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

Huang Zicheng shouted sternly, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, why did Your Majesty destroy Prince Yunwen's hard work!"

"The national treasury is short of silver, Yunnan is experiencing torrential rains, and the Yuan court is in rebellion. Prince Yunwen is concerned about the affairs of the nation and is devising strategies for the country. Why is he worthless in His Majesty's eyes?"

"This action...not only chilled Prince Yunwen's heart to serve his country, but also left us completely baffled. Please explain, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "Serving the country my ass! Let me ask you, your so-called strategy for serving the country is simply to increase the printing of paper money?"

Then, as if remembering something, her expression softened: "We were wrong just now."

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"Grandpa, you are here."

"No."

After regaining his composure, Huang Zicheng's tone was no longer as forceful as before.

A quarter of an hour later.

But he still said confidently, "Your Highness Yunwen need not worry. Our intentions are good, and I believe Your Majesty will understand."

Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject.

Zhu Yuanzhang's smile froze.

Upon arriving beside Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed the palace maid and personally fed Empress Ma the medicine bowl.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.

He's stubborn; he's been stubborn since he was a child.

He is also a very conflicted person when it comes to his family.

Empress Ma nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Chongba, have there been any problems at home while I was in a coma?"

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke with a smile.

We really need to time this meeting right; we can't let Dad get so angry he runs away.

From inside, Empress Ma's slightly complaining voice could be heard again.

After entrusting the matter of commercial taxation to Fu Youwen, Zhu Yuanzhang did not deal with government affairs and just stared blankly for almost two hours.

Just as Zhu Changye was preparing to return to his position, a disciple from Tianyun Temple walked over.

The little girl walked over, holding an umbrella that was even bigger than herself in both hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "Don't worry about that, just listen to your grandfather."

Empress Ma was somewhat angry.

Huang Zicheng straightened his back.

"We pay homage to the immortals and our ancestors, and thank our ancestors of the Zhu family."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't care less about apologizing to his eldest grandson; all he could think about was seeing his sister.

There was no answer, yet it seemed to answer Zhu Yuanzhang's question.

"I wonder what U.A. is doing? Is he still angry with us?"

"If the government were to print and issue 10,000 coins, how many books could you buy with your 100 coins?"

Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the last time he saw his grandson's reddened eyes when he left in anger a few hours earlier, and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

After leaving Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang did not blindly search for him, but instead summoned the Embroidered Uniform Guard and asked where his eldest grandson was.

After much deliberation, I finally took the first step.

That's why his father wouldn't see him.

"it is good!"

Empress Ma took the medicine bowl from his hand and said, "Zhongba, I am in very good health now. If I wasn't afraid of worrying you, I could have finished the medicine myself."

Zhu Yuanzhang began to hesitate again. He had never been so indecisive in his life. In the past few hours, his heart had been tormented by his grandson.

"But this medicine of yours..."

A palace maid ran over, her eyes full of joy: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Empress has woken up!"

It was this self-confidence that gave him a unique personal charm, allowing him to rise from a beggar to a king, attracting more and more people to his cause.

"No...this..."

"Xiongying, by the way, your grandma's awake. Shall we go see her?"

"Your subject... Your subject obeys the order, this humble subject takes his leave."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "Doesn't he look similar to us?"

Zhu Xiong Ying shook her head: "It doesn't seem like it."

"Your savings of one hundred coins are now worth ten books."

After leaving Kunning Palace, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked at Zhu Yunwen, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

In my memory, it was my gentle and refined father who taught me that elders cannot always be right, that elders also make mistakes, and that they can also lower their heads and apologize to their juniors.

But children eventually grow up. Just as fledglings must eventually leave their mothers and fly freely, people also have their own ideas. We can teach and guide them on important matters, but we shouldn't be so serious about some minor things.

Okay, let's go take a look.

But when facing Empress Ma, he could never hide his true feelings.

Empress Ma glanced at him upon hearing this, then rolled her eyes at him: "Chongba, you have such a loud voice."

"Yaoyao, don't hold on any longer, come and fish with me."

"Fine, whatever, Yao Yao's going fishing too!"

To believe that one cannot make mistakes.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts drifted far away.

"Zhongba, you went off to play all afternoon again, making your father and mother search for you for ages. You deserve a beating!"

Moreover, this commercial tax was also controlled by our father for the child.

There was a small fishing pond in his courtyard, but there weren't many fish in it; it was mainly for sitting and passing the time.

Empress Ma laughed and said, "Then hurry up and go."

He was the top scholar in the imperial examination, so when Zhu Yuanzhang first spoke, even after the additional printings, how many copies could he buy with 100 coins?

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "It's good that you're flexible. This is all thanks to our father... cough cough, it's all thanks to the immortals of Tianyun Temple. When we have time, let's go to Tianyun Temple together to pay our respects to the old man."

Zhu Yuanzhang's series of questions left Huang Zicheng speechless, his mouth slightly agape, not even daring to refute.

Just like a grandson pulling his grandfather's hand, it's commonplace; he doesn't need permission, he can pull whenever he wants.

He walked quickly, even pulling Zhu Yuanzhang along with him.

“Xiong Ying, next time take a good look at your master and see if he looks like us. Also, take a look at the Taoists at Tianyun Temple and see if any of them look like us.”

For the past two hours, Zhu Yuanzhang has been preoccupied with this matter.

"If the money you have saved is devalued, the money of all the wealthy merchants and gentry in the world is devalued, and the fruits of their labor are lost for no reason, how can the world not be in chaos?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked somewhat embarrassed.

"Wow, great-grandpa! This umbrella is amazing, it can stand up by itself."

Zhu Yuanzhang acted immediately, leaving Kunning Palace to find Zhu Xiong Ying.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask, "Xiongying, tell me, what does your master look like?"

Upon hearing this, Empress Ma moved her hands and tried to move her body, then smiled and said, "I feel very flexible, much better than before I was sick."

Zhu Yuanzhang habitually put on a stern face: "Hmm."

The little girl was able to hold up the umbrella quite well.

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly laughed and smoothed things over: "No, no, no, hahaha, sister, look at my memory! The Ma family has one too! Both our families have one!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly inside.

This is also why Zhu Yuanzhang preferred Xiong Ying.

If they look similar, there's a high probability that they're our father, Zhu Shizhen.

Zhu Yuanzhang's lips twitched.

“Chongba, come on, let’s give the gardenias to your mother together.”

He tried out the commercial tax method that Xiong Ying had brought back, and then scolded him again. Wasn't that mistreating him?

When Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai arrived, they were full of imposing manners, but before long, like defeated roosters, they left Kunning Palace with their heads down.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked questions while feeding the child.

Why can't I... take that step?

At this moment, Zhu Xiong Ying was picking flowers one after another, looking lost and bewildered.

"Girl, you're right!"

Hearing the noise, and recognizing his grandfather's voice, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked back. Upon seeing that it was Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes lit up with joy.

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily at the words: "Good, our Xiong Ying is good, they know how to make excuses for us, but... a mistake is a mistake, we admit it."

"Hmm? We're here, we've arrived at your grandmother's Kunning Palace. Come on! Let's go see your grandmother!"

"Hero?"

"Hey girl, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

"No."

He had discussed this matter with Zhu Yuanzhang before, but both of them were somewhat unclear about it. However, the old man's thinking was so meticulous and his words were so incisive.

Zhu Yuanzhang found Zhu Xiong Ying in a garden.

On the road.

Zhu Xiong Ying nodded without hesitation, then asked, "Grandpa, why do you suddenly want to know about this?"

"Okay, girl, let's go right now!"

Zhu Yunwen was speechless.

"We've settled our score with Xiong Ying, so you can rest assured now."

Perhaps they don't want to hide it.

"Ui-Ai, why did you quarrel with Ui-Ai? This child is very sensible."

Zhu Changye laughed.

It doesn't seem like it at all. Since Zhu Xiong Ying was Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, Zhu Chang Ye dressed differently when he met Zhu Xiong Ying in order to avoid being exposed.

This doesn't look like it, which is a bit unexpected.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang entered the room, he saw that Empress Ma had been helped up by a palace maid and was half-lying down. The palace maid was still feeding Empress Ma medicine soup.

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Before leaving, however, he still instructed the palace maids to take good care of the Empress.

"Hey girl, we've brought Xiong Ying to see you."

The words fell.

Huang Zicheng was stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed and said, "Cough cough, sister, it's nothing serious. Come on, let's drink the medicine first."

"Dad, I didn't go to play. I went to pick gardenias, which are Mom's favorite."

"Well, Zhu Chongba, you're already so old, yet you're still mistreating our grandson."

Empress Ma said irritably, "I'll drink it myself later. You should go and apologize to Xiong Ying first, and properly admit your mistake to our eldest grandson. It's not shameful for elders to admit their mistakes, isn't that what you said before?"

Enter Kunning Palace.

Thinking this, Zhu Yuanzhang began to blame himself again. He was already old, what was wrong with apologizing to a child?

He didn't want Xiong Ying to know about his father's matter. Just like before, Zhu Biao, Empress Ma, Zhu Xiong Ying, and the others had never met their father, so there was no need for them to get involved in something he wasn't even sure about.

He's as stubborn as an ox. He's already realized his mistake in this matter, but he still refuses to take the initiative to admit it.

"We're old, and our bodies aren't as strong as yours, young people."

But this commercial tax reform is, after all, no small matter!

"Grandpa, the sun is getting even brighter now. I found an umbrella inside and I'm going to hold it for you."

He likes rain because his family was poor when he was a child, and rain meant he didn't have to work.

Only when I'm with Xiong Ying do I feel like a grandfather and grandson.

"Hey."

"No, probably not. Given U.A.'s personality, he probably thinks he did something wrong."

But he couldn't bring himself to criticize his teacher, so he could only suppress his anger and force an awkward smile, saying, "Okay."

.

….…….….….….

Three hours later.

Zhu Yuanzhang still sneered: "Fine, let me ask you, Huang Zicheng, if the country were to issue 1,000 coins of paper money now, would you, Huang Zicheng, have 100 coins in savings?"

He is an immortal, capable of having a thousand faces.

Empress Ma asked again.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiong Ying was overjoyed: "Grandpa, you...you actually used it! Haha, Grandpa, this is wonderful!"