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

Chapter 18: Fighting for Land
One of the two parties in the fight was an old man who was quite old, but in good spirits.

The other side was a pair of brothers, not very old, probably in their thirties or less than forty years old.

The two brothers pinned the old man down and beat him up.

The servants of both sides also started fighting in chaos, and the situation was very difficult to control.

Zhu Houzhao covered his face.

Because he saw that the two majestic brothers were actually his uncles, Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, and Zhang Yanling, Earl of Jianchang.

He also recognized the person who was being beaten and screaming. He was the Empress Dowager's younger brother, Changning Earl Zhou Yu.

They are all royal relatives, and yet they started fighting here.

Talent!
Chen Ce looked at Zhu Houzhao suspiciously and asked, "Do you know them?"

Zhu Houzhao casually told Chen Ce the identities of both parties, bringing great shame to himself.

Earlier he had said that the royal family would not compete with the people for profit, but now these bastards started fighting each other over a piece of land.

They are all relatives by marriage, members of the royal family!

Chen Ce thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Aren't you a high-ranking official of the Imperial Guard? Go and take care of them!"

Zhu Houzhao: "..."

What kind of Jinyiwei am I? If I go there, won’t my identity be exposed?

Chen Ce said: "You don't dare. That's right. They are all relatives of the Ming imperial family. Who dares to interfere?"

"Even your Jinyiwei dare not intervene, let alone the local government. This fertile land will eventually be occupied by them."

Zhu Houzhao's face turned red with embarrassment, but this time no matter how Chen Ce provoked him, he refused to go.

Chen Ce smiled even more.

However, it is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs, and the same is true for the emperor. This matter will probably make Emperor Hongzhi anxious again. No one can help him, and in the end he can only pretend to be dead.

But the poor ones are the people whose land was taken away. I wonder if anyone has ever thought about them?
"In fact, it is not difficult to resolve this dispute." Chen Ce spoke again.

Zhu Houzhao asked excitedly: "How to solve it?"

He could also think of what Chen Ce could think of. If his father knew about it, he would definitely be caught in the middle and feel difficult.

His father has been busy enough with state affairs, so of course he hopes to help him solve his problems.

"You can't do it."

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked: "How do you know I can't do it if you don't tell me?"

Chen Ce blurted out: "Just let the emperor kill the Zhang brothers."

amount.

Zhu Houzhao was choked. This was really impossible...Besides, what kind of solution is this?
Chen Ce said: "We don't really want to kill them, just scare them."

"They beat the Zhou family into this state, and the Zhou family will not let it go. Someone will have to admit their mistakes in the end."

"Then let the Zhang family admit their mistakes."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "That won't work. If we ask the Zhang family to admit their mistake and give the land to the Zhou family, how can the Zhang family hold their heads up high?"

Chen Ce said: "We will not be biased towards the Zhou family. In the end, we will return the land to the people. No one will get these two plots of land, and there will be no resentment between the two sides."

This method is not bad and is fair to both parties... No, it seems like you are considering the people?
Zhu Houzhao finally came to his senses. He had never thought that the ones who suffered the most in this dispute were not the Zhang family or the Zhou family, but the people who owned these two pieces of land.

"good."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, but felt that it was inappropriate, so he added: "Let's just leave it that way. It's not a good idea, it's just average."

Hard. The hardest part of the body is the mouth.

However, Zhu Houzhao really admired Chen Ce. This seemed to be a headache, but he easily figured out the whole story and gave the best solution in just a few words.

This tuberculosis patient is really powerful!
"Let's go back."

Chen Ce started coughing again. He knew that his body couldn't take it anymore. Seeing Chen Ce's face flushed with sickness and coughing continuously, Zhu Houzhao asked Chen Ce: "Didn't you see a doctor?"

“When can this disease be cured?”

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "I don't want to waste money. It should not be cured."

Zhu Houzhao became anxious and said to Chen Ce: "How can you say that about yourself? If it's a disease, it can be cured."

Chen Ce smiled and said, "Then there wouldn't be so many people dying of illness."

"But if I don't go back, I might die soon."

Zhu Houzhao said quickly: "Then let's go back quickly."

"Besides, how can you say that treating illnesses is a waste of money?"

"I know a few doctors who can do it for free. I'll ask them to come and see me some other day."

Chen Ce hummed without commenting.

The doctor he knew should be the imperial physician. Although it was said that the imperial physicians of the Ming Dynasty were unreliable, it is easy to imagine who would dare not be conservative when treating a member of the royal family?

If they are a little more radical, they will be held responsible if anything happens to the royal family.

Giving treatment to ordinary people does not require so many concerns and will allow them to give it a try.

This does not mean that the level of imperial physicians in the Ming Dynasty was really bad. On the contrary, they were one of the most advanced medical technicians in the country.

Maybe there is still a possibility.

……

At the Eastern Palace Academy, Jiao Fang waited for a long time for Zhu Houzhao to come to class.

After asking carefully, they found out that Zhu Houzhao had gone out of the palace to play, which made the old scholar Jiao Fang very angry.

He puffed his beard and glared, saying that he would kill the eunuchs in the Eastern Palace who had corrupted the prince, and he made Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong, the other eunuchs in the Eastern Palace, kneel in the snow.

He himself went to the palace in a huff.

Jiao Fang found Emperor Hongzhi in the Yangxin Palace and said bluntly, "Your humble servant pays respect to the emperor."

"Your Majesty! The Crown Prince was supposed to come and study politics with me today, but he sneaked out of the East Palace instead."

"The Crown Prince is young and inexperienced. I don't blame him, but the eunuchs around him cannot be kept. If it weren't for these eunuchs' instigation, how could His Royal Highness go out and play all day long?"

"He is the crown prince of a country. What will we do if something bad happens to him?"

"Your Majesty, please kill the eunuchs of the Eastern Palace immediately!"

As we all know, the civil servants and eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty have always been incompatible. Now all of Zhu Houzhao's personal eunuchs should be beheaded to prevent them from causing trouble for the civil servants after they come to power in the future.

This is politically correct and civil servants will definitely support it.

At the same time, it can also serve as a warning to the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department.

Although the eunuchs of the Silijian in the Hongzhi Dynasty did not have much power, was it because the eunuchs of the Silijian did not have much power? It was because there was no one in the Silijian who could carry this banner.

When Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, it's not that he didn't train eunuchs. Li Guang was the one he focused on training. However, Li Guang was not greedy for power or money.

But this is enough to show that Emperor Hongzhi had thought of using eunuchs to check and balance civil officials, but he just didn't do it.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard that Zhu Houzhao went out to play during his classes, he felt a little angry.

Two days ago, he felt that Zhu Houzhao had grown up, and told him not to play too hard and to spend more time on studying.

He is turning a deaf ear to my words!

Emperor Hongzhi snorted and said to his attendants, "Come here! Go to the East Palace and sentence Liu Jin and Gu Dayong to death!"

It is time to teach the crown prince a lesson. Tolerating him will only make him go further and further astray. He is the foundation of the country and the future emperor. Emperor Hongzhi was unwilling to spend energy to manage him in the past, but now he can no longer ignore the trend!

"According to the order!"

(End of this chapter)