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

Chapter 396 Embarrassing Emperor Hongzhi

In the late July of the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, Zhou Nan came to find Chen Ce and asked him to attend the graduation ceremony of the Accounting College tomorrow.

Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, the students from the School of Accounting have graduated.

Early the next morning, Chen Ce followed Zhou Nan to the School of Accounting. When they arrived, Chen Ce found that there were crowds of people in front of the school.

The Zhang brothers were among them.

In addition, there are even more merchants near the capital. Looking at this grand occasion, it is comparable to the announcement of the imperial examination results and the selection of sons-in-law.

The merchants in the capital area really need accounting talents. Business is becoming more and more prosperous in the Ming Dynasty, and the financial and taxation system of the Ministry of Revenue is becoming more and more advanced. If many tax issues are not understood, these merchants will suffer great losses in their business operations.

That is why this first batch of graduates from the School of Accounting are so popular.

Many businessmen even competed with each other in bidding, and the salaries were raised a lot. Especially for those students with good accounting grades in school, the prices offered by businessmen were even higher than the sky.

This scene made the Zhang brothers and a group of other in-laws and dignitaries extremely envious.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Zhou family's academy will attract more and more students who will rush to get in.

After all, you can find a high salary here, who wouldn’t want to study in an accounting school?
"Mr. Chen, thank you so much."

Zhou Nan was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. This scene gave him a sense of accomplishment. His father always thought he was useless. After he grew up, his father always compared him with his five brothers, but he was the least promising one.

Now that he has finally achieved his own results, he is naturally extremely proud. All this is due to Chen Ce's support in the past.

Chen Ce smiled and said, "No need to thank me, we just achieved each other."

"Ah?" Zhou Nan was puzzled.

His focus is on the current accounting school and his own grades, but Chen Ce is focusing on the future development of the entire Ming Dynasty. Since their goals are different, it is naturally difficult for them to understand each other.

Chen Ce didn't explain in detail.

After the graduation ceremony, Zhou Nan was busy recruiting new students, so Chen Ce didn't bother him.

……

East Palace.

After learning that Chen Ce had turned a disaster into a blessing, Yang Tinghe was extremely depressed. If he had known earlier, he would have investigated it more thoroughly. He thought that these two pieces of evidence were enough to send Chen Ce to hell, but he never expected that Chen Ce would do such a thing.

Jin Gui said with emotion: "Sir Yang, Chen Ce is truly a talented person. He has accomplished such a great feat for the Emperor."

Yang Tinghe snorted coldly.

Jin Gui smiled slightly and looked at Yang Tinghe's back as he left with an amused look on his face. He then wrote a letter praising Chen Ce and begged Emperor Hongzhi to promote Chen Ce from the proofreader of the Sijing Bureau to the position of Zuo Yude of the Eastern Palace.

He knew that Yang Tinghe hated evil and that he had always been at odds with Chen Ce.

In fact, he disliked Yang Tinghe very much. It was obvious that he and Yang Tinghe were the left and right illegitimate sons, but Yang Tinghe always treated him like a dog. He could not deal with Yang Tinghe, and did not want to be Yang Tinghe's enemy, so he might as well push Chen Ce up and let Chen Ce and Yang Tinghe fight.

In the warm room, Emperor Hongzhi saw Jin Gui's memorial and smiled as he handed it to Zhu Houzhao to read.

"Jin Gui asked me to promote Chen Ce to Zuo Yude of the Eastern Palace. What do you think?"

Zhu Houzhao was naturally very happy and couldn't stop smiling. He said, "Teacher Jin really has a keen eye for talent. Father, please promote me."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Okay!"

Emperor Hongzhi was very unhappy because of Chen Ce's trick last time. He also wanted to teach Chen Ce a lesson! Well, he promoted him to a higher position to disgust Chen Ce on purpose.

Emperor Hongzhi continued to read the memorial with a frown on his face. Zhu Houzhao asked curiously, "Father, what's wrong?"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Yi Yi, the Prince of Jinseong of Korea, sent me a letter, complaining to me about the atrocities committed by Yi Long, the Prince of Yeonsan, and begging the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help him turn the tables."

Li Long is now very unpopular in Korea. After Ren Shihong returned, the Jiazi Scholar Disaster broke out, and many meritorious officials and civil officials in Korea were killed.

The beast Li Long even raped his father's concubine. All his atrocities were reported to Emperor Hongzhi by Prince Jincheng Li Yi in a complaint.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Isn't that just right?"

"Yeonsan Lord Li Long, that bastard, saw that the Ming Dynasty had lost its prestige in the Japanese islands, and he ignored the Ming Dynasty's warnings and secretly traded with the Liaodong Jurchens. He also arrogantly asked us to release Ren Shihong. This bastard didn't take the Ming Dynasty seriously at all."

"We are sending troops to Korea now. It is both moral and reasonable. If the edict of Jincheng Grand Duke is made public, the four barbarians will not think that the Ming Dynasty has sent troops unjustly!"

Emperor Hongzhi tapped Zhu Houzhao's head and said, "My boy, you should consider the overall situation when considering things."

"This Jincheng Lord is not a good person either. He knows that I was at odds with Li Long during the last incident, and he wants to take advantage of my anger to get me to send troops to help him."

"Can I be used by him so easily?"

"Besides, if we send troops to help him, our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be sacrificed. This is their internal affairs. I feel sad if I sacrifice any soldier of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and it seemed that what his father said made sense, but he still said: "But now is an opportunity. If Li Long continues to govern Korea, he will always be disrespectful to our Ming Dynasty."

"Well, Father, do you think there is a way to help the Grand Duke of Jincheng succeed without sacrificing the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? And also make the Grand Duke of Jincheng afraid of the military power of the Ming Dynasty and not dare to act as arrogantly as Li Long in the future?"

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi said speechlessly: "You have taken all the benefits. How can such a good thing happen? If this is really possible, I would not want to be the emperor anymore."

Zhu Houzhao said suddenly: "Or call my younger brother to ask him."

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, and said calmly: "When I say that I don't want to be the emperor anymore, it's not a promise, but just a joke, do you understand?"

Ha ha.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and thought to himself, "Father, you might as well not explain. If you hadn't explained, I might not have thought of these things."

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly embarrassed. He said to Huai En, "Go and call Chen Ce over."

Chen Ce happened to be in the Finance Bureau today, and Huai En found Chen Ce easily.

But this time Huai En came with several people from the East Factory. He said to Chen Ce, "Sir Chen, the emperor is calling you."

Chen Ce hummed and nodded, "Okay."

After he followed Huai En away, several guards from the East Factory found several clerks from the Finance Bureau and took them away coldly.

If you look closely, you will find that this group of clerks are the same people who reported Chen Ce for colluding with the Empress in Fengtian Hall.

Not long after, Chen Ce arrived at the warm room.

There are no outsiders here, so Emperor Hongzhi said to Huai'en, "Go and get a stool for Chunjian to sit on, he is not feeling well."

Huai En quickly said, "As ordered."

(End of this chapter)