When Zhu Ying heard what Zhu Chong said, he was a little confused.

This was the first time he met Zhu Chong, but in his mind, Zhu Chong was not a good person.

He has long been labeled a brutal man.

But since he knew his own background, maybe because of the relationship with his family, things have gotten a little better.

Now that I see her in person, I have to say that my impression of Zhu Ying has changed somewhat.

People are always deceived by their eyes. After all, Zhu Chong's appearance is quite good.

With a tall and straight figure, a lively look between his eyebrows and a confident look in his eyes, he can easily leave a good impression on others.

"Uncle, you're too polite. I've forgotten about that. But Uncle may have been wronged by the old man."

Zhu Ying said directly that he had no knowledge of the jade pendant.

Hearing Zhu Ying's words, Zhu Chong's face turned bitter. His father really beat him without holding back.

If my father had not been a little older and I had not been able to bear the consequences, I might have had to lie in bed for more than a month.

"We are all family, so we won't talk about the misunderstandings in the past. Second brother, your eldest nephew has come to see you, so why are you leaving us standing here?" Zhu Gang said directly.

"It's my fault, third brother, nephew, come and sit down quickly." Zhu Chong said hurriedly.

In the pavilion, after the three of them sat down, the servants quickly brought them tea.

It was obvious that Zhu Chong was already prepared.

The tea aroma is very fragrant, obviously it is a top-quality tea.

"What tea are you talking about? You are really something, second brother. You are pretending to be cultured. Tell the kitchen to prepare some delicious dishes and serve some wine."

"This is the first time that the three of us, uncle and nephew, have met. Let's not go home until we are drunk today."

When Zhu Gang saw that his second brother Zhu Chong was preparing tea, he started yelling.

"This matter was not arranged well by my second brother. Wait a moment, I will give the order right away." Upon hearing this, Zhu Chong laughed loudly and said directly with a bit of heroism.

Then he told the butler to prepare it.

"Uncle, wait a minute."

Zhu Ying suddenly called out.

"Nephew, is there any problem?" Zhu Chong asked involuntarily. He thought his nephew didn't want to drink.

"Second uncle, third uncle, you may have forgotten that I run a teahouse. This is the first time I'm dining with you two uncles, so let your nephew make the arrangements." Zhu Ying said with a smile.

"How can this be possible? You have already come to Second Uncle's house, and Second Uncle still asks you to prepare food. Isn't this a slap in the face of Second Uncle? Just let Second Uncle do these small things."

Zhu Chong said with an unhappy look on his face.

This time, he asked his third brother Zhu Gang to call his eldest nephew over, not only to ask for his help, but also to apologize.

"Second brother, you should let your eldest nephew arrange it. It's not like you haven't eaten breakfast at your eldest nephew's teahouse before. With just the few cooks in your family, what delicious food can they make?"

Zhu Gang said bluntly that he loved delicious food very much.

The chef here of my second brother Zhu Chong is similar to the one in his family, nothing special.

But his eldest nephew gave him a lot of expectations.

The breakfast was so delicious, it looks like the meal will be good too.

Zhu Ying followed Zhu Gang here alone, so Zhu Gang had to arrange someone to go to his residence to inform him.

Next, Zhu Ying began to chat with Zhu Gang and Zhu Chong.

Although Zhu Gang and Zhu Chong seemed to be doing very badly in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, they were always scolded and made mistakes in their own fiefdom.

But in fact, the two of them had great influence in the Ming army.

Since the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang has been gradually transferring military power to his sons.

In some major wars, he would try his best to let his sons lead the troops.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang also grew up in military camps, and Zhu Yuanzhang gave them elite education when they were growing up.

Not to mention their academic knowledge, they are all top-notch experts in leading troops and fighting battles.

As of now, even if his achievements are somewhat inferior to Zhu Di, his actual military capabilities, even if weak, are not that different.

At least if Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were combined, there would be no problem for them to defeat Zhu Di alone.

Moreover, since Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were both the biological sons of Empress Ma, they had a very high status among the many princes.

Especially Zhu Chong, when his elder brother Zhu Biao had not passed away.

In the 22nd year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the Da Zongzhengyuan into Zongrenfu. Zhu Chong was the leader of all the kings, so he was appointed as Zongrenling.

The Zongrenfu was equivalent to a special review agency, which compiled the clan lists of royal family members and the imperial genealogy.

It records the legitimate and illegitimate status of the children of royal family members, their names and titles, succession to the throne, their birth and death years, marriages, funerals, and posthumous titles.

Among them, the two most important items are that if a member of the royal family commits a crime, the case will be tried separately by the Ministry of Clan Affairs, including the amount of salary of the royal family member.

The Zongrenling, that is, all members of the royal family, were under the jurisdiction of Zhu Chong.

It seems that these royal family members cannot influence the overall situation.

But one thing is that the current Ming Dynasty is not the same Ming Dynasty after Zhu Di's rebellion. All the princes have military power in their hands.

