluted Xie Jin: "It turned out to be Xie Hanlin, who has admired his name for a long time!" ”

"Li Ban is polite, I have admired you for a long time, and I will ask Li Ban to read a lot of advice in the future!" Xie Jin also returned the salute to Li Jie very solemnly, now Li Jie's legendary deeds have long been spread all over the capital, Xie Jin has always been arrogant and rarely convinced, but he still doesn't dare to hold on to Li Jie.

"Alright, you two have to wait until you wait!" At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted the two, and then asked Li Jie, "What has your uncle been doing lately?" ”

"My uncle?" Li Jie was also stunned when he heard this, how could Zhu Yuanzhang ask about his uncle's situation for no reason? However, he still replied truthfully, "Your Majesty, my uncle just left the capital today and is going to go back to his hometown in Fengyang to rest for a while. ”

"What is he doing back to his hometown!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then slapped the table angrily and said, he let the five princes and ten marquis return to their hometown, in fact, he was following the example of 'Song Taizu's cup of wine to release military power', but Liu Ying is just an Anle marquis, and he has no military power at all, so in Lao Zhu's opinion, Liu Ying is just going back at this time to make a fool of himself.

"This ...... My uncle said that he has not been in good health recently, and the water and soil in his hometown support people, so he wants to go back to his hometown to rest for a while! Seeing that Lao Zhu was angry, Li Jie hurriedly made up a nonsense.

Li Jie knew why Lao Zhu was angry, but he didn't want to think about it, he had killed so many princes before, everyone in the capital was in danger, and the higher the title, the more scared he was, Liu Ying was not a bold person, it was normal to go back to his hometown to avoid the limelight, and not only Liu Ying, but also the nobles in the city who could walk were gone, and when he saw off Liu Ying just now, he met several groups of nobles who left Beijing.

"Nonsense, Fengyang raises a fart in that poor place!" Lao Zhu ruthlessly exposed Li Jie's lies, he grew up in Fengyang, if Fengyang really raised people, his father and brothers and sisters would not have died early, he himself was even poorer to become a monk, and later wandered around, saying that the good thing is to turn into a fate, and to say that the ugly point is actually a begging for food.

Li Jie was also a little embarrassed, but he was used to it now, and immediately said cheekily: "Your Majesty, my uncle has just left, I don't know what you have to do, if it is urgent, you can send someone to call your uncle back." ”

"Of course you have to call him back, he's gone, who will take care of the Iron Book Army?" As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he ordered people to immediately hurry up and chase Liu Ying.

"The Iron Book Army?" Li Jie couldn't believe it at this time, and after a long while, he reacted and asked, "Your Majesty wants to let your uncle serve as the commander of the Iron Book Army?" ”

"Of course, I thought about it for a long time, and finally I think your uncle is the most suitable for this position!" Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry.

Li Jie couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, Liu Ying asked people to inquire about the commander of the Iron Book Army before, but he didn't expect that he was the commander himself, what is this called? A thief shouts to catch a thief? Seems a little out of place! The water washed away the Dragon King Temple? Still not quite right! Li Jie doesn't know how to describe this big oolong!

"Your Majesty, my uncle doesn't seem to be good at commanding troops, isn't it a little inappropriate to hand over the Iron Book Army to him to command?" Li Jie soon said again.

Although Liu Ying is shrewd, but shrewdness does not mean talented, in fact, Liu Ying is relatively mediocre in all aspects, even the title of Marquis of Yihui was picked up, and he used to be Zhu Yuanzhang's guard, basically never made military achievements, and now let him lead an army, it is simply to drive ducks to the shelves, with Liu Ying's lazy character, he will definitely not be willing to take on this kind of drudgery.

"He doesn't know how to lead the troops, isn't there still Mu Sheng, and I don't plan to let the Iron Book Army go to the battlefield, just let him guard the Iron Book Army for me, if this little thing can't be done well, what use do you want him?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a blank face when he heard this.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Li Jie wake up suddenly, the Iron Book Army was originally a group of hostages, and the commander of the Iron Book Army actually helped Zhu Yuanzhang guard these hostages, and he didn't need any talent at all, as long as he was loyal, from this point of view, Liu Ying was the most suitable person.

However, Li Jie soon had great sympathy for Mu Sheng, he joined the Iron Book Army with great enthusiasm, and wanted to train the Iron Book Army into an elite army, but not only did Zhu Yuanzhang not support it, but the following princes probably would not be honest and obedient, and now even his top boss is a person like Liu Ying who can get by, and the entire Iron Book Army only relies on his enthusiasm, just thinking about it feels a little sad!