Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 151 The Emperor's Secret Letter

Ma Ying responded with a salute: "To tell you what my lord, these ordnance are all made of 'new steel' made by Mr. Sun Yuanhua, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. They are not made of Thai and Western fine steel. In view of my humble position, Mr. Sun The 'new steel' produced is many times better than the fine steel produced in Europe and America!"

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but look shocked after hearing this. He knew about Sun Yuanhua, and he also knew that Sun Yuanhua was a master of cannon casting. Smelting steel and forging ordnance were very handy for him, but in such a short period of time, Sun Yuanhua He was very surprised that the "new steel" of Ming Dynasty, which was far superior to Taixi fine steel, was suddenly smelted.

But no matter what, this is good news for Sun Chengzong. The Ming Dynasty's smelting technology has made such great progress. In terms of weapons and equipment, it can crush the enemy head-on. The combat effectiveness of the Ming army can also be greatly improved.

Sun Chengzong immediately ordered He Kegang to arrange manpower to unload the ordnance into the warehouse.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Ma Ying quietly bowed to Sun Chengzong and said in a low voice: "Supervisor Sun, in addition to asking your humble position to deliver this batch of ordnance to you, the emperor also has something else to give to you! "

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong immediately understood. He stretched out his hand towards the door of the mansion and said, "It's cold outside, so please go to the mansion to talk!"

Although Yuan Chonghuan was standing next to Sun Chengzong and did not deliberately avoid what Ma Ying said just now, he still very wisely did not follow him back home. Instead, he saluted Sun Chengzong and said: "Supervisor Sun, then I will keep an eye on you first." Let’s take care of the storage of this batch of ordnance!”

When he arrived at the house, Ma Yingcai took out a small wooden tube from his arms and presented it to Sun Chengzong with both hands. Sun Chengzong took the wooden tube and saw that the mouth of the wooden tube was still sealed with fire paint. It was obviously a secret letter, but this time compared to In the past, the emperor had to be more cautious in keeping secret letters to him, so he couldn't help but pay more attention to them.

Ma Ying immediately said: "The emperor asked me to give you a message..."

Upon hearing this, Sun Chengzong hurriedly knelt down. After all, what Ma Ying was going to say next was the emperor's oral order, and he had to kneel down to listen to the order.

But as soon as he bowed, Ma Ying hurriedly supported him, "My lord, you don't have to, the emperor said this. These are the heartfelt words of a student to the teacher. There is no need for a teacher to kneel to a student!"

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he had to stand still, but his expression became much more solemn. The emperor had said such words, so it must be something extremely important.

Ma Ying then continued: "The Emperor said, 'My wealth and life are all in the hands of my teacher. Teacher Wanwang cares about the relationship between teachers and students, so there must be no hesitation or worry at all'!"

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he was even more shocked, but it was really hard to imagine what kind of crisis the emperor was facing, and the answer must be in the secret message in the wooden tube. Thinking that it was such a life-and-death matter, Sun Chengzong did not dare to have any thoughts. neglect.

Ma Ying was also very discerning, so he immediately saluted and said: "Now that this secret letter and the emperor's oral instructions have been brought to me, my humble position will no longer delay Governor Sun's military affairs, so I'll take my leave!"

Sun Chengzong nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work!" Then he shouted outside the room: "Send the job for me!"

After Ma Ying left, Sun Chengzong hurriedly opened the fire paint on the wooden tube in his hand, took out the secret letter, and read it carefully. However, what was written in the letter was very confusing to him, and he couldn't understand that the emperor asked him to do this. What is the purpose, and the emperor did not explain much in the letter, but just blindly asked him to do it according to the requirements in the letter!
While Sun Chengzong was puzzled, Yuan Chonghuan shouted outside the door: "Teacher, the students have come in!" and walked into the room.Sun Chengzong did not put away the secret letter in his hand, because there was no secret at all in the letter. Although it did not mean that there was no need to keep it secret, at least there was no need to keep it secret from Yuan Chonghuan, because there was still Yuan Chonghuan who had to cooperate. Sooner or later, I have to tell him about my errand.

Yuan Chonghuan saw an open small wooden tube for containing secret letters on the table. Sun Chengzong was also holding a few pieces of letter paper in his hands grandly. He didn't show the slightest defense against himself, so he asked: "Teacher, is it the court?" What happened?"

Sun Chengzong really couldn't figure out the purpose of the deployment arrangements written by the emperor in the letter, nor could he guess the emperor's thoughts, so he had to hand a few pieces of letter paper to Yuan Chonghuan: "Element, come and take a look!"

Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to take it directly. Instead, he took a step back and said, "Teacher, this is a secret letter from the Emperor to you. Students do not dare to read it!"

Sun Chengzong stepped forward, handed the letter to him, and said, "There's nothing you can't read, and you can't understand it after reading [-]% of it. There's something for you in this, and you have to know it!"

Yuan Chonghuan was just a little curious at first, but now that he heard that he still has his own affairs, he couldn't help but unfold the letter paper and read the secret letter carefully. The more he looked back, the more ugly his face became. Finally, I couldn't help but looked at Sun Chengzong with a look of horror: "Teacher, the emperor asked us to transfer troops to the pass, and also wanted us to lie about the military situation?!"

Sun Chengzong did not show any panic at all. He nodded slowly, but with a worried look on his face, he said: "I'm worried that the emperor must have encountered some trouble in the capital, otherwise he wouldn't have used this method. !”

When Yuan Chonghuan saw Sun Chengzong's reaction, he became even more panicked, "Teacher, you don't really want to follow the emperor's instructions, do you?"

Sun Chengzong did not answer directly, but asked instead: "This is the emperor's order, how dare you disobey it?"

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Teacher, you have always been smart. If we really follow the instructions in the emperor's secret letter, you know what the consequences will be!
The mobilization of the army requires instructions from the Ministry of War, not to mention the deployment of troops to the pass without permission from the Ministry of War. At that time, even if someone accuses us of being disobedient and wanting to rebel, we will all It is indefensible!

And the emperor also asked us to lie about the military situation, which is a capital offense in theory! "

How could Sun Chengzong not know what Yuan Chonghuan said?But after hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, he didn't waver at all, but said to Yuan Chonghuan firmly: "Yuan Yuan, if you don't want to be implicated by this matter, you can pretend that you don't know anything, my Sun Chengzong I must act according to the emperor's orders, the emperor respects me as a teacher, and has shown me the grace of knowing you, I can only repay this favor with death, even if my body is smashed to pieces, I will not back down!"

When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, he couldn't help but trembled. Looking back on himself, without Sun Chengzong's attention and teachings, how could Yuan Chonghuan be where he is today?Without the emperor's extraordinary promotion, how could he be the governor of Jiliao?

Dang even gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and said: "How dare the student let the teacher die alone? The student is willing to follow the teacher and be loyal to the emperor. Even if he dies, he will have no regrets!"

(End of this chapter)