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

Chapter 524 Mu Xiu Yu Lin
In the sixteenth year of the Hongzhi reign, in mid-June, it began to drizzle in Liaodong.

When the policy of the Enfeoffment Order was once again sent from Peking to Liaodong, the Jurchen leaders of the entire Jianzhou and Haixi tribes were furious.

No matter how stupid Tuo Luo was, he could understand the purpose of the Ming Dynasty's policy of Enfeoffment.

He immediately summoned his six sons and said sternly: "We Jurchens have our own cultural etiquette, our own order, and our own rules of inheritance!"

"You can pretend to be a snake with the Ming Dynasty court, but you must never really obey the Ming Dynasty's edict!"

"Their goal is to divide us and make us disunited. A disunited nation is not far from extinction!"

"So, don't listen to this useless decree from the Ming Dynasty. It is the same now and in the future. We have our own cultural heritage!"

Although Tuo Luo said it very seriously, several of his sons still said earnestly: "Father, you have seen the strength of the Ming army. They are so powerful. If we don't obey them, we will be in danger of extinction."

"For the sake of the inheritance of the Jurchen nation, we have to make some sacrifices. Don't worry, Father. Even if we each lead our own troops, we will still be loyal to you."

Hearing these high-sounding words from his son, Toro suddenly felt powerless.

It is obvious that these people still cannot escape the temptation of power. Before this, they had no troops under their command, so they could only flatter Tuo Luo and be respectful to Dong Yuanbao as a brother.

But now it’s different. The military power is not only in the hands of you and your son. We also have the power to command troops. In the future, they will also have a place in Liaodong.

Even though they knew this was a conspiracy of the Ming Dynasty, so what? They had truly grasped the taste of power, so how could they give it up just because of a few words from Toro?

What national culture, what heritage, it's all nonsense. The most important thing is to hold on to power tightly!
Tuo Luo looked at them helplessly and said angrily: "I'm not dead yet! You, you..."

puff!
He suddenly began to spit blood from his mouth. Dong Yuanbao said with a bad face: "You bunch of beasts! Unfilial son, why don't you kneel down and admit your mistakes to your father!"

"You may pretend to obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty, but I will not allow you to command the army!"

Several brothers sneered and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? What's the point of you telling us? Why don't you tell these things to the Ming court and ask them to take back their decision?"

"We are also considering the survival of the entire Jurchen tribe. Do you think we want to be in charge of the army? If we don't take charge of the army, and the Ming Dynasty blames us and uses force against us, what should we do then?"

Puff puff!
Tuo Luo was so angry that he kept spitting blood. At this time, his descendants were still fighting for power and didn't care about the life or death of their father. Tuo Luo felt very sad, his eyes went dark, and he died of anger.

The situation on the Haixi Jurchen side was not much better. The power struggle within the Yehenara clan was even more intense than that within the Aisin-Gioro clan, and several brothers even fought each other in their tents.

In any case, Chen Ce's measures against Liaodong were basically all effective.

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In early July, there was a heavy rain in the capital, and lightning destroyed the main hall in the Western Garden.

This was originally a trivial matter, but Shaanxi Governor Yang Yiqing and others wrote a letter to impeach Chen Ce. The reason was also very strange. It was a warning from God that there were treacherous people in the court, and they prayed that Emperor Hongzhi would depose Chen Ce from the title of Marquis!

Some local inspectors impeached Chen Ce for repeatedly entering the palace without real power, which violated etiquette, and asked Emperor Hongzhi to listen to the advice of the six ministries and not to violate etiquette and summon Tai'an Hou for advice. They also cited the example of the previous dynasty's relatives' disorderly politics to illustrate the harm that Chen Ce might bring to the Ming Dynasty.

The local censors' criticism of Chen Ce became more and more intense without any warning.

Some trivial matters can be elevated to the level of causing harm to the country and the people.

Chen Ce had never thought that someone would come to impeach him at this time, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized.

In the past, he seldom appeared in public, and was always behind the scenes giving advice to Emperor Hongzhi. After the 16th year of Hongzhi, Chen Ce entered the Qianqing Palace more and more frequently, and his reputation became more and more restless.

He could even influence the emperor's will at will. The emperor could consider the suggestions of his ministers, but he believed in Chen Ce's suggestions unconditionally. Doesn't this reflect that Chen Ce had a tendency to actually control the Ming Empire?

They were loyal to the Zhu emperor, not Chen Ce.

The bottom line is that Chen Ce's influence on the empire's decision-making level is growing, causing some civil servants to begin to fear Chen Ce's power, so they spared no effort to impeach Chen Ce.

Although these impeachments could not harm Chen Ce in the slightest, the power of public opinion was too strong for some ignorant civil servants. They did not know what Chen Ce had done, and as long as they followed the trend and impeached Chen Ce, it became the political correctness of the time.

No matter what, they would impeach Chen Ce until he dared not enter or leave the Qianqing Palace at will.

Chen Ce was tactful and did not enter the palace during this period. If he did not know that he did not have much time left, he would not have been so radical in participating in discussions on state affairs every time, nor would he have run to the Qianqing Palace every now and then.

By mid-July, the prefect of Weizhou in Shaanxi wrote a letter to impeach Yang Yiqing, the left vice-censor of the Censorate, the censor of the Shaanxi governor, and the supervisor of horse administration, accusing Yang Yiqing of wantonly occupying private houses and fields in Shaanxi under the pretext of building a horse farm.

When this memorial was sent to the capital, people from the southeast and southwest, such as Xu Jing, Tang Yin, Wang Shouren, Wang Wubi, Zhu Zhishan and others, also submitted memorials, praying that the court should conduct a strict investigation of Yang Yiqing.

You can't possibly impeach our teacher for no reason while we, the students, remain indifferent, right?
There is no such truth in the world.

After these memorials were sent to the Qianqing Palace, Chen Ce learned about it and immediately went to find Emperor Hongzhi.

"Your Majesty, these memorials must be kept in your palace and not sent out. As for my students, I will severely reprimand them!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Haha, your students can't just do nothing when they see you being bullied."

Chen Ce said: "The prefect of Weizhou took advantage of this thought, so he impeached Yang Yiqing for occupying the people's land and houses. He knew that my students would definitely agree with his memorial."

"My students were taken advantage of and were still in the dark... Well, maybe they knew they were being taken advantage of, but they saw me being bullied, so they acted like this."

"Your Majesty, please do not bother with them. Once these memorials are sent out, I am afraid that everyone will impeach me for forming a clique for personal gain, which will make the situation even more chaotic!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "I know it all, Chunjian. You are just too outstanding. You stand out in the forest. You will definitely be envied."

"But, what do you think the prefect of Weizhou is doing here to join in the fun?" Emperor Hongzhi asked Chen Ce with a smile.

(End of this chapter)