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

Chapter 275 Save Him
He Jingming and the other two stared blankly at the departing backs of Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan. They swallowed slightly, looked at each other, their eyes met, and then suddenly withdrew.

They both saw shock and envy in each other's eyes.

Shocked that Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan really went to the southwest to serve as officials as juren? Envious of the two people who were qualified to enter the palace to meet the emperor, what an honor!
How did Chen Ce manage to allow Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan to enter the palace to meet the emperor as juren?

When the Tang Yin case broke out, Tang Yin was not qualified to see the emperor, but now he can?

He Jingming suddenly thought of something and the corners of his mouth twitched. If Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan really served as officials as juren, would Li Mengyang really have to call Chen Ce "Master Chen" in public?
As they stared at each other, a steward from the Li residence came hurriedly over, found He Jingming and said, "Mr. He, my master has been arrested and imprisoned by the Imperial Guards!"

"Please find a way to save him!"

He Jingming was shocked and asked, "What? Tianci was arrested in the imperial prison? Who arrested him? The uncle of the Zhang family?"

If he was asked to save people, how could he do that? What was He Jingming to him in the capital?
Wen Zhengming hesitated for a moment and said to He Jingming: "Maybe someone can save Tianci."

He Jingming and Xu Zhenqing said in unison: "Chen Ce?!"

……

Ministry of Punishment.

Several scholars from the Ministry of Justice who were observing the government were shocked but quickly calmed down. They said sarcastically, "So what if he is summoned to the palace to see the emperor?"

"That's right. If you go to the southwest, you can only be a county magistrate at best. In such a poor and dangerous place, being a county magistrate will ruin your future."

"Anyway, I don't want to go to the southwest. Lord Wang, go if you want. Meeting the emperor may not be a good thing."

"That's it."

The two assistant ministers of the Ministry of Justice were on duty at the residence. They asked the Minister of Justice Bai Ang with some confusion, "Mr. Bai, the scholar who is observing the government in our Ministry of Justice is going to the southwest of the palace right now. Did you recommend him?"

Bai Ang was also very surprised. He had never recommended anyone from the Ministry of Justice to go to the southwest. He shook his head slightly and said, "Not me."

Not Minister Bai? Then who had the ability to recommend this scholar, and how did he enter the emperor's eyes? This is very strange!
……

In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi went through the motions, asked about the situation of Wang Shouren and the other four people, and then let them leave.

Afterwards, Emperor Hongzhi summoned the Minister of Personnel and conferred the titles of "Three Xuanshou and Six Weisishi" on Wang Shouren and other three, powerful officials of the fifth to sixth rank.

Since the 11th year of Zhengtong, the Ming Dynasty established the Sanxuan Nandian Xuanwei Si, Ganya Xuanwei Si, Longchuan Xuanwei Si, Liuwei Cheli Xuanwei Si, Myanmar Xuanwei Si, Mubang Xuanwei Si, Babai Dadian Xuanwei Si, Mengyang Xuanwei Si, and Laos Xuanwei Si.

All local officials were great chieftains, and the change of officials to govern the southwest was a major institutional reform in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongzhi's reform of the southwest had just begun. Once Wang Shouren and others had gained a foothold in the southwest, Emperor Hongzhi planned to abolish the Three Xuans and Six Weis and set up a separate provincial government in the southwest to mark the two capitals and thirteen provinces within the territory.

The Minister of Personnel Ni Yue believed that the official titles given to Wang Shouren and others were too high, especially since there were two juren. It was unprecedented for juren to serve as sixth-rank officials, and Minister Ni was afraid that someone in the court would impeach them.

Emperor Hongzhi sneered and said, "If anyone impeaches us, let them replace the two candidates and go to the southwest. I will give them higher positions."

Ni Yue finally realized, yes, who would risk impeachment? Who can chew the hard bone of the southwest? These people going to the southwest are tantamount to cannon fodder, and it is not surprising that they die in the southwest.

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Not long after Wang Shouren and others left, the Ministry of Personnel announced the appointment.

