The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Liu Jing in the Qianqing Palace, Liu Jing was the envoy of the door at the time, and the main work content was to correct the etiquette of the hundred officials in the court, which seemed to be similar to a common "minister impeached a certain person for the crime of dishonorability" in later movies. This position seemed inexplicable to later generations, and in feudal society, it should be regarded as a person trusted by the emperor.

The monarch and the ministers retreated from the Qianqing Palace and talked for half an hour, but everyone didn't know the content, but when Liu Jing left, his steps staggered, his face was pale, and he seemed to be frightened, and even lost his soul; Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the palace for a long time, and then opened the door and scattered in the palace, but because of the small reason, he killed a few eunuchs and palace maids who were not long-eyed.

Time flies, and it has come to March of the 28th year of Hongwu. Martial arts is about to graduate from the first batch of students, and the Taisun Guards have also been training for half a year, and Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, has played a great role in the improvement of teaching content and training arrangements, and has done things conscientiously. Since Zhu Yunjiao brought him to Wuxue, except for Chinese New Year's Eve, he has not returned home, seems to be happy to be a martial arts instructor, and Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have forgotten this person, except for seeing Ying Guogong at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet and talking a few words, other court meetings have never announced that he went to the palace, for a time, Daming's Ying Guogong seems to have completely faded out of the court, and in Wuxue, he is just a teaching consultant.

Qi De also entered Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, because the three major halls of the palace were struck by lightning, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to go to the ancestral temple in the suburbs to worship, and chose officials who had been officials in the court for nine years and had no fault to accompany the sacrifice, Qi De was selected, so he was given the name Tai, so Qi De became Qi Tai.

Qi Tai and Tie Xuan are in charge of the daily affairs of martial arts, and although Wang Du, the director of the staff office, is not famous, the students in the staff room are the best students in martial arts, so his prestige is also invisibly high. On this day, he was talking to a student, this student was Zhang Fu, the right guard of the king of Yan in Beiping.

"Wen Bi, the first batch of martial arts students is about to graduate, do you have any thoughts on the future arrangements?"

"Lord Wang, the student is just an ordinary student, and he has not joined the Taisun Protector, so he should go back to Beiping when the time comes."

"Huh?" Wang Du smiled, picked up the teacup on the table, skimmed the tea leaves on the surface with the lid of the cup, and said: "Wen Bi, you are indeed a talent, in this group of students, you are quite outstanding, Your Highness and I value you very much, I hope you can have a better future." ”

Zhang Fu looked up at Wang Du and said, "Lord Wang, the student is very grateful to the adult, but the student's father is still in command of the left guard of King Yan, and he is too old for the student to stay away." ”

"Don't worry about this, Your Highness has made arrangements, if you have no opinion, your father will be transferred to Ningxia Zhongwei as a commander, and you will be a thousand households in Ningxia Zuowei, if there is no accident, you will be promoted to be a commander in two years, are you willing?"

"This?" Zhang Fu didn't know how to answer, the arrangement made by Wang Du was indeed very good, but he did have a reason why he couldn't agree, and thought for a while: "Lord Wang, my father is old, and I am afraid that he will not be able to adapt to leaving Beiping, there is a lot of wind and sand in the northwest, and the students are worried about their father's body." ”

"Hehe, okay, I don't want you to make a decision now, you can discuss it with your father, after all, it's not a trivial matter, there are still two months before graduation, but the appointment will be issued in a month, so please hurry, okay?"

"Thank you for your compassion, and I am grateful for my humble duties."

"Okay, there you go."

Wang Du has been talking to people for most of the time in the past few days, and the results of the conversation are recorded in the notebook he carries with him, and at the same time he has fully communicated with Qi Tai, Tie Xuan, Fu Youde, Qu Neng and others, and when he feels that it is almost over, he left Wuxue and came to Duanben Palace to see Zhu Yunwen.

