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

Chapter 471 Hongzhi Sacrifice to Heaven
There are three eunuchs in the Qian family. The third one, Qian Neng, works in the Imperial Household Department, the second one, Qian Fu, works in the Imperial Stables Department, and the eldest one, Qian Xi, works in the Imperial Household Department.

Although their power and status are not as good as Li Guang, the eunuch of the inner palace, or Huai En who serves Hongzhi, the influence of the three eunuchs of the Qian family in the palace should not be underestimated.

For their future considerations, they had to start planning now and place Qian Ning next to the prince to prevent them from losing power once Emperor Hongzhi passed away.

Money can make Qian Ning feel at ease. Even if Chen Ce comes back from the Japanese island, what will happen? The old doctor did not say anything definite. If he could not cure the disease, the crown prince would not blame Qian Ning.

"Ning'er, you should make friends with Gu Dayong during this period. He is the eunuch playmate of the crown prince. If you serve him well, it will be of great benefit to our Qian family in the future."

"Yes, foster father."

……

In the East China Sea, Emperor Hongzhi's imperial ship arrived at the Wo Island in a mighty manner.

Ren Qian, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese island, personally boarded the ship and led 32 ships to welcome Emperor Hongzhi.

On the island, tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers stood upright on both sides of the road, with the dragon flag with the word "Ming" fluttering in the wind.

Emperor Hongzhi, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, landed on the island accompanied by a group of people from the Cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and others.

The Ming officials standing on the island bowed and saluted, shouting "Long live the Ming Dynasty".

The first batch of Ming Dynasty people who were sent over and the defeated Japanese people who surrendered knelt on the ground and kowtowed to welcome Emperor Hongzhi.

After Emperor Hongzhi arrived, the second group of princes followed behind.

Chen Ce, with Mrs. Wu and Xiaohua, was at the end, and did not try to steal the limelight.

Since landing on this island, Chen Ce has been standing on the coastline for a long time, his eyes a little moist!
This is the kingdom he conquered with his own hands. From now on, this island has changed hands!

When Madam Wu saw Chen Ce's red eyes, she didn't understand why. Her husband had never been so moved.

"Ms. sir, what's wrong?"

Chen Ce shook his head. No one could understand his current mood, and no one knew what this action meant.

In the future, as long as we rule the Japanese island well, transfer Chinese culture here, and then transfer Chinese people here, it won’t be long before this will become another overseas land for the Chinese.

There will never be so many martyrs sacrificing their lives again, and there will never be such tragic history again!

Ever since Chen Ce learned that he didn't have much time left, he has been making plans. Although the road is difficult, he has no hesitation.

Conquering the Wo Islands is only the first step, how to govern them is the key. Chen Ce doesn't know if he can help Zhu Houzhao to govern the Wo Islands, but Chen Ce can fully tell Zhu Houzhao how to plan for the future and what he wants the Wo Islands to become.

The road ahead is up to you.

"Cough cough cough."

Chen Ce began to cough heavily. Liu Wentai hurried forward to diagnose Chen Ce. His face was very solemn. He whispered to Chen Ce: "Your illness has worsened again."

"Why didn't you tell me on the boat?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "It's okay!"

"Don't talk nonsense, let's go."

Liu Wentai hesitated to speak.

Chen Ce said, "Let me finish this grand ceremony and don't tell the emperor, Judge Liu, I beg you."

Liu Wentai didn't understand what could be more important than his life. You don't necessarily have to attend the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven, so why should you join in the fun?
Liu Wentai nodded and said, "Okay."

The Hongzhi Emperor's troops arrived in Kyoto. The Wajima Emperor was now a prisoner, but the Ming army did not embarrass him. They just imprisoned him and did not kill him. He was still useful. War was never a means to completely conquer a country.

Only by making them willingly and naturally tell their people that their ruler has changed can the people submit to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongzhi symbolically received the Emperor of Wa, and Emperor Go-Kashiwahara looked dejected. He had made plans well, but he did not expect to be defeated miserably under the heavy pressure from the Ming army!
Emperor Hongzhi asked him to declare unconditional allegiance to the Ming Dynasty to all his subjects at the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. Even though Emperor Go-Kashiwabara was humiliated, he did not dare to resist.

After the meeting with Empress Kashiwahara, Emperor Hongzhi summoned Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Yuan Shouzhi, Ma Wensheng and Chen Ce to discuss matters.

The senior officials of the six ministries and five military governorates of the cabinet were not surprised that Chen Ce was able to participate in the high-level meetings of the court.

The theme of this meeting was to discuss the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, which was naturally led by the Ministry of Rites.

After the Ministry of Rites reported the itinerary, Chen Ce spoke.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to add."

Everyone looked at Chen Ce suspiciously, and Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "Chun Jian, you say it."

Chen Ce said: "After offering sacrifices to the heaven, all members of Emperor Go-Kashiwara's family will be killed!"

"No matter what, these members of the imperial family cannot survive."

As long as they are alive, the Japanese people will have spiritual hope. Chen Ce wants to completely destroy the spiritual hope of this nation so that they will no longer have any reason to rebel.

Hearing Chen Ce's words, Zhang Mao, Xie Qian and others twitched their faces.

This boy is really cruel!
Xie Qian said: "If we kill the Emperor's family, won't it make the Japanese people more terrified?"

Chen Ce smiled and said, "Then don't kill them openly. They can die of illness, fall, or any other accident."

Xie Qian: “…”

Well, you are determined to kill the Japanese emperor.

Why is the emperor the first person to be killed after a nation is destroyed? Because this group represents orthodoxy, and as long as he is still alive, someone will use them to rebel in the name of justice.

This has been the case for the Central Plains dynasties for thousands of years, so after the fall of a country, rebels may not kill ministers, but they must kill off the royal family.

Emperor Hongzhi finally agreed to Chen Ce's plan.

……

Since the various feudal lords landed on the Japanese islands, the fear on the ships was gradually replaced by excitement.

This area is vast and rich in resources, with vast oceans everywhere, a grand sight they have never seen on land.

But only Zhu Youqiu was still worried. Today he found Emperor Hongzhi and said that he was not feeling well and wanted to return to Huguang first, but was rejected by Emperor Hongzhi.

This made Zhu Youqiu even more certain that Emperor Hongzhi had a bigger agenda for this trip.

Emperor Hongzhi has been meeting with officials on the Japanese islands these days and formulating future governance plans for the Japanese islands with the six ministries of the cabinet.

Zhu Youqiu had to go find Chen Ce. He was now certain that Chen Ce held a very high position in Emperor Hongzhi's heart and he would definitely know what Emperor Hongzhi was planning.

However, Chen Ce refused to see any visitors.

Finally, on the fourth day, Emperor Hongzhi led the royal family and officials to offer sacrifices to the heaven outside the palace of Emperor Wa in Kyoto.

As soon as the Confucian Temple, the high platform and other memorial buildings were all built, Emperor Hongzhi led the Ming dynasty's vassal states to climb the high platform to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth under the watchful eyes of the public.

All the princes and vassal kings seemed very excited. They could finally witness the grand spectacle of expanding the territory on behalf of their ancestors!
(End of this chapter)