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

Chapter 406: Jiannu panics
The corners of Yang Tinghe's mouth twitched slightly, and he seemed very flustered.

He didn't want to be posted in the southeast. He was a civil servant. What was the point of going to the Defense Office to serve as a Confucian general?

Moreover, the southeast is in chaos now. Who knows what the officialdom in the southeast is like now? Even if he just stays in the East Palace for a while, the best way to be promoted is to enter the Hanlin Academy first and then the Ministry of Rites.

Finally, he only needs to wait patiently for Zhu Houzhao to ascend the throne, and he will most likely be able to join the cabinet. This is Yang Tinghe's career plan, and his future is bright.

But now Emperor Hongzhi transferred him to the southeast. How could he not be nervous?

He was so shameless when he was pretending to be cool just now, but now he regrets so much that he wants to slap himself twice. He really thought that Emperor Hongzhi admired him, but it turned out that the emperor was setting a trap for him!

Just because of Chen Ce? Just because I impeached Chen Ce? Why? How long has Chen Ce been in the court? How long have I been educating the prince?

Why would you, Your Majesty, rather abandon me and seek justice for Chen Ce?

Just because he invented a drug to treat malaria? Just because his words to the prince came true? This is too absurd!

It’s normal that Yang Tinghe couldn’t figure it out, because his eyes are colored. He is unwilling to acknowledge the excellence of others and will only focus on and magnify their shortcomings.

Or it was because he had not experienced the harsh hardships of society and had a smooth journey. Emperor Hongzhi did this, in fact, for Yang Tinghe's sake. If he could gain experience in the southeast, comprehend the essence of the political operation of the Ming Dynasty, and comprehend the sense of proportion and boundary between imperial power and ministerial power, he could be used well by his son in the future.

Yang Tinghe hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am just a civil servant, I am afraid I am not qualified for the important task of preparing for the Japanese invasion!"

Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile: "Jiefu, don't be modest. I believe in your ability. Didn't you just give a thorough and thorough analysis of the Japanese invasion and the officialdom in the southeast?"

"The matter has been settled. Huai'en, go inform the Ministry of Personnel and ask them to prepare a list for Jiefu. He will leave for Zhejiang today to take up his post."

Yang Tinghe: "..."

He was about to speak, but Emperor Hongzhi rubbed his forehead and said, "I'm tired these days, Jiefu, go back and prepare."

After saying this, Emperor Hongzhi left the warm room with his hands behind his back.

……

On the third day of September, outside Zhengyang Gate, Yang Tinghe sat in a carriage and looked back at the city of Peking, sighing with emotion.

He was about to leave the capital, completely away from the center of power that everyone yearned for. Now he deeply felt how precarious it was to walk on thin ice in officialdom, and he had to take every step carefully in order to survive.

Obviously, he was a loser in the political struggle, he just died in a more respectable way. But strictly speaking, he was not a loser, because his opponents did not use any means to deal with him...

His failure was that he never took Emperor Hongzhi seriously, and did not take Emperor Hongzhi's reminders and warnings seriously.

The high-ranking civil servants in the court all knew how to make concessions in the power struggle with Emperor Hongzhi and would not embarrass him too much. Yang Tinghe only learned the basics of those civil servants and he was still far from it.

There were only a few people who saw him off, only Jin Gui was waiting for Yang Tinghe in the pavilion with a pot of wine.

The weather was clear and crisp in autumn. Yang Tinghe drank a farewell drink and said to Jin Gui earnestly, "Chongdao, remember not to easily conflict with Chen Ce in the future..."

This was Yang Tinghe's advice to Jin Gui. He used his own experience to remind Jin Gui that staying away from Chen Ce would ensure his safety.

Looking at Yang Tinghe's departing back, Jin Gui's lips curled up slightly.

"Master Yang, you still don't understand... You are such a pitiful person!"

...In mid-September, the Ming court announced adjustments to the Liaodong horse market. The Jiannu secretly colluded with Korea to trade with each other, and their horse market trading qualifications were suspended for one year.

This news immediately caused an uproar among the three Jurchen tribes in Liaodong.

The loss of the right to trade in the horse market for one year was undoubtedly a huge blow to the Jianzhou Jurchens. The entire Jianzhou Jurchens began to resent the tribal leader Aisin Gioro, and the number of people fleeing the tribe increased day by day.

Dong Yuanbao and Dong Yanyan, brother and sister who planned the trade with North Korea, were also severely reprimanded and punished.

Although the Ming court curbed the Jianzhou Jurchens' qualifications for horse trading in Liaodong, it did not restrict the Bohai Jurchens and the Wild Jurchens.

The first batch of money from the arms trade of Prince Jinseong of Korea was also delivered to the Ming Dynasty treasury, totaling 390,000 taels of silver.

This silver is enough for the Ming Dynasty to continue building several larger warships in the southeast!

In Huaihua Hutong, Zhu Houzhao seemed very proud.

"Little brother, these Jianzhou Jurchens really deserve it! When they first came to our Ming Dynasty, they were restless. Now they are taking advantage of the Ming Dynasty's difficulties in the southeast to trade with the Jurchens in private. These people are really ambitious!"

If Zhu Houzhao could see the truth clearly, Emperor Hongzhi and the Ming Dynasty’s top leaders would naturally be able to see it clearly as well.

The Aisin-Gioro family had great ambitions. Among the three tribes in Liaodong, the Jianzhou Jurchen Aisin-Gioro family was the most powerful. Families such as the Bohai Jurchen Yehnara Niuhulu were relatively weak, not to mention the Wild Jurchens.

The wild Jurchens did not have a corresponding group of tribes, and the three tribes were further north of the Jurchens.

The structure of the three Jurchen tribes is at least unbalanced now, which is not in the interests of the Ming Dynasty. However, it is true that the court never seemed to take the Jurchens seriously.

Little did they know that a few decades later, this group of Jurchens would bring devastating disaster to the Ming Dynasty!
Three days in Yangzhou, ten massacres in Jiading... When the Jurchens entered the Pass, there is no need to reiterate the miserable situation of the Han people.

Chen Ce had to take advantage of the present situation to help Zhu Houzhao stabilize the situation of the Jurchens.

"Do you think the Jurchens will threaten the Ming Dynasty in the future?"

Chen Ce looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked.

Zhu Houzhao naturally shook his head. This group of Jurchens were too backward. His grandfather could destroy them. He felt that although the Ming Dynasty was not so exaggerated now, it would still be very easy to defeat the Jurchens anyway.

Chen Ce asked in return: "What about the future? The Jurchens are not far from the capital of the Ming Dynasty. As long as they can enter Shanhaiguan, they can cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty."

"They have greater geographical advantages, even more than the Oirat people did in the past."

If the Oirat Mongols wanted to reach the capital, they would have to pass through many checkpoints, but as long as the Jurchens could break through Shanhaiguan, they could go straight to Huanglong.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be thinking about something. He asked Zhu Houzhao, "Then how about destroying the Jurchens?"

Chen Ce shook his head slightly and said, "At least it's not possible now, but we can't just ignore it."

Zhu Houzhao asked Chen Ce in confusion: "Then how should we deal with them?"

Chen Ce said to Zhu Houzhao: "You must remember that the focus of Ming's defense in the future is not the Oirat people or the Tatars, but these Jurchens!"

"I may not be able to help you personally in the future, so I will tell you now how to govern the Jurchens when you ascend the throne."

(End of this chapter)