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

Chapter 566 The Prince is Angry

Fei Hong took the memorial and quickly went to the warm room to find Zhu Houzhao.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Houzhao's face turned red with anger. He even called for the killing of his own uncle, let alone these vassal kings?

"Kill them and exterminate all nine generations of their clan!"

Zhu Houzhao slammed the table and yelled angrily.

Fei Hong: “…”

He said helplessly to Zhu Houzhao: "Prince, please don't be angry. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. If the fire is too high, it will easily burn itself. So calm down."

Fei Hong was different from Jiao Fang. He was dedicated to Zhu Houzhao and would never blame him with any moral principles. When he saw something wrong, he would always patiently remind him and explain the reasons instead of coldly refutating Zhu Houzhao with ancient sayings.

Zhu Houzhao snorted and said, "These bastards, do they really think that Wadao is their country?"

"Lawless!"

"If we don't punish them severely, it won't be long before the Japanese islands can become an independent country! In their eyes, the people there are no different from pigs and dogs."

"Teacher, what should we do?"

Fei Hong was silent for a moment, and then suggested to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, this matter needs to be reported to the emperor first. After all, the vassal kings on the Japanese islands are all your uncles. As a junior, you should not do it yourself for both emotional and logical reasons."

"We will definitely deal with them, but we can only kill the chicken to scare the monkey. We can't deal with all these princes at once."

"The Ming Dynasty also needs to send officials from the recent years' new Jinshi, and some experienced officials will also be transferred to the Japanese island."

"In addition, adjustments must be made to the political system of Wadao. In the future, the military, political and economic power must be taken back from the feudal lords, and Wadao must be handed over to the officials of the Ming Dynasty to manage."

Fei Hong gave his own advice, and Zhu Houzhao calmed down after listening. He nodded and said, "I will go to ask my father for advice. Teacher, please stay here."

"According to the order!"

Zhu Houzhao soon came to the back hall of the warm room. Emperor Hongzhi had already fallen asleep. During this period, he became more and more sleepy, his body began to lose weight, and he had no appetite. It was obvious that his condition had worsened.

After hearing the footsteps, Emperor Hongzhi opened his eyes slightly and asked Zhu Houzhao, "What's wrong?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Father, please take a look at this memorial. It was brought out from the Japanese island with great difficulty. Look at what evil things those princes did on the Japanese island!"

Emperor Hongzhi took the memorial, read it expressionlessly, and then asked Zhu Houzhao, "How do you plan to deal with them?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "The teacher just gave me some suggestions."

He told Emperor Hongzhi everything Fei Hong said, and Emperor Hongzhi nodded secretly after listening. Fei Hong's words made sense. Boiling a frog in warm water would not cause a big wave in the Japanese island. So he said to Zhu Houzhao: "Well, your teacher is a loyal minister, you should listen to him."

"Okay! I'll take care of it now... Father, why do I feel like you've lost a lot of weight?" Zhu Houzhao looked at Emperor Hongzhi suspiciously.

Emperor Hongzhi asked suspiciously, "Oh? Really? Maybe I don't have much appetite recently."

Zhu Houzhao said, "Ouch," and said, "Then when I finish my affairs today, I will accompany you to visit my younger brother in the evening. The food at his house is delicious."

"Father, you must have an appetite."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Okay."

……

When Zhu Houzhao returned to the warm room again, he said to Fei Hong: "Teacher, this matter is left to you. You should plan carefully who to move on the Japanese island and how to move."

"There is a lot of evidence to be collected, and we must make sure they are convinced."

"Those useless officials who occupy their positions but do nothing and bully men and women should all be reprimanded without any mercy. Don't worry about a shortage of officials. It's hard to find a three-legged toad, and there are plenty of people who can be officials!" After obtaining the permission of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao no longer had any scruples and was determined to launch an unprecedented massacre against the Japanese islands.

Wa Island is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. If it is not managed well, these vassal kings may really find a way to establish an independent country on Wa Island in the future. This is naturally not what the Ming Dynasty wants to see.

Fei Hong bowed and said, "I obey your order!"

……

The sun was setting in the west and it was time to light the lamps. The lights were dim. Zhu Houzhao did not deal with any memorials tonight and took Emperor Hongzhi to Chen Ce's residence.

On the way, Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Liu Jin who was accompanying Zhu Houzhao, and said earnestly: "It's time to replace the people in the Imperial Household Department. Liu Jin, you have been with the Crown Prince for a long time, and you should help the Crown Prince share some of the burden."

Liu Jin was slightly stunned and didn't dare to breathe. He was already extremely excited!

What does the emperor mean by this? It's obvious that he wants me to be the head of the Imperial Household Department!

Emperor Hongzhi said calmly: "The Silijian is short of a writing eunuch. You can go to the Silijian tomorrow to learn from him."

Liu Jin hurriedly said, "Old slave, old slave obeys the order! This old slave will not let the emperor down, and will study hard in the Imperial Household Department to help the prince solve his problems."

Emperor Hongzhi hummed and said, "That's good."

For some reason, Liu Jin felt that what Emperor Hongzhi said was somewhat similar to Chen Ce's.

He could understand what Chen Ce said. After all, Chen Ce was seriously ill and had to make arrangements for his funeral in advance. But what happened to the emperor?

Liu Jin did not dare to speculate too much, and silently followed Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao to Chen Ce's mansion together.

Chen Mansion.

It was already time to light the lamps. Chen Ce sat at the square table. There were a variety of dishes on the table, but Chen Ce could not eat any of them.

Looking at Chen Ce who was getting thinner and thinner, Mrs. Wu and Xiaohua felt very heavy.

"Master, the prince is coming."

Chen Ce signaled the servants to bring the prince, but when Zhu Houzhao arrived, he found that Emperor Hongzhi followed closely behind him, so Wu Niang hurriedly helped Chen Ce to stand up. Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand and said to Chen Ce, "Okay, don't be polite."

"Little brother, my father has a poor appetite recently, so I brought him to try your food. Your food is delicious!"

Chen Ce nodded. Your father doesn't have a bad appetite...

But Chen Ce didn't say much in the end.

After Emperor Hongzhi sat down, he began to eat heartily, which made Zhu Houzhao very happy. He said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Father, look, isn't the food at my little brother's house delicious?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Mm! It smells good!"

Chen Ce saw the pain of Emperor Hongzhi, so he made an excuse: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Ce with gratitude and said to Zhu Houzhao, "You eat first. Chunjian and I will go out for a walk."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao did not doubt him and continued to eat his food happily.

After Emperor Hongzhi left, he could no longer hold back and began to vomit. Chen Ce sighed slightly and thought to himself, why bother yourself? Why make yourself suffer just to not make your son worry?
He patted Emperor Hongzhi on the back and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand: "It's all right."

(End of this chapter)