My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 38 I am a dutiful son
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Jingchang was busy inquiring about the situation of customers, especially North Korea, which was the focus of his attention.

And let alone, he discovered the strange habit of this small country...

At this time, Zhu Gaosui, the third son of the Zhu family, entered Beijing, and he also escorted Tie Xuan, the chief envoy of Shandong Province and Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to Beijing.This person was almost the last to be arrested among the officials of the Jianwen Dynasty.

Because he was stationed in Jinan, he defeated Zhu Di's offensive several times, and he was also the most hated by Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaosui spent a lot of effort to catch this big fish and brought him to Beijing. He thought that his father would reward him well, so he couldn't wait to present the treasure.

After Zhu Di patiently listened to the process, he praised Zhu Gaosui a few words, "Good job, but how to deal with Tie Xuan, you should discuss it with your second brother and listen to what he thinks."

"Second brother?" Zhu Gaosui was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Father, my son wanted to let the second brother enter the palace with me, but I didn't expect the second brother to say that he is not free. I heard that the second brother is now in the palace all day long. The Secretary of the General Administration is busy, and I haven't seen him for a month or two, why do I feel that the second brother's temperament has changed drastically, what is he busy with now?"

Zhu Di sighed softly, "Your second brother is serving as someone's bodyguard now! But I don't know exactly what he's doing. Well, let me go and have a look on my behalf, find out, and come back and tell me."

Zhu Gaosui agreed, and Le Dian went to the Secretary of General Administration.

After asking, Zhu Gaoxu was in the backyard, so he hurried over.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he immediately smelled an indescribable sour smell.

Zhu Gaosui was sweating all over with a few craftsmen carrying broken copper and iron.

"I said, second brother, what kind of monster are you?" Zhu Gaosui leaned closer, looked at the copper and iron fragments, and then at the red-hot stove, and couldn't help asking in surprise, "Second brother, you want to make weapons privately? "

"Shut up!" Zhu Gaoxu snorted, "You idiot, how do you know what I'm doing now! These are all Shang and Zhou ritual vessels, and they were made by Jizi Supervisor."

"Chicken? I'll return the egg! You want to forge bronze wares, and you want to lie to the emperor, right?" Zhu Gaosui was quite thoughtful, "Are you going to get a three-generation ritual vessel to please the emperor, so that you can win the crown prince? Position? Second brother, the younger brother is not talented, I am willing to help, we brothers are of one mind, the fat man is not our opponent..."

"roll!"

Zhu Gaoxu scolded unceremoniously: "What reserve, I don't want to, I just want to make money now."

"Make money?" Zhu Gaosui said with a smile: "Are you planning to sell fake bronze wares? Just dream, there are not many fools in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaoxu chuckled, "The Ming Dynasty didn't have it, but North Korea would have it."

The more you say this, the more it goes too far. Do you want to sell it outside?
"Second brother, you must have an accident if you do this. If Fanbang is surprised, you can file a complaint with your father. Even if you earn money, you won't be able to spend it."

Zhu Gaoxu remained calm, took out two golden beans from his arms, and threw them to Zhu Gaosui.

"Can you tell me, which one of these golden beans can be spent? Which one can't be spent?"

Zhu Gaosui was stunned for a moment, "This, how can I tell the difference?"

Zhu Gaoxu snatched it with his hands, and put it into his arms again.

"Your little boy is not qualified to meddle in our business, get out of here, don't delay the matter."

After a while, Zhu Gaosui stood outside the General Secretary, looked up at the sky, and then looked down at the ground. It's all right!
What's wrong with Mr. Zhu?
Don't be enchanted!

Hurry up to find the father, Zhu Gaosui met Zhu Di, added fuel and vinegar, and told the story again.

"Father, the second elder brother has really failed his studies. The dignified prince is thinking about making up lies. You didn't see that the General Secretary was smoky and stinky, and I didn't even notice. Brother nonsense? I suspect that he has ulterior motives, maybe he is going to do something bad, maybe he is doing witchcraft."

Snapped!
Zhu Di slapped the table hard, and shouted angrily: "Your second brother is now with your cousin Xu Jingchang, Yao Shaoshi and Cao Guogong are also there, and even Cheng Guogong has passed. They are together, can they do anything wrong?"

Zhu Gaosui was dumbfounded, "Father, what they did is not fooling around? I really don't know what fooling around is."

Zhu Di was stunned for a long time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, "Forget it, I'll go and have a look, and you will follow."

In this way, Zhu Di took Zhu Gaosui to kill the General Secretary.

When Zhu Di arrived, he found that several important ministers were really getting together and discussing matters.

The one sitting in the middle was Xu Jingchang, who was the youngest, and the others were all listening carefully.Zhu Gaoxu just wiped off his sweat, stretched his neck, and was about to take notes.

"Your Majesty asked me to be in charge of the early stage of trade affairs. Here I want to make one thing clear. That is foreign affairs. It must not be left to the trash of the Ministry of Rites or the sour scholars of the Imperial Academy."

"There is also the rice bucket of Honglu Temple." Zhu Gaoxu added.

Xu Jingchang nodded immediately, "That's right, there are also Honglu Temple's idiots. These idiots will only ruin good things. We must focus on the interests of Ming Dynasty, and focus on the country and making a fortune."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again and again, "That's great, why don't we set up a Yixinhui!"

Li Jinglong hurriedly waved his hands in fright, "Your Highness, you should take it easy, if your majesty is angered, how will you end up?"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care, "The sky is falling, there is a tall man holding it up, anyway, I don't have to be afraid."

Yao Guangxiao moved the stool back subconsciously, "It's still the same sentence, I'm only responsible for dividends. Your messy things have nothing to do with me."

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "We will not engage in small circles, let alone form cliques for personal gain. Everything we do is aboveboard and worthy of the world. This is the foundation for us to live and work!"

Xu Jingchang was talking eloquently when someone coughed outside, and when he turned around, Zhu Di came in.

Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Neng, and Li Jinglong stood up quickly to greet Zhu Di.

They moved extremely fast, apparently with sharp eyes and ears, and knew that there was someone outside the door.

Xu Jingchang didn't hear anything, Zhu Gaoxu was engrossed in listening to Xu Jingchang's fooling around, but he didn't notice.It was a little embarrassing at this time.

"Your Majesty (Royal Father)!"

Zhu Di glared at the two of them, "Xu Jingchang, the Ministry of Rites is a waste, the Imperial Academy is a sour Confucian, and the Honghe Temple is a bucket... Is it so unbearable for my officials to come into your mouth? Also, you can't wait to seize power, you What are you going to do again?"

Xu Jingchang said calmly: "Naturally, it is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and overseas trade. Every penny and cent will fall into His Majesty's hands."

Zhu Di took a deep breath, pulled a chair and sat down.

"Tell me, openly falsifying in the court office, and thinking about deceiving the vassal state, is this also for the sake of the Ming Dynasty?"

Xu Jingchang smiled suddenly, "Your Majesty asks this, most likely you don't know what the North Korean envoys are doing. I said that the Ministry of Rites is trash, but I was being polite. They are basically vegetarians in the corpses, occupying the latrines and not shitting."

The more Zhu Di listened, the more he felt something was wrong, "Xu Jingchang, I can tell you that if you are the one who speaks nonsense and framed loyal ministers. Even if I love you and your aunt protects you, you will definitely be punished."

Xu Jingchang smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never talk nonsense. Since you plan to do business with North Korea, you must do your homework well. At this time, North Korea's envoys, as well as his subordinates, are searching for Your Majesty all over the world. Their anecdotes, taverns and teahouses, you can find their shadows."

Zhu Di was startled, "Really?"

At this time Xu Jingchang nodded his hand and called Wu Shan over.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I followed the orders of my lord to find out the situation in North Korea. As a result, I found out that they were really collecting messy things, and I asked for them by name, and..."

"What do you want?"

"To ask His Majesty to be cruel, to slaughter Jianwen's old ministers, to bully their wives and daughters..."

"absurd!"

Zhu Di was furious, "It's a small country, but they spy on the emperor of Shangguo, what are they going to do?"

At this time Xu Jingchang said quietly: "Now the king of North Korea has imprisoned his father and seized great power. It seems easy to guess their intentions in spying on the secrets of the upper kingdom."

Both countries are wronged, as long as Zhu Di is proved to be worse than them, it seems that their position will be more stable.

But this question is different!

"I uphold the teachings of my father, emperor and ancestors, and obey the heavens. The king of North Korea imprisoned his biological father and seized great power. He is disobedient and unfilial. He is simply punishable! I am different from him. I am a dutiful son. He is a rebellious son, a rebellious son!" .

Xu Jingchang was still on the sidelines, "Your Majesty, does the Ministry of Rites have any submissions for this kind of thing? Do they know the status of the feudal kingdom?"

Zhu Di couldn't help taking a deep breath, and Yang Tian sighed: "Corrupt Confucianism is wronging the country! I will punish it severely!"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: "Father, if this is true, there is no problem selling some fake bronzes to North Korea, right?"

"Hmph! This is true, even if we send troops to destroy them, it is only natural!"

(End of this chapter)