The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1278

[1278. Chapter 1217 Unparalleled Talent]

Emperor Hongzhi was silent.

He began to doubt life.

Why have all my thoughts and life experiences been constantly subverted in the past few years?

For such a major matter, involving the national economy and people’s livelihood, Fang Jifan was right.

If these merchants imitate the gentry and do not expand production and use their money for consumption, they will eventually become another group of gentry. Money needs to flow. If it does not flow, countless people will have no livelihood. The court’s new policy , and will not receive enough taxes.

All of these are closely related and intertwined. If anything goes wrong, big problems will arise.

Therefore, changing the social atmosphere and encouraging merchants to dare to spend money is a top priority.

Just now, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly thought about whether he should issue an edict to An Shang, or… order the cabinet to take some measures.

But Fang Jifan, this guy, vowed that there was one person who could accomplish this.

This person is neither a great scholar nor a famous person, he is just a servant.

How can a national event be such a trivial matter?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan, and Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi’s eyes.

Yes, that’s right, this look is very familiar.

When Fang Jifan recommended his disciple, Emperor Hongzhi had the same expression.

It’s just that…

Emperor Hongzhi discovered that Fang Jifan had changed.

In the past, at least I had integrity, and I even knew how to recommend my disciples.

Now it’s better, the domestic slaves are also filling in.

what does this mean?

Emperor Hongzhi said: “Are there any other candidates? I think Wang Shouren and Jiang Chen are not bad.”

Fang Jifan shook his head: “Your Majesty, only Deng Jian can handle this matter. Wang Shouren and others are not as good as Deng Jian. “

He is not even worthy of carrying Deng Jian’s shoes.”

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked: “Then you order Deng Jian to come to the imperial court and let me take a look.”

Fang Jifan shook his head hurriedly: “This dog slave has never seen the world. If he meets your Majesty. , I’m afraid I might have collided with the Holy Driver, so I thought it would be better to disappear.” Emperor Hongzhi held his breath for a long time, and sighed: “Forget it, go ahead and give it a try.”

Fang Jifan said, “Well, I think it’s

better to disappear.

I’m leaving. By the way, Your Majesty, I still need your Highness to help with this matter. Can you please let me go with you? “

No matter what, I have to get the Prince out and stay here .

, and he will definitely get beaten.

Zhu Houzhao refused to admit defeat and said: “No, no, today my father refused to admit this mistake and stayed in the palace.”

Fang Jifan pulled his sleeve: “Your Highness, business is important. If you have anything to do, we will talk about it later.”

Emperor Hongzhi also felt bored and didn’t bother to argue with Zhu Houzhao anymore: “Let’s all retreat.”

“I won’t retreat.” Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth to say something else, but Fang Jifan covered his mouth and dragged him out. After arriving at the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Houzhao groaned and said: “What are you doing to me? Is this beating from me in vain? This fool is indiscriminate. Look…” Fang Jifan

didn’t bother to look, he only knew that I have this son, so I have to whip him.

After finally getting out of the Meridian Gate, Zhu Houzhao pointed to his face: “Just now, a whip seemed to hit my face. Look, it’s green.”

Fang Jifan saw that his face was indeed… a bit miserable, so he comforted him. He said: “It’s okay, I can’t see anything.”

Zhu Houzhao said: “Then I’ll look in the mirror.”

Fang Jifan said: “Stop looking in the mirror, Your Highness, women only love looking in the mirror.”

It was not easy to coax Zhu Houzhao .

Fang Jifan rushed to Xishan in a hurry and called Deng Jian: “From tomorrow onwards, you will go to the Wang family as a servant. I and Wang Bushi have already discussed it in advance. You will be the steward of the Wang family. He My daily life is all taken care of by you.”

After hearing this, Deng Jian said: “Master, you don’t want me anymore?”

Fang Jifan sighed: “It’s not that I don’t want you, but I have a big thing that I want you to do. It’s done. , is to benefit the country and the people, and save the common people. If you fail, the young master will chop you up and feed you to the dogs.”

Deng Jian shuddered. For such a meaningful thing, it seems that he is more likely to be chopped up and fed to the dogs. .

Fang Jifan said: “When you arrive at the Wang family, you don’t have to worry about anything. Just return to your true colors. Don’t worry about other things.”

Deng Jifan said: “Just like the villain used to serve the young master?”

Fang Jifan nodded.

Deng Jian still didn’t understand: “But the villain thinks…”

Fang Jifan was furious and kicked him to the ground: “You idiot, you can do whatever you are told. Whatever you think, If you say what you think again, I’ll beat you to death, you bitch.”

Deng Jian groaned and recognized the truth. He endured the pain in his waist and stood up hurriedly: “Young Master’s strength has increased again, and Young Master has become more and more powerful to conquer mountains and rivers. The young master is wise, the young master is mighty. “

…

Send Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao away.

