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

Chapter 518: New Currency Issued
Chen Ce never imagined that the reason why the White Lotus Sect was so obsessed with assassinating him was because of the death of King Anhua.

However, the cause of King Anhua's death was clearly blocked by Emperor Hongzhi on the ship to the Wo Island.

Although the princes on the ship only had suspicions, they had no substantial evidence. So who leaked the news to the descendants of King Anhua?

Chen Ce had a vague idea of ​​the answer in his mind, but even if he knew it, it would be of no use. He couldn't go to the Japanese island to destroy these vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

And there is no real evidence to show whether they did it intentionally or unintentionally.

What if those princes accidentally revealed the possible cause of King Anhua's death to his children? Perhaps they didn't know that King Anhua's descendants were related to the White Lotus Sect...

Of course, it is not ruled out that some people wanted to take advantage of the death of King Anhua and instruct the White Lotus Sect to kill Chen Ce.

After Qin Huakui, the protector of the White Lotus branch, was executed, the fate that awaited her was bound to be cruel. When facing death, she was afraid and prayed, and even begged for an audience with Chen Ce in prison many times. She even sacrificed her beauty to seduce Jinyiwei commander Mou Bin.

But it was all in vain, the final outcome was still a cruel death.

After Mou Bin informed Emperor Hongzhi of the results of his investigation into Qin Huakui, Emperor Hongzhi summoned Chen Ce privately.

He knew that this matter was closely related to the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongzhi asked Chen Ce directly, "Chun Jian, tell me what you think about this matter, or how do you want to deal with it?"

Chen Ce asked knowingly, "What does your Majesty mean? Didn't the Jinyiwei kill the White Lotus assassin?"

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Ce, smiled, and said, "You know I'm not asking that."

"You are so smart, you must have discovered the problem a long time ago. Maybe Mou Bin and the prince didn't notice the details, but you must have discovered it."

"The White Lotus Sect's courtesan said that the descendants of Prince Anhua knew on the Japanese island that Prince Anhua was killed by you."

"No one knows about this, unless the people on the ship at the time have such suspicions... and besides the cabinet and the Jinyiwei and a few others, there were only the princes on the ship at the time. The one who can attribute the death of Prince Anhua to you must be one of these princes. I don't know who it is."

"I am not sure whether they did it on purpose or unintentionally. Anyway, this matter is closely related to the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, so I am asking you, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Since Emperor Hongzhi had already made it clear, Chen Ce had no choice but to face it and said, "There is nothing I want to deal with. Those princes will know everything I did to them sooner or later. This is the best way they can retaliate against me now."

"If I were them, I would probably take revenge if I got the chance. After all, it was me who caused their current situation."

"Your Majesty, please do not worry so much...but the matter of the White Lotus Sect must be taken seriously."

"If it was just a domestic cult, it would be fine, but this group of White Lotus Sect was supported by the Mongols. The Oirat and Tatars have always coveted the inland land of the Ming Dynasty and attempted to use the White Lotus Sect to subvert the Ming regime. We must be on guard against this."

Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes and said unkindly: "The Oirat and Tatars have always been a major threat to the northern border. They are very ambitious and have evil intentions!"

"The defenses of the nine borders in the northern border are solid. They have no way to break through the defenses of the nine borders. They can only support a group of forces in the inland of Ming Dynasty and use them to disrupt the political stability of Ming Dynasty."

"His heart is to be killed!"

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a feud between the Ming Dynasty and the Oirat Mongols and the Tatars. During the Hongzhi period, there were few large-scale wars with the Oirat Mongols and the Tatars. However, the little Tatar prince repeatedly invaded the border, posing a threat to the Ming Dynasty's border. Emperor Hongzhi had long wanted to fight a war with them.

"Your Majesty," Chen Ce advised Emperor Hongzhi, "The economy is still unstable now. Wait for a few days. There are still many things to do."

"Let the Royal Guards investigate the White Lotus Sect first. We have control over public opinion, and Shuntian Press is our weapon. Let Shuntian Press publicize more of the evil deeds of the White Lotus Sect, so that the people will be afraid of the White Lotus Sect and win the victory in public opinion."

Emperor Hongzhi agreed and said, "I will ask the Ministry of Rites to do this."

"How is the Ministry of Revenue preparing for the new currency?" Chen Ce said, "Everything is ready. The new currency will be issued at the beginning of next month. Gold and silver will gradually withdraw from the trading market, and the state will intervene in the market."

During this stage, the Ministry of Revenue not only had to prepare for the issuance of new currency, but also had to report the matter to the government offices in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, as well as the money houses in various places.

The preliminary preparations need to be done well before the new currency banknotes can be issued nationwide.

By the time Chen Ce came out from Emperor Hongzhi's place, it was already very late.

The Zhang brothers blocked Chen Ce's way.

"Chen Chunjian!"

"You are so sinister! We treat you as a brother, but what do you treat us as?"

"Someone clearly wanted to kill you in that house of yours! You actually sold it to us? Are you still a human being? Return the money! You must return the money now!"

To be honest, Chen Ce felt a little sorry for them. Thinking about how these two guys almost jumped into the toilet, Chen Ce felt a little sympathetic.

"Well, it was indeed my fault. I didn't expect that they would dare to come back and assassinate me."

"I will return the money to you, and you can return the house to me."

Zhang Yanling said: "That's about right."

You're almost a fool!

Damn, this is a stupid thing!
We protected him from disaster, and no one should try to assassinate him again in the future. Now he wants the house back and returns the money to us. No matter how we look at it, we are at a disadvantage!

Zhang Heling said hurriedly: "No! The house cannot be returned to you, you give us the money!"

Chen Ce: “?”

He looked at Zhang Heling as if he were a fool and said, "Why don't you go and rob? If you can, go find the emperor. If not, go find your queen sister. If they say it's okay, I'll give you the money."

Zhang brothers: "..."

Chen Chunjian, you are going too far! What do you mean by this? What do you mean by going to the emperor? Will the emperor be biased towards us? My sister won't be biased towards us either!

brute!

Chen Ce waved his hand: "I still have things to do... By the way."

"Have you heard that the court is going to issue new currency?"

The Zhang brothers tilted their heads and said, "I heard about it. What's going on? What's the inside story? What's the trick with this new currency?"

Chen Ce asked, "What could be the trick?"

"Oh, maybe the liquidity of gold and silver will not be so great in the future."

I see. I thought this new currency would become worthless like the Hongwu Baochao in the end. In that case, we shouldn’t store the new currency!
However, judging from the performance of the Zhang brothers, promoting the new currency does not seem to be such a simple task.

(End of this chapter)