Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 105 You Are Just Too Stupid
At daybreak, white lanterns were hung high in the palace. The whole mansion was covered in mourning and the sound of weeping continued.

A coffin fell in the center of the hall. More than a dozen descendants of the Wang family knelt on both sides of the coffin, sobbing softly.

The whole mansion was deserted and no one from the officialdom came to pay their respects to Wang Yue.

To Chen Ce's surprise, he saw a familiar face.

Wang Shouren stood in front of the coffin in a daze, looking sadly at Wang Yue's body lying in the coffin, his eyes red.

He always wanted to study with Wang Yue, but in the end he never got the chance.

Chen Ce ignored Wang Shouren, first burned three incense sticks for Wang Yue, came to Wang Yue's coffin, glanced at Wang Yue who was lying quietly, and walked away after a moment of silence.

After finding Wang Sun, Chen Ce stated his purpose.

Not long after, Wang Sun came out of the side room with a small package in her hand. She sobbed and said to Chen Ce, "Before our master went to prison, he told me that if anything happened to him, I should give these hidden things to you, Mr. Chen."

Chen Ce nodded, and his thousands of words merged into one sentence: "My condolences."

Chen Ce was neither sad nor happy, he just felt a little stuffy in his chest, as if he couldn't breathe. He could only breathe deeply after leaving the palace.

Thinking about the little things he had experienced with the old man before, and then seeing him commit suicide in such a cowardly way, Chen Ce felt mixed emotions.

The northwest lost a stabilizing force, the Ming Dynasty lost a famous general, and Zhu Houzhao lost a talented person to assist the country.

We walked back to Huaihua Hutong in silence.

Chen Ce sat dejectedly in the middle hall. The relationship between him and Wang Yue was very subtle, neither very good nor very bad. It was just a friendship between gentlemen, at least he thought so.

In fact, the ending was foreseeable after Wang Yue entered Beijing. When Wang Yue intervened and forced Emperor Hongzhi to give him an explanation to the northwestern soldiers, his fate was already determined.

It’s not that Chen Ce didn’t try to change, but to no avail.

Wang Yue's temperament has already been fixed. He is not Zhu Houzhao, who can reshape his values ​​and personality. This also means that Chen Ce's few words of advice will not be enough to change Wang Yue's temperament.

Just like all the wars and killings in his life, without victory, there is failure, and there is no such thing as a draw.

He wants to die to prove his will, but who will sympathize with you? Who has the conscience to sympathize with you?
In the officialdom, people say that when a person leaves, the tea gets cold. Don't you understand this truth? What can you gain by dying? Can you change an ending that is destined to be unchangeable?
You yourself know that this is impossible.

You are just too cowardly. In order to frame you, they massacred the entire two villages, but you didn't even have the courage to let the enemy in.

A crystal teardrop slowly fell down Chen Ce's cheek, and Chen Ce carefully opened the small package that Wang Yue had given him before his death.

This is the other half of the wolf head token, which can be combined with the one he gave me before to form a complete wolf head token.

Wang Yue said that the more than one hundred spies he trained were absolutely loyal to him. Now that he is dead, whoever possesses the Wolf Head Order will be the owner of this group of spies.

Holding the heavy wolf head order, Chen Ce sighed slightly.

This group of spies are now mainly used against foreign enemies. They are front-line elite talents. Wang Yue attaches so much importance to them, which shows that this group of people must be really capable and absolutely loyal.

Chen Ce put away the wolf head order.

There was also a letter in the package. Those were the only two things, nothing else.

Chen Ce opened the letter with a slight tremor and read it word by word.

"Chun Jian, do you think I'm a coward? I'm a coward?"

Since you knew this, why did you say goodbye to me in this way?

Chen Ce breathed heavily, and his grip on the letter tightened a little as he continued to read.

"Before coming to Beijing, I felt that my body was about to run out of energy."

"It might not be a bad thing to die in this way. I can always make the emperor feel a little guilty, even a little bit, that's enough."

"Maybe he will be nicer and more attentive to the Northwest soldiers in the future."

"Our current emperor was born into a lowly family, and has been gentle in everything since he ascended the throne. He has a completely different temperament from the previous emperor, which means he is destined to think too much, balance too much, and rely too much on civil servants when handling things." "I don't blame him. I have already thought about the consequences of being imprisoned. It is likely that the emperor will handle the matter coldly and drag it out, but I still want to wait for a hope."

It turns out you knew everything.

So when you were in prison, didn't you think about getting out alive?
"Okay, let's not talk about the court. I'm already dead, so don't scold me. I'm going to apologize to you, okay?"

Chen Ce couldn't laugh.

"Chun Jian, you are a good talent, but it's a pity that I met you too late."

"Live well and teach the prince well. I hope that under your guidance, the next dynasty of the Ming Dynasty can truly realize the glory of the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties and wash away the decadence of the Tumu era!"

"Turn the tide before it falls, and support the building before it collapses!"

After reading the letter, Chen Ce was silent for a long time. Just as he put the letter on the desk, he suddenly found words on the back.

"Haha, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Chen Ce: “…”

"I didn't think of dying because I couldn't defeat the civil officials. I'm too lazy to argue with them. You should also not provoke them. Just do your job quietly and don't cause any trouble."

Oh, are you afraid that I will avenge you?
Otherwise I would say that you are too cowardly. You didn't even take a few people with you to die with you. Now that you are dead, others are still alive and well, eating and drinking well.

After reading the letter, Chen Ce burned it and let out a long breath.

dong dong dong.

There was a hurried knock on the door. Chen Ce took a deep breath, walked out of the hall and opened the door.

Zhu Houzhao said nervously: "Little brother, Wang Yue, Wang Yue..."

"died?"

what?
You know all this? Why are you so calm?
"How did you know?"

Chen Ce said calmly: "I just did a divination."

Zhu Houzhao looked up at Chen Ce cautiously and asked, "Are you okay?"

After all, you have a good relationship with the old man, and I’m afraid you can’t bear it.

Are you pretending to be strong?

He looked around, pulled Chen Ce into the middle hall, and said, "Little brother, cry, I won't tell anyone. Don't hold it in, just cry it out."

Chen Ce was speechless: "He is not my father. If he dies, he dies. What else can I do? He made his own choice."

that's it?
"You, you really don't care?"

Chen Ce said: "Everyone will die sooner or later, and so will I. Okay, stop comforting me, I'm fine."

Zhu Houzhao hummed, thought for a moment, and then said, "The court is still arguing."

Chen Ce frowned and said, "People are dead, but you are still arguing about military merits?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "The matter has been settled. No one is pursuing it anymore. Now they are arguing about the posthumous honor and title for Wang Yue."

"The Emperor wishes to posthumously confer the title of Grand Tutor on Wang Yue, with the posthumous title of Xiangmin."

This is the posthumous title of a first-class military general. Emperor Hongzhi affirmed Wang Yue's absolute contribution to the military achievements of the Ming Dynasty.

"But the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War believed that Wang Yue had a bad reputation during his lifetime, so they gave him the posthumous title of Su Yi."

This is a second-level posthumous title, which is obviously not worthy of Wang Yue's outstanding military achievements.

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