Ministry of War.

Ma Wensheng went to see Wang Shouren, who had just returned to the Ministry of War, and said with some regret: "Bo'an, if you were a fifth-rank official in other places, I would congratulate you and even support you so that you can gain a foothold in the local area. I believe in your ability."

"But the fifth-rank official in the southwest... Well, anyway, you'd better take care of yourself. It's not easy to be an official in the southwest. If you really can't hold on, feel free to write to me and I will find a way to transfer you back." Wang Shouren was promoted, jumping several levels and rising like a rocket, but Ma Wensheng seemed worried.

Ministry of Punishment.

When they heard that Wang Wubi had suddenly become a fifth-rank envoy of the Xuanfu Division, several Jinshi scholars who were observing the government became somewhat jealous.

The emperor was so generous? He directly appointed him as a fifth-rank official? Although the life in Baiyi was hard, the fifth-rank official seemed worth it.

Several of the scholars who were observing the government were eager to try, and asked Wang Wubi indirectly, "Sir Wang, do you think we can also set up a fifth-rank Xuanfu Division in the southwest? By then, we can stay together in the southwest for warmth, and it would not be a bad thing to be transferred back in a few years."

Wang Wubi did not comment, but smiled and said, "It should... maybe... it's possible."

Do you really think it's so easy to be promoted to the fifth rank? If no one recommends you, do you really think you can go to the southwest with just one word?
Grace comes from above. When did officials in the imperial court become so worthless? And a fifth-rank official?
How can it be so easy? You just say you want to hang out and you can go?

In fact, there were many other Jinshi who had the same idea as these Jinshi from the Ministry of Justice. After seeing that Wang Shouren and Wang Wubi were awarded the fifth rank, and even Tang Yin and two other Jinshi were awarded the sixth rank, most of them wanted to give it a try and applied to go to the southwest.

But the result is self-evident. The officials of the Ming Dynasty are not cheap cabbages sold wholesale in the vegetable market. Emperor Hongzhi also knows what these Jinshi are thinking. How could they be appointed as officials above the sixth rank?

If they want to go, they can start as an eighth-rank county magistrate.

If Wang Shouren and other four were Chen Ce's timely help, then the group of Jinshi who applied to go to the southwest were the icing on the cake. Emperor Hongzhi could accept them or not.

To take a step back, he really doesn't need these scholars who are just wasting their time to go to the southwest. What he wants are talents who can really reform and solve governance problems in the southwest!

Sophora japonica alley.

He Jingming, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing hurriedly found Chen Ce and said, "Mr. Chen, Brother Tianci has been arrested. Do you have any way to save him?"

Li Mengyang was arrested?

Chen Ce asked He Jingming: "Why? Who caught him?"

He Jingming said: "The man arrested by the Jinyiwei is in the imperial prison, but I heard that the one who ordered his arrest was the two uncles of the Zhang family."

Oh, then he's out of luck.

You pointed at the noses of the two cute guys in the Zhang family and scolded them, so can't you allow the uncle of the Zhang family to fight back?

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "How can I ask the Jinyiwei to release them? Lord Li is really reckless. He knew that the two uncles of the Zhang family were arrogant and domineering, so why did he offend them?"

"But don't worry. I estimate that Lord Li will only receive a few beatings at most. It's nothing serious. He will get over it if he holds on. In the end, the Royal Guards will release him."

amount.

What kind of talk is this? What do you mean he will just be beaten a few times at most? Li Mengyang is a civil servant. How could he endure such humiliation?
However, since Chen Ce was not capable of saving people, the three of them were at a loss for a moment and really didn't know who to turn to.

After Tang Yin and his companions came back, He Jingming and the other two immediately went to Tang Yin to discuss a solution.

Tang Yin asked suspiciously, "The Jinyiwei arrested someone? Why didn't you go find the teacher - um, Master Chen."

He has a wide network of contacts in the Jinyiwei!

"Ah?" He Jingming and the other two asked suspiciously, "But Master Chen said he can't do anything..."

(End of this chapter)