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

Chapter 464: Questions from the Ministry of Rites

Qianqing Palace.

In the past few days, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War have been dispatching and arranging the accompanying personnel as well as the ships, routes and guards along the way.

Emperor Hongzhi was also waiting anxiously. He had released the news, but there was no movement for several days, which made Emperor Hongzhi anxious.

Early this morning, he was absent-mindedly reviewing memorials in the Qianqing Palace as usual, while at the same time arranging follow-up matters for Zhu Houzhao, the regent.

Suddenly, a lot of memorials were brought in from the Ministry of Public Administration. After Emperor Hongzhi opened them, he was stunned.

He widened his eyes and couldn't help but gasp!

There were dozens of princes scattered across the two capitals and thirteen provinces, all of whom wrote letters to pray that they could accompany Emperor Hongzhi to the Japanese island to offer sacrifices to the heavens!

Chen Ce's prediction came true. This group of princes fell into the trap and no one could resist the temptation of Fenglangjuxu.

Although the significance of this destruction of the country is not as great as that of the conquest of Langjuxu by Huo Qubing, the champion marquis of the Han Dynasty, it is still a milestone in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

As the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, who wouldn't want to witness this great event together with the wishes of our ancestors?
Chen Ce's hunger marketing method made these vassal states feel a sense of crisis. After all, Emperor Hongzhi had announced that he would only bring a few vassal states to the Japanese island this time.

That's why they are so active, fearing that they will miss this opportunity.

Although they will be able to travel freely to and from the Japanese island in the future, the meaning will be completely different from now.

So in the final analysis, it was Chen Ce who grasped their psychology.

Emperor Hongzhi suppressed his excitement and planned to discuss the issue of the royal family and vassal states accompanying him in court tomorrow.

As for how to plan and arrange the royal family and vassal states in the future, Emperor Hongzhi no longer needed Chen Ce to take action, as he already had an idea in his mind.

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Early the next morning, Emperor Hongzhi held a grand court meeting before leaving.

At the court meeting, he first announced that Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao would serve as regent, and then informed the ministers of the various vassal states' request for permission to accompany him to the Japanese islands.

What the Minister of Rites meant was that the itinerary for this trip had already been discussed with the Ministry of War, and there was no need to bring the vassal states along.

But Emperor Hongzhi flatly refused, saying righteously that this grand occasion was what all the ancestors of the Zhu family had hoped to see, so how could he not bring their descendants with him to offer sacrifices to the gods and their ancestors?
Emperor Hongzhi didn't know whether there were any princes' people in the court, but he could figure it out with his eyes closed that what was said in the grand court meeting would spread very quickly. Regardless of whether there were any princes' people in the court or not, the princes would eventually know the content of today's court meeting through various channels.

Emperor Hongzhi deliberately told the various vassal states this in order to avoid raising their suspicions.

Once they go to the Japanese island, it will be difficult for them to come back.

At that time, as long as they agreed to become fiefs, Emperor Hongzhi would immediately send their families over when he returned to the inland of the Ming Dynasty, thus conveniently realizing the transfer of fiefs and achieving self-sufficiency in financial salaries.

The Ministry of Rites could not persuade Emperor Hongzhi. Even if we take a step back, there is nothing wrong with Emperor Hongzhi taking his royal family members of the Zhu family to the Wa Island to offer sacrifices to the heavens.

However, who should go became the focus of discussion at the court meeting.

The Ministry of Rites suggested taking only the thirteen princes, but Emperor Hongzhi insisted on taking all the clan relatives, a total of forty-three elders, along as well.

The Minister of Rites felt his scalp tingling and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, this..."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "They are all my closest relatives of the Zhu family, and they are all my brothers and sisters! How can you ask me to favor one over the other?"

"I want to share this honor with all the brothers, uncles and elders of the Zhu family!"...

Three days later.

The descendants of the Zhu family in all the vassal states and clans in the two capitals and thirteen provinces were all moved to tears, expressing gratitude for the emperor's grace and calling the emperor a sage!
The scene of Emperor Hongzhi raising his arms and refusing to accept the majority's opinions at the court meeting three days ago was naturally heard by all the princes.

It was unexpected that despite so many civil officials opposing it, Emperor Hongzhi still insisted on going against the majority. How could the elders of the Zhu family not be extremely grateful!

Dozens of clans and vassals had no doubts and cherished the opportunity to travel with Emperor Hongzhi. They began to gather at Ningbo Port, ready to wait for the emperor to go to the Japanese island together!

Capital.

Chen Ce didn't have much to say, so he took Xiaohua and Mrs. Wu on the carriage and drove all the way to the outside of Zhengyang Gate, where they met up with Emperor Hongzhi's motorcade.

There were huge crowds of people outside the city gate, and the people were vying to escort Emperor Hongzhi on his trip.

Zhu Houzhao stood silently on the city wall, looking somewhat sad and feeling very uncomfortable. Even though he wanted to go with them very much, he could only sigh helplessly.

Emperor Hongzhi's motorcade also brought Liu Wentai, the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau, to prevent Chen Ce from having any accidents on the road so that he could be treated at any time.

The fifteenth year of Hongzhi, June 20th, noon.

The imperial sedan chair of Emperor Hongzhi left the capital from Zhengyang Gate in a mighty procession and headed straight to the southeast.

The route arranged by the Ministry of Rites was to travel entirely by land, which was undoubtedly the safest route. They would eventually arrive at Ningbo Port, then take a boat out to sea and head straight to the Wo Island.

"Have a safe trip."

Zhu Houzhao sighed in disappointment, then led the Jinyiwei team back to the Qianqing Palace.

Chen Ce did not make any arrangements for Zhu Houzhao, as he also wanted to see how Zhu Houzhao would govern the country during the period when he and Emperor Hongzhi were away.

After arriving at the palace, Zhu Houzhao moved from the Eastern Palace to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao has been feeling a little depressed these days. The senior ministers of the six ministries of the cabinet would come to Zhu Houzhao to discuss state affairs from time to time, but Zhu Houzhao did not express any opinions of his own and just listened to the decisions of the cabinet.

This inevitably led the cabinet to praise Zhu Houzhao, saying that he would definitely be a wise ruler in the future.

Zhu Houzhao just pursed his lips. Wasn't it because he didn't go against their intentions that they praised him like this?
If you disobey them in the slightest, they will compare you to Xia Jie and Shang Zhou...

Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to pay attention to these people. Anyway, his father would be back soon, and he didn't want to cause any big trouble during this period.

Gu Dayong has been in a very powerful position recently. The reason for his power is that he reports Qian Ning's progress every day. Recently, he received good news that Qian Ning has found the whereabouts of the old doctor.

Zhu Houzhao was very excited and directly promoted Gu Dayong to the position of commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot!
Although Liu Jin has not been with Zhu Houzhao recently, he has not done nothing. He recently asked someone to get a white tiger with hanging eyes, intending to give it to Zhu Houzhao to relieve his boredom.

However, this matter was soon discovered by Gu Dayong.

After all, Gu Dayong controlled the East Factory and had very sensitive intelligence information. He immediately intercepted Liu Jin's White Tiger with Hanging Eyes, intending to take it for himself and then give it to Zhu Houzhao to entertain him.

Everything is under Liu Jin's control.

Liu Jin has learned a lot from being with Chen Ce these days. He has learned a lot of tricks from Chen Ce. It is easy for Liu Jin to deal with a fool like Gu Dayong!
(End of this chapter)