Zhu Youzhang has had a tragic fate since childhood, and it is not easy to grow up under the shadow of Wan Zhen'er. However, after he became emperor, the government and the country were basically calm, and life has been quite prosperous until now when he married Queen Zhang.

What made Zhu Youzhi most heartbroken was that his second son and youngest daughter died one after another. Although it did not cause him to lose his offspring, there was only one son like Zhu Houzhao for so many years. It is a pity that occasionally remembered Emperor Hongzhi.

Zhu Youting's second son was born in the seventh year of Hongzhi and died in the nineth year of Hongzhi. Because it was a long time, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive to investigate it, and it was not very meaningful.

However, Zhu Youting's youngest daughter, Princess Taikang, died two years ago, in September of the 11th year of Hongzhi. It has not been two years since then. When the princess died, she was not yet two years old, which made the emperor very sad.

Chen Xi doesn't know what the cause of Zhu Xiurong's death is, but I expect that the royal family will suffer disasters for several consecutive years. Zhu Houzhao and Queen Zhang are mostly harmed by others, so Zhu Xiurong is also very likely to be killed... The princess is young and unprepared, and her vitality is weak. When she died of illness, no one thought about whether there were any wounds on her body.

After Zhu Xiurong passed away, the emperor and the queen were extremely sad. In addition, the incident of the demon Li Guang was in trouble, and over time it passed.

But now that Zhu Houzhao and Empress Zhang are poisoned one after another and their condition is similar, old things are inevitably brought up again.

Starting from the inner palace of the palace, disaster may even extend to the court, and there will be a bloody storm.

Xie Yun'er seemed a little excited when she entered the palace. After all, she entered the Forbidden City, which proved that the Xie family had great medical skills. Even the royal family would come to invite medical treatment. Li Dongyang's suppression of the Xie family was simply "false".

But she knew in the end that she could diagnose the queen's poisoning because Chen Xi had treated Prince Zhu Houzhao in the first year. As for the treatment method, it was still to use dog skin plaster to remove the poison, which was not created by the Xie family.

After all, she just went to the palace for Chen Xi to help the queen see a doctor, and the real credit should belong to Chen Xi.

The next day, Chen Xi didn't have to go to the East Palace to speak, and after staying up late, he got up a little late, but when he left the room, he happened to meet someone who came to the door for gifts...

The gifts were sent from the palace, including precious Chinese medicinal materials and excellent silk and satin, as Xie Yi, who cured Queen Zhang by Xie Yuner.

Yunjin is a tribute and cannot be bought on the market. Usually, only the destiny of the family of the meritorious ministers has the opportunity to receive the royal gift. This time, the satin obtained by Xie Yuner is not very large, less than one piece, so she can make two gorgeous clothes.

Xie Yuner touched the thin satin, and even if she had no requirements for material things, she could not hide her joy.

Subsequently, the Shouning Marquis Mansion also sent gifts.

The gifts from relatives are much more pragmatic, and in addition to silk, there is also a large box of copper coins.

The gifts were placed in the yard, and neighbors all came to join in the fun. Xie Yuner asked Zhu Shan to take the copper coins to rejoice in the neighbors.

Xie Yuner herself is not the kind of ostentatious person, but this time she went to the palace to diagnose the queen and retired. The gifts from the palace and the Shouning Hou Mansion were equivalent to taking the initiative to help her promote her, just right to correct the reputation of the Xie family's medical skills, and also made a free advertisement for the future opening of the Xie family's pharmaceutical store...

Look, even the emperor recognizes the medical skills of our Xie family!

Chen Xi stayed outside for a while and then returned to the study. In the afternoon, he had to go to the Xijiao schoolyard to watch the progress of Zhang Laowu and others practicing artillery. Now it was the time when the Xie family was getting a face, so he didn't take the initiative to go out and get involved.

Finally, Xie Yuner brought Lin Dai in and said with a smile: "My husband, I have thought about it. I will cut the Yunjin gifted by the palace, Daier and I will wear it each for the holidays, so I will wear it?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Let's just let Yun'er decide."

