The court meeting had just begun, and some courtiers came out and said: "Your Majesty shows the grace of heaven and does not punish the crime of Xuan Guogong, but Xuan Guogong has acted perversely and intends to assassinate the holy driver, such an act is outrageous, and I ask Your Majesty to behead Xuan Guogong to correct the law of the country!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many courtiers came out of the ranks, and they said in unison, "The ministers seconded the proposal!"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, Yuan Kai had already come out and said, "Your Majesty, it is unknown whether the assassination was committed by Xuanguo Gong, and this matter has yet to be verified, and I implore Your Majesty not to be in a hurry."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and asked Yuan Kai, "I remember that your name is Yuan Kai, right?"

Yuan Kai replied, "Yes."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "You don't seem to be afraid of me?"

This question is somewhat learned, whether you are afraid or not afraid of it, it doesn't seem to be good, Yuan Kai's mind won't turn, Zhang Zhen was afraid that he wouldn't be able to answer this question well, so he immediately came out and answered: "Your Majesty rules the four seas, and is the lord of the world, like the father of all peoples, so Your Majesty is not used to be afraid, but to be respected in your heart."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Yuan, "You kid has a good brain, and sooner or later he will become a minister."

Zhang Zhen bowed forward and said, "With Your Majesty's urging, Weichen will never become a minister."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and ignored Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan also consciously retreated.

"I'm a little tired today, let's stop here, Zhang Lu and Yuan Kai stay, and the rest of Aiqing can retreat."

With a sound of "retreat", today's court meeting ended in a hurry.

Zhang Lu and Yuan Kai went to the imperial study under the leadership of the chamberlain.

This is the first time Yuan Kai has been summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang alone since he joined the office, and it is also the first time he has gone to the imperial study.

He couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and at the same time, he was a little nervous in his heart, "Brother Xian, what did you say Your Majesty summoned us?"

Zhang Shi shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Where do I know where to go?"

Yuan Kai clapped his hands, but he seemed to have his own thoughts, "Your Majesty did not pronounce the guilt of Xuan Guogong at the court meeting, presumably it is because of this incident that Your Majesty must know that Xuan Guogong was wronged."

Zhang Lu looked at Yuan Kai and said in his heart: What a stupid boy, Your Majesty must have let us go over because of Li Shanchang's matter, but this time Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not give up, otherwise why do such a troublesome game?

The two went all the way into the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang put a few folds on the case, and asked Yuan Kai: "You kid is upright, but you are too upright, you should understand the truth that is too rigid and easy to break, and you need to understand more of its meaning in the future."

Although Yuan Kai disobeyed Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions several times, Zhu Yuanzhang liked his upright character, there are definitely not many people like him in the court today, and things are scarce and expensive, and the same is true for people. Calling Yuan Kai over today is on the one hand to encourage, on the other hand, it is also to do more beating, if Yuan Kai can listen to it, then the future career will definitely be smooth.

Yuan Kai was a little excited, and immediately arched his hand and said, "Weichen is the imperial history, and it is also his duty to be upright."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say more, but clicked on the fold on the table, and said, "Recently, the prince has been in charge with me, and I have collated the list of people who need to be beheaded here, so you two should send this fold to the prince."

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the three law divisions have not tried vicious cases recently, so I don't know where this beheading list came from?" Yuan Kai asked puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned back his body, and then he spoke, "It's Li Shanchang and his relatives who are colluding inside."

Hearing this, Yuan Kai immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, how can there be a reason in this world to sentence people to death without trial? Besides, there is neither evidence nor physical evidence in this matter, let alone a confession signed by Xuan Guogong, how can he make a count?"

Zhu Yuanzhang lifted the cuffs up, revealing his injured arm, and said, "My arm is the biggest evidence, Li Shanchang's rebellion is obvious, and if you intercede for him again, you will be treated as a fellow party!"

Zhu Yuanzhang has obviously begun to get angry, and if he angers an emperor, the consequences are often very serious.

Zhang Lu was afraid that Yuan Kai, a stunned young man, would accidentally lose his head, so he immediately stepped forward

Covering Yuan Kai's mouth, he took the fold on the case again, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will send this list to the prince immediately."

After speaking, Zhang Kai immediately pulled Yuan Kai out, although Yuan Kai struggled hard, but he was just a scholar in the end, and his strength could not be compared with Zhang Kai, even if he had used the strength to eat, but he still couldn't break free from Zhang Kai's shackles.

It wasn't until he was out of the range of the imperial study that Zhang Lu let go of his hand.

Yuan Kai gasped a few times, and then pointed at Zhang Yu and reprimanded loudly: "Your Majesty has acted inappropriately, we should warn Your Majesty as courtiers, but why did you pull me out?"

Zhang Yan opened his mouth and said, "You also warn Your Majesty? I think you're funny, right? You don't want your head anymore?"

Yuan Kai shook his head very solemnly and said, "A person's death can be lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai! As a courtier, I exhort myself to be a king, even if it is to die, it is a well-deserved death, and when have you ever heard that a judge will be guilty of his words?"

