Chapter 119 Erchen did it himself

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 119 Erchen did it himself

Zhu Houzhao was called over.

Moreover, he had guessed the reason why his father summoned him, so that this guy was usually ridiculous and arrogant, but now he pretended to be his grandson with a low eyebrow, showing off his obedience and innocence like a quail.

appearance.

As soon as he entered the Nuan Pavilion, he immediately saluted and said, "I have met my father."

Then he asked in confusion: "My son is doing his winter vacation homework in the East Palace. I wonder why my father called me here?"

“What is winter vacation homework?”

"Didn't the master give the children a holiday a few days ago? This winter vacation homework is the homework to be done during the holidays. The master said that the holiday is long, and he was afraid that my son would waste his homework, and he was also afraid that he would find it boring and monotonous, so he kept this winter vacation homework.

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Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, with a smile on his lips, "This winter vacation homework is quite interesting."

Zhu Houzhao nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Yes, yes, it's very interesting. I like this winter vacation homework. If my father is fine, I will go back to do my homework first."

"Don't be in a hurry to do your homework. I still have a few things to ask you. It won't be too late for you to start writing after I've asked you."

Zhu Youtang stopped him, and the smile on his face instantly disappeared, and then asked: "Has the prince left the palace today?"

".Out."

"Where did you go after leaving the palace?"

"I didn't go anywhere. I just walked around. I thought it was more interesting to do my homework, so I went back to the palace to do my homework."

"That's it?" Zhu Youtang half-closed his eyes: "But how come I heard that you transported several boxes of fireworks and firecrackers from the palace treasury this morning?"

"Oh, I took some away."

"For what purpose?"

".Did not do anything."

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang's eyes suddenly opened, and there was a flash of light in his eyes, "I want to ask you, have you been to Zhihua Temple today? Did the bombing of Jingzhong Temple have anything to do with you?

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At the end of the sentence, his tone suddenly rose. Zhu Houzhao was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat. He looked at the people in the hall again. He didn't recognize the old man and the middle-aged man, but he knew the strong man.

Mou Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Seeing that the commanders of the Jinyiwei had arrived, Zhu Houzhao guessed that his father might have known the truth, and he gave up his heart. He said in a low voice: "Well, I am here, and it is indeed related to me."

"Okay, it really has something to do with you." Zhu Youtang's face completely collapsed. Just now, he was a little lucky, thinking that it might not be his son who did it, but now. He is really my good son.

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"Absurd! What nonsense! Do you know where that Jingzhong Temple is? It was built by the decree of the late Emperor Yingzong, so forget it."

Considering that there were foreign ministers present, Zhu Youtang really couldn't say some words, so he had to ask with a stern face: "Why did you blow up that Jingzhong Temple?"

Zhu Houzhao argued angrily: "I didn't want to blow it up, I just wanted to set off a firecracker for Wang Zhen to hear. But who knew that the firecrackers were so powerful, and that the Jingzhong Temple was so careless?

If it collapses, it will collapse.”

"Where did you get those big firecrackers?"

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However, this question was met with silence. Zhu Youtang shouted angrily, "Tell me, tell me!"

The emperor's angry face was still very intimidating. Zhu Houzhao did not dare to remain silent anymore and said instead: "I did it myself."

"Ah"

Zhu Youtang sneered, "I haven't realized that my son has such talent. He can blow up a Jingzhong Temple by just making a firecracker. If you try to make a bigger firecracker tomorrow, I'm afraid it won't be possible." My Qianqing Palace will also be destroyed in your hands."

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Zhu Houzhao said nothing about this, although the master was very naughty. When he arrived, he had already run away in the carriage and took away his three large boxes of fireworks and firecrackers.

But unlike him, I have high aspirations and would never betray my master.

This is called respecting teachers, and you and your master are both teachers and friends, and you will never betray your friends. This is called righteousness.

Seeing that he was silent again, Zhu Youtang was about to have an attack. Unexpectedly, Xie Cheng, who had been silently acting as a transparent person, suddenly fell to his knees and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being bold. I have something to ask His Highness the Crown Prince."

While he was teaching his son, he was suddenly interrupted. Zhu Youtang felt unhappy, but he still suppressed his anger and asked in a calm tone: "What do you want to ask me?"

"Wei Chen would like to ask His Royal Highness how the firecrackers are made."

