As the saying goes, when the buds and pistils are fragrant, the banana trees are ready to return after the rain hits them.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Zhu Biao and Chang Tongyu went to Ciqing Palace to meet Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang.
Chang Tongyu was left talking to Queen Ma, and Zhu Biao followed Zhu Yuanzhang out.
"After you get married, you will officially become an adult!"
"In the future, you can help me share more things!"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and sighed, then changed his voice and said: "What did you find out about the person who assassinated you before?"
"What my father said before is correct. All the specific clues have been cut off. It would be extremely difficult to trace the case based on clues!"
"But I do have a suspicion."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he turned to look at Zhu Biao. The father and son looked at each other and smiled, knowing clearly what the answer was.
If we say who has the greatest influence from the revival of spiritual energy nowadays, in fact, warriors have to stand back a little. Those Taoist sects that have a long history and have been undefeated for thousands of years are the ones who have truly benefited a lot.
According to Jin Yiwei's information, the three Taoist ancestral courts of Longhu Mountain, Gezao Mountain and Maoshan have shown signs of prosperity to varying degrees in the past two years.
Especially in Longhu Mountain, the number of believers has increased significantly, and it has been confirmed that there are Taoist priests who have opened up the Qi Sea during this period.
If there is any place in the world where there is hope for a complete cultivation method of Qi Hai, then Longhu Mountain is undoubtedly the most promising one.
So it's no wonder that both Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang set their sights on him.
"Longhushan is a leader in the Taoist sect and has many followers, and quite a few of them are dignitaries, gentry and wealthy families, so it is not easy to deal with them!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with an inexplicable look, and he said with a smile: "Where are Biao'er going to start?"
Zhu Biao grinned when he heard this and said two words lightly.
"The ultimatum."
"I plan to set up a branch under the Dragon Protection Department called the Ming Taoist Administration Bureau, and use this as an opportunity to investigate fake Taoist priests who do not have official ultimatums across the country."
"The other thing is to conduct an assessment on the Taoist priests who hold the ultimatums from the previous dynasty, and to find out those who are hiding in the group of Taoist priests."
"Leave this matter to Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Zhenren to implement it."
"Haha, this is a good idea."
Zhu Yuanzhang burst out laughing: "Since you have a plan, I won't ask any more questions."
"But since it has been investigated, let's investigate the monks and Taoist priests together. Although the Monk Temple does not connect many gentry and rich people like the Taoist priests, it still has a great influence on the people at the bottom. This also needs to be paid attention to."
"My son, take your orders!" Zhu Biao bowed his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang.
This conversation with Zhu Biao put Zhu Yuanzhang in a good mood. He patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder and said: "Since my son is so capable, we have one more thing for you to do here!"
Zhu Biao: “……!”
Did you agree to lie down and let dad take you away?
Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Zhu Biao's inner rants and said with a smile: "This year is the year when the martial arts examination and the imperial examination are taken together. You don't have to worry about the imperial examination. Let Li Shanchang take care of it. You need to take a stand in the martial arts examination."
Moreover, there are many good talents among the candidates for this martial arts exam, you can also pick a few and listen to them!"
Zhu Biao breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard that he was presiding over the martial arts examination.
This is a good life.
Of course Zhu Biao was aware of the upcoming martial arts and imperial examinations.
This matter has become a hot topic across the country since last year.
Zhu Biao vaguely remembered that in the original history, all the candidates admitted to the imperial examination this year were from the south, which caused a lot of trouble in the court.
But obviously there is no such hidden danger now, because Lao Zhu directly took out the paper-dividing system that was not established until the early years of Xuande, and designed a set of test papers for candidates in the south, north, and central regions, so that since then
There will no longer be the embarrassing situation of no one in the north passing the Jinshi exam.
The martial arts competition is also a system created by Zhu Yuanzhang who changed history.
In the original history, the martial arts examination did not exist at all in the Hongwu Dynasty. It was not officially started until the eighth year of Xuande, and there was never a palace examination, so there is no such thing as a martial arts champion.
It can be said that throughout the Ming Dynasty, martial arts had no sense of existence.
But things are different now. Zhu Yuanzhang asked him, the prince, to personally preside over the martial arts examinations. He obviously had the idea of further improving the status of martial arts examiners and constantly injecting fresh blood into the national army.
The future Ming Dynasty may be an era in which martial arts examinations and imperial examinations go hand in hand.
In the fourth year of Hongwu, September 28th.
Zhu Standard appeared at the place where the martial arts examination was conducted, which was located at the garrison school outside Nanjing.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!"
When a middle-aged man in his forties with a warm smile on his face and a slightly plump figure dropped what he was doing when he saw Zhu Biao, he walked quickly to greet him.
"Uncle Tang, this is a revelation!"
"It's still the same as when I was a kid, just call me by my name." Zhu Biao said with a smile.
"Your Highness, the etiquette must not be discarded!" Tang He straightened his expression slightly and spoke seriously.
Tang He, Duke of Xin Guo, is now one of the six founding Dukes of the People's Republic of China.
Perhaps his talents are not outstanding and his achievements are not dazzling enough, but in terms of actions, he is the most diligent and stable one.
He is not a genius, and he is very low-key among the founding fathers. He has almost no sense of existence. He seems to have no edge like the founding fathers. Perhaps the only thing that can be discussed is that he was the first to join Zhu Yuanzhang, and very early.
This shows how extraordinary Zhu Yuanzhang is.
But such a person could stand out in such a troubled time in the late Ming Dynasty, and even eventually ranked among the princes. It would be unfair to say that he only took refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang in the first place.
Although he is not like Xu Da who can command tens of thousands of horses and troops, and has the ability to coordinate and coordinate, he is not as brave as Chang Yuchun, who is able to kill an enemy general among thousands of troops.
But he also has his own characteristics, which is stability.
He works steadily, rarely makes mistakes, and leads his troops more steadily. Although he cannot win by surprise or achieve miraculous achievements, he rarely fails, and the most important thing is that he can complete the task without compromise.
This is the characteristic of Tanghe.
Perhaps this is also the key to why he was able to escape with his life under the butcher knife of Zhu Yuanzhang, who almost killed him in history.
Looking at Tang He in front of him, Zhu Biao's thoughts were racing for a moment.
"Your Highness, this is the list of one hundred and sixteen martial arts scholars who will take part in the palace examination this year. Take a look!" Tang He naturally didn't know that at this moment, Zhu Biao was making a series of evaluations of him in his mind.
Carefully handed a list to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao took it and glanced at it, a trace of surprise suddenly flashed in his eyes.
There are actually two Huajin masters here, and the rest are all Fusion Jin masters.
"The quality is so high!" Zhu Biao exclaimed.
"yes!"
"Although we are still less than fifty, looking at these little guys, we all feel that we are already old."
"The future belongs to young people like Your Highness!" Tang He stood next to Zhu Biao, clasping his hands and answering with a smile.
If you didn’t know better, you would have thought that this was an old farmer who came from somewhere to watch the excitement!
"Uncle Tang is not old, haven't you already advanced in strength?" Zhu Biao said with a smile.
As far as he knew, not only Tang He, but also a large number of generals in the army who were stuck at the peak of Rong Jin, had gradually broken through to the level of Huajin Grandmaster in the past two years.
"Hehe, it's also a fluke. The most important thing is the role of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures given by His Majesty!" The smile on Tang He's face became more and more warm.