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

Chapter 427 Attacking the Island
The first day of November, the fourteenth year of the Hongzhi reign.

Public opinion within the Ming court had reached its peak. Emperor Hongzhi ordered the Ministry of War to start a war against Japan. Bai Hong, the former Southeastern Japanese Defense Commissioner, was appointed commander of the Ministry of War. Sixteen warships set out for the front line, and ten transport ships continuously transported infantry, cavalry, firearms and other arms to the front line on the Japanese island.

Bai Hong was appointed as the commander at sea, while the landing infantry and cavalry were under the command of Ren Qian, the general of Liaodong.

On this day, the Ming Dynasty mobilized a total of more than 80,000 troops from Liaodong, Southeast, and Xuanda, sailed out to the southeast, and rapidly attacked the Japanese islands on all fronts.

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The Ministry of Revenue worked day and night to check the accounts for several days and finally found the problems in the account books of the three Zhejiang departments.

Emperor Hongzhi urgently summoned the six ministries of the cabinet. Finally, Emperor Hongzhi sent the Embroidered Uniform Guard to the three offices of Zhejiang to arrest people and hand them over to the three judicial departments of the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple for trial.

While the battle was going on at the front line, there could not be any disturbance in the southeast rear area at any cost. So this time, Emperor Hongzhi vowed to find out all the traitors in the southeast no matter what, and the three offices of Zhejiang were the breakthrough point.

Chen Mao and other three envoys were full of confidence in Zhejiang before, thinking that no one could do anything to them in their small piece of land in Zhejiang.

Moreover, much of the evidence of their collusion with the Japanese was destroyed, and their cooperation with merchants was kept secret, so the court had no way of investigating and punishing them.

However, the three envoys never expected that the imperial court would take another approach and start looking for a breakthrough from the account books submitted in previous years.

There were certainly many problems in the account books that they could not explain, but when the three judges met to try the case, they had many excuses to make and the case came to a standstill.

If the three envoys do not speak, the court will not be able to further investigate the traitors in Zhejiang.

Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to grit his teeth and allow the Embroidered Uniform Guard to intervene in the interrogation despite the opposition of his ministers.

The Three Envoys could argue in front of the Three Law Envoys, but facing all kinds of torture and forced confessions by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, they were no longer as tough as before. When one accomplice after another in the southeast was confessed, Emperor Hongzhi began to massacre the southeast rear.

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Emperor Hongzhi was so busy here that he had completely forgotten that Chen Ce had been in prison for seven or eight days.

Madam Wu was extremely anxious and found Zhu Houzhao through Li Zhen to plead for mercy.

When Zhu Houzhao heard that Chen Ce was arrested and imprisoned by the Jinyiwei, he went to the Jinyiwei in person to ask Mou Bin to release him, but Mou Bin said that it was Emperor Hongzhi's idea to arrest Chen Ce and he had no power to release him.

Zhu Houzhao, sweating profusely, found Emperor Hongzhi in the warm room: "Father, Chen, Chen Ce, he, he..."

"how?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, and only now realized that Chen Ce was still imprisoned in the imperial prison.

He was so busy during this period that he really forgot that Chen Ce was still in the imperial prison.

The boy was already ill, and if anything bad happened to him, Emperor Hongzhi would regret it greatly.

"What's up with him?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were red, and he said, "Chen Ce, little brother, he..."

"Go ahead and tell me!" Emperor Hongzhi was so impatient that he didn't bother to listen to Zhu Houzhao. He said to Huai'en, "Go and summon Liu Wentai to the Jinyiwei."

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked towards the Jinyiwei.

After seeing Mou Bin, Emperor Hongzhi asked bluntly: "Who told you to imprison Chen Ce?"

Mou Bin: “?”

Huh? Didn't you ask me to detain Chen Ce?

"Let him go!"

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and said to Mou Bin, "Did you hear that? Release Chen Ce quickly."

"Here!"

Mou Bin quickly took Emperor Hongzhi to the cell and personally opened the door for Chen Ce.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Ce, who looked normal, and asked nervously, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Liu Wentai will be here soon, hold on for a while." Chen Ce: "?"

"Ah? I don't have anything..."

Zhu Houzhao quickly winked at Chen Ce.

Chen Ce said, "Oh," to Emperor Hongzhi, "I feel like I can't breathe. The air here is very stuffy."

"enough!"

Emperor Hongzhi was furious. He pointed at Chen Ce and then at Zhu Houzhao and angrily asked, "Do you think I am blind?"

Mou Bin and Huai En were both shocked.

You two are really talented. Even if you want to deceive the emperor, can you be more serious? At the very least, can you rehearse in advance?

You are lying to the emperor's face now. You really don't give the emperor any face at all!
Especially your Highness the Crown Prince, could you be more obvious?

Liu Wentai finally arrived at this time and quickly diagnosed Chen Ce. He found that although Chen Ce's condition did not improve, there was no sign of deterioration.

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said, "Father, you are the emperor. Once you open your mouth, it will be hard to take it back. You won't go back on your words, will you?"

To be honest, Chen Ce was really impressed by Zhu Houzhao. What a talented person he was. He even dared to betray his father.

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand helplessly and sighed, "Forget it, I don't have time to mess around with you now."

After he finished speaking, he left angrily with a huff.

Zhu Houzhao said to Chen Ce, "Little brother, why are you still standing there? Go back! Father has just given the order to let Lord Mou let you go."

"Master Mou, you heard me clearly. I didn't say anything nonsense, did I?"

Mou Bin: “…”

"Well, that's true. The emperor did say that."

But it is also obvious that Emperor Hongzhi did not intend to embarrass Chen Ce, otherwise what would Zhu Houzhao say? If Emperor Hongzhi did not want to release him, would Mou Bin dare to let Chen Ce leave the Jinyiwei?
Chen Ce said "Oh" and nodded, "Okay."

As if thinking of something, Chen Ce asked Mou Bin, "Master Mou, have the three envoys from Zhejiang sent Jinyiwei here?"

Mou Bin nodded: "It's delivered."

It seems that Emperor Hongzhi still overcame all difficulties and obstacles and used the Jinyiwei to interrogate the three officials of Zhejiang.

As long as the Jinyiwei intervenes, many people from Zhejiang will most likely be implicated. There will be a limit to this, and Emperor Hongzhi will not kill them all. But in any case, during the period when the Ming Dynasty attacks the Japanese islands, the southeastern rear will definitely be stable.

After leaving the Jinyiwei, Chen Ce bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Highness, thank you."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands loudly and said, "Hey! Little brother, why are you being so polite to me? It's obviously my father's fault. Why is he keeping you in custody for no reason?"

"You have done so many great things for him, but he is still so ungrateful. To be honest, I can't stand it any more!"

Chen Ce: “…”

My Prince, that is your biological father, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You say he is ungrateful. If your father heard it, I wonder how angry he would be.

Anyway, no matter what, Zhu Houzhao felt that it was wrong for Emperor Hongzhi to imprison Chen Ce. He did not even ask what crime Chen Ce had committed or why he was imprisoned by Emperor Hongzhi.

A typical example of helping relatives but not taking care of things.

"Little brother, you should go back quickly. Madam Wu and Xiaohua are getting anxious."

"It's my fault for not visiting you during this period of time. Otherwise, you wouldn't have suffered so much in the Jinyiwei."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's unfriendly expression, Mou Bin hurriedly said, "Your Highness, Master Chen has not suffered in the Jinyiwei!"

(End of this chapter)