That thing? Which thing? It only took Gu Huai a short time to figure out what Zhu Di was talking about.

He became serious and took a step closer: "The minister left a few elite secret spies of the secret spy department, and traced all the way along the clues left by Pei Xi before, what can be determined is that Pei Xi did not use the personnel of the Jinyi Guard itself, and there were indeed people in the West City Gate who witnessed a few feminine people escorting a noble son out of the city that day, and he didn't know where to go." ”

Zhu Di's body was shocked: "West City Gate? ”

It turned out that it really ran away... Zhu Di's body was tense, but his heart was relieved after a few days.

I am most afraid of having no clue about everything, and once I have a clue, I at least know what to do.

Zhu Di was a little distracted, and only after a while did he speak leisurely: "They all say that I am decisive in killing, but I... Not as good as him! Abandon my wife and children, escape alone, I can't do it anyway! I can raise a butcher's knife against the enemy, but I can't do this to my wife and son! ”

In this case, Gu Huai didn't dare to take it, he continued: "In order to ensure concealment, the minister has sent several people, starting from Jinling, to the west all the way to search, but Jinyi Wei Pei Xi has always done things without leakage, and the people under the minister have not found any useful clues." ”

Zhu Di nodded: "I don't feel at ease about handing over this matter to others, I can only leave it to you!" He escaped outside, it is always a trouble, this matter cannot be relaxed, life to see people, death to see corpses, you have to keep investigating! What's the difficulty, you come to find me, I will support you! ”

Gu Huai's heart was relieved, with Zhu Di's words, the manpower and material resources he intercepted from the secret spy department handed over to Jinyiwei were even lost.

He responded repeatedly, Zhu Di relaxed a little, and said with a smile: "You are still young, it is when you are in the prime of life, you have to share some things for me, but it is not your turn to enjoy Qingfu, so you will hand over the military affairs, so you will go to drink and have fun every day, so that those old Jianwen ministers can see, don't you want to point fingers at the officials in Beiping?" ”

Gu Huaixin thought that you have taken back all the military power inspectors, except for the matter of finding Jianwen's whereabouts, nothing has been left behind, what can he do blindly?

But he never dared to say such a heartfelt thing, so he arched his hand and said: "Please give instructions from Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Di also stopped and looked back: "Huang Guan, Wang Shuying... You know about their suicide and martyrdom, right? ”

Gu Huai nodded, Zhu Di's face was hidden in the darkness, and he couldn't see his expression clearly: "I hated them for being pedantic before, but when I became the emperor, I saw them serve the king with their own death, their integrity is commendable, and they are harmless to others, I... Why don't you want to have such a courtier? There are more than 20 people on the traitor list, except for Fang Huangqi and Tie Xuan, the others still plan to give them a way to live, and you will leave the palace and go to Zhaojiao later, you are a scholar, you can talk to them, tell them, as long as you are willing to follow, I will not blame the past! ”

He sighed: "After all, it is impossible for me to kill all the literati officials who preach that righteousness in this world, even if they are killed, they are not their disciples, and after all, they are not scholars?" I take the world, relying on the sword, but sitting in the world, but I can't rely on killing, after all... Doesn't get the hearts of the people. ”

Gu Huai's heart moved: "Your Majesty wants to win the hearts of the world?" ”

Zhu Di laughed: "Win the hearts of the world? Where do I dare to be so arrogant, don't talk about the dynasties, just say that the Qin Emperor Han Wu, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestors, can't do this! I am the emperor, as long as I can collect the hearts of most of the literati in the world, and do not criticize me, it is enough. ”

As he spoke, he walked forward again, Gu Huai followed behind him, his eyes flashing.

The heart of the recipient? It turned out that Zhu Laosi was not moved by compassion, but knew that if he continued to kill like this, he would eventually drift away from those literati...

When the imperial study arrived, a eunuch served tea, Zhu Di took a sip, and continued: "You get on the horse to fight, follow me Jing for several years, you are not a literati, so you don't understand the problems of those literati, they can't hold knives and guns, if they go to the battlefield, it's not enough to cut, but their weapons are pen and paper, and they live all their lives only for the name behind them, for this name, they can not be afraid of death, don't be high-ranking officials, don't eat oil and salt, don't eat oil and salt, what do you say I can do?" I can only coax and deceive to let them look forward to this country for me! ”

Gu Huai sorted out the manuscript and slowly spoke: "Fang Xiaoru, as a great Confucian, was Ling Chi and connected with the ten clans, which really shocked the scholars of the world, in this case, Your Majesty wants to win the hearts of the people in the world, why not solve the problem fundamentally?" ”

Zhu Di glanced at him: "What fundamentals?" ”

"Your Majesty Rongchen asks a question," Gu Huai carefully observed Zhu Di's expression, "After dealing with political affairs in the past few days, Your Majesty... Tired? ”

Zhu Di's face twitched, tired? He was tossed half to death.

