Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

"Lü Qing."

"The minister is here."

"Come for a walk with me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked in front, and Lu Ben followed carefully behind him.

In fact, the two were not only the emperor and his subjects, but also in-laws. Although the Lu family was considered a scholarly family in Fengyang and Shouzhou, it was not a prominent family after all. When Lu was able to marry the crown prince Zhu Biao as a concubine, I don't know how many people were shocked. No one knew what Zhu Yuanzhang liked about the Lu family, and the Lu family themselves didn't know.

But no matter what, the Lu family benefited from this, but Lu Ben, the head of the family, always kept a low profile, played the role of a good man in the court, and stayed away from all political groups.

"Mr. Lu, the Minister of Revenue is 82 years old. In such a big court, can't the Ministry of Personnel nominate a younger Minister of Revenue?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said.

You must know that just now at the morning court, Zhu Yuanzhang said in front of all the ministers that 82 years old was not old. Now that he can say this to Lu Ben, it is obvious that he treats him as a family member.

Lu Ben replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has a lot of responsibilities and if we hire a novice who is not familiar with the affairs of the Ministry, it will only add to the chaos."

"The last Minister of Revenue, Lü Chang, was implicated in the Hu case and has been executed. Among the current assistant ministers and officials of the Ministry of Revenue, only Xu Hui is not involved with Hu Weiyong. I also know that Xu Hui is too old, but the Ministry of Revenue is in such a mess that only an old minister like him can keep it under control. I have been ordered to take charge of the Ministry of Personnel, and I dare only appoint people based on their talents and report the truth. I dare not be unfaithful to Your Majesty in the slightest."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also aware of this.

During the past six months, he has killed too many people with his butcher knife.

"Thank you for your help." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and continued, "I know that the Ministry of Personnel has been busy organizing the selection of officials from various places in the past few months. Mr. Lu has not seen Yunwen for a long time. Yunwen has said more than once that he misses you, his grandfather."

"Your Majesty, yes." Lu Ben lowered his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and patted Lü Ben's shoulder, saying, "The Ministry of Personnel should be free for a while. Take some time to visit Yunwen. Yunwen is a good student. You should not only teach him how to read, but also teach him about moral principles."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not harsh, Lü Ben was already in turmoil inside, and he tried his best not to show it.

Lu Ben was a smart man, so he could naturally understand what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

"Your Majesty, I will remember this!" Lu Ben buried his head even lower.

Zhu Yuanzhang had been gone for a long time, but Lu Bendu was still standing there in the same posture, with beads of sweat already covering his forehead.

As the case of Hu Ni was completely closed, the Ming Dynasty court gradually emerged from the previous bloody terror.

Next, Zhu Yuanzhang directly agreed to the request of Crown Prince Zhu Biao at a morning court session.

He personally ordered the abolition of the Jinyiwei prison and ordered people to take out the torture instruments from the Jinyiwei's exclusive prison and burn them all in front of the civil and military officials.

At this point, the once powerful Jinyiwei once again went from being in the open to being in the dark.

The court also began to slowly regain its vitality.

In Yang Xian's opinion, although some people were wrongly killed in the Hu Weiyong case, from a macro perspective, the benefits clearly outweigh the disadvantages.

The entire Ming Dynasty court organization underwent a huge reshuffle because of the Hu Ni case. The old court officials who originally held power were quickly cleared out, and new officials were quickly promoted.

The people who benefited the most from this incident were naturally the government officials and students of Yangzhou University.

You have to know that these people are those who have grown up by accepting new knowledge.

The court had always had a one-size-fits-all system, even though Yang Xian had been pushing for a reform of the Ming government. But according to Yang Xian's original estimate, it would take at least 20 years to completely renew the Ming court. But now the Hu Weiyong case has accelerated the process. Even if it was a top student from Yangzhou University, it would take a long time to get to the center of power.

But there are so many vacancies in official positions right now.

Many talented people who graduated from Yangzhou University traveled a long way and when they first arrived at their place of appointment, they were promoted on the spot before they even had time to sit in the position.

Among them, some of the best ones even skipped three levels.

These people are all loyal supporters of Yang Xian and regard him as a saint.

I originally thought that the 13th year of Hongwu had passed like this.

Because so many things have happened this year, many people's hearts can no longer bear it and they just want to live their lives in peace.

But just as the 13th year of Hongwu was coming to an end, something happened again that shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.

That means Xu Da’s fleet, which set out last year and opened the Age of Discovery, has returned!

Along with it, there was also a piece of news that shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.

After the news of Xu Da's fleet's return was published, the entire Ming Dynasty was in an uproar.

You should know that during the time when Xu Da's fleet was sailing, the novel "One Piece" serialized in Jiangnan Daily had already become a national reading material.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were more curious about the world overseas.

"The King of Zhongshan's fleet has been sailing for more than half a year. After such a long time, they actually came back alive?" The length of this voyage has broken everyone's common sense, so it is normal for some people to think so.

You should know that half a year after Xu Da and his men left, there were already rumors among the people that the fleet had encountered an accident.

The people in the Xu Mansion were even more nervous. If Yang Xian hadn't been there, visiting the Xu Mansion from time to time to give them confidence, who knows what kind of chaos the situation would be.

The sea represents the unknown, and the unknown means fear.

Now that Xu Da's fleet has returned safely, the question that everyone is concerned about has become what Xu Da and his crew discovered during this voyage.

"Have they found the end of the earth?"

"Is the earth round or square? Is there any answer now?"

Discussions like these are happening in almost every restaurant and teahouse in Ming Dynasty these days.

However, Xu Da, the person involved, rushed to the capital without stopping after the fleet arrived at the port, because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to know the result of Xu Da's voyage more than the common people.

This is also the final verification of the world map that Yang Xian gave him.

Yang Xian knew clearly in his heart that if Xu Da's fleet returned at this time, it would be impossible for them to circle the earth as the time was too short.

It would take at least two years to orbit the earth.

Judging from the current situation, there is a 99% chance that Xu Da and his fleet chose to return home after arriving in America and conducting a period of investigation in America.

On this day, the entire capital was decorated with lights and colors to welcome the return of the Ming Dynasty's seafaring heroes. (End of this chapter)