Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Seeing Zhu Xuan remained silent, I wondered what he was thinking.

Jiang Li could only lower his head, not daring to say anything, and waited quietly for the next instructions.

After a while, Zhu Xuan said, "Okay, you go down first. There are still some students who were caught from the examination room. Interrogate them thoroughly, especially the first person who was caught cheating. After the interrogation, continue to arrest people based on their clues. I don't believe they got in all the way."

For example, Guan Yangping cheated all the way and was finally caught when he arrived in the capital.

If this guy hadn't revealed his true colors, Zhu Xuan wouldn't have known that the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations were actually so treacherous, with many unknown secrets hidden behind them.

"Yes!"

Jiang Li responded and went down.

Zhu Xuan was wondering whether he should give Zhu Zhen a warning this time, so as to deepen the hatred between the uncle and nephew, so that in the future he wouldn't have to worry so much about whether Zhu Zhen and his men would rebel.

"When the time comes, send Lao Liu's head to Uncle Liu!"

Zhu Xuan was thinking.

Let’s see what kind of reaction Uncle Six has.

He should have been shocked, then panic-stricken, and finally his hatred really deepened. He thought he must rebel, and if he didn't, he would be afraid of being held accountable by Zhu Xuanqiu later. That's about it.

"Your Highness!"

At this time, Hou Xian came in and announced, "His Royal Highness Prince Heng wants to see you."

"Third brother is here."

Zhu Xuan nodded and said, "Send it!"

After a while, Zhu Yunwen walked in, bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Highness..."

He was about to salute, but Zhu Xuan interrupted, "Third brother, there's no need to do this. What's the matter?"

Zhu Yunwen said respectfully: "I think I will leave for Japan tomorrow, so I will come to say goodbye to Your Highness."

Zhu Xuan said, "So quick, have you arranged things for Third Brother?"

“Everything is arranged.”

Zhu Yunwen said: "I also want to do something for the Ming Dynasty. The unrest in Japan has just subsided. I want to go and see if there is anything I can do to help. I can't eat for free without working."

Zhu Xuan was very pleased to see that he thought this way.

If other princes could think this way, he would feel even more relieved. He nodded and said, "Third brother is right. What time is tomorrow? I'll take you there. When you get there, go find Geng Xuan. He can provide you with all the support. He is also our brother-in-law."

"Tomorrow afternoon!"

Zhu Yunwen said: "I have never been on a ship of our Ming Dynasty. It is said that the ship can sail day and night without stopping. If we set out in the afternoon, we don't have to worry about traveling at night."

“That’s certainly possible.”

Zhu Xuan nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Third Brother."

"Your Highness is serious!"

Zhu Yunwen replied politely.

He had said everything he needed to say and had nothing else to say, so he went downstairs and prepared to leave.

"I will take up my post tomorrow."

Zhu Xuan muttered to himself, "My fourth brother should be very angry about this and very resistant. I'll see how he reacts tomorrow. It's really not easy to be the crown prince!"

There are too many people who only focus on their own position.

If you are not careful, this position may be taken away by someone else.

However, the possibility of being robbed now is not very high, but no one can be sure whether it will be robbed in the future. Anyway, there are really many people watching it.

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The next day, early in the morning.

Zhu Yuanzhang got up early in the morning and asked Yunqi to go and wake up Zhu Xuan, even earlier than when Zhu Xuan got up for the morning court.

Perhaps it was because he hadn’t attended an early morning court session for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to get up early and regain the feeling he had before.

"Grandpa Emperor, have you had a good rest yet?" Zhu Xuan asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "I don't have to read memorials or handle government affairs now, so I rested much earlier than you. Is there any result from the Jinyiwei?"

Zhu Xuan said: "Yesterday evening, Jiang Li had his grandson killed. Preliminary investigation showed that it was done by the White Lotus Sect."

Now let’s put the blame directly on the White Lotus Sect.

If the White Lotus Sect is not convinced, then let Han Jun come out and cause trouble for Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Xuan really hoped that Han Jun could come out, but unfortunately that guy was hiding very deeply.

"White Lotus Sect?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said coldly: "It's those evil people from the White Lotus Sect again. They really deserve to die."

Zhu Xuan agreed, "The White Lotus Sect does deserve to die, but my grandson can't do anything to them for now."

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "We can't do it now, but we still have a chance in the future. I don't believe that those evil people of the White Lotus Sect can hide for a lifetime. If they dare to show up, they will die without a doubt!"

"That's right!"

Zhu Xuan echoed.

Then, they walked into the hall together.

At this time, all the officials arrived.

Many officials were surprised to see that the person attending court today was Zhu Yuanzhang, who had not been involved in state affairs for a long time, but they soon realized that Zhu Yuanzhang must be attending court because of the imperial examination.

You have to know that cheating is particularly serious in the imperial examination.

If it were in the past, Zhu Yuanzhang would have already started a killing spree. No matter what, no matter who they were, he would kill a group of people first. If he didn't kill people, he wouldn't be able to shock everyone.

Many officials seem to have some kind of sequelae towards Lao Zhu.

No matter whether they were right or not, now that the imperial examination was in trouble, when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang coming to court again, they were first trembling all over, and then they knelt down to salute Zhu Yuanzhang, shouting "Long live Zhu Yuanzhang" and then "A thousand years live Zhu Yuanzhang".

Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't experienced such a gesture of respect towards himself for a long time.

"Everyone get up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

Only then did the officials stand up and stand under Zhu Yuanzhang in fear.

Zhu Xuan sat next to Zhu Yuanzhang. Today the emperor was the host, so he would not say anything and would wait for the emperor to arrange everything.

"I heard that there are people who dare to cheat in our imperial examinations, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a cold voice.

This voice, this aura of the superior, simply suppressed the officials below, causing them to tremble slightly. It was still a familiar feeling.

"Return to Your Majesty."

As the Minister of Personnel, Zhang Xun had no choice but to step forward and say, "Yes, it is true, but we have already started investigating. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"rest assured?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "You, the Ministry of Personnel, have passed the test papers outside. You want us to be assured, but how can we be assured?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xun immediately lowered his head.

The fault was the Ministry of Personnel's. Zhang Xun didn't know how to explain it, but he had already cursed Zhang Yao over and over again in his heart. He was almost killing himself.

Zhu Xuan did not punish the Ministry of Personnel, but that does not mean Zhu Yuanzhang would not do so.

As the Minister of Personnel, Zhang Hong was the first person to take responsibility if there were any problems in the Ministry of Personnel.

"If there was cheating once, then there must have been more than one time. Maybe it's not just this time, there were cheaters in previous imperial examinations."

Zhu Yuanzhang said again.

When these words were spoken, the other officials were slightly surprised.

They could tell that Zhu Yuanzhang was not only going to deal with this imperial examination, but also the previous ones, which meant the problem was serious. (End of this chapter)