The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 60

[60.Chapter 60 Prelude to the Palace]

As soon as Fang Jifan said these words, even Liu Jian and the others couldn’t help but frown.

In fact, judging from the memorials sent by Guangxi and Guizhou, the situation in the southwest has gradually stabilized. Based on their experience, it is impossible for any rebellion to occur.

Liu Jian stroked his beard, smiled slightly, and retorted to Fang Jifan: “No one can predict whether there will be a rebellion. However, the governor transferred to Guizhou this time is Qian Yue. Qian Yue has previously served in Shandong, The governor of Henan has outstanding political achievements. He is the most important person in education, and the province he governs is a model. Even if there is a rebellion, the presence of this prince will be enough to put an end to the rebellion immediately, and the court can rest easy. “

Qian Yue is a very famous official in the border areas. Not only the emperor appreciates him, but also the three bachelors in the cabinet. Favored.

Now Fang Jifan, a boy, actually kept saying that there might be a rebellion in Guangxi, especially Guizhou, because the dissatisfaction of the chieftains had already been intensifying, and there was no possibility of appeasing them. Who knew that the governor of Guizhou was a man with obvious political achievements like Qian Yue.

As long as he is here, the court will have no worries.

Sure enough, when Liu Jian mentioned Qian Yue, Emperor Hongzhi nodded secretly, and Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also nodded.

Even those high-ranking Hanlin officials had rosy faces. One Hanlin official said: “When Mr. Qian was the governor of Shandong, he collected the maxims on how to deal with people from ancient books, combined them with the court’s laws and regulations, and compiled it into the book “Zhi Dao Bian”. Promulgated throughout the province, his book pays attention to social customs, so that Shandong has gone from being rogue to thieves. In a blink of an eye, people do not pick up things on the road, do not close doors at night, and thieves have disappeared. Such high-ranking officials are really rare and admirable.”

“Yes .

Ah, yes.” Many people nodded.

Governor Qian not only had rich experience in governance, but also the social atmosphere was able to improve under his governance. Many Hanlin officials had read the “Zhi Dao Bian” and admired it greatly.

This person has a great reputation. This time he was transferred to Guizhou, which means he will be sharpened. I believe that after his term as governor of Guizhou expires, he will soon be transferred back to the imperial court and enter the center of the imperial court.

Such a person, Fang Jifan, you brat, you dare to say that there will be rebellion under his rule.

At this time, Fang Jifan was actually a little confused. Is that Qian Yue so famous?

But he clearly remembered that wasn’t this guy beaten by the rebels in history?

Now I look at the kings and ministers in the palace, all looking at me teasingly, with the look in their eyes, “Boy, you are still young, you need to learn more about things you don’t understand.”

Fang Jifan was not convinced, and said seriously: “Mr. Qian is indeed a capable official, and I have heard about it. But if this person is in Shandong or Henan, he only governs the people and restrains only lower-level officials. Perhaps with his ability , is competent enough. But the situation in Guizhou is completely different. His methods are completely useless. I am afraid that it will not take long for Mr. Qian to cause a greater disaster. The court should be more careful. “

In fact .

Emperor Hongzhi’s original intention was just to give this boy a beating. Who knew that this boy had a bad temper, but he actually took it seriously and kept saying that Qian Yue had problems with his skills and was not qualified for the job.

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his face and said: “This is slandering the minister. Okay, don’t mention it again.”

“Oh.” Fang Jifan nodded honestly, but he was still itchy in his heart, not to mention uncomfortable, because he remembered clearly It is clear that the rebellion in Guizhou is huge. Not only that, Qian Yue, not only unable to solve the rebellion, will be chopped into pieces by the rebels.

So, he couldn’t help it anymore and said again: “But I think that the imperial court should still send capable people to Guizhou and Guangxi, and send additional troops and horses to prevent unexpected events.”

“You still say that?” Emperor Hongzhi glared at him.

Fang Jifan’s words certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest, and the officials suddenly became unhappy.

Mr. Qian has always been respected by them. Fang Jifan, what do you mean? You are slandering a capable official in the imperial court. Are you the only one who can act blindly?

“General Fang Qi just goes about his own business, why do he want to talk about state affairs?” The

person who spoke was Zhou Chao, the imperial minister, who looked angry and sarcastic! Who doesn’t know who you are, Fang Jifan, and you even slandered Qian Yue!

Qian Yue and Zhou Chao were in the same year. They were both Jinshi in the Tianshun Eighth Grade A Shenke. With this relationship, Zhou Chao felt that he had a responsibility to criticize and educate his brother Nian, this boy who didn’t know the heights of the world. .

Fang Jifan stiffened his neck and insisted, “I don’t want to discuss state affairs arbitrarily, but your Majesty insists on asking me to talk about returning home!”

“…”

Suddenly, Chongwen Hall fell into a deathly silence.

