Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up when this person came in.

The person who came here was tall, at least about 1.85 meters tall, and he definitely stood out in this era.

He is tall, with long arms and legs and broad shoulders, so that the blue official uniform on his body looks a bit tight, but it highlights the strong lines of his body.

Although this man was wearing the robes of a civil servant, he looked like a warrior. And he walked very fast. From the gate of Fengtian Palace to the front of Yu'an, the distance of more than 20 steps seemed to take him only a few steps.

When he got closer, Zhu Yunxi could see his face clearly.

handsome guy!

His face was angular, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose. He seemed to be of mixed race. He is about thirty years old, which is a man's best years. His brows are full of determination and he has a thick beard on his chin.

"Official of the Ministry of Rites, Tie Xuan is here to see Your Majesty!"

The voice he spoke was also very loud and resounding.

"Get back on your feet!" Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, "This is the emperor's direct grandson, King Wu."

"I have met His Highness King Wu!"

"Please get up quickly!" Zhu Yunxi gave him some help and said politely.

Then the minister named Tie Xuan stood up and stood beside Xie Jin. He was tall, standing about a head and a half taller than Jie Jin. The latter raised his neck to look, lowered his head a little lonely, and then moved to the side to distance himself.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Zhu Yunxi was overjoyed. First there was the most talented man of the Ming Dynasty, and now there are loyal ministers through the ages. These two will be his right-hand men from now on, the Second General Heng Ha.

Tie Xuan, like Fang Xiaoru, was praised by later generations as the most honest minister.

But in fact, he is even better than Fang Xiaoru, because not only does he have integrity, he is also a capable minister and a scholar who can fight.

After Zhu Di launched an army to quell Jingnan, Li Jinglong was ordered by Emperor Jianwen to conquer, and Tie Xuan served as a civil servant to supervise the transportation of grain and grass for the army.

But when the Ming God of War met the Yongle Emperor like Huo Qubing, he ended up abandoning his armor. Half a million troops were being chased and running wildly. Seeing that Zhu Di's troops were about to capture the important northern town of Jinan, Tie Xuan, a civil servant and scholar, gathered a group of stragglers, organized the people, and began to defend the city.

His military talent was revealed in this battle. It was when the morale of Zhu Di's Northern Army was high that Lien Chan and Lianjie were in high spirits. The elite Ming Dynasty Northern Frontier Army under his command, as well as the Jurchen Mongolian warriors beyond the Great Wall, launched a strong attack on Jinan.

But this attack lasted three months. Within three months, Zhu Di suffered numerous casualties, and Jinan, whose remaining soldiers were defeated and guarded the city, remained unmoved.

Zhu Di was furious, mobilized all artillery from the rear, and began to bombard the Jinan city wall. Seeing that Jinan is in danger, Tie Xuan shows his unusual side at the critical moment.

Tie Xuan hung the portrait of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang on the city wall of Jinan.

And he shouted to Zhu Di in a pure old Beijing accent, "Your father is here, you have the guts to bombard him!"

Jinan's defeat was one of the few defeats in Yongle Emperor Zhu Di's life.

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Later, Zhu Di followed Yao Guangxiao's suggestion and gave up his class in Jinan, Shandong and returned to Peiping. When Tie Xuan saw that he was gone, he followed his lead and regained the lost territory along the way, and was awarded the title of Minister of the Ministry of War.

Later, Zhu Di detoured to the southeast of the mountain and captured Yingtian Mansion. After ascending to the throne, he remembered the great shame and humiliation and led his army to the north again.

This time Zhu Di had the title of emperor and the city of Jinan was destroyed. However, Tie Xuan still led troops loyal to Jianwen to fight in various places, and was eventually captured in Huainan. (One of Zhu Di’s stains in this battle was that he killed many people in Hebei to vent his anger)

Although Zhu Di hated Tie Xuan, he also admired him in his heart and wanted to use him for his own purposes. But from the beginning to the end, Tie Xuan did not kneel down to worship Yongle. Instead, he yelled at the rebellious ministers and traitors, and ruined half of the country for his own selfish desires, causing all life to be in ruins.

Zhu Di's temper inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness, and was even more cruel.

