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

Chapter 106: One Knife to Solve the Problem, No Bullshit

Putting aside the posthumous title, Emperor Hongzhi made the decision to suspend court for one day for Wang Yue.

Tomorrow, all government offices across the country will stop working, and the whole country will mourn for Wang Yue.

Zhu Houzhao sighed and said indignantly: "This group of civil servants is really disgusting!"

"I didn't understand it before, but this time I finally understand the ugly faces of these guys."

It seems that the old man’s death was not in vain. At least his Royal Highness the Crown Prince learned about the virtues of civil servants.

"The person is dead, what else is there to let go of? They are still holding on to Wang Yue's dirt to hold him accountable. They don't consider General Wang's contribution to the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty at all."

"Also, the emperor wanted to offer sacrifices at nine altars and to grant General Wang the title of Viscount, but the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War rejected it. They believed that Wang Yue's murder of innocent people and his deception of his superiors did not mean that Wang Yue was innocent, and he should not be given such a great honor."

At this point, Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth. He couldn't bear to watch it any longer. It was really too much!
The old general is dead, so you can make up whatever you want about him now, right?
You all attack me when I'm alive, and now you want to attack my descendants and honors when I'm dead. This is not right, it's too much!

Chen Ce sighed and said, "Okay, don't be angry. We can't interfere in the affairs of the court officials."

Zhu Houzhao said indignantly: "Little brother, aren't you angry? After all, General Wang has a good relationship with you."

Chen Ce said helplessly: "What's the point of getting angry? I'm just an ordinary citizen. It's good to have a good relationship, but there's nothing I can do."

Zhu Houzhao snorted, "I can! I'm going to argue with them."

Chen Ce stopped Zhu Houzhao and said, "Don't interfere."

"What?"

Because you are the prince, there may be bureaucrats and literati with lack of moral integrity among them, but you cannot kill them all with one blow.

You will still need them in the early stages of your consolidation of the throne. I may not live to see that time, so I have to ensure a smooth transfer of power in the early stages.

Chen Ce said: "You are a Jinyiwei, and you offended the civil officials. Don't you want to live?"

Zhu Houzhao blushed and said, "I, I..."

I'm not really a royal guard, I'm the crown prince.

"One should not interfere in other's affairs if one is not in a position to do so. I believe the emperor will not be so unkind as to show such a favor."

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Okay."

"Hey!"

"The Northwest has lost its backbone. Who will guard Hami in the future?" Zhu Houzhao sighed.

Chen Ce was also thinking about this. Who should guard Hami in the future? Looking at the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, who else could guard Hami except Wang Yue?

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Zhu Houzhao didn't want to talk about these heavy topics, and said to Chen Ce: "Little brother, I'll take you out to relax."

Chen Ce didn't want to go out, but he couldn't resist Zhu Houzhao's enthusiasm. Zhu Houzhao always felt that Chen Ce's attitude was a little abnormal, and it seemed that he was just holding back his anger.

On Zhengyang Street.

Wang Shouren stopped the sedan chair of the Ministry of War, and argued with red face, questioning why Wang Zongyi, the right vice minister of the Ministry of War, did not give Wang Yue the posthumous title of Xiangmin.

Seeing that more and more people were studying, Wang Zongyi called on the officials of Shuntian Prefecture to arrest Wang Shouren and make an example of him.

Chen Ce watched silently without saying anything. Zhu Houzhao accompanied Chen Ce and passed by the residence of the Minister of Personnel Tu Yu.

Chen Ce saw Wang Sunshi walking out of Tu's house in mourning, her eyes red and tears on her old cheeks. He bowed deeply and begged Tu Yu to speak a word for Wang Yue in the court for the sake of their teacher-student relationship.

Wang Yue has died. His family hopes that Wang Yue will be honored and celebrated after his death, so that his life of serving the Ming Dynasty will not be in vain.

The family members of the Wang Mansion said to Wang Sun with a bad look: "Our master has long cut off his relationship with Wang Yue. You, woman, please stop disturbing the peace of our Tu Mansion!"

Zhu Houzhao was furious. He walked over, pointed at the servant and shouted, "She is Wang Yue's wife. How can you, a lowly slave, humiliate her?"

The servant of the Tu Mansion said, "I am just spreading the master's words."

"How the court handles Wang Yue's funeral is the court's business. If you have the guts, go find the emperor. Why bother with our master?"

Chen Ce stood in the distance and watched quietly, shaking his head and whispering, "Look, old man, this is what you died for?"

"They've even started to bully your family." Zhu Houzhao came over angrily, blushing and saying, "How abominable!"

"I will inform the Emperor about this!"

Chen Ce asked Zhu Houzhao in return: "Did he do anything wrong? No, right?"

"This, this, this..."

Zhu Houzhao felt aggrieved for Wang Yue.

"Okay, let's go eat."

Chen Ce said something to Zhu Houzhao, and he turned back silently, watching several of Wang Sun's descendants supporting his elderly body and slowly leaving. That back figure looked so lonely, aggrieved and unwilling!

……

In the evening, Chen Ce could finally stay alone and quietly in the courtyard of Huaihua Hutong.

The sky is gloomy and it looks like it's going to snow soon.

It’s almost the New Year’s Eve.

Chen Ce wrote a letter on the stone table, put half of the wolf head token into the small box, then walked out and came to an escort agency. He handed the small box to the other party and gave them a large sum of money, asking them to ensure that the letter was delivered safely to the northwest.

Three days later, after the negotiation between Emperor Hongzhi and the civil officials, the civil officials compromised and gave in. In the end, Wang Yue was given the posthumous title of Xiangmin and the title of Taifu. However, his grandson should have been granted the title of Viscount, but in the end he was only granted the title of Imperial College Student.

I'm afraid they did this because they were afraid that Wang Yue's descendants would become too powerful.

Both sides made concessions.

In the middle of December in the eleventh year of the Hongzhi reign, an incident of considerable importance occurred in Weinan County, Shaanxi Province. The magistrate of Weinan drowned.

In late December, a few inconspicuous peddlers entered the capital, exhausted and inconspicuous among the crowd.

On December 23rd, Chen Ce went out to buy groceries early in the morning as usual, came back to have lunch, and arrived at a mansion in the evening.

He was just an ordinary citizen in Huaihua Hutong, and no one would notice Chen Ce's whereabouts.

There were six men in the mansion, and they were as ordinary as could be.

When they saw Chen Ce, they clasped their fists and said, "Sir! The old general..."

Chen Ce pressed his hand, "Is it safe here?"

The other person nodded.

Chen Ce hummed and said, "What did the Weinan County Magistrate spit out?"

"Who are the people in the court?"

The other party said: "The military selection department of the Ministry of War sent a letter to the massacre of the villagers. The order was issued by Wang Zongyi, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War."

Chen Ce nodded, looked at the five men beside the leading man, and said softly: "You will die."

Several people didn't care at all: "We knew it before we came. Sir, please tell us what we should do?"

Chen Ce said: "On this New Year's Eve, the military selection department of the Ministry of War, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the censor inspecting the northwest. Kill them all!"

"you……"

Chen Ce lowered his head silently, and the five men said indifferently: "After killing them, we will commit suicide."

Yes, this group of peddlers are the Northwest spies assigned to Chen Ce by Wang Yue. They have no identity, no relatives, and no social life.

After Chen Ce left, he looked at the dim streets, the lights of thousands of houses, and the snowflakes flying. He looked up and squinted his eyes, feeling the cold snowflakes hitting his cheeks, and said to himself: "Old man, you are too cowardly."

"One sword can solve the problem, what nonsense!"

"The Emperor can't do this, can't you? If you can't do it, I'll do it for you!"

(End of this chapter)