Although Wang Du has come to the palace a lot of times, Zhu Yunwen did not meet him immediately today, and after waiting for a while, Liu Zhen notified him to go to the study to meet him. When Wang Du arrived at the study, he found that Zhu Yunwen was not in a good mood today, and there seemed to be some tears in the corners of his eyes, so he couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, is something wrong?" Do you need to worry about it? ”

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand to sit him down, and said, "I got the news the day before yesterday that Gu's second uncle Qin Wangxue died, and Gu was sad and also remembered Gu's father, so he was a little sad." What are you doing today? ”

"Huh?" Wang Du's face showed a hint of joy, but he immediately covered it up, thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness, the untimely death of King Qin is indeed sad, but this is irreparable, Your Highness should instruct the Ministry of Rites to send a senior official to Xi'an to handle the aftermath, and let the prince inherit the title as soon as possible." However, there is more important things, it is necessary to send a trustworthy general to the Shaanxi capital to inspect the border army to avoid changes. ”

"Change?" Zhu Yunwen was surprised: "What has changed?" ”

"Your Highness, the King of Qin has been in power for many years, and there must be confidants and generals, these people must be in a critical position, Your Highness should take this opportunity to transfer these people away, reduce the strength of the Qin prince, and help His Highness to recover military power and cut the feudal domain in the future."

"Oh, Lone sees. In the sub, you are really quick to react, not bad. By the way, did you come over today for something? ”

"Your Highness, the martial arts students are about to graduate, Zizhong talked to the excellent students according to His Highness's instructions, and also let the instructor touch the bottom, but most of the students still want to return to their hometowns, but the students in the southwest and northwest are willing to transfer out of their hometowns."

"Well, okay, the twisted melon is not sweet, let them go back if they are willing to go back, by the way, talk to Qi Tai, in a few days, the emperor will promote him to the left squire of the military department, let Qi Tai make good arrangements for them, and they will all be promoted to one level, and those who are willing to transfer will be transferred to Shandong, Liaodong, Beiping and Shanxi, and they will also be promoted to one level."

"Well," Wang Du judged: "There is no problem with this, they have also studied for a year, and most of them are about to be promoted before being selected for martial arts, there should be no problem." Your Highness, do you have any requirements for the specific allocation of guards? ”

"This, you decide, you understand the worries in my heart, you and Qi Tai have a good arrangement."

"Okay, Your Highness, there is one thing that I don't know whether to say or not."

"What's the matter?"

"That Zhang Fu," Wang Du reported what he and Zhang Fu said to Zhu Yunwen as it was.

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Wang Du and said with a slight smile: "Zizhong, you are not small, you dare to promise the military attache of the third grade." ”

Wang Du was stunned by Zhu Yunwen's look, and quickly knelt down, and said: "Your Highness, this Zhang Fu is indeed a talent, and although his father Zhang Yu is old, he is still majestic, and he is a brave general. ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Wang Du for a while, and said: "You get up, you are Lone's henchman, and it is necessary to make a decision on the spot, but you must report to Lone afterwards, understand?" ”

"The lowly duty understands, and the lowly duty remembers the teachings of His Highness." Wang Du couldn't help wiping his sweat and whispered.

Zhu Yunwen asked Wang Du to get up, comforted him, and then said, "Zhang Fu said that he wanted to ask his father?" ”

"Yes."

"Zizhong, what do you think he will decide in the end?"

"Your Highness, the minister can't say it well, it mainly depends on King Yan's thoughts,"

"How?"

Wang Du also calmed down and said: "Zhang Fu is actually irrelevant, the main thing is this Zhang Yu, if King Yan insists on keeping this Zhang Yu, then he has a great chance of having a plan, if he doesn't keep this Zhang Yu, it can't be said that he has no plan, maybe Zhang Yu is not important to him." ”

"Uncle Yan Wang is unlikely to give up on Zhang Yu." Zhu Yunwen stood up suddenly, walked to the window, and said quietly.

"What does Your Highness know?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "It's nothing." It's just a feeling, Zhang Fu's excellent Yan King can't be seen, and Zhang Yu can become a high-ranking official of the Privy Council in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which shows that he is not an idle person, plus he is brave and good at fighting, brave and strategic, and has no foundation in Daming, he must want to find a backer, and if King Yan has a different heart, he will also reuse such a person. ”

"Your Highness is right, what if Zhang Fu decides to go back to Beiping? We are going to ......" Wang Du raised his right hand and gestured like a knife.

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a moment and said, "No need, let him go back, this is his own choice, let's not interfere." Is there anything else? ”

"No, Your Highness, that's it, let's go back to martial arts and discuss the follow-up matters with Lord Qi."

"Okay, you go down."

After Wang Du went out, he found himself in a cold sweat, and couldn't help but wake up, he had been a little carried away recently, and he felt that he was the absolute henchman of His Royal Highness, closer than Qi Tai and others, but when he talked to Zhang Fu today, he couldn't help but feel this sense of superiority. But I also sighed, His Royal Highness is really kind-hearted, Zhang Fu, the anti-bone boy, is still so good to him, if he wants to do it according to his own ideas, he will definitely do it, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it is not a shame to kill it, hehe......

