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

Chapter 414 Negotiation Again
Emperor Hongzhi naturally considered things more deeply than Chen Ce. Although he trusted Chen Ce, the six ministries in the cabinet might not necessarily trust him.

It seems hard to convince people that a map that came out of nowhere is a map of the entire territory of Japan.

Sending troops is no trivial matter. If the topography on the map is inaccurate, it will undoubtedly lead to serious disasters. In military affairs, if a scout draws any point on the map incorrectly, he will be punished and beheaded. This shows the importance of maps in military affairs.

After Chen Ce left, Emperor Hongzhi summoned all the heads of the six ministries, the Censorate, and the Five Military Governorates to discuss the matter.

When he took out Chen Ce's map of Japan, as expected, the Cabinet and the Ministry of War were the first to raise questions, asking Emperor Hongzhi why Chen Ce had a map of Japan?
Emperor Hongzhi simply explained that Chen Ce had studied the historical materials and records of Wa Island and drew the picture.

This is certainly difficult to convince people. After all, Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, is a cautious person, and this argument is not enough to convince Liu Jian.

Although privately, Liu Jian was afraid that Chen Ce's contribution would be too great and thus overshadow his own brilliance, and he had his own little thoughts, but most of the time Liu Jian kept his public and private affairs separate.

This time, he reminded Emperor Hongzhi without any selfish motives: "Your Majesty, even if Chen Ce's map was drawn up after studying a large amount of historical records and materials."

"But after so much time, could the historical data be wrong? Would the topography of the island of Wa change? We have no way of knowing these."

Duke of England Zhang Mao was also shocked. It was Chen Ce again. He was simply everywhere!

Although Zhang Mao and Chen Ce had a decent relationship, he had to step out and advise Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, war is a major issue for a country. It is a matter of life and death, a matter of survival and destruction. You must pay close attention to it!"

"Starting a war hastily based on a map that no one can verify is irresponsible to hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the southeast."

Li Dongyang did not speak for a long time. At this time, he walked out of the train and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, send the Ministry of Rites to send another letter of admonition to the Japanese. This time, you can send spies from the Ministry of War to follow. As for whether this map is true or false, we can know it with a little verification. We can never reach a conclusion by arguing here."

Li Dongyang was good at planning. When others were opposing Emperor Hongzhi, Li Dongyang proposed a pertinent solution.

If Liu Jian wasn't so senior, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet would definitely be Li Dongyang now!

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Li's words are not impossible to implement. What do you think?"

Naturally, everyone had no reason to object and nodded. This was also the result that Emperor Hongzhi wanted today.

After the ministers left, Emperor Hongzhi summoned the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Mou Bin, alone and asked him to recruit several spies who were smart and skilled in martial arts.

This trip to Wadao was not only to verify the authenticity of the map given by Chen Ce, but Emperor Hongzhi also wanted to verify whether Iwami Silver Mine actually had a large amount of silver and copper resources.

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Sophora japonica alley.

The last drops of autumn rain fell drop by drop in the desolate alley. Xiaohua got up early and was practicing martial arts with Wu Niangzi in the courtyard. He complained bitterly but still gritted his teeth and persevered.

Chen Ce, wearing the cloak sent by Empress Zhang, sat by the window and thought about Fu Yuan's intentions.

The letter said that he planned to drag the three Zhejiang departments to death with him. Judging from Fu Yuan's crazy personality, he must have something on the three Zhejiang departments.

The cabinet ministers in the court might not necessarily believe the map he submitted. They would definitely find a way to go to the Japanese island to verify it, and Emperor Hongzhi would also verify whether there were really large amounts of silver and copper mines on the Japanese island.

Once these are confirmed, the imperial court will begin to deploy troops to attack the Japanese islands.

The Ministry of Industry has already rushed to dispatch craftsmen to eastern Zhejiang, with the obvious intention of opening a shipyard in eastern Zhejiang to build warships in preparation for future wars. The Ming Dynasty needs not only warships, but also large transport ships that can transport the army to land on the Japanese islands, and this process also takes time.

The north has also begun to deploy heavy troops, and batches of victorious vehicles are being secretly transported to the north. When winter comes this year, the Ming Dynasty will definitely take the initiative to start a war in the north.

White smoke rose from Huaihua Hutong, and every household lived a peaceful and harmonious life as usual, but these ordinary people would never know that the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty had already begun emergency preparations for war.

As soon as the people from the Ministry of Rites come back from their investigation on the Japanese island, Emperor Hongzhi will definitely start to deal with those traitors in the southeast.

Ordinary people may not know these things, but Fu Yuan will definitely notice them.

Therefore, this period of time was a critical period for Fu Yuan's layout. He had to complete the layout of the three offices in Zhejiang before the Ministry of Rites returned from Japan.

"What does he want to do?"

Chen Ce sat by the window and combed his hair carefully. After an unknown amount of time, his slightly closed eyes slowly opened.

"Did he deliberately attack the Ming Southeast Fleet?"

"What if there are still soldiers from Zhejiang Dusi alive among those who participated in the attack?"

If he wanted to deal with the three divisions, he didn't necessarily have to deal with all three at once. As long as the Dusi could be brought to justice, the other two divisions in Zhejiang could be uprooted.

If the imperial court continues to follow the clues, all the collusion between officials and businessmen in the southeast can be thoroughly investigated!
After figuring this out, Chen Ce immediately wrote a letter to Southeast!

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Northern Xinjiang. The autumn rain was drizzling down on the grasslands hundreds of miles outside the city of Xuanda.

The armies of both sides gathered about 50,000 people and were ready for battle.

The Oirat people never thought that the Ming army, which had been hiding in defense, would choose to take the initiative to attack them head-on.

In this war in the autumn of the 14th year of Hongzhi, both sides had reasons to win!

Winter was about to arrive. As long as the Ming army was defeated and the Oirat people were captured as prisoners, they could exchange them for a large amount of reserve grain from the Ming Dynasty to survive the winter.

The Ming army also had to win, as it was related to the situation in the entire north. As long as the Oirat people were defeated, the Tatars who had not yet joined the war, as well as the Turpan people in Hami, would be deterred, preventing them from becoming disloyal when the Ming opened up the eastern battlefield.

Without any nonsense, both sides launched a large-scale charge outside the Great Wall!

The Oirat people had obviously not yet adapted to the new weapons of the Ming Dynasty. When the victorious chariots and infantry launched a charge, the charging cavalry that the Oirat was proud of seemed to be ineffective.

The exterior of the victorious chariot was completely covered with iron sheets, and the Ming soldiers hid inside, with a large number of infantry following behind. No matter how the Wala arrows rained down on them, the Ming army was never hurt at all.

When the two sides were only fifty steps apart, the soldiers in the victorious chariot picked up their muskets and began to shoot wildly at the Wala cavalry.

The light and heavy cavalry of the Ming Dynasty surrounding both sides were on full alert. As long as they saw the slightest sign of defeat of the Oirat, they would launch a crazy charge.

After one round of contact, the Victory Chariot played a huge role. The Oirat people had not yet adapted to the new weapons of the Ming Dynasty, just like the deterrent effect that the sudden appearance of firearms on the battlefield brought to the barbarians in the northern border!
The Wala army saw that the situation was not good and was about to flee, but the Ming Dynasty heavy and light cavalry on both flanks launched a crazy charge!
(End of this chapter)