"Do you know the reason why the prince is not in good health?" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up excitedly when he heard Li Jie's words, as a father, of course he was very worried about his son's physical condition, especially Zhu Biao was his chosen heir to the throne, in case there was something wrong with Zhu Biao's body, then his previous plans would all fall through.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, don't get excited, in my opinion, most of the prince's illness is actually caused by being too obese." Li Jie was also startled when he saw Lao Zhu's excited appearance, but then he was sure in his heart, because Lao Zhu's performance also meant that he had been worried about Zhu Biao's physical problems for a long time.

"Obesity? But isn't it a good thing to be fat? Zhu Yuanzhang showed a puzzled expression when he heard this, because of the nutrition problems of the ancients, fat people were actually very rare, and they were even called rich, that is, the body of the rich, because only the rich have the qualifications to get fat, and a poor person will never be able to raise a body of fat.

In this case, obesity has become a symbol of wealth, and rich people have a halo on them, as if everything is good, even if obesity is the same, even if the folk have sons, they all hope to give birth to a big fat boy, and it is a virtue for men to eat, so in the era of the Ming Dynasty, obesity is not only not discriminated against, but will be envied.

For example, taking the most typical military generals as an example, the figure of the ancient military generals is not like those bodybuilders in later generations, but all of them have big shoulders and round waists, and the fat on their bodies is the guarantee of their combat effectiveness, because they may have to travel for several days on the battlefield, and they have to wear heavy iron armor on their bodies, and they have to wield heavy weapons when fighting with the enemy.

Lao Zhu himself is a general, and he is surrounded by fierce generals, such as Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai and others, all of whom have fat bellies, and even Lao Zhu himself has a general's belly, so in his opinion, it is not only okay to be fat, but it is also proof of physical fitness.

"Your Majesty, of course it's okay to be a little fat, but if you're too obese, there will be a problem, plus the prince sits all year round to review and review, and there is little time for exercise, as the so-called life lies in exercise, if you sit still all year round, your body will naturally have problems!" Li Jie explained again.

Lao Zhu Wenyan also suddenly woke up, because he himself was a good example, his body was notoriously good back then, even if he was out asking for food, hungry and full, and sleeping in the firewood at night, but he never got sick, but he became an emperor, sitting here every day to review and review the folds, but his body began to deteriorate day by day, and this situation did not appear because of his age, but not long after he ascended the throne.

"Then what do you mean......" Lao Zhu pondered for a long time before he looked up at Li Jie.

"Lose weight! The prince must lose weight! Li Jie said very decisively, with Zhu Biao's weight, even if he loses one-third, he is still fat, but that kind of fat has little impact on the body, as long as he can maintain it and not rebound, Zhu Biao's physical condition will definitely begin to improve.

"How do you lose this fat?" Lao Zhu asked again, his son knew that Zhu Biao was a delicious person, he especially liked to taste food, and he was lazy, so it was not easy for him to lose the fat on his body.

"Your Majesty, in fact, losing weight is nothing more than two things, keep your mouth shut and open your legs, as long as you do these two things, you can lose the fat on your body in a few months, of course, it is best not to lose it too fast, otherwise it will cause a certain burden on the body." Li Jie suggested again.

"I didn't expect that there would be research on your weight loss, since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to you, while you haven't left Jinling, you can help the prince lose the fat on his body!" Lao Zhu finally nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, I can't!" When Li Jie heard this, he immediately excused himself.

"Why can't you, you brought it up, and you know how to lose weight, isn't it better for you to do it?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened.

"Your Majesty is angry, although the matter was brought up by me, but Your Majesty, you must know that I ...... I am the younger generation of the prince, and losing weight is a very painful thing, in case the prince gets angry and doesn't listen to me during the weight loss period, I can't do anything at all, so it's best to let someone who can control the prince do it! ”

Li Jie also looked at Lao Zhu at the end, and in his opinion, it was best for Lao Zhu to do it by himself to urge Zhu Biao to lose weight.

Lao Zhu also felt that what Li Jie said made sense, after all, Li Jie was Zhu Biao's son-in-law, and it was really difficult to take care of his father-in-law's affairs, but Lao Zhu himself was usually busy with affairs, and it was impossible to keep an eye on Zhu Biao.

"Yes, Lan Yu's bastard has a meritorious role in quelling the rebellion, he was recently recalled to the capital, he is the prince's wife-in-law, and the relationship between the two is also very good, it just so happens that he will supervise the prince's weight loss!" In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly lit up and said, Lan Yu was transferred to Sichuan to avoid the limelight before, this year Shi Nan and Zhongjian Erxuan Fu Sinan rebelled, Lan Yu led the troops to quell the rebellion and made great contributions, so Lao Zhu recalled him back to the capital.

