Zhu Yuanzhang trusted his intuition very much.

From a bowl in the beginning, he grew up to become the emperor of the Ming Empire.

Zhu Yuanzhang's sharp intuition is quite important.

Since the First Emperor, looking at more than 500 emperors from ancient times to the present, the only one who can compare with Zhu Yuanzhang is Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty.

If we really want to dig deeper, Liu Bang was still a village headman of the Qin Dynasty at that time.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was a commoner whose parents even starved to death and who had no food to eat.

Later generations called him the most legitimate emperor since ancient times.

Even though he was over sixty years old, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the slightest bit of old man's dullness and his mind was still sharp.

After just a moment of thought, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately discovered something wrong with Zhu Ying's question.

"Junior Zhu Ying, may I ask what your name is, old man?"

While Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Zhu Ying's voice rang out.

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said frankly: "My surname is also Zhu, Zhu Guorui."

Not many people know the name Zhu Guorui, but it is indeed the name used by Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, compared with the names Zhu Chongba and Zhu Yuanzhang, it is only spread in a small range.

Zhu Chongba is not a famous name, just a nickname.

When Zhu Yuanzhang achieved some success, he named himself Zhu Xingzong, with the courtesy name Guorui.

However, this name has not been around for long and not many people know it.

Especially some of Zhu Yuanzhang's old friends, they would either call them by their current position titles.

Those who are close to him also call him Brother Chongba.

Zhu Xingzong, also known as Guorui, was no longer used after a short while.

He was simply named Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the current Ming Dynasty, even the princes and ministers of Zhu Yuanzhang call him Zhu Guorui.

They are all very unfamiliar.

Only the elderly brothers such as Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, Zhou Dexing, Liu Bowen, Tang He, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, etc. had heard of it.

But most of them have died, and there are not many left.

What's more, calling Your Majesty by his former name is an act of great disrespect.

The reason why this former name has been passed down to later generations is because it was recorded in some documents compiled by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

This is how it was passed down.

But even so, in later generations, he was called Zhu Xingzong and Zhu Guorui.

After hearing this, I naturally couldn't connect it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

As for the self-proclaimed name "we".

Not to mention.

Zhu Yuanzhang was from Fengyang, Anhui Province, and "Zan" belongs to the Huaixi dialect.

As the saying goes, when one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit.

In the present-day city of Nanjing, many wealthy households are Zhu Yuanzhang’s fellow villagers who immigrated from Huaixi.

Even the entire Huaixi military generals group is here with their families.

If you hear an old man around 60 years old calling himself "we", you would think it is Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

Then go for a walk on the streets of Nanjing during the day.

It means that you can recognize five hundred Zhu Yuanzhangs.

There are a large number of people from Huaixi in Nanjing, and they have high status, either being nobles or wealthy families.

Even many people from other places will subconsciously imitate the Huaixi dialect.

Zhu Yuanzhang, in particular, spoke with a strong Huaixi dialect even during the morning court session.

The Huaixi officials below also communicate with Your Majesty in Huaixi dialect.

This means that for the Ming Dynasty today, Huaixi dialect is, in a sense, the official language.

It’s okay if you don’t know a few words of Mandarin, just call yourself “we”.

More than ten days ago, when Zhu Ying first arrived in Nanjing, he naturally discovered this matter.

We came and went on the road, and there were various Huaixi dialects.

So when the old man opposite called himself "we", Zhu Ying could not have many rich associations.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was still very nice to his fellow villagers.

His surname is Zhu, and he calls himself "Zan".

Zhu Ying naturally guessed that the old man in front of him probably had a high status and position in the entire city of Nanjing.

"Old man, it seems that we are a family."

Zhu Ying said politely, it's not about currying favor with the powerful.

If he really wants to get in touch with the old man, he still has many ways to think of.

Even if you keep your identity unclear, you can probably get a lot of benefits.

But for now, there is no need for Zhu Ying to do so.

His own foundation is already a behemoth, although it is not very successful in the Ming Dynasty.

But outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to say that he was a local emperor.

When the time comes, we will carry out technological reforms and build a country overseas.

Improve commerce with a perspective of the hereafter.

In the future, his country will never be worse than Nanjing City, it will only be more prosperous.

"We are a family. We have always been a family." Zhu Yuanzhang said affirmatively.

After some deep thought, Zhu Yuanzhang was 90% certain that the Zhu Ying in front of him was his eldest grandson.

As for why it can reach 90%.

This is what Zhu Ying's own questions told him.

When Zhu Ying asked the question, he did not strongly emphasize that he was not the eldest grandson.

Instead, he was carefully inquiring about the situation of his eldest grandson.

For example, at the beginning, he asked whether the eldest grandson was missing.

The follow-up question was when he disappeared.

It seems normal, but it is not.

Of course, this alone is not enough.

When I heard about the young death later, my first reaction was that the body was missing.

Then he asked about the specific burial location.

It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found that something was wrong.

Because from one perspective, Zhu Ying admitted his mistake at the beginning.

In the subsequent inquiries, he showed curiosity about his eldest grandson's situation rather than a strong and confident rebuttal.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a little presbyopic, he could still see clearly at such a close distance.

When he heard the burial location, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed the hint of loss in the eldest grandson's eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang's intuition told him that there was definitely something wrong with Zhu Ying's background.

And Zhu Yuanzhang never doubted his intuition.

The victory in too many battles was Zhu Yuanzhang's intuition.

Things like intuition may sound a bit vague, but Zhu Yuanzhang believed in it very firmly and never doubted it.

Plus Zhu Ying's appearance and temperament.

It is not something an ordinary businessman can have.

It only means that temperament has been formed at the age of eight.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang skipped the process and decided the result directly.

Zhu Ying is his eldest grandson.

Although this process was certainly very bizarre, Zhu Yuanzhang had plenty of time to conduct a detailed investigation.

As Zhu Yuanzhang's emotions stabilized.

Zhu Ying also began to tell her own life story.

What about her mother dying during childbirth, her father taking her on a business trip since she was young, and so on and so forth.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened with a look of sadness on his face.

My eldest grandson, who is a member of the royal family, has a hard time living.

Zhu Ying's stories sounded like his personal experiences.

But Zhu Yuanzhang soon discovered that the experiences Zhu Ying described seemed to have happened after he was ten years old.

As for the period before the age of ten, especially childhood playmates, he never talks about them.

Are you really not going to tell me, or are you saying you don’t know?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ying deeply, but did not nitpick.

As the emperor of the Ming Empire, he would conduct a detailed investigation.

"Old man, if you are bored, please come and sit more often. It's a pity that it's a little late today. Please send someone to inform me when you come next time. I will prepare the teahouse's special breakfast for you."

Zhu Ying said politely.

In Zhu Ying's eyes, the old man in front of him might be his second uncle or third uncle.

Then one's status and position are sufficient.

There is no harm in making more friends.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded and said affirmatively: "Of course you should come here often."

If it weren't for the many state affairs in the court, Zhu Yuanzhang would even want to stay in this teahouse every day and be with his eldest grandson.

After leaving the teahouse, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Jiang Li next to him: "Call the fourth brother over and ask him to come to the palace to see me immediately."

"I obey your order!"