My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 157 Xia Yuanji Regrets

Xu Huizu said that all the houses in his family had to be demolished and rebuilt, and all the money in the family had to be spent.

Xu Huizu sat and thought for a while, then said: "If you are conferred a title, those civil officials will have an excuse to attack you. In the future, when you cause trouble, you must find the opponent's weakness and know that the opponent may have violated the law before you can attack them. You should also try your best to cause trouble for them, and those civil officials will not let you go.

Of course, even if we don't inherit the title, those civil officials will not let us go. Since they have been keeping an eye on us, we don't need to be polite to them.

There is a natural incompatibility between civil officials and military generals. Civil officials have always wanted to suppress military generals, while military generals only train troops and fight wars and do not participate in other matters. Therefore, civil officials have the upper hand in the court. In addition, they are with Your Majesty every day. If they meet a calm emperor, it will be better. If they meet a confused emperor or an emperor with a weak will, then the military generals will be very unlucky.

For example, this was the case with Zhu Yunwen before. When he wanted to reduce the power of the princes, we military generals were opposed to it. We hoped to do it slowly and not be so hasty. Zhu Yunwen had just ascended the throne for a few years, his foundation was not stable, and he had not won over the military generals yet, but he was preparing to reduce the power of the princes. That was courting death.

The civil officials also underestimated Zhu Di and the military generals. They didn't know that no matter how much trouble you civil officials caused, as long as you were killed, you would have nothing. As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is difficult to explain the advantages. So when Zhu Di was pacifying the rebellion, why did so many military generals keep their troops in place, or even pretend to obey but secretly disobey?

The reason why dad had to oppose Zhu Di back then was that he had no choice. Our family could not leave Nanjing. Zhu Yunwen had always been keeping an eye on our family. As long as he noticed even the slightest movement in our family, he would probably execute our entire family. Dad was also very careful in maintaining this, and your mother knows all this.

Baoer, in the future, you must be careful with those civil officials. They will want to deal with us generation after generation. They hope that the whole world will listen to them. The military generals are just their vassals and will only do things according to their orders.

The Trade Bureau will probably be known to the civil officials soon, and they will definitely oppose it. However, this time it involves the interests of military generals, and those military generals will stand up and fight against the civil officials, so there is no need to worry too much about this.

But you have to be careful when you lead the Trade Bureau to do things in the future, because they won’t be willing to do so.”

After hearing this, Xu Qin nodded. Of course, Xu Qin knew about these things.

In the afternoon, Xu Qin did not go out, but re-planned the construction of his own house. After all, the house was going to be demolished again, so Xu Qin needed to hurry up and draw the drawings. As for what was happening outside, Xu Qin didn't care.

Xu Qin had just sat down for a short while when Mu Feng came in anxiously and said, "Young Master, something bad has happened. There are rumors outside that you are going to be granted the title of Earl of Haozhou. The civil officials are against it, saying that you have not made any military achievements, so why should you be granted the title?"

"What? I was conferred the title of Earl and Earl of Haozhou?" After hearing this, Xu Qin looked at Mu Feng in surprise.

"Well, there are rumors like this outside now. It is said that the master is going to inherit the title again and inherit the title of Duke of Wei. It seems that no one is discussing this point, but everyone is against your title of Earl of Haozhou." Mu Feng said excitedly. Although they were worried, it would be something to be proud of for them if he was really given the title.

Xu Qin put down his brush, stood up and began to think about this matter in his study. Zhu Di had never told him that he would be conferred a title, but now it was suddenly rumored that he would be conferred the title of Earl of Haozhou. This rumor was most likely true, otherwise, he would have just returned from the palace and there would be rumors outside.

This rumor was either spread by Zhu Di to test the attitudes of those civil officials, or it was spread by the civil officials to disrupt the conferment of titles on him. But Zhu Di never told him that he wanted to confer a title on him.
"Young Master, are you really going to confer a title? If so, then our Xu family will have three titles!" Mu Feng asked Xu Qin with an eager look.

Xu Qin stopped, stared at Mu Feng and asked, "What do people outside think about this?"

Mu Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "People outside are against you being given a title, saying that you have no military merit and cannot be given a title. They also say that if the generals fighting on the front line knew about it, what would they think? Anyway, they don't really agree."

"Yeah!" Xu Qin nodded and continued to think about this matter with his hands behind his back.

"Young Master, rumors are bad for you!" Mu Feng looked at Xu Qin worriedly.

Xu Qin smiled. What's the benefit or disadvantage? If those civil officials didn't agree this time, then don't blame him for being rude.

"Young Master, don't you want to find a way to fight back against them?" Mu Feng looked at Xu Qin and said.

"Well, you go outside and tell people that the court is going to publish the Daming Daily. From now on, everything that happens in the court can be known through the Daming Daily, including the court's policies, the reasons for investigating and punishing officials, disaster relief conditions, etc. It will be impossible for civil officials to control the mouthpiece of the court in the future." Xu Qin explained to Mu Feng.

"Da Ming Daily? What is that?" Mu Feng looked at Xu Qin in confusion.

"It's okay, just go out and spread the word. Don't worry about other things. Someone understands. Do you remember?" Xu Qin said to Mu Feng, and Mu Feng nodded.

Soon Mu Feng left, and Xu Qin sat there thinking about this matter.

Zhu Di wants to confer a title on himself? Or an earl? In the Ming Dynasty, non-royal commoners can only be conferred titles of three kinds: duke, marquis, and earl. Although the earl seems relatively low, it is also a core noble in the court. Xu Qin thought about it for a while, but he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he just went to work.

The work for the Trade Bureau has not been finished, and the drawings for my own house have not been completed.

By the evening, the civil officials had basically known that the court was going to establish the Daming Daily, and many ministers began to panic, because once the Daming Daily was established, it would be very difficult for them to control the mouthpiece. Moreover, the emperor could bypass those ministers and directly release the news to let the people know.

Therefore, throughout the night, the ministers went from street to street to inquire about the news, but no one knew whether the news was true or not. Some people even went to the East Palace to inquire about the news. As soon as Zhu Gaochi heard it, he knew it was Xu Qin who released it. After careful consideration, he knew what was going on.

Zhu Gaochi could only say that it was not clear yet, but it was a good idea.

When the ministers heard this, they were confused, and then they thought of Xu Qin's affairs. Considering that those ministers opposed Xu Qin's title of earl, Xu Qin was going to dig their graves.

"What should we do? How could Xu Qin do this? Why didn't he even discuss it with us?" Zheng Ci said anxiously to Xia Yuanji.

The ministers of the six ministries all came over and looked at Xia Yuanji anxiously. They were now completely deceived.

"We are anxious, we are anxious, and we have underestimated Xu Qin. What should we do?" Huang Fu also sighed, regretting a little that he had asked those ministers to oppose Xu Qin's title of earl.

Now, with the publication of the Ming Daily, their status and role will be reduced.

"I will go find Xu Qin tomorrow and have a good talk with him. Besides, didn't His Majesty say that he would issue an imperial edict to the Xu Mansion tomorrow? You should find a way to delay it for one day, no matter what. For example, the matter of conferring Xu Qin the title of Earl has not been decided yet. Even if we can't delay it for one day, at least delay it for half a day." Xia Yuanji sat there and said to Zheng Ci.

"Okay, but how do we talk to Xu Qin? What to talk about? How will Xu Qin agree to us? The problem now is that His Majesty must know about the Daming Daily, and it will be difficult to stop it." Zheng Ci looked at Xia Yuanji and said worriedly.

The arrow is on the string and must be fired!

"Oh, I am confused, really confused. Why didn't I think of asking Xu Qin? Even if Xu Qin told me in advance, I would have promised him not to let the civil officials make trouble and let Xu Qin be conferred the title. Now that the rumor has come out, it is very difficult to stop it." Xia Yuanji sighed and said, feeling very regretful in his heart.

The six ministers of state also lowered their heads and sighed.

In Zhu Di's imperial study, Ji Gang was also reporting on this matter.

After hearing this, Zhu Di smiled and stroked his beard, then said to Ji Gang: "Tomorrow morning, you Jinyiwei will also spread rumors, saying that I am very interested in this idea and am ready to order the prince to do it."

"Yes, Your Majesty! But now the six ministers are all in Xia Yuanji's mansion. I am worried that they will go to talk to Xu Qin. What if Xu Qin agrees but doesn't do it?" Ji Gang looked at Zhu Di worriedly.

"No, you don't have to worry about the rest. By the way, you have to collect what you talked about with those civil officials." Zhu Di waved his hand and said. He knew in his heart that Xu Qin had already brought it up and it was impossible for him to refuse.

However, Xu Qin was very smart. He forced the ministers to agree to confer him the title of Earl. Moreover, he used this method to warn the civil officials not to oppose Xu Qin, otherwise, this guy would really kill them.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but now those civil officials are also getting restless." Ji Gang didn't know what to say when he heard Zhu Di say it so confidently.

After Ji Gang left, Zhu Di sat there thinking about this matter. Now both the Daming Daily and the Trade Bureau had to be run. This would put a lot of pressure on the court. However, the Trade Bureau could mobilize military generals to fight against the civil officials, but for the Daily Newspaper, it might not be possible to rely on Xu Qin alone.

However, the civil officials in the court will probably oppose it, so it is still necessary to mobilize the military generals among the civil officials.

Zhu Di could not think of how to mobilize the military generals in the court to oppose him.

Early the next morning, Xia Yuanji came when Xu Qin was still sleeping. This surprised Xu Huizu very much. Xu Huizu had just woken up when Xia Yuanji came and asked to see Xu Qin specifically.

"You come to see Sakya Bao so early? What happened?" Xu Huizu frowned. No one has ever come to see Sakya Bao so early, not even the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

(End of this chapter)