Zhu Yuanzhang, who commanded the wind and rain, lived a long and arduous life.

"Do not worry!"

"Daming Heavy Industry is already studying it."

All you need to do is give your full support!

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Don't worry, we will definitely give our full support to this matter."

"Anyone who dares to gossip will be taught a lesson!"

"That's OK!"

"Nothing else, I'm leaving!"

"I'm exhausted every day."

"I'm going back to sleep!"

With that, he waved his hand and turned to leave.

"That little brat is so lazy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiong Ying's departing figure and said helplessly.

“Father, he can give the Ming Dynasty direction, and what he said is enough to make the Ming Dynasty stronger.”

"Moreover, it will be even stronger than the Han and Tang dynasties. Our Great Ming will surpass the Han and Tang dynasties in the future!"

"Let him get some sleep!"

"It's all because of you and your mother that he's been spoiled."

Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly.

Zhu Biao smiled helplessly.

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East Palace!

As soon as Zhu Xiong Ying returned, his personal eunuch trotted over.

"Your Highness, you are back!"

"Your Highness, someone is looking for you!"

"Who?"

"Wei Guogong!"

"Grandpa Xu?"

"where?"

"It's in the main hall; we've been here for a while."

"understood!"

As he spoke, Zhu Xiong Ying walked toward the main hall.

………………

main hall!

"Grandpa Xu!"

Zhu Xiong Ying walked over with a smile.

"See Your Highness!"

"Grandpa Xu, no need for such formalities."

Zhu Xiong Ying quickly helped Xu Da up.

"Grandpa Xu, it's been a long time. How are you doing?"

"it is good!"

"Thanks to Your Highness's good fortune, my old bones are still quite hale and hearty."

Xu Da laughed.

The next second, Xu Da looked troubled.

"Your Highness..."

"Grandpa Xu, please feel free to speak your mind."

"Your Highness, I would like to go see my eldest daughter, ah! Just to take a look."

"I assure you there is nothing wrong; I only saw my eldest daughter."

As Xu Da spoke, he glanced at Zhu Xiong Ying's expression.

"no problem!"

"Go!"

"It's alright! I can understand how Grandpa Xu feels as a father."

"Go!"

"Should I go and say a few words to your grandfather?"

Xu Da shook his head: "No need, I can handle this myself."

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Highness. I am deeply grateful!"

As he was about to kneel down, Zhu Xiong Ying quickly pulled Xu Da back.

"Grandpa Xu, what are you doing?"

"There's no need for that!"

"Your Highness is kind-hearted and magnanimous, and I am extremely grateful."

"Need not!"

"When you go, please take some things with you!"

Xu Da nodded.

He immediately stood up to take his leave!

As soon as Xu Da left, Zhu Xiong Ying's face darkened.

"Yuan Tiangang!"

"Your Highness!"

"Send someone to keep an eye on them. If anything seems amiss, you know what to do."

"understand!"

Zhu Xiong Ying understood Xu Da's feelings, but he had to be wary if Xu Da really took this opportunity to do something.

Then I'm sorry, you brought this on yourself, you deserve it.

If it's just that she misses her daughter, then going to see her is fine; Zhu Xiong Ying isn't that petty.

I took a look and that's it; after all, as parents, I can understand.

At this moment, Yuan Tiangang turned back!

"Your Highness, something happened!"

Zhu Xiong Ying frowned.

"what happened?"

"King Zhou and the Duke of Song met privately; this is the content of their conversation!"

Zhu Xiong Ying took it and looked at it; his face immediately darkened.

"When father-in-law and son-in-law meet, let them have a proper meeting!"

"Sneaking around like that, isn't that just giving people something to talk about?"

"Does Old Zhu know about this?"

"I know! But His Majesty suppressed it and didn't want you to know."

Zhu Xiong Ying sighed.

"My fifth uncle was unhappy with how I treated his two older brothers!"

"Your Highness, shall we make our move?"

"Sigh! Do I have to send another uncle to jail?"

"I'm afraid Old Zhu will have something to say about this."

"Let's wait a bit!"

"I'm going to find Old Zhu!"

"Yes!"

............................................................

Royal study room!

Zhu Yuanzhang was discussing the technological revolution with Zhu Biao when Zhu Xiong Ying suddenly burst in.

"Old Zhu, Old Zhu!"

"What are you yelling about, you little brat?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said irritably.

"Old Zhu, do you know about this?"

He then tossed a memorial to Zhu Yuanzhang, who curiously opened it and immediately became serious.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao's expression changed instantly.

"U.A., don't be impulsive!"

“That’s your uncle, your father’s brother!”

“Crown Prince, if I were impulsive, I wouldn’t have come to you. I would have gone to Kaifeng Prefecture to arrest him long ago.”

Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

“You brat, we know how you feel. Fifth Brother just feels sorry for his two older brothers. He doesn’t mean anything by it.”

"We've already sent the Imperial Guards to bring him to Yingtian, so don't worry."

"Old Zhu, you're the one who's nervous. I don't want things to turn out like they did with Third and Fourth Uncles either."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief.

If they were to really fight, with Zhu Xiong Ying's skills, even ten Zhu Su wouldn't be a match for him.

"correct!"

"Grandpa Feng, they didn't do anything wrong, so please don't blame them. Just accept it as a favor!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang received the news, he immediately imprisoned Feng Sheng.

"Are you really not bothered?"

"What do you mind?"

"Old Zhu, do you know why, despite having so many famous generals under Emperor Taizong of Tang, no one dared to make any rash moves?"

"Even Li Jing wouldn't dare to move!"

"That's because they can control everything, so they're not worried. Li Chengqian's story was over before it even began."

So do you think I'd mind?

Zhu Xiong Ying shrugged.

"All right!"

"Erhu!"

"exist!"

"Go and release Feng Sheng!"

"Restore everything to him!"

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang immediately turned around and went to carry out the task.

............................................................

Time flies, and more than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye!

This was the day Zhu Su entered the capital!

In the imperial study!

Zhu Su and Feng Sheng knelt on the ground, while Zhu Yuanzhang stared intently at them.

Zhu Biao and his son were standing to the side!

"Fifth brother, do you know you're wrong?"

"Father, I do not know!"

"you……"

"Fifth brother, you've got some nerve, haven't you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Su with some surprise. In the past, Zhu Su would act like a mouse in front of a cat when he saw him.

That afternoon, I actually dared to talk to him like that, without showing the slightest fear.

"You flatter me, Father!"

"You little brat, what do you think you're doing?"

"You want to follow in the footsteps of your third and fourth brothers, don't you?"

“Father, I don’t want to follow in their footsteps, but I just want to do something for my brother.”

"Both of them are men of great talent and ambition, with exceptional military abilities. They should be confined for life."

"Isn't this worse than killing them?"

"I think Father's punishment was a bit too much!"

"Fifth Prince, you're not allowed to speak to Father like that!"

"Brother, did I say something wrong?"

"Wouldn't you be upset if your third and fourth brothers were imprisoned for life?"

"Aren't they our brothers anymore?"

"I only wanted to fight for my brother's survival, what did I do wrong?"

Zhu Su's words left Zhu Biao speechless.

Both are flesh and blood; on one side is his brother, and on the other is his son.

Zhu Biao is having a tough time deciding!

"shut up!"

"The third and fourth brothers have only themselves to blame; they have no one else to blame but themselves."

"They want to take the throne from your elder brother, so imprisoning them is already a lenient punishment."

How dare you say that here?

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, but Zhu Su remained calm and turned to stare intently at him.

"Father, no one is perfect, who can be without fault?"

"They are all your sons, can't you forgive them this once?"

Even a tiger won't eat its cubs!

Is it so hard to forgive them just once?

“I knew from my time in Kaifeng that my mother was constantly in tears because of this, and she felt sorry for my two brothers.”

Even if you don't consider your two elder brothers, shouldn't you at least consider your mother?

Why are they being confined?

"Even if we are reduced to commoners, just being ordinary citizens would be fine!"

Why is he being confined?

Zhu Su argued his case logically, which only made Zhu Yuanzhang angrier.

"Shut up!"

"They made mistakes and should be punished. If they hadn't had those messy ideas, would they be where they are today?"

"Fifth brother, we'll let it go this time because you did it for your brother and because Xiong Ying won't hold it against you."

"We can have a next time, understand?"

Zhu Su turned to look at Zhu Xiong Ying: "So, I should thank His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Fifth Uncle, just because of your sarcastic tone, if you weren't my fifth uncle, you would have been torn apart by five horses long ago."

"Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, I have already given them many chances."

"But they are incorrigible, so don't blame me."

"It's their own problem. To be honest, I'm already being very lenient by not killing them."

"Besides, I've already ensured their continuation of the family line. What more do you want?"

"I know you brothers are very close, but you can't only look at yourselves as brothers, can you?"

"You brothers make mistakes, so you should forgive them, but others deserve it?"

