My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 97 Civilian Group
Yuan Fu and Yu Shiji were discussing the matter in the study, but the Jinyiwei were still conducting an intensive investigation outside.

Xu Qin was lying in the cell, thinking about this matter. Xu Jingchang was also there. He didn't want to go back. It was more interesting to follow his elder brother.

Xu Qin was lying on the bed while Xu Jingchang was sitting there counting the money he had lent out and how much money he had not yet received back.

"Gou Wa, how much money do people outside owe you?" Xu Qin suddenly asked while lying there.

"It's more than four hundred taels, brother. After you get out, if they don't return it, we will beat them." Xu Jingchang said happily when he heard Xu Qin ask this.

Xu Qin rolled his eyes. He earned thousands of taels a day, and he had to fight for a few hundred taels? But he was helpless against Xu Jingchang. What could he do? His father was gone, his own father was imprisoned, and his second uncle was in Beijing. If he was bullied, who would stand up for him? Who else could he do except himself?

Although the Queen would pay attention to Xu Jingchang, she was in the palace and it was impossible for her to take care of everything. Moreover, many times, when someone bullied you, you couldn't find evidence and you couldn't do anything about it.

Either solve it with fists, or take revenge when you grow up. But now, it's difficult, you have to endure it. Xu Qin doesn't want Xu Jingchang to endure it, so just beat him.

"Gou Wa, go and do something for your brother." Xu Qin said while lying there.

When Xu Jingchang heard this, he immediately closed his account book, ran to sit next to Xu Qin, and looked at Xu Jingchang.

"Tomorrow you go out and find those people who lent you money and tell them that you want to know who is plotting against me. It would be best if you have evidence. If you have any information, I will provide you with money worth between one hundred and one thousand taels. If the information is important, I can add more money." Xu Qin said to Xu Jingchang.

Most of the people in the Imperial College have fathers who come from extraordinary families. Their fathers know a lot of information, and through them, they can find out a lot of important situations that they need to sort out.

Xu Qin always felt that he had overlooked something. He had offended those princesses, eunuchs, and palace maids, but now those ministers were also impeaching him. This was a bit wrong. He had no connection with those ministers. At most, he had beaten Chen Tangjin. At most, it was Chen Ying and those who wanted to curry favor with Chen Ying who impeached him.

But now, it seems that this is not the case. There are civil officials who are also impeaching him without his knowledge.

"Brother, there's no need to give so much!" Xu Jingchang said to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin turned his head and looked at Xu Jingchang. Xu Jingchang said, "If you give those people a hundred taels of silver, they may not dare to take it. Five to fifty taels will be enough. Brother, don't worry. I will go and spread the news. I still have money. I will give it to them when the time comes. Many of them owe me money. I will ask them for the money. If they don't give it to me, I will ask them to go and get the news and exchange it for money."

"Well, will they do it for such a small amount of money?" Xu Qin looked at Xu Jingchang suspiciously and asked.

"Brother, believe me, they just want to make some money and go to Qinhuai River. Do you think they are very successful? In order to go to Qinhuai River, they even stole and sold the not very valuable but inconspicuous things in their homes. They are very well-informed. They can find out how many concubines each official has." Xu Jingchang sat there and said to Xu Qin with a smile.

"Ah?" Xu Qin was very surprised. He immediately sat up and stretched out his hand towards the teacup in the distance. Xu Jingchang immediately went to bring it to Xu Qin.

"Brother, don't worry, I will go find other people. The eldest aunt also said that someone was plotting against you, and you also said that someone was plotting against you. That won't do. Those who plotted against our family will all be beaten to death." Xu Jingchang saw Xu Qin drinking tea and immediately said to Xu Qin.

"Well, Gou Wa, if you don't have enough money, I'll give it to you. We just want the information. Money is not important to us. Your brother's workshop makes millions of taels a year. He is not short of money! But you have to evaluate this matter yourself. How much money can buy the real information? Don't just think about saving money! Remember, things that can be solved with money are not a big deal." Xu Qin handed the teacup to Xu Jingchang. Xu Jingchang put it away and nodded immediately after hearing Xu Qin's words.

After Xu Jingchang put it away, he came to Xu Qin and said, "Brother, those people don't have much brains. Think about it, they even borrow money at high interest rates, how can they have any brains? I'm stupid, but they are even more stupid than me. Anyway, brother, just leave it to me, I'll go and find out for you."

"Okay!" Xu Qin nodded.

Then he sat up, got a pot of water, put it on the stove, and thought about this matter in his mind.

Now it seems that not only the princesses and the eunuchs in the weaving bureau, but also the palace maids want to die, but there are others who also want to die.

