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

Chapter 351 Hongzhi's Teachings to His Son
Liu Wentai returned to the Qianqing Palace and reported Chen Ce's health condition to Emperor Hongzhi as usual.

Although Emperor Hongzhi was extremely busy, he still listened patiently to Liu Wentai's report, which showed that he was concerned about Chen Ce's health.

"Your Majesty, I saw the prince at Master Chen's place today..." Liu Wentai said cautiously.

Emperor Hongzhi said "oh" and seemed not surprised.

Liu Wentai immediately understood that the emperor might have known about the relationship between the prince and Chen Ce for a long time.

He added: "Chen Ce gave me a prescription and sent it to the southwest, saying it was for the treatment of malaria."

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

It was the first time he heard of a patient giving a prescription to a doctor. Emperor Hongzhi smiled knowingly.

But as he was laughing, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly stopped!

He couldn't laugh anymore and asked suspiciously, "What did you say?"

"He prescribed a cure for malaria? A cure for malaria?"

Liu Wentai shook his head and said, "I don't know, but for thousands of years, there has been no cure for malaria and other plagues..."

Emperor Hongzhi asked sternly, "Did you send the prescription to the southwest?"

Liu Wentai said: "Yes, yes."

"Bastard!"

Emperor Hongzhi stood up suddenly, pointed at Liu Wentai and said, "You idiot! You are getting old and confused! What if the prescription can't cure malaria?"

At that time, the natives in the southwest will lose trust in the Ming Dynasty court even more. If there are any problems with food again, there is no telling what kind of chaos will happen in the southwest.

Liu Wentai knew this would happen, so he said, "The Crown Prince forced me to write this."

Emperor Hongzhi angrily said, "You wrote it just because he asked you to? When did it become his turn to make decisions about state affairs? He is still the crown prince and has not yet ascended the throne!"

Liu Wentai said: "Chen, Chen Ce also said that if the emperor wants to blame someone, then blame him."

"you!"

Emperor Hongzhi pointed at Liu Wentai and said, "They are both young and don't care about the consequences. But you are so old, don't you know how to shirk responsibility when something happens?"
Emperor Hongzhi certainly believed in Chen Ce and knew that he was very capable, but treating illness was no joke. It was malaria again!

He himself is still sick. If he really had the ability, he would have cured his incurable disease long ago. Malaria is also an incurable disease. How could you, the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital, choose to believe him?
If you use your brain to think about it, it won’t be like this!
Emperor Hongzhi's face turned red with anger, but with his son on one side and Chen Ce on the other, he couldn't bear to scold either of them, so he vented all his anger on Liu Wentai.

"You deserve to die!"

"If there's trouble in the southwest, can you take the responsibility?"

"Why are you so impulsive? Can't you just delay a little?"

"You... go down!"

"Someone, go and summon all six ministries of the cabinet!"

Liu Wentai wiped the sweat from his head and quickly slipped away.

……

When the three cabinet elders and the six ministers arrived at the Wuying Palace, they saw that Emperor Hongzhi looked extremely unhappy, and asked cautiously: "I dare to ask Your Majesty, what happened?"

Emperor Hongzhi told everyone what had just happened, and the six ministries in the cabinet were all stunned. Liu Jian said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, the situation in the southwest is chaotic, and Chen Ce is not a doctor, how could he act so recklessly?"

Qin Hong saw that Liu Ge Lao wanted to punish Chen Ce, so he quickly changed the subject and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to send cavalry to intercept that letter!"

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head slowly and said, "It's too late. The Shuntian Post Station sent it over quickly, and the letter was sent over early in the morning. It's too late to send someone to intercept it now."

"Let's not talk about right or wrong. I summoned you all here to ask you what remedial measures you have."

Qin Hong breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved when he learned that Emperor Hongzhi had no intention of punishing Chen Ce.

He stepped out of the line and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, can you send another group of people to the southwest to explain to the locals that this medicine is still in the research and development stage?"

Liu Jian retorted: "Absolutely not! If this were to happen, wouldn't the court be denying itself? If the people in the southwest knew that the court's credibility was so weak, they would lose confidence in the Ming court even more."

"Since the medicine has already been delivered, we can only try it out."

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jian in confusion.

There is something hidden in what Lord Liu said. If there is a problem in the southwest, what should Chen Ce do?
By then he will be impeached by the censors. Who can save Chen Ce then?

hiss!
Lord Liu intends to put Chen Ce in a life-or-death situation!
But why? Chen Ce seemed to have no grudge against Liu Ge Lao, so why did the old man treat a commoner like this?
Even though Chen Ce has close ties with the court and the emperor, he can't shake your position as the prime minister of the cabinet. He poses no threat to you!
Qin Hong frowned slightly and looked at Liu Jian deeply with a complicated expression.

He said, "Your Excellency is wrong. There are always remedial measures. How can we give up so easily? How can we treat a dying horse as a living horse?"

Liu Jian said: "Now that things have come to this, how do you think we can remedy this?"

Qin Hong pondered for a moment, but couldn't figure out anything for a while.

If the people infected with malaria in the southwest were only Ming bureaucrats and soldiers in the Xuanwei Division, it would be easy to deal with.

But there are still a large number of native people.

If the medicine is delivered and there is no problem after taking it, it will be fine. But if other problems besides malaria are caused by taking it, the local people’s confidence in the court will collapse immediately.

The trust relationship established in the southwest over the past six months will be wasted.

Qin Hong had a helpless look on his face, thinking to himself that Chen Ce had always been so thoughtful and intelligent, why would he be so confused about this matter?

Could it be that he has some other plans to control the southwest? Is he doing this on purpose?

But Qin Hong thought about it for a long time, but still didn't know the purpose and intention of Chen Ce's move. It didn't make sense. If there was really chaos in the southwest, it would not be good for Chen Ce or the Ming Dynasty at all.

If that's the case, why would he dare to do this?

It's impossible that he really knows any medical skills, right? Qin Hong naturally didn't believe it. Malaria is also an incurable disease, just like Chen Ce's tuberculosis. If he really has superb medical skills, he himself would not be so seriously ill.

The six ministries of the cabinet stopped discussing and asked Emperor Hongzhi to make a decision. Seeing that nothing could be done, Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand impatiently and said, "Everyone, go away."

After the six ministries of the cabinet left, Emperor Hongzhi angrily said to Huai'en: "Go to the East Palace! When Zhu Houzhao comes back, arrest him and bring him to see me!"

And Chen Ce, you know that my son likes to make trouble. You are his teacher, so will you join him in making trouble?

You are as smart as a demon, don't you know the consequences? Why do you accompany Zhu Houzhao in his nonsense?

Emperor Hongzhi gritted his teeth, looking very disappointed.

(End of this chapter)