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

Chapter 293: Decision-making Thousands of Miles Away

Tang Yin has received another letter these days, but Chen Ce has not had time to read it yet.

Li Zhen found out the culprit, and Chen Ce never thought it would be Li Mengyang.

Zhu Houzhao was somewhat indignant and said to Chen Ce: "This guy is too narrow-minded!"

Although the younger brother went to find him that day, he did not make it public, giving Li Mengyang enough face. Moreover, if this matter went on, it would be Li Mengyang who would suffer. Doesn't he really understand this?
The younger brother was actually helping him.

Chen Ce was also quite surprised. Although Li Mengyang was a bit ruthless, he would not do such an extreme thing.

Before this, he had indeed used the status of teacher and student to "threaten" Li Mengyang, asking him to stop holding on to the Zhang brothers and stop going to the Qianqing Palace to impeach the Zhang brothers.

Allowing myself to deal with others, of course, also allows Li Mengyang to use the same means against myself, there is nothing wrong with that.

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "Just treat it as a transaction. I can't just be allowed to deal with him while he has to passively take the beating."

Zhu Houzhao said unconvincedly: "Are you dealing with him? You are clearly helping him. If you really let him continue to make trouble, he will be in trouble sooner or later."

Chen Ce didn't think about these things. He was just curious. Did Li Mengyang really take revenge on him for this reason? Why didn't he take revenge earlier? Instead, he took action recently?

Chen Ce couldn't quite understand.

However, he did not take Li Mengyang's matter to heart. After all, it was just a minor matter.

Zhu Houzhao was not as magnanimous as Chen Ce, and he sulked alone. Chen Ce took out the second letter sent by Tang Yin and read it.

Tang Yin is now serving as the envoy of the Xuanwei Office of Myanmar. In his letter, he introduced that there are three great chieftains in the Xuanwei Office of Myanmar, who control the native people of Myanmar. They are the great chieftain Mangjisui, the great chieftain Qiongzhao and the great chieftain Langli.

Among them, the Manzhao chieftain of Mang Jisui had the greatest power, and three great chieftains controlled the entire Burmese people.

Since Tang Yin took office, these three forces basically did not obey the orders of the Xuanwei Office and were still led by Mang Jisui. Moreover, the other side was united and Tang Yin had no idea where to start, so he wrote a letter to ask Chen Ce for advice.

Chen Ce looked at the letter and fell into deep thought, then picked up his pen to write a reply to Tang Yin.

It is not difficult to divide them. Chen Ce suggested that Tang Yin should focus on winning over Mang Jisui first. He would pray to the Ming court to send a batch of reward money to Tang Yin.

Chen Ce let Tang Yin be alone with Mang Jisui, and his attitude could be more flattering, but he had to isolate the other two great chieftains.

After the imperial court's money was delivered, Tang Yin awarded it to Mang Jisui alone without letting the other two great chieftains know. Then he would find an opportunity to let the other two great chieftains "accidentally" learn that Mang Jisui was rewarded by Tang Yin.

In this way, they could start to create internal discord among themselves, splitting the three tribes into two forces, and then gain benefits from it.

There is no monolithic interest group in this world. They are just driven by interests. When one side receives less benefits than the other side, there will definitely be internal rifts.

Just like governing a country, the decline of any group must begin with internal division. This is the advice Chen Ce gave to Tang Yin.

"Master Xiao Zhu, does the reward the court promised me still count?"

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "Of course, what reward do you want?"

Chen Ce said: "I don't need it. You can ask the court to send the reward to Tang Yin in the southwest."

"what?"

Zhu Houzhao asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Chen Ce showed Tang Yin's letter and his own reply to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao read them for a long time before he came to his senses.

hiss!
This little brother's meticulous mind is so chilling!
These chieftains have never seen the methods of the Han people. They are now just like primitive people and have not much culture. If I use this combination of punches, won’t they be completely subdued? !

As long as Tang Yin can gain a foothold there and dismantle the power of several big chieftains, Tang Yin can directly participate in governing the natives. Only then can he start to persuade farmers to cultivate mulberry trees, build water conservancy projects, set up schools, and assimilate the natives. In a few years, the natives will return. Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said, "Okay! But little brother, can you give me these two letters and I will help you mail them?"

Chen Ce knew that Zhu Houzhao was going to show it to Emperor Hongzhi, otherwise he would not be able to convince Emperor Hongzhi to give the reward directly to Tang Yin. He smiled and said, "Well, you can take it."

Of course, Chen Ce had another idea in mind, and he believed that Emperor Hongzhi would understand.

"it is good!"

Zhu Houzhao quickly returned to the Qianqing Palace with the letter.

When he entered the palace, he happened to meet the Zhang brothers, "Nephew!"

When the Zhang brothers saw Zhu Houzhao, they quickly stopped him with a very attentive look on their faces.

Zhu Houzhao was a little wary: "What are you doing?"

If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. I can tell at a glance that these two uncles have no good intentions.

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "We wanted to see the emperor, but we didn't. The emperor was too busy."

Zhu Houzhao asked: "So?"

Zhang Yanling said quickly, "We would like to ask the emperor to allow us to participate in the reception of the Jurchens from Liaodong with the people from the Honglu Temple."

Zhu Houzhao: "Why? Don't you know that relatives of the emperor are not allowed to interfere in government affairs? Are you tired of living?"

Zhang Heling's body trembled, and he said, "We are not going to participate in political affairs. We are just going to...see what the Jurchens are like."

Zhu Houzhao was speechless and said, "I understand. I will talk to my father later. Don't cause any trouble."

"impossible!"

"Absolutely not!" The two brothers swore with their hands raised.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the two brothers suspiciously and said uncertainly: "If you want to cheat the barbarians, my father will probably beat you to death. The Ming Dynasty can't afford to lose this man. You'd better be sensible. Don't blame me, your nephew, for not reminding you."

"If you really bring disgrace to the Ming Dynasty in foreign lands, even my mother can't protect you."

Zhu Houzhao knew too well the character of his two uncles. If they really tried to cheat the Jurchens of their money, his father would be furious.

After Zhu Houzhao repeatedly warned them, he let them leave and soon went to the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was indeed very busy. When Zhu Houzhao arrived, he also waited outside the hall for a while. However, Zhu Houzhao was impatient and could not wait any longer, so he rushed in directly.

"Father, what are you doing?"

Emperor Hongzhi said, "I am reviewing memorials... No, who let you in?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Father, I was rewarded for my contribution to the river management last time."

Emperor Hongzhi: "... Stop making trouble, I have important matters to deal with."

Zhu Houzhao handed Tang Yin's letter and Chen Ce's reply to Emperor Hongzhi, and said confidently: "Father! I also have important matters waiting for you to deal with. Deal with mine first."

Emperor Hongzhi had no idea what to do with his son. He picked up the letter helplessly. When he saw the letter from Tang Yin, he couldn't help but think about how to deal with these big chieftains in the southwest.

After thinking for a while without any clue, he picked up Chen Ce's reply and started reading.

(End of this chapter)