“Princes are subject to the same laws as commoners, and they are princes of our Great Ming Dynasty, so they should be punished even more severely.”

"But they're still alive and well, what more do you want?"

Are you really trying to force me to kill someone?

Zhu Xiong Ying looked coldly at Zhu Su.

"Hehehe..."

"Your Highness, you are truly magnanimous. I thank Your Highness on behalf of my third and fourth brothers."

Zhu Xiongying: "..."

"Fifth brother, don't be unreasonable."

“U.A. has already made significant concessions.”

"Father, I'll ask you one more time: is it really impossible to lift the confinement of my third and fourth brothers?"

"Lao Wu!"

Zhu Biao, standing to the side, was genuinely afraid that Zhu Su would anger Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Drag him out, or he'll be fined thirty!"

"Yes!"

The two thugs immediately grabbed Zhu Su and carried him outside.

"Feng Sheng!"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Feng Sheng, whose expression was solemn.

"Ascend!"

"Are you guilty?"

"Your subject...acknowledges his crime!"

"I hope the higher-ups will forgive me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his old brothers who had fought alongside him for half his life, and he felt a pang of sadness.

"U.A., what do you think we should do?"

Zhu Xiong Ying approached Feng Sheng and said calmly, "Grandpa Feng, I don't remember offending you, do I?"

"no!"

"It was my fault for being foolish!"

Feng Sheng lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhu Xiong Ying. In fact, Zhu Xiong Ying had saved him before; otherwise, he would have been dead long ago.

Although he did not agree to Zhu Su's proposal, he still gave people something to criticize.

If Zhu Xiong Ying gives him a warning, something bad might really happen one day.

"Grandpa Feng, I know you didn't agree to Uncle Wu's proposal, so I won't do anything to you."

“But it wouldn’t be right not to punish you; it wouldn’t be convincing to the public.”

"Hmm~"

"I'll just fine you a year's salary, is that alright?"

Upon hearing this, he had no objections whatsoever; he was already prepared to have his title reduced.

Unexpectedly, the penalty was only a year's salary, so why would anyone have any objections?

"Your subject has no objection!"

"Grandpa Emperor, what do you think?"

"So be it!"

"Go back!"

Be smarter next time!

"Yes!"

"Your subject will heed your teachings!"

Feng Sheng hurriedly left, and only after leaving the imperial study did he breathe a sigh of relief, as he had previously thought his life was surely in danger.

Now that he has only been fined one year's salary, I can't help but feel grateful to Zhu Xiong Ying and admire his magnanimity.

When he came out, he saw Zhu Su being beaten with a cane, so he quickly went over to him.

“Your Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince has indeed been very magnanimous.”

"Please stop making a scene, I'm leaving!"

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Zhu Su completely bewildered.

........................

In the imperial study!

"You brat, are you satisfied with this punishment?"

"Not bad!"

"This is top-grade wound medicine, give it to Fifth Uncle!"

"I'm leaving!"

With that, he put down the medicine bottle and turned to leave.

"Ugh!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed deeply as he watched Zhu Xiong Ying's retreating figure.

"If only none of this had happened!"

"Father, Fifth Prince will understand!"

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On the street!

Zhu Xiong Ying wandered aimlessly down the street, unwilling to have things turn out this way with these uncles.

However, they ignored Zhu Xiong Ying's concessions each time, and even went further.

Do you all want to be like chicken cooked in a clay pot?

"Your Highness!"

"Ning Juncai?"

"Your Highness, it really is you! When did you return?"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled and said, "It's been a while!"

"How's the group doing lately?"

"Your Highness, let's return to headquarters. Let me report to you!"

"it is good!"

....................................

Wonima Headquarters!

Chairman's Office!

"Your Highness, this is the group's revenue for this period of time; these are the ledgers."

"Take a look!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Xiong Ying picked up an account book and started looking at it.

"Your Highness, the group has made a lot of money over the years."

"The annual profit is approximately 30 million taels..."

"..."

Ning Jun then began to rattle off the current situation of Wonima, which, in short, was that they were making money.

They've made a lot of money and are doing exceptionally well!

Zhu Xiong Ying looked at the account book with great satisfaction.

“Well done!”

"Now that the group has sufficient funds, it's time to expand into other areas of business."

"Your Highness, what kind of business is it?"

"The textile industry!"

Ning Juncai was slightly taken aback.

"The textile industry?"

"Your Highness, although we have sufficient funds, we lack experience in this area."

"Shouldn't we find out more before we talk about it?"

Zhu Xiong Ying waved his hand: "No need, you can just hire people directly for management."