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang's face suddenly turned ugly. What's the matter, you also want to make a big firecracker for fun?

Xie Cheng knelt on the ground, lowered his head and couldn't see the emperor's face. He just said to himself: "Your Majesty, I am a military general. I have been stationed in Huguang with the Marquis of Zhenyuan for more than ten years. I have been in battle for a long time. I can also use it." I have seen the gunpowder firearms in the army, but the power of the gunpowder in the army is far less powerful than the firecrackers made by His Highness.

Therefore, I thought that if His Highness the Crown Prince's method of making firecrackers could be used in the army."

As he said that, Xie Cheng turned to look at Zhu Houzhao. He knelt on the ground without getting up. He kowtowed to the prince and saluted, and then asked: "Your Highness, I dare to ask Your Highness, what was put in the firecrackers you made?" How much gunpowder?”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment, "More than nine kilograms, maybe less than ten kilograms."

"Less than ten kilograms of gunpowder is so powerful."

Xie Cheng murmured in his mouth, then suppressed the excitement in his heart and said to Zhu Youtang: "Your Majesty, as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, less than ten kilograms of gunpowder can exert the power of a hundred kilograms of gunpowder, or even faintly exceed it. If we can make firecrackers in this way and fill them with hundreds or thousands of kilograms of gunpowder, how much more chance will our Ming army have in winning against the enemy?"

The voice became smaller and smaller until it stopped, because he had fallen into beautiful thoughts.

Xie Cheng was a real military commander. He accompanied Gu Pu, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, to guard Huguang for many years, and went through hundreds of battles. Later, he was transferred to the position of commander of the Dongcheng Army and Horse Division.

As a person who crawled out of a sea of ​​blood from a mountain of corpses, Xie Cheng knew very well what it meant to increase the power of gunpowder tenfold.

This means that the Ming Dynasty's army has a greater chance of winning against the enemy, which means that many tragedies in which Paoze died on the battlefield can be avoided.

Zhu Youtang was not a military commander and had never fought in a war, but he understood what Xie Cheng meant.

Then he couldn't help but feel excited. He thought about the military disasters at the border over the years. If there were such powerful firecrackers, and they were made larger, and filled with hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of gunpowder, what would happen to the enemy? How much can the odds of winning be improved?

He didn't know how to calculate this, and he couldn't figure it out, but Zhu Youtang had a strange feeling in his heart. With this kind of gunpowder, there might be no more Tatar invasions in the hinterland of Guanzhong.

Among the Nuan Pavilion, the most excited person was undoubtedly Zhu Houzhao. He had already begun to imagine that he would lead the Ming Dynasty army and conquer the Tatars with countless large firecrackers. There were rumbling sounds everywhere on the grassland, smoke and dust were everywhere, and there was a scene of people turning their backs on their backs.

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Zhu Houzhao became more and more excited as he thought about it, and his cheeks were gradually turning red. At this moment, he was suddenly interrupted and Zhu Youtang asked: "I ask you, how did you make those firecrackers?"

"Ah?" Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then thought for a while and replied: "Oh, add more fire salt and some white stuff."

"What is the white thing?"

"that is."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, yes, what is that?

"It's a secret recipe, this son doesn't know it."

Zhu Youtang's face turned dark, "Don't you know about the firecrackers you made yourself?"

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Zhu Houzhao found himself faced with a dilemma. Should he betray his master? If he did, he would be very unloyal. If he didn't,

"Father, the firecrackers were actually not made by my son, but by my master."

After a pause, Zhu Houzhao continued to stick to his loyalty and added, "But the firecrackers were set off by my subordinates, and it had nothing to do with the master. After the firecrackers were made, the master went back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year, and he didn't know anything about what happened next."

"." Zhu Youtang was silent for a moment, then pointed to a corner of Nuan Pavilion, "Go, kneel down there."

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to kneel down, so he said righteously: "Father, I beseech you, please hurry up and go to Xiajiazhuang to ask the master for the gunpowder formula to strengthen the power of our Ming army."

Zhu Youtang ignored him and pointed to the corner of the Nuan Pavilion with his hand.

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Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao had to silently walk to that corner and kneel down. The place was good, much better than the place where he knelt last time. At least it was warm, and there was carpet, which didn't hurt his knees very much.
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