In the night, two eunuchs walked quickly in the palace with a lantern, followed by Jiang Yan, the commander of the Jinyiwei. The full name of the Jinyiwei was the Jinyiwei's Commander. The former was Zhu Yuanzhang's personal military commander. Later, it gradually evolved into a royal secret service agency, gradually decoupled from the army, and became an independent imperial security agency. The first Jinyiwei commander was Yang Xian, who was later succeeded by Mao Xiang. Because he was too cruel to kill people in the Hu Weiyong case, he was buried by Zhu Yuanzhang with a cup of poisoned wine. "I can only investigate the rebels, and all kinds of evil punishments are done by Mao Xiang without authorization."

Jiang Yan was the third commander. Compared with the previous two, he obviously had to be more cautious and careful. Everything must be handled according to the emperor's will, and he dared not be careless. Although the Jinyiwei killed people, he also made many contributions to the Yuan army in the early Ming Dynasty. For example, the famous Battle of Fisher Sea. It was the Jinyiwei who visited the camp of the Northern Yuan Emperor Tumusi Timuer and the Prince Tian Baonu that made the Lan Yu army successfully attack.

Generally speaking, when the emperor asked him for a question, he would explain what was going on in advance, but today he summoned him temporarily and said nothing, which made Jiang Yan really a little nervous.

"Father-in-law, why did the emperor come to me?"

The eunuch smiled bitterly and said, "The general asked us, but we really don't know."

"How is the emperor's mood?" This is also something Jiang Yan is very concerned about. As long as the emperor is in a good mood, it will not be a bad thing.

The two eunuchs looked at each other and had to answer: "The emperor is in a good mood. Please stop asking, General, please leave!"

Jiang Yan's heart was slightly relieved, and soon he came to Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study room. The two guards quickly opened the door, "The emperor said there was no need to report, let the general go in immediately."

He walked into the room nervously and knelt down and kowtowed immediately, "My minister Jiang Yan, please come to see His Majesty the Emperor, I wish my Majesty a long life!"

"I'm flat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing the memorials, and he asked without raising his head: "Can the Jinyiwei recruit new people recently? What are the improvements?"

Jiang Yan did not understand the emperor's meaning, so he did not dare to hide it, so he said carefully: "Reply to Your Majesty's words, since this year, the Jinyiwei North and South Fufu Department has selected 220 good-ranking young people from the people, and appointed two hundred households, four general bannermen and twenty small bannermen from the veterans. The above is the expansion and promotion this year, so I dare not hide it at all."

"What is the origin of the Hundred Houses?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually again.

"Report to your Majesty, they are all from good families."

"Bastard!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became furious. He swung the Long Ink on the imperial desk and smashed it hard at Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was caught off guard. The inkstone was hitting his mouth and flew out slanted, hitting the wall with a "bang!" and it broke into three petals.

Blood flowed down the corner of Jiang Yan's mouth, and his teeth were broken three times, but he could not care about it. His forehead hit the ground with a 'bang! bang!' and he shouted vaguely: "Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!"

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at his dark face gloomyly, "I'll ask again, who is the one who chose the two households?"

At this time, Jiang Yan had already fully understood that the emperor never asked the guard officials at the level of a hundred households. Today, the person who asked the prince must be the one who asked him for his favor. He dared not hide it anymore. He swallowed the three broken teeth into his stomach and answered truthfully: "The two of the households are from Fengyang Mansion. One is named Luo Guangcai, a native of Zhongdu, and a skilled archery and horse. He joined the Jinyiwei five years ago and had many achievements. He was promoted normally. The other person was Li Weizheng, a native of Linhuai County. He just joined the Jinyiwei this year. This person is recommended by the prince..." In the end, Jiang Yan's voice became extremely humble.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him coldly. It was not a newcomer to be a hundred households when he came in. Many royal children would not start as soldiers when they entered the Jinyiwei, but would become officials directly. This was also what Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with. The key was that he wanted to know what background and origin of Li Weizheng was. There were too many powerful people in Fengyang, especially the Huaixi Group, whose power was mixed. He did not want these people to go to the prince again, especially this person saved the prince in Dingyuan County. Will there be any tricks hidden here?

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang took out the memorial of King Yan Zhu Di, and looked carefully. Gradually, the anger on his face calmed down a little. He closed the memorial and asked again: "I just want to know whether this person meets the conditions of the Jinyiwei?"

At this time, Jiang Yan's sweat had already soaked his whole body. The emperor was angry that he was not afraid. When he was not angry, he was the beginning of his killing. He said tremblingly: "This person's father is Li Hougen. He is an ordinary landlord in Linhuai County. He is the largest grain delivery household in the township every year. He helps the poor and has a good reputation in the township. Fifteen years ago, His Majesty talked to him when he visited Linhuai County in a disguise and praised him for treating tenants well. It is precisely for these reasons that his subordinates believe that his family is innocent and can join the Jinyiwei."

‘Fifteen years ago?’ Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a long time. He still remembered that in Hongwu, he had visited Linhuai County in a private place in a private place. He gradually began to have a little impression, as if he had talked to a little landlord named Li, and he also thought he was a newly appointed minor official in the county. Zhu Yuanzhang had always remembered this kind of conversation with villagers very clearly. He finally remembered that the honest and timid Li Yuanwai, after knowing his identity, was so scared that he knelt at the entrance of the village for three days and three nights. He fell seriously ill. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile a knowing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Then what did Li Weizheng do before? How did he perform after joining the Jinyiwei?" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone had become much gentler when he knew that Li Weizheng was from an ordinary farmer family.