He asked someone to cook a pan of oil and told Tie Xuan that if you don't worship me, I will blow you into ashes.

Tie Xuan's expression did not change and he told Zhu Di that he would come if he had the guts.

In anger, Zhu Di had Tie Xuan's ears and nose cut off and stuffed into his mouth. And asked loudly, how does it taste.

Tie Xuan said an eternal saying that is comparable to Fang Xiaoru's execution of ten clans, so why not be willing to sacrifice the flesh of a loyal minister and a filial son?

How could the meat of a loyal minister and filial son not be delicious?

Zhu Di was furious and executed him Ling Chi.

This kind of loyalty is not as heroic and fierce as Fang Xiaoru's, but it is full of staunch iron and steel. From the beginning to the end, Tie Xuan did not refuse with righteous words, nor did he ask questions loudly and quoted from the classics. He even did not even look at Zhu Di, and always had a contemptuous smile on his lips.

From the beginning, Tie Xuan had a firm belief in his heart that he would sacrifice his life for charity and sacrifice his life for justice.

He is a civil servant, but his bones are harder than most people in the world.

He showed his loyalty with actions without using words.

He did not compose poetry or speeches, did not sing tragically, and had no heroic speeches. He used the most unpretentious and simple actions to interpret the meaning of a scholar and the loyalty of a scholar.

Moved by this kind of loyalty, although Zhu Di killed him, he did not kill his ten clans. His elderly parents were exiled to Hainan, his eldest son was sent to the army, his second son was made a slave, and his two daughters were sent to Jiaofangsi as official prostitutes. Zhu Di did not let his family's bloodline be cut off.

However, his two daughters inherited their father's staunchness and refused to be humiliated in the Jiaofangsi, seeking death. After Zhu Di heard about it, he let them go with a sigh and betrothed them to privileged scholars.

Tie Xuan's loyalty is a kind of dull and not impassioned loyalty, but the more simple it is, the more rare it is. His loyalty is constantly appreciated by future generations.

Even in the Qing Dynasty, emperors outside the Great Wall continued to use him as a positive example of loyalty. Emperor Qianlong personally gave him the posthumous title of Zhongding and ordered the Shandong Salt Transport Envoy Alin Bao to build the Tiegong Temple. In later generations, it was a famous tourist attraction in Jinan.

Hundreds of years later, people in Jinan and even Shandong regarded him as a god like the City God. Although Tie Xuan was not well-known at this time, he was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang for his steady handling of affairs in the court.

The name Tie Xuan was given by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

"Grandpa Huang!" Zhu Yunxi bowed and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, "Thank you, grandson, for choosing a real hero for your grandson!"

This thank you is a thank you from the heart. Liu Sanwu and Fang Xiaoru, two upright scholars, were his teachers. Talents like Xie Jin and loyal and capable ministers like Tie Xuan would become his think tanks in the future.

Such a lineup can be called luxurious. If Zhu Yunxi cannot be a good emperor in the future, it will be a waste of Zhu Yuanzhang's hard work.

"Dingshi, our eldest grandson has heard of you!" Zhu Yuanzhang grinned.

A smile appeared on Tie Xuan's dull face, while Xie Jin looked at him, obviously dissatisfied.

"I'm scared!" Tie Xuan said.

"You are now a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites. We have wronged you. How about becoming a magistrate for our eldest grandson, King Wu?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

"You have your destiny, I dare not resign!" Tie Xuan said sternly, lifted up his robe, and solemnly said to Zhu Yunxi, "I have met His Highness the King of Wu!"

"Please get up quickly!" Zhu Yunxi quickly smiled and helped him up, looking at Xie Jin and Tie Xuan. One is unparalleled in writing, and the other is talented in both civil and military affairs. For a moment, I didn’t even know what to say.

"Well..." Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Have you had breakfast?"

The two were slightly stunned, and Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon throne couldn't help but smile.

Outside the palace, Pu Bucheng shouted as if he was singing, "King Wu delivers the meal!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his grandson, whose eyes were full of eagerness for talents, and thought to himself, "Back then, when we first met Liu Ji, we also said the same thing!"