Speaking of this, Chen Xi thought to himself, don’t let the mother in my hometown know, otherwise Zhou would scold these two daughters-in-law for being heartless and not as her mother-in-law.

There is something good that doesn’t think of me. This is a gift from the imperial court. I have never dared to think of it since my ancestors for dozens of generations, and one day I will be able to wear the imperial court clothes.

Who will lend me clothes to wear for two days...

According to the previous rules, Chen Xi still went to the Zhan Shi Mansion at noon to see if the errandistress of the East Palace had any changes. As a result, he did not meet his bosses such as Wu Kuan and Liang Chu. Instead, Xie Qian left a message and asked him to go to the Xie Mansion in the afternoon.

Chen Xi probably thought that Xie Qian asked him to discuss the poisoning of the queen yesterday.

As soon as he arrived at the Zhan Shi Mansion, he heard that from last night, the palace ban suddenly became stricter, and even going to the East Palace to talk to the prince would be searched. This was something that had never happened before.

As for the entourages in the Xiefang Palace, all of them were quarantined and investigated. The residences of the palace maids and eunuchs who served the prince were strictly searched to see if there were still poisons.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi was determined to take action seriously, trying to find out who was not good for his wife and children and let him lose his son and grandchildren.

On the way to Xijiao Schoolyard in the afternoon, Chen Xi was also thinking about this question.

If the prince fell ill last year and the queen was now poisoned, who would be the person who was harmed and what was the motive?

The struggle for imperial power is the most likely. In order to compete for the throne in all dynasties, countless people have unknown causes of death. But with Zhu Youzhang's identity and status, the brothers who could compete for the throne with him, including the future father Xing Wang, the father of Emperor Jiajing, were not a big deal... They didn't even think that one day they would let their descendants become emperors.

As for King Ning, because Xie Yuner had gone to Nanchang, Jiangxi to diagnose Lao Ning, King Ning, and now King Ning is still alive and has not yet inherited the throne. This future ambitious man would not have started planning to harm the princess and the prince two or three years ago.

Wan Zhen'er's remaining party?

It was unreliable to think about it. Wan Zhen'er didn't have much power. She entered the palace at the age of four and relied on all the love that Emperor Xianzong had for her. Moreover, the three brothers were all liquidated after her death.

After a royal concubine died more than ten years ago, someone in the court avenged her?

Even if you want to take revenge, it will not involve the queen and the prince!

You should know that Wan Zhen'er died of illness. When Wan Zhen'er was alive, Zhu Youting lived a life of fear and was extremely afraid of him, his stepmother.

In any case, the queen was poisoned and the palace was full of war.

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Zhang Laowu and the other three have made significant progress in their proficiency in artillery operation. In just one day, they have loaded bullets, added leads, and launched them very skillfully. This fully demonstrates that this kind of Flang machine cannon has a great advantage, that is, it is relatively simple to operate and is easy to promote and popularize in the military.

Chen Xi personally watched Zhang Laowu fire two cannons and was about to leave. Someone from the Ministry of War came to the schoolyard. It was Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War and Xiong Xiu, the Left Minister of War.

Xiong Xiu is considered to be the best candidate to replace Ma Wensheng as the future Minister of War. Yu Ma Wensheng followed, but it is obvious that this person ignored another important figure in the court, that is Liu Daxia. The person who replaced Ma Wensheng as Minister of War in history was Liu Daxia. Later, Xiong Xiu still hated Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng for this, and even joined forces with others to impeach his old boss. Therefore, Chen Xi did not have a good impression of Xiong Xiu. He was simply a villain with two sides.

But in terms of himself, Xiong Xiu is also an old minister in his 60s. He favored Wang Lingzhi and promoted him when he presided over the martial arts examination. In terms of face, Chen Xi still maintained enough respect for Xiong Xiu.

"The officials have met Mr. Ma and Mr. Xiong." Chen Xi quickly saluted.

Because Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu were wearing casual clothes, Zhang Laowu and others didn't know him, but they heard that they were Shangshu and the Minister of the Secretariat. Although they didn't know which yamen they were, they knew that the official was so big that they quickly called him "Sir", knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Although Ma Wensheng and Chen Xi had no relationship in private, they had met several times.