Although not many, the number ranges from a few thousand to tens of thousands, and the nine frontier kings have a maximum of 30,000.

The huge military system began to be controlled by members of the royal family.

After Zhu Di, these princes' heirs were deprived of their military power and were not even allowed to join the army, hold office, or engage in business, etc., but they were given a certain economic improvement.

This is why the family had so many babies and there were millions of Zhu family descendants.

Zhu Ying was not a pedantic person. To him, the King of Qin and the King of Jin were only concepts at the time. How could they become so close so quickly? There was something deliberate about it.

But the kindness I feel towards my two uncles may have something to do with the old man, but after all, there is a strong blood connection.

Besides, he also needs the help of his two uncles.

"Second brother, you have to be careful when you go to Sichuan to suppress the rebellion. There is a lot of water in Sichuan, and firearms are easily affected by moisture."

Zhu Gang was already a little tipsy at this moment, and spoke to his second brother Zhu Chong in a careless manner.

It seemed that after the eldest nephew agreed to this matter, even the imperial edict had been sent over, without realizing that this matter had not yet been conveyed to the old man.

"Don't worry, Third Brother. As for those barbarians, let alone firearms, even a thousand cavalrymen can kill them to pieces. They are just a mob."

After a few sips of wine, Zhu Chong began to feel more energetic, completely free of the decadent mood he had when he was first confined.

Zhu Ying was speechless. The way he drank this wine was like Zhu Chong, the King of Qin, who was going to go to war tomorrow and was drinking it to cheer him up.

He thought the two of them could drink a lot, but it turned out that they only drank a little over a pound each and they were already like this.

The liquor they were drinking now was brought from Zhu Ying. It was not much different from ordinary liquor in terms of alcohol content, except that the purification technology was better.

So it appears more mellow.

As early as the Yuan Dynasty, the technology of distilling liquor had already appeared, and its shape and height were very similar to the liquor steamer used today.

Therefore, the alcohol content of Ming Dynasty's liquor at that time was not much different from that of later liquor.

Zhu Ying can drink quite a lot, after all, he has spent a lot of time in the Western Regions, the desert and the grasslands.

People there like to drink, and Zhu Ying's body can handle it, so he can drink at least four or five kilograms of liquor without changing his expression.

When I heard Zhu Gang and Zhu Chong talking about leading troops and using firearms.

Even though he had already gone to the Gunpowder Department and was even making muskets, he still couldn't help feeling a sense of disharmony and disconnection.

This was influenced by later generations. In many later films and TV shows, wars during the Ming and Qing dynasties were mainly fought with cold weapons such as spears and swords.

In fact, looking at the Ming Dynasty today, compared with overseas, the Hundred Years' War between England and France has almost reached the end of the second stage.

The embryonic form of guns and cannons has already begun to emerge in the Anglo-French War.

The Renaissance had also begun at this time.

Affected by the war, European countries today have begun to pay more attention to guns and artillery.

The ideological reforms brought about by the Renaissance also laid the foundation for many disciplines in later generations.

The current Ming Dynasty is proficient in the use of firearms. This is the real scene of the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty.

When Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese pirates in the late Ming Dynasty, the use of firearms in the battles he fought was actually not much different from modern wars in later generations.

However, when firearms came into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, they were suppressed. Coupled with the Qing Dynasty's chaotic system, the firearms technology actually regressed.

You know, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and Washington belonged to the same era.

Just when the uncle and nephew were drinking and chatting.

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's orders, Feng Sheng has arrived at his son-in-law Zhu Su's palace.

At this moment, Zhu Su was writing furiously in his study, recording and analyzing some properties of herbs.

Long before that, during the two years when Zhu Yuanzhang confined him to the capital to reflect on his mistakes, Zhu Su had already completed the compilation of the "Pocket Prescriptions".

After returning to his fiefdom in December of the 24th year of Hongwu last year, Zhu Su had been completely immersed in it and unable to extricate himself.

Every day was spent exploring herbs, which led to a worsening relationship between him and his sons.

The eldest son Zhu Youdun was in charge of the fiefdom and was very dissatisfied with it.

But Zhu Su no longer cared about these things.

"Your Highness, Duke Song is here to visit."

The old housekeeper in the capital entered the study and saw King Zhou was thinking, but he had no choice but to interrupt him.

He knew that if he waited, His Royal Highness King Zhou might not stop even at sunset.

Such a light cry obviously did not attract the attention of Zhu Su who was immersed in it.

The old butler had no choice but to step forward and speak again.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Su said in confusion: "My father-in-law is here? Why is he here? Shouldn't he be training troops in Shanxi?"

"Your Highness, Duke Song is already waiting in the lobby." The old butler reminded again.

Zhu Su nodded, looked at the books on the desk with some nostalgia, and went to the front yard lobby with the old butler.

