Yingguo Gong Fu Youde spoke for Zhang Rang, that was because Zhang Ran saved Fu Rang's life, that was love.

Zhu Yunwen spoke for Zhang Yan, that was righteous anger.

But Zhang Lu couldn't imagine why Mr. Zicheng would speak for him.

Seeing that Zhang Lu was silent, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "You kid, let's talk about it, how are the princes of this court?" ”

Generally, the questions asked by the emperor are difficult to answer, and if you don't get it right, you will lose your head, but today Zhang Lu didn't sleep all night, and he was in a bad mood, so he didn't bother to say those scenes at all.

He bluntly said: "I don't know. ”

"Don't know?" Zhang Lu's answer seemed to arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's interest, only to hear Zhu Yuanzhang continue: "Your answer is interesting, so many people impeached you this morning, I rarely give you a chance to speak out, don't you want to attack each other with them?" ”

Zhang Zhen shook his head, "Jinling City is not small, what did I do last night, I was impeached this morning, and it was not dawn when I went to court in the morning, I really can't understand how these people who impeached me know what I did yesterday." These people are just avoiding the important and trivial, otherwise the most impeached this morning is the City Patrol Division, I think, even if no one is impeached, Your Majesty must know about the death of more than a dozen people in the Shochiku Pavilion. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and his expression became serious, "Of course I know." ”

Zhang Lu continued: "The reason why I don't attack them is because there is no evidence yet, and many of these people must have colluded with the dark master, but there are also people who don't know the cause and effect, and only heard about some things about me and followed the impeachment. I will never let go of those who want to put me to death, but I don't want to harm innocent people. I don't know much about the adults in the court, and I know even less, so when His Majesty asked me, I could only answer that I didn't know. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be very satisfied with Zhang Lu's answer, he nodded, and asked again: "When I got this huge world, I just wanted to give the people of the world a full bite to eat, and give the world's scholars a chance to display their talents, but I have obviously given many people fame and status, and even given them the opportunity to go down in history, but I don't understand, why some people just don't know how to be satisfied, in this court, I'm afraid that many courtiers have colluded with that dark master, if they are all dealt with, I'm afraid it will paralyze many important departments of the court, What do you think you should do? ”

Zhang Yan didn't think about it, but replied directly: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and I can't answer Your Majesty's questions, probably only those who can govern the world can answer." But I've heard a word called 'don't break or stand', in my opinion, it's that the law doesn't blame the public, and if you make a mistake, you should be punished, otherwise what justice is there in this world? ”

Where would an ordinary courtier dare to be so outspoken in front of the emperor? So in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Zhang Lu is peculiar.

Zhu Yuanzhang is an idealist, but at the same time he is also a doer, he, like the majority of emperors, hopes that all the officials under his command are honest and fair, and the original Ming is also good, but Zhu Yuanzhang underestimated the power of money, and also underestimated the ugliness of human nature.

So Zhu Yuanzhang has been worrying, the court is going to operate, and if there is too much killing, the country will inevitably be paralyzed. But today's answer seems to have allowed him to find the answer, the pain may be temporary, but the lesion must be eradicated, as long as all the greedy and ugly officials in the world are killed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied, he stroked his beard, and said, "It's a good one that doesn't break or stand, you kid is very good, let's go down for the time being." ”

"That's it? Can I go? Zhang asked puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Otherwise?" Do I still want to keep you in the palace for the New Year? ”

Who knew that Zhang Yu said: "I don't know much about the laws and rules of the Ming Dynasty, but I did break into the Xuanguo Mansion and the Yamen of the City Patrol Division yesterday, one of these two places is the mansion of the nobles, and the other is the imperial court, presumably I still have to bear some responsibility, I admit it, but I can't stay in the prison now, can I wait until I kill the dark lord before going?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and waved his hand at Zhang Yan, "Let's go, as long as I don't say that you are guilty, no one in this world will dare to put you in prison." ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, it could be regarded as a big stone in his heart, he arched his hand towards Zhu Yuanzhang, and then withdrew from the imperial study.

Waiting for Zhang Lu to leave, a man in his thirties came out from behind Zhu Yuanzhang's screen, this person is named Fang Xiaoru, although he is not very old, but he is already a famous Confucian, although he did not participate in the imperial examination, but many noble courtiers recommended him to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang also invited him several times to attack and ask for advice.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this Fang Xiaoru and asked, "What does Mr. Fang think of this kid?" ”

Fang Xiaoru thought for a while and replied: "Be outspoken, decisive, have the courage to take responsibility, and polish it in the future, which can be of great use." It's just that now, he's still too young to bring home the body of a woman in a Qinglou, and he used a lot of Jinyiwei last night, and it's really inappropriate to use public weapons for private use. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a smile, "Bringing home the body of the Qinglou woman shows that this kid has a deep affection, this kind of person, it will be difficult to betray it if he is used well in the future, and it is just a trivial matter to use Jinyiwei, Mr. Fang thought that without the nodding of me and Jiang Xuan, Zhang Lu This kid can use every soldier of Jinyiwei?" It is said that no one is perfect, just because this kid still has shortcomings, that is good, if he does everything properly and can't catch the slightest problem, then I won't dare to use it. ”

Fang Xiaoru arched his hand towards Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty's wisdom is very within the reach of others, and the grass people admire it tightly." ”

Fang Xiaoru is a genuine Confucian, this person is good in all aspects, but he will not be flexible, and naturally he will not be a sycophant, even if he is facing the emperor.

So to be praised and admired by a person who will never be a sycophant, of course, is a very happy thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Fang would also compliment me, but Mr. Fang was not like this before." ”

Fang Xiaoru was serious and said: "The grass people are just telling the truth. I just don't know, when will Your Majesty start to do it? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "How can this be done overnight?" Wait for now. ”

"I wonder what Your Majesty is waiting for?" Fang Xiaoru asked puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "After all, there are a lot of dead people in the Songzhu Pavilion, I want to see if there will be courtiers to play this matter today, in this world, the most difficult thing to see is the people's hearts, but I still want to see." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was talking, and there were already little eunuchs who presented three copies of the folds with a tray, Zhu Yuanzhang opened them one by one, and after reading them all, he patted his thigh and smiled, and said: "My court is still a little clear, Huang Xiang, Qi Tai, and Xie Jin played a game, talked about the Songzhu Pavilion, and also impeached the City Patrol Division. ”

Fang Xiaoru stood aside and said: "With these people as the foundation, they will definitely be able to radiate from the world, and there can be such people in the court, and the grass people will congratulate Your Majesty." ”

……

Zhang Lu followed the eunuch out of the palace, but he didn't know that his trouble had been found.