Zhu Yuanzhang paced back and forth in the Feng An Hall with his hands behind his back. His expression was solemn and a little afraid.
In this world, the only thing that Old Master Zhu had never been afraid of was his grandson!
"Let him in!"
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and shouted.
After a while, a man in his fifties walked into the hall and knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
"This commoner greets the Emperor!"
"Get up." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves.
"It's been nine years. You're old too."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, then his expression turned serious."Tell me, what happened in the mausoleum of the Emperor of Mount Zhong nine years ago!”
This man was called Zhao Jiu. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang revolted, he was only twenty years old and had always been Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard.
Nine years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had killed more than two thousand people in the incident at Mount Zhong's mausoleum. He had only let him off. Fortunately, he had let him off!
"Your Majesty, I wouldn't dare to lie about what happened back then!" Zhao Jiu said in fear.”
"It's true, the coffin really opened inexplicably, and then the body of the Grand Sun disappeared without a trace!”
"It rained heavily that night, and I ordered people to search. There were indeed many footprints on the muddy ground, but those footprints did not belong to Milord.”
At that time, the imperial guards also told Zhu Yuanzhang this. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that they were trying to escape the responsibility of the theft of his grandson's body, so they joined forces to deceive him!
That was why he was so angry that he killed everyone.
But now, Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment before he stared at Zhao Jiu sharply."In your opinion, what exactly happened?”
Zhao Jiu gritted his teeth. But I've killed so many people, I don't believe in ghosts.”
"Either that, or the great grandson has been resurrected!”
He didn't dare to use the words 'Tai Sun didn't die', because it was Zhu Yuanzhang, the imperial court, who announced Zhu Xiong's death.
What he said meant that Zhu Yuanzhang had failed his duty.
That was why he said the words 'Taisun resurrected'.
Zhu Yuanzhang's body trembled slightly.
Back then, he told me the same thing. I didn't believe him, but now, Zhu Yuanzhang is starting to believe him.
He waved his hand weakly and said,"You may leave."”
How could a dead person be resurrected?
Is this the kindness of the heavens to my Zhu family?
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with confusion. Gradually, his tiger eyes began to harden!
That must be my eldest grandson!
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think that anyone would dare to deceive him, from the old farmer at the foot of Mount Zhong to this bodyguard who had followed him for decades.
None of them would lie to Zhu Yuanzhang!
He had also tried to think if this was a conspiracy by some people. He had asked the Embroidered Uniform Guards to investigate, and the conclusion was…clean!
Zhu Huai had not interacted with any influential people in the past nine years. His identity was blank and clean!
No one would make use of Zhu Huai's identity!
There couldn't be so many coincidences in the world!
The only explanation is that the child…is really of the Zhu family's bloodline!
Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked to the front of the case. He held the brush in his hand and began to write. I have my grandson, Zhu Xiongyu, who survived nine years ago and was hidden in…Today, I confer Zhu Xiongyu the title of King of Wu of Ming Dynasty…
Wu was the name of the country before Emperor Hongwu ascended the throne. To the Darming Dynasty and even the entire Zhu Clan, it had a great meaning.
Among the kings of the Ming Dynasty, he was the most noble!
After Zhu Yuanzhang stamped his seal, he said,"Come…"
Halfway through his sentence, he paused again.
After a moment of silence, he quietly hid the imperial edict on the case, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.
He thought of another imperial grandson, Zhu Yunwen.
Xiong Jue had been away for nine years and had never come into contact with any high-ranking officials. If he rashly brought him back, it would only put him in an awkward position.
If he could control these scholars, it would be fine. If he did not have enough means, it might not be a good thing to return to the palace.
"Men! Go and call Liu Sanwu over!"
Zhu Yuanzhang changed his tone and shouted.
After a while, Liu Sanwu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, hurried over and bowed."Greetings, Emperor."
Liu Sanwu was the teacher responsible for teaching Zhu Yunwen. At this time, the emperor summoned him. He thought that the old man wanted to inspect Zhu Yunwen's homework.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him for a while and said,""Many of our children and grandchildren have been taught by you from the past to the present. Who do you think is the most satisfactory among these people?”
Liu Sanwu was stunned.
What did the old man mean?
The Crown Prince had just passed away. Was the Old Master looking for an heir?
Liu Sanwu's heart was pounding, but as a scholar, he still had his integrity.
He was not like Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai. If they came, they would definitely say that it was Zhu Yunwen without hesitation!
Liu Sanwu thought for a long time before saying,""Replying to the emperor, this old man has been teaching until now. The one who is the most intelligent and able to see through everything with just a little bit is the late emperor's great grandson Zhu Xiong!”
Even Liu Sanwu could not compare to Zhu Xiong He's wisdom.
He still remembered the last time he taught Taisun knowledge. When the two of them were discussing the reason for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Xiong said that the Yuan Dynasty had perished because of tyranny!
These words were very common in the eyes of these Confucian scholars, because they had read a lot of history and were very knowledgeable.
But at that time, his great-grandson was only eight years old! How could Liu Sanwu not have a deep impression of him?
Although his great-grandson had passed away, this did not affect his impression in Liu Sanwu's heart!
Liu Sanwu reminisced for a while and continued,""The rest are the best among them, but…"
Zhu Yuanzhang said,"It doesn't matter if you say it. We're not so old that we can't listen."”
Liu Sanwu nodded." Zhu Yunwen is sometimes too rigid and read too many dead books.”
Simple, no opinions, rigid.
Of course, Liu Sanwu did not dare to say this in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said," I understand. Tomorrow, go to the third shop in Wuyi Alley by Qinhuai River and accompany me to meet someone. Let me test his knowledge and etiquette!"”
"Keep this a secret.”
Liu Sanwu hurriedly nodded.”
"You may leave." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
……
Zhu Huai sat in his study, deep in thought.
If the salt was ready, should he continue to sell it to the transport company?
If he sold it to the merchants, would they raise the price and disrupt the salt market in Ying Tian Prefecture?
If the salt prices in Yingtian Prefecture were to be in disorder, the imperial court would be the first to investigate him.
No!
He still had to sell it to the transport company!
However, the last time he had a conflict with the transport company, the old yellow head had given the other party a harsh scolding.
The yellow-haired old man and the other party were not in the same government office, so Zhu Huai could not rely on the yellow-haired old man to settle everything.
He spent the entire afternoon thinking about how to deal with the Transportation Office and finally came up with an excuse.
Putting down his pen, Zhu Huai was thinking about his connections again.
He knew a lot of people from the lower class, but he didn't know many scholars.
Now, if he wanted to establish himself in Ying Tian, develop and strengthen his relationship, or even rebel and ascend the throne, he needed 'power'. Making friends with scholars was undoubtedly the fastest way to borrow' power'!
With the wisdom of an emperor, Zhu Huai would look at problems from a strategic point of view. He would not blindly think that Confucian scholars were bad, nor would he blindly trust Confucian scholars.
Now, when he thought about problems, he would always ponder over 'weighing' and 'controlling.' In other words, Zhu Huai's situation had become even bigger!
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