After leaving the study, Zhu Su finally realized

Faced with the fact that his father-in-law came to see him, he seemed very confused. After all, after being confined to the capital before, Zhu Su, even as a son-in-law, had completely cut off contact with his father-in-law Feng Sheng.

However, my father-in-law has already arrived at the mansion. Judging from his character, I think something must have happened.

Thinking of this, Zhu Su couldn't help but quicken his pace.

In the lobby, Feng Sheng looked at his son-in-law and felt quite sad.

Feng Sheng had two daughters. One of them married the eldest son of Chang Yuchun, King Zhongwu of Kaiping, and now Duke of Zheng, Chang Mao.

However, his relationship with his eldest son-in-law is not very good. They had conflicts before and the matter was reported to His Majesty.

In Feng Sheng's view, the second son-in-law Zhu Su was a very good person.

Filial piety aside, he had no other thoughts. He was just a bit idle. As a vassal king, he did not take care of government affairs and devoted himself to medicine.

"My son-in-law greets my father-in-law." Zhu Su bowed and said.

Zhu Su and Feng Sheng still had a good relationship, even though Zhu Yuanzhang suspected Feng Sheng and they had not seen each other for two or three years.

"No need to be so polite, Su'er." Feng Sheng lifted Zhu Su's hands in a bow and said with a smile.

After some polite exchanges, Zhu Su dismissed his attendants and began chatting with Feng Sheng.

"My dear father-in-law, I wonder what brings you here this time."

Zhu Su had no choice but to speak directly. He had been afraid of his father since he was a child, and there had been an incident like that before.

Feng Sheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, my father came here this time because of the order of His Majesty."

Zhu Su was somewhat puzzled when he heard this and asked, "Does the emperor have any instructions?"

Feng Sheng felt helpless, knowing that his son-in-law was completely oblivious to what was happening outside and was only focused on reading books of sages.

I guess he has no idea about the current situation in the capital.

All I can say is: "Have you heard about the recent rumors about Xiaoling Mausoleum?"

Zhu Su was stunned for a moment, and after recalling for a moment, he said, "It seems that there is such a thing."

He remembered that there was a eunuch in the palace who brought him some information about the tomb of Prince Yu in Xiaoling Mausoleum.

However, he took a quick look at it and found that it had little to do with him, so he simply ignored it.

Feng Sheng had no choice but to recount the events of the Xiaoling Mausoleum in detail.

After listening to this, Zhu Su was still a little confused: "What does this have to do with the father-in-law coming to see the son-in-law?"

Feng Sheng had no choice but to continue talking about Zhu Ying.

After listening to this, Zhu Su finally understood, but what he said made Feng Sheng laugh and cry.

"So that delicious breakfast was actually from the teahouse opened by my eldest nephew. Great, it seems I don't have to worry about breakfast in the future."

"My father-in-law returned to Beijing late, so the breakfast at the Ping An Teahouse on the Qinhuai River is extremely famous. It tastes like the most delicious food in the world."

"It's a pity that there are too few. I miss it even more when I'm hungry in the middle of the night."

After listening to this, Zhu Su immediately recalled the delicious breakfast.

This was also the place that impressed him the most after he moved from the vassal state of Kaifeng to the capital.

Hearing his son-in-law's words, which were completely off the point, Feng Sheng had no choice but to say, "This time, His Majesty summoned me back to the capital to tutor His Royal Highness the Grandson."

"I think His Majesty has confirmed the identity of His Royal Highness Chang Sun after the incident at Xiaoling Mausoleum."

"Your Majesty asked me to come and look for you, probably because he hoped that Sun'er could support His Royal Highness. After all, many people may find it hard to accept the resurrection of the dead."

Feng Sheng explained slowly.

Zhu Su said, "Since my father has confirmed it, how could it be false? How could anyone cause trouble in a place like Xiaoling Mausoleum? I guess my eldest nephew was lucky and had a good life, so he escaped."

In Zhu Su's heart, his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, knew everything and had a very strong personal cult.

This kind of personality cult was not limited to Zhu Su. It was similar in the hearts of all the princes and princesses.

Although Zhu Su loved reading, his mind was simple because he had been studying medicine for many years.

This is very similar to the character of some researchers in later generations.

Feng Sheng nodded. No matter what he thought in his heart, he still had to meet with His Royal Highness Chang Sun first.

So he said, "If you have nothing else to do, you can go with me to see His Royal Highness Chang Sun."

Zhu Su nodded. He still knew what was important and what was not.

"Father-in-law, please wait for me for a moment."

After Zhu Su finished speaking, he returned to the study and sorted out the previous records. He also instructed the old housekeeper to take good care of the precious flowers and plants in the yard.

He brought all these flowers and plants from Kaifeng because Zhu Su knew that the mourning period would not be short and he was worried about leaving them in the fiefdom, so he brought them all here.

While providing care, it also facilitates research and recording.

In fact, in a sense, Zhu Su was not exactly a doctor, but more like a botanist.

Among them, rice is also a kind of plant, which is also within the scope of Zhu Su's research.