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

Chapter 381 Fury

Forbidden City, Cabinet.

The three cabinet elders had just arrived at the duty house not long ago. They had just made some tea and, as usual, read the newspaper and learned about current people's livelihood.

Li Dongyang spoke first, saying, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Xie, the troops of Prince Mu's Palace have already borrowed the passage from the Tusi and arrived at the border of Annan. The army is conducting exercises at the border of Annan, and the army of Annan has not taken any further action against Siam."

"The envoys from the Ministry of Rites should have arrived in Liaodong by now."

Like Chen Ce's idea, they were not too worried about Annan. This military exercise should be able to shock Annan and prevent it from moving recklessly.

North Korea is their top priority.

The Ming Dynasty’s current warships have not been built yet, and the ships in Liaodong are not convenient for going to sea, so the policy towards Korea cannot be the same as that towards Annan.

The king of Korea, Li Long, of this generation obviously had no political wisdom. It would not be an exaggeration to call him a reckless man. He never considered that once the Ming Dynasty had time, there would be no difference between dealing with Korea and crushing an ant.
But this period of time is critical. How the Ming Dynasty handles its relationship with North Korea is related to the Ming Dynasty's international reputation.

Liu Jian calmly drank a sip of tea, then asked Li Dongyang: "How is the warship being manufactured at the Ministry of Industry? When can it be sent to the southeast?"

Li Dongyang said: "Minister Xu came to report the progress yesterday. All the warships will be delivered to the southeast probably next month."

Liu Jian nodded and decided to take some time to meet with the six ministries to discuss military actions to deter the Japanese invaders.

While the three ministers were chatting, the Minister of Rites Yuan Shouzhi entered the duty room of the cabinet. He looked a little serious and asked, "Three ministers, has the emperor issued an order for the envoys of the Ministry of Rites to return from the southeast?"

Liu Jian was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "What do you mean?"

Didn't your Ministry of Rites send people to Korea? Not long ago, the King of Korea replied to the Ming Dynasty and asked the Ming Dynasty to release Ren Shihong, a Korean relative. This move was undoubtedly a great provocation to the Ming Dynasty. Now the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to reprimand the King of Korea. This was all agreed upon by the Emperor and the six ministries of the Cabinet.

According to the date, the envoy team should have arrived in North Korea by now. Why do you, the Minister of Rites, ask this question?
Yuan Shouzhi had a bad feeling, and he said to Liu Jian tremblingly: "Mr. Liu, the envoys sent by my Ministry of Rites to Korea have been recalled."

The three cabinet elders were stunned for a moment and asked, "What?"

"Who called him back?"

Yuan Shouzhi said to the outsider: "Come in!"

Ning Cheng and Cheng Minzheng hurriedly walked in from outside. Ning Cheng hurriedly bowed and said, "This humble official greets the three elders."

He finally realized that something serious might have happened. The three cabinet elders clearly didn't know about the imperial edict. Could it be that the two uncles of the Zhang family had forged the imperial edict? How dare they be so bold?

"Sir, my envoy team was halfway to Korea when the two uncles of the Zhang family stopped us with an imperial edict. The edict said that the emperor summoned us back and would not allow us to go to Korea."

Having said that, Ning Cheng took out the imperial edict and handed it to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian had a serious expression. After reading the imperial edict, he could not help but say angrily: "This imperial edict has not been approved by the Imperial Household Department and the Cabinet. You are a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and you also believe such an imperial edict...hiss!"

What are those bastards from the Zhang family going to do? Are they really forging an imperial edict? Or did the Hongzhi Emperor really order them to issue this edict?
The cabinet was not too clear about the situation at the moment, so they could only ask, "Where are the two uncles of the Zhang family?"

Ning Cheng said, "They went to Liaodong." Liu Jian looked solemn. What were they going to Liaodong for? Was there something else they were going to do?
What does the emperor mean by this?
Ning Cheng said with a worried look on his face: "Lord, when I saw this imperial edict, I also raised doubts, but the two uncles of the Zhang family said that it was an emergency, so the emperor issued an imperial edict. I can't help but believe the two uncles, and I dare not disobey the imperial edict, so I came back."

Liu Jian didn't want to listen to Ning Cheng's explanation now. He looked at Li Dongyang and Xie Qian with a serious expression, and then said, "Let's go to the palace! Find the emperor!"

In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi got up early and was drinking tea and reading the newspaper when he heard Huai En say that the three cabinet elders had arrived.

Emperor Hongzhi was also very puzzled. It was neither the time for the major or minor court meetings nor the time for the imperial lectures. He didn't know why the three ministers came to see him so early.

"Let them in."

After a while, three elders entered the hall with solemn expressions and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites is back."

"Ok?"

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi had a strange expression, Liu Jian couldn't help but take a deep breath again, and then said, "It is said that they received the imperial edict, or the two uncles of the Zhang family personally stopped the envoys of the Ministry of Rites and asked them to come back."

Emperor Hongzhi angrily said, "These two bastards! When did I tell them about this?"

Liu Jian took out the imperial edict and handed it to Emperor Hongzhi, saying, "This is the imperial edict received by the Ministry of Rites. It was not sent by the Imperial Household Department or the Cabinet, but was sent directly from the palace."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the imperial edict seriously, his expression was gloomy and his face was twitching violently. He naturally had never issued this imperial edict!
How dare the two idiots of the Zhang family forge an imperial edict? Are they crazy?

No, how could those two guys from the Zhang family get the imperial edict? Could it be...

Emperor Hongzhi had a bad suspicion.

But Liu Jian obviously hadn't finished speaking yet, he said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, the two uncles of the Zhang family are now... in Liaodong."

Emperor Hongzhi asked hurriedly: "What are they going to Liaodong for?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said solemnly: "I don't know either, but I always have a bad feeling in my heart."

The two uncles of the Zhang family intercepted the envoys going to Korea and rushed to Liaodong. Would they do anything treasonous?

There is a serious criminal from Korea being held in Liaodong. If the two uncles of the Zhang family release this man, the consequences for the Ming Dynasty... will be unimaginable!

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have thought of something, his face suddenly changed, and he said sternly: "Quick, hurry up and go to Liaodong..."

Liu Jian looked desperate and said, "Your Majesty, it's too late. The two uncles of the Zhang family should have arrived in Liaodong by now."

"Go to the military post, give it a try anyway, hurry up, and tell the Ministry of War to go to Liaodong as soon as possible to stop Shouning Hou He Jianchang Bo from doing anything!"

The three elders looked at each other. It seemed that the emperor did not mean to recall the Ministry of Rites. In other words, the Zhang brothers were really committing treason by falsely conveying the emperor's decree. This was a serious crime! How dare they do that?

Who was instructing them? What were they going to do? It would be fine if they just faked an imperial edict, but if they really did something evil in Liaodong... Liu Jian didn't dare to think about it anymore, and hurriedly said, "I obey your order!"

By the time the three ministers left, Emperor Hongzhi's face had turned red, so red that water could drip from it!
(End of this chapter)