My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 185 The Crown Princess' Request
Zhu Di left very quickly, and Xu Qin smiled. As long as he didn't bother him, it would be fine. Besides, Zhu Di was too idle and wanted to go to war. But now, Zhu Di hadn't dealt with domestic affairs yet, and he wanted to go to war. Even if he won, the Ming Dynasty would probably suffer a lot in the coming years.

As for how Zhu Di would solve the problems he raised, he had no control over that, but at least Zhu Di would not bother him anymore, and he would have enough time to take care of his own affairs.

Zhu Di returned to the palace and immediately called Ji Gang. Zhu Di began to order Ji Gang to investigate the matter.

After giving Ji Gang his orders, Zhu Di sat there thinking and felt something was wrong, so he ordered Li Xing to send someone to investigate.

Zhu Gaochi originally handled memorials in the Eastern Palace. Basically, around noon, Zhu Gaochi would return to the Eastern Palace and begin handling memorials there.

However, the Ming Daily, which was also published a few days ago, is not doing very well. It has only sold 5,000 copies so far. Many people are unaware of it and have not subscribed, which makes Zhu Gaochi a little worried.

But even if he was worried, Zhu Gaochi still needed to deal with the memorials in front of him before he could take care of this matter.

At this time, a seventh-rank official came in and bowed to Zhu Gaochi and said, "Your Highness, the first edition of 100,000 copies has been sold out."

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the official in confusion. The cabinet ministers and officials of the Eastern Palace who were present were all looking at the official in surprise.

"Your Highness, the newsboys we hired have been selling newspapers these past two days. Many people are very interested in them. It only costs one penny, so many people bought them. As of today, all 100,000 copies of the first edition have been sold out. The second edition of the daily newspaper has been typeset today and is expected to be printed tonight. It will start to be delivered before dawn tomorrow." The official bowed to Zhu Gaochi.

"Okay, okay, haha, it seems that those newsboys are also very useful! Okay. You go down." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, and the others also looked at Zhu Gaochi.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The official bowed and stepped back.

Zhu Gaochi continued to look down at the memorial. At this time, Xia Yuanji bowed and said, "Your Highness, I have also read the first edition. It only publicized part of the policy. Many of them are rumors from various places, and there are also news about officials being investigated. This, Your Highness, is it necessary to print it out for the people to see?"

"Of course it is necessary. Although a lot of the news is from the past, it is still necessary for the people to know. Therefore, publish it and let the people see why we dealt with those officials in the first place, so that the people will not think that we are not in charge of things. Okay, let's not discuss this, let's deal with our memorials now.

By the way, my father said in the Imperial Study today that he was going to prepare for war. You guys need to persuade him. I am worried that my father might get carried away and lead the army to the north to fight the Tatars. The situation of our Ming Dynasty, which has finally improved a little, will fall into difficulties again. So, once His Majesty asks about this matter, I hope you can calmly analyze it for my father. "Zhu Gaochi did not want to discuss the issue of the Ming Daily with them.

Zhu Gaochi was well aware that the Ming Daily was the emperor's mouthpiece. Therefore, no matter who opposed this matter, it would be useless. Although he often agreed with the ideas of those civil officials, when it came to power, he would not easily hand it over to them.

No matter whether he was the Prince of Yan or the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, he realized the importance of power. He also knew that once power was usurped by others, it would be wasted. Therefore, Zhu Gaochi would never allow those civil officials to usurp his power.

"Yes, but Your Majesty wants to go to war again? Fight the Tatars? There isn't that much money and food now, right?" Xia Yuanji asked Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "He went to see Sakyabao, probably hoping that the Trade Bureau would get him enough food and money, so that he could launch a war against the Tatars as soon as possible. However, it will take until next year at the earliest. The people of our Ming Dynasty are also having a hard time. I want to use this money to improve the lives of the people.

In addition, in the past few years, I have discovered that the winters are colder and the summers are not as hot as when I was a child. Moreover, there is more rain and floods occur frequently in various places, making life more difficult for the people. So, everyone, you should work hard to govern the people and let them live a stable life.

Of course, I also hope to conquer the Tatars. The Tatars have always been a major concern for the Ming Dynasty and must be eliminated."

When everyone heard Zhu Gaochi say that Zhu Di had gone to find Xu Qin, they looked at each other worriedly. This was what they had been worried about before. Once Zhu Di had money, he would bypass them and directly start a war. In this case, the status of military honors would become higher and higher, and it would also increase the conflicts between them and the people. War costs money, war requires people to deliver food, and it requires the conscription of corvée and labor service.

