The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1276

[1276. Chapter 1215: Deceiving Heaven and Destroying Ancestors]

Deng Jian came back quickly.

After receiving the letter, he arrived in Beijing covered with stars and moon.

Looking at the capital after a long absence, then… he was lost.

After wandering around for a long time, I found Xishan and met Fang Jifan.

“Master…” As soon as he saw Fang Jifan, Deng Jian burst into tears. He almost hugged Fang Jifan’s thigh and began to wipe his tears with Fang Jifan’s trousers.

Fang Jifan kicked him away and said, “You bitch, if you cry again, I’ll castrate you.”

The crying stopped miraculously.

Only then did Fang Jifan feel that the world was peaceful. He glanced at Deng Jian and asked slowly: “Do you know why I called you back?”

“Young master is thinking about the villain?” Deng Jian answered Fang Jifan excitedly while wiping away tears.

Fang Jifan: “…”

Taking a deep breath, he must have a conscience. After all, he has been with him for so many years. Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back and said with difficulty: “Yes, but this is only one of them. There is another more important one. Reason.”

Deng Jiang’s tears, which had just stopped, couldn’t help but overflow. It was really rare to hear the young master say such words. It can be seen that he didn’t dare to cry when he saw the serious look on his young master’s face. Listening state.

Seeing that Deng Jian was no longer crying, Fang Jifan walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked out at the scenery outside the window, and then said: “You must have met a lot of businessmen when you were in Hexi.”

Deng Jian nodded repeatedly.

Fang Jifan asked: “What do you think of them?”

“These damn…” Deng Jian said this, and fell silent again, and then said with a smile: “What do you think of the young master?”

“I think they are always too cautious. , as timid as a mouse,” Fang Jifan said.

Deng Jian nodded: “This… yes, yes, they are just timid. The young master is really wise, the young master…” Deng Jian’s eyes filled with excitement, and he choked up: “The young master is far-sighted, and in this world , No one can compare with the young master.”

Fang Jifan wanted to kick him again, but in the end, he hesitated and sighed in his heart, this bitch, he still has this kind of virtue after so many years, he really has no virtue at all. Nothing has changed.

Fang Jifan complained in his heart, and then continued: “Look, they have countless wealth, but the vast majority of them are as timid as mice. They have to think twice before doing anything. I even heard people say, no The young man hides his wealth and doesn’t dare to show it off, just like a rat crossing the street. Tell me, why?”

“Yes.” Deng Jian couldn’t help but wonder, frowning slightly. He stood up and asked seriously: “Why is this?”

Fang Jifan said: “This is because these dogs are afraid. But…I think about it carefully, this is not good, why should I be afraid? No Just holding countless amounts

of

money in their hands, are they afraid that someone will be jealous and destroy their homes? If all these wealthy people are like this and show little caution, will the people in this world be able to benefit?

That’s right.” Deng Jian wiped his eyes and said, “Young Master has a lot of foresight and has hit the mark. They must spend money, otherwise the people will not be able to survive.”

Although he was just following Fang Jifan’s words to please Fang Jifan.

But…this sentence is correct.

Social patterns have changed.

In the past, productivity was only a little bit, and all wealth depended on being grown in the fields. The crops in the fields depended on the sky, and the land was limited. The more extravagant the rich became, the more the people at the bottom became more and more arrogant. It’s miserable.

The so-called “wine and meat-smelling roads” in a wealthy family will freeze your bones to death. This concept has almost become politically correct in agrarian society.

But now, times have changed.

Workshops began to take shape, and the seeds of capital began to appear in Gyeonggi and Jiangnan. A large number of refugees appeared. With the emergence of steam engines and railways, productivity has been improved.

At this time, frugality, hoarding wealth, how to drive consumption, without consumption, how will the workshops be open, and without work, how will everyone live their lives.

In the final analysis, the prudent wealthy people all learned from historical experience and chose to keep a low profile.

But Fang Jifan doesn’t allow them to keep a low profile. You have to spend money, whether it’s throwing money into stocks, buying a house, or going out to eat and drink. It doesn’t matter. Being low-key is a crime. Long live luxury. You have to be a qualified person. upstart.

Fang Jifan said: “My young master, I care about the world, and I am very worried about this, so I thought about it. I can’t go on like this. The social atmosphere needs someone to guide it, so that people dare to spend money and are willing to spend money, so I said At the moment, there is a guy named Wang Bushi in Beijing. He is very rich. He only has money to spend, but he still wears a few old robes to go in and out. What is this? You old guy, what he does is good. Is this what rich people do? Even he is like this, let alone others. “

“That’s why I called you back. We have to let him set an example. I have already thought about it tomorrow. , I will send you to the Wang family. As for you, stay with Wang Bushi day and night and teach him how to spend money and how to be high-profile. Don’t give me face. Don’t worry, he has already agreed. He will listen to me in everything. “

Yeah

.” Deng Jian said coyly: “Young master, I have always been poor. I live in Hexi, I am not a womanizer, I never take a needle or a thread from the mine, I only work on errands for the young master. I’m afraid I don’t understand this matter.”

