My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 140: Plot against me?
ps: Yesterday's fourth update was wrong. I will ask the editor to adjust it tomorrow.
Xu Qin directly reported the matter to Zhu Gaochi. As for whether Zhu Gaochi was willing or not, he didn't know. Anyway, this was their brother's business. However, it was estimated that Zhu Gaochi would not be willing.

The next business might be possible, but Zhu Gaochi would never agree to this business no matter what.

"What did you say? How much does my eldest brother get?" Zhu Gaosui asked Xu Qin.

"Forty percent, I also get forty percent, and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion gets twenty percent. So, I have no way to give it to you. You can only ask the prince, hehe." Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaosui with a smile.

"Okay, just say this. I'll ask the boss then. Well, I don't have anything to do. You guys continue chatting. I'll go find my eldest brother first." Zhu Gaosui waved his hand. He didn't want to talk to Xu Qin for too long. He was worried that he would suffer if he talked to Xu Qin for too long. He had suffered such a loss several times.

"Third cousin, why are you so anxious? Let's have lunch together at noon." Xu Qin shouted immediately.

Zhu Gaosui immediately waved his hand and left without looking back.

"Look at my third cousin, he comes and goes like the wind." Xu Qin said to Yao Guangxiao with a smile.

Yao Guangxiao smiled and had a deeper understanding of Xu Qin in his heart. This boy was very smart. It would be difficult for him to persuade Xu Qin to go to the Weaving Bureau, and he would most likely be implicated.

After thinking about it, I decided not to say anything. It might be dangerous if I continued.

Then Yao Guangxiao also clasped his hands together in front of Xu Qin and said, "I am leaving too."

Xu Qin was stunned for a moment, then immediately pulled Yao Guangxiao and said, "Let's go, it's okay, we'll have lunch together at noon."

Yao Guangxiao was worried that there was a trick, so he waved his hand and said, "No, no, your majesty is still waiting for me at Jiming Temple. If I don't go, it will be very rude to ignore your majesty."

Xu Qin nodded and said, "That's right. But, you said, I haven't met His Majesty yet. Do you think His Majesty looks down on me? You all say that His Majesty values ​​me, but why don't I feel anything? To value me means to put me in jail and to make me offend people. This is not to value me, this is to kill me. Hey, I'm a 17-year-old kid. What did I do that is so outrageous that both humans and gods would say?"

Yao Guangxiao quickly explained, "No, that Xu Qin, His Majesty really values ​​him. It's just that His Majesty is not in a position to see you more often now, and the reason is not on your side. After all, many things have nothing to do with you. In addition, there is nothing wrong with asking you to confront the civil officials. You also know that you come from a military family, so you naturally don't get along with those military heroes. Even if you don't deal with those civil officials, they will deal with you.

That's what happened years ago. On the contrary, His Majesty is still protecting you now, and the civil officials hope to kill you.

This time when you go to the Weaving Bureau, His Majesty also hopes that you can deal with those civil officials. Of course, His Majesty will firmly support you."

Xu Qin smiled and said, "I don't believe it." Yao Guangxiao didn't know what to say.

After clasping his hands together in front of Xu Qin, he was ready to leave. Xu Qin pretended to persuade him, but seeing that he could not persuade him, he let Yao Guangxiao go.

After Yao Guangxiao left, Xu Qin smiled, sat there, holding a cup of tea and watching the workers working in the distance.

After Yao Guangxiao arrived at Jiming Temple, Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Xu Qin is a very smart man, and it is impossible to fool him. Your Majesty wants to invite him out this time, but it will cost a lot, and he must be satisfied, otherwise he will never come out.

This kid is planning to let me go to the weaving bureau. Hey, I almost got fooled by him. "After Yao Guangxiao came back, he sighed and said to Zhu Di.

"Oh?" Zhu Di became interested when he heard it, and immediately looked at Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao told Zhu Di the whole process of his conversation with Xu Qin. After he finished speaking, Zhu Di sat there, stroked his chin, and then sighed. At this moment, he had no idea.

Zhu Di was worried that even if he returned the Duke of Wei to the Xu family and gave Xu Qin a share of the Weaving Bureau, it would be difficult to impress Xu Qin. Xu Qin had said that there were many countries overseas and if the Ming Dynasty could not survive, Xu Qin might run away. Xu Qin had also mentioned this in front of Zhu Di before.

What if this kid really runs away?
Just as this kid said, if the queen was no longer around, Xu Qin would have nothing to worry about.

"Your Majesty, I think you need to talk to Sakyabao in person. Call Xu Huizu and the Queen Mother, and the four of you can talk. If the Crown Prince is here, it may be better. This way you can talk frankly and eliminate Sakyabao's misunderstanding of Your Majesty. If the misunderstanding cannot be eliminated, Sakyabao will not follow Your Majesty wholeheartedly.

He will not confront the civil officials, because for him, there is no need to do so. He is just a commoner. Even if Your Majesty returns the Duke of Wei to him, I don't think Shakyabao will trust Your Majesty. At that time, as long as the civil officials do not offend him, he will not deal with them. "Yao Guangxiao stood there and suggested to Zhu Di. "Well, you are right!" Zhu Di sat there and nodded.

"Your Majesty, this kid is very smart. There will be no problem using him to deal with civil officials. Moreover, he has many tricks up his sleeve, which he probably learned from previous street fights. He is calm beyond his age, which is actually not easy. He probably has been fighting since he was a child, and he has gradually become calm. So, Your Majesty, if you don't have something that can completely move him, I don't think there is any way to talk." Yao Guangxiao emphasized again.

Zhu Di heard this and could only sigh. He understood it as well. This was also where the queen felt she owed him. A child of eleven or twelve years old was bullied every day and fought back every day. If Xu Huizu's status had not been deprived, who would dare to bully Xu Qin like this? It was totally impossible. It was good enough that Xu Qin did not bully others.

Especially last time, when Qiu Jianqing said that Xu Qin's family was impoverished, it was like a stab in the heart of Empress Xu and Xu Qin.

Therefore, there is a reason why Xu Qin is now unable to believe in himself.

Zhu Di sat there thinking, but he always felt that he did not have enough bargaining chips in his hand. Although his status as emperor, the restoration of the Duke of Wei, and the share of the Weaving Bureau seemed to be a lot, it might not be attractive to Xu Qin. He also needed deterrence.

I don't have much leverage over him!

What if there isn’t enough leverage?
Zhu Di sat there stroking his beard. During this period, Xu Qin did not go to the dyeing workshop, but went to the construction site outside the city. It would not be convenient for him to go there either, as there were many people and eyes at the construction site outside the city. If someone recognized him, all his efforts would be wasted.

Zhu Di thought that it was time to find an opportunity to meet Xu Qin alone.

"Your Majesty, many memorials have just been sent to the Imperial Study, a large part of which are memorials from various ministers requesting that Xu Qin be sent to the Imperial College to serve as Doctor of Arithmetic." Xie Jin came over with a lot of memorials and said to Zhu Di.

"Pick out the memorials related to Xu Qin. There is no need to read them. I have made it clear to Xia Yuanji. Let Xia Yuanji handle it." Zhu Di looked up at Xie Jin and said.

"Uh, yes!" Xie Jin was stunned when he heard it. Originally, he came here with a mission, which was to persuade His Majesty to agree to let Xu Qin go to the Imperial College, but now His Majesty wanted to pick out those memorials, which made it difficult for him to say so.

However, Xie Jin was not going to give up, or he would fail to complete the task, so he said: "These days, everyone in the city is praising Xu Qin, and saying that our civil officials are useless and cannot even calculate better than Xu Qin. Your Majesty, if Xu Qin does not go to the Imperial College, I guess the people will have opinions.

Some people also said that the reason why Xu Qin slept in the Imperial College was because the teachers there were not qualified to teach him, so he slept. The Imperial College was not just about teaching arithmetic, so Xu Qin had to go there now.

After hearing this, Zhu Di remained silent, knowing that those civil officials would not easily give up this opportunity.

"Well, I know. Let Xia Yuanji solve it. Xia Yuanji said that he went to visit Xu Qin and persuaded Xu Qin. It is difficult to get Xu Qin to go to the Imperial College. This kid is not short of money, and he doesn't want to be an official. He used to sleep while studying in the Imperial College. Can he still teach in the Imperial College now? Let the ministers solve this matter themselves.

Besides, it was you who said you wanted to expel Xu Qin, and it was you who asked me to allow Xu Qin to go to the Imperial College." Zhu Di was very unhappy when he said the latter part.

"Yes, the ministers made a mistake at the beginning, but Xu Qin is indeed powerful!" When Xie Jin saw Zhu Di's tone, he didn't dare to say more.

In the evening, Xu Qin rushed to the Xu Mansion. Just as he arrived at the gate of the Xu Mansion, he saw Xia Yuanji's carriage. Xia Yuanji was also standing at the gate of the mansion. Xu Qin looked at Xia Yuanji and frowned. Why did he come here?

Last time I went to see him and wanted to persuade them to give me cotton, but he ignored me. Why am I coming again now?
With doubts, Xu Qin dismounted from his horse, and Xia Yuanji came up to Xu Qin and bowed.

"Mr. Xu, please don't blame me for coming here uninvited. I have something good to tell you." Xia Yuanji said to Xu Qin while bowing.

"Good things? Can you have good things? You are not plotting against me? Impossible? You don't have such good intentions. It looks like a good thing, but it is probably a sinkhole!" Xu Qin immediately sneered when he heard Xia Yuanji say this. Who would believe it? Those civil officials can have good things for themselves? Find another reason to make excuses.

"Uh!" Xia Yuanji didn't react immediately after hearing Xu Qin's words.

"What's the matter? Tell me. It's getting dark. You are not hungry, but I am!" Xu Qin stopped and said to Xia Yuanji.

When Xia Yuanji heard this, he thought that this didn't mean to invite him in. After all, he was the Minister of Revenue in the court. Wasn't Xu Qin being a little too disrespectful to him by talking here?
Xu Qinke didn't care what Xia Yuanji thought, but continued: "It's not convenient to invite you to dinner. Besides, I don't think it's good. You talk first, and then go back."

(End of this chapter)