My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 194 Zhu Di's Anger

As soon as Xu Qin returned home, he saw flames rising from the East Palace. Xu Qin had a bad feeling and immediately left the house and rode straight to the Imperial Palace. When Xu Qin arrived at the Imperial Palace, the fire was even bigger.

Xu Qin went in directly and asked the imperial guards to search the place, then Xu Qin quickly headed to the East Palace.

When he arrived at the Eastern Palace, Xu Qin discovered that the side rooms in the front yard of the Eastern Palace had been burned so badly that there was no need to put out the fire. Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di were standing there, while the Jinyiwei and people in the palace were putting out the fire.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xu Qin walked over and bowed.

"No need for formalities!" Zhu Di said with a dark face.

Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi, who then pulled Xu Qin aside and whispered, "You got it right."

"Ah?" Xu Qin looked at him in shock when he heard Zhu Gaochi's words. Xu Qin didn't know that the editors of the Ming Daily were all busy in the Eastern Palace.

"What's going on?" Xu Qin asked in a low voice.

"You saw it, it appears that there is a fire." Zhu Gaozhi frowned and said as he looked at the fire in the distance.

The side rooms in the front yard of the East Palace are almost in ruins, and the only thing we are doing now is to control the fire so that it does not spread to other palaces.

"Where are the people?" Xu Qin thought of this and asked.

Zhu Gaochi didn't say anything, but he clenched his cheeks tightly. Xu Qin knew something was wrong at a glance.

Zhu Gaochi said after a while: "Only three of them came out. The other twenty or so people are all inside."

"What?" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi in shock. He thought, this is impossible? Are those people stupid? They saw the fire, but they didn't run away and stayed inside?

"Huh, those three people probably won't survive this night, their bodies are all burnt." Zhu Gaochi continued.

"So cruel?" Only at this moment did Xu Qin realize the cruelty of those civil officials. They were all killed, not even one was left alive. These young men were all children of military generals, and they were the ones their families placed their hopes on. They were able to achieve success in the Imperial College, which was something to be proud of for those military generals. Now, they were all dead. Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di probably didn't know how to explain to those military generals.

However, this incident will also increase the resentment between military generals and civil officials. Even a fool can see that it is unlikely that there are no civil officials behind this incident. The side room is not big, with just a living room. There are four side rooms connected to the living room, and there is a small house behind the living room. Although it is called a small house, it is actually not small in size, almost two hundred square meters.

The editors of the Ming Daily compile the content of the Ming Daily here. They also sleep here at night. Of course, they can also go home.

"Huh!" Zhu Gaochi let out a deep breath, full of resentment.

More than twenty lives were lost, and they were murdered in the East Palace.

Until now, we still don't know what caused the fire, why it happened so suddenly and became so big, and why the fire spread so quickly that there was no time to put out the fire, and why the people inside couldn't escape.

Even though this side room was burned down, Zhu Gaochi had no reason to feel sad. He just thought of it as a fire. Not a few houses in the palace were burned down that year, but it was the first time that so many people were burned to death.

“Your Majesty, we just asked them, and they said that they were a little sleepy in the afternoon. In addition, they had just published the second issue of the Ming Daily two days ago, and they were very tired, so everyone fell asleep. It was strange that everyone was sleepy, but they were still woken up by choking, and rushed out dizzy. Some people also wanted to rush out, but they fell down after taking a few steps.

They said that when they woke up, they had no strength in their bodies, including now. "Ji Gang came over quickly and whispered to Zhu Di.

"Investigate, even if we have to dig three feet deep. Boss, let the Crown Princess take the child to live in Kunning Palace for a few days, and you live in Qianqing Palace. In order to prevent the child from being scared, all the people in the Eastern Palace must be investigated. Anyone who has entered the Eastern Palace in the past few days, no matter they are civil officials or military generals, or eunuchs and palace maids, must be investigated." Zhu Di said coldly.

"Yes!" Zhu Gaochi and Ji Gang immediately bowed and said.

"Boss, Sakyabao, let's go!" Zhu Di said and turned around.

Zhu Gaochi hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, I have to comfort the families of those, those, those people. These people are all the children that the family values, and now they are gone in the East Palace. My son, my son needs to give them an explanation."

"Ah!" Zhu Di sighed and waved his hands. "Those who have children will inherit the rank of Qian Hu or above. Those who don't have children will be selected from their brothers. Each of them will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver. If you don't have money, Shijiabao, you can lend it to your eldest cousin first, and deduct it from your eldest cousin's dividend."

"Ah, this is fine!" Xu Qin was very surprised. Just to watch the fun, he had to pay more than 200,000 taels.

"Dad, isn't this a bit too much of a reward? Will the border soldiers have any objections to this kind of reward?" Zhu Gaochi immediately said with a bow. Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and sighed, "Boss, the Ming Daily cannot stop."

When Zhu Gaochi heard what Zhu Di said, he understood and immediately said, "Yes, Dad, I thought too simply. Dad, I will do as you say."

