The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1350

[1350. Chapter 1283 Welcoming the Holy Master]

Emperor. No emperor would want to go out of the palace and take a look at his picturesque country.

This is like a landowner who always hopes to inspect his own fields and see his crops.

Going to Changping this time is obviously the most legitimate reason.

Emperor Hongzhi showed his tolerance and generosity.

To his relief, even his son-in-law Fang Jifan showed an incredible pattern.

Pattern is very important.

Fang Jifan had it.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “That being the case, hereby declare that before my holiday this year, I will visit Changping, and all the officials will go with me.”

…

The capital was shocked.

When the decree came out, Shilin was like celebrating the New Year.

Countless readers cheered for it.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy were like boiling pots.

Spring is here, and everything revives, as if it’s the animals again… no, it’s the spring of Hanlin and the censors.

People are full of expectations for this trip to Changping.

This is undoubtedly a time when the Ming Dynasty has reached a new crossroads. Based on their lofty sense of mission, the Qingliu people are pulling and pulling, hoping to pull His Majesty to the right path they want to take.

Seven days later, the mighty army and horses set off, surrounded by hundreds of officials and Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi sat in the car and left the new city. Then… what he saw were endless fields and countless villages along the way.

It seems…except for the capital, nothing has changed.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

He originally thought that gratifying changes would occur everywhere in the world.

After all, the New Deal has begun, and the New Deal in Baoding Prefecture and Tongzhou is very gratifying. Needless to say, the capital, whether it is the new city, the old city, or Xishan, has a new atmosphere.

But Changping is in the north.

Beyond the boundaries of the new city, even if it is only one step away from the capital, the changes that can be made are very limited.

Emperor Hongzhi kept his expression secret.

Outside the car, a cold wind suddenly picked up, and snowflakes drifted.

His Majesty took a car, but many people had to walk.

The snow all over the sky and the biting cold wind made many of the civil and military ministers accompanying them frown.

What a sin, this is…

Some of them coughed, some retracted their heads into their necks, some had really sore legs and feet, and some helped them.

They had just left the new city for more than an hour, and they began to miss the capital. Thinking of the warm heating and the warm taste coming from the soles of their feet, everyone suddenly began to miss it.

Occasionally, the team took a break. Emperor Hongzhi did not want to disturb the people and had already issued an order. Local officials were not allowed to come to worship. All supplies could be provided according to the rules in the army.

Then… Emperor Hongzhi was comfortably in the carriage, drinking the hot soup brought by Xiao Jing and eating the cooked food brought by Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan used a knife to pry open his own can and called his disciples and grandchildren to come. Liu Wenshan, Jiang Chen, Shen Ao and others hid together, raised a bonfire, put the frozen meat in the tin box on the bonfire, and heated it. , Shen Ao hooked the food box with an iron hook, took out the largest portion of the fragrant meat, and sent it to Fang Jifan.

Then, he divided the meat equally and gave it to his uncle and fellow apprentices.

A group of people gathered around the bonfire and feasted. Fang Jifan ate and drank enough. Someone had already boiled tea for Fang Jifan and delivered it to Fang Jifan. Fang Jifan couldn’t help but sigh: “It’s really annoying. If you eat too much meat, you will get tired and unhealthy.” “

Master, let me dig some wild vegetables for you.” A strange young Hanlin came up and volunteered.

Fang Jifan smiled and said nothing for a long time: “Whose disciple are you? Master, don’t interrupt at will. There are no rules at all. Come on, open a few more cans. I want to eat fat beef in golden soup, spicy.”

……… …

On the other side, officials gathered around and ate dry food.

The dry food in the army is almost conceivable.

It’s hard to swallow.

Everyone was huddled on the ground, huddled up and shivering from the cold.

His Majesty said that people should not waste money and money, and he immediately received countless praises from officials.

Yes, although it is a patrol, if it makes the local people nagging the local people, it is not bad.

Now it’s fine. As soon as the imperial edict came out and the orders were banned, sure enough… there was no place to entertain people along the way. In this snowy wilderness, there was no village in front and no store behind. It was miserable, so miserable.

Then, they smelled the aroma of meat.

I couldn’t help but see Qi Guogong and his disciples eating meat, and at the same time I heard Fang Jifan explaining the disadvantages of eating meat.

So delicious.

Chen Feng, the censor of the right capital of the Ducha Yuan, stood up and called to the imperial guards in the distance: “Why do they have meat to eat and we don’t have meat to eat? Is there no meat in the army?”

This censor of the right capital of the Du Cha Yuan, from the second Quality is no small matter.

After hearing this, the officer didