The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1855

[1855.Chapter 1765: Confessing the King]

Conferring the Kingship Zhu Houzhao became excited. With his hands behind his back, he listened to Xu Jing’s words and said with great interest: “It’s just…could the Qing family already have an idea?”

“Yes.” Xu Jing said firmly!

He glanced at Fang Jifan and then said: “My mentor teaches students knowledge. Over the years, although students are dull, they know well that hard work can make up for weakness. Therefore… a plan was made. Although this plan is time-consuming and laborious, as long as it succeeds, it will Can completely destroy the world’s navy. “

Destroy the world’s navy…

What a big statement!

Fang Jifan had a calm smile on his face, but he was feeling NMP in his heart.

After so many years of not seeing each other, Xu Jing became more and more capable of bragging, which was unlike him.

Zhu Houzhao squinted and asked a very practical question: “I will allocate all the steam ironclads to you and appoint you as the naval commander. Is this enough?”

“Not enough.”

If you want to do something well, you can’t twist it. He hesitated, so Xu Jing simply shook his head: “In this plan, it is far from possible to rely on ministers alone. The only people in the world who can accomplish this are the emperor and his mentor.”

Zhu Houzhao looked at it with a surprised look. Xu Jing said: “Although your mentor has many evil ideas, when it comes to marching and fighting, he is…”

Fang Jifan coughed desperately: “Ahem… Your Majesty… be careful what you say.”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, and then Said: “Okay, let’s talk about serious matters, that is to say, I want to order your mentor to be the naval commander and you to be the deputy commander? So… how long will it take to complete?”

Xu Jingdao: “One year, Or two years.”

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said, “Where is your plan?”

Xu Jing said, “I dare not write it down for fear of being discovered. It is all in my mind.”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, “Then tell me .

Let me listen.”

Xu Jing shook his head again: “The walls have ears, I’m afraid of leaking it, Your Majesty… Our Ming Dynasty is now like a dazzling pearl, dazzling, and now… has long been feared by our neighbors. As far as I know, even from afar. The Spaniards thousands of miles away have also sent scouts to recruit people in my Ming Dynasty to find out information. This is the palace. Although the possibility of being inquired about is very slim, there is no reason to be careless when doing big things. Once the plan is discovered, all the hard work will be in vain.”

Although he was rejected time and time again, Zhu Houzhao agreed with this. He knew…

In fact, Xu Jing’s plan was somewhat taken for granted. Why? ?

In order to lure the Spanish to the sea and the invincible fleet to come out, it is necessary to choose a bait that is strong enough for the Spaniards. Once the bait is weak, it will not be able to catch big fish. But the question is, why do people make bait?

This is the most difficult point.

In addition, how will the Ming fleet be dispatched?

How to fight.

How to ensure absolute confidentiality of the entire plan.

These are all problems.

However, Zhu Houzhao felt his heart ache at the thought of annihilating the Spanish Armada.

So he said: “Come here…I will go to the secret room with you and tell me.”

As an emperor, you can’t just rashly serve as a minister without knowing anything!

Xu Jing hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

After waiting for half an hour, Zhu Houzhao and Xu Jing returned to Fengtian Hall!

Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the huge palace, thought for a moment, and then said: “This plan is somewhat interesting, but it is not impossible to complete. I have thought about it, no matter how good the plan is, if there is no one A truly capable commander is not appropriate, then…”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and called Liu Jin to get a toolbox.

Then the screen retreated to the left and right.

In front of Fang Jifan and Xu Jing, he first took out a piece of rough jade, then picked up the carving knife, divided it by three and five, and used the carving knife to carefully carve out the shape of a seal. Then he took out the cinnabar and spread out the white paper. , wrote on the white paper the words “The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and the Commander-in-Chief of the Four Seas”, then rubbed the blank seal surface with the words, then took the carving knife and started carving stroke by stroke.

He worked very seriously, completely forgetting himself. He held the carving knife in his hand very steadily, and every stroke followed the texture of the jade. From time to time, he carefully blew off the jade chips, and occasionally took a magnifying glass from the tool box to take a look. Look and make sure there are no problems before continuing to carve.

Xu Jing: “…”

Well, he was a little stunned!

Fang Jifan seemed to be used to it, his expression was calm, and he was chatting with Xu Jing to pass the time.

“Xu Jing, I heard that your son is quite young, but has he studied?”

“My mentor… Quanzi… is already married.”

“Yeah.” Fang Jifan was startled and said in surprise. :”:”So fast, my teacher didn’t know it. “

Not only did he marry a wife, but he also gave birth to a son. The dog is now on official duty in the navy and is usually away from home.”

Then Fang Jifan said in surprise: “So, you have given birth to a grandson?

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Xu Jing is already over 40 years old.

In this era, it is normal for him to become a grandfather in his thirties.

Fang Jifan can only sigh, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, his disciples have grandchildren. , this is really a tragic thing.

Fortunately, his psychological quality was relatively good, so Fang Jifan said with a smile: “My teacher also has grandsons, and my grandson is older than you.”

