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

Chapter 183 It turns out that everyone was deceived
The rain in July is still drizzling.

A letter from the southeast was delivered to Chen Ce by Liu Hong. Chen Ce sat quietly in front of the window in the study and read it. After reading it, he burned the letter.

The spies stationed in the southeast discovered that a group of Japanese pirates had already arrived at Chenqian Island and would soon reach the southeast inland.

Chen Ce closed his eyes and thought for a long time, but in the end he didn't come up with any solution.

By the afternoon, the rain was still falling, and another secret letter was sent to Chen Ce from the Northwest.

The Tatars invaded Hami, and after a fierce battle between the Turpan people and the Tatars, the Turpan people won a great victory.

The situation in the northwest has stabilized. As long as the tribute system is maintained, this group of mercenaries can ensure the stability of the northwest for the Ming Dynasty. If worst comes to worst, there are still the Guanxi Six Guards and Ganliang garrison reinforcements in the rear.

Also in July, the issue of salt permits came to an end. The Ming Dynasty's Changlu, Lianghuai and other salt fields were already under the operation of the Transport Bureau and could be exchanged for salt normally.

However, there are not many people in the private sector who still hold salt permits. Most of the salt permits in the hands of the powerful have been sold to the common people, and the salt permits in the hands of the common people have almost all been used to exempt land taxes.

The entire plan has only now been fully revealed, and everyone has belatedly realized that they have been deceived. It was not that the Ming government was unable to refine salt. Everything it had done before was a deceptive illusion, an illusion deliberately seen by the powerful class.

The Ming government was naturally still capable of producing salt, it was just that the court deceived them. However, everyone could only swallow this loss, because who could know the specific details of the salt refining at the Transportation Bureau?
Who dares to say that the court is deceiving them? Where is the evidence? If there is no evidence, it means slandering the court, and the end will naturally not be good.

For the first time, the powerful merchants and gentry felt humiliated, the humiliation of being deceived! It was as if they were fools, and the whole group was fools, being pressed to the ground by Liu Jian, the old fox, and their IQs were rubbed.

Another group of people expressed their deep admiration for Liu Jian.

As expected, Xu Pu retired and in July, Liu Jian was successfully promoted to the high position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Needless to say, he was promoted to the position based on his achievements in solving the salt permit issue, and all officials were convinced by his achievements.

In fact, only Liu Jian knew that the whole plan was not his own, but was controlled by the wise Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also knew that the entire plan was not his own doing, but was controlled by that ghost!
At first, Emperor Hongzhi thought that Chen Ce was planning a bigger plan against the court. Although it was a bit risky, he still wanted to try it. During the process, he always asked someone to keep an eye on Chen Ce to prevent Chen Ce from doing anything that would be detrimental to the court.

Later, Emperor Hongzhi realized that he had thought too much. Chen Ce had no other demands at all. It seemed that he only wanted to solve this problem for the court, and that was all.

This left Emperor Hongzhi somewhat confused.

Because in Emperor Hongzhi's perception of Chen Ce, this guy would not do anything without benefits, would never meddle in other people's affairs, and it is impossible for him to be so selfless.

He suddenly found that he couldn't understand Chen Ce. Why did he do all this? Simply to help the court? But why? Why would he help the court solve this problem that had accumulated for decades for no reason?
Zhu Houzhao found Emperor Hongzhi in the Qianqing Palace in a majestic manner.

Emperor Hongzhi covered his forehead.

Debts owed must be repaid.

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said, "Father, you did a good job."

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

If he wasn't my biological son, I would really want to abolish this evil creature! How can you talk to your father like this? How disrespectful!
"How does the emperor plan to reward me?"

Emperor Hongzhi rolled his eyes at him and asked, "What reward do you want?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and wanted to confer a title of nobility on his younger brother to bring honor to the family, but he didn't know whether this reward was a bit excessive.

"Father, I'm not the only one who made the effort. The people below also contributed."

"Or should we confer the title of marquis on the people below first?" Puff!
Emperor Hongzhi almost spit out blood, pointing at Zhu Houzhao and saying, "Are you crazy or am I crazy? When did the title of Marquis of the Ming Dynasty become so worthless?"

"Is this enough to earn you a title of nobility?"

Zhu Houzhao said, "How is your uncle?"

Emperor Hongzhi said, "That won't work! Who knows? You said someone under you contributed to this matter. Who is it? Tell me and I will go and ask him how he contributed."

That won't work.

I haven't asked you yet whether you want it or not. If you want to confer a title on you, I still need to think about it.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Okay, I'll talk about it when I think of it. Anyway, my father owes me a credit, you can't deny it, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi said angrily, "You can't deny it! I've kept it in mind, okay?!"

Zhu Houzhao said cheerfully: "That's good."

……

It didn't take long to go to the Hebei Salt Field and back. Chen Ce had already exchanged more than 3,000 salt permits for salt and brought it all back.

Yang Yuzhen had already found a shop, and selling salt made huge profits.

Moreover, there is no pressure in exchanging salt permits now. You can go to Hebei Transportation Bureau to exchange the salt back.

Chen Ce stood in front of the shop, looking at the mountains of salt. He gave Yang Yuzhen a few words and told him to sell it slowly.

This is unexpected wealth. This batch of salt can earn at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Just as Chen Ce turned around and was about to go back, he saw two resentful eyes staring at him jealously.

The Zhang brothers' faces twitched slightly. A few days ago, they were still complacent and thought they had deceived a little fool, but now they suddenly realized that the little fool seemed to be themselves.

The two of them angrily found Chen Ce and said, "Mr. Chen, haha, this salt?"

Chen Ce bowed and said, "I have to thank the two uncles-in-law. I really didn't expect that you two were so kind-hearted that you sold me more than 3,000 salt permits at such a low price."

"I went to Hebei to exchange salt, and now I'm selling it back. I think I can make a lot of money."

Chen Ce said innocently, "But I'm very confused. Why did you two give up the salt permits when it was so profitable?"

"You could have bought it yourself at the beginning. Why did you give it to me?"

"I understand. This is to help the younger generation. I would like to thank the two uncles for their generosity. I am very grateful."

Bitch!
Look at how this bitch is showing off!
He also thanked us?

The two brothers felt a little suffocated, their fists clenched in their sleeves, and their faces twitched wildly, but looking at Chen Ce's innocent look, what else could they say?

It’s true...fools have good luck!
Zhang Heling's smile was uglier than crying, and he asked Chen Ce, "Brother Chen, how about... we split it 50-50? I'll return half of the money I earned from selling salt permits, and you'll give us half of the current income, how about that?"

Chen Ce: "...I'm not a fool, of course I won't do it."

(End of this chapter)