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

Chapter 598 Good news arrives in Beijing
By mid-November of the seventeenth year of the Hongzhi reign, Emperor Hongzhi's health was deteriorating, even more seriously than Chen Ce's condition.

At this time, he could no longer get out of bed and moved to Kunning Palace. Empress Zhang stayed by Emperor Hongzhi's side, serving him and she cried every day.

How could Empress Zhang be in a good mood considering the physical condition of Emperor Hongzhi?
The Zhang brothers would often go to the palace to check on Emperor Hongzhi's condition. Seeing the emperor in pain, the two brothers felt bad.

"Your Majesty, I'm peeling an apple for you, don't you want to eat it? Then I'll eat it?"

"Your Majesty, this roast chicken is delicious. Are you really not going to eat it?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the two bastards helplessly. If it were in the past, he would have told them to get out long ago, but now he actually found these two guys quite pleasing to the eye.

He smiled and said, "Eat, both of you, eat more. Being able to eat is a blessing."

"Don't cause trouble for me and the Ming Dynasty anymore. You own so much land and so many businesses. You are not short of money and you live a life of luxury. Don't let the civil officials impeach you and cause more trouble for Hou Zhao."

The Zhang brothers were somewhat moved by the first words of Emperor Hongzhi, but why did they feel something was wrong after hearing the latter part?

I thought the emperor felt sorry for them, but it turns out he just didn't want them to cause trouble for the prince.

Emperor Hongzhi laughed and said, "You also know that your nephew will not spoil you like I do. If you really cause trouble for him in the future, he will really kill you."

The Zhang brothers' necks shrank as they thought of the prince's nephew who had no regard for his relatives. It was hard to believe that their good nephew could actually do such a thing.

So the two brothers said honestly: "Your Majesty, please get well soon."

"We have always hoped that you would get better and continue to be the emperor."

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

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Snow was still falling heavily in Peking, and it had been going on for several days. A knight from Datong, wrapped in snow, stepped into the capital with difficulty.

This year's winter in the Ming Dynasty is particularly cold. Heavy snow has continued for several days. Snow disasters are occurring everywhere in the country, and the imperial court is also actively organizing various government offices to provide disaster relief and clear snow.

The cavalry entered the Ministry of War and handed the victory report of Datong to Ma Wensheng. Ma Wensheng was shocked to see that Yang Yiqing had won a great victory, and walked towards the cabinet with the news.

Since Fei Hong was promoted to the prime minister, he has been increasingly busy. People inside and outside the capital have suffered from disasters everywhere, and all these burdens have fallen on him, the prime minister of the cabinet.

"Mr. Ge."

Ma Wensheng said with a smile: "It's a happy event, a great happy event."

Fei Hong rubbed his forehead and said, "Everywhere in and outside the capital is affected by the snowstorm, so there is no place for happy events."

He took a sip of the tea and then asked Ma Wensheng, "What's wrong?"

Ma Wensheng said hurriedly: "Northern Xinjiang won a great victory. Yang Yiqing sent troops to raid the Tatar's lair and killed more than 2,000 Tatar soldiers."

When Fei Hong heard this, his eyes widened and he asked excitedly, "Really?"

"Really!" This was truly a great joyous event. When the imperial court was preparing to send troops to the Tatars, Ma Wensheng was actually opposed to it. He always felt that this matter was not so safe. After all, the Ming Dynasty had fought against the Mongols before, and they were really scared by the Mongols. Finally, Wang Yue came out, but because of the serious struggle among the civil servants, Wang Yue committed suicide.

Since then, there has been no one capable of taking on the important task in the Northern Frontier, which is why Ma Wensheng was unwilling to let the Ming Dynasty start a war at that time.

It's just that he underestimated the fighting power of the Ming Dynasty, or underestimated the influence of the flintlock rifle invented by Chen Ce on the battlefield.

Fei Hong carefully looked at the victory report sent by Yang Yiqing. In it, Yang Yiqing specifically asked for credit to Fu Yuan, the commander of the inner factory. This war was led by Fu Yuan, so he believed that Fu Yuan should be credited first.

Fei Hong narrowed his eyes. Fu Yuan was undoubtedly Chen Ce's man. He knew this. Chen Ce had placed his own people in the southwest, Zhejiang, and Liaodong respectively... or in other words, he had recommended candidates respectively.

These people have played a huge role in the three places. In other words, the current influence of the Ming Dynasty in all aspects is still due to Chen Ce!
Fei Hong took a look at the victory report, and then said to Ma Wensheng: "I will go to the palace, you go and summon the Ministry of Rites to come into the palace together."

This great victory was not the goal. Fei Hong wanted to use this victory to appease the people of Datong and at the same time deal a great blow to the morale of the Tatars.

"it is good!"

Fei Hong immediately entered the palace and met Zhu Houzhao. He bowed and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Crown Prince. Your Highness, Yang Yiqing won a great victory in the northern border and killed more than 2,000 Tatars!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard the news, he was extremely excited. After all, he was unsure when he made the decision to use force against the Tatars.

Now that he knew that the Ming Dynasty had won such a great victory in the northern border, how could Zhu Houzhao not be excited?

You have to know that it was he himself who led the war this time, and it was also a political event he completed independently. In the past, Chen Ce and Emperor Hongzhi helped him with planning and advisory, but now neither Chen Ce nor Emperor Hongzhi could help him.

He also wanted to prove his ability to his father and younger brother, so he ignored the opposition and was determined to launch a military war against the Tatars.

Now that the war was won, Zhu Houzhao could finally breathe a sigh of relief and stand up straight in front of Emperor Hongzhi and Chen Ce.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Good! Yang Yiqing, well done!"

Zhu Houzhao felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that Yang Yiqing was also recommended by Chen Ce. In fact, this war seemed to be led by him, but the arrangements of these personnel officials were inseparable from Chen Ce.

Moreover, this time Fu Yuan played a huge role in this war. Fu Yuan was also arranged in Liaodong by Chen Ce. He told Zhu Houzhao at the beginning that he should rely more on Fu Yuan in the future!
Not long after, the Minister of Rites and the Minister of War arrived respectively. Fei Hong asked Zhu Houzhao to let the Ministry of Rites announce it to the world and publish this military victory in newspapers so that people all over the country would know about it.

This was a move to enhance the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Houzhao naturally had no reason to refuse and immediately agreed.

Fei Hong then suggested that Fu Yuan be promoted. Zhu Houzhao pondered for a moment and immediately promoted Fu Yuan to the position of Tongzhi, the second-in-command of the Inner Factory.

In fact, Fei Hong's original intention was to transfer Fu Yuan to the civil service team, but since Zhu Houzhao did not consider this, forget it.

Next, money and other consolations had to be given to the people of Datong who died. After the incident, the court had been dealing with the former general of Datong and had not had time to comfort the dead merchants.

With such an operation, the court's lost prestige will be regained.

As one thing gains, another loses. The little Tatar prince's situation is not very good now. The reputation he had worked so hard to build up in the Tatar tribe has completely disappeared because of the defeat in this war!

(End of this chapter)