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

Chapter 590: Crime
Fei Hong didn't know what Zhu Houzhao meant. He thought carefully for a moment before speaking: "Your Highness said that this is a possibility, and it is very likely."

Fei Hong did not play tricks on Zhu Houzhao, not only because Emperor Hongzhi was right next to him, but also because with Emperor Hongzhi around, any of his thoughts could be seen through by Emperor Hongzhi.

Another reason is... the prince's growth rate has been too fast recently, which makes him feel uneasy.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Fei Hong and asked, "Could you please tell me what to do?"

Fei Hong was sweating profusely, and even the way he addressed Zhu Houzhao had changed. He said with a cold sweat, "Your Highness, I think we should immediately ask the Ministry of Justice to send someone to Datong to arrest General Xu and put him in jail."

Zhu Houzhao was obviously dissatisfied. He asked, "Since Xu Ze has been arrested, should Fu Yuan be arrested as well?"

"If Fu Yuan is arrested, who will dare to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future? If something happens, who will dare to report to the higher officials?"

"If something goes wrong, I have to take the blame myself. Who would be willing to do that?"

Fei Hong was silent.

Of course he knew that if he sent the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories to interrogate Xu Ze, they would definitely be able to find out something, but he didn't dare to say this even though he was a cabinet minister.

He had to be responsible to the emperor and the crown prince above, and to all the officials below. He himself was caught in the middle and was very embarrassed.

Emperor Hongzhi also knew Fei Hong's difficulties and waved his hand, saying, "You go down first."

Fei Hong felt relieved and bowed quickly to say goodbye.

Zhu Houzhao was still not satisfied and asked Emperor Hongzhi: "Father, why did you let the teacher leave?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Are you going to force your teacher to tell the truth and send the Jinyiwei to investigate General Xu?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Of course!"

"If this matter is handed over to the Ministry of Justice, which is also a civil service department, they may not necessarily protect General Xu."

"Only by letting the Royal Guards investigate can we get to the bottom of this matter."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "My son is right in his consideration, but he is your teacher after all, and he is also in a difficult position. He dare not say this, otherwise he will not be able to govern the civil servants."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and seemed to agree, so he said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Father, I am too anxious."

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "You are already very good. Father sees it and is happy in his heart."

"Don't push your teacher too hard. He is loyal to you."

"My son, I ask you, do you believe Fu Yuan or General Xu?"

Zhu Houzhao said without thinking, "It must be Fu Yuan!"

This was the talent left to him by his younger brother. Chen Ce had told him at the beginning that he could trust Fu Yuan, so Zhu Houzhao certainly believed in Fu Yuan.

Although Emperor Hongzhi was not as blind as Zhu Houzhao, he could easily analyze that this incident was the last struggle of the Datong General, so he wanted to drag him into the water. It would be best if he could let the civil service group and the Neichang go to war, so that he could save his life.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "Then don't let the cabinet intervene. You can order the Royal Guards to investigate!"

Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and said, "Father, didn't you tell me not to anger the civil officials? If we let the Jinyiwei investigate, it will undoubtedly bypass the three judicial departments again. If the civil officials know this news, I'm afraid they will make a scene again."

Emperor Hongzhi chuckled and said, "Yes, that's right, but you don't have to openly transfer the Jinyiwei over there."

"Let the Royal Guards investigate secretly, and after the investigation is completed, let General Xu confess himself. The Royal Guards have this method."

Zhu Houzhao said: "Then the Ministry of Justice will have to investigate in the end. General Xu can tell the Ministry of Justice that he was coerced and bribed by the Jinyiwei."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "So it is particularly important to send someone from the Ministry of Justice to try General Xu."

"Didn't you promote Zhang Cai? Transfer him to the Ministry of Justice now and let him conduct the trial!"

Zhu Houzhao widened his eyes and said hurriedly: "Father! I understand!" He really had no choice but to deal with these matters, especially after Emperor Hongzhi told him the intricacies of it, he realized how difficult it was to govern officials.

Chen Ce had told him before that the most important thing in governing a country is to govern the officials, and now Zhu Houzhao felt it personally.

"I understand. I will tell the Royal Guards to go to Datong right now!"

……

The cold wind was howling, and the first light snow in Peking fell heavily.

Chen Ce sat in the middle hall, looking at the snowflakes outside, and opened the letter in his hand. It was a letter sent to him by Fu Yuan.

"Chen Chunjian! I'm not going to do this shit anymore!"

"The general of Datong is a piece of shit! The civil officials of the entire Nine Borders are a piece of shit!"

"I had already analyzed to him that the little prince might invade Datong, and I told them to prepare for defense. Not only did he not listen, he even asked me what I was?"

"Who am I? I'm his father!"

Seeing this, Chen Ce couldn't help but feel both amused and helpless. This guy was really angry.

He could predict the little prince's movements in advance, but he couldn't stop Daming from having so many stupid teammates!
It is indeed difficult for him.

"Also, the Datong general turned around and said that I was the little prince's spy. Otherwise, how could the little prince have escaped his spy?"

"This idiot has the nerve to bite me back? As long as the little prince is not a fool, it won't be difficult to bribe a traitor inside Datong with a large sum of money."

"Whether it's threats or huge sums of money, there will always be people who surrender and rebel. His spies are all on the official roads. It shouldn't be difficult for the Tatars to bypass his spies, right?"

"This idiot, a bunch of idiots!"

"If the imperial court wants to arrest me, I will just admit that I am a spy! I don't want to do this job for a single day!"

Looking at Fu Yuan's complaints in the letter, Chen Ce shook his head helplessly and smiled, then handed the letter to Madam Wu beside him.

"Husband, will Fu Yuanzhen be caught and brought back?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "No, the emperor and the prince both know this. He is the man I arranged in Liaodong, and the prince will not touch him."

"And Fu Yuan won't come back. He hasn't proved to me that he is better than me."

Chen Ce knew Fu Yuan's character too well. He did this just to complain to Chen Ce and to tell Chen Ce that he should quickly replace all the generals of the nine frontiers with a group of smart people!

However, the generals of the nine borders do need to be replaced. When something goes wrong, the generals always blame each other. It is time to set up governors in the nine borders.

Chen Ce said to Madam Wu, "Write him a letter and say, 'Oh, I understand.'"

Madam Wu: “…”

"That's it?"

Chen Ce nodded and said, "That's what I said."

"I will write a memorial, and you can send it to the palace to the prince later."

As for how Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Hongzhi would deal with the Datong General, Chen Ce believed that he did not need to worry about it.

Just as Fu Yuan said, he has to consider the future of Jiubian.

(End of this chapter)