This is weird. You are fighting, but you can't let yourself die, right?
The only possibility is that the Weaving Bureau's overseas trade affected the interests of others, including those of the civil officials.

However, it is still unknown whether they will make a profit or a loss since it is their first time going out to sea. How can they be so sure that their interests have been affected?

The Weaving Bureau goes out to sea for trade, and you also need to purchase civilian materials. This is beneficial to those merchants, but why do they want to deal with you? Do they also want to engage in sea trade?
Xu Qin boiled some water, picked up the teacup next to him, sat down, and thought about this matter.

The next day, Xu Jingchang brought back breakfast from outside. After the two brothers ate together, Xu Jingchang went out.

Xu Qin was sitting in the cell drawing. At noon, Xu Jingchang came back and brought back food and some clothes for Xu Qin to change into.

"Brother, I heard that officials from the six ministries and other departments are opposed to the Weaving Bureau's overseas trade. Some people said that they don't want the Weaving Bureau's money to be out of the control of the court." Xu Jingchang stood there, serving Xu Qin his meal, and spoke in a low voice.

"Escape from the control of the court?" Xu Qin turned his head and looked at Xu Jingchang, who nodded.

Xu Qin began to think again. After thinking about what he knew about the Ming Dynasty, he suddenly smiled bitterly. He was so busy that he didn't realize how powerful the civil service group of the Ming Dynasty was.

They would find ways to kill any disobedient emperor, let alone themselves.

It seems that I need to deal with some civil officials, otherwise, they really think I am easy to bully.

"Go and find out who is against it, especially those who are very happy to jump out of it." Xu Qin said to Xu Jingchang.

"Brother, the news has been released. There will be news coming in the next few days." Xu Jingchang immediately said proudly to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "You still need to find out one more piece of information, that is, whether the merchant ship capsized this time, and who released the news? Also, why are those civil officials staring at me? I want to confirm my guess."

"Okay, I'll remember it!" Xu Jingchang nodded.

In the next few days, Xu Jingchang went out to inquire about news during the day. At noon and in the evening, he would personally deliver meals here. He would sleep here at night and go out after eating here in the morning.

Xu Qin was gathering more and more information, and it had to be said that much of the information Xu Jingchang had inquired about was useful.

Xu Qin also registered all the names he had found out and slowly sorted out the relationships. For example, Yuan Fu, the Dali Temple Minister, also impeached himself, even though he had nothing to do with him. However, Yuan Fu's wife's family was a famous salt and timber merchant in Jiangxi Province, and many people in his wife's family were officials in the capital.

There is also Jiang Zuoxin, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. His family is a famous grain merchant in Fuzhou, and his family is extremely wealthy. There are reports that his family may have gone out to sea to do business, but nothing can be found.

Xu Qin looked at the news from those officials, connected the dots, and slowly figured it out. These bastards not only wanted to stop the Weaving Bureau from going out to sea for trade, but also hoped that customs would be established quickly so that their goods could be shipped out to sea immediately. Those merchants had the power to do so.

Xu Qin gritted his teeth when he saw the news. He was the one who proposed the customs, but instead of thanking him, they wanted to kill him. It was because he was helping His Majesty with work at the Weaving Bureau.

In addition, it is now clear that that group of people wanted to control the court, regulate Zhu Di's behavior, prevent Zhu Di from resorting to violence, and even completely separate the army from Zhu Di.

If you want to control the army, you must have money, but if the Weaving Bureau has money, they will have no way to restrict the army.

Therefore, they were very opposed to the fact that the court had more money than they expected.

In addition, they were worried that Zhu Di would be another Zhu Yuanzhang, who would kill their civil officials at will. After all, when Zhu Di just entered Nanjing City, he killed Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and others.

Those civil officials didn't care what Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai had done. They just knew that it was Zhu Di who killed them. They were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and could not be killed.

"Good guy, okay, okay!" Xu Qin looked at the information and cursed with gritted teeth.

At this moment, in Yuan Fu's house, Yuan Fu, Yu Shiji and Jiang Zuoxin were drinking tea happily. Now, Zhu Di was holding back the memorial concerning the Weaving Bureau and the memorial to deal with Xu Qin, but they were not in a hurry anymore.

"What do you think, how will His Majesty punish us when those merchant ships return?" Yuan Fu said proudly as he sat there.

Jiang Zuoxin smiled and said, "How should we deal with it? We are all here for the court, so we can't write a letter to impeach him? As for the rumors, what does it have to do with us?
Besides, the merchant ship has been gone for so long and hasn't come back yet, shouldn't we be worried?"

"Well, His Majesty can't do anything to us. He has no evidence and can't find any clues. He can't just kill us without any reason, right?" Yu Shiji also smiled and picked up the teacup and said,

The three of them were extremely proud.

(End of this chapter)