Jiang Yan finally let go of his heart. From Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, he could hear that he had passed the killing speed. He did not dare to pause and quickly said: "This person has been studying at home, but he is not born to be a material for studying. He failed to take the county exam five times in a row. Because his father was the first in the village's food exchange rate every year, the county recruited him to be a minor official in September last year. I transferred his assessment files. The officials of Fengyang Prefecture and Zhongdu City have highly praised him without any stains. As for his performance in joining the Jinyiwei, I couldn't answer it for a while and wanted to go back and check it."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Li Weizheng failed the county examination for five years, he couldn't help but shake his head. It was really not a source of study. However, when the Northern Yuan army was approaching, he could stand up and lead the soldiers and civilians to resist to the death. This courage to serve the country could not be learned even if he read for twenty years.

He pondered for a moment, then waved to Jiang Yan and said, "I know this, you can take it back first!"

Jiang Yan quietly retreated, Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and pondered. He was not thinking about Li Weizheng, he was considering the matter of the prince. He knew his son and asked Jiang Yan to just want to join the Jinyiwei. The appointment of a hundred households must be Jiang Yan promoted by him to please the prince. However, this is not a big deal. The key is that Li Weizheng has no background and can treat it as the prince's kindness.

What surprised Zhu Yuanzhang was that Li Weizheng actually appeared in the frontier. The Jinyiwei went to the frontier to investigate the information, which was all Jiang Yan personally deployed, but he didn't know about this, which shows that Li Weizheng's trip to the frontier was not Jiang Yan's arrangement. It was very likely that it was sent by the prince, and what the prince sent him to the frontier to do? He was puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the sky, then turned around and asked, "When is it now?"

"Report to the Emperor, now it's the hour of Xu"

It was still early, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered: "Set up and go to the Eastern Palace!"

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The weather is already a little hot. It is June, which is the hottest time of the year. The sun is hot during the day and it is cooler at night. However, the clouds are dense, making the heat unable to dissipate for a long time. In addition, the capital is close to the river, making it even more stuffy.

Prince Zhu Biao had a chronic illness, afraid of cold and heat, and usually took care of himself. He had a special Imperial Doctor to serve him. However, when he was in Haotang Mountain at the beginning of the year, he had a chronic illness, which affected the disease again. His body was getting better and worse. A few days ago, he went to Suhang to be healthy, but when the weather was hot, his body began to get worse and worse, and he coughed continuously. In the study, Zhu Biao covered his stomach, and the pain was so painful that he could not speak. He curled up all over his body. Two imperial doctors were busy treating him. Concubine Chang squatted aside to wipe his sweat. She couldn't interfere and felt heartbroken.

Zhu Biao suddenly coughed at the top of his lungs. He covered his mouth with his hands, and the blood slowly leaped out along the gaps of his fingers and dripped onto the ground. The two imperial doctors stared blankly, and didn't know what to do for a moment. Concubine Chang exclaimed and hurriedly stepped forward to support her husband, "Your Highness, what are you...?"

Zhu Biao vomited blood, and the stomachache stopped. He waved his hand weakly, "I'm not in the way, just vomit a little blood."

Concubine Chang was as if she was cut by a knife. She silently wiped the blood from the corner of her husband's mouth with a handkerchief. At this moment, a palace servant suddenly rushed in, "Your Highness, the emperor is here!"

"Ah!" Zhu Biao stood up in shock. He looked at the messy room. Generally speaking, when the father came to the East Palace, he would come to his study and handle the court affairs. How could this work? He hurriedly ordered: "You guys clean up quickly and don't let the emperor know."

Concubine Chang and the palace people were rushing to pack up, and the two imperial doctors were at a loss and poured all kinds of medicine into the medicine box. Zhu Biao quickly walked out to greet his father. When he walked to the door, he turned around and pointed to the two imperial doctors and ordered the guards, "Send them to leave quickly from the back door and leave now!"

Several guards understood the prince's concerns and almost pushed and evaded the two imperial doctors away from the back door. Concubine Chang also quietly left the study room from the side door. As soon as Zhu Biao walked to the door, Zhu Yuanzhang had already walked to the door. Zhu Biao quickly knelt down and saluted, "Son Master, please see the father!"

"The emperor is not willing to give him a favor. The weather is hot. I will come to see you."

With the light, Zhu Yuanzhang saw his son's face as white as paper. He felt tight in his heart and quickly helped his son up and asked, "Is the emperor unwell?"

Zhu Biao felt a chubby tumbling, and a fishy smell came out of his throat. He held back the coughing look and said in a trembling voice: "I will do this when it's hot. Please be content with your father. It's not a big deal. Please come into the house."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly. His eldest son's illness has always been a big problem. It is difficult to cure many famous doctors. Seeing that the land has worsened year by year, he was worried about how he could bear heavy state affairs in the future with his son's body like this in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the Prince's Study with a dim expression. His original inquisitive mood was also destroyed. When he walked into the room, although the room had been cleaned up, the smell of medicine in the air had not dissipated. He looked around in confusion, but found nothing abnormal. After walking two steps, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stopped and seemed to have discovered something. He squatted down, wiped the ground with his index finger, and looked carefully: It was blood!

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked. He slowly turned around and looked at his son in great shock. Zhu Biao could no longer hide it. He smiled bitterly and nodded silently.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and shouted sternly: "The imperial doctor in the Eastern Palace dares to deceive me, someone is here."

Several guards bowed to receive the order, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered in anger: "Behead all the imperial doctors in the Eastern Palace to destroy the three clans for the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

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Chapter completed!