My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 86 We are the ones who should be afraid (seeking first edition)
Li was very angry. She had chosen several girls, but they all changed their minds at the last minute. How could Li be angry when it came to the issue of her son's wife? At this time, she might not be so angry if you cheated her out of 100,000 taels of silver, but she was so angry that she wanted to kill someone because her daughter-in-law was gone.

Xu Qin tried to comfort them, but he was a little angry inside. This group of people had killed his wife. Although he was not sure who his wife was, there should have been one among them.

"Bao'er, this is a good matter. Our family doesn't want these people who curry favor with the powerful. With your aunt around, what else can happen to you? As long as you don't rebel, no one can do anything to you. Bao'er, mother has been looking for something for you during this period of time. I originally wanted to settle this matter before the New Year, but it seems that it will be delayed until after the New Year. Hey, when can I hold my grandson?" Li sat there and said with a sigh.

Xu Qin's face was filled with black lines. He didn't even have a daughter-in-law, but his mother actually started to miss her grandson. So he smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, I'm still so young."

"What's so small about it? Give birth to a grandchild soon and let your father take care of him. Your father is not busy now anyway, so let him take the child out to play." Li glared at Xu Qin and said.

Xu Qin had no choice but to accept whatever the old lady said. Don’t mess with the old lady at this time.

On the other side of the palace, Zhu Gaochi also returned to the imperial study. Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaochi coming back and waved to him. The two of them came to the small room behind the imperial study.

"What did your uncle say?" Zhu Di sat down and asked.

Zhu Gaochi bowed and said, "Dad, how could my uncle admit it? Moreover, he also said that he has been imprisoned for five years and he doesn't know what is happening outside. But, but."

"But what?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi.

"However, Sakyabao is afraid. He said he quit and wanted to give me the token. I didn't dare to take it. He said he would send it to the Weaving Bureau. But he didn't dare to be in charge of the affairs of the Weaving Bureau anymore." Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Di and spoke.

When Zhu Di heard this, he sat there stroking his beard, thinking about this matter, while Zhu Gaochi stood there very carefully.

"Ha, Shakyabao would be afraid? Do you believe it?" Zhu Di suddenly laughed and asked.

"Dad, how can he not be afraid when it comes to the plot against Zhu Yunwen? Moreover, I estimate that this incident was caused by Sakyabao's visit to the Weaving Bureau, so it is normal for Sakyabao to be afraid." Zhu Gaochi replied immediately.

"Boss!" Zhu Di suddenly put down his hand that was stroking his beard, sat down, and waved to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi took a look and approached Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said in a very low voice: "Boss, we are the ones who should be afraid. Shakyabao only killed some servants, but they dared to make such a big thing. If I or you do something that makes them unhappy in the future, will they target us?"

"Ah?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di in horror at this moment.

Zhu Di patted Zhu Gaochi on the shoulder, sighed and said: "In the past few years, your mother has been seriously ill, and the affairs in the palace have been managed by your daughter-in-law, but it is not easy to be a daughter-in-law. There are also father-in-law and mother-in-law above. They are said to be in charge but not completely in charge. Therefore, the eunuchs and female officials in the palace have become bolder and even colluded with the civil officials outside.

Big brother, I will go to Jiming Temple to stay for a few days tomorrow. You, stay here and calm down. Let them make a fuss and watch them coldly. Let the second and third brothers make a fuss as well. If they go too far, go find your mother and let her deal with them.

Only when I leave the palace will they become more noisy, and all those evil spirits will jump out. It’s time to kill them and clean them up!”

"Yes, Dad, you can rest assured!" Zhu Gaochi was also wiping the sweat on his forehead at this moment. Zhu Di's words just now scared Zhu Gaochi so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Well, boss, those civil officials must also be dealt with. There must be some civil officials behind this." Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Ah, this is not possible? Sakya Bao has nothing to do with those civil officials, uh~" Zhu Gaochi said, and immediately thought of something.

"Thought of it?" Zhu Di smiled and looked at Zhu Gaochi, then sighed and said: "Those civil officials still admire the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was full of puppet emperors, and the ministers in the court were the ones who held the real power! Humph!"

"Dad, should we delay the establishment of the customs?" Zhu Gaochi immediately bowed and said to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi with satisfaction and nodded: "You decide."

"Yes, thank you, Dad!" Zhu Gaochi immediately bowed and nodded.

"Behind those civil officials are merchants. They want to destroy the Weaving Bureau, or in other words, the Weaving Bureau should not engage in overseas trade in the future, and the overseas trade should be left to the private sector. In fact, they want to let the merchants behind the civil officials do it. They make a lot of money, but the court has no money!

The civil officials have money and can do a lot of things, but the court has no money. Not to mention other things, the army can hardly maintain its combat effectiveness, which is what the civil officials want to see. They want to get rid of Sakyabao. After all, it was Sakyabao who proposed it. If they can use my knife to kill Sakyabao this time, or even make Sakyabao and me alienated, then the trade of the weaving bureau going out to sea will inevitably be damaged.

