"Stop yelling in front of me. When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. Now, besides you, who still cares about your father?"
Looking at the nonchalant Rosen, Zhu Di gradually calmed down.
Even if he went out now and said that Rosen insulted the Grand Emperor, no one would believe him.
"You said, if I…"
"No."
Rosen directly denied Zhu Di's words before he could finish.
"Mr. Rosen, what do you think of King?"
"He has the appearance of a powerful ruler."
"Then, Mr. Rosen, are you willing to help King?"
"What's in it for me?"
Zhu Di smiled: "If King can truly obtain that position one day, you will be the most esteemed among the dukes and marquises."
Rosen shook his head: "If you become emperor, dismiss my son from office, and expel him from the court."
Zhu Di raised an eyebrow. Many talented individuals and extraordinary people under his command sought wealth and profit, as well as fame and power, but there was only one who wanted his son to lose his official position.
"Why?"
"A bookworm in the imperial court will either become a Puppet to be manipulated, or he will become like those Confucian scholars, gradually losing himself and becoming corrupt. I, Rosen, can afford a useless son, but I do not need a son who harms the common people."
"What help can Mr. Rosen provide King?"
"You want money, I'll give you money. You want grain, I'll give you grain. I can even send you out of Yingtian Prefecture if you want to leave now."
Zhu Di looked at Rosen in surprise: "King truly did not know that the Luo family had such a fortune, and to pay so much just to make a son lose his official position and title."
"It's better than future generations nailing him to the pillar of shame and humiliating him."
"Are you so unoptimistic about your own son?"
"I'm unoptimistic about him and Zhu Yunwen."
"How does King know you weren't sent by Zhu Yunwen to test him?"
"A month from now, ten million taels of silver will be delivered to the Prince of Yan's Mansion in Shuntian Prefecture. You can wait for news from the Prince of Yan's Mansion."
Zhu Di's pupils suddenly constricted. What was the concept of ten million taels of silver?
When Zhu Yuanzhang first ascended the throne, it was seven million taels, and in recent years, it had reached twenty-eight million taels.
In other words, Rosen could provide more than thirty percent of the national treasury's income to him in one go.
Rosen got up and waved his hand: "If you have any other needs, find a trustworthy subordinate to work at my residence."
At this moment, Zhu Di truly believed Rosen's words, as no one would use so much money for an entrapment operation.
In the following days, Zhu Yunwen began to openly reduce the power of the feudal lords, and his methods were extremely cruel.
Each of Zhu Yunwen's imperial uncles was in constant fear, and Zhu Di, trapped in Yingtian Prefecture, even began to feign madness, even fighting with dogs for food.
"Your Highness, you can't eat that… you can't eat that…"
A steward from the Prince of Yan's Mansion pulled at Zhu Di, but Zhu Di ignored him and burrowed into the pigsty.
The steward of the Prince of Yan's Mansion whispered in Zhu Di's ear: "Your Highness, a letter came from the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Half a month ago, a merchant caravan delivered ten million taels of silver to the Prince of Yan's Mansion."
Zhu Di trembled all over, and the steward pulled Zhu Di towards his residence.
"Don't pull me, how dare you, how dare you obstruct King from tasting delicacies."
Along the way, Zhu Di's actions and words attracted many onlookers, but Zhu Di continued to perform diligently as if no one else was present.
He returned to his residence, and after confirming that no one was around, Zhu Di shed his mad demeanor, and his eyes became sharp.
"Was it true that ten million taels of silver were delivered to the Prince of Yan's Mansion?"
"Absolutely true, it was a letter written by the Princess of Yan herself. I burned it after reading it, I didn't dare to keep it. Please forgive King."
Zhu Di waved his hand. He naturally trusted the steward beside him, and his actions were to ensure that the news would not leak.
If the young emperor knew that his Prince of Yan's Mansion had ten million taels of silver, could he still sit idly by?
"Go to Drunken Immortal Restaurant and buy three catties and three taels of braised offal."
"Your Highness… this…"
"Go, the owner of Drunken Immortal Restaurant knows what it means."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Three quarters of an hour later, the steward returned.
"Your Highness, the things have been bought."
"Did the owner of Drunken Immortal Restaurant say anything?"
"The owner said that at three-quarters past Shenshi in the evening, a barrel of swill would pass by the gate of the Prince of Yan's Mansion."
Zhu Di nodded, having no objection to this.
Wasn't it just hiding in a swill bucket to get out? As long as he could leave Yingtian Prefecture, he would even be willing to hide in a dung bucket.
In the evening, a cart of swill barrels passed by the mansion gate on time. The guards arranged by Zhu Yunwen outside the gate were nowhere to be seen at this moment. Zhu Di quickly emerged from the gate and climbed into a swill barrel.
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