Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was staring at the map of the Ming Dynasty, and the gloomy clouds on his face gradually condensed.

His eyes were locked on the northern frontier, Yuan Xi had been tossing and turning again recently, and Lan Yu had not heard from him for several days.

"Your Majesty, the prince asks to see you!" The eunuch walked in small steps, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't notice it.

"Let him in!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

After saying that, he turned around and walked to the bookcase, and saw Zhu Biao come in with a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked, "What makes you so happy?" ”

"Back to my father, the Enke examination room has been renovated, and the Enke examination will be held smoothly as scheduled!" Zhu Biao replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the crown prince Zhu Biao, sighed deeply and said, "You should study hard with your eldest brother, this case is handled well!" Fast and ruthless"

"Your eldest brother is very smart, very skillful, tenacious, and makes rapid progress!"

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Erchen admires the eldest brother, the case was handled quickly, and the case was handled in just one day. ”

"It has relieved a lot of pressure on the work behind Erchen, but after all, Ma Nanshan is a general who was born and died with us."

"I have paid too much for Daming, and both sons are ...... I can't bear it..."

Zhu Biao swallowed back the words in his heart as he spoke, he knew that his father couldn't see his mercy the most, so he didn't say it completely.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "That's it!" That's it! You are kind by nature, you are not as decisive as your eldest brother, and you can't change it, so your father won't embarrass you! ”

"The court will pay for Ma Sandao's burial, what other family does he have?"

"There's also a nephew," Zhu Biao replied.

"It's also up to the imperial court to raise it, okay, you step back first, we want to stay alone for a while!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

When Zhu Biao heard this, he bowed his body and withdrew from the hall.

Seeing the back of Zhu Biao leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, sighed, and muttered silently: "The remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!" More and more dishonest! ”

At this moment, Jinyi Wei Mao Xiang knelt behind Zhu Yuanzhang.

He arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the former army marched to the north and fought with the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, the battle situation is not optimistic, and there are several remnants of the nuisance and invasion of the people!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took the battle report and walked to the territory map and thought secretly.

Unconsciously, he was left alone in the entire hall, and there was no trace of light in the dark hall, and the black figure stood in the hall.

is particularly desolate and pathetic, Zhu Yuanzhang has aged a lot under the tempering of the years, and his white hair is swaying back and forth with the night breeze.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a sense of helplessness in the twilight of his heroic life, if he was younger, he would definitely be able to drive the expedition himself.

swept away the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop, and returned a stable northern frontier to the people of the Ming Dynasty, giving the descendants a stable Ming dynasty.

But the years are not forgiving! No wonder the princes and generals of the past dynasties are scrambling to pursue immortality, which is really helpless!

Looking at the map of northern Xinjiang shrouded in a layer of black fog, a name suddenly flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

His lips were full of wind and frost, and he trembled and spit out a few words: "Da Ming.... Kiri'er... Daming..."

Time is running out, we have to speed up the pace, Jiangshan...

At this moment, a white light streaked across the sky outside the window, extremely fast, extremely blocky.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately had a feeling that he couldn't understand, and then shouted to the eunuchs outside the palace: "Spread Liu Bowen into the palace!" ”

No matter how turbulent it is in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, from the outside, the entire Ying Tianfu is very festive, and the streets and alleys are full of festive festivities.

No one knows what Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen said in the Qianqing Palace five days ago.

To be precise, no one knows that someone came to the Qianqing Palace that night, and as for the eunuch who gave the order, he disappeared from history forever.

That night seemed to have never appeared, and the parties involved inexplicably downplayed it and did not mention it.

After five days, the atmosphere of preparing for the exam became more and more tense.

Because it is the first Enke of the new dynasty, even the common people are very concerned about this matter, like the Olympics hundreds of years later.

All the students were unusually nervous, their facial muscles were twitching, and they were frantically flipping through the Four Books and Five Classics.

The Yingtianfu Confucian Temple was crowded with people seeking immortals and worshipping Buddha, and there were even reference students from Goryeo with shiny braids.

Kneeling on the tuanpu and twisting his neck a few times is really very peugeot.

Outside the prison of the country.

Zhu Tong, accompanied by Yang Xian, went to inspect the various guild halls and the arrangements for the candidates.

"Master Zhu, in this Mananshan case, you have made another contribution in front of Your Majesty!" Yang Xian said.

Zhu Tong smiled slightly, did not answer, and walked forward by himself, at this time Yang Xian said again: "Lord Zhu, there is a sentence that the lower official does not know whether to say or not?" ”

"If Lord Yang has any advice, just say it, and you must be cautious in the future!" Zhu Tong said and looked at Yang Xian.

But I knew in my heart that this Yang Xian would definitely not say anything good, and he was involved in the case a few days ago, and he paid attention to him since then.

"Lord Zhu, Ma Nanshan's case is not completely completed!" Yang Xian said tentatively.

"Oh? What did Lord Yang say? Zhu Tong asked puzzled.

"Although your case is over, but Ma Nanshan is Li Xiang's nephew, you haven't carefully investigated the embezzled accounts?"

"You have to know that Li Xiangke has a grudge against you for killing your son, if you don't handle the case cleanly, you can't fight snakes, be careful but be bitten by poisonous snakes!" Yang Xian said and looked at Zhu Tong.

Zhu Tong was also worried when he heard this, it was not that he had not considered this matter before, but it was inconvenient for people to say, and he didn't expect Yang Xian to make a fuss about this matter.

So he asked, "What do you think about Lord Yang?" ”

Seeing that Zhu Tong had a reaction, Yang Xian immediately said: "Check! After thoroughly investigating the corruption deeds of Li Shanchang and his henchmen, His Majesty hates corruption the most. ”

"Lord Zhu, if it is presented to Your Majesty, Li Shanchang and the others will die! Even if you don't die, you will return to your hometown, and when the post of prime minister becomes vacant, it will be Lord Zhu! ”

Zhu Tong paused, frowned and said, "I don't know what kind of henchmen Lord Xiangguo has, and I don't know where to start?" ”

"The lower officials have a plan, which can help Lord Zhu!" Yang Xian whispered to Zhu Tong for a moment as he spoke.

"It's not going to work, it's not going to be done, um.... Ay! In my opinion, Lord Yang will investigate first, and when you have the results, you will tell you, and you will do your best! Zhu Tong said.

Yang Xian nodded helplessly and said, "Then hand over this matter to the lower officials, and the lower officials will definitely handle it!" ”

As the two said this, they suddenly saw a man in a white filial piety robe, standing in front of a baked cake stall with a bookcase on his back.

The exam-taking students on the side all pointed and talked about this person, and the boss in front of the baked cake stall shouted: "If you don't buy it, go away, bad luck!" ”