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

Chapter 234: Shuntian Prefecture Arrests People

Standing on the city gate, you can see a steady stream of disaster victims pouring into the city.

This winter is particularly cold and the snow is particularly heavy.

Wang Hua no longer dwelled on Wang Shouren's affairs. He narrowed his eyes and asked Chen Ce, "You can't provide relief for this disaster. How much money can you give to so many victims? Why do you want to do such a thing?"

Chen Ce looked at the long queue of disaster victims under the city and said deeply, "These are all human lives!"

"Of course I don't plan to be a savior hero. I will only do it this once. If the Shuntian prefect is an official on this day, he knows what he will do."

"If he isn't, then there's nothing I can do."

Wang Hua's expression was somewhat complicated. He asked tentatively, "What do you mean?"

Chen Ce smiled and said, "Master Wang, please don't do these boring things to test me. You know better than me."

Wang Hua took a deep breath and said with emotion: "Why don't you go for the scientific examination?"

"People say that if you excel in learning, you can become an official. I think if you excel in business, you can study, and if you excel in learning, you can become an official. You can do it."

Chen Ce looked a little sad and sighed, "It's been too long."

Wang Hua didn't understand where Chen Ce's sadness came from, so he encouraged him, "No one's career is smooth sailing. Some people took more than ten years or even longer to pass the exam and become an official. Time is not a problem."

With your intelligence, as long as you enter the officialdom, your future will be limitless!
What is a smart person? Wang Hua thinks he is a smart person. He was the top scholar in the 17th year of Chenghua, so he has the confidence and self-confidence to see himself this way.

He felt that Chen Ce was also a smart man, because when he talked to Chen Ce, he didn't even need to explain things in a simple and easy-to-understand way. No matter what he said, Chen Ce could catch up.

Only with this sentence did he misunderstand Chen Ce's meaning.

Chen Ce just laughed it off and didn't explain to Wang Hua.

As for the question "What do you mean" that Wang Hua had pretended to be confused and asked before, he actually knew it very well. If Shuntian Prefecture was smart, Shuntian Prefecture would immediately commend Chen Ce in public, or give him business awards.

Even some business benefits and conveniences were given, because this would attract more businessmen to learn from Chen Ce and help with disaster relief.

It is impossible to stop such a large number of disaster victims, but if they are not controlled well, the court will blame Shuntian Prefecture.

Shuntian Prefecture and the Ministry of Revenue alone do not have the ability, financial resources, and food to support disaster relief.

This requires the help of businessmen. Since ancient times, businessmen have valued profit over morality, but now Chen Ce has paved the way for Shuntian Prefecture.

As long as Shuntian Prefecture is willing to give Chen Ce a certain degree of convenience and benefits to his business, it will attract other businessmen to follow suit.

If the merchants of Shuntian Prefecture come out enthusiastically to provide disaster relief, the victims can be kept under control.

It is not enough to rely on individual merchants; officials and businessmen must work together.

How did Chen Ce answer? He asked Wang Hua not to test himself by asking such boring questions, which was enough to show that Chen Ce had actually considered this level a long time ago.

Otherwise, he would not have said that he would only do it for this day. Whether he could grasp the situation this time depended on the reaction of the government.

This is what a smart person is.

He was saving people, but he was also careful about what he did. He knew that with his own abilities, he could not save such a large number of victims. He was just a businessman, and he could not mobilize all the businessmen in the capital to follow his example. This required the court to carry out macro-control.

He pointed out a way for the court, and the court should thank Chen Ce, both publicly and privately!

At this time, Wang Hua really admired Chen Ce from the bottom of his heart, so he asked Chen Ce why he didn't take the imperial examination. If he became an official in the future, he would have a bright future. This was not Wang Hua encouraging Chen Ce, but he really believed so from the bottom of his heart!

He admired the young man very much.

Wang Hua got all the answers he wanted today, and he no longer worried about it, but he still reminded Chen Ce: "The Jiao family is narrow-minded." "Be careful, if you need my help, I will do my best to help you."

"But I still suggest that you take some time to apologize to Jiao Huangzhong."

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "The feud has already been formed. If an apology is useful, I will certainly do so. Face and dignity are worthless to me."

"But it's useless. Anyway, Lord Wang is worried. If they really want to do something out of the ordinary to deal with me, I'll just let them die first."

Hearing Chen Ce's light words, which showed that he didn't take Jiao Fang and his son seriously at all, Wang Hua felt a little frightened for a moment.

He wasn't joking, he even said it so lightly!

The time of youth when we were dressed in fine clothes and rode on a vigorous horse!

……

Jiao Huangzhong was beaten beyond recognition by the victims. The people of the Ming Dynasty had been oppressed for too long and would always stand up to resist. It was not unfair for Jiao Huangzhong to be beaten.

When Jiao Fang returned to the mansion, his face turned blue with anger. Jiao Huangzhong was his only son and the only blood descendant of the Jiao family. After understanding the whole story, Jiao Fang immediately went to put pressure on Zhang Chong, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, asking Zhang Chong to bring the thugs to justice at all costs.

Shuntian Mansion.

Zhang Chong sat alone in the warm duty room. He couldn't afford to offend Jiao Fang. Since the other party had spoken, he naturally had to bring the criminal to justice.

The people who beat people were just disaster victims, and the law cannot hold everyone responsible.

The owners of Shuntian Press and Shuntian Express are distributing porridge as a charity. If they arrest people now, it will arouse greater public indignation.

Zhang Chong could not act immediately. He planned to wait until late at night and then send people to arrest the person quietly.

However, considering the influence of Shuntian Press and Shuntian Express in the capital, if he rashly arrested people without sufficient reason, he would not be able to explain himself if the higher-ups investigated.

But he couldn't refuse to give face to Jiao Fang.

The person must be arrested, but what reason should be used to arrest him? This is what Zhang Chong is considering.

A clerk said to Zhang Chong: "Sir, in my opinion, this matter is actually very simple."

Zhang Chong asked doubtfully, "Oh?"

The clerk said: "He has won the hearts of the people, but his intentions are not right."

Zhang Chong's eyes lit up. Yes, the people can be grateful to the court, enjoy the emperor's grace, and be grateful to the government, but if they are grateful to a mere merchant, then doesn't that mean the merchant has unclear intentions and sinister intentions?
Zhang Chong was not a fool, as he was able to become the fourth-rank official of Shuntian Prefecture. It was just that the pressure from Jiao Fang made it impossible for him to think carefully. He was only thinking about his own career and prospects, so he was naturally short-sighted and forgot that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

He said in a deep voice: "We will arrest him tonight and put him in Shuntian Prefecture Prison first. I will then ask Lord Jiao how he plans to deal with him."

"Here!"

……

At night, Chen Ce was soaking his feet in a hot spring in his mansion. He was exhausted after a day of hard work.

He had already told Tang Yin and the others that the porridge distribution would only be limited to today and they didn't need to go tomorrow.

Chen Ce is a businessman, but he does not have the ability to give out porridge every day, and he does not have the financial resources. The porridge given out today alone is almost equal to the monthly income of Shuntian Press. He does all this almost for free.

One day is enough.

There was a hasty knock on the door, and a guard from the inner factory hurriedly found Chen Ce and said to him, "Master, the Shuntian Prefecture yamen runners are coming this way with unfriendly faces."

(End of this chapter)