During the reform of the academy, many cases of corruption and extortion occurred. Chen Hong reported all these things to Zhu Youxiao.

There are so many twists and turns here, and so many dark things, but Zhu Youxiao did not ask Chen Hong to investigate, but just said, "Find out."

"Have you written down everything?" Zhu Youxiao turned to look at Chen Hong and asked directly.

"Your Majesty, I have written everything down." Chen Hong agreed quickly.

"Give it to me, let me see it." Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly, reached out and took a small red notebook from Chen Hong's hand, and began to flip through it gently.

Everyone's name, time, place, who they met, and how much money they embezzled were all clearly written in this small notebook.

This is Zhu Youxiao's little notebook for remembering grudges, and it certainly can't be taken out now. When it needs to be taken out in the future, this little notebook will play a huge role.

Handing the small notebook to Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao said calmly, "Put it away."

At such a time, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to do this kind of thing. Because many people did not want to do things like academy reform, only people like Cui Chengxiu were willing to do it.

If we use people like this as a front, corruption is inevitable. If we punish them for corruption, no one will do it.

It must be said that this is the emperor's tragedy. He knew that corruption was inappropriate, but he still had to indulge them.

However, Zhu Youxiao believed that this was just the beginning and things would definitely be much better in the future.

Once the reform of the Royal Academy is complete, new talents will be trained for him. Then he can select people from the academy and have people to work for him.

When these people need to get promoted in the future, this little notebook will come in handy; or when Zhu Youxiao is short of money, this little notebook will come into play again.

Now it can only be squeezed under the box.

The reform of the Royal Academy came to an end, and Zhu Youxiao could focus his energy on other aspects. However, before Zhu Youxiao could think too much, his attention was attracted by the noise outside.

An old eunuch ran in quickly from the corridor outside, came straight to Zhu Youxiao, and said with surprise: "Your Majesty, the Empress is about to give birth!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao stood up suddenly.

This matter is extremely important to Zhu Youxiao, and also extremely important to the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor has an heir, which means there is a successor. You know, in the original history, although for unknown reasons, Zhu Youxiao had no successor.

Without any hesitation, Zhu Youxiao ran straight to the harem.

Chen Hong hurried to catch up. He had been following his emperor for so long, but he had never seen him run faster than today.

When Zhu Youxiao arrived at Empress Zhang's bedroom, there were already quite a few people gathered there, including elderly maids in the palace, old palace maids with experience in midwifery, and imperial physicians waiting on the side.

Everyone is on high alert.

Empress Zhang had already entered the delivery room. The palace maids brought in basins of hot water. Disinfection was already underway, and shouts were heard from inside the room.

Zhu Youxiao became very nervous.

In his two lifetimes, this is the first time he is waiting for a woman to give birth to a child. It is impossible for him to say that he is not nervous.

Walking back and forth in the same place, Zhu Youxiao raised his head from time to time to look inside the house.

The news soon spread to the outer court that the queen was about to give birth.

For a moment, even the outer court was alarmed.

Your Majesty is going to have a child, which is good news for everyone.

The three elders of the cabinet immediately ran to the palace, while the other court officials waited quietly. They also wanted to enter the palace, but they were not qualified.

In addition, Empress Zhang's family also ran into the palace, and the father-in-law Zhang Guoji was the first to arrive.

After waiting for more than two hours, the crying of a baby and the cheers of the palace maids were finally heard from the room.

A man ran out of the house frantically, knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao, and shouted, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The Ming Dynasty has a successor. The Empress has given birth to a prince!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked, "How is the queen?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen is no longer in danger." The old palace maid said hurriedly.

Zhu Youxiao burst into laughter and said, "Alright, alright, get up! Everyone will have a reward today. Everyone in the palace will be given wine and meat!"

At this time, the three elders also hurriedly bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said with a smile, "My three beloved ministers, I hereby order that all officials in the capital have their salaries doubled this month. With the birth of my prince, all officials in the court will receive rewards. You will draft a set of regulations."

After these words were spoken, Han Yu and the other two all bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Although they had bright smiles on their faces, Han Yu and the other two were complaining in their hearts.

This would mean another expense, but it had to be done. The emperor had a son, who might very well be the crown prince, so the money couldn't be spared.

What's more, the capital is in chaos now and people are in panic because the issue of academy reform is causing a lot of uproar. Now is the perfect time to use the birth of the prince to alleviate some of the controversy.

Han Yu and the other two said nothing more. His Majesty probably wouldn't listen to anything they said at this moment.

The next few days were naturally a celebration of Zhu Youxiao's childbirth.

At this moment, there was also celebration in Liaodong City.

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