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Zhu Yuanzhang came out from behind the screen in a dragon robe and sat on the dragon throne behind the desk. Below the main hall, the civil and military officials stood on both sides of the table, and upon seeing Zhu Yuanzhang coming out, they all kneeled down and said, "Long live the Emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said, "My beloved officials, please rise."

The officials said in unison, "Thank you, Wan'er!" As soon as he said that, the officials stood up one by one to the left and right.

The eunuch on the left side of the Dragon Book table shouted: "Esteemed officials! There was a morning performance! "Abandoned!"

Before his voice faded, an old official came out from the ranks of the civil officials. He faced Zhu Yuanzhang with his head lowered and kneeled down, and said loudly, "This subject, Meng Shan, has a starter!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Please speak, dear sir?"

Meng Shan said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, today the Yellow River near Huai'an has burst its banks and flooded them, destroying thousands of houses and countless people. This subject humbly requests our Emperor to give us the order to rebuild the Yellow River Levee and to allocate it to the relief efforts."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and then said, "The Yellow River's floods are almost every year, and it really gives me a headache. This matter cannot be delayed any longer, and once it is cured, it will be forever eliminated, at least in the next decade or so. I will hand over this matter to you; we will transfer four hundred thousand taels of silver from the national treasury to you, and we will assign ten thousand more to you. We will reconstruct the great embankment at the end of the Yellow River, and we will also pacify the people."

Meng Shan said, "Yes! This official obeys the decree! "

This man was about 30 years old, his name was Jie Jin, this Jie Jin's build was tall and thin, but he had a sharp and intelligent look to him. All he could see was Jing Jin walking out of the class, kneeling down and calling out to him. Zhu Yuanzhang recognized him and said, "Lie Qing, what do you want to say about the Imperial Examinations, is it related to the Imperial Examinations?"

Xie Jin replied, "Regarding the matter of returning to the Emperor, there is only one final step left of the Imperial Examinations. I have already arranged for the time of the examination to be held a month from now."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head and said, "Yes, I've heard that there are many scholars who came to rush the exam. You are my number one scholar, so how could any of these scholars enter your eyes?" In other words, all the candidates would be his disciples in the future. Zhu Yuanzhang's words were simply to guard against the possibility of Jian Jin arranging his own trusted aides or developing his own trusted henchmen, which was the most taboo of the imperial court. Therefore, these words were nothing more than Zhu Yuanzhang's probing or warning of Jian Jin.

Zhu Yuanzhang only heard the reply from Jie Jin, "When returning to the Emperor, this year's children were all outstanding literati, but most of them were still young, and still needed a lot of experience. Only after a few years would they be able to settle down in a peaceful country."

In fact, it could be said that this kind of nonsense was endless in the imperial court. After hearing it, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "If it could really be as my beloved one had said, it would truly be a great fortune for me."

After that, several civil and military officials continuously started to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, until it was noon. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that most of the officials were fine, he was a little tired, so he opened his mouth and said, "My dear sirs, what else do you have to say? If there's nothing else, you can leave the court!"

Before he could finish his sentence, a person walked out from the ranks of the generals. It was Zhou Wang Zhu.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that it was his own son, he asked with a smile, "What is the purpose of your son's performance?"

Zhu said, "Reporting to Imperial Father, when this son began, it was all about the martial arts of Jiangnan."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Quickly tell me!"

"Does royal father still remember that six months ago, royal father ordered his son to investigate the disappearance of a pregnant woman?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Of course I remember that this case is still pending. However, ever since my son had requested for a search of Jiangnan, there has been no news of a pregnant woman missing. This matter has been left to the Board of Justice to handle." The last time Zhu Yu investigated the case, he found out that it was done by the Yuan Mansion of Jiangnan, but because he didn't get any advantage after the big battle with Yuan Li Sha, because the Yuan Mansion of Jiangnan was powerful, and because Zhu Yu didn't have complete evidence in his hands, he didn't report the case to Zhu Yuanzhang in time, thus Zhu Yuanzhang from the province reprimanded Zhu Yuanzhang for his incompetence.

Zhu said, "Reporting to Imperial Father, there is indeed an interesting aspect to this case. This subject has been sending people to investigate and find out that this case was committed by the leader of the Men's Martial Union, Yuan Chengzong."

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled, "Yuan Chenghong? I have heard about this person before. Ever since the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Clan has been taking root in Jiangnan. For several generations, there have been no major movements.

Zhu Ge said: "Reporting to Imperial Father, Yuan Chengzong captured pregnant women to create a weapon called the Blood Drinking Sword. It is said that this weapon is quite powerful and that there are no other swords in the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a "Oh", "Then what does he want to do with this Blood Devouring Sword?"

Zhu Ge said: "Reporting to Imperial Father, Yuan Chengzong forged this sword to fight in the northern martial arts arena and unite the martial arts forest."

Zhu Yuanzhang finished listening to him and said, "A war is going on in the North Martial Arts Forest. Could it be that this Yuan Chengzong dares to openly go up against people under the Great Ming Empire's rule? "

He saw Zhu Di bow his head and kneel down as he said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Imperial Father, Fifth Brother's words are true. That Yuan Chengzong was indeed secretly recruiting troops, hoping to unify the martial arts world and become the king after the war with Northern Martial Forest. He wanted to rebel against the Great Ming Dynasty."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his other son had also stepped forward, he hurriedly asked, "Does the King of Yan know about this as well?"

"Reporting to my Imperial Father, my son has heard that this North and South Martial Arts Forest has been gradually taking shape since the end of Song Dynasty. After more than a hundred years, when I first established my country, my foundation was still unstable, so I wanted to pacify the people internally and resist the remnants of Mongolia. My North and South Martial Forest has taken advantage of this opportunity to rapidly develop, and with Yuan Chenzong as its leader, the South Martial Alliance has already gathered at least forty to fifty thousand people. The bandit leader Chen Longyu, who was exterminated a year ago, is the leader of my clan in the north."

After hearing that, Zhu Yuanzhang furiously said, "Why did we have to wait for this matter? This thief's power is so great that he has to report to us!"

When the officials saw Zhu Yuanzhang's fury, they hurriedly kneeled down and cried out, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Rise! "Go on."