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

Chapter 291 Call me Master!
In April, the peach blossoms of the mountain temple begin to bloom.

In April of the 13th year of the Hongzhi reign, the heavy rain in Peking finally stopped, the sky cleared, and the flowers bloomed.

Although the imperial court is on holiday, the Ministry of Works is still busy. For a long time to come, the Ministry of Works will be busy providing guidance on river management strategies.

Qin Hong asked Xu Guan to guess. Although there was some sarcasm in it, you in the Ministry of Works should know about Chen Ce's reputation. The last time Wang Shouren invented the movable pulley, Wang Shouren mentioned Chen Ce. At that time, several ministers even invited Chen Ce to their own offices.

However, so much time had passed since the incident that the name Chen Ce had long been forgotten by the ministers. How could Xu Guan guess that the "Ce Zhao River Control Method" in it represented Chen Ce and "Zhao" represented Zhu Houzhao.

Even the historian who recorded this incident was confused and had no idea what the meaning of naming this river control method was.

It was obvious that Chen Ce had made another great contribution. Emperor Hongzhi really didn't know how to reward Chen Ce, so he could only turn a blind eye and simply not reward him, just treating the contribution as if it was made by his own son.

On the second day of April, Li Mengyang got up early in the morning, washed and had breakfast, then sat in the courtyard reading a book.

"Master." A doorman came to report to Li Mengyang that the two uncles of the Zhang family were visiting.

Hearing about the two uncles of the Zhang family, Li Mengyang gritted his teeth and said angrily: "No!"

"Haha."

Zhang's uncle and his men had already barged in. Zhang Heling said majestically, "Little Li, why don't you see me?"

"Xiao Meng, why are you so rude?" Zhang Yanling said indifferently.

Li Mengyang frowned and asked contemptuously, "What are you two doing here?"

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "Nothing, I just want to tell you not to impeach us again in the future."

Zhang Yanling chuckled, "Because we are your ancestors, if you impeach us again, that would really be a betrayal, hahahaha!"

The two brothers laughed happily.

Li Mengyang trembled all over, staring at the Zhang brothers, gritting his teeth and angrily said: "Chen Ce! Him!"

The Zhang brothers pinched their waists and said, "That's right! He has already accepted us as his master, and you are his student, which means you are our grandson, oh, student grandson... Anyway, it's the grandson generation!"

"We are your ancestors, please show some respect to us from now on! If you dare to impeach us again, we will beat your ass into pieces!"

The two brothers left arrogantly after saying a few words.

As if he had thought of something, Zhang Heling turned around and said, "No, you haven't called me Grandmaster yet, call me that now."

Li Mengyang felt deeply insulted and humiliated!
How could these two bastards be Chen Ce's teachers? It was obvious that Chen Ce did it on purpose! Was he deliberately humiliating me?
Li Mengyang gritted his teeth in humiliation and said in a buzzing voice: "Master!"

"Hahaha!" The Zhang brothers left happily.

Li Mengyang stared at them coldly, clenched his fists with gritted teeth, and said sternly: "Chen Ce! You are going too far!"

……

The Zhang brothers were in a good mood, walking arrogantly on Chengqingfang Street with their servants. A team of carriages with strange costumes slowly came towards them and blocked the way of the Zhang brothers.

Yo ho?

Is there anyone who dares to stand in their brothers’ way?

Zhang Heling yelled, pointing at the carriage and angrily said, "You bastard! Get off here!"

Zhang Yanling shouted angrily: "If you don't come down, I will kill you!"

The carriage curtain was opened, and a stunning woman came into view. She politely bowed to the two uncles-in-law and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am so sorry, I will ask someone to make way for me."

The carriage team retreated to the side of Chengqingfang Street and passed by the dazed Zhang brothers along the drainage ditch.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yanling finally wiped his saliva and said to Zhang Heling, "Brother, I'm tempted. I want to marry a wife." Zhang Heling said angrily, "How dare you! You're kidding! Brother wants to take a concubine! Don't fight with me. This woman belongs to you!"

Zhang Yanling: “…”

The carriage moved forward and finally stopped outside the Sifang Pavilion of the Honglu Temple. Several officials from the Honglu Temple came to greet it.

After entering Sifang Pavilion, the woman and man in the carriage got off.

The man was in his early thirties, with his hair braided into a single horn, and it was obvious that he was not Han Chinese.

This is Aisin-Gioro Tuoyuanbao, the eldest son of Tuolu, the governor of the Left Guard of Jianzhou Jurchens.

The stunning woman who got off the carriage and made the Zhang brothers become idiots was Tuo Yuanbao's sister, Aisin-Gioro Tuo Yanyan.

Their Chinese surname is Dong, and they can also be called Dong Yuanbao and Dong Yanyan.

Dong Yuanbao snorted in displeasure and said, "These Han people are too rude!"

Dong Yanyan is well versed in Han culture. He said to Dong Yuanbao, "Brother, those two people on the street just now called themselves marquises. In the Ming Dynasty, most of those who could be granted the title of marquis were relatives of the emperor. We should not offend them. Now we are in someone else's territory. You should control your violent and impatient temper. We are here to ask for a favor."

Dong Yuanbao hummed.

……

In Huaihua Hutong, Chen Ce carefully looked at the letter sent by Tang Yin from the southwest.

Wang Shouren and his group had already arrived in the southwest. After Tang Yin sorted out some basic information and connections under his jurisdiction, he wrote a letter to Chen Ce. Chen Ce had a general understanding of the distribution of power among the chieftains in the southwest.

When Zhu Houzhao came, he had a smile on his face, obviously he had shown some power in the court a few days ago.

He smiled and asked Chen Ce: "Little brother, your method of river management is brilliant. You have made a great contribution. Tell me what reward you want."

Although Zhu Houzhao knew that Chen Ce might not ask for a reward, he still hoped that Chen Ce would ask for it. He felt uncomfortable always letting his younger brother make such selfless contributions.

But this time Chen Ce was uncharacteristically so he said to Zhu Houzhao: "Okay!"

"I will keep this opportunity for reward for now. I may really need a reward from the court later."

Upon hearing Chen Ce's request, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Okay, okay! I'll keep this reward for you first. Ask for it anytime you want."

Chen Ce: “Yeah.”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Yes, recently the Jianzhou Jurchens from Liaodong came to pay tribute and have arrived at the capital. These barbarians are really crude. They have no hair on their heads, and they just braid their hair into a small braid, like a mouse's tail."

The hairstyle of the Jiannu people nowadays is different from that of the later Qing Dynasty. Not only does they have a single braid at the back of their head, but they also have three braids. The other two braids are distributed above the ears, which looks very ugly.

No wonder Zhu Houzhao looked so disgusted.

Chen Ce asked curiously, "What are the Jurchens doing in Ming Dynasty?"

Ever since the Chenghua Emperor of the previous dynasty ravaged the country, the Jurchens have been ravaged beyond recognition and have lost all their arrogance. It is unknown what their purpose is in coming to pay tribute now.

In any case, Chen Ce believed that these people would not come to the temple for no reason.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "I don't know."

As they were talking, Liu Hong came in, found Chen Ce, and said, "Sir, there's some trouble with Miss Wu."

Chen Ce frowned: "What?"

(End of this chapter)