Zhu Biao stood in the pavilion and looked at the houses, most of which were empty, and he would slowly enrich them when he married a wife and took a concubine.

The weather was a little cold, and Da Shuang'er came out with a silver silk embroidered dragon and white fox cloak, which was a birthday gift given to him by Mu Ying last year.

Zhu Biao glanced at Liu Jin on the side, "You don't have to call yourself a slave in the future, call yourself a minister!" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly bent down, "Thank you for your grace, but the slave is only from the chief eunuch of the fifth grade, how dare you call yourself a minister!" ”

Zhu Biao was stunned, he really didn't know that his eunuchs were all from the fifth grade! ”

Zhu Biao asked with a smile: "It's all from the fifth grade, and you can't call yourself a minister?" You're not trying to trick this palace into getting you promoted, are you? ”

Liu Jin knew that his prince was just joking, so he replied with a hippie smile, "Only the father-in-law of the palace who stipulates the rules of the palace and is the fourth grade can call himself a minister, and if it is the grace of the lord, maybe the slave and maid will soon be able to call the minister." ”

Zhu Biao shook his head: "Is there a favored eunuch on my father's side?" ”

Liu Jin replied, "Grandpa Huang is not happy to use them, so naturally there is no favor." With the blessing of the master, the slave and maid, the chief manager of the five products, can also be called brothers and sisters with the chief steward of each prison and one product. ”

Zhu Biao nodded clearly, the eunuchs are all smart, and Zhu Yuanzhang's favor, who naturally knows that it is impossible to do anything, is conveying goodwill to him through Liu Jin.

Zhu Biao looked at Liu Jin with a smile, "You can call the chief manager a brother and a brother, why didn't you ask them to bring you up, aren't you bragging to the palace?" ”

Liu Jin replied, "The slave is the slave and maid of the master, and it is naturally the master's decision to do what should be done, where is their turn to carry it!"

Zhu Biao nodded, this is Liu Jin's cleverness, he is the prince's personal eunuch, how can he get mixed with the third grade if he wants to climb, but he would rather be mixed from the fifth grade, and wait for Zhu Biao to promote him.

Zhu Biao is not disgusted, Liu Jin is going to use it, so he naturally hopes that he will be smarter.

Zhu Biao said, "You have said so, the palace can only reward you, go, tell the head of the ceremonial supervisor how can the personal eunuch of the palace only from the fifth grade, to the former father-in-law of the second grade of the ceremonial eunuch!"

Liu Jin hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times on the ground: "Minister, Liu Jin, thank you for your reward!" ”

Zhu Biao didn't say anything, turned around and walked towards his inner hall, the white fox cloak swayed, just sweeping Liu Jin's lowered head...

When Zhu Biao walked away, Liu Jin slowly got up, he knew that the prince was satisfied, and after serving for so long, he naturally knew that his prince didn't mind the people next to him playing a little cautiously, as long as he could do his errands well and be smart when doing things, then everything would be easy to say.

Just like this time, if he was the one who went to find the master of ceremonies by himself, he would only be from the third grade at most, and now that the prince is a second grade, even in the palace, in addition to the masters, he Liu Jin is also the number one person.

Liu Jin carefully arranged the people on duty at night, and the amount of charcoal fire and the position of the charcoal fire at night were not careless, so he hurriedly went to the master of ceremonies to report when it was not too early.

After Zhu Biao returned to the room, he drank a bowl of nourishing medicinal food, read the book for a while, and then fell asleep with peace of mind, I don't know what it will be like tomorrow!

When I got up the next day, I saw Liu Jin, who had changed his clothes, come to serve, Zhu Biao joked a few words and got up to eat, and then went to watch a few younger brothers study, it is more difficult for them to go out now, fortunately, there is a place to play in the palace, but there is no eldest brother to lead, they are a little afraid.

At noon, looking at the expectant eyes of his younger brothers, Zhu Biao said a few words to a few gentlemen, and then asked them to go to the imperial garden to play in the afternoon, but they must not be trick-or-treated!

Zhu Biao met with several officials of the East Palace in the afternoon, all of whom were at the middle and lower levels, some of them were depressed, and they had made outstanding contributions when Zhu Yuanzhang started his family, and now he can only rely on the prince, hoping to have a hidden mansion in the future.

Time passes, although Zhu Biao is the crown prince, he is young after all, and before he can stir up the storm, those ministers will not come to Zhu Yuanzhang when he is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period.

These Zhu Biao have long been enlightened, so they still live as usual every day.

In the blink of an eye, in April, the Northern Expeditionary Army came with good news, which has not been interrupted since last year, and the trend of the fall of the Yuan Dynasty really shocked everyone.

At the beginning of November last year, Xu Dajun went to Xiapi and ordered Zhang Xingzu to lead an army from Xuzhou to the north to capture Jining and Dongping. At this time, Wang Xuan, Wang Xin's father and son rebelled and recruited troops to Juzhou, trying to prevent Zhang Xingzu from going north.

Xu Da immediately marched into Yizhou, Wang Xuan was killed, and Wang Xin fled to Shanxi. The nearby Yuan troops in Yizhou, Caozhou, Haizhou, Shuyang, Rizhao, Ganyu, Yishui and other places surrendered when they heard the wind.

Xu Da stopped in Yizhou for a while, ordered Han Zheng to hold the Yellow River, and led a large army to attack Yidu. At the end of November, the defender of Yuanyidu, Puyan, was defeated without spending any effort, and then Keyidu. Xu Da took advantage of the victory to capture Shouguang, Linzi, Changle, Gaoyuan and other places. Yuanle Andong, Changshan, Xincheng and other places have been attached one after another.

At the beginning of December, Zhang Xingzu went to Dongping, forced the Yuan general Feng De, chased him to Dong'e and Anshan, and forced the Yuan generals Chen Bi, Du Tianyou, Jiang Xing and other troops to surrender, and then besieged Jining, and the Yuan guard Chen Bing fled directly.

In early December, Xu Da led his soldiers to Jinan, and the Yuan general Dorji surrendered, and the Yuan generals of Putai and Zouping in Mizhou also surrendered one after another. Xu Da decided to continue to move eastward, ordered Fu Youde to attack Laiyang, and led his troops back to Yidu, and attacked Deng and Laizhou in the east. Seeing that the situation in Shandong was critical, Yuan Huizong ordered Yisu, the right prime minister of the book, the governor of Taiwei, and Qi, the political affairs of Pingzhang of Zhongshu, Hu Lindai, and the left prime minister of Shaanxi Province, Tulu, to march into Shandong, but the generals did not obey the order.

In March of the first year of Hongwu, after Xu Da basically occupied Shandong, he attacked Bianliang (now Kaifeng, Henan) from Jining, and at the same time sent a part of the army to Xuchang through Yongcheng and Guide to Xuchang in Henan, and ordered Deng Yu to lead the troops of Xiangyang, Anlu and Jiangling to attack Nanyang, Henan to the north, and plan to fight the main force of the northern expedition.

At the end of March, Xu Dajin arrived at Chenqiao, and Li Keyi, the general of Yuan Bianliang, drove the army and civilians to flee west at night, and the Yuan general Zuo Junbi led his troops to surrender. After Xu Da entered Bianliang, he immediately led his foot to attack Luoyang through the south and west of Zhongwan.

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