How could the people not have objections to such a large-scale conscription?
Some civilians may go to war with the army and may not come back for a year, but if they cannot come back, it will be difficult for their families in this year, so the civil officials can only find a way to deal with all this.

Some of the officials below are honest, while others are corrupt. They will take this opportunity to plunder the people. Coupled with the constant natural disasters, the people in some places will begin to rise up in rebellion. Although there are not many responses now, once such things happen from time to time, more people will respond, and the first thing the people will do when they rise up in rebellion is to kill the officials.

This is also what they don't want to see.

"Your Highness, did you say that His Majesty went to find the Earl of Haozhou? Will the Earl of Haozhou agree to him?" Huang Fu sat there and looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked. "I don't know. Anyway, once my father has money, he will go to war. So, if you can persuade him, please persuade him. It's not that I don't want him to fight. But if you can slow down, it would be the best. If you can't slow down, you still have to fight." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

The ministers also nodded. Xia Yuanji was even thinking about having a talk with Xu Qin after leaving the court. He couldn't let Xu Qin continue to support Zhu Di in the war. If he supported Zhu Di in the war, the people and himself would suffer. He, the Minister of Revenue, would definitely be exhausted. Requisitioning all that food and grass would be enough to give him a headache.

It was not until the evening that Xia Yuanji and his men came off duty.

Zhu Gaochi also learned that Zhu Di had returned at noon, and it seemed that he had not been with Xu Qin for long, and came back angrily.

Zhu Gaochi realized something was wrong and came back angrily. He couldn't let his father find the opportunity, because if he did, he would definitely deal with him.

Soon, the Crown Princess came over and saw Zhu Gaochi sitting there playing with the dog. Zhang knew that he had been busy all day, so she didn't say anything. Besides, the East Palace was doing well now, with a lot of money coming in every year. Although Zhu Di still worried about him, at least he didn't worry anymore.

"It's rare that you are so relaxed. I want to tell you something." Crown Princess Zhang sat down and said with a smile.

"Well, let's say, relax, but it's just for now. We don't know what will happen tomorrow." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile while teasing the dog.

Zhang immediately looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "What happened again?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said, "I don't know. I just know that my father went to see Sakyamuni, hoping that Sakyamuni could get him money and food from the Trade Bureau. My father wanted to go to the war, but I heard that he came back angrily, so the deal must have not been reached. You say my father is unhappy, so who is unlucky? I am ranked first, and the third brother is ranked second. The second brother is not in the capital. If he were in the capital, he would not be able to escape."

When Zhang heard this, she thought it was no big deal, as this was how they, father and son, got along. Besides, Zhu Gaochi had already expected it, so how big a deal could it be? He would just be scolded or beaten at most. Anyway, none of Zhu Di's three sons had never been beaten. However, Zhu Gaochi was the one who was beaten the least, so that was okay.

Zhu Gaochi then asked: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhang sighed and looked at Zhu Gaochi without saying anything for a long time.

Zhu Gaochi, who was playing with the dog, didn't hear what Zhang said, so he turned his head and looked at Zhang and asked, "What are you talking about? Are you being polite to me?"

Zhang sighed again.

Zhu Gaochi immediately put the dog down and looked at Zhang, who was sitting there sighing, and said anxiously, "What's wrong? What happened? Why are you so worried? I never saw you so worried when I was partying every night."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang glared at Zhu Gaochi, then sighed and said, "Isn't this a matter of Kejian?"

"Kejian? What did Kejian do?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhang very vigilantly. Zhang Kejian was the younger brother of Crown Princess Zhang. Zhu Gaochi got a headache when he mentioned this name. There was no other way. He was Zhang's full brother. He had treated him well and had inherited a military position. But this kid was a spendthrift. He was really a spendthrift. You said he did it on purpose, but he wasn't. He was just easily cheated and deceived. As the saying goes, he had no brains!
"He said that he has a piece of goods and wants to sell it to the Trade Bureau, but he doesn't know anyone there and is not familiar with Sakya Bao, so he wants to ask you to help him." Zhang said while sitting there.

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he thought it was not a big deal, so he picked up the dog and said, "How much goods can he have? Okay, I'll talk to him. I guess he is a broker, helping merchants make money, this kid."

Zhang looked at Zhu Gaochi, thought for a moment, and spoke again, "Not this time. This time he bought two hundred thousand taels of handicrafts, but he didn't expect that he would lose all of it."

"Two hundred thousand taels of handicrafts? So much? Wait, where did he get so much money?" Zhu Gaochi thought of this as he spoke. Zhang Kejian did not have so much money.

Zhang didn't say anything.

Zhu Gaochi pointed at Zhang and said anxiously, "You, you, you gave him money again? Oh!"

(End of this chapter)