On the side, Liu Jin puffed up his chest proudly.

Xu Jing: “…”

The topic finally stopped and fell into a deathly silence.

Zhu Houzhao was busy on the side.

His toolbox is ready-made.

Even the jade seal is actually a semi-finished product.

So if you want to control it, you can get twice the result with half the effort.

It’s just that he was careful, carving slowly and slowly.

I don’t know how long it took before he raised his head, looked at Fang Jifan and Xu Jing with a smile and said, “Okay.”

Fang Jifan and Xu Jing then looked at Zhu Houzhao.

But Zhu Houzhao first held up a seal: “I have a purpose now… Liu Jin, write it down, write it down.”

Liu Jin hurriedly went to the side to find pen and ink, and lay on the ground to record.

Zhu Houzhao said: “I have both civil and military skills, I am proficient in military affairs, and I am familiar with maritime politics. I am an unparalleled talent throughout the ages. Now it is my ancestor’s plan for the country. I should spread my power across the world and be kind and powerful all over the world. I look at the ministers and workers in the world, and they are far inferior to me.” In this case, I have no choice but to do it myself and proclaim myself the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and the Commander-in-Chief of the Four Seas. Now I have granted myself the title of Commander-in-Chief. Okay, okay, that’s it. “

Liu Jin is very ordinary. He wrote down a draft of the imperial edict.

The expression on his face was serious, as if he was used to it.

Fang Jifan looked numb.

Only Xu Jing seemed to have not seen enough of the world and was dumbfounded by what he heard.

Zhu Houzhao then frowned again and said: “It seems a little inappropriate to feel like this. I am not bragging. Although I am telling the truth, if mediocre people listen to me, they will think that I am shameless! This won’t work, Liu Jin, please change it. Change it, change it again, and say that the Duke of Zhen and Xu Qing’s family wrote a letter, saying that I am proficient in civil and military affairs, proficient in military affairs, and familiar with maritime affairs, and that I am an unparalleled talent. It’s a mistake.”

Liu Jin was still lying on the ground, biting the pen, tilting his hips, picking another piece of paper, and deleting it.

Zhu Houzhao said again: “I think about it, the policy of maritime policy is of great importance. I am indeed extremely smart, but I am incompetent. Okay, okay, write whatever you want. In short, Lao Fang is the deputy governor, and Xu Jing is the water “Commander of the Division. Have you finished writing?”

Liu Jin said helplessly: “Your Majesty, you read too fast.”

Zhu Houzhao got angry and said, “I don’t think you are slow. You still think I am too hasty, so be it. This matter is of great importance. Lao Fang, I am in charge of the palace, and you are acting in the Zhenguo Mansion. Once this matter is completed, I will make you the king.”

Fang Jifan looked reluctant. expression.

Being crowned king…

is it rare for you?

Okay…it seems quite rare.

He was busy and agreed. There was nothing important to say later, so he said goodbye to Xu Jing and left.

But…

not far out of Fengtian Hall, Zhu Houzhao actually chased him out breathlessly, saying: “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you haven’t got the seal yet.”

…

Fang Jifan already knew about the plan.

He was shocked at first, then had a look of pain on his face, and finally forced out a slight smile. Sometimes he looked like he was about to kill someone, but sometimes he looked at Xu Jing with loving eyes.

Xu Jing’s face was expressionless. From now on, everything must be arranged for this plan.

Never allow yourself to fail.

“Teacher, my student plans to go to Tianjin Guards these days to supervise the construction of steam ironclads and clean up the naval academy and navy. For other things, I have to leave it to my teacher.”

Fang Jifan sighed and said, “It’s a hard life to be a teacher. Ah.”

After a long sigh, Fang Jifan took something from Xu Jing’s hand.

This thing is like a rubber ball, holding it in your hand, it seems very inconspicuous.

After Fang Jifan looked at it carefully, he cheered up and said, “Go ahead and hand it over to your master.”

Not long after, Wang Jinyuan was summoned.

Fang Jifan threw the things in his hands to Wang Jinyuan.

Wang Jinyuan hurriedly took it, squeezed it in his hand, looked at it carefully, frowned slightly and said: “Master… this is…”

Fang Jifan said with a straight face: “I like this thing very much, go check it out. Find out what this is. In short, this young master has taken it, as much as he wants.”

Wang Jinyuan looked at the thing in his hand with strange eyes, he still couldn’t figure it out.

However, the young master told me that he was doing the job with all his heart, so he nodded in agreement, collected the thing, and started to ask around.

But after asking around, no one knew this thing.

How dare Wang Jinyuan be negligent? He was anxious. This was something the young master had personally ordered. If it didn’t get done, it would be bad.

Soon, Wang Jinyuan was not the only one who was inquiring about this thing. All the merchants in the capital who had been questioned by Wang Jinyuan began to think about this matter.

What on earth is this? Why would anyone buy it? Could it be…there’s something fishy?

………

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