Li Jie was also a little surprised to hear that Lan Yu had returned to Beijing, but after thinking about it again, in addition to Lao Zhu, Lan Yu was really a very suitable candidate, and if he supervised Zhu Biao's weight loss, he would not have to have a head-on conflict with Zhu Biao because of weight loss.

"Your Majesty is wise, then I will go back and draw up a diet for weight loss, and then make a weight loss plan, and then hand it over to General Lan, and he will urge the prince to lose weight!" Li Jie immediately nodded.

After Li Jie left the palace, it was not early, when he arrived at Liu Ying's house, it was already dark, Liu Ying and his son also prepared an old and sumptuous banquet, the three of them sat together and chatted while eating, Li Jie also asked them about the recent situation in the capital.

I have to say that after Lao Zhu drove those nobles back to his hometown, there were a lot less things in the capital all of a sudden, and the court and the central government became Lao Zhu's hall, and the military and political affairs were decided by Lao Zhu himself, although this seemed to be a dictatorship in later generations, but it was indeed a lot less dispute.

"By the way, the truth-seeking academy run by Qin Tianjian, but under your banner, although I don't know about these scholars, I have also heard that many great Confucians are not used to the truth-seeking academy, and someone may come to you for trouble in the future." Liu Ying finally remembered the matter of the Seeking Truth Academy, so he reminded Li Jiedao.

"It's okay, it's just an academic battle, and it can't affect the overall situation." Li Jie smiled indifferently, although academic battles can also kill, but Li Jie does not rely on academics to eat at all, which is different from those great Confucians, so the other party's attack can't hurt him at all.

"Then you have to be careful, after all, those who read are very yin, maybe they will give you a trap to drill in!" Liu Ying reminded again that he was a military general after all, and he did not have a good impression of the scholars in the civil and official lineage.

"Thank you uncle for reminding me, I'll pay attention!" Li Jie immediately saluted.

"Cousin, during your absence, our mirror workshop has made a signboard, and now the people who buy mirrors every day are discharged for several miles, and even some big businessmen in the south have come to buy mirrors, but unfortunately our output still can't keep up!" Liu Yi shouted excitedly at this time, although he was in the army, the affairs of the workshop were naturally handled by the housekeeper at home.

"If the output is insufficient, then expand the scale, this year's income does not have to be shared, directly into the new workshop, although the mirror business is not big, but it is not small, I plan to let every household can use glass mirrors, just rely on a workshop can not do!" Li Jie also laughed again when he heard this, although he didn't care about the affairs of the workshop, he had the right to decide on the development of the workshop.

"No problem, I'll let someone do it tomorrow!" Liu Yi nodded immediately when he heard this, he actually wanted to expand the scale of the workshop for a long time, but he had to obtain Li Jie's consent in advance, after all, the workshop was shared by the two of them.

"You kid still has the heart to think about the workshop, what I'm most worried about now is that Your Majesty will let the Iron Book Army go to the battlefield!" Liu Ying next to him glared at his son and said, he now regretted agreeing to let Mu Sheng train the Iron Book Army.

"Uncle, did you hear any rumors?" It was the second time that Li Jie had heard Liu Ying mention the Iron Book Army going to the battlefield, so he also asked again.

"It's not a rumor, it's just that I know Your Majesty, the Iron Book Army is very well trained, but whether it can really fight, you have to try it on the battlefield, so Your Majesty is likely to send the Iron Book Army to the battlefield!" Liu Ying sighed and said again, although the Ming Dynasty does not fight in general, conflicts on the border and rebellions in the territory still occur from time to time, and it is not difficult to find a place to fight.

"Have all the sons of the army participated in the drill?" Li Jie suddenly asked again, Mu Sheng's training of the Iron Book Army was to transfer the slave soldiers from the hands of various princes, as for those princes, they followed their own ideas, they could participate if they wanted to, and they didn't force them if they didn't want to.

"Half and half, some people are high-spirited and don't want to insult the reputation of their ancestors, so they gritted their teeth and insisted on participating in the drill, and a few of them performed very well, but half of them did not participate in the drill for various reasons."

As soon as Liu Ying's words fell, Liu Yi next to him added: "In fact, those who did not participate in the drill were not all because they were afraid of hardship, some were because they were young, such as the sons of the founding prince and Cao Guogong, and there were also some people who were suspicious and didn't dare to show too much, so they simply lay down and did nothing." ”

"In this way, even if the Iron Book Army is sent to the battlefield, those who did not participate in the drill will probably be left in the capital, but everyone is a prince, and Your Majesty cannot treat them differently......

"No, cousin, do you mean that Your Majesty will send the Iron Book Army to the battlefield, and then leave all of us behind?" Without waiting for Li Jie to finish speaking, Liu Yi next to him asked first.