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

Chapter 210: Emperor Hongzhi's Promise

When Chen Zhengye brought the contract, Chen Boxin's face was stern, and he said to Tang Yin: "Please take a closer look!"

Tang Yin nodded calmly, took the contract, and then looked directly at the second clause. He said calmly: "Doesn't it say here that you have been paying in multiples of two taels of silver?"

Chen Boqin said angrily: "Fu Wanzhi was eaten by you?"

Tang Yin asked back: "Where is it?"

what?
Chen Boqin was slightly stunned, and hurriedly took the contract. After seeing the terms and conditions on the contract, he was stunned, his mouth trembling slightly, and said, "Impossible!"

He had seen the words "付完止" with his own eyes, but where were the words? Why did they become blank?
hiss!
Chen Boxin couldn't help but start to tremble. If he really followed the terms of this contract, he would have to make endless payments, and the amount would become increasingly huge!

Chen Boxin had considered this problem at the beginning, but with the restriction of "pay only after completion", he only needed to pay the full amount.

How come these three words disappeared now?
Chen Boxin pointed at Tang Yin and said, "You are playing tricks on me!"

"Zhengye, go get some pen and ink, I'll add it myself."

Tang Yin smiled and said, "Can you add to this contract if you want? There are two copies, and I have one too."

Moreover, today he had invited the knife official from Shuntian Prefecture to come over to supervise. The official from Shuntian Prefecture frowned and said to Chen Boqin, "Master Chen, don't touch the contract. These will be used as evidence in court in the future if you don't pay the other party."

Chen Boqin's entire body was shaking. He glared at Tang Yin fiercely and threatened, "Master Tang, do you really think that someone like me, Chen, can be bullied at will?"

"Although I don't know what means you used, I am not afraid even if this matter is reported to the government!"

Tang Yin smiled and said, "That's fine. If you don't pay me today, you don't have to go to the government. I've already invited the government officials to come over."

Several government clerks came forward.

Although this is a civil dispute, they still have to collect and seal a lot of key evidence to prevent both parties from destroying the evidence.

Tang Yin took out his own contract and showed it to Chen Boqin, then said calmly, "My copy is the same, no different from yours."

Chen Boqin went crazy and searched along the terms and conditions, and sure enough, he saw that a few words were missing the next day!
It's been set up!
The other party is clearly setting a trap for me!

What a cruel person! He wants to kill himself!
"I will let the government do justice in this matter!"

In this case, Tang Yin stopped talking and handed both contracts to the government for sealing. Then he smiled faintly and said to Chen Boxin, "We'll wait for you."

After saying this, Tang Yin left with the people from Shuntian Express.

Chen Boqin fell to the ground with a plop, his eyes went dark, and he sat directly on the armchair.

Chen Zhengye felt a chill down his spine and said to Chen Boqin, "Dad! I told you, I told you, there must be a conspiracy here!"

Chen Boxin's whole body was shaking, and he could hardly hold the teacup still.

This bastard, how dare he plot against me so blatantly?

Chen Zhengye said: "What should we do now? It's more than one million taels of silver! Even if we take out our lives and possessions, we can't afford it!"

Chen Boqin laughed angrily, "We should give him whatever he wants."

"Does he really think we have no one?"

Fortunately, he and Ning Cheng still maintain a good relationship, and now is the time to move Ning Cheng out. As long as Ning Cheng comes forward, the other party will not dare to go too far no matter what.

Chen Boqin gritted his teeth and said to Chen Zhengye: "Help me up!"

"Let's go find Lord Ning to seek justice!"

Chen Zhengye hurriedly said: "Okay!"...

In the Qianqing Palace, memorials came one after another.

Just as Chen Ce had deduced, the royal family members collectively exploded. At the beginning, according to Jiao Fang's suggestion, the court paid salaries to several royal family members who were seriously short of money, but somehow other royal family members found out about it.

Now all the royal family members jointly challenged the imperial court, begging Emperor Hongzhi to pay them salaries. Each of them cried out about their difficulties, and every family shouted that their ancestors were watching over them in heaven.

As this involved the ancestral family law, Emperor Hongzhi was at a loss for a moment and summoned the six ministries of the cabinet to discuss the matter.

The Ministry of Revenue is also in a difficult situation. It would be fine if the imperial court had money, but now it does not have that much financial resources to meet such huge salary expenses. This year, a lot of taxes were confiscated due to the salt permit issue, and the Ministry of Revenue has no money to pay.

In desperation, Emperor Hongzhi could only temporarily put aside all the memorials from the royal family.

Zhu Houzhao saw that Emperor Hongzhi was unhappy today, so he asked, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Emperor Hongzhi covered his forehead and sighed, pointing to a thick stack of memorials and said, "Read it yourself."

Zhu Houzhao flipped through the memorials and saw the memorials from the princes and royal family asking for wages. He said to himself, "You really got it right, little brother!"

"what?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao in confusion and asked, "What did you say?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Oh, a friend of mine heard the countermeasures proposed by Teacher Jiao and thought it was stupid. He said that this matter cannot be covered up. I don't know why the court would listen to Teacher Jiao's advice."

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned and only reacted now. He then asked, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Zhu Houzhao scratched his head: "I am supporting the court's decision. Who knew that such a group of talents raised by my father would be so useless?"

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

Fortunately, no one else heard this.

But it was too late to regret now, and he couldn't find trouble with Jiao Fang afterwards. After all, he was the one who made the decision in the first place.

Emperor Hongzhi said helplessly: "Then you can ask your friends if you have time to see if there is any solution."

Although he didn't have much hope, Emperor Hongzhi still mentioned it casually.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and asked Emperor Hongzhi: "Father, this matter needs to be resolved. What should we do?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Then make him a marquis."

Zhu Houzhao said: "You said this, it's your own words, you are the emperor!"

Emperor Hongzhi actually dared to make such a big statement. Unlike the salt permits in the past, these princes had already been tricked once and would be much more cautious this time. They would not be tricked a second time.

Moreover, this concerns their future salary and money, so who could not be careful and cautious?
With a population of tens of thousands of royal family princes and vassal kings, how could there be any effective solution?

Emperor Hongzhi forced a smile and said, "Yes, that's what I said."

Zhu Houzhao walked out with his hands behind his back, "It's a deal!"

He believed that Chen Ce would have a solution! He didn't believe in others, but he was Chen Ce, his little brother!
Is there anything he can't solve?

When Jiao Fang heard that these princes were not only not grateful to the imperial court, but also collectively attacked the emperor, he felt quite impotent and furious!

After all, it was he who proposed this strategy in the first place. Although the court did not hold him accountable, he still felt a little embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)