Zhu Yunwen looked out the window, his heart was as calm as water, Zhang Fu's affairs were actually irrelevant, his growth still needed time, and King Yan would not rely on him if he wanted to rebel, so let him go, now the main thing is to deal with the affairs of King Qin.

Zhu Yunwen carefully sorted out his thoughts, and went to Qianqing Palace to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

When I arrived at the Qianqing Palace, I found that Changfu and others were waiting outside, and after asking, I found out that Zhu Yuanzhang had driven everyone out, and after thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yunwen gently pushed open the door and walked in, there was no light in the hall, and it was dim. Zhu Yunwen groped his way to the side of the dragon case, and listened to a weak voice: "Is it Yunwen?" ”

"Yes, Grandpa Huang, Yun Wei is not filial, Yun Wei should accompany Grandpa Huang here." Zhu Yunwen fell to his knees and cried.

"It's okay, I don't blame you, it's been three days since your second uncle's incident, and I have already eased up, but I don't know why, today, I am suddenly very sad, I am rich all over the world, and I am the son of heaven, but your father and your second uncle have passed away so early, what is going on? Could it be God's retribution for me Zhu Yuanzhang? Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help crying loudly.

Zhu Yunwen walked a few steps on his knees, hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's leg and said: "Grandpa Huang, no, Grandpa Huang's expulsion of the Yuan soldiers, leveling the war, has made great contributions to the world, and the ghosts and gods are blessed, how can there be retribution?" Father and second uncle have gone to heaven to enjoy happiness, we should be happy, grandfather, don't cry. ”

The grandfather and grandson hugged their heads and cried, and it took a long time before they calmed down.

Zhu Yunwen got up and lit the lamp, helped Zhu Yuanzhang to lie down on the dragon couch, and then talked to Zhu Yuanzhang for a while, and slowly Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down, cheered up, and said, "Yunwen, you accompany the imperial grandfather to the courtyard for a walk." ”

The two most honorable people in the Ming Dynasty were walking in the courtyard, and Changfu in the back looked at it, and couldn't help but tears came out, what's wrong with the Ming Dynasty? The emperor is so old, he has lost children one after another, I don't know how long he can last, and the emperor's grandson is not yet twenty years old, can he support the world of the Ming Dynasty?

The grandfather and grandson didn't bother with the idea of Changfu, but were talking about more important things.

"Yun Wei, how did you arrange your second uncle's afterlife?"

"Grandpa, my grandson has asked the Ministry of Rites to determine the second uncle's nickname, and is ready to arrange for Zheng Yi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to handle the funeral affairs for the second uncle, and by the way, canonize my cousin Shang Bing as the new King of Qin."

"Well, Yunwen, you did a good job." Zhu Yuanzhang paced a few steps and said: "The nickname is '愍', alas, ......"

"Okay, follow the emperor's grandfather's orders."

After walking for a while, Zhu Yunwen said: "Grandpa Huang, Yunwen wants to go to Xi'an." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang stopped: "Why? ”

"Grandpa Huang, Yun Wei has never been out of the capital, but as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he can't be ignorant of military affairs, so Yun Wei wants to find an opportunity to go to the frontier to have a look, learn about the border defense of the Ming Dynasty, get to know the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and meet his cousins by the way this time."

"No," Zhu Yuanzhang categorically vetoed: "When you become the emperor, let's talk about going out of Beijing." ”

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but be frightened, and knelt down and said, "Grandpa Huang, my grandson doesn't mean this." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yun Wei's appearance and found that what he said was a little heavy, so he helped Yun Wei up and said: "Yun Wei, I am really a little scared, your father went to Xi'an to investigate the construction of the capital, and he contracted the cold." Grandpa Huang is already old, so you should stay in Beijing. ”

Only then did Zhu Yunwen understand what his grandfather meant, and bowed his head and said, "Grandpa, my grandson has worried you, and my grandson just wants to ......."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Yunwen on the shoulder and said: "Yunwen, Shaanxi really needs to send someone to sit in the town, after all, your second uncle has just passed away, and the morale of the army and the people is turbulent, and no one can do it." ”

"Grandson understands what grandpa means, grandson plans to let Wei Guogong Xu Huizu sit in Shaanxi, and grandson's escort has been training for half a year, so follow Wei Guogong to Shaanxi, and it should be practiced."

"Well, that's good."