Emperor Hongzhi was still a little worried.

The consequences mentioned by Fang Jifan made him feel a little dissatisfied.

He believed that people without long-term worries must have immediate worries. When he thought of this, he felt that his hair was turning gray.

Simply, Liu Jian and the others were summoned.

After hearing what His Majesty said, Liu Jian and the other three looked at each other in shock.

After all, what they know is still the agricultural society, but now this new set of things is a bit too much for them to deal with based on their decades of experience.

Liu Jian thought for a while: “Your Majesty, I have read The Wealth of Nations, and I know a little bit about it. This national wealth is inseparable from the flow of money, but if it stops flowing, then it might as well, the court encourages merchants to raise donations , how about it?”

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

Li Dongyang coughed: “I’m afraid it’s inappropriate. They don’t dare to spend money for fear of exposing their wealth. If you encourage them to raise donations, wouldn’t they let themselves in? I’m afraid the panic will get worse.”

Liu Jian thought it was reasonable and smiled bitterly: “Let’s take a long-term view and ask the bachelor Liu Wenshan to give a lecture first, and let the veterans wait and learn. Then, I can give advice to His Majesty. .”

Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to nod.

Times have changed, and so has the gameplay.

People like Liu Jian realize that they have become old antiques.

They are cabinet ministers, not Qingliu. Qingliu can criticize him for anything he doesn’t like, and he doesn’t have to take responsibility anyway. But they are responsible for anything they say or do, and their success will last forever. , failure means being despised by others forever.

Emperor Hongzhi immediately said to Xiao Jing: “Go and collect the statistics from the New Deal area a few days ago, and I will take a look.”

Xiao Jing nodded.

His Majesty has recently become obsessed with statistics.

How many workshops are there, how many have annual sales of more than 50,000 taels of silver, how many tons of coal and tons of steel are consumed every year, and how much steel is smelted, all these various things have become the most intuitive thing in the hands of statisticians. Number of.

As an emperor, he is afraid that he does not know what is happening in the world today, but with these thousands of memorials, even if the emperor looks at them one by one, the quality of the people’s lives is just a blind man feeling the elephant.

The statistical data is different. It can clearly tell Emperor Hongzhi whether the national strength of the Ming New Deal area has been improved, how many refugees can be provided, and how many jobs can be provided.

Emperor Hongzhi thought of something: “Also, a copy of these numbers must be sent to the cabinet in the future, and several ministers will also have a look at it.”

Xiao Jing nodded: “I obey the order.”

Xiao Jing could only think in his heart .

I admire Fang Jifan.

The disciples and grandsons he teaches are really all kinds of people, and they all do a lot of things. In this guy’s academy, they even teach arithmetic, and they just teach it. But he still uses arithmetic to play tricks, and it’s everywhere. I’m trying to please His Majesty. Isn’t this what Your Majesty likes the most?

Xiao Jing was extremely afraid of these various reports and statistical data.

Because what do factory guards do?

Factory guards are there to spy on local public opinion.

Therefore, the factory guard is equivalent to His Majesty’s eyes and ears. Whenever His Majesty wants to know something, he can open the report from the factory guard and he will know everything.

But now, His Majesty asks Tongzhou and Baoding Prefecture every now and then if they have the latest statistics. However, those statisticians who are full and full still like to do this, and they send all kinds of reports, some of which are… Salary statistics, some of which are industry statistics, and some of which are tax statistics, these numbers are all tabulated, and even… To make it clear at a glance, they are compared with previous years…

Your Majesty now spends less time reading reports from factory guards than before. A lot, he likes to look at watches. He can stare at a watch for more than an hour, just sitting like this, comparing numbers one by one.

If this continues, the Statistics Department under Baoding will be on par with the factory guards.

You must know that the so-called power comes from whether you can influence the center of power. Your Majesty is the center of power. The reason why the factory guards have a transcendent status in the Ming Dynasty is precisely because they can influence His Majesty’s decision-making at any time. But once His Majesty pays more and more attention to other sources of information, is there a matter of factory guards?

Xiao Jing couldn’t help it now. He wanted to recruit a group of talents who were good at calculations in the factory guard, and set up a statistics bureau within the factory guard to compete with the Baoding Statistics Department.

It’s a pity… How can there be so many talented people in this world who are good at calculations, and in all likelihood, they are all monopolized by Xishan Academy. Trying to force Fang to succeed the vassal, isn’t this looking for death?

Emperor Hongzhi took out the data reports one after another and read them carefully.

He was fascinated by it, and sometimes he would even pick up a red pen and record each data. This was to make his memory more profound and save him from forgetting it later.

“It’s really a good thing. Now, I really want to meet him. The statistician of Baoding Statistics Department. I heard that he is searching for journals and has published two papers. He is a great talent. You all should learn from it. .”

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