A few days later,
The old man who sued and others who stayed at the inn and waited for news also waited for the news that Official Di Yun had been reinstated.
Extremely excited, they ran to the gate of the imperial city, kowtowed several times and called His Majesty Shengming until their voices became hoarse.
The Imperial City defenders who didn't understand why looked at their retreating figures. Apart from the words "Your Majesty, Sheng Ming", the words that impressed them most deeply in their minds were the words "Master Di".
"Master Di?"
"Is there anyone named Di among the civil and military officials of this dynasty?"
"..."
In the Imperial Study Room, under the dome surrounded by golden dragons,
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair and looked at the two low-profile documents placed on the dragon case in front of him.
The one on the left was submitted by the officials and contained the resume of Di Yun.
The one on the right was submitted by the Ministry of Household Affairs, regarding Di Yun’s family’s household registration information.
After Zhu Yuanzhang opened Di Yun's resume, halfway through, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"In the first scientific examination held in the third year of Hongwu, the ranking was only second to last among the candidates?"
"This talent is not outstanding!"
"You don't have outstanding talent, but you can make people in one area write blood letters to sue us because of him?"
In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, there was no way that his relatively mediocre resume and his feat of writing a blood letter to the emperor would collide with each other.
But it was precisely because of this that he became more interested in Di Yun.
Soon, he opened Di Yun's family's household registration.
Zhu Yuanzhang browsed quickly at first, but when he saw a person's name, his eyes widened with horror.
The person who shocked Zhu Yuanzhang was the famous Prime Minister Di Renjie!
Name: Di Yun
Year of birth: 10th year of Zhizheng (1350, now 23 years old)
Place of household registration: Taiyuan, Shanxi
Family background: The ancestor is the famous Prime Minister Di Renjie. Although his family members had official positions in the Song Dynasty, their official positions were very small. Due to family training, they lived in seclusion in the Yuan Dynasty and did not serve in official positions...
Zhu Yuanzhang learned from Di Yun's family background information that Di Yun had a profound family background.
If he had not lived in seclusion and not been an official in the Yuan Dynasty, his family would not have declined into ordinary farm children.
Nowadays, Di Yun's parents have died and she is all alone!
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also suddenly had respect in his eyes!
Just because the Di family declined because they did not serve as officials in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had a deep respect for their family!
After closing Di Yun's family background, Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to send things back to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
At the same time, he also asked people to notify Queen Ma and Zhu Biao respectively. He wanted to hear their opinions on the matter.
Zhu Yuanzhang was like this. When he was sitting on the dragon chair in the Fengtian Temple, his words were the imperial edict of heaven.
But when he sat on the small dragon chair in the imperial study room, many things changed.
After a while,
A middle-aged woman wearing a phoenix-embroidered dress, full of scholarly temperament and still charming, and a young man wearing a four-clawed dragon robe appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
The two of them were Empress Ma and Zhu Biao's mother and son.
Zhu Yuanzhang used the simplest language to explain Di Yun's resume and family information to the two.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Tell us everything!"
"What do you think about Master Di, who is ranked last in the scientific examination, but yet allows people to write blood letters to sue us for him?"
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he and Queen Ma looked at Zhu Biao in tacit understanding at the same time.
Of course Zhu Biao knew that his parents were working together to train him as the heir to the throne.
His father and mother worked together to educate him, which started when he became the prince.
Zhu Biao did not refuse, and immediately said: "Father, mother, my son thinks that ranking low in the scientific examination does not mean anything."
"First of all, even if his ranking is lower, he is still a qualified official."
"It's not easy to pass the examination, let alone the current era of incompetent rule by the former Yuan Dynasty for a hundred years, and the culture of reading has long since disappeared."
"Even if he is the queen of Judge Di, he is still a student from the north. In such an environment where wars are frequent, it is very rare to be able to pass the examination!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma just looked at each other, and then motioned for him to continue.
Although the two of them did not boast on their lips, they were already happy in their hearts.
The second generation emperor of the Ming Dynasty was only eighteen years old, and he had such an insight. This is really commendable.
Zhu Biao continued: "Besides, how much you study and whether you are loved by the people are completely different things."
“Throughout history, there are many well-dressed beasts who are well-educated, and there are also many true heroes who are illiterate.”
Having said that, Zhu Biao immediately bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma: "Father, emperor, mother, empress, and sons and ministers believe that the matter of blood letters among all people should not be underestimated. We should treat this Lord Di with caution."
"But I believe that this blood letter from thousands of people is definitely not groundless. After all, he is the queen of Di Gong. Maybe he really has the legacy of Di Gong!"
Empress Ma and Zhu Biao agreed, and Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that this was the case.
In this way, the three of them happily decided on how to deal with Di Yun.
A few days later,
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the 18-year-old prince Zhu Biao to supervise the country, and asked Hu Weiyong, the right minister of Zhongshu, and Xu Da, the prime minister Wu who was also the right minister of Zhongshu, to assist in the administration.
In fact, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife can leave Beijing with peace of mind is not only that Zhu Biao is young and mature, but also because Xu Da is in charge!
After Zhu Yuanzhang arranged all matters in the court, he and Empress Ma embarked on the official road to Datong as businessmen.
The escort team that protected them and the cargo was a group of elite soldiers personally led by Mao Xiang, the commander of the pro-military Duweifu.
Nearly two months later, the time came to late May of the sixth year of Hongwu.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his caravan, which looked very powerful, passed through Kaifeng, Henan, and entered Taiyuan, Shanxi, before embarking on the official road to Datong.
The reason why they walked for so long was that in addition to the long distance, Zhu Yuanzhang also really inspected the people's livelihood in the north.
It can be said that everything he saw along the way was the word 'poor'!
Even though it was already the wheat harvest season, he couldn't see much joy in the harvest on the farmers' faces.
In the carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting at the back, his back straight and his face not tired at all.
After all, he is a martial arts practitioner who has killed countless people with the sword, and he is not yet forty-five years old, but he still has the strength to charge and kill when mounted, and to kill ten when dismounted.
On the other hand, Queen Ma, who was sitting next to her, had a slightly tired look on her face.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Sister, we haven't seen anything along the way that makes us happy."
"The people are suffering so much, which shows that our Ming Dynasty is really built on ruins!"
Empress Ma held Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and said gently: "That's why we should come here. If Di Yun is really a genius in governing the world, it will be a blessing to the Ming Dynasty."
"And you, the emperor, have an extra powerful arm!"
Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled and nodded, stopped talking, and continued to close his eyes and rest.
In fact, after seeing the suffering in the north, he didn't have much hope in this matter.
Is it possible that he, Di Yun, can turn the border land of Datong into a wealthy and prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River?
Obviously, this is impossible.
Since he cannot be far superior to other places in all aspects, how can he be regarded as a genius in governing the world?
It is very good to be a good official who does his best and is dedicated to the people.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking this, their motorcade passed the boundary marker of Datong County.
Not long after, the carriage in which Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma were sitting suddenly stopped! ...
