In the canopy palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the list handed over by the Ministry of Punishment, then threw it on the desk and scolded:

"These greedy guys, our eldest grandson has already given them so much salary increase. It's hard for them to think of serving the imperial court and still feeding the common people. What's the use of keeping it? They should all be executed."

Yang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, heard this and said with a wry smile: "I obey the decree."

According to the Ming Dynasty's laws, which have now been revised, these corrupt officials will not be directly executed for this. There is a high probability that they will be sent to bitter and cold places such as Annan or the border to atone for their sins as school teachers.

For a relatively relaxed treatment like this, the prison term is generally longer than hard labor, starting with thirty years.

Naturally, more people are willing to accept this than the death penalty.

But they were unlucky and met His Majesty for inspection.

At the end of every month, Zhu Yuanzhang would summon the six ministers to come over and check their status this month.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang is not as irritable as before, when he sees these corrupt officials, he still basically wants to kill him.

There is no need for Zhu Ying to argue with the old man over dozens of corrupt officials. Moreover, the amount of corruption committed by corrupt officials who can go to Zhu Yuanzhang's case will certainly not be small.

Anyone who has embezzled hundreds of dollars is not even qualified to be on this book.

"With the recent development of our Ming Dynasty, there are opportunities to make money everywhere, and officials in various places can more easily and covertly use their power to commit corruption."

"In this regard, the Ministry of Punishment must think carefully and adopt a variety of supervision methods to prevent such behavior from spreading."

Zhu Yuanzhang advised Yang Jing, the Minister of Punishment.

Yang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, quickly responded and stated that the Ministry of Punishment was now cooperating with Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to prepare for a clean-up operation in the Ming Dynasty.

The Third Division sent people to various provinces to set up inspections and management.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then looked at the memorials submitted by the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials one by one, and pointed out his suggestions for revision.

By the time the meeting ended, almost more than an hour had passed.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched his waist and stretched his muscles.

Xiao Wen Cheng is about to start classes now. He won't be staying with Zhu Yuanzhang much during the day, which makes him feel a lot more peaceful.

But it also made Zhu Yuanzhang miss him occasionally, so he casually asked Liu He about Xiao Wencheng.

Hearing that Xiao Wen Cheng liked martial arts but not literature, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Nonsense, how can our future emperor of the Ming Dynasty be a martial artist? He should learn his lessons well so that he can govern the place in the future."

"Who made our great-grandson interested in learning martial arts?"

This was the question, but Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Yu with some unkind eyes.

He knew that the little guy really liked playing with Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei felt His Majesty's gaze and felt his scalp numb. He quickly replied, "Your Majesty, it should be His Majesty the Grand Sun."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned: "Dasun? What's going on?"

Jiang Wei quickly explained.

It turned out that last time Zhu Ying took her family to Xuanwu Lake for a spring outing.

Because there were so many people and there were so many concubines, Xuanwu Lake was strictly prohibited.

At that time, Zhu Ying's little ones were playing together, and for some reason they ended up playing a game of pretending to be officers, soldiers, and gangsters. The characters were from the Water Margin.

As a result, a dispute broke out because of Wu Song.

Xiao Wenri said he had seen a tiger, but it was a lie that Wu Song fought a tiger. He could not win at all. It is impossible for a person to have such great strength. Even the imperial guards in the palace did not have such great strength.

Then among the other little guys, some were unconvinced and some were supportive.

Finally, the trouble came to Zhu Ying, and they all begged their father to comment.

Zhu Ying said that Wu Song could definitely kill the tiger.

Two little guys were not convinced.

Then he stared at his father in stunned silence as he pulled up a willow tree with one hand.

This is a scene imitating the flower monk’s uprooting of a weeping willow tree in Water Margin.

Uprooting the weeping willow is the original story.

But this willow tree, that is a real willow tree.

The palace guards standing guard nearby all saw their eyelids twitching.

They had heard rumors about Taisun's amazing strength, but they all thought it was just a rumor. Now that such a scene appeared in front of them, it was really shocking.

Xiao Wen Cheng's eyes shone and he pestered Zhu Ying to teach him peerless martial arts.