That Zhou Chao is completely convinced. It’s okay not to be convinced. It’s okay for you to talk nonsense. If you accuse you now, you will drag the emperor into the water. Everyone who is a minister has a huge fault. They are all wrong. Regarding myself, now you Fang Jifan is really amazing. Without saying a word, you just said innocently that you don’t care about my business. This is His Majesty’s fault.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Hongzhi felt that he could no longer tangle with this kind of person. If it were someone else who was so messy and stubborn, he would at least be reprimanded severely, or simply demoted and dismissed from office. However, Emperor Hongzhi has a way of eating flies. Feeling, but actually felt that Fang Jifan was right to be like this.

Isn’t that what this guy has? This is a well-known fact, and since he is young and mentally retarded, God knows when he will relapse. Your majestic emperor, how can you argue with a little brat about this? This doesn’t seem grand enough.

All right.

Bear it!

“Ahem!” Emperor Hongzhi scolded: “Don’t talk nonsense. When Qian Qing’s family went to Guizhou to take office, I met with him. Since I knew his outstanding political achievements in the past, and saw his words and deeds, I felt nothing. But I can’t be picky. With him in Guizhou, I can sit back and relax. Well, don’t dwell on this matter anymore, Prince…” He

failed to beat Fang Jifan, now it’s time to beat his own son.

Zhu Houzhao shrugged his head, stepped forward obediently and said, “My son is here.”

Emperor Hongzhi said: “Come and tell me, what books have you read recently?”

Zhu Houzhao said: “My recent study is “Spring and Autumn”.”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: “Then come back to me and listen.”

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be He hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Fang Jifan worriedly.

Fang Jifan encouraged him with a firm look.

Only then did Zhu Houzhao take a deep breath: “My son, I obey the order.”

There was silence in the palace, and everyone pricked their ears, wanting to hear how the Crown Prince’s studies were going.

Zhu Houzhao only hesitated for a moment, and then said: “In the first month of spring in the third year of Duke Zhuang, Zhu Hui and his troops attacked the guards, in April of summer…”

After reciting this, there was no sound.

Emperor Hongzhi’s face changed slightly: “What else?”

“Father, I can’t remember it at the moment.” Zhu Houzhao looked troubled. Recently, he was only busy with coal matters and reading, and he really didn’t pay much attention to it. .

Emperor Hongzhi’s face suddenly fell down. He was a prodigal, he stole my things, and he still doesn’t know how to make progress!

“My son, think again, think again.” Seeing Emperor Hongzhi’s sharp eyes, Zhu Houzhao shrank his neck in fright and began to search for memories.

After hesitating for a long time, Emperor Hongzhi finally couldn’t bear it anymore and shouted sharply: “What have you been doing these days?”

“My son… My son is studying.” Zhu Houzhao replied subconsciously.

Emperor Hongzhi obviously would not believe Zhu Houzhao’s words, and his sharp eyes fell on him, making Zhu Houzhao’s hair stand up.

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but feel anxious about it.

But at this moment, someone said: “Your Majesty, I have something to report!”

After the voice fell, everyone followed the sound and looked towards the source of the sound, but it was the young master of Zhan Shi Mansion, Zhan Shi Wang Hua.

Wang Hua is Yang Tinghe’s assistant. Like Yang Tinghe, he is responsible for the education of His Royal Highness.

He was obviously worried about His Highness the Crown Prince, and then said: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of the country! But as far as I know, His Highness the Crown Prince has been doing business with Mr. Fang recently!” As soon as

this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and the officials obviously couldn’t help it. Accept this fact, and you must know that in this era, doing business is not tolerated by ordinary people. Doing business is a despicable industry!

Wang Hua composed himself: “Not only that, what they sell…is coal, and they also claim that coal can be used for heating!”

“…”

At this time, many people were confused.

It felt like IQ was being pressed to the ground and rubbed by Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao.

Throughout the ages, have you ever heard of anyone using coal for heating? If coal can be used for heating, then what is the use of carbon or firewood? Coal can certainly be burned. For example, starting in the Song Dynasty, some people used coal to make iron, but in the end, it was not very popular. Because the cost is too high, after all, coal smoke is very poisonous. To use this substance to make iron requires the construction of a special smoke exhaust duct. The requirements for the iron furnace are very high, and charcoal is more convenient.

This heating is even more of a joke. My ancestors are stupid, but you and Fang Jifan are smart?

Zhu Houzhao couldn’t help but said: “What I sell is anthracite, which can indeed be used for heating.”

Anthracite…

remained silent all the time .

Emperor Hongzhi had a livid face because he saw countless Hanlin officials looking at Zhu Houzhao with eyes that looked like they were caring for a mentally retarded person.

As a father, this is unbearable. Hongzhi felt that he was so angry that his heart ached. He stared at Zhu Houzhao and wanted to kill someone. Let you study and do business. If you do business, do business. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, although business is the lowest level, I have repeatedly lowered my requirements for you. If you If you can really do business and make something impressive, I can’t bear it. But you don’t sell the countless commodities in the world. You sell the coal that is everywhere but no one picks it up. You can just sell the coal. Quan Deng You are young and ignorant, but you want to sell coal to people to keep warm. Is your skin too itchy? Are you insulting me and the other officials who don’t know the difference between grain and grain?

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi roared: “Zhu…Hou…Zhao!”

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A paragraph is missing and has been revised. It is recommended that everyone re-read this chapter.

(End of chapter)