The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1237

[1237. Chapter 1181 Confessing the King]

A group of accompanying ministers were noisy.

In Tianjin Port, a homing pigeon has arrived.

Under normal circumstances, any major military or political matters will not be communicated through homing pigeons.

Because this thing is too unreliable.

However… if there is a particularly urgent situation and it doesn’t matter even if it is detected by others, it is still reliable to use carrier pigeons to deliver the message.

It’s just that the cultivation of homing pigeons takes a lot of effort. The Ming Dynasty set up a homing pigeon station between Tianjin Wei and the Japanese Kingdom. At this time, someone took out a small parchment from the legs and feet of the homing pigeon, unfolded it, and looked at the parchment. Scared to the point of peeing.

Immediately, the parchment was turned around and began to report to Xingzai.

In the hall, Ma Wensheng heard everyone scolding him heatedly.

In his heart… he was quite complicated about Fang Jifan.

This guy is indeed a bit shameless in asking for money.

How shameless.

Everyone scolded him fiercely, as if as long as Fang Jifan was mentioned, many people would find a common topic.

Anyway, idle time is idle… If you don’t scold me, you won’t scold me.

Outside, someone was hurriedly walking in the direction.

Someone rushed in: “Masters… Masters… hurry, hurry… get ready to see the driver.”

“What happened?”

“The express sent from Huangjinzhou was sent to Jinshan via carrier pigeons, and then by Jinshan was sent to Japan by fast ship, and then sent to Tianjin Guard by carrier pigeon…” The person who spoke was a young eunuch. The young eunuch had a look of fear on his face: “Something serious has happened, the Francois have attacked. Xinjin, Xinjin… has vanished into nothing… and… Liu Gong was over there and heard the news. There was no news about Liu Jie in this express, but Liu Gong was still so anxious that he almost fainted. “

Everyone took a breath.

“What else happened?”

The eunuch had a difficult look on his face. After a long time, he said: “The other thing is… Duke of Lu… Duke of Lu… died in battle… It is said that when the reinforcements arrived, he was covered in… He suffered more than thirty injuries. Before he died, he personally went into battle and fought fiercely with the thieves. He read a poem. “

All of a sudden, everyone turned pale.

The Duke of Lu…

even Liang Chu shuddered, and asked with pity on his face: “What poem?”

The eunuch said: “Report your favor on the golden platform, support the jade dragon and die for you!”

In the hall , deathly silence, you can hear a needle drop.

After being silent for a long time, a censor suddenly said: “The Fang family is really a loyal and loyal queen.”

“Yes, yes, we are truly loyal and loyal for generations. It is a pity that the Duke of Lu has not fulfilled his ambition. For several generations of the Fang family, no one has Not a loyal minister, even Fang Jifan’s dog… No, Qi Guogong is still loyal on weekdays. “

” Lu Guogong has made great contributions, so why hasn’t his son Qi Guogong made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty?”

Everyone sighed with emotion and nodded. Call it yes.

Liang Chu’s eyes were red: “The Duke of Qi must be heartbroken after hearing this bad news. He is loyal to the country and succeeds to his son after the death of his father. It is really admirable for the whole family to be loyal and good.”

Everyone nodded more vigorously. The regret on their faces was not hypocritical. .

It’s just that… death is the most important thing. At this time, if you still say bad things about others, this is a matter of character.

Just because the Duke of Qi embezzled tens of taels of silver from everyone, he kept scolding him. He was still young and in the eyes of everyone here, he was still a child.

What’s more, the Duke of Lu died for his country, and his death was so tragic and solemn that it is awe-inspiring.

Someone raised a thumbs up: “In terms of loyalty, the Fang family has no choice for generations. Gentlemen, go and see the master. Your Majesty is just afraid…”

Everyone woke up and were full of worries.

The Duke of Lu died in battle, and he died so tragically. Apart from that, who else can maintain the situation in the Golden Continent?

Once the situation could no longer be maintained, wouldn’t it be that the imperial court had tried so hard to plan an expedition to the West…

Everyone looked gloomy, especially Ma Wensheng, who was even more worried. When they arrived, all the ministers saluted.

When Emperor Hongzhi saw the report, he was stunned.

This is just a piece of parchment, and what is sent is just a few words.

Because it was a pigeon express, not many things could be recorded.

But the message here is scary enough.

Emperor Hongzhi took off his glasses, wiped them, put them back on, and looked at them carefully.

Behind the glasses, his eyes were blurred by tears.

He had a look of shame on his face and couldn’t help but beat his chest and feet, and burst into tears: “I have harmed him. He is already quite old, but I ordered him to go to Golden Continent. The Duke of Lu will serve me for the rest of his life.” , in the end, it didn’t end well, it was my fault.”

All the ministers turned pale and prostrated, “Please don’t blame yourself.”

Emperor Hongzhi burst into tears. Duke Lu was not only his own. The in-laws, but generations of the Fang family have all lived and died for the Ming Dynasty. Now thinking about it… if Fang Jifan heard the bad news and didn’t know what to do, he was even more heartbroken.

Emperor Hongzhi gritted his teeth: “The Francons are so ambitious, good, very good, I will never give up. From now on, our Ming Dynasty and the Francons will be sworn in! Sooner or later, I will destroy the Francois. , What a shame for Xue today.”