Chen Xi's name has been mentioned several times in the past year. Ma Wensheng helped Chen Xi stand up in the court, which is considered an "old friendship".

Ma Wensheng smiled and said, "Chen Yude is there, just right, let's take a look at the power of this Folang machine cannon..."

Chen Xi made a "please" gesture and said, "Please please, Shangshu Ma."

When he arrived at the place, Ma Wensheng looked up and down the Folang machine cannon, and couldn't help but shake his head: "This Folang machine cannon seems ordinary."

Chen Xi thought it was not. No matter what the Ming Dynasty made, it was very powerful and powerful, and looked very scary, but it all created some heavy and unrealistic cannons that were heavy and unrealistic and large iron balls... So what if the sound was powerful? On the battlefield, it could only be used to scare people.

Chenxi Road: "You will know if you have seen it."

For safety reasons, Chen Xi wanted to take Ma Wensheng to a distance, but Ma Wensheng stood up and refused to leave. In Ma Wensheng's opinion, even a young and strong gunner was not afraid of danger. What else should he be afraid of when he was in his seventies? It is rare to be in his seventies. If his life should be like this, it is not safe to go anywhere, and he will never avoid retreating.

Chen Xi had no choice but to leave, so naturally his subordinate could not hide far away.

A demonstration will require two shells to be fired, which mainly reflects the sustainability of the Ferang machine cannon.

After Zhang Laowu and others knew that they were watching the Minister of War, they were full of energy. They heard a "boom". The first gun was fired, and dust smoke rose from a distance. Then they changed into a sub-gun. The second gun was fired quickly, with only a little free time in front and behind.

After the sound calmed down, Ma Wensheng looked at Chen Xi and asked, "Why is the launching speed so fast?"

Chen Xi explained the relationship between the gun and the mother gun, and then explained the firepower suppression of the Folang machine cannon on the enemy's mobile troops.

After all, Ma Wensheng has experienced a long battle formation, and he basically understands the advantages and disadvantages of it as soon as he hears it. Ma Wensheng nodded repeatedly, but wonders in his heart: "The picture was clearly presented by Brother Yu Qiao, why does Chen Xi know more clearly than Yu Qiao?"

Chen Xi finally said: "The Folang machine cannon is not used for siege, but it has obvious effects when defending the city or when two armies are facing each other. In addition, the cannon body can be reduced in proportion and held in hand. When facing the enemy head-on, it can be used as a sergeant's hand gun."

"oh?"

Ma Wensheng thought about it carefully. In the past, the big open flames were equipped with front-mounted equipment, which was very inconvenient. However, if you replaced this reduced version of the Flang cannon, you could even use it on horseback. Even if the range was closer, you would not be able to withstand the strong firepower and would have a good killing effect on the Tatar cavalry.

"Okay, I will write to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to step up the imitation of the Folang machine cannon, but before this, Your Majesty will watch it in person, so you must not be negligent." Ma Wensheng stroked his beard and smiled.

Chen Xi respectfully accepted the order and sent Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu away first. He originally wanted to leave, but in order to show that he was a responsible person, he had to wait for Shangguan to leave before leaving.

Looking back at Zhang Laowu and others, they were all a little fluttering now.

The Minister of War, one of the seven ministers, actually spoke cordially to them, and he became much more tough when speaking to officials in the future. You are more powerful than the Minister of War? Even the Minister of War is polite to us!

Now the training and the preliminary review of the Ministry of War have been approved, and Chen Xi does not have to be responsible for security matters. The rest is to command people to set up the straw man.

It is best to place the straw men first and practice it in practice, but the Five Army Governor's Office does not work hard, and there are not many straw men preparing... The excuse of ruling is that if the straw men are broken up, they cannot create another batch in a few days.

In this way, Emperor Hongzhi's observation can only be treated as a practical drill.

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ps: The second update is here!

During the update, I found that the "Forty Degrees of Temptation" generously rewarded 100,000 gold coins and won the throne of the leader of this book. The emperor saluted you!
Chapter completed!