Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Jiu'an has arrived."

Pang Yuhai quickly walked into the hall and said respectfully.

"Oh? Let him in quickly."

Upon hearing Pang Yuhai's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately smiled and urged.

Soon, Hu Fei walked into the main hall.

"My son, please see your father!"

Hu Fei walked closer, bowed respectfully, and said loudly.

“No gifts, no gifts!”

With a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly waved his hands and said, his eyes full of kindness.

Hu Fei responded and stood up slowly.

"How's it going? I heard that you work hard every day in the guardhouse and do everything yourself. Do you feel tired?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and asked with a smile.

"Returning to my father, as a minister, it is only natural that I should do my best to serve the court. Even if I feel tired, I will never complain."

Hu Fei cupped his hands and answered seriously.

Since he was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he has been strict with self-interest and even changed his habit of arriving late and leaving early.

"That's good. It seems that my original decision was right."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said with a smile, but there was a hint of helplessness in his smile.

If it were anyone else, facing Zhu Yuanzhang's question just now, he would only say some words of loyalty.

But Hu Fei was different. Not only did he express his loyalty, he also bluntly said that he was indeed tired, without caring whether Zhu Yuanzhang minded such an answer.

"Father, I wonder why you summoned me to the palace today? There are still some things that need to be dealt with in the guard house. If you have nothing to do, I have to rush to the guard house immediately."

Hu Fei looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said seriously.

"Okay, I'll give you a compliment. You're still in high spirits. What can you do to waste such a short time?!"

After hearing Hu Fei's somewhat too deliberate words, Zhu Yuanzhang straightened his face and snorted coldly.

Hu Fei forced out a silly smile, rubbed his hands and said nothing.

"I heard that many officials from the DPRK and China have been very close to you during this period?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and asked slowly.

"It's true, but I hate people who are ingratiating for nothing, especially those who flatter me for no reason. I hate them deeply. No matter who they are, I don't have a good look on them. They won't be the ones who come to you to file a lawsuit against me.

Bar?"

When Hu Fei heard this, his heart tightened, and then he spoke sternly, and finally looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a guilty conscience.

"No, you did a good job, I know that."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled approvingly and said slowly.

"That's good, that's good."

Hu Fei pretended to breathe a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said.

"But recently, an official found me and wanted to have his descendants become your disciples and listen to your teachings. There are more than one of them."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and continued.

"My son has just said that he is not accustomed to such flattering people. He wants to become my disciple and engage in roundabout tactics? It is absolutely impossible!"

When Hu Fei heard this, he waved his hand and said with an awe-inspiring look.

"How come you're so excited?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said.

"I'm sorry, Father, I've gone too far."

Hu Fei smiled, cupped his hands and said.

"It is indeed not advisable to form cliques, but it is not a bad idea if we just accept a few more students. After all, you are now a role model among the younger generation. If you teach me, you may be able to cultivate a new generation of useful talents for our Ming Dynasty.

Maybe."

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at Hu Fei angrily, and then said thoughtfully.

"Father, I have already resigned from the post of Doctor of the Imperial College. How can I accept more students? The two of them, Emperor Sun and Prince Ning, are already busy enough. Please spare me."

Hu Fei said helplessly with a bitter face.

"You can't bear it with just two children? Didn't you just say that you would do your best for the sake of the court? Then you regretted it so soon?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened, he looked at Hu Fei with suspicion, and asked in a deep voice.

"I…"

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Hu Fei was speechless for a moment and his face was filled with bitterness.

"Two people can teach, and ten people can teach. Besides, you don't have to teach them anything. You just need to let them listen while you are teaching Yun Wen."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and tried to think of ways to persuade him.

"Okay, but I have conditions!"

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said.

"What are the conditions? Let me tell you."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, he nodded and said.

"First of all, you can be my student if you want, but you must be under ten years old. Those over ten years old have a rudimentary mind and it will be troublesome to teach. I don't have that much time."

"Secondly, since you worship me as your teacher, you must listen to my teachings in everything. If you are beaten or scolded in the future, no one will regret it. A strict teacher will make a good disciple, and if you don't beat him, you will be useless."

"If you can agree to these two items, then I'll accept it."

Hu Fei thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Okay, just as you say!"

After hearing what Hu Fei said, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed without hesitation.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to his conditions, Hu Fei had no choice but to show a bitter look on his face and shook his head secretly.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was smiling all over his face, and his eyes were full of meaning.

After another delay, Hu Fei said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang with a grimace and left the Yangxin Hall.

But the moment he walked out of the Yangxin Hall, the bitterness on his face was instantly wiped away, and a sneer flashed across his lips.

In fact, the two conditions he mentioned were not for himself, but for Zhu Yuanzhang, especially the first one.

If he was teaching children under the age of ten, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely relax his vigilance and not worry about him taking the opportunity to develop his own wings.

And what he wants is to develop these children into his own people. The ancients respected teachers the most. Just imagine ten or twenty years later, when these children have grown up, they will be a big force.

What he pictures is not the present, but the future!

Within a few days, the ministers of the court sent their children to the princess's mansion one after another, and they all worshiped Hu Fei as their teacher. What they valued was not only Hu Fei as a teacher, but also the honor of being brothers with the emperor and grandson.

and opportunities.

…

Several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

The comfortable days left Hu Fei with nothing to do. In addition, he was pestered by a group of half-year-old children all day long, and his head was about to explode, so he had been thinking about finding something to do for himself to distract himself.

Outside the palace gate.

Jinyi Health Center.

Hu Fei was sitting in his office, flipping through the detailed records compiled by Han Jiang about the supervision of officials in the DPRK and China during this period, and couldn't help but feel a little bored.

Although Jinyiwei has been established for several months, Han Jiang, who is responsible for supervision, still has nothing to show for it.

This was good news for Hu Fei and the officials in the DPRK, but not necessarily for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Think about the previous inspection school. When it was first established, it was to supervise the officials for Zhu Yuanzhang and consolidate the imperial power. However, since the inspection school was abolished, the Jinyiwei has made no achievements in supervising the officials.

Although this is a normal phenomenon, after all, it is impossible for all officials to have problems. If that were the case, the court would have been riddled with holes.

But Zhu Yuanzhang may not think so. He may feel that the Jin Yiwei is incompetent, and may even regret abolition of the school.

Therefore, the best way to eliminate suspicion is to find one or two weak officials who practice favoritism and malpractice, so that Zhu Yuanzhang can rest assured and have some fun for himself.

While Hu Fei was thinking this, he suddenly saw a familiar name in the record.

Guo Heng!
To be continued...