Fang Jifan stared at him solemnly and paused word by word.

“Say it again!”

Deng Jian was immediately frightened out of his mind and nodded hastily: “I understand, I understand. We need to make Wang Bushi high-profile, make him famous in the world, and set an example for the people of the world.”

Fang Jifan said this Then he stepped forward and put his hand gently on his shoulder: “Look, you have been away for too long and you have just come back. You may not understand the young master’s recent temper. Please don’t act coy in front of me in the future, because This young master likes to skin now.”

Deng Jian laughed: “The young master is very talented and knowledgeable, but he actually knows how to peel skin. I’m so young… I’m so lucky to be able to follow the young master. There is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.”

Fang Jifan waved his hand at him impatiently: “Get out. “

Deng Jian became extremely numb and… rolled away.

………

Emperor Hongzhi looked down at the document.

He felt like he had a terrible headache.

We had previously agreed to establish a Strategic Security Bureau, but who knew that the newly sent charter actually required a trading house to be used as a cover, and this trading house was needed to obtain some chartered rights for maritime trade.

Not only that, in Zhu Houzhao’s memorial, he actually asked himself to allocate a sum of money from internal funds as the start-up capital of the business bank.

Why do you think these two guys, the prince and Fang Jifan, defrauded me of my money to do business in the name of spying on overseas military intelligence?

Once a license is granted and they are allowed to engage in maritime trade, God knows, these two guys will deceive and deceive, and in the end they will cause chaos overseas.

After reading the latest charter, Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and glanced at the well-behaved Zhu Houzhao.

“Huzhao.” Emperor Hongzhi smiled: “Today…how can I see you acting like this?”

Zhu Houzhao said: “This is because my son has learned well and grown up. Naturally, he knows that his father is always worried about him. I don’t want to worry my father anymore, so from now on, I will change my mind and start a new life.”

Emperor Hongzhi still kept smiling: “Really?”

He didn’t think so.

This is called asking for something, so be good for a few days.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “This charter of yours has a big appetite.”

“Father…” Zhu Houzhao said: “This is for the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty.”

Emperor Hongzhi tapped the document gently, was it for Jiang Shan She Ji, his heart is like a bright mirror.

So, Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment and said: “Fang Jifan, what are you doing recently?”

“They say they want to change the atmosphere. Those who have money and the rich are all very stingy. I don’t know how much they have hidden. Wealth, the successor clan wants to dig out their money.”

Emperor Hongzhi looked surprised.

Zhu Houzhao explained patiently: “In fact, after several rounds of property market increases, the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty has been circulated.

The original aristocratic families and countless noble families have accumulated wealth for several generations. It was transformed into a mansion, but through the construction of the mansion, many merchants set up workshops and produced, and thus became rich.

If wealth is like water, this water flowed from the hands of traditional scholars to the emerging merchants. It’s just a pity that after reaching the merchants, they can’t move.”

Emperor Hongzhi listened patiently, knowing in his heart that this was probably Fang Jifan’s new theory.

“This is what the successor said, and then you can talk about it later.” Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao became more excited: “After all, I can’t blame anyone else. If I want to blame it, it’s our ancestors, Emperor Taizu Gao…”

Emperor Hongzhi’s face suddenly dropped.

Zhu Houzhao didn’t notice: “This Taizu Emperor Gao is really full of food. He is just a merchant and earns some money. He is obsessed with killing people, confiscating homes and annihilating clans. Father, what do you think this is?” “Is this

what

Fang Jifan said?” Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes slightly but continued to smile.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment: “Some of it was said by Fang Jifan, and some of it was thought by the ministers themselves.”

Emperor Hongzhi knocked on the document and said: “To summon Fang Jifan.”

Zhu Houzhao said, “Father, there is no need to summon Fang Jifan, just ask the ministers. , He understands, and so does his son.”

Emperor Hongzhi said with a face: “By the way, hang up this bastard who deceives the heaven and destroys the ancestors. You bastard, I have indulged you again and again, who knows, you don’t think about it. Correction means making mistakes again and again. I’m not dead yet, and the country passed down by our ancestors is still there. I can’t tolerate a bastard like you talking nonsense here and slandering me so wantonly. Come…hang me up. If I don’t kill you today, I will be ashamed of my ancestors and my ancestors!”

Zhu Houzhao: “…”

(End of this chapter)