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

Chapter 423 Declaration of War
The entire meeting hall of the Ministry of War fell silent in an instant. After the spy from the Ministry of War entered the hall, he immediately confirmed the accuracy of the map to Ma Wensheng.

Not only is the map accurate, but the mountains, rivers and streams marked on it are almost entirely accurate.

Upon hearing this, all the officials in the Ministry of War were stunned!
Ma Wensheng swallowed slightly, with shock visible in his eyes. It's not like he had never thought that the map Chen Ce sent could be used, but he certainly didn't expect it to be so accurate, accurate to the point of being flawless!
The military value of such a map is self-evident!

The war is about to begin!

Ma Wensheng seemed extremely excited and immediately adjourned the meeting. Just as he was about to step toward the Qianqing Palace, someone from the palace came to summon Ma Wensheng.

It seems that the Jinyiwei has already informed Emperor Hongzhi of the news.

But Ma Wensheng was still a little puzzled. It was enough to send spies from the Ministry of War to accompany the Ministry of Rites to the Japanese island. Why did the emperor specially send another spy from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to go with them?

However, Ma Wensheng had no time to think about it at this time and quickly walked towards the warm room.

Inside the Nuan Pavilion.

When Ma Wensheng arrived, the top leaders of the six ministries of the Cabinet and the Censorate had already gathered, but Emperor Hongzhi was late.

The Ministry of Rites was the first to report that this time when the Ministry of Rites went to negotiate, the Japanese pirates were still indifferent to the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty. Their rhetoric was the same as last time, except that they would strictly control them. In the end, they still condoned the Japanese pirates in the southeast of Ming Dynasty to invade the southeast of Ming Dynasty at will.

After the Ministry of Rites said this, if the Ming Dynasty continued to be tolerant, it would be unable to explain to both the people in the southeast coast of the country and the foreign countries.

Ma Wensheng stepped out and reported to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, the topography of the inland areas of the Japanese is exactly as recorded on this map."

Upon hearing this, all the officials from the six ministries of the cabinet were shocked.

Like Ma Wensheng's idea, no one knows why Chen Ce could draw such a detailed map based on a historical document. This is simply inexplicable.

After a brief shock, Emperor Hongzhi asked his ministers for the next countermeasures.

After careful consideration, the three ministers of the cabinet made up their minds and agreed with Emperor Hongzhi to think in one word: fight!

Declare war on the Japanese! Destroy their country!

Naturally, the six ministries did not object. They had been bullied like this. If they did not fight back, how would they explain to the people in the southeast? How would they establish their authority over the foreign nations?

Now that the thoughts are unified, the next step must be the preliminary preparations. The Ministry of Rites must issue a manifesto to the world, stir up public opinion, let the Ming Dynasty stand on the side of justice and send troops, and let the soldiers strengthen their beliefs. Only in this way can the next war against Japan be launched!
After the meeting of the six ministries of the cabinet, they immediately started to make preliminary preparations.

Emperor Hongzhi was still worried, so he sent Huai'en to Huaihua Hutong to summon Chen Ce into the palace to discuss countermeasures.

……

In Huaihua Hutong, Chen Ce followed Huai'en into the palace. As soon as they entered the Qianqing Palace, they saw Zhu Houzhao also entering the palace.

"Hey, little brother, why are you here?"

"Father summoned you?"

Chen Ce nodded: "Yes."

Zhu Houzhao had originally planned to go to Kunning Palace, but he decided not to go there now and insisted on following Chen Ce to the warm room.

When Emperor Hongzhi met Zhu Houzhao, he originally planned to let him leave, after all, they were discussing military matters. But after thinking about it, it seemed that there was no harm in letting this guy listen, so he ignored Zhu Houzhao.

Huai'en took the initiative to move a stool over for Chen Ce, while Zhu Houzhao sat with his buttocks close to the throne of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Father, please go over there. There's so much space over there. I'm squeezed to death."

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

Chen Ce: “…”

Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to argue with Zhu Houzhao, and said to Chen Ce with a serious face: "The spies sent to the Japanese have all returned. The map you sent... has been verified by the Ministry of War to be exactly the same as the map of the Japanese mainland!"

"And the two copper and silver mines you mentioned were also discovered by the Royal Guards!"

"I held a court meeting today. The six ministries and cabinets have reached a consensus and have all decided to attack the Japanese mainland!" Zhu Houzhao: "?"

No, what on earth did you do behind my back?
My dear brother, when did you send a map of Japan to our father? How come I didn’t know about it?
Also, what copper mines and silver mines were discovered by the Jinyiwei?
"I'm going to interrupt for a moment." Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and asked Emperor Hongzhi and Chen Ce, "Father, little brother, what are you talking about? Can you tell me from the beginning so that I can sort it out?"

No one paid any attention to Zhu Houzhao. Emperor Hongzhi continued, "The Ministry of Rites is writing a manifesto to stir up public opinion and prepare for the early stages of the war."

"Do you have any ideas?"

Chen Ce pondered for a moment and said, "Shuntian Newspaper."

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly it dawned on him!
Yes, why did you forget about Shuntian Newspaper? Isn't it the largest media for public opinion dissemination?
"If you hadn't told me, Chunjian, I would have forgotten about it. Yes, there is also Shuntian Newspaper. If you want to stir up the emotions of the people in the country, it is not as convenient as a newspaper to issue a notice!"

Chen Ce bowed and said, "Your Majesty can summon the Ministry of Rites and ask them to write an article to stir up the people's war sentiment and help the attack on Japan."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded excitedly!

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand again and said, "You haven't answered my question yet, how come you suddenly started attacking the Japanese? How come I didn't know anything about such an awesome thing?"

Chen Ce frowned, thought for a moment, and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing we need to prepare for early."

Emperor Hongzhi asked in confusion: "What?"

Chen Ce said: "The smuggling traitor from the southeast!"

There are so many Japanese pirates entrenched in the southeast, and they invade the southeast inland time and time again. Emperor Hongzhi would not believe it if you said there were no traitors in the southeast.

Why did Hong Zhong come back from Southeast when he was impeached? Because some people in Southeast officialdom did not want Hong Zhong to continue investigating!
"This group of traitors in the southeast have their own interest chain. If they can let the Japanese pirates cause chaos in the southeast, they will definitely be able to make a lot of profits by using the Japanese pirates."

"If the Ming Dynasty destroys the Japanese, it will not be in their interest. They may cause chaos in the southeast and hinder the war on the front battlefield. Therefore, before landing on the Japanese island, the traitors in the southeast must be eradicated!"

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be thinking about something. It was not like he had not thought about these things before, but it was not easy to thoroughly find out the evidence of the traitors in the southeast colluding with the Japanese.

Chen Ce smiled and said, "It's not difficult."

"Not difficult?"

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Ce in astonishment and asked, "Chun Jian, do you have a solution?"

Chen Ce nodded: "Yes!"

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi asked impatiently.

Chen Ce thought for a moment and said, "I need to communicate with Minister Qin and inform the emperor when I have a definite guarantee."

"it is good!"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I am waiting for your news."

Chen Ce bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."

From beginning to end, they ignored Zhu Houzhao, which made Zhu Houzhao very sad and angry.

"Father!"

"What on earth are you doing? Why don't I know anything about it?"

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go back. I still have things to deal with."

Zhu Houzhao: "???"

This is really too much!

(End of this chapter)