The establishment of the customs gave those civil officials an idea. The customs also needs civil officials to keep an eye on it. They will sell whatever goods make money. Although we will send people to monitor, it is useless. The interests will move people's hearts and make them take risks. "Zhu Di sat there and whispered to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, agreeing with Zhu Di's words.

"Consoling Sakyabao, even if all those big ships capsized this time, we must keep Sakyabao. It's not that Sakyabao can't earn seven million taels. I need money, the Ming Dynasty needs money. Without money, how can we stabilize the northern defense line? What if we drive the Tatars thousands of miles away?
Sakya Bao or the people behind Sakya Bao can make money!

Boss, this time, you should take advantage of the year-end settlement to punish those civil officials and clean up some people. "Zhu Di sat there, gritting his teeth and said.

"Dad, I don't think it's appropriate. Things have to be handled one by one. We need to wait and see about punishing those civil officials until this matter is resolved. The New Year is coming soon. If something happens at this time, it will be difficult for everyone." Zhu Gaochi immediately disagreed with punishing and dealing with those civil officials at this time.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi immediately knelt down and bowed to Zhu Di, saying, "Father, instead of taking the opportunity to settle the accounts, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity of Sakyamuni. Those civil officials look down on our family in their bones. Killing them also requires a suitable reason. They must be colluded with each other and plot treason to be killed speechless. If we use the opportunity of settling the accounts to kill them, those civil officials will only think that you are too ambitious, not sparing the people's strength, and wasting the country's strength!"

After hearing this, Zhu Di thought about it for a while, nodded, raised his hand towards Zhu Gaochi, and said, "You are right!"

"As for what Shakyabao is afraid of, does he think he will be afraid? Besides, I didn't do anything to him, what is he afraid of? You kid, I guess you want to give up, huh, wishful thinking!" Zhu Di sat there, saying with a smile.

"Yes, I guess that's what I meant!" Zhu Gaochi also stood up at this moment.

"Okay, let's just watch and let them deal with this matter." Zhu Di also stood up and walked outside.

In the evening, Zhu Di came to Kunning Palace. After dinner, the two returned to the greenhouse and dismissed their attendants.

Zhu Di lay there, put his feet on the soft stool, looked at Empress Xu and said, "I will go to Jiming Temple for a few days tomorrow, let them make trouble first. This time it reminds us that those people in the inner palace are not honest and make friends with those ministers outside."

Empress Xu also sat there with a frown on her face, and said, "This time they obviously want to kill someone with a borrowed knife. They want to use your knife to kill Baoer."

"I know, so I will go to Jiming Temple first and let them make a fuss! It will be easier to deal with it if the fuss gets big. Now, there is no rush." ​​Zhu Di nodded and said.

"Well, I'm also investigating now to see how many people in the inner palace have connections with the outside world. It's better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go!" Empress Xu said coldly, and Zhu Di nodded.

Empress Xu continued, "Those people in the Imperial Household Department are not honest either. Do you want to deal with them or I will."

"If you kill them, but I do, I will kill their whole family. I don't want to commit such a big sin of killing during the Spring Festival. No, I have a lot of important things to do next year." Zhu Di leaned there and said. Empress Xu nodded. After all, Empress Xu was a woman and did not have such a strong murderous spirit.

"Before, Baoer was worried about me, his aunt, thinking that those people wanted to deal with me. Unexpectedly, they were targeting him. But it also reminded us that those people forgot whose food they were eating. They also forgot that they had only had a few days of full meals, and they wanted to eat from the bowl and look at the pot." Empress Xu's face was as cold as frost.

"Well, kill those corrupt people in the Weaving Bureau. They have affected the interests of the eunuchs and deputy eunuchs in the palace! Kill a group of them. If we don't, they will not be honest." Zhu Di said while leaning there.

Empress Xu nodded, looked at Zhu Di worriedly and asked, "How's Bao'er?"

"What could possibly happen to Sakyabao? He wants to give up. This won't do. It will play into what those people want. You should try to appease him," Zhu Di said while looking at Empress Xu.

Empress Xu frowned, looked at Zhu Di and said, "But this child did help us do things, but it caused so much trouble. Now the rumors involve Zhu Yunwen. It is impossible for this child not to be afraid."

After hearing this, Zhu Di sighed and said, "I won't punish him now, what is he afraid of? The Weaving Bureau needs him now, so it's best if he doesn't move now."

Empress Xu nodded. This was the truth, but from Xu Qin's point of view, it was another matter.

The next day, there were even more rumors, and many people even said that Xu Huizu's house would be ransacked soon. Many ministers had already written to the emperor about this matter, asking him to severely punish Xu Qin and hold him accountable for the deficit of the weaving bureau.

(End of this chapter)