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

Chapter 257: What About the Marquisate?
On February , the dragon looked up.

A letter of impeachment was sent to the Qianqing Palace from the Sichuan Military Commission, in which the Sichuan Military Commission impeached Jiao Fang for colluding with the Miao people to attempt a rebellion.

On the same day, the Henan Provincial Government wrote to Emperor Hongzhi, impeaching Jiao Fang for occupying more than 7,000 acres of fertile land from the people in Nanyang Prefecture.

On the same day, the Weinan Prefecture of Shaanxi Province impeached Jiao Fang for selling official positions and titles. A distant relative of the Jiao family impersonated someone else and took office as the county magistrate of Weinan Prefecture.

Pieces of evidence about Jiao Fang's crimes were continuously reported to the Qianqing Palace from all over the country. Not surprisingly, this group of royal family princes began to mobilize resources to take action against Jiao Fang.

Countless memorials were submitted simultaneously, begging Emperor Hongzhi to punish the treacherous and corrupt officials and clear the court of corrupt officials.

This slogan looks so familiar; it was the same slogan that Zhu Di used when he rebelled.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Censorate to arrest and interrogate Jiao Fang overnight.

Jiao Fang was executed and confessed everything voluntarily. None of these things were investigated. Jiao Fang only hoped to protect his descendants in this way.

He is old and can certainly die, but his descendants and the future of the Jiao family cannot be ruined like this.

But the princes and vassals obviously had no intention of letting Jiao Fang go, and they all prayed to the emperor to kill Jiao Fang's three clans and uphold the law.

In order to calm the public anger, Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to take action against Jiao Fang.

……

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao, with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, strode forward and found Emperor Hongzhi.

"Father, has the issue of the royal family's salary been resolved?"

Emperor Hongzhi was feeling smug for having solved such a big problem and was secretly delighted in his heart, but was silenced by Zhu Houzhao's words.

"Well, it's solved."

Emperor Hongzhi said this with gritted teeth.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "At the beginning, you promised me solemnly that if this matter is resolved, you will confer a title of nobility on my friend."

"You are the emperor, your words are law, you won't go back on your words, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi's face twitched fiercely. You really don't treat Chen Ce as an outsider, right? The title of Marquis of the Ming Dynasty was awarded so casually and easily?
Even if I dare to reward him, will he dare to accept it? On what grounds? Saying that he solved the problem of salary for the royal family and vassal states for the Ming Dynasty?
But Jiao Fang had just been killed, and everyone thought that it was Jiao Fang who did it. If you now tell outsiders that it was Chen Ce who did it, he will immediately become the next Jiao Fang.

There is no reason to award Chen Ce the title of Marquis for no reason. Do you think this will convince all the officials?

Emperor Hongzhi said calmly, "Sure, isn't it just a reward of a marquis? As long as your friend is not afraid of death, I will give it to him."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean? Why would I die just because I was awarded the title of Marquis?"

Emperor Hongzhi asked, "How should we reward him? How should we reward him? Do you think that if we give out the title of Marquis for no reason, others will not be jealous?"

"Put it another way. You're harming your friends."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it seriously. What his father said was not unreasonable. "Then how should I reward him?"

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while and said, "Go ask your friend if he has any needs. I will try my best to meet them."

This was the biggest concession made by Emperor Hongzhi. Zhu Houzhao was delighted and said, "Great!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and stared at Zhu Houzhao's back, thinking that his silly son still did not understand the boy's temper. According to Chen Ce's temper, he would not want anything, so I would not have to worry about the issue of reward.

……

After the New Year, the first war in the southwest finally began.

The Zhang brothers were so scared that they handed over all the command to Wang Shouren. They had no intention of coming to the battlefield, but without their command and orders, Wang Shouren had no way to mobilize the army.

Although reluctant, the Zhang brothers followed Wang Shouren to the battlefield.

"Big, big brother, can this guy really win?" Looking at the enemy's chieftain army that was as fierce as wolves and tigers, Zhang Yanling was terrified.

Zhang Heling was also panicking, but he still said calmly: "I don't know."

If there is any sign of something wrong, he will immediately order the troops to retreat, otherwise, if the army is defeated, these two commanders will be doomed.

Failure doesn’t matter, their lives are more precious than anything else.

"Brother! Look, it's over, it's over, why are our troops starting to retreat?"

Zhang Heling looked over and found that the Ming army had really begun to retreat. He could not help but said in panic, "We have been defeated, we have been defeated."

"Quick, come here, give the order to retreat, retreat immediately!"

Wang Shouren appeared in front of Zhang Heling, clasped his fists and said, "Don't panic, my lord. This is not a retreat, but a strategy to lure the enemy deeper into our territory."

A few!

Zhang Heling thought to himself, "Do you think I'm a fool? Don't talk nonsense to me, don't fool me. I didn't see any luring the enemy deep into the territory. I just saw the Ming army was defeated."

"Wang Shouren! Hurry up, hurry up and give the order to withdraw the troops. Stop fighting, don't fight anymore!"

"I want to go back! Hurry up, I am going back to Beiping to report. We can't defeat the chieftain, we have to accept the defeat sincerely, hurry up!"

Wang Shouren was unmoved and said to his guards: "Keep an eye on the two marquises. If necessary, you can shut them up."

"If all else fails, we'll just kill them in front of the battlefield and sacrifice them as a token to motivate the army!"

Zhang Heling: “?”

Zhang Yanling: “?”

"Wang Shouren! You bastard, you'll be dead when we get back. And so will that bastard Chen Ce! He'll be dead too!"

"Crazy, you lunatic, Chen Ce is blind, how could he recommend you to come to the southwest!"

Zhang Heling cursed loudly.

Zhang Yanling was almost crying. He had never seen such a scene in his life. There was a roar of thunder and sea in front of him. The soldiers of both sides were as numerous as ants and the fighting was fierce. Corpses kept falling in front of him, some of them were natives and some were Ming soldiers. It was too cruel.

He was so scared that he vaguely felt the urge to urinate.

"Wang Shouren, Captain Wang, um, I'm going to relieve myself for a while, is that okay?"

Wang Shouren said sternly: "No, hold it in!"

"Someone, signal with the flags to have the left front line penetrate from the side!"

"The rear camp will immediately surround and block Tusi's retreat from the side and rear!"

"The army stops retreating and launches a full-scale charge!"

The terrain is flat enough, which is conducive to the charge of the Ming cavalry. Wang Shouren has already done his research. If he cannot defeat the chieftains in the mountains and forests, then he will lure them to a flat area and then use the advantages of the Ming cavalry to launch a charge!
"Here, here, here!"

In an instant, the offensive and defensive situation changed. The Ming army began to take advantage of the cavalry. The heavy cavalry took the lead in launching the charge, crushing the natives all the way, the light cavalry harassed from the side, the infantry followed behind, and the musketeers kept shooting, one round after another, beating the natives so hard that they didn't even have the strength to fight back.

The Zhang brothers looked at this scene in amazement. Zhang Heling applauded: "Wang Shouren! Good, good, good!"

"With the joint efforts of me and you, we are on the verge of victory!"

"Great! Chen Ce has a very accurate eye for people. I knew you were extraordinary! Very good! When we go back this time, I will commend you for your achievements!"

(End of this chapter)