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

Chapter 465 Abuse of power
Compared with Liu Jin, Gu Dayong was several levels lower. Liu Jin even felt a little sorry for Gu Dayong.

If he hadn't known Chen Binggui, he would probably be on the same level as Gu Dayong now?

Whenever he gets the chance to gain some power, he will abuse it and flatter others crazily, not caring about the consequences at all, and naively believes that the crown prince can protect him.

But now Zhu Houzhao is only the crown prince after all, he is not the emperor yet.

And Chen Ce is still alive, he just went to the Japanese island and he is not dead!
Liu Jin deliberately tried every means to get the white tiger with hanging eyes, apparently to make the prince happy, but his real purpose was to fish, to catch Gu Daye with this fish.

As expected, Gu Dayong was fooled without even thinking about it. Does he think that just because he is now the governor of the East Factory, he is very powerful and can abuse his power to manipulate the crown prince at will?

Gu Dayong couldn't understand these things, so he presented the white tiger to Zhu Houzhao without thinking, to make the prince happy.

Once Zhu Houzhao is happy, Gu Dayong, after tasting the sweetness, will definitely get all kinds of toys to make the prince happy, thus pulling himself step by step to the edge of the abyss!
"Master."

Gu Dayong was serving Zhu Houzhao who was lying on a recliner in the imperial garden. In a large cage not far away, a tiger was fighting with several hunting dogs, and Zhu Houzhao was watching with great interest.

Without the joint restraint of Chen Ce and Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao completely lost his way.

"The Ministry of Public Administration has sent many memorials. Would you like to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to review some of them?"

Zhu Houzhao chuckled and said, "They are just trivial matters in different places. If I have to review everything, won't I be exhausted to death?"

"Father is just worrying too much. You go and give me your approval."

Gu Dayong was delighted and said hurriedly, "As you wish!"

"Wait a minute."

Zhu Houzhao stopped Gu Dayong and asked, "Have you found Captain Qian? He has been gone for almost half a month."

Gu Dayong said hurriedly, "Captain Qian sent a letter two days ago, saying that he has locked the other party in Guangxi. He should be searching for him now. I think there will be news in the next two days."

"it is good!"

Zhu Houzhao was very happy. As long as Qian Ning could find the old doctor, he would definitely be able to cure his brother's illness. He said to Gu Dayong, "Go tell Qian Ning that as long as the old doctor can cure tuberculosis, I will reward him with mountains of gold and silver!"

"According to the order!"

"Oh, my Lord, I got a cheetah from Liaodong. It's very fierce and I'm afraid it can fight against this white tiger."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Then get it quickly."

"Forget it, don't approve the memorial. Just take me there. These hyenas are no match for tigers. It's no fun."

When he thought of Chen Ce just now, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but shrink his neck, like a child who had done something wrong.

I should go and take a look at the memorial. Even though it's nothing serious, it might as well be a formality.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the six ministries of the Cabinet requested to see him.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to summon Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and his group to the Wuying Palace for an audience.

"I am here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Your Highness, there has been a flood in Huaibei and Huainan. I beg the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 100,000 silver coins for disaster relief."

"Oh, you decide, Lord."

"Your Highness, there is a locust plague in Shandong. The Shandong Provincial Government requests that Qingzhou be exempted from taxes for the second half of the year."

"Okay, you decide, Lord."

The Minister of War said, "Your Highness, the little prince of Tatar has deployed his troops at the border, attempting to invade Xuanfu."

Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes, looked at the Minister of War excitedly, and said, "Good... well, what a bastard!" "This beast is so rampant, it has invaded our Ming border several times. I will personally go to Xuanfu to inspect and supervise the Ming soldiers!"

Six cabinet departments: "..."

"Your Highness, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

"You are His Majesty's only son. His Majesty is now touring the Japanese islands. The country and the people all depend on Your Highness. If Your Highness leaves the capital, if anything unexpected happens, we will be held responsible. Your Highness, please think twice, think twice!"

Zhu Houzhao listened to the objections of this group of ministers and looked at their faces, as if he would die immediately if he left the palace.

No wonder my younger brother said that if I became emperor in the future, I would probably have very few opportunities to leave the palace.

Before, the younger brother wanted to take him to see the various aspects of life among the people, saying that he would no longer have the opportunity after he ascended the throne. Zhu Houzhao didn't understand at that time, but now he finally understands it.

It was like this before he ascended the throne. What will happen after he ascends the throne?
He has been living in the deep palace for a long time. How can he understand the outside world and the sufferings of the people?
If someone in the local government deceives me, then I won't be able to find out at all? If the civil officials have power over me, then what power do I have?

Zhu Houzhao is now increasingly aware of how powerful his younger brother is! Before, when he was studying in the Eastern Palace, those teachers had never taught Zhu Houzhao how to deal with civil officials, only his younger brother took this very seriously.

Now Zhu Houzhao finally understood Chen Ce’s good intentions!
"Okay." Zhu Houzhao nodded helplessly.

Liu Jian and his group of civil servants were very satisfied and said with a smile: "The prince is virtuous!"

I'll fuck you, old bastard!
After the court meeting, Zhu Houzhao went back to sleep lazily.

……

Several large ships were sailing on the sea, and more than twenty warships were escorting the ships.

Xiaohua and Wu Niangzi had never seen the sea before. They stood on the deck of the ship and excitedly admired the endless beauty of the sea.

Chen Ce, Emperor Hongzhi and a group of princes were on the same ship, while other members of the royal family were on other ships.

Liu Wentai diagnoses Chen Ce's physical condition every day, and his condition has been relatively stable in the past few days.

Early this morning, Prince Anlu Zhu Youlu invited Chen Ce to the private room of the ship for tea.

As the half-brother of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Youju had a strong prestige among the princes, and he was also extremely intelligent and scheming.

Ever since he boarded the ship and discovered that Chen Ce was also traveling on the same ship with Emperor Hongzhi, he had a bad feeling.

The last time he went to Beijing to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday, he had heard of Chen Ce's name in the capital.

At that time, he thought that Chen Ce was just a simple courier businessman, so he asked the chief historian of the palace to receive Chen Ce.

But how could a mere businessman be qualified to be on the same ship with Emperor Hongzhi and so many princes?

You should know that on this ship, except for Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers of the Cabinet, Rites, and War, no other ministers were qualified to accompany.

Why is Chen Ce qualified?

This is something Zhu Youqiu couldn't understand at all!

"Mr. Chen."

"The last time I came to Beijing, I was very busy. I had planned to meet Mr. Chen in person to discuss express business, but I just couldn't spare the time."

"I wonder how the reception was last time by the Palace Chief Secretary?"

Chen Ce smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's great."

Zhu Youqiu smiled and said, "That's good, Master Chen... Um, shouldn't I call you that? Master Chen? I wonder what government office Master Chen is in?"

Zhu Youluo calmly inquired about Chen Ce's identity and status. The fact that he could ride on the same boat with Emperor Hongzhi was enough to show that Chen Ce's identity was extremely extraordinary!
(End of this chapter)