In the morning, when I opened my eyes, I went to the court, and after the court, I approved the folds, met with the ministers, and dealt with government affairs, which was equivalent to opening a noon court, and waited until the end of the meal, and had to approve the folds until I went to bed, and the day was more tiring than marching and fighting, he finally understood the work efficiency and work spirit of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, these days he went all out to deal with government affairs day and night, but the excerpts were strangely piled up more and more, it is conceivable that if it goes down like this, government affairs will pile up.

But it is impossible for the emperor to show exhaustion and weakness: "Go on. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty has to do everything himself, which is a good thing, but how can His Highness handle the affairs of the whole country? All dynasties have had prime ministers, but this dynasty has been abolished, in that case, why didn't Your Majesty promote some civil officials..."

Zhu Di's face sank: "Do you want to persuade me to be a prime minister?" Ridiculous! ”

Gu Huai hurriedly shook his head: "It's not a standing phase, but... Cabinet. ”

He explained: "The ministers who assist in government affairs can be unified into the cabinet, serve as confidential secretaries for His Majesty, deal with local affairs, and provide administrative advice, but whether to implement or not is decided by His Majesty's imperial pen Zhu Approval, and these people can be called scholars, in order to prevent autocracy, the official position can be set lower, far lower than the six officials such as Shangshu and Shilang, so that the scholars of the world can be proud of serving as scholars, and your Majesty can be freed from the mountains of government affairs, which is equivalent to releasing a signal, Your Majesty... After all, it is necessary to rule the country with literati, and their resistance psychology will be much lower. ”

"Of course, it is also possible to set up some obstacles to enter the cabinet, such as the cabinet scholars are not allowed to hold official positions in the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, so as to avoid being powerful, and at the same time, the scholars can only be held by Hanlin scholars, so as to ensure the ability to learn, and avoid the Korean and Chinese officials from having a dispute over this position."

Zhu Di glanced at Gu Huai thoughtfully, he really didn't expect that Gu Huai, who usually masters the spy yamen and can also fight with his army on horseback... Can you talk so eloquently about government affairs?

This idea really solves his current troubles, someone to assist in handling government affairs, it can indeed make him easier, and make fewer mistakes, the official position is low, and the setting of officials who cannot concurrently serve does avoid dictatorship, care... Could it be the roundworm in his stomach, he knows what he is thinking?

He was about to ask again quietly, but Gu Huai said to himself: "... Of course, this method has little effect at present, and it will take a long time after all, so why doesn't Your Majesty do a cultural event and let the world's scholars participate in it? This is a brilliant move, enough to last for a hundred years, if the people of the world jointly write a book and say, this act alone, Your Majesty will be able to collect the hearts of the people of the world. ”

Zhu Di's body was shocked, put down the teacup, and leaned forward slightly: "Go on!" ”

Gu Huai arched his hand: "Since ancient times, the subset of scriptures and history, the words of a hundred schools, the Buddhist Tibetan Taoist scriptures, the collection of medical craftsmen, all kinds of classics are like a sea of smoke, if Your Majesty calls on the people of the world to transcribe and sort out all the books since ancient times into a book, compiled into a canon, the people of the world actively participated, donated the picture book, and marked the name of the donor in the canon to show recognition, and selected the literati elite to come to Jinling to preside over the selection, excerpt work, so that..."

"Wait!" Zhu Di raised his hand to stop Gu Huai's words, stood up and paced in the imperial study, muttering to himself: "Inheriting the literature of all dynasties and compiling a great canon, no one in the world can resist this temptation!" Even if this book was not written in this dynasty, but it was completed in my Yongle Dynasty, and future generations can read this book, can they bypass my name? Moreover, the elites of the people of the world gathered in Jinling to participate in such a grand event, even if they were still dissatisfied with me, but when this book was completed, didn't they also support me in disguise? ”

He stopped, his eyes blazing: "Wonderful, wonderful!" Vote to the literati, they can't refuse, and imperceptibly, I have won the heart of the world, the day of the completion of the ceremony, is the time when I leave a name in history! It's a great idea, how did you come up with it? ”

Seeing that Zhu Di was gearing up and couldn't wait to do it immediately, Gu Huai hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, this matter is not in a hurry, it is still the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu, and it will not start until the first year of Yongle, and this editor-in-chief candidate... Your Majesty always has to choose someone close to you, and the formation of the cabinet can also be regarded as a finalization of the candidates for the chief editor of the canon, two things, one for the long-term and the other based on the present, so that the people of the world can be appeased and thought that Your Majesty will use it. ”

Zhu Di came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Yes, I can't be in a hurry, these things have to be talked about in a little stability in the world, and it will be easier to win the hearts of the people at that time than now." ”

He sat back in his chair and looked at Gu Huai, who was standing respectfully at the bottom of the steps, with some emotion, Gu Huai really surprised him again and again... When he first met Gu Huai, he thought that Gu Huai was just a craftsman with some ingenious ideas, but later he found out that Gu Huai was brave and strategic, not only trained the secret spy department to perform meritorious services in the Jingjing, but also was even more talented in leading troops to fight.

Such talents... After all, we can't leave it out in the cold.

He thought for a while: "You've had enough time these days, and there's something I'm going to hand over to you!" ”