The palace, it’s freezing cold.

The clouds were thick and covered the entire sun.

It was gray and snowy was about to come, so even during the day, the palace had to be lit with oil lamps.

The light reflects several figures in the study.

Zhu Yuanzhang is reading the books compiled by the Hanlin Academy.

There are three people standing below. In addition to Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, there is another person with a sallow face, beard and small eyes. He is Wu Chen, a classic of the Hanlin Academy.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's three requirements of "respecting heaven, being loyal to the emperor, and being filial to relatives", Wu Chen compiled some teaching materials for the students of Guozixue, and also added or subtracted some old teaching materials.

"Your Majesty, for this new set of books, all that remains is proofreading, which requires multiple people. All major Hanlin academies will start this task next year."

Wu Chen reported on the progress, and he was mainly responsible for this.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "The compilation, proofreading, etc. have been completed here. Let others do it. You have to free up your hands first. There will be other things for you to do next year."

Wu Chen agreed without asking about the specific matter. Anyway, it didn't matter to him. He made a mistake before and was demoted to Hanlin Academy Classics. If he is demoted again, he can go home and farm.

Since the Hu Weiyong case last year, the Zhongshu Province was abolished, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to do many things personally. Without the Zhongshu Province, things suddenly increased several times.

This time I see that Wu Chen is almost done with his work. He is preparing to set up a Grand Bachelor after the Chinese New Year, and people like Wu Chen are the first choice. He works hard and does not complain at all. He has been demoted for so long without any complaints.

Wu Chen continued: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. My friend Hu Han passed away this morning. In the next few days, I can only let other classics of the Hanlin Academy do what I am doing."

"Hu Han?" Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then he remembered Hu Han and said: "Many years ago, when we captured Wuzhou, we met him. He must have been included in the compilation of "History of the Yuan Dynasty" in the year of Ji You.

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Jiyou year was the second year of Hongwu. In order to end the Yuan Dynasty as soon as possible, "Yuan History" was compiled at that time to indicate the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

The capture of Wuzhou happened twenty-three years ago. At that time, Hu Han left a deep impression on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Wu Chen nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Hu Han is also from Wuzhou. Later, Wuzhou was changed to Jinhua Mansion."

Hu Han was also a famous scholar. Since he passed away, it was natural for Wu Chen to pay his respects.

During the conversation, a eunuch came to report that Mao Xiang was outside the study and had something to report.

Mao Xiang had just returned from the prison, holding several poem manuscripts in his hand, and stood at the door of the study in the severe cold.

Zhu Yuanzhang called Mao Xiang in.

"If you have anything to say, please wait aside."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew what Mao Xiang wanted to report about Zhang Feng, so he would have asked him to tell him directly without Wu Chen. With Wu Chen here, it would be difficult to tell him directly.

Mao Xiang understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant and replied: "Yes."

He walked forward, handed several poem manuscripts in his hand to Zhu Yuanzhang, and spoke in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear.

Wu Chen took the initiative to back away, standing far away, with his head lowered, as if there was nothing else around him. He was not interested in what Mao Xiang said at all, and his life would be in danger if he listened too much.

When Zhu Biao and Zhu Di looked at this situation, they both expected it to be something related to Zhang Feng in prison.

"Well, we understand, you can go down."

After listening to Mao Xiang's report, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed the poems on the poem manuscript in his hand.

What Mao Xiang reported was what happened in the cell, including that Zhang Feng wrote four poems, two of which were for himself, one for Zhu Xi, and one for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Mao Xiang took out these poems in advance, and also had someone copy the third poem, which was addressed to Zhu Xi.

When Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the first memorial poem, he couldn't help but smile on his face and said: "It's a pity that such a good memorial poem is no longer needed for the time being."

Then I read the second song. Zhu Yuanzhang understood the general meaning of the first sentence of the second song, which was that he was unlucky and had so-called "far friendship".

When I saw "Ganwei Ruziniu" again, I felt that the second child was lucky. This was Zhang Tianshi's willingness to teach him about the most incompetent second child in the Zhu family.

Turning to the third piece, Mao Xiang said that it was written at Zhu Ping's request. After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly frowned, rolled up the third piece of rice paper, put it aside casually, and said: "The second one is still missing."

, there is nothing serious in my mind all day long."

Looking at the fourth song, this is written specifically for myself.

Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read every word, and his pride soared into the sky. He slapped the table and said loudly: "Okay, this song is good!"

After finishing speaking, he carefully rolled up the fourth poem and put it aside for fear of being seen by others and fearing that the paper would be damaged.

Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and Wu Chen were all looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression below.

Now the three of them are extremely curious and don't know what is written on those four pieces of paper.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them and said: "You must be curious about what is written in my hand. Come and take a look, so that you can also appreciate it together."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not take out all four poems, but the first two.

Zhu Di was the first to be unable to bear it and came forward.

Zhu Biao followed closely behind, and Wu Chen saw that the prince and King Yan were coming up to take a look, so he dared to come over.

"It turns out to be a poem." The picture of Zhang Feng appeared in Zhu Di's mind, but he did not expect that it was actually a poem. "And this word..."

Zhu Di noticed at a glance that the font seemed a little different, but he had never seen it before.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, both seal script, official script, and regular script were at their peak development. Many people copied from the calligraphy of famous masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and were very familiar with the fonts of each master.

Zhu Biao also noticed this and said: "Wu Dianji, come over and take a look."

Wu Chen's literary attainments are recognized by the literati of the Ming Dynasty. After Song Lian, Wu Chen can be said to be the leader of the literati.

Although he has been demoted to the Imperial Academy, he can be promoted to three levels at any time with just a word from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao also respected Wu Chen very much. He called "Master Wu" in private, but he did not dare to do so in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Wu Chen's eyes narrowed into slits.

The whole person was completely frozen, and his eyes could no longer move away.

"Is this word more powerful than poetry?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't quite understand it. He didn't seem to be able to write the word very well, and he seemed to be able to write it himself.

"The poem is excellent..." Wu Chen read the first poem of condolences, and then said: "This font is unique and eye-catching. This charm reminds me of Su Dongpo's "Han Shi Tie"."

Wu Chen was immediately fascinated.

For calligraphy enthusiasts like Wu Chen, if they see a school of calligraphy that has its own style, it will be impossible to come up with it without thorough research.

Zhu Biao explained to Zhu Yuanzhang on the side and said: "Father, the "Han Shi Tie" mentioned in Wu Dianji, also called "Huangzhou Cold Food Poems", is a work of Su Shi. The brushwork in it no longer pursues magnificence, but returns to nature.
Chapter completed!