Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 54 The Legacy of Emperor Hongwu
When Zhu Gaoxu first met Monk Xuantong, he sent someone to secretly investigate his life experience.

Even though Xuantong had a letter of recommendation signed by Monk Daoyan when he met him for the first time, the letter only prevented him from delving too deeply into Xuantong's secular past, but it did not mean that he was unprepared for Xuantong.

As the saying goes, be careful and sail the boat for ten thousand years. Zhu Gaoxu doesn't want to capsize in the gutter. He is very wary of the people around him, let alone those who have an innocent background.

After all, for Zhu Gaoxu, although Xuantong can only be regarded as his staff and advisor, neither a confidant nor a personal bodyguard, he can be investigated without inquiring, but what if Xuantong is a multi-faceted spy or a killer?

After listening to Zhao Junchen's introduction, he saw Xuantong's tolerant and ruthless side in the past, and also gave him a deeper understanding of the spy function of the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty!

It is said that in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, a minister wrote a poem at home one day, lamenting that he was too tired from work and wanted to sleep until he woke up naturally. The next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang casually recited this poem in order to beat this person up.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to know the content of that poem was the work of a group of spies from Jin Yiwei.

This is another frightening function of the Jinyiwei in the early Ming Dynasty - eavesdropping, surveillance, and spying on intelligence!
Jin Yiwei's spies can even find out secret things that happened many years ago. If we seriously investigate a person, wouldn't we be able to find out three generations of his ancestors clearly and clearly?
Zhu Gaoxu was slightly excited when he thought of this.

He could tell that Zhu Yuanzhang planned to hand over Zhao Junchen and the spies he controlled as inheritance to him, the heir who passed away from generation to generation.

Sure enough, after a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang added another sentence unhurriedly.

"Zhao Junchen, from now on, you will no longer serve as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, but will be appointed as Gao Xu's personal guard general. Do you have any objections?"

Zhao Junchen quickly knelt down, kowtowed and said, "I sincerely obey your Majesty's decree."

"The secret agents of the Secret Intelligence Department have also been transferred to Gao Xu's sect. You go back and compile a list and report it to Gao Xu as soon as possible."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Just step back."

Zhao Junchen respectfully claimed that he was right, bowed his back and retreated.

Before he left, he did not forget to kneel down to Zhu Gaoxu, which was regarded as a formal meeting with his new loyalist.

After Zhao Junchen left, Zhu Gaoxu served Zhu Yuanzhang and drank a glass of cold boiled water.

It was now May, and the weather was getting hotter.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang looked tired and sweat was flowing from his forehead, Zhu Gaoxu personally took a fan, sat on the side of the couch and gently fanned Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Grandpa, please take a rest."

Zhu Yuanzhang said "hmm" in relief and began to close his eyes to rest.

About a quarter of an hour later, a voice sounded outside the palace door.

"My consort, Captain Mei Yin, has come to see you according to the order."

Hearing the sound, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes and told Zhu Gaoxu: "Stop fanning us and go and welcome your uncle to our bed."

"Bo Yin, how are the preparations for Jinling Academy going?"

When Zhu Gaoxu led Mei Yin to the couch, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at him and asked softly.

Mei Yin said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the school building has been completed and all kinds of teaching equipment have been procured. We only need to hire enough lectures before we can officially recruit students from outside the school."

Looking at the gentle and elegant Prince Consort Mei Yin in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu remembered relevant information about this person in his mind.

Mei Yin, also known as Boyin, was respectful by nature, had a strategist, and was able to use bows and horses. Among the many consorts, she was the most loved by Zhu Yuanzhang.

At that time, he served as a scholar in Shandong and made great achievements. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an imperial edict praising him for his proficiency in classics and history and that he could be regarded as a Confucian.

In other words, Mei Yin was very respected among Confucian scholars. "Gao Xu, you told us before about the idea of ​​establishing a Changke Academy. We thought it was feasible, so we asked your uncle to make secret preparations to build a Jinling Academy. Now that everything is ready, what do you think?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a smile and said.

"Grandpa Huang has a far-sighted vision. My grandson is sincerely convinced and is willing to do whatever he is asked to do." Zhu Gaoxu bowed and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang said bluntly to Zhu Gaoxu in front of Mei Yin: "We are now appointing you as the first dean of Jinling Academy. Your uncle Mei can assist you in handling specific matters."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "My grandson, I thank you for your kindness."

He is not stupid. Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to be the dean of Jinling Academy. The benefits are really great.

Jinling is the capital city, with the world at its feet. If you can be the president of this academy, you will surely have students all over the world in the future.

And that's not the most important thing!
Because the most important thing is that if Zhu Di wants to move the capital to the north in the future, he will inevitably be blocked by most southern officials.

If Zhu Gaoxu is appointed as the dean of Jinling Academy, he can use his influence to win over as many students from the south as possible to support the move of the capital, thereby making great achievements.

After a pause, Zhu Yuanzhang told Mei Yin: "You are mature and trustworthy, and you are a person who can be trusted."

Having said this, he took out an edict from under the pillow behind his back, handed it to Mei Yin, and said, "If Gao Xu encounters trouble in the future, you can rely on this edict to deal with Gao Xu."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't guess what the "trouble" in Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth was for a while, but he didn't dare to ask for the edict to see its contents, so he had to suppress his curiosity and stand aside respectfully.

"You step back."

Seeing Mei Yin taking the edict, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand gently.

After Mei Yin left, Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu, and said weakly: "We will hand over everything to you. You must treat them well and don't let us down."

Zhu Gaoxu was smart and naturally understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

Mei Yin has a high prestige among scholars, and he can be regarded as having a certain degree of voice among scholars.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave him another edict, which seemed to allow him to recruit troops and respond to Zhu Gaoxu at critical moments.

As for Zhao Junchen, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, although he was reassigned as Zhu Gaoxu's personal guard general by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was still responsible for secret functions such as intelligence, spying, surveillance, and even assassination.

All in all, Mei Yin and Zhao Junchen are the important legacies left by Zhu Yuanzhang to help Zhu Gaoxu cope with uncontrollable events in the future.

"There are three edicts here, all written by me. One is for Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, one is for Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen, and the other is for Wei Guogong Xu Huizu (originally named Xu Yungong, at the end of the 22nd year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang named him Huizu ). If you encounter obstacles that you cannot overcome in the future, you can open the edict and seek help."

While Zhu Gaoxu was thinking, Zhu Yuanzhang took out three rolled-up edicts from behind his back, slowly handed them out, and at the same time said something else in a half-joking tone.

"Of course, if you understand something new from the "Huangji Jingshi Book" again, I think you should follow the guidance of the understanding."

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly reached out and took it, his heart beating rapidly, but he did not dare to open it immediately.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang first smiled softly with deep meaning, then coughed, took a last breath, gathered some strength, and said slowly: "In our opinion, your father will not be harmful to you, he has you in his heart." . We do this just to guard against villains, do you understand?"

"grandfather!"

Zhu Gaoxu had thousands of words to say, but was unable to express them for a while, so he had no choice but to turn his surging emotions into actions. He threw the edict aside, held Zhu Yuanzhang's hands tightly, and called out with great gratitude.

PS: This book has already reached the fourth place on the new book list by contracted historical authors. I would like to express my gratitude again to those who have followed it!
(End of this chapter)