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

Chapter 410 The Ministry of War is in Trouble

Qianqing Palace, warm room.

After everyone left, Zhu Houzhao could no longer hold back and excitedly found Emperor Hongzhi and asked, "Father, what exactly is the victory chariot map that Chen Ce made for the Ministry of War?"

Zhu Houzhao was too curious to wait even a moment, "Why don't you call the Minister of War over to ask him how to use this thing?"

It was difficult for him to imagine what such a weapon looked like. Precisely because he had never seen it before, he was so eager to try it. If someone else said that they had invented a new weapon, then forget it. Zhu Houzhao would not be curious.

But Chen Ce was different. His younger brother was very capable and basically everything he made was good. That was why Zhu Houzhao was so impatient.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi had the same idea in his heart, but he was unwilling to say it out of consideration for the emperor's face.

He said to Zhu Houzhao reluctantly: "Well, you just can't wait. Didn't Chen Ce say that it can be made in two or three days?"

"Well, since you want to see it, I will call Ma Wensheng to ask."

"Someone, go and summon the Minister of War Ma Wensheng to meet with him."

"According to the order."

……

Not long after, Ma Wensheng arrived at the warm room, bowed to Emperor Hongzhi and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and asked Ma Wensheng calmly, "How is the drawing of the all-victory chariot going? What does it look like?"

what?
Ma Wensheng was confused. What is this all-victorious car map? What is the emperor talking about?

Ma Wensheng cupped his hands and said, "I am a stupid official. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi asked in confusion, "Today, Chen Ce sent the Complete Victory Chariot Map to your Ministry of War. He said that this weapon would be a great killer on the northern battlefield. Why? Haven't you started developing it yet?"

Ma Wensheng thought to himself that this was not true, and the people below did not tell me about the drawings.

"Your Majesty, I haven't had time to look at it yet. I will go back and take a look."

Emperor Hongzhi hummed and said, "Okay."

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "This Minister of War is too irresponsible. Father, please dismiss him."

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

"You little brat, you can dismiss the six ministers just by finding an excuse? Do you really think you can do whatever you want just because you are the emperor?"

……

Ministry of War.

Ma Wensheng returned to the Ministry of War with curiosity. He was very confused. Chen Ce had a good relationship with the Minister of Works Xu Guan, so why didn't the weapons manufacturing drawings be sent to the Ministry of Works first?
Oh, by the way, Minister Xu has taken sick leave today.

But I don’t know what kind of weapon drawings Chen Ce sent over. He was so arrogant to say that this kind of weapon is invincible on the battlefield in Northern Frontier?

Apart from the epoch-making invention of firearms, which were invincible on the battlefield, I have not heard of any other weapons with such a powerful effect.

But then again, even though the Ming Dynasty had firearms, as time went on, it was no longer able to be invincible on the battlefield.

After Ma Wensheng arrived at the duty station, he asked the clerk to ask which government office Chen Ce had visited today and asked the head of the government office to come and see him.

Luo Yizhi, the Deputy Director of the Treasury Department, was a little surprised. When he heard that Shangshu Ma summoned him to ask about Chen Ce, he thought about it for a long time but couldn't react.

What Chen Ce? It seems that I don't even know this person.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Yizhi finally reacted. Oh, it turned out to be the former East Palace official from the morning, who wanted to seek an official position by offering some weapon drawings.

This person does not follow the right path and is always thinking of crooked ways. Moreover, his wisdom as an official is low and he comes with nothing when asking for help... In short, Luo Yizhi does not have a good impression of Chen Ce.

When he arrived at Ma Wensheng's residence, he bowed and said, "Your humble servant greets the Minister." Ma Wensheng hummed and said, "Did Chen Ce come to see you this morning?"

Luo Yizhi nodded and said, "Your Excellency, yes, he intended to use my connections to return to the officialdom, but I refused..."

What a mess.

Ma Wensheng said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Does he need to find you to become an official?"

what?
From the tone of Minister Ma, it seemed that Chen Ce was very awesome.

Ma Wensheng said without further ado, "The Emperor summoned me just now and wanted to see the weapon blueprints that Chen Ce sent. Where are the blueprints?"

hiss!
The emperor personally summoned Minister Ma to see that guy's blueprint? Which blueprint is so amazing?

Ma Wensheng looked at Luo Yizhi suspiciously and said, "You wouldn't throw away the blueprints, would you? I'm telling you, if you lose something that Chen Ce sent you... go and apologize to the emperor yourself!"

Luo Yizhi's face changed slightly. He really didn't expect that Chen Ce would be so powerful. He quickly said, "No...no, I will go back to get the blueprints. Please wait a moment, sir."

Luo Yizhi hurried back to the duty station. He remembered that he seemed to have casually thrown Chen Ce's drawings into the trash can.

So Luo Yizhi began to rummage through the trash can frantically, his expression becoming more and more serious, but he couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

"Somebody come!"

“Have you ever taken out the trash?”

The clerk nodded and said, "He fell. What's the matter, Lord Luo?"

"Hurry, tell me where the garbage is!"

He ran to the garbage dump as if escaping and began to dig through the trash frantically, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find Chen Ce's drawings.

Luo Yizhi finally started to panic. This was something the emperor specifically asked to see. If he couldn't find it, he would be doomed!

"Where are the things? Where did they go?"

Luo Yizhi broke out in a cold sweat.

Half an hour later, his official robe was already dirty. His colleagues were curious and asked Luo Yizhi what he was doing.

Luo Yizhi ignored him and grabbed a colleague and asked, "Do you know Chen Ce?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Luo Yizhi's heart beat faster and faster, and he hurried to Ma Wensheng's house to confess his guilt.

After hearing this, Ma Wensheng was shocked and said, "You actually, you actually threw away the blueprint?"

Luo Yizhi was like a bereaved mother, crying and saying, "My lord...I didn't know that thing was so important. What should I do?"

Ma Wensheng said angrily: "How should I know what to do? If not, take off your official hat and go to the emperor to apologize!"

Luo Yizhi trembled slightly.

Ma Wensheng was very angry, but he couldn't bear to see his men suffer so much, so he said, "I'll give you another suggestion. Go ask Chen Ce if he can draw another picture for you."

"If he doesn't want to...then you should go and ask the emperor for forgiveness yourself. I can't help you."

Luo Yizhi hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude, then left the government office in a hurry. He didn't even bother to get in the sedan chair, and ran straight towards Huaihua Hutong.

When he arrived at Huaihua Hutong, he was leaning against the wall, panting and sweating profusely. Finally, he saw Chen Ce sitting on a stone bench drinking tea in the courtyard, so he hurriedly knocked on the door.

Chen Ce curiously opened the door. Luo Yizhi calmed down, took a deep breath, and said to Chen Ce with a calm expression, "Master Chen, we meet again, haha."

(End of this chapter)