Zhu Yuanzhang left the teahouse and walked on the street.

Dozens of men dressed in civilians on the street quickly followed.

One of the middle-aged men walked quickly to Zhu Yuanzhang, took a little back and said, "I'm going to listen."

This person is Jiang Yan (huan), the commander of the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei, formerly the "Gongwei Office" established by Zhu Yuanzhang, was later renamed the "Personal Military Commander's Office", and was in charge of the Emperor's Etiquette and guards.

In the 15th year of Hongwu, the Duwei Mansion and Yiluansi of the personal army were abolished and the Jinyiwei was renamed.

"You must check Zhu An's identity clearly. You must check it carefully and clearly." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, his tone firm.

"Abide by the order." Jiang Yan said respectfully.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he walked forward with many memorials waiting for him to review.

Jiang Yan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's back and sighed in his heart that as the commander of the Jinyiwei, his loyalty was beyond doubt.

The fifteenth year of Hongwu was a special year for Zhu Yuanzhang.

In May, the eldest grandson of the emperor passed away, and Zhu Yuanzhang was heartbroken. He was his favorite eldest grandson and the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

However, God seems to be about to defeat this old emperor.

In August of the same year, Empress Ma died.

The death of these two people does not seem to be a big deal in history, but for Zhu Yuanzhang, it was heartbroken that no one could understand.

After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, his behavior became more and more extreme and his methods became more and more vicious. Few people except Empress Ma could change his decision.

Empress Ma was extremely important to Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be said that without Empress Ma, there would be no Zhu Yuanzhang now.

Empress Ma is Guo Zixing's adopted daughter. Ma Gong, the father of Ma, escaped from revenge because of murder. Before leaving, he entrusted his beloved daughter to Guo Zixing, a friend of life and death.

The teenager Ma is extremely intelligent. As he grows up, he looks more dignified and has a more elegant expression. He also has a gentle temperament and acts calmly when encountering anything.

In the 12th year of Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang defected to Guo Zixing and was appreciated by him. He betrothed his adopted daughter Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Shortly after Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang married, they adopted Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Wenzheng, nephew Li Wenzhong and Dingyuan orphan Mu Ying.

Ma regards these three adopted sons as their own and takes good care of them. Later, Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang adopted more than 20 adopted sons.

Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted sons made many contributions to him, and the bond that was maintained in the middle was Empress Ma.

Although Guo Zixing valued Zhu Yuanzhang, he was irritable, avoided talent and protected his shortcomings, and was also fond of listening to slander and hesitant.

Under the instigation of others, he also suspected Zhu Yuanzhang many times and scolded him. Once, Guo Zixing became angry and locked Zhu Yuanzhang in an empty room and was not allowed to eat.

Seeing this, Ma gave his property to his adoptive mother, Mrs. Zhang and Guo Zixing's concubine Zhang, and asked them to say good things to their son-in-law before their adoptive father, which made the cracks break and helped Zhu Yuanzhang get out of trouble.

Even when she became the queen, she was still frugal and thrifty and eliminated extravagance and waste.

More importantly, she had stopped Zhu Yuanzhang from killing many times.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sometimes very angry when he handled things in the front hall. Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the harem, and often tactfully dissuaded him based on the facts.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a strong personality, especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was extremely prone to anger and killing people at any time, but he had no temper towards Empress Ma.

When Guo Jingxiang joined the army, he guarded Hezhou, someone told him that his son wanted to kill his father with a spear. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious after hearing this and wanted to execute Guo Jingxiang's son.

Empress Ma said: "Guo Jingxiang has only one child, and others may be slandering him. Killing him may lead to a slander."

After Zhu Yuanzhang carefully understood the situation, he found that he was indeed wronged.

Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son Li Wenzhong guarded Yanzhou. Yang Xian falsely accused him of not abide by the law. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to summon Li Wenzhong back.

Empress Ma said: "Yanzhou is a place facing the enemy's territory, and it is not appropriate to change the generals casually. Besides, Li Wenzhong has always been wise. Can you believe Yang Xian's words?:"

Zhu Yuanzhang followed Empress Ma's advice. Li Wenzhong finally made great contributions later.

Prince Zhu Biao's teacher Song Lian was convicted for Sun Shen's affairs and was arrested for his death. It was only after Queen Ma's persuasion that he was exempted.

Even when she was dying, Empress Ma knew she could not survive, so she advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to blame the imperial physician because her illness could not be cured.

