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

Chapter 352 A strange situation
Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao was called over by Huai'en, and Emperor Hongzhi started scolding Zhu Houzhao as soon as he saw him.

"Didn't Liu Wentai tell you the severity of malaria in the southwest? Are you crazy?"

"Who told you to send Chen Ce's prescription to the southwest? He just said it casually, and you took it seriously?"

"Do you know how Chen Ce will be impeached if this prescription causes harm to the local people in the southwest?"

"He can't even cure his own illness, how can he cure malaria? Where's your brain? If you had any brains, you wouldn't be like this!"

Zhu Houzhao lowered his head and allowed Emperor Hongzhi to scold him.

"It took the imperial court more than half a year to stabilize the situation in the southwest and gain the trust of the local people in the southwest. Malaria may not be cured, but the imperial court must not lose its credibility."

"When this prescription was sent over, did it represent Chen Ce? It represented the entire Imperial Hospital, and the Imperial Hospital represented the Ming Dynasty court."

"The locals would think, oh, the imperial court has developed an antidote to the plague, but the Ming court's antidote is useless, can the Ming court still be trusted?"

"It's such a simple truth. You are the prince, can't you understand it?"

"Once the Ming Dynasty's credibility in the southwest collapses, all the efforts we have made will be in vain, all because you forced the Imperial Hospital to send a prescription over!"

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips and said, "How does your Majesty know that my little brother's prescription is useless? We don't even know the result yet... Wait!"

Zhu Houzhao looked up at Emperor Hongzhi and asked in astonishment, "Father, how do you know that Chen Ce and I know each other?"

"Okay! Liu Wentai, that old dog, I'll deal with him!"

Emperor Hongzhi was furious and said, "How outrageous!"

"It has nothing to do with Liu Wentai."

"Do you think I'm a fool? Do I really not know who you're in contact with?"

Oh, it turns out that father already knew about it.

Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Since Father knows everything, he must also know how powerful Chen Chunjian is, right?"

Not only do I know, I know more than you. What he did in private is far more than you understand!
Not to mention anything else, the Ming Dynasty's commercial system was built by him and the Ministry of Revenue. You don't know these, and he didn't tell you.

Emperor Hongzhi snorted, "I know! He is indeed smart, but can he cure diseases? It is no exaggeration to say that malaria is not much different from his tuberculosis."

"The only difference is that he has a chance of surviving malaria, but he has no chance of surviving tuberculosis..."

At this point, Emperor Hongzhi lowered his voice by three points.

But he soon added: "No matter how smart he is, can he still know how to treat illnesses and heal people? Doesn't the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital know more than him?"

"Did Liu Wentai tell you the consequences? Why are you still making trouble?"

Zhu Houzhao was now a little nervous, not because of whether Chen was making trouble or not, nor because of the lives of the natives in the southwest, but because he was worried about Chen Ce.

"Father, if something happens in the southwest, what will happen to Chen Ce?"

Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "Are you afraid now?"

"If there is really chaos in the southwest, the censors will definitely impeach Chen Ce. If Chen Ce hadn't sent the medicine carelessly, there wouldn't be such a big chaos in the southwest."

"By that time, once public opinion has risen, Chen Ce will be the criminal who caused chaos in the southwest. If the court officials request that Chen Ce be punished, what will you let me do?"

"Don't think I can protect him. You are still young, and you don't know the minds of these officials in the court. Many of the things Chen Ce did before were known to many officials in the court, either openly or secretly."

"I have never exposed him to the public because I am afraid that he would stand out in the crowd, that the officials would deal with him, and that he would not be able to handle it himself." Liu Jian's remarks today have shown that the attitude of the cabinet elders towards Chen Ce is not so friendly. Perhaps others do not know the reason, but Emperor Hongzhi knows it in his heart.

Liu Jian was afraid that Chen Ce's brilliance would eventually overshadow him as the prime minister of the cabinet.

Even the Cabinet Chief Minister Liu Jian was like this. If other bureaucrats knew what Chen Ce had done in the past, wouldn't they take this opportunity to kill Chen Ce?
After hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, Zhu Houzhao said nervously, "Well, then... well, Father, you can't let Chen Ce get into trouble!"

Emperor Hongzhi pointed at Zhu Houzhao and said, "See if you dare to make trouble again!"

"Tomorrow, find a way to get Chen Ce to leave for a while, and then let him come back after the turmoil in the southwest is over."

Zhu Houzhao said hurriedly: "Oh, good, good!"

……

Sophora japonica alley.

Chen Ce naturally didn't know that Emperor Hongzhi was already thinking of a way out for him.

Tang Yin's farewell letter had been delivered to Chen Ce. As expected, Tang Yin had also been infected with malaria. He thought that he didn't have much time left, so he wrote this letter to say goodbye to Chen Ce. The separation of life and death written in the letter left Chen Ce speechless.

He threw the letter aside. Even though Tang Yin's words were very touching, Chen Ce didn't care at all.

In the past two days, someone spread the rumor that eating more vinegar can prevent malaria. The price of vinegar began to soar sharply in Peiping. The Zhang brothers found Chen Ce mysteriously and asked to cooperate with Chen Ce.

They said they had stockpiled a batch of vinegar and asked Chen Ce's courier to deliver it to the southwest, and they paid a high price for the transportation fee.

Chen Ce stared at the two brothers blankly. Could it be that these two people spread the rumor that vinegar can prevent malaria?
Then they stockpiled large amounts of vinegar and sent it to the southwest to frantically exploit the local people in the southwest?
I have to say, these two brothers are truly talented.

When the country is in crisis, all kinds of monsters and demons emerge.

Chen Ce shook his head and said that he was not interested. He was afraid that it would not be long before the imperial court stepped in to crack down on those who spread the rumors.

Anyone who is not a brother of the Zhang family dares to spread such rumors. Once he is found out, his entire clan will be in danger.

However, this also reflects from the side that once a disaster occurs in a country, the various problems that arise are far more terrifying than the disaster itself.

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southwest.

When Liu Wentai's letter arrived in the southwest, the imperial physicians in the southwest began to look for cinchona trees as soon as possible.

The southwest has lush vegetation, so it is not difficult to find cinchona trees. After the imperial doctors found the cinchona trees, they ground the bark of the trees into powder and immediately fed it to the officials, soldiers and local people in the southwest.

At the same time, a voice emerged in the southwest, saying that the imperial court had developed a drug to fight malaria.

It is obvious that this voice is intended to expand the chaotic situation in the southwest. Some people are taking advantage of the situation and disrupting the situation in the southwest.

When Tang Yin heard the noise outside, he angrily found the people from the Imperial Hospital and asked them whether this medicine could really cure malaria.

The imperial physicians all shook their heads and no one dared to make any guarantees.

Tang Yin asked sternly, "Then why do you advertise that this medicine can cure malaria?"

The imperial doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau looked aggrieved and said that these rumors were not spread by them at all.

After hearing this, Tang Yin's face suddenly became solemn!

(End of this chapter)