Zhu Houzhao has actually always had worries about this in his heart, worried about the sudden death of Hongzhi ministers like Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu, who really serve the country and the people.

As far as Zhu Houzhao is concerned, he has just ascended the throne, and it is too late to cultivate a new type of civil official with a keen desire to innovate, so he can only rely on these idealistic officials who were interested in innovation during the Hongzhi Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao also knows that famous ministers who are willing to disregard their own interests and devote themselves to the country are simply a drop in the ocean.

After all, there are still a minority of idealists in this world, especially an idealistic official like Ma Wensheng, who is still an idealistic official after many years of ups and downs, once Ma Wensheng cannot preside over the government for himself, it means that the pace of his reform of the Ming Dynasty has to be slowed down for a long time.

Therefore, when Zhu Houzhao heard the news that Ma Wensheng was going to die, the whole person was also quite shocked and extremely unhappy, after all, Ma Wensheng was one of the few loyal ministers who really cared about the safety of Emperor Hongzhi and his own life.

But Zhu Houzhao never thought that Ma Wensheng would suddenly fail, although he had always been worried that Ma Wensheng and these old ministers would leave suddenly, but according to his understanding of the original history, Ma Wensheng died in the fifth year of Zhengde, and there are still more than five years to go.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think that Ma Wensheng has been very healthy these days, and he is also very angry when he speaks, why did he suddenly get sick, it doesn't matter if he is sick, but if this Ma Wensheng is sick or even leaves, he will have to find an old minister who is willing to reform again.

However, although Zhu Houzhao didn't want Ma Wensheng to leave like this, he still calmed himself down and only asked: "Tell me carefully, what is going on, when did he get sick, what is the disease, but a doctor has seen it, but has it been diagnosed?" ”

Gao Feng hurriedly replied: "Originally, today was the time when Liu Jian and Xie Qian left Beijing and returned to their hometowns, Ma Gefu and others went out of the city to see each other, it was fine, but then Li Dongyang provoked a few words and suddenly had a seizure, covering his chest full of sweat, shortness of breath, but the whole body was extremely cold, and suddenly vomited and coughed, and now he has been sent back to the house, the doctor has seen it, and said that it is useless, and can only look at the creation!" ”

"Prepare the horses, I will go to the leopard room first, and the doctor from the Tai Hospital will immediately rush to Ma Aiqing's house! Don't be lazy! ”

Zhu Houzhao sat back after speaking, thinking that since this Ma Wensheng couldn't let go of the fact that his position as the first assistant was occupied, why should he pretend to be generous, and now he was stimulated to suddenly become seriously ill, but he had to be anxious.

After Zhu Houzhao arrived at the leopard room, he immediately came to the Royal Industrial Experimental Base to find Qiu Ju and asked, "Has glycerol nitrate been extracted?" ”

Qiu Ju didn't understand why his emperor suddenly came over and asked what he was doing, so he had to answer truthfully: "If you go back to the emperor, about three coins of nitroglycerin have been extracted, but you haven't found anyone with heartache yet, and you haven't tested its effect." ”

"You don't have to wait for the effect of the test, you immediately pack up and take it, and go to the Ma Gefu Mansion with me, when you get there, you are not allowed to speak, everything is arranged by me!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Qiu Ju hurriedly followed Zhu Houzhao's will to wrap up the triin nitroglycerin, and then rushed to Ma Wensheng's house with Zhu Houzhao.

……

In that year, Emperor Hongzhi treated his ministers favorably, and gave mansions to Li Dongyang, Ma Wensheng and other civil officials in the area of Xuanwumenli Street in the inner city, and the mansion given by Li Dongyang happened to be adjacent to the mansion given by Ma Wensheng, so Li Dongyang also learned the news that Ma Wensheng was seriously ill and may be in danger at this time.

And coincidentally, Yang Tinghe also came to visit Li Dongyang again at this time.

Li Dongyang had already seen Yang Tinghe and laughed: "Happy event, it's really a happy event, you came just in time!" ”

Yang Tinghe hurriedly bowed his hand: "If the lower officials are not bad as expected, Ge Fu should be happy because Ma Wensheng is seriously ill, once Ma Wensheng dies of illness, His Majesty will now have no arms in the foreign court, and Ma Wensheng and his party will suddenly scatter, which is naturally conducive to the unification of the foreign court." ”

Li Dongyang smiled: "Your Yang Tinghe's wisdom is indeed no less than that of the old man, but the old man is not only happy because of this, but the old man is also happy because of you, after he Ma Wensheng died of illness, the old man will use the power in the court to operate you into the cabinet, and when the cabinet will have you and me, and then squeeze out Jiao Fang, at least the affairs of the foreign court are still under our control!" ”

When Yang Tinghe heard Li Dongyang say that he wanted to run himself into the cabinet, he was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Li Dongyang.

Even, Yang Tinghe couldn't help jokingly: "In this way, today is a double happiness, and the lower officials feel that since it is a happy event, it is better to set off firecrackers to celebrate!" ”

"Very good, very good! Just outside his Ma Mansion, he Ma Wensheng should be angry even if he doesn't die of illness! ”

Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly ordered people to prepare firecrackers.

……

Zhu Houzhao had already arrived at Mafu at this time.

At this time, Ma Wensheng's house already had a housekeeper at the bottom who began to prepare the white mantle.

Zhu Houzhao shouted when he saw this: "What's the hurry, it's hard to say whether people die or not, you subordinates are in a hurry, get out of the way!" ”

The servants of the Ma Mansion were a little annoyed when they saw a fifteen-year-old boy appear and scolded them directly, the so-called seven officials in front of the prime minister's door were naturally very majestic, and they were about to call someone to fight, but they saw that Zhu Houzhao was wearing a dragon robe, followed by a large group of eunuchs and brocade guards, and they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground one by one:

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

"Get up!"

Zhu Houzhao walked in as he spoke, and saw an old housekeeper wearing a watermelon hat and a Songjiang cotton cloth shirt kneeling in front of him, so he directly lifted him up: "Take me to see Ma Wensheng." ”

The old housekeeper of the horse mansion nodded busily yes.

At this time, the eunuch Luo Xiang who came with him was about to shout that His Majesty had arrived, but Zhu Houzhao stopped him: "Don't frighten the patient!" ”

Luo Xiang had no choice but to shut up.

At that time, Ma Wensheng was lying on the bed in prostration, and half of his life had been lost, and his family had already knelt inside and outside the house and began to cry, waiting for Ma Wensheng to swallow his last breath.

However, Marven Sheng has never breathed, and from time to time he will take a breath back, raising his hand to say something.

And Li Yan, the imperial physician who had already arrived in advance, shook his head helplessly when he heard this, and said to Ma Wensheng's old wife: "Ge Fu's illness is really a matter of heaven's destiny, according to the experience of the lower officials who have practiced medicine for many years, now the elder Ge Lao has purple spots on his face, and I am afraid that he will not be able to return to the sun!" Please also ask the old lady to mourn! ”

After hearing this, the imperial doctor Li Yan finished speaking, and the people in the Ma Mansion all cried loudly.

Even Ma Wensheng himself pouted helplessly, wanting to struggle and say that he didn't want to die yet, but he didn't have the strength to open his mouth.