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

Chapter 331 The Zhang Family is Too Bullying
Renshou Palace.

Queen Mother Zhou looked somewhat angry. Even though Zhou Yu did not come to complain, she had heard the gossip outside.

To be honest, the Zhang family is really going too far!
What's wrong with the Zhou family opening a school? At least Zhou Nan is still thinking about the education of Daming. What else can you Zhang brothers do except harm the village and bully others?
A complete disaster!
You still have the nerve to mock Zhou Nan for having a mental problem?

However, what made Empress Dowager Zhou feel fortunate was that Zhou Yu had grown up and this time did not conflict with the Zhang family, allowing the Zhang brothers to talk nonsense outside.

"Go tell the emperor that I am not feeling well." Empress Dowager Zhou said to the maids on her left and right.

"Here."

Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was reading a memorial when someone from Kunning Palace came and told him that Empress Dowager Zhou was ill. This frightened Emperor Hongzhi so much that he quickly left the memorial and went to Renshou Palace.

The imperial doctors followed Emperor Hongzhi to Renshou Palace to diagnose Empress Dowager Zhou, but they were all rejected by Empress Dowager Zhou.

"Your Majesty, I am suffering from a heart disease. Please don't embarrass the imperial doctors."

Emperor Hongzhi asked anxiously, "Old lady, what's wrong with you? Who made you angry again?"

Empress Dowager Zhou snorted, "Your Majesty, our Zhou family has not done anything excessive recently, nor has it caused trouble for you or the Ming Dynasty."

"The two brothers from the Zhang family have inexplicably come to bully the Zhou family again."

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked Huai En: "What's going on?"

Huai En said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the youngest son of the Earl of Changning, Zhou Nan, a student of the Imperial Academy, is going to open a school in Shuntian Prefecture recently. He will not teach Confucianism, but accounting, finance, taxation and other subjects."

"The two marquises of the Zhang family told the public that Young Master Zhou, uh..."

Anyway, it was very unpleasant to hear, so Huai En didn't dare to say anything. Emperor Hongzhi probably knew what was going on, so he comforted Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "Okay, old lady, those two brothers love to stir up trouble the most, and they have no control over their mouths. I will teach them a lesson, so don't be angry."

Empress Dowager Zhou sighed, "Your Majesty, I am not petty. They are all foreign relatives. If they gossip about each other and are heard by outsiders, it will bring shame to the Ming imperial family!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "What the old lady taught me is true. Don't worry, I will give the Zhou family an explanation for this matter. You must not get so angry that you get sick."

……

Kunning Palace.

Zhu Houzhao was having breakfast with Empress Zhang. Empress Zhang said to Zhu Houzhao in dissatisfaction: "You little bastard, how long have you not come to eat with me?"

"I haven't heard that the East Palace has been very busy with schoolwork recently. What do you do every day?"

Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Mom, I want to be the emperor in the future. Do you think my father eats with you every day?"

"We are all very busy... Um, why are you pulling my ears again, Mom?"

Empress Zhang scolded: "Talk to me nicely!"

Zhu Houzhao: "..."

"Mom, I'm serious. I've been very busy lately."

While the mother and son were talking, Emperor Hongzhi walked in with a stern face. Zhu Houzhao's neck shrank, and Empress Zhang whispered, "You little bastard, have you made your father angry again?"

"I was wondering why you suddenly thought of me today?"

Empress Zhang quickly stood up and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, Houzhao is still young, you should not argue with him. If he makes a mistake, you should educate him..."

Emperor Hongzhi interrupted Empress Zhang and said bluntly: "My son is much more honest than your Zhang family!"

Karma?
Aren't you here to reprimand Zhu Houzhao? Empress Zhang was a little embarrassed.

Zhu Houzhao laughed and whispered to Empress Zhang: "Mother! Did my uncle and his two fellows make father angry again?" "You!"

Empress Zhang had no time to deal with Zhu Houzhao, and hurriedly asked Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, what happened to Heling and the others?"

Emperor Hongzhi said angrily: "The Zhou family's kid opened a school in Shuntian Prefecture. Do you know what your two brothers said about him?"

"You say that he is crooked, stupid as a pig, and can't even make money..."

"Who do they think they are? What's wrong with the Zhou family running a school? How did they offend those two bastards in your family?"

"How dare they laugh at others? It's fine if they laugh at them in private, but now everyone knows about the relatives and dignitaries outside. How can the Zhou family live like this?!"

Zhu Houzhao secretly sighed that his two uncles were really good at stirring up trouble. As the saying goes, a gentleman's revenge is never too late. It's likely that the anger they felt when they were fighting for the land has not subsided until now.

Empress Zhang was also speechless. She quickly defended her two younger brothers and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, they are still..."

"Father! They are still children! Don't bother with them."

Zhu Houzhao smiled broadly at Empress Zhang and said, "Mother, I will speak for you."

"fart!"

"Where can there be a child this big?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "They are... big kids!"

Empress Zhang was almost so angry that she vomited blood. This little bastard was just adding fuel to the fire.

Empress Zhang said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, please don't bother with them. I will criticize them and make them apologize!"

Emperor Hongzhi snorted, "Take good care of them. If you can't do that, I will personally discipline them next time!"

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi leave angrily, Empress Zhang stuck out her tongue, not taking Emperor Hongzhi's words seriously at all.

Of course, he still had to educate his two younger brothers, and he had to give face to Emperor Hongzhi.

"look look look!"

"Go and call your two uncles into the palace!"

Zhu Houzhao: "Got it! Do it right away!"

……

The construction of the school in Zhounan was still in progress, but Shuntian Prefecture was quite uneasy.

The foreign relatives and dignitaries headed by the Zhang family are all mocking the Zhou family. Zhou Nan, this heretic, is simply bringing shame to their team of foreign relatives and dignitaries!
If you are a good team of in-laws and you don't bully men and women and occupy land, why do you want to run a school?
They were most averse to the in-laws flattering the civil servants, and they all thought that the Zhou family opened the school to curry favor with the civil servants.

But in the end, they found out that Zhou Nan had opened an accounting school, which made the relatives laugh even more. This was like shooting the wrong horse!

No wonder the Zhang brothers said that the Zhou family had no brains! Who with brains could do such a thing?
The civil officials also scoffed at the Zhou family's opening of a school. If the Zhou family really opened a Confucian school, it would be justified... Of course, there is a high probability that they would still be criticized by the civil officials. What do you want to do, relatives of the emperor? Cultivate Jinshi to bring disaster to the country and the people?

Now they suddenly heard that the Zhou family was setting up an accounting school. The civil servants were even more furious. This was simply heresy!

Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Yanling laughed loudly: "Brother, this time, we have finally gotten rid of our anger!"

"How funny! The emperor always says that we are stupid. Aren't the Zhou family even more stupid? Accounting school... Haha, this is so funny!"

Zhang Heling also smiled and said, "The Zhou family... is full of talent! Zhou Nan is a good kid, a laughing stock. He succeeded in making me laugh, hehe."

(End of this chapter)