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

Chapter 357: The Naughty Prince
Zhao Zhongping and Han Douyin often made suggestions for Chen's strategy and often complained about the evil deeds done by Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin and others.

When Zhu Houzhao heard about the Eastern Palace washing horses for the first time, he found Zhao Zhongping and asked him why he didn't go to wash horses, which stunned Zhao Zhongping.

No matter how Zhao Zhongping explained, Zhu Houzhao refused to listen and forced Zhao Zhongping to wash horses for three months.

As for Han Douyin, he was even more miserable. Zhu Houzhao heard that he was a secretary of the imperial court, so he summoned him to play drinking games every day. The key point was that Han Douyin didn't know how to play drinking games at that time.

He is the Book Secretary, not the Wine Secretary.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't buy it and made him recite the drinking game for a month.

If they couldn't recite it, Liu Jin would lock them up in the Experience Bureau and not let them go home.

Anyway, before Zhu Houzhao met Chen Ce, he had caused trouble to countless officials in the Eastern Palace. At that time, everyone said that the prince was naughty, and these four words were definitely not just said casually.

The gold content is very high!
Zhao Zhongping wiped the tears from his eyes and sighed, "But the prince is getting older now, so he rarely embarrasses us, but you can't help but be on guard, Master Chen!"

Han Douyin gritted his teeth and said, "The most abominable thing is the prince's companion, who blackmails us at every turn, asking us to give him money openly or secretly. The little salary we earned before was all taken away by that bitch."

Chen Ce: “…”

I really didn't expect that Liu Jin, who looked so aggrieved outside, would be so majestic in the Eastern Palace. No wonder he eventually grew into the leader of the Eight Tigers.

Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Zhao Zhongping and Han Douyin stopped bragging to Chen Ce. Just as they were packing up to leave, they heard Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin arriving outside.

"It's over!"

Zhao Zhongping was as if facing a formidable enemy, and said to Chen Ce: "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been bored recently, or maybe because you are a new official, he is here to deal with you."

"The wind is tight and the wind is blowing."

The two of them exchanged a secret signal, lifted their robes and ran away in a hurry, not caring about Chen Ce's life or death. After all, it would be better for me to let my fellow Taoist die than for myself.

Chen Ce was speechless. After the two men left, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin came over with a smile.

"Little brother, how are you today? Did anyone from the Finance Bureau bully you?"

"If someone wants to bully you, tell me. It's up to me whether I can deal with them or not!"

Liu Jin also said, "That's right, Master Chen, you must not feel wronged. If anyone dares to speak loudly to you, tell me and I will make them bankrupt tomorrow!"

Chen Ce: “…”

"No, both adults are very nice, everything is fine."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then hurriedly pulled Chen Ce and said, "Come on, little brother! I'll take you to the Chunhe Hall. That's the main hall of the East Palace."

Chen Ce followed Zhu Houzhao to the East Palace. Liu Jin led the way and said to the eunuchs and maids in the East Palace in a domineering and arrogant manner: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly!"

"From now on, if anyone dares to block Master Chen's way or disrespect Master Chen when he comes to the East Palace, don't blame us for being rude!"

Liu Jin was trying to establish Chen Ce's authority in the Eastern Palace.

Zhu Houzhao took Chen Ce to admire his bedroom, main hall, study, martial arts field, etc.

He said to Chen Ce excitedly: "Little brother, I also plan to build a leopard house in the back garden."

The corners of Chen Ce's mouth twitched slightly. You haven't even ascended the throne yet, but you already have such high ambitions?
Zhu Houzhao said: "In the future, let Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others find all kinds of tigers and leopards for me. I will take you to see tigers and leopards every day!"

Chen Ce smiled and taught earnestly: "Play less and learn more from the teachers. You are the crown prince of Ming Dynasty and you will govern the country in the future."

Zhu Houzhao said as a matter of course: "If you don't seize the time to play now, you won't have a chance later."

Chen Ce thought about it and thought that was the case, so he didn't say much. When Zhu Houzhao took Chen Ce to admire the East Palace, a young man came over. Yang Tinghe saw the prince arguing with a young official in a green robe, and couldn't help but frowned and asked Chen Ce: "Which government office are you from?"

Chen Ce bowed and said, "Chen Ce, the proofreader of the Jingju Bureau, greets you, sir."

Yang Tinghe said unhappily: "The proofreader of the Jingju Bureau is not in the Jingju Bureau, what is he doing in the East Palace?"

Yang Tinghe was rather old-fashioned and stubborn, and had some obsessive-compulsive disorder. He said to Zhu Houzhao earnestly: "Your Highness, your belt is too high on this side and too low on that side."

Zhu Houzhao: "..."

"Teacher Yang, there are no classes tonight. Why are you still in the East Palace? Go back quickly."

Yang Tinghe nodded and said to Chen Ce, "What are you still doing here? Go back!"

Zhu Houzhao said: "He doesn't have to go, you go."

Yang Tinghe: “???”

Zhu Houzhao said to Liu Jin, "Go and see Mr. Yang off from the palace."

"Here."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said to Chen Ce, "He is Yang Tinghe, who is teaching me historical materials now. He is old-fashioned despite his young age. He is mentally ill. Every time he sees me, he either says that my clothes are untidy or that my belt is not straight. He must be seriously ill. I asked him to go to the Imperial Hospital to check his brain, but he refused to go."

It turned out that he was Yang Tinghe. Chen Ce smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao, "I am a little tired and want to go back."

Zhu Houzhao said quickly: "Oh, OK, I'll ask Zhang Yong and the others to get you a sedan chair, you can go back in it, little brother."

Chen Ce refused.

This is not outside. If someone sees him, he will be impeached to death. "I can just walk back by myself."

"Oh, by the way, I don't want to go to the Finance Bureau tomorrow for the time being..."

Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly: "It's okay, you can come if you want to, and forget it if you don't want to, but when you come, let someone notify Liu Jin."

"Haha, that's good too. From now on I won't have to sneak out of the palace every day. I can find you inside the palace."

……

In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was reviewing memorials.

Huai En came to Emperor Hongzhi carefully to serve him. Emperor Hongzhi casually asked Huai En: "How is he doing in the new government? Are there any ignorant people who use their seniority to suppress him?"

They were all afraid that Chen Ce would be wronged in the officialdom.

Huai En smiled and said, "Your Majesty, no, the two adults in the Finance Bureau are both very nice to Master Chen."

Originally, there was no intrigue and deception in the Sijing Bureau, so this office was very suitable for Chen Ce.

Emperor Hongzhi hummed and rubbed his brows. Hong Zhong's memorials to the emperor had been coming more and more frequently in recent days. The Japanese pirates in the southeast seemed to be on the verge of an outbreak. In just over half a month, several villages had been attacked by the Japanese pirates.

Emperor Hongzhi could not help but take this seriously.

"Tomorrow, call the six ministries of the cabinet to come and have the Ministry of War organize and lead a meeting. The Japanese pirates in the southeast are becoming more and more rampant, and the Ministry of War must come up with a plan."

Huai En hurriedly said: "I obey your order."

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but think of the previous opening of the sea. The Japanese pirates were so rampant even before the maritime ban was lifted. If the sea was opened, wouldn't the southeast be in chaos?

(End of this chapter)