Zhang Zhen patted his head, Yuan Kai is definitely a stupid kind of person who reads books, he completely engraved the benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith learned in the book in his bones, this kind of person is sometimes terrible, it is really possible to face death with a smile.

Zhang Zhen knew that it didn't make sense to talk to Yuan Kai about the truth of life, so he could only change his mind and said, "Li Shanchang was given death but he didn't complain at all, yes, the assassination had nothing to do with him, but do you know how much food Li Shanchang has been greedy for over the years? In my eyes, Li Shanchang is a good person, he has never offended anyone, and he has never harmed anyone, even in the face of ordinary people, he can do it without committing any crimes, but after all, he has managed money and food for so many years, and the number of his greed for ink has long exceeded your imagination."

Zhang Zhen did investigate Li Shanchang and knew that although Li Shanchang had not harmed anyone, he had also embezzled a lot of money from the treasury.

Zhang Yuan's words seem to make Yuan Kai a little difficult to accept, Li Shanchang, as the founder of the Ming Dynasty, is a role model for many scholars, and Yuan Kai has regarded Li Shanchang as an idol since he was a teenager.

"Impossible! When pigs fly! Everyone in the world praises Xuan Guogong as a virtuous minister, how can he be greedy for money?" Yuan Kai shook his head, his face full of disbelief.

Zhang Lu sighed and decided to teach this stupid boy a good lesson, "Do you think Geng Zhi is good? People who are too upright don't know how to be flexible, and it's easy to offend people, such people have no friends, and it is difficult to have a chance to be promoted in the officialdom, Brother Yuan, you are such a person. People, sometimes you need to be flexible, Brother Yuan, do you understand what I mean?"

Yuan Kai shook his head.

Zhang Zhen continued: "Li Shanchang was Zaifu at the beginning, what he wants to do is to help His Majesty sort out the Ming who is full of injuries, only by getting along with everyone, he can handle this country better, he must not offend people, he treats each other with sincerity when facing virtuous ministers, and chooses to go along with the dirt when facing female cadres, so that although he is dirty, he has also achieved his goal!"

Yuan Kai's eyes seemed to have regained some color, he looked up at Zhang Yuan, and asked, "Xuan Guogong is greedy for ink for the country?"

Zhang Zhen nodded, "It's for the country, but it's also a fact, many times we don't have many answers, Li Shanchang did what he thought was right, I can understand him, but I can't agree with it." Okay, that's all I'll tell you, and as for how much you can experience and what choices you make in the future, it's all your own business, and that's all I can say."

After speaking, Yuan Kai couldn't react, so he pulled him towards the James Mansion together.

There was an unknown tree in the courtyard of James's House, which flourished in the summer, but now that the weather is cold, there are not many leaves left on it, but the trunk is more erect.

At this moment, Sun Qiyue was sitting on a tree and sipping wine, also drinking, Sun Qiyue showed a picture that was not much more beautiful than Luo Kedi, Zhang Yuan thought about it, probably also affected by his appearance, after all, one is an uncle with a scruffy beard, and the other is a beautiful woman who can't see her age with a childish face.

Yuan Kai was in no mood to appreciate this beautiful picture, because Zhang Yan's words today had completely subverted his cognition.

On the other side of the James Mansion, Jia Yuntong leaned

Another bare tree was in a daze, his eyes seemed to be a little far-reaching, as for whether he was looking at the scenery or Sun Qiyue, it was unknown.

Zhang Lu took Yuan Kai to pass by the two of them, and greeted the two with a smile: "Hello Grandpa Jia, Grandma Sun, are you two old people busy?"

The two of them walked as the James Mansion, and they really had nothing to do on weekdays except to protect the prince, Sun Qiyue was still drinking on the tree, and he didn't pay attention to Zhang Qi at all.

And Jia Yuntong gave Zhang Zhen a look, and the meaning was very clear, you kid get out of here, don't disturb Lao Tzu to see the scenery here.

Zhang Zhen's greeting was lonely, so he could only shake his head helplessly and took Yuan Kai to find the prince.

All the way into the palace, the two of them saluted the prince together: "Wechen has seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

The prince's condition seemed to be really much better, he nodded kindly, and said, "No need to be polite, Zhang Lu, who is this one next to you?"

The crown prince has just joined the regency, and it is normal that he does not know the ministers of the court.

Before he could open his mouth, Yuan Kai had already introduced himself: "Weichen Yuan Kai is the imperial history of the Inspectorate."

The crown prince is extremely kind, no matter when facing anyone, he smiled and nodded towards Yuan Kai and said, "It turned out to be Yuan Yushi, Yushi is a nobleman, Yuan Yushi entered the Inspectorate at a young age, and his future must be limitless."

Today, Yuan Kai has been praised by both the current saint and the future emperor, which should have been a very happy thing, but now his mind is full of the ideas that Zhang Lu instilled in him, how can he be happy.