As Zhu Yuanzhang's confidante, Empress Ma was once again a woman who was halfway through the sky. Her death had a great blow to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had no advice from Empress Ma, became even more extreme and was no longer ruthless in killing people.

If anyone else could dissuade Zhu Yuanzhang, it would be Zhu Biao.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was called King of Wu, he made him the crown prince and studied the classics with Song Lian. He was carefully taught since childhood. Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty had high hopes for him and cultivated him from various means.

In the first month of the first year of Hongwu, he was made the crown prince and officially established him as his successor.

Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, Zhu Biao was more gentle and tolerant. He was familiar with Confucian classics since childhood, had a kind and generous personality, and was very friendly to his younger brothers.

The younger brothers such as Qin King Zhu Chuang, Jin King Zhu Di, Yan King Zhu Su, Zhou King Zhu and others had many faults. Zhu Biao reconciled and pleaded for mercy, saving them from punishment and had the highest prestige among the kings.

After Empress Ma's death, Prince Zhu Biao might have considered losing room for buffering with his father from now on, so he painted the incident as an image and hid it in his arms in case of accidents.

Later it really played a role.

One day, Zhu Yuanzhang started another massacre, and Zhu Biao advised him: "Your Majesty killed people too much, which may hurt the harmony."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, and the next day he deliberately put a thorn stick on the ground and asked the prince to pick it up. The prince looked embarrassed.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You are afraid of having thorns, so you dare not take them. If you remove all the thorns and leave them to you, wouldn't that be good? All we kill are bad people in the world. Only when the internal structure is clarified can you become this family!"

The prince retorted: "There are the kings of Yao and Shun above, and the people of Yao and Shun below."

It means that there are any kind of emperors, and there are any kind of subjects. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. He picked up the chair and slapped him and continued to chase him. He deliberately dropped the picture on the ground. Zhu Yuanzhang saw the picture and was grateful to Queen Ma and his anger was relieved.

Unfortunately, God seems to want to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, an old man who is already in his sixties.

In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to refer to Bianliang as Beijing and Jinling as Nanjing, imitating the old examples of the two capitals of Zhou and Tang dynasties.

August of the 24th year of Hongwu, that is, last year.

Zhu Biao was ordered to inspect Shaanxi and planned to choose a site for the Xindu. Zhu Ceng, the King of Qin who was also enfeoffed here, was recalled to the capital for making many mistakes in the local area.

Therefore, Zhu Biao was asked to take the opportunity to investigate the words and deeds of the King of Qin. After Zhu Biao returned from the inspection, he presented a map of Shaanxi and interrogated and mediated for the King of Qin. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang ask Zhu Chuang to return to Xi'an.

Zhu Biao fell ill shortly after returning to Beijing after inspecting Qinzhong. During his illness, he also wrote a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang about the construction of the capital.

On April 25, 2018, three months ago, Zhu Biao died of illness.

After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang cried bitterly and buried him on the east side of Xiaoling Mausoleum, and was named "Crown Prince Yiwen".

Zhu Biao's death severely hit Zhu Yuanzhang, making him unwilling to mobilize troops to change the capital.

Three months later, Zhu Yuanzhang finally made up his mind to make Zhu Yunwen the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future.

Zhu Yunwen is actually not a legitimate child, and the real legitimate child should be Zhu Yunwen.

But Zhu Yunxiu may have lived under the halo of Zhu Xiongying since childhood, and his personality is too cowardly and not favored by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yunwen showed his clever side since he was a child, and he also happened to be the eldest grandson, so Zhu Yuanzhang promoted the Lü family and appointed him as the eldest grandson.

It is obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to support the heroic family of the Chang family to become the help of the prince, but the prince suddenly died young.

The grandson had not experienced the training, so he was afraid that he could not suppress the heroic officials and generals, in order to avoid repeating the situation of foreign relatives interfering in politics in history.

He naturally removed Zhu Yunwen, who was the Chang family and his mother had a huge power, and chose Zhu Yunwen, who had a small power in his mother's family.

It is July, and Zhu Yuanzhang has already announced the ministers that Zhu Yunwen is the crown prince.

It is scheduled to be in September that Zhu Yunwen officially succeeded to the throne of the prince of the Eastern Palace.

After all this was decided, Zhu Yuanzhang had already had a plan in his mind. Next month, Lan Yu's in-laws, Ye Sheng, would be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang because of handing over Hu Weiyong.
Chapter completed!