After noon.

Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the Huagai Palace.

He instructed Liu He, "Draft an imperial decree to summon Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, and Fu Youde, Duke of Ying, back to the capital."

"I obey your order."

After Zhu Yuanzhang gave his orders, he began to ponder.

He had to prepare enough teams for his eldest grandson. The old buddies who had been prepared to be eliminated now seemed to have a new place to show their bravery.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang is preparing to recall all these meritorious and famous generals and arrange them to be with his eldest grandson without affecting the situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"If you recognize your grandson, that would be great. If you don't, my old friends, I'm sorry for you. Don't blame me for being cruel."

Zhu Yuanzhang murmured.

At this time, Jiang Li was standing respectfully beside him, looking straight ahead without looking to the side.

It seemed that he did not hear what His Majesty said at all.

But on the invisible back, dense cold sweat continued to appear.

It would be fine if it was Duke Lan Yu of Liang.

Jiang Li has been secretly collecting evidence of Lan Yu's crimes.

But Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, and Fu Youde, Duke of Ying, are completely different.

Let’s put aside Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan. After all, he is much inferior to the other two.

Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were both brave generals who had fought in many battles.

Among them, Feng Sheng was a Confucian general who was proficient in both civil and military strategies. He was good at both martial arts on horseback and literary arts on foot. In terms of merit, he was second only to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

If he was not one of the military generals and nobles in Huaixi, Lan Yu would have to stand aside.

Fu Youde was once a subordinate of Chen Youliang. Because he was dissatisfied with Chen Youliang's killing of Xu Shouhui, he defected to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Fu Youde, whose family was not well-off and had been farmers for generations, was a daring and brave man, and was known as one of the two tiger generals together with Chang Yuchun.

As the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and His Majesty's personal bodyguard, Jiang Li's personal fighting ability is needless to say.

I am in my prime, with sharp ears and eyes, and I heard every word of what Your Majesty said just now.

He didn't expect that His Majesty even wanted to eliminate meritorious and famous generals like Feng Sheng and Fu Youde.

Thinking of this, I became even more determined to follow His Royal Highness Chang Sun.

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Li said, "Your Majesty, it seems that there are no ministers who can assist His Royal Highness Changsun."

Jiang Li's purpose in saying this at the risk of his life was very simple.

As Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and ears, Jiang Lin knew too many secrets, especially about the civil and military officials in the court.

He was very clear that the civil officials in the court were now loyal to Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly when he heard this.

Earlier, he arranged for Ru Hong to contact the eldest grandson in order to pull the civil officials towards the eldest grandson.

However, after Ru Hong followed him back to the capital, she did not make any statement. Although she raised questions, she did not intend to be loyal to the eldest grandson.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang very unhappy.

"How many civil officials in the court are currently interested in Yunwen?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Jiang Li's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Eight or nine out of ten."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said nothing more.

After all, he had just recently designated Zhu Yunwen as the crown prince, so it was normal for civil officials to join him.

Seeing that His Majesty did not speak, Jiang Li hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Your Majesty, Prince Yan's side..."

Zhu Ying was brought by Prince of Yan Zhu Di. Just by knowing the details, Prince of Yan's thoughts would be clear.

Jiang Li took this opportunity to flatter the Prince of Yan in front of His Majesty.

As expected, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he scolded him, "Old Fourth, you bastard, don't you know what kind of person you are? You think you can become the emperor just by relying on your military achievements."

"You're still thinking of using our grandson to deceive me. Humph, you little bastard, your methods are too naive."

"Based on the abilities of our eldest grandson, I don't think he can cause any trouble."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Jiang Lin's face. He still underestimated His Majesty's tolerance for family affection.

Although it seems that His Majesty is scolding Prince Yan, he actually does not have much intention to attack Prince Yan.

"How is the excavation of our eldest grandson's tomb progressing?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the tomb of King Yu has been excavated. I think it will take only a few days to completely open it." Jiang Lin replied.

As he said this, he was also a little nervous.

After all, the only thing that can absolutely prove the identity of His Royal Highness Chang Sun is the coffin in the mausoleum.

If there really is a corpse inside, the identity of His Royal Highness Chang Sun becomes mysterious.

After all, the Xiaoling Mausoleum was heavily guarded, and the Yuwang Tomb had collapsed once before, so there was no way anyone could secretly replace the original with a fake one.

"Send the message over and ask them to speed up. We can't wait any longer."