If Zhu Ying knows these things, he will be stronger.

Then he tricked Xiao Wen Cheng into eating well so that he could gain strength.

The result was that Xiao Wencheng was focused on martial arts and had no interest in cultural classes at all.

"Is our eldest grandson really so powerful? We never see how he practices martial arts." Zhu Yuanzhang asked with some confusion.

Jiang Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Perhaps this may be the innate divine power."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Impossible, the eldest grandson didn't have such talent when he was young."

When Zhu Xiongying was a child, he was born with a congenital heart disease. Not to mention his natural powers, even if he exercised a little, he would still be out of breath.

"It seems that the eldest grandson must have had some adventure in the Western Regions." Zhu Yuanzhang said thoughtfully.

He didn't think it was possible for Da Sun to be fake in this regard.

For now, in fact, whether it is fake or true is not that important anymore.

Even if it is fake, it can only be taken seriously.

Moreover, all kinds of evidence prove that the grandson must be the biological eldest grandson.

If the fourth child hadn't been brought there by force, the eldest grandson would most likely never have come to the capital in this life, and naturally there wouldn't be any special conspiracy.

After all, such bizarre things as resurrection from the dead have happened, and some other changes are also very reasonable.

Jiang Wei didn't think so much.

When he heard His Majesty's words, he felt cold in his heart.

Could it be that the frown on his face meant he was doubting his grandson's identity?

But Your Majesty, if you have doubts now, it's too late.

The entire imperial guard is already under the control of His Highness Taisun. Even Guo Ying, the former commander of the imperial guard, now needs imperial doctors for long-term care due to the recurrence of his old illness.

If Your Majesty doubts the identity of Taisun at this time, His Highness Taisun will rebel.

I'm afraid no one in this palace would dare to object.

And how will he, Jiang Yu, deal with himself?

Liu He, who was waiting next to Zhu Yuanzhang, was also feeling weak.

Now that the relationship between Long Live Master and Grand Sun Master is so close, if it really breaks down, it will be a major event that shakes up both the government and the opposition.

Jiang Wei thought hard, and an idea flashed in his mind, and he said: "Your Majesty, does it have something to do with King Zhennan? In the investigation of the situation in the Western Region, King Zhennan should be the king of Ningmi Kingdom. After Ningmi Kingdom was destroyed,

He was demoted to a slave and bought by his grandson."

"This ancient country in the Western Regions has many treasures handed down from ancient times. I think the change in Taisun may have a lot to do with King Zhennan."

Jiang Wei must find a possible direction for Taisun's anomaly.

Otherwise, there will be a gap in the relationship between His Majesty and the grandson, and it will be difficult for him to be the commander of the Imperial Guard.

Even if I know that His Majesty has not thought about it in that direction, I still have to come up with an excuse.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "There are indeed many mysteries in this ancient country in the Western Regions. Perhaps it is the King of Zhennan who gave his great grandson such a rare treasure."

After hearing these words, Jiang Yu and Liu He glanced at each other subconsciously. The two ministers beside His Majesty finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu He was more worried than Jiang Yinglai.

As far as officials are concerned, this is especially true for him, the eunuch who is the chief of etiquette and palm of the seal. Before him, no one has held this position for more than three years.

Normally, if His Highness Taisun had not appeared, it is estimated that he would probably be in bad luck now, and the grass on the grave might be three feet high.

This has nothing to do with conscientiousness. There is no eunuch in the palace who is not careful, but he cannot withstand His Majesty's bad temper.

Now Liu He has been in this position for nine years. He is still alive today because of his great-grandson.

"What has the eldest grandson been doing these days? He is so busy. I heard he went out in a dragon chariot yesterday." Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Even though Lao Zhu is only seventy years old, his body is still strong.

I was blessed with a concubine last night, so I didn't go to see my grandson.

After all, as I get older, my health is not as good as before, so I get up a little later in the morning.

There was an early morning court today, and Zhu Yuanzhang went directly to the court after getting up.

As for the eldest grandson, it all depends on the situation when it comes to court meetings.
To be continued...