Zhang Lu's life after that was also monotonous and fulfilling, entering the palace in the morning to study, going to Jinyiwei to practice in the afternoon, returning to the house to sleep at night, and occasionally having time to socialize with the noble children led by Fu Rang.

Such days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the nineteenth year of Hongwu.

Zhang Yu surrendered to Cheng for half a year, and he has also gained the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang, although his official position is not high at this time, he can be regarded as being entrusted with important tasks, and he followed other Ming generals to fight everywhere to expand his territory.

Coincidentally, what Zhang Yu is following now is the Lan Yu who blocked their group outside the gate at the beginning. The current blue jade is quite trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, and has gradually grown into a new generation of military gods in the Ming army.

As for the relationship between Zhang Zhen and Zhu Yunwen, it is getting closer and closer, even the banquet in the East Palace Zhu Yunwen will invite Zhang Yun to participate, the ten-year-old Zhang Yun is still white, and he can often go in and out of the prince's mansion, which also makes many people envious.

For this reason, Zhang Yu deliberately told Zhang Zhen before the expedition, the prince will inherit the unification in the future, and Zhu Yunwen will be the prince of the right name, and now it is nothing to be friends with Zhu Yunwen, and the future Zhang Zhen must put himself in the right position, the emperor calls himself a lonely man is not unreasonable, history has told people countless times that the emperor does not need friends, and there is usually no good end if he is too close to the emperor or the prince.

If you say that you are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, Zhang Yun naturally follows the education of his uncle Zhang Yu, mainly because in the era of the supremacy of imperial power, he really can't get rid of the shackles of imperial power, but how to say that Zhu Yunwen is a friend of Zhang Yuan, and the emperor doesn't need friends? This is completely incomprehensible, after all, he was a part-time worker in his previous life, and he was too far away from high-level figures.

Zhang Yun's idea is very simple, whoever is good to me will naturally be good to whom, at least Zhang Zhen is like this, and the current Zhu Yunwen is also like this.

It was because Zhang Lu often went in and out of the Prince's Mansion and had a good relationship with Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yuanzhang specially summoned him today.

The place of the summoning was set in the imperial study, and I heard that only courtiers who were very close to Zhu Yuanzhang would be summoned here, and no one knew whether this rumor was true or not.

Zhang Lu followed the waiter into the imperial study, looking more or less cramped, to be honest, this is all pretended, I just hope to leave a better impression on Zhu Yuanzhang, as for the heart? has already floated, and it is indeed a glorious thing to be summoned alone by the first leader of the Ming Dynasty. Although he has seen Zhu Yuanzhang several times, he has never been alone, facing the emperor alone, and no one is allowed to be excited?

Zhang Zhen in the imperial study looked very honest, he didn't raise his eyelids, he respectfully saluted Zhu Yuanzhang: "Meet Your Majesty." ”

There are many rules for meeting the emperor, and you must kneel and bow when you meet the court, and it is not so formal to summon you in the imperial study, and Zhang Zhen is also saved from kneeling.

In fact, when you meet the emperor, you always have to have a self-title, which is usually "the last general", "micro minister" or "grass people" or something. But Zhang Yu thought about it, he has no official status now, but strictly speaking, he is not a grass citizen like an official eunuch, and he really doesn't know what to call himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, didn't seem to care about these details, he raised his hand lightly and said, "No courtesy." ”

Zhang Lu straightened his body according to his words, he looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was not wearing a formal suit today, but just wearing an ordinary looking regular clothes, and at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang also happened to put down the fold in his hand and looked at Zhang Rong.

Zhang Lu only felt a tightness in his heart, and only felt as if he had become a little white rabbit, while Zhu Yuanzhang on the main seat had turned into an invincible tiger. Even so, Zhang Lu did not take his eyes off.

The two looked at each other for about a cup of tea, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt strange, the Ming Dynasty is all outstanding, but who among these people is not afraid of himself? Back then, Hu Weiyong was powerful in the world, and he was able to make Hu Weiyong bow down and confess his guilt with just one look, why was Zhang Wei in front of him not afraid of himself?

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned back slightly, and the momentum of the superior person in his whole body disappeared, Zhang Lu suddenly felt that the pressure around him was gone, and he only heard Zhu Yuanzhang ask Zhang Rong: "Are you kid not afraid of me?" ”

Everyone is human, what is there to be afraid of? We grew up under the red flag, and being able to give you a gift to a feudal king like this can be regarded as giving you face, okay. Well, at this moment, the beautiful society gave Zhang Lu infinite courage.

