The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 402 Rebellion in the Capital
"But I don't want to bring shame to our Great Ming. Other things are fine, but my brother is still very important to the entire Great Ming!"

"You can leave me now, but you absolutely cannot leave your brother. We cannot let these people disrupt the internal stability of our Great Ming. Other things are not so important!"

Upon hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang was impressed, though he wasn't sure how true they were, or even if they were just his own thoughts.

Zhu Yunwen paused for a moment, then said firmly.

"Replying to Your Majesty, these are indeed my own thoughts!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, and finally looked at the person in front of him and said with a smile.

"It's good that you can remember these."

At this very moment, the ministers in the court, who had been waiting for this matter, realized that something was very wrong. It should be noted that although Marquis Linjiang and others did not attend court.

However, the officials who were in contact with them were supposed to attend court. Today, for some reason, so many officials had not come to this place. Everyone felt that something was wrong. Could these people be up to something else? At this moment, Zhu Yunwen looked around warily with some fear in his heart.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before several people came to report.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang has rebelled and even contacted a large number of troops. Now, many soldiers from the Five Military Commands and the Five City Garrison Commands are involved!"

"All the ministers in the court are now gathered at the palace. It is said that their people have taken control of the city gates and the burial mounds of the lords, and are now heading towards the palace!"

The crowd erupted in uproar upon hearing this. They never expected that Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang would do such a thing. Didn't they know how vast the difference in strength between the two sides was? Not to mention the others, Lan Yu alone was still in the capital. If he were to make a move, Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang might not be able to gain much benefit.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry, and stared intently ahead as he spoke.

"What audacity Chen Yong! I only gave him his current position because of his father's influence, and he dares to betray me! Everyone else must die too!"

Then an official stepped forward and hurriedly spoke.

"Your Majesty, these are not major problems. We can deal with them later. The most important thing now is how to resolve this matter. If it is not resolved, it will only get worse!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his gaze to his crown prince, Zhu Biao.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao then looked at Zhu Xiong Ying. Before Zhu Xiong Ying could speak, Zhu Yun Wen stepped forward.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Before this, I had already asked those powerful families in the capital to protect various places. Moreover, I have already found out that their strength is not much. As long as we can defend the palace, it won't be long before they collapse on their own!"

Zhu Yunwen then presented all the intelligence he had obtained.

Everyone was very surprised when they saw this information. They never expected that Zhu Yunwen could do such a thing. He was much stronger than before.

At this moment, everyone looked at him and then at Zhu Xiong Ying standing to the side.

It's clear that Zhu Yunwen did all this to declare war on Zhu Xiong Ying. It seems that the matter between these two brothers won't be resolved so easily.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen gave Zhu Xiong a provocative look.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was somewhat displeased upon seeing the contents of this document.

"However, they dare to rebel with such a small force. They must have a wild ambition. They can't defeat me, so there's no reason for them to cower and defend themselves. Since they want to rebel, let's just take the initiative and attack!"

The court officials were terrified upon hearing this. They knew the palace was heavily guarded; as long as they held this one place, everything else would be fine. But if they couldn't even hold this one place, their lives would likely be in danger.

The consequences of launching a proactive attack would likely be even more severe, and this thought filled everyone with panic.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable! The enemy still numbers very large. If we choose to attack at this time, the losses on both sides will likely be severe, and the consequences will be far outweighed!"

"I think we should hold this place and wait for reinforcements. I believe the soldiers outside will soon realize something is wrong and come to our aid!"

The others nodded in agreement; this was the safest approach for them.

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely displeased upon hearing this, and then he turned his gaze towards Zhu Xiong Ying's direction.

"U.A., what do you think should be done about this?"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled after hearing this, and then said.

"I think Grandpa is right. If we keep backing down, it will only lead to bad results. I think we should take the initiative in this matter!"

Hearing this, everyone felt extremely flustered, and their eyes were filled with resentment as they looked at Zhu Xiong Ying.

"Your Highness, we don't have many troops in the palace to begin with, and we don't know what the situation is like outside. If we send troops out without authorization, we may suffer extremely serious losses. You are being irresponsible to His Majesty!"

Everyone else nodded after hearing this.

Zhu Yuanzhang understood what was going on, and then looked at Zhu Xiong Ying in front of him and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should have already made some preparations!"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled and nodded.

“Even my younger brother has his own thoughts on this matter, let alone my Western Depot!”

At this moment, he looked in the direction of Zhu Yunwen.

"It seems my second brother has grown a lot recently, which makes me very happy. My third brother is now helping me out there, guarding the area!"

"How about my second brother also goes to the area to help me guard it?"

Hearing these words, Zhu Yunwen was extremely angry, and then snorted coldly.

"I'm sorry, I still have a lot of studies to finish in the capital, so it's really not suitable for me to go there."

After I've learned everything I'm supposed to learn, I'm actually going to make a contribution to my Great Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yunwen's words indicated that he was unwilling to leave the capital.

This greatly displeased Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not want any struggle for the throne among his subordinates.

(End of this chapter)