"My eldest grandson has too many thoughts now. He always wants to leave the capital. Jiang Lin, you have to keep an eye on him. If he runs away, we will hold you responsible."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

As for the identity of the eldest grandson, the only possibility at the moment is about the mausoleum.

Although he was extremely certain that there would be no trace of his eldest grandson's remains when the tomb was excavated.

But if the body of his eldest grandson really appeared, Zhu Yuanzhang would not know what to do.

The Grandson's external contacts had long been under the surveillance of the Imperial Guards. Although the Grandson's secret letters were not intercepted, Zhu Yuanzhang could probably guess what the Grandson was thinking.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will arrange personnel to monitor His Royal Highness Changsun day and night. I will also arrange personnel to monitor the Ministry of Revenue."

"For all the people brought by His Royal Highness Chang Sun, if anyone goes to apply for a travel permit, I have already instructed the Ministry of Revenue to delay it."

"We have also arranged Jinyiwei to guard each city gate, and will definitely not let His Royal Highness Changsun leave the city."

Jiang Li said respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly instructed about this matter, and he himself also took it more seriously.

If His Royal Highness Changsun runs away, not to mention his future, even his head will probably be chopped off by His Majesty.

"Uncle Zhang, tell Annan to take the official road and come directly to the capital."

After the old man left.

Zhu Ying pondered for a long time alone in the yard.

Of course, Zhu Ying had his own thoughts about some of the old man's words.

The only thing he didn't expect was that his identity was so bizarre.

But at this point, he still had some doubts in his heart.

After all, he had been fished out of the river earlier and had lived with his adoptive father for three years. His adoptive father's life was too ordinary and he definitely didn't have the ability to do anything in the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

He didn't know before that there was a person like Zhu Xiongying among Zhu Yuanzhang's grandsons.

I didn't think too much about the old man's identity.

Now it seems that the Jinyiwei captured his people and then released them in a hurry.

These things seem to be extremely normal now.

Zhu Ying's thoughts are a little confused now, because the old man's sudden appearance has completely disrupted his plans.

Now it seems that Annan is not so important anymore.

If only he could...

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying called Zhang Bo over and told him about the matters in Annan.

"Yes, Boss."

Zhang Bo naturally would not refute the boss's order. After he responded, he asked with some doubt:

"Boss, we are not leaving the capital anymore."

Zhu Ying said directly: "Things have changed, so I won't leave for the time being."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Ying instructed again: "Send a message to the Western Regions immediately, and have them send my things over as fast as possible."

"Sweet potatoes, ask them to prepare ten shi of seeds and send them all over."

Hearing this, Zhang Bo first responded, then asked reluctantly, "Boss, has something happened?"

The original amount of grain seeds given was one stone, but now it was suddenly changed to ten stones.

Even in the Western Regions, due to strict control, they do not have too many kinds of grain.

The most important thing is that the grain seeds that the employer had requested to be sent were high-yield grain seeds, not the low-yield grain seeds that had been planted for several generations.

These grain varieties have always been effectively controlled and strictly used.

Ten stones were transferred over at once, which is nearly two thousand kilograms.

In the Western Regions, there are probably only 20 to 30 shi of high-quality and high-yield grains.

Most importantly, it’s already June.

Facing this winter, these grain seeds must be planted in the fields so that a large amount of grain can be produced when the severe cold arrives.

The grain produced is not only needed to maintain the personnel of the Eastern forces in the Western Regions, the desert, and the grassland.

It is also the key factor for the boss to expand his power every winter.

If so many people are mobilized at once, the pace of expansion this year will have to be significantly slowed down.

Especially because of the layout of Annan, the manpower in the Western Regions, the desert and the grassland has become somewhat insufficient.

We are just waiting for a major expansion this year to fill the manpower gap.

As a result, the forces under the Dong family may become unstable.

It would be fine if the boss was over there, but now he is far away in the capital. The distance is too far, and if anything unexpected happens, it may not be possible to stabilize the situation in time.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying did not explain too much. There are some things that Zhang Bo cannot understand or get involved in.

He just said in a deep voice: "Do as I say, and don't ask any more questions."

"Yes, Boss."

Hearing the hostile tone of his boss, Uncle Zhang immediately stopped saying anything.

"By the way, don't rush to summon me. I'll go to the government office in a couple of days to get a pass, and then I'll go through the government post."

"My box must be delivered as soon as possible."