Zhang Zhen scratched his head and decided to answer with the uncle's rhetoric, after all, if you say what you want to say, you will really be beheaded, we can not be afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, but we are afraid that our lives will not be guaranteed.

"I'm still a little afraid, but the uncle said that Your Majesty is a Ming Jun and is admired by the world, and I haven't made any mistakes, so naturally I'm not afraid."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and smiled slightly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were indeed afraid of themselves, and they also knew that because the big cases in the past few years were widely implicated, many officials scolded themselves for being faint behind their backs, but none of these people had a clear mind, and none of the people who were sanctioned were absolutely clean, and they were just ruled strictly.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Zhang Yu is good, and you kid is not bad." ”

Zhang Lu was naturally pleased to be praised by others, and he said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "But I still think that being afraid can make this world peaceful for a long time." ”

Zhang Zhen really didn't know how to answer this, but fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't intend to embarrass him, but listened to Zhu Yuanzhang continue: "Don't talk about this, are you still used to it in Jinyiwei recently?" ”

Zhang Lu thought about it and said: "I wasn't used to it when I first went, but after a few days, I got used to it." "Isn't it just getting used to it, now Zhang Yan, who wants to be a hero, is extremely strict with himself, and there is a more strict senior sister next to him, and he is used to practicing and practicing every day.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said to the door: "Someone!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a chamberlain walking in with a wooden tray, but it was covered with a red cloth, and he couldn't see what was inside.

This tray was not presented to Zhu Yuanzhang's case, but was brought to Zhang Lu by the inner servant.

Zhang Zhen looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang with a question mark on his face.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "Your kid is pure-hearted, I can see that you and Yun Wei are really good friends, this kind of friendship without utilitarianism is really rare, when King Yan bullied Yun Wen, your kid actually dared to step forward to stop it, you must know that King Yan crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and it is also a shame that your kid can bear his momentum, if Yun Wei encounters any difficulties in the future, I hope your kid can still stand up." The contents of the plate are for you, open them and take a look. ”

Zhang Lu did not hesitate, and directly lifted the red cloth on the tray, only to see that there was a robe and a crown hat on the plate, and there was a letter of order and a token on the clothes.

This dress and crown and hat have been seen before, and they can be seen almost every day, this is the robe of the brocade guard.

Look at the token again, with gold edges on a black background, and three gilded characters of "Jinyiwei" written on it.

Zhang Yi looked excited, Jin Yiwei monitors the lawlessness in the world, and Jin Yiwei can naturally fight injustice and make decisions for the people, which also changes to fulfill Zhang Yiwei's dream of being a hero.

Zhang Zhen turned to Zhu Yuanzhang and asked, "This is for me?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yes, it's for your kid, open the appointment letter and take a look." ”

Open the letter of appointment, it is full of traditional Chinese characters and the person, fortunately, the general meaning Zhang Zhen can also understand, Zhang Zhen has been a general of the former division of the Jinyi Guard Palace since today.

Although he is called a general, he does not have the right to command soldiers and horses like a real general. The front division of the palace is the body responsible for the protection and honor guard of His Majesty in the Jinyi Guard, which is composed of generals, captains and wrestlers. Among them, the general is responsible for the guard in front of the palace, the captain is in charge of the halogen book and umbrella cover, and the wrestler holds the golden drum and flag.

Don't look at the general Jinyi Wei is only responsible for standing guard and guarding, and he can't go up to any level, but the personnel among them are not carefully selected, all the children of the official eunuchs want to mix up some qualifications, and the front division of the palace is the best choice, neither need to go to the front line to work hard, but also often see the face of the sky, I don't know when I will enter His Majesty's eyes, and the promotion is simply not too fast.

Of course, even if the children of the official eunuchs want to enter the front division of the palace, they still have to look at their family background, and only the children of the family who are very close to His Majesty and loyal to His Majesty will be selected. In addition, there are some civilians in the front division of the palace, and it is even more demanding to be selected, not only need to be good in appearance and strong, but also go up for several generations, and only ordinary people who are pure and good for several generations will be selected. Therefore, Zhang Lu's current position as the former general of the Jinyi Guard Palace is something that others can't look forward to.