The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 58

[58. Chapter 58 Everything is ready]

Wang Jinyuan stretched out his hand and swore with such assurance, especially the look of admiration on his face, that even Fang Jifan began to doubt whether his reputation was showing signs of recovery.

In any case, with Wang Jinyuan joining, this ‘Zhenguo Coal Industry’ is half successful. After all, he has been in the business world for a long time, has many contacts, and has rich experience. Whether it is Zhu Houzhao or Fang Jifan, they are more suitable to retreat behind the scenes and let these people Wait for a professional to handle the problem.

Fang Jifan is the big boss and Wang Jinyuan is the big shopkeeper. As for His Highness the Crown Prince, he naturally becomes the most suitable promotion spokesperson.

Hearing the word spokesperson, Zhu Houzhao tilted his neck and thought hard about any words related to spokesperson. In the end, he still had a vague idea: “Who is bigger, the spokesperson, or the big boss?”

Fang Jifan raised his thumb: “They are both the same!”

” Oh.” Zhu Houzhao immediately laughed: “Although the name is not domineering enough, I thought about it and thought it would be good. When doing business, it is better to be approachable. The spokesperson…it doesn’t sound easy to scare people. What does it do?”

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile and said: “Advertising our coal to the public represents the image of our town’s coal industry.”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became energetic and his eyes lit up: “I have a heroic appearance. This is perfect. You know me best!”

Fang Jifan immediately raised his thumbs: “Your Highness has a majestic image, which is a perfect match for our Zhenguo Coal Industry.” He

endured in his heart. Keep scolding, shameless!

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The cabinet is located in an inconspicuous corner of the Forbidden City.

But although this place is inconspicuous, it is the center of the entire world.

Countless memorials all over the world will be sent here first for the cabinet scholars to read. After these prime ministers and assistants draft the memorials, they will be sent to the emperor for review.

The so-called draft is the suggestion of the cabinet academicians. For example, a certain official in a certain place writes a memorial to something. After the academician reads it, he writes down his suggestions under the memorial based on his own experience, and then sends it to the emperor. The emperor reads it first. After reviewing the contents of the memorial and the Grand Master’s suggestions, the final decision was made.

Out of respect for the cabinet academicians, under normal circumstances, the suggestions would be adopted. Therefore, the emperor only needed to draw a red circle under the memorial and handle the matter according to the wishes of the cabinet academicians.

Because of the power conferred by this vote, the cabinet bachelors were called prime ministers and assistants in the Ming Dynasty. Although they were not prime ministers, they had the same status and power as the prime ministers.

The chief assistant scholar of the cabinet Liu Jian, the bachelor Li Dongyang and Xie Qian would enter the palace early every morning, then pay homage to the emperor and discuss matters with the emperor in the thermal pavilion.

Afterwards, they went back to the cabinet to draft the memorandum. At noon, the three old guys, who were both colleagues and close friends, went to the tea room next to the duty room to drink tea, eat some cakes, and talk about their respective opinions. Views on recent current events.

Outside this warm teahouse, snow was flying heavily, and the snow was already one foot thick. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this natural phenomenon was enough to make the three bachelors worried.

Liu Jian took a sip of tea, put down the cup, sighed and said, “I don’t know why, but since the ninth year of Hongzhi, every Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather has suddenly turned cold, so that spring doesn’t look like spring, and autumn doesn’t look like autumn anymore. It’s no big deal that the food production has been reduced. Your Majesty has worked hard in the past few years and there is enough old food in the treasury. It will not be a problem for the court. It is just a hardship for the people. I heard that many refugees are still on the streets, not to mention so many poor people. The common people don’t even

have

anything to keep warm. Sir, if this happens every year, how can we survive?”

?”

“Ahem…” Li Dongyang coughed. Xie Qian was eloquent and quick to talk to anyone he caught. Li Dongyang seemed cautious: “Mr. Letter.”

Liu Jian just smiled and shook his head.

The affairs of God are beyond the control of cabinet academicians.

But at this moment, Liu Jian noticed someone peeking outside the room. Liu Jian raised his eyelids slightly, showing a majestic look: “Come in.”

The person who came was a young eunuch, with a hunched body. When he raised his face, Liu Jian I vaguely remembered this person, but he turned out to be Liu Jin, the prince’s eldest companion.

Liu Jin smiled flatteringly and said: “I have met Mr. Liu, Mr. Xie, and Mr. Li. The weather has changed in the past few days, and there has been a sudden heavy snowfall. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is thinking about the three masters, so he sent a special servant to give them to the three masters.” Add some firewood to keep warm.”

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian stayed for a while, looking at each other.

His Royal Highness usually hides away from the three of them when he sees them, not to mention taking the initiative to get close to them. What happened today? He actually took the initiative to care about these three old guys.

Liu Jian suddenly showed a look of relief, stroking his beard and nodding: “Okay, okay, okay, His Highness the Crown Prince is sensible.” Liu Jian is not only the chief minister of the cabinet, but also the Crown Prince Tutor. Even though he is a prince, he is still the prince’s teacher. As a prince, he should respect his teacher.

What does this mean? It means that His Royal Highness has grown up and knows how to love others.

Liu Jian’s eyes were full of energy, and the corners of his eyes were actually moist. The prince is the hope of the future of the country. This child has finally become sensible. It is gratifying that such a considerate minister can behave like a father.

Xie Qian also grinned, but Li Dongyang seemed to feel something strange. His expression was as usual, and he just said: “Please tell the prince, I will thank your highness for your gift.”

Liu Jin, with his eyes rolling, still refused to leave, and said with a smile: ” His Highness said that he must personally watch the three masters add firewood before leaving. “

Liu Jian raised his hand and said,

“Okay, His Highness also ordered that the slaves should personally serve the three masters. Change the brazier.”

After saying that, he happily left the room. After a while, he and another eunuch of Zhan Shifu, Ma Yongcheng, came in carrying a brazier. The firewood in the brazier was already lit and sizzling. heat.

“Wait a minute!” Li Dongyang was the most attentive. He always felt that things were not that simple. He stared at the brazier and frowned: “Isn’t this charcoal? This is coal!”

It’s coal!

All of a sudden, the tea room was like a pot exploding. Burning coal was no different from committing suicide. It would kill people, not to mention Liu Jian, an old man like that.

Liu Jian’s expression suddenly changed. Is this… child’s play?

Xie Qian was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Your Highness, you are trying to kill someone. Is he immoral or not? He is so young.

The coal of this era is naturally different from the coal of later generations. It cannot be refined. The sulfur content in this coal is extremely high. Once burned, a large amount of sulfur dioxide will be produced. If too much is inhaled, it will really kill people. of.

Burning coal for heating is tantamount to committing suicide. This is common sense.

Xie Qian was furious and was about to scold him.

Liu Jin said with a smile: “Don’t worry, adults, you won’t be poisoned. This is anthracite. It doesn’t produce smoke and is naturally non-toxic. Look, how can there be smoke here?” After

saying this, Liu Jian and others focused their attention. At first glance, sure enough, when the coal burned, it was not as smoky as ordinary coal. Instead, it only emitted curls of white gas, and it seemed that… there was no pungent smell.

Um? Is there such coal in the world?

Xie Qian squinted his eyes and couldn’t help but said, “This thing must be extremely expensive, right?”

“Not expensive, not expensive.” Liu Jin smiled and said, “It’s only a few big bucks per pound. The anthracite can be burned for a long time, and it can be used for a day.” “

As soon as these words came out, Liu Jian suddenly became excited…

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