Chapter 36: A Sudden Plague
Zhu Gaoxu has nothing to say about this.
Including him going to see Xu Zilin, the other party's opinion is also very clear, that is, he is unwilling to set foot in the disputes of the royal family.
This is also the reason why Zhu Gaoxu chose to contact Xu Zilin only as a child of a family after learning about it in advance.
"That's it, since you have done nothing leaky in this matter, I have nothing to say, if you negotiate with Xu Zilin in the future, remember to protect your identity well."
After that, Zhu Di waved his hand and motioned for Zhu Gaoxu to leave.
Zhu Gaoxu did not hesitate, and turned around and left directly.
It wasn't until he walked far away that Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief.
Only he knew that when facing Zhu Di just now, he was afraid that Zhu Di would be unhappy and drive him away.
Fortunately, it was about Xu Zilin, and Zhu Di was not angry.
But Zhu Gaoxu's eyes sank, and he didn't understand why Zhu Di valued Xu Zilin so much.
Even his own son, Zhu Di doesn't care so much, but he cares about an unknown county order.
With a sigh, Zhu Gaoxu still went back to his house.
Not long after, the dark night came to see Zhu Gaoxu.
"Master, it's still not easy for my subordinates in the palace to come forward, and I was almost discovered by Jinyiwei just now."
Dark Night knelt in front of Zhu Gaoxu and said to him.
Zhu Gaoxu laughed, he didn't seem to care about this, he looked down at the dark night in front of him.
"If this king is not mistaken, a few days ago, my father had already asked Jinyiwei to check the information of this Xu Zilin, and now you have to find a way to get the information they have found, understand."
Dark Night nodded hurriedly.
"Go, if you can't do it, this king will go to Ji Gang in person."
The night didn't speak, and his figure disappeared in a split second.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the tall palace wall, and for a moment, he really wanted to abandon all this and leave the palace.
But his thought only appeared for a moment, and he was suppressed by himself again.
After Zhu Di's batch of wine was settled, he began to let people start to go out to advertise.
And Zhu Di always brings a bottle of wine when he goes to court.
Gradually, many ministers became interested in the wine.
"Did you see it today, the wine in His Majesty's hand looks very delicious!"
"Haven't you heard, that wine costs fifteen taels and one bottle for the time being, it is still limited, if you want to buy it again in the future, it will have to rise by five taels of silver!"
"Can we afford such an expensive wine?"
"Forget it."
The ministers all gathered together to discuss the wine.
And these words all reached Zhu Di's ears without exception.
"It seems that these ministers of mine are still very interested in the fruit wine in my hands."
Zhu Di's eyes shook the fruit wine in his hand with joy.
The transparent liquid is in the bottle, and then it is illuminated by the sun, which looks radiant.
"But Your Majesty, forgive the slave for talking too much, is this price too high, and there are not many people who can buy it for fifteen taels, not to mention that it will rise."
The voice of the eunuch on the side became quieter and quieter.
Only then did Zhu Di turn his head to look at the eunuch.
"Then you think that my decision-making is not good, what good ideas do you have?"
Zhu Di was actually not angry, but the eunuch knelt directly on the ground.
"Your Majesty, the slave just said it casually, and ask Your Majesty for forgiveness!"
Zhu Di was a little helpless to support his forehead.
"I'm not angry, I just want to know what you think."
The eunuch hesitated for a long time, he secretly glanced up at the look on Zhu Di's face, and confirmed that Zhu Di was really not angry before continuing to speak.
"Your Majesty, the minions think that we don't want to increase the price, it's better to set the price higher, otherwise if they go directly to find some civilians to buy it, won't we have to sell it to them at the original price."
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
The eunuch's words were indeed reasonable, and they were said in Zhu Di's heart.
"If it's directly priced at twenty taels, can it still be sold?"
Zhu Di frowned and looked at the eunuch.
After all, when I bought it in Penglai County before, I felt that a bottle of five taels was very expensive, but if I sold it for twenty taels, I was afraid that no one would buy it at all.
The eunuch listened to Zhu Di's question and fell silent.
He hadn't drunk this wine, but he just felt that since Zhu Di said it was delicious, it must be no worse.
"Your Majesty, this wine is in the name of the royal family, and with such a delicious taste, someone will definitely buy it."
Zhu Di laughed at this time.
"In this case, then do as you say, just start selling at twenty taels, and you can start today."
The eunuch received the order, and then went out to make arrangements.
It's just that Ji Gang suddenly walked in in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, the minister has important things to do!"
"Come in without a word of notice?"
Zhu Di looked at Ji Gang in front of him with some unhappiness.
But seeing that Ji Gang has never been so unruly, he also understands in his heart that something big should have happened.
"Tell me what the hell is going on."
"Your Majesty, the plague broke out, from Shouyi County, and now it has spread to the nearby county seats, and the local county order also saw that the situation was really unbearable, so he sent someone to bring it up."
Ji Gang raised his head and looked at Zhu Di with burning eyes.
Zhu Di's heart was suddenly shocked.
"Plague? Why the plague! ”
"The minister doesn't know, but now the court should react as soon as possible."
Zhu Di sighed helplessly.
"Even so, immediately call the minister into the palace to face the saint."
Ji Gang nodded in agreement, then got up and left.
Zhu Di only thinks that there are really a lot of things recently.
And before Ji Gang could go to find those ministers in person, several household officials hurriedly entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, several officials from the household department are here."
When Zhu Di felt his head jump suddenly, the eunuch waiting at the door said to Zhu Di.
"Xuan."
Zhu Di sighed, and then said loudly.
Soon, several officials knelt in front of Zhu Di.
"Your Majesty, there is an outbreak of the epidemic today, and the ministers have received an urgent report."
"The plague broke out in Shouyi County, the infected people had no one to take care of them, their parents died, their children fled, and the people had no food to eat and no sleep."
"De'an County is very contagious, infecting no less than dozens of people every day, there are whole families infected with the plague, messing around, and there are many corpses that no one has collected!"
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Zhu Di listened to the minister's announcement, and he was shocked for a moment.
"Why the plague is so serious, I don't know! What do you bureaucrats do on weekdays eat! ”
"Your Majesty, these things were only known to the ministers and others reported by the government government, they thought it was just some minor illness, and they didn't take it to heart, but later found that they couldn't control it, so they were forced to report it."