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

Chapter 537 Take the dagger away quickly, it will kill people

After Zhu Houzhao came to the warm room, the six ministries of the cabinet and Emperor Hongzhi were still discussing countermeasures.

In the end, the cabinet decided to abandon this trade order and take the initiative to compensate Annan with money.

The Ministry of Revenue believed that Ming should stop trading with Annan in the future, but the Cabinet thought it was inappropriate. It was obvious that Ming was outmaneuvered this time and was outsmarted.

However, if we cut off trade with Annan for this reason, it would inevitably cause the Ming Dynasty to lose many economic and trade opportunities in the future. After all, the two countries are close neighbors and there will be many opportunities for trade in the future.

Although the cabinet's proposal seems frustrating, the competition between countries is not a personal grudge, and we cannot give up greater interests because of a small loss of interests.

But no matter what, the Ming Dynasty must have suffered a great loss in this trade with Annan, and should learn lessons when trading with other countries in the future.

Emperor Hongzhi was extremely angry. He never expected that such a great country would one day be plotted against by a small country. However, the cabinet's words made sense, so he had to compromise and give in.

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao strode in and said arrogantly, "Father, don't be in a hurry to make a decision. Isn't it just purple silk? Isn't this thing easy to get?"

What a loud tone!

Officials from the six ministries of the cabinet all turned their eyes to Zhu Houzhao. What does it mean, isn't it just purple silk?

Li Dongyang cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know..."

He was about to explain the interests involved, but Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "I know everything."

These words made Li Dongyang swallow back what he was about to say.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "Hou Zhao, don't be rude!"

Zhu Houzhao said: "I am not rude, Father, please wait a moment."

"My uncle and his family will be here soon."

Ok?
What does this have to do with the two guys from the Zhang family? Emperor Hongzhi hasn't seen the two brothers from the Zhang family for a long time. Recently, the two guys haven't come to the palace, and Emperor Hongzhi feels much more relaxed.

"What are they doing here? Who let them into the palace?" Emperor Hongzhi said unhappily.

As soon as the Zhang brothers stepped into the warm room, they heard the chilling words of Emperor Hongzhi, and their hearts sank.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we brothers miss you so much, and you actually say such words to us... This is really disheartening!

Emperor Hongzhi was also a little embarrassed. He really didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, so he coughed twice and said, "What do you want?"

Zhang Heling calmly took out the purple silk and sighed, "We were originally in the palace to help the emperor and the Ming Dynasty solve problems, but I didn't expect the emperor to be so unfriendly to us! Well, if that's the case, then shall we leave?"

When the high-ranking officials of the six ministries of the cabinet saw the purple silk in the hands of the Zhang brothers, they were all stunned!
How did they extract the purple material? Where did this purple silk come from?

Everyone stared at the silk in the hands of the Zhang brothers in shock. Emperor Hongzhi was also shocked and asked in astonishment: "What you have in your hands is... purple silk?"

The Zhang brothers lamented, "Since the emperor doesn't want to see us, then we'll just leave."

Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly said, "Wait a minute."

His voice became much calmer, and he said apologetically: "I didn't mean that. I am very pleased that you can think about the Ming Dynasty."

"What's with this purple silk?"

The Zhang brothers exclaimed, "This was prepared by Chen Ce."

Emperor Hongzhi: “???”

He uttered a word from between his teeth, angrily saying: "Get lost!"

The two brothers shrank their necks, dared not take credit anymore, and hurried away.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was red with anger. Just now, you brothers talked about it in a very convincing manner. If I didn't know, I would think that the purple silk was made by you! So this purple silk has nothing to do with you? You are responsible for bringing it to the palace?
Then why did I look so apologetic just now?

The more Emperor Hongzhi thought about it, the angrier he became.

"Hou Zhao, what's going on?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Oh, father, Tai'an Marquis Chen Ce has already written down the method of refining purple material."

"Lord Li wants to tell me that purple material is now a mixture of red and blue materials. Is the blue material in short supply in the Ming Dynasty?"

"It doesn't matter. The purple color that Tai'an Hou personally mixed in front of me doesn't need to be mixed with red and blue ingredients. He can mix it directly."

Li Dongyang was shocked when he heard this. It overturned his understanding. He had heard a little about dyes. Isn't a noble hue like purple a mixture of other hues?

There is no paint of this color!
Chen Ce can actually extract purple material directly?
But he changed his mind and thought that it was Chen Ce who did it, and suddenly he was not so shocked. Since it was Chen Ce who did it, there was nothing to be surprised about.

Emperor Hongzhi said excitedly: "Good! Good! Chunjian did a great job!"

“How do you make it?”

In this way, the order between Ming Dynasty and Annan would not be in default, the purple silk could be delivered to Annan on time, and Ming Dynasty would not suffer a loss.

How could Emperor Hongzhi and the six ministries of the cabinet not be shocked and excited?

Zhu Houzhao said, "The Marquis of Tai'an has already written down the preparation process. It's all in this book. Father, please ask the Ministry of Works to prepare the pigments."

Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly said to Xu Guan: "Mr. Xu, quickly prepare the pigment according to Chunjian's method!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

……

The Zhang brothers left the palace cursing.

The emperor is nothing! He is destroying the bridge after crossing it!
When he saw the silk in our hands, he looked so pious with an apologetic look on his face.

After learning that the purple silk was prepared by Chen Ce, why did he look so disgusted? His attitude of being arrogant at first and respectful later was really shameful!

Originally, the brothers were planning to ask for a share of the credit, after all, they also had a role to play in supervising Chen Ce, right?
Who would have thought that the emperor would simply drive them out of the palace? How cruel, so cruel!

Zhang Yanling said, "Brother, let's go find Chen Ce and ask him to make toys for us. This thing can be sold for a lot of money. Let's not waste time."

They didn’t know where Chen Ce lived before, but now that they know, of course they have to go and urge Chen Ce to come back.

"Yeah." Zhang Heling agreed deeply.

Just as the two brothers left the palace and walked on Zhengyang Street, Li Tao followed them with a smile.

"Chen Ce?"

The Zhang brothers turned around and saw that it was the female envoy from Annan. They asked with displeasure, "What are you doing?"

Li Tao came to Zhang Heling with a smile on her face and said softly, "I don't want to do anything. I admire you very much."

Damn! Why is this beauty so sexy?

If you were not the Annan envoy, Zhang wouldn't mind flirting with you, but now, I'm sorry!

Zhang Heling righteously reprimanded, "Get out of here! Stop flirting... Damn it! What are you doing?"

"Take the dagger away quickly, it can kill people!" Zhang Heling's body trembled slightly.

(End of this chapter)