"Come on, Sakya Bao, have a couple of drinks with your uncle," Zhu Di said to Xu Qin.

"Okay!" Xu Qin nodded. Zhu Di obviously wanted to kill someone, but he didn't know who to kill. Now he hadn't figured it out clearly, so Zhu Di could only feel angry.

Zhu Di said nothing along the way and led Xu Qin straight to the Qianqing Palace. When they arrived at a side room, Zhu Di asked someone to prepare food.

Zhu Di sat in that side room, not saying a word, his face looking terribly dark.

I waited until my father-in-law brought the food and closed the door.

Zhu Di looked at Xu Qin and said, "You bastard, you can't even pour wine? I'll pour you a drink? Aren't you afraid that your father will find out and beat you?"

"Ah? You want to drink? You were sitting there without saying anything, I thought you didn't eat so fast!" When Xu Qin heard what Zhu Di said, he immediately stood up, took the wine jug, and started pouring wine for Zhu Di.

"Fill up your own too." Zhu Di said.

Xu Qin filled his own glass, but Zhu Di picked up his glass and drank it in one gulp. Xu Qin had no choice but to continue filling Zhu Di's glass. Zhu Di picked up the glass and drank another glass. Xu Qin continued to pour more, and Zhu Di continued to drink. After three glasses of wine, Xu Qin filled his glass again.

"You sit there! I'll do it myself!" Zhu Di said to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin put down the wine jug and returned to his seat.

"See it? It's cruel enough, right? You bastard, do me some honor." Zhu Di said to Xu Qin.

"What do you mean? What does this have to do with me?" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Di in confusion.

"Why is it okay? Do you think I was joking when I said I would move the capital to Beijing? I'm telling you, you bastard, if I stayed here for another ten years, I wouldn't know how I would die. Didn't you see it today? The East Palace was set on fire. Fortunately, it was those sons of military merit. What if it was at night? What if it was set while the eldest brother's family was asleep? If a fire was set, think about it? If it could take your aunt's life, I don't think I would be angry much.

"These bastards are so bold! They dared to set fire to the Eastern Palace. The Eastern Palace is where the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty stays. It is heavily guarded. How dare they? How did they do it?" Zhu Di said angrily.

Xu Qin nodded when he heard it. It was indeed horrible. Fortunately, it was the sons of the nobles who were burned. If Zhu Gaochi's family was really burned, it is conceivable that Zhu Di would go crazy. During this period, Xu Qin also discovered that Zhu Di really liked Zhu Gaochi. Although Zhu Gaochi said that Zhu Di would pit Zhu Gaochi for no reason, Zhu Di completely cultivated Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince and gave him enough trust and attention.

If Zhu Gaochi died at this time, it would be a much greater blow to Zhu Yuanzhang than the death of Crown Prince Yiwen due to illness. Crown Prince Yiwen died of illness, while Zhu Gaochi was murdered. Do you think Zhu Di would vomit blood?

The key is that Zhu Yuanzhang had many sons. Even if he did not choose Zhu Yunwen as his heir, Zhu Yuanzhang could still choose a more outstanding son to inherit the throne from among his many sons. However, Zhu Di had only three sons, and the second and third sons were too weak in their academic performance. Zhu Di would not consider the second and third sons unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Shakyabao, please run the Trade Bureau for me and get me some money. I need to go to Beijing as soon as possible. I will be murdered by those officials here at any time. Fortunately, you are here. Otherwise, it will take more than ten years to build Beijing. But now it is almost done. The canal will be dredged this year. With money, everything will be done quickly. Without money, everything needs to be calculated.

"The boss has suffered a lot in recent years and is also anxious, but the Ming Dynasty has only so much money. There are Tatars in the north and Japanese pirates in the south. What do you think we should do? The boss doesn't know how to fight, so I have to help him to wipe out all the enemies. In this way, the boss won't have to be so tired and afraid! He can focus on governing the country." Zhu Di said a little excitedly as he sat there.

After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and said to Xu Qin: "Come on, let's have a drink!"

Xu Qin immediately picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Zhu Di. Zhu Di drank it in one gulp, and Xu Qin could only drink it in one gulp as well.

Xu Qin wanted to pour wine, but Zhu Di waved his hand and picked up the wine pot to pour wine, then shouted: "Send a pot of wine in!"

Immediately, a eunuch brought in a pot of wine and placed it in front of Xu Qin. Xu Qin took the pot and poured himself some wine.

Zhu Di said, "Just finish that pot."

Xu Qin nodded. It was not much, just less than a catty, probably around eight ounces at most. Considering his alcohol tolerance, it was nothing.

"Tell me, what should we do next? You can see that this is a warning, not only to me, but also to those scholars who go to the Daming Daily. They will kill anyone who dares to go. The Daming Daily makes them so opposed, which means that we did the right thing in this matter." Zhu Di said excitedly to Xu Qin.

(End of this chapter)