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

Chapter 506 Chen Family Crisis
Li Hang was the inspecting censor of the Censorate. Of course, he had no grudges against Chen Ce. There were too many such scholars and officials in the Ming Dynasty, especially the censors, because it was because of the existence of this group of people that the officials would abide by the rules.

If their supervision is lost, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos.

This is their duty. It has nothing to do with personal grudges. They are simply afraid that Chen Ce will become proud of himself.

His strategy made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, but there have been too many officials in history who were proud of themselves and took credit for themselves. Once they started committing crimes, the harm to the country was self-evident.

Now that Qingzhou is in such chaos, as the Imperial Censor, how can Li Hang not step forward and take precautions?

"Your Majesty! I request that someone be sent to arrest Chen Ce and bring him back to the capital immediately to prevent him from using his connections to cover up the news about Qingzhou."

"If that's the case, even if we want to investigate Qingzhou, we probably won't be able to find out the reason."

Emperor Hongzhi naturally refused. Chen Ce went to Hangzhou to move the tomb. Now he wanted to call Chen Ce back. Would he have another chance to go to Hangzhou in the future?
Seeing the hesitation of Emperor Hongzhi, Li Hang said, "Of course, as Lord Li said, it is not ruled out that Marquis Tai'an has his own difficulties."

"I think that in this matter, we should compromise by sending the Imperial Censor to escort Tai'an Marquis to Hangzhou, and then sending the Ministry of Justice to Qingzhou to understand the situation."

This is to keep Chen Ce under thorough surveillance and not allow him any chance to operate, so as to ensure that the Ministry of Justice can investigate the most accurate situation in Qingzhou.

This time Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to agree. If he did not agree, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting to all the officials that Chen Ce had really committed a crime in Qingzhou?
But if he agreed to Li Hang's suggestion, and Chen Ce really committed crimes in Qingzhou, how would it end?

None of the officials who could stand in the Fengtian Hall were easy to deal with, so Emperor Hongzhi had to compromise and said, "Just do as you wish."

Li Hang clasped his hands and said, "As you wish!"

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After retiring from court, Li Hang's reputation became very famous in the capital.

It takes tremendous courage to impeach Chen Ce when he is at the peak of his career!

Not only did Censor Li impeach Chen Ce, he also got the Ministry of Justice to take the initiative to investigate Chen Ce's crimes, which made all the officials admire him even more.

Therefore, how could Li Hang’s reputation not rise rapidly?
Chen Ce had no idea about the situation in the capital. At this time, his carriage had already arrived in Hangzhou Prefecture.

After arriving in Hangzhou Prefecture, Chen Ce did not go to the government office, but stayed in the official post station in Hangzhou. That night he wrote a letter and sent it to the court.

The White Lotus Sect, supported by the Mongols, has begun to operate in various inland areas of the Ming Dynasty. If these traitors are not eliminated, there will be endless troubles in the future.

The Oirat and Tatar people have always coveted the Han people's territory. When Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, he did not annihilate them all. In the past few years, they have been thinking about restoring their country, constantly causing chaos in the north and invading the Ming Dynasty border.

Not only that, he also supported a force that caused chaos within the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to overthrow the Ming regime.

Although Chen Ce knew that it would not be them who would overthrow the Ming Dynasty in the end, he still had to be on guard against these Mongols.

Only when the northern Mongols can be completely conquered can the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty be guaranteed.

This is also why Chen Ce arranged for Fu Yuan to go to Liaodong.

"My husband, it's late, go to bed early."

In the middle of the night, Chen Ce was still writing a letter at the post station. Madam Wu came and urged Chen Ce to go to bed early.

Chen Ce smiled and said, "Yeah."

"Husband, are we going to move the graves tomorrow morning?"

Chen Ce nodded and said, "Well, move the grave as soon as possible and return to the capital as soon as possible."

After a bumpy and tiring journey, he had no place worth staying in Hangzhou. By moving his parents' ancestral graves to Beijing, almost everything in his life was arranged. "Good!"

……

Hangzhou Prefecture, suburbs.

The ancestral tomb of Chen Ce's parents was built by Chen Ce himself. It was located in the farmland of the old house in the suburbs. The Chen family had one hundred acres of land in Hangzhou, but it was later occupied by his uncle Chen Boqin.

Fortunately, Chen Ce's parents were finally buried peacefully in the old field.

Ever since Chen Boqin and his son went to the capital last time, all of the Chen family's properties have been handed over to Chen Ce. Now my uncle's family can only live in the old house in Laotian Village.

Their lives are not very good now. Of the Chen family's one hundred acres of land, only less than ten acres have been occupied.

It was because these ten acres of land were where the Chen family was buried that they were ultimately not occupied.

"father."

It was late at night, and the lights in the Chen family were still on. Since Chen Zhengye came back, he began to study peacefully. After passing the examination for a scholar two years ago, he took the examination for a juren once, but failed.

Seeing that Chen Boxin was worried, Chen Zhengye asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

Chen Boqin sighed and said, "He Juming wanted to purchase these ten acres of land. He came to discuss this with me yesterday."

"He offered no more than thirty taels."

Thirty taels for ten acres of land is no different from robbery. It is only because Chen Zhengye has fallen on hard times. If the Chen family was still a wealthy merchant in Hangzhou, the other party would never dare to do so.

At that time, the Chen family still had some connections with the government, but now that Chen Zhengye has fallen on hard times, his connections with the government have long since faded.

He Juming is the brother-in-law of the magistrate of Hangzhou. Relying on this relationship, he has recently grown rapidly in Hangzhou Prefecture. His business has monopolized Hangzhou's spices, tea, porcelain, and silk, all of which are sold overseas and are very profitable.

It stands to reason that he should not have coveted the Chen family's land. However, when he was doing business, County Magistrate He was not yet the magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture, but only a scholar. Who would have known that in the past few years, he would pass the imperial examinations and become a Jinshi successively, and finally be transferred to the magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture.

Initially, the Chen family and the He family had a good relationship. When He Juming was developing his business, Chen Boxin even helped him. Who would have thought that he would raise such an ungrateful person now.

"He Juming is such a bastard! My son is incompetent. If he passes the exam this time, will he still dare to bully others like this?"

"Father, these ten acres of land are the only property of our Chen family. Why don't we write a letter to Chen Ce?"

"Chen Ce's parents are buried here too. He can't just ignore it."

Chen Boqin shook his head and said, "Chen Ce may have some connections in the capital, but how can he reach Hangzhou?"

"Let's take a step back and say that distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. Tomorrow He Juming will come to collect the land. If we don't sell it to them, can we still survive in Hangzhou in the future?"

Chen Zhengye asked anxiously, "What should we do? Are we just going to watch him eat away at our Chen family's assets bit by bit?"

"We only have this little bit of land left!"

"The only one who can save us now is Chen Ce."

"No, I will write a letter to Chen Ce now! No matter what, we cannot give up this little property to the other party. If we keep giving in, how long will it take for us to give in?!"

(End of this chapter)