Emperor Hongzhi stood up, wiped away his tears, and took off his glasses. Although his eyes were blurry, his eyes still seemed to be full of energy. He said sternly: “Mr. Lu. He died in a foreign land, so we should try our best to transport his body back to his hometown. If there is a way, all the other soldiers who died in the battle should also be transported back. They died in Huanghuangzhou, but they should be buried back in their hometown.”

The ministers said.

Among them, Liu Jian was missing. Liu Jian was not in good health. I think…it was also because of his son.

Therefore, Xie Qian stood up and said: “Yes, the imperial court must spare no effort in manpower and material resources to transport them back.”

Emperor Hongzhi added: “All soldiers who died in battle must be compensated. In addition…”

Emperor Hongzhi said

Taking a deep breath: “The Duke of the State of Lu is extremely brave in planning, so he is able to curb chaos and defeat thieves. He goes out after being ordered to succeed, and he is neither cautious nor aggressive. He has no love for women, no wealth to take, and he is upright and flawless. As bright as the sun and the moon, there is only one person in this dynasty who has conquered the barbarians and has made great achievements in ancient and modern times. He is a man of both civil and military talents.

“

Hey, how many people in the world have regarded death as life? I have lost my humerus today. Losing the Duke of Lu now is like breaking my arm. What a pain, what a pity, what a sorrow, what a rage!”

The emperor was furious, almost to the point of bursting with rage, but he finally took a deep breath to calm down his endless anger, and then he said slowly: “Now that you have died in battle, I am sorry for you. I will posthumously reward him with the title of county prince, following the example of King Zhongshan. “

The so-called precedent of the King of Zhongshan is that the founding general Xu Da was granted the title of Duke of Wei. After his death, he was posthumously named the King of Zhongshan.

Another example is Mu Ying, Duke of Guizhou. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad and posthumously named him King of Qianning.

If someone of the opposite sex is granted the title of king, he must die.

This is the rule.

Even if he dies, it is a rare honor to be crowned a king with a different surname, enough to shine for eternity.

Emperor Hongzhi said this.

All the ministers prostrated themselves.

Over the years, the Fang family has contributed a lot to the court. During the rebellion in the southwest of the country, the Lu State managed Jiaozhi for the court and included Jiaozhi. His son also made great contributions to the court. After that, he traveled across the oceans to guard gold for the Ming Dynasty. Zhou, this is a life of nine deaths, which can be said to be the result of success. Now, he died in the battle. His Majesty’s move can be said to be reasonable and reasonable.

All the ministers bowed down one after another, and Xie Qian said: “I wonder what the posthumous title is?”

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment: “Let’s discuss it again!”

All the ministers were silent.

Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes and showed a look of pain: “Your Majesty, please retreat quickly. I have ordered people to pass on the successor to the vassal. I will tell him privately about this matter.”

All the ministers were thinking .

It was complicated and they resigned one after another.

They walked out of the place in a mighty manner, only to see Fang Jifan coming towards them excitedly.

“The Duke of Qi.”

Everyone saluted.

Fang Jifan felt uncomfortable when he saw the swarm of ministers, and was afraid that one of them would fail to control him and beat him in a group.

It can be seen that everyone has a serious look on their face, but they all salute to him. Even some people who usually dislike him are polite at this moment, and Fang Jifan feels a little more at ease.

He hurriedly responded: “Your Majesty summoned me, so I won’t talk to you anymore. Ah… see you soon.”

Fang Jifan wanted to run away.

Xie Qian stopped him: “Qi Guogong, I have thought about it. I will buy a seat for the ceremony in two days. Hey, I am old and my legs and feet are inconvenient. Come, I have fifty taels of silver here, take it.”

He took it from his sleeve. He took out the banknote and stuffed it into Fang Jifan’s hand.

Others said one after another: “I will buy one too.”

“I will buy one too.”

Fang Jifan was shocked. He was afraid that he would not be able to sell it.

Who would have expected it to be so popular.

Seeing everyone gathered around him, he took out the banknotes without hesitation and stuffed them into his hands desperately.

Fang Jifan even wondered if there was something wrong with these guys’ minds.

“Uh… I won’t sell it anymore. I won’t sell it anymore. Okay, that’s enough. I’ll just take these dozen and don’t want the others.” Fang Jifan waved his hand.

The ministers suddenly felt that Fang Jifan had become cute. It seemed that his conscience still hurt. Sure enough, in this world, even the most scumbag people would have a good side.

Liang Chu still held the banknote in his hand: “Master Qi, please don’t be polite to us. We are all very old. How can we bear the burden if we don’t sit down? Just accept this money and collect some chairs for the ceremony.” Money, this is very reasonable.”

“Yes, yes, very reasonable.”

Everyone nodded and looked at Fang Jifan sincerely.

Fang Jifan coughed: “This…this…actually what I want to say is that the price of seats…has increased…”

“…”

Silence.

Everyone looked at Fang Jifan and suddenly felt like an idiot.

Fang Jifan looked at them, and he really felt that they were a bunch of idiots. The supply of these seats exceeded the demand, and everyone was rushing to buy them. According to the principles of market economy, why don’t you just sit there and raise the price?

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