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

Chapter 405: Hongzhi talks, Yang Tinghe is confused
The rain stopped.

The Zhang brothers stared at the sky in a daze and couldn't help shivering all over.

The rain has really stopped! Is Chen Ce really a god?
Can one really predict the future like a god?
It’s over, it’s over. The reason Yang Tinghe impeached Chen Ce before was that Chen Ce fooled the prince and made him pray blindly among the people for the rain to stop.

Now that the rain has really stopped, is Chen Ce still fooling the prince? This is clearly helping the prince to gain popularity among the people! This is a great achievement for the prince!
In this case, why doesn’t the Emperor reinstate Chen Ce?
The Emperor has no reason to dismiss Chen Ce from office now, right? !
The Zhang brothers originally felt sorry for Chen Ce, but now they suddenly felt that Chen Ce was not pitiful anymore. Zhang Yanling quickly stretched out his hand and said to Chen Ce: "You haven't paid for our buns yet, pay!"

Chen Ce: “…”

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In the Eastern Palace, Jin Guicai arrived at the duty station and suddenly discovered that the heavy rain that had lasted for half a month had stopped.

He hurried into the guardhouse.

Yang Tinghe was still drinking tea leisurely. Now he just felt refreshed. Without Chen Ce in the East Palace, even the smell of rain in the air was much less.

This was done by Chen Ce himself. Who asked him to take the credit? Did he really think he was so smart? He even shamelessly said he wanted to teach the prince and asked him to pray for rain to stop among the people. This was not the way to accumulate reputation for the prince!
Although you, Chen Ce, think that this is helping the prince, why can't I, Yang, use this incident to make an article and impeach you for teaching the prince to do evil things?

Just at this moment, Jin Gui walked in hurriedly.

Logically speaking, Yang Tinghe should thank Jin Gui. If it weren't for Jin Gui's advice, he wouldn't have thought of how to deal with Chen Ce.

"Master Yang, the rain has stopped!"

Yang Tinghe didn't react for a moment, and smiled and said, "What do you mean the rain has stopped?"

"It's raining outside! Stop!"

"Chen Ce was right. He said it would stop raining in two days and it did! He was not talking nonsense. Not only did he not teach the prince randomly, he actually established a great reputation for him!"

Yang Tinghe: “???”

He stood up suddenly, walked out quickly, looked up at the sky, and murmured in astonishment: "It stopped, how could it really stop? Why did it stop today?"

hiss!
Yang Tinghe couldn't help but shudder slightly and took a breath of cold air.

The prince prayed in front of the people in the suburbs for the rain to stop for two days. Now that the heavy rain has really stopped, won’t those people in the suburbs worship the prince as a god?

The day before yesterday, Yang Tinghe used Chen Ce's reckless request for the prince to make promises in front of the people as an excuse for impeachment, and extended the argument that Chen Ce had no teacher ethics, had misled the prince, and caused the prince to lose prestige and credibility among the people.

But now the rain has stopped, everything is different. Chen Ce is no longer bewitching the prince, nor is he causing him to lose prestige and credibility among the people. Instead, he has established great prestige for the prince among the people!
In this way, all the things he said to impeach Chen Ce... were untenable. Yang Tinghe felt mixed emotions. He really couldn't understand why the rain stopped. Why did it stop today? Wouldn't it be better to stop tomorrow?
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Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of Works.

When Qin Hong and Xu Guan saw that the rainstorm had stopped today, the two ministers were shocked and dumbfounded. Chun Jian... you are really, really a talent!

They said the heavy rain would stop in two days, and it really stopped!

As shocked as the two ministers were the ministers of the cabinet and the other four ministries. They still remembered vividly how Yang Tinghe had impeached Chen Ce the day before. Chen Ce had also been dismissed from office.

But only two days later, the rainstorm really stopped. So the fact that Chen Ce took the prince to the suburbs to pray for blessings did not mean that Chen Ce was bewitching the prince!

In the warm room, Emperor Hongzhi was also somewhat surprised to see the weather outside. Huai En hurried in from outside and said to Emperor Hongzhi excitedly, "Your Majesty, outside the prince's fiefdom, the people are celebrating with each other. They are all kneeling on the ground to thank the crown prince devoutly. They also say that the crown prince is a unicorn descended to the earth, a true dragon in the future."

It is obvious that this time Zhu Houzhao's reputation was completely established among the people.

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment, then said to Huai En, "Go find the historian and ask him to record this incident, the people's reactions, rumors, etc., in the historical materials intact!"

Nothing can increase the imperial power more than the theory of the connection between heaven and man and ghosts and gods!
Chen Ce undoubtedly helped his son a lot. In the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, this insignificant matter was precisely the most useful thing for Zhu Houzhao's future ascension to the throne.

It will add a lot of mystery to Zhu Houzhao, the future emperor, and make people more awed by this future emperor!
After Emperor Hongzhi finished speaking, he said to Huai'en, "Go and call Yang Tinghe."

"Here!"

When Yang Tinghe heard that Emperor Hongzhi summoned him, his expression became very solemn, but after thinking about it, he didn't care.

At worst, Chen Ce can return to the Eastern Palace to serve as an official. It’s not a big deal.

As for the fact that he impeached Chen Ce, what did it matter? He was a civil servant, an official of the Eastern Palace, and his starting point was all for the Crown Prince, not involving personal grudges!
Yang Tinghe bowed to Emperor Hongzhi and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Emperor Hongzhi took a sip of tea and said to Yang Tinghe with a genial smile, "Mr. Jie, has the Crown Prince been behaving well in the East Palace recently?"

Yang Tinghe said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Your Majesty, it is commendable."

Emperor Hongzhi hummed and asked Yang Tinghe, "The Japanese pirates in the southeast have been rampant recently. What do you think, Jiefu?"

"Before, I always summoned Chun Jian to ask questions, but I ignored you, Jiefu."

Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, but soon he said: "The chaos caused by Japanese pirates in the southeast is not caused by Japan but by Han. To control Japan, we must first control Han!"

Yang Tinghe had told Zhu Houzhao about these things a long time ago. He always believed that the root cause of the chaos caused by Japanese pirates in the southeast lay with the Han people.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said to Yang Tinghe: "You know these principles, and the officials in the southeast also know these principles, but why is it that the Japanese threat has not weakened, but has become more and more chaotic?"

Yang Tinghe said straightforwardly: "Your Majesty, I think it is the inaction of officials in the southeast that has led to such chaos!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded. He knew Yang Tinghe's character and knew that Yang Tinghe would definitely answer like this.

Yang Tinghe was too arrogant. He always thought that others were not as good as him and that he could do everything better than others. This was a flaw in his character.

Emperor Hongzhi agreed and said, "Jiefu, what you said is exactly what I want to say. The officials in the southeast are not doing anything, but there is no one I can trust."

"The only person in the world who can be trusted by me and govern the southeast is Jiefu."

Yang Tinghe hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am overly grateful for your praise. I do not deserve it."

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "No, Jiefu, you don't have to be modest. I plan to transfer Jiefu to Zhejiang to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese defense command, and transfer Bai Hong to Fujian. Jiefu, Zhejiang is an important tax collection area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. I will rely on you. Please don't let me down."

Yang Tinghe: "Ah? This..."

(End of this chapter)