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

Chapter 618: Transfer to the Ministry of Rites

In the warm room, Zhu Houzhao finished reading the memorial sent by the Imperial Household Department, and then said to Liu Jin: "Go and call the Minister of Rites Yuan Shouzhi to me."

"According to the order."

Not long after, the Minister of Rites Yuan Shouzhi arrived at the warm room and paid a visit to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao handed a memorial from Wadao to Yuan Shouzhi, and then said earnestly: "Mr. Yuan, Wadao is not peaceful. It is far from the capital, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and it is across the sea. You often deal with foreign countries. How can I govern such a far eastern place to ensure that Wadao is safe?"

Yuan Shouzhi said: "Your Highness should discuss this matter with the cabinet."

Zhu Houzhao said: "It is because you have more experience in governing foreign countries. Although the Japanese islands are under the jurisdiction of our Ming Dynasty, they are actually not much different from foreign countries."

"I am now asking what Lord Yuan meant."

After careful consideration, Yuan Shouzhi said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, the court should find a trustworthy person to govern the Japanese island."

Zhu Houzhao smiled meaningfully, and this smile made Yuan Shouzhi's heart skip a beat!

"Yes, what Mr. Yuan said is very good. It has given me an idea."

"I plan to transfer Lord Yuan to the Japanese island to serve as the governor of the Japanese island for the Ming Dynasty. Lord Yuan can bring his family with him, so don't worry about the family issue."

"This……"

Yuan Shouzhi was stunned. He knew that he seemed to have said something wrong just now. If he did not agree, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling the Crown Prince that he, Yuan Shouzhi, was not trustworthy?

The prince is clearly digging a hole for himself. He just wants himself to govern the Japanese island.

But on second thought, there is nothing wrong with going to Japan. Yuan Shouzhi is old and has no energy to join the cabinet. Even if he enters the cabinet, he may not be able to cope with the many things in the cabinet.

Instead of this, it would be better to go to a Japanese island to retire.

Although Zhu Houzhao said that he would send a trusted minister to the Japanese island, what he actually wanted was to let himself supervise the entire situation on the Japanese island and report to the court at any time.

As long as the feudal lords on the island of Wa do not rebel, Yuan Shouzhi will not have much trouble on the island of Wa.

Yuan Shouzhi bowed and said, "I obey your order. Thank you for your trust in me."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Mr. Yuan, you are too serious. Let's leave it at that. I will have the Ministry of Personnel prepare a list and the Cabinet announce it to all officials."

"According to the order!"

……

Chen Mansion.

Duke of England Zhang Mao came to visit Chen Ce today with his little grandson Zhang Lun.

"Chun Jian, are you okay?"

Chen Ce knew that Zhang Mao would not come to see him unless he had something important to do, so he smiled and said, "Everything is fine. Is there something the Duke wants to talk to me about?"

Zhang Mao did not hesitate and said straight to the point: "I want to go to the palace to see the emperor, but the palace is heavily guarded and the prince is busy with many things, so I came to ask Chun Jian for a favor and pass on a message."

Chen Ce asked doubtfully, "Duke, just go find the Crown Prince. Is there anyone who is preventing you from seeing the Crown Prince?"

Zhang Mao said, "Whether you can see the prince now depends on the approval of Liu Jin, the eunuch of the imperial court. I am not willing to go to Liu Jin."

Chen Ce: “…”

It seems that Liu Jin not only has a bad image in the minds of civil officials, but even military generals have a bad impression of Liu Jin.

"I haven't seen the emperor for a long time, and I don't know how the emperor is doing, alas!"

Chen Ce comforted him, "Well, okay, Duke, don't worry, I will tell the prince."

……

Outside the courtyard.

Xiao Hua was practicing with a wooden sword. Zhang Lun, with his hands behind his back and snot hanging from his nose, said indifferently, "It's just fancy moves! Why would a little woman practice martial arts? It's only good-looking but useless."

"Haha." Xiaohua smiled contemptuously.

Zhang Lun said unconvincedly: "What do you mean? You want to compete with me? My martial arts were taught to me by my grandfather himself!" "What about yours? Is it your brother? He looks very weak."

Xiao Hua didn't want to pay attention to Zhang Lun, this annoying guy, but when she heard him talking about Chen Ce, she snorted and said, "Okay! Let's have a fight!"

Zhang Lun held a stick and snorted, "I'll use this as a weapon. See how I deal with you! Look at the sword! Ah! Ha! Charge!"

Snapped!
Xiaohua turned sideways and stretched out her leg, and Zhang Lun rushed towards her and threw her into the ground.

Xiaohua took the wooden sword and hit Zhang Lun hard on the butt.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

"No, come again!"

Zhang Lun stood up and rushed towards Xiaohua again. Xiaohua turned sideways again, grabbed his head, and slapped him on the head.

Xiaohua has been studying and practicing diligently these days, so it is so easy for her to deal with this little brat Zhang Lun.

"Ow!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Zhang Lun cried, "No more fighting, no more fighting, you are too strong!"

He wiped his tears and came to Zhang Mao. Zhang Mao saw his grandson crying and asked angrily, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Lun said, "Grandpa! You can't do it! The martial arts you taught me are too weak!"

"I want to worship him as my teacher!"

puff.

Zhang Lun knelt down in front of Chen Ce and said, "Master Chen, I want to be your disciple. Please teach me martial arts. Xiaohua is so amazing. I also want to learn martial arts!"

Chen Ce: “…”

Zhang Mao's face turned black. This bastard is ruined!

He grabbed Zhang Lun's neck and said to Chen Ce awkwardly, "Chun Jian, please, pay more attention."

"I'm leaving."

"Let's go!" Zhang Mao grabbed Zhang Lun, who was flying into the air and struggling wildly, and left angrily.

Chen Ce shook his head helplessly, glanced at Xiaohua who was practicing martial arts outside, and murmured: "Not bad, your martial arts skills have improved rapidly!"

……

Yuan Shouzhi's transfer order was quickly approved by the cabinet.

When they heard that the Minister of Rites was going to be the Governor-General of the Japanese Islands, all the officials were very surprised. However, no one forced Yuan Shouzhi to do this. It was Yuan Shouzhi who applied to go to the Japanese Islands on his own initiative.

The position of Minister of Rites is very important, and he is basically a candidate for entering the cabinet. After Yuan Shouzhi was transferred, the position of Minister of Rites became very popular.

However, Zhu Houzhao soon proposed that Ma Wensheng go to the Ministry of Rites.

After hearing the news, Minister of Personnel Ni Yue's face was full of worry!
Finished!

Even though he and Ma Wensheng had secretly filled all the vacancies in the Ministry of War before, he thought that Zhu Houzhao would not and would not have the opportunity to place people in the Ministry of War.

Who knew that the crown prince would use such a trick to cut off the source of the problem!
With such a huge benefit in front of Ma Wensheng, how could Ma Wensheng not fight for it? Even though the Ministry of War had real power, he also wanted to go to the Ministry of Rites!

This is a real candidate for the cabinet. Even if the Ministry of War has great power, so what? The hope of entering the cabinet is slim.

This is also why when the Minister of Personnel Ni Yue heard that Yuan Shouzhi went to Wa Island and the Crown Prince nominated Ma Wensheng as the Minister of Rites, he became so nervous!
The prince's methods are really one thing after another. I wonder if Chen Ce gave him the advice!

However, if he knew that all this was done by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself, he would probably be even more frightened!

"Master, the Duke of England wants to go to the palace to see the emperor." Liu Jin walked over cautiously and spoke to Zhu Houzhao.

(End of this chapter)