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

Chapter 514 Fu Yuan's Letter
Zhu Houzhao naturally knew that Chen Ce lived in Liuchao Street, so he came personally to hand Fu Yuan's letter to Chen Ce.

"Little brother, my uncle and his friends asked me to bring you a letter just now."

Chen Ce said with an "oh". Now few outsiders knew where Chen Ce lived. It was also because Emperor Hongzhi wanted to protect Chen Ce that Fu Yuan sent the letter to the old house.

Chen Ce opened Fu Yuan's letter, in which he wrote down the conditions suggesting that the court allow the Jurchens to live in the Central Plains.

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao said suspiciously: "If those Jurchens enter the Central Plains, who can tell who is loyal and who is treacherous?"

"Besides, the Han people are xenophobic to begin with. Once they come in, there will inevitably be conflicts with the Han people. Wouldn't it be even more difficult to manage them then?"

Zhu Houzhao's idea was correct, but Fu Yuan's suggestion was more forward-looking.

He said to Zhu Houzhao: "The Jurchens are divided into three groups. Fu Yuan only suggested that the wild Jurchens move to the interior. This group of Jurchens is relatively less threatening."

"Moreover, the Jurchens have always been outside the Great Wall and have always coveted the interior. Only by dispersing them all, managing them in a unified way, and assimilating them culturally can we reduce their threat to the Ming Dynasty."

"Fu Yuan's idea is correct. Let's first try to get some Jurchens to settle down here, and then use them to attract more Jurchens to come in, and achieve national integration."

Just like the policy for governing the southwest, the Ming Dynasty has now allowed the chieftains and local people in the southwest to take imperial examinations. After this policy comes out, it is bound to allow them to be gradually assimilated.

The southwest has now become stable, and the local people no longer engage in the barbaric behavior they once did. This is the result of cultural invasion and national policy adjustments.

Fu Yuan learned experience from the southwest, so he planned to pilot it in Liaodong.

During the time he was in Liaodong, he discovered that the most threatening and ambitious group in Liaodong was undoubtedly the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the least threatening and most eager for peaceful development were the Wild Jurchens.

That's why he suggested trying to migrate the wild Jurchens into the Central Plains first. As long as they lived comfortably in the Central Plains, it wouldn't take long before they would lead other Jurchens to migrate to the Central Plains together. In this way, the Liaodong Jurchens could be completely tamed without spending a single soldier.

After listening to Chen Ce's explanation, Zhu Houzhao learned about Chen Ce and Fu Yuan's layout plan in Liaodong. As he spent more and more time in contact with Chen Ce, he found that his younger brother was really becoming more and more powerful.

Of course, this does not mean that Chen Ce has become more powerful, but rather that Zhu Houzhao's experience and cognition are gradually improving, and his views on state affairs are becoming more profound.

"I'll go talk to Father right away."

After Zhu Houzhao heard what Chen Ce said, he planned to leave, but soon, Liu Jin ran in anxiously from outside and said to Chen Ce and Zhu Houzhao: "Sir, Master Chen, the Marquis of Jianchang and the Marquis of Shouning... were assassinated."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ce and Zhu Houzhao were both stunned.

Zhu Houzhao was furious and asked, "Has the person been caught?"

It has only been a few days since my little brother returned to Beijing, and he has already encountered two assassination attempts!
Fortunately, my two uncles moved in, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!

Liu Jin: "..."

Shouldn't you be concerned about the lives of your uncles at this time?

Liu Jin hurriedly said, "The Five Military Commanders' Office has captured the man and is now sending him to the Imperial Guard."

Chen Ce asked Liu Jin again, "How are the Zhang brothers?"

Liu Jin said: "It's okay, they were just frightened. Duke Ying said they almost jumped into the toilet to escape."

Chen Ce: “…”

What a character! He can come up with such a way to protect himself in times of danger. What a ruthless person!
Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Ce suspiciously and asked, "That's not right. Why are they living in your house?"

Chen Ce said: "Oh, I was moving at that time, and they asked me to give them the yard, so I sold it to them at a lower price." "..."

Ok.

Let’s see if these two uncles of mine dare to take advantage of others in the future.

Zhu Houzhao said in a hurry: "Okay, little brother, I'll go to the Jinyiwei!"

"Let me give these bastards a thorough trial! I want to see which bastard dares to be so arrogant!"

After he finished speaking, he walked away.

The fact that he was able to stab me twice in just a few days without regard for his own life speaks volumes about the problem.

……

The Zhang brothers went to the palace to file a complaint angrily with sad faces.

"Brother-in-law! The Duke of England is a bastard! They laugh at us brothers! They don't give us any face, which means they don't give you any face!"

"Brother-in-law, you must severely punish the old bastard Duke Ying!"

Emperor Hongzhi covered his forehead with his hands. He really had a splitting headache about his two brothers-in-law of the Zhang family.

"What's wrong again?" Emperor Hongzhi asked impatiently.

The Zhang brothers said, "Today, the White Lotus Sect came to assassinate us. We hid in the toilet and barely escaped! He, the Grand Commander of the Five Military Commands of the British Public Office, couldn't guarantee our safety. When he heard that we were hiding in the toilet, he laughed at us!"

"Brother-in-law, do you think this is still a human being?"

Emperor Hongzhi said, "What's wrong with him smiling? Wait a minute, what did you just say? Are the White Lotus Cult members here to assassinate you again?"

What does it mean?
"The assassin of Chen Ce... um, speaking of this, brother-in-law, Chen Ce is not a human being! He sold the house to us at a low price, and we thought we got some benefits, but who knew he was trying to cheat us? He even asked for 500 taels from us. He is not a human being either!"

Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, saying, "You go down first."

"Go and call Mou Bin." Emperor Hongzhi ordered Huai'en.

It's only been a few days, and the White Lotus Sect failed to assassinate Chen Ce last time. Now they are trying to assassinate Chen Ce again? This is very abnormal. Why are they holding on to Chen Ce? Why do they have to kill Chen Ce?
Zhang brothers: "..."

Your Majesty, you are not a human being! We are in this situation, and you don't care about us? What should we do with this house? Don't you want to ask Chen Ce to return the money we paid?
The Zhang brothers complained quietly and then left the warm room.

Not long after, Mou Bin came in from outside. When he saw Emperor Hongzhi, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I greet your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and asked Mou Bin, "How did you judge those White Lotus evildoers?"

Mou Bin said: "The prince was also interrogating them. He used all kinds of torture. They were tortured beyond recognition, but they still didn't say a word."

"They all said that someone paid them a high price to set fire and kill people, but they didn't know who gave them the order."

"I used all kinds of torture. I think this group of people really don't know who is behind the scenes, so I can't get anything out of them."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly and said, "Continue the interrogation! If they can't get any information out of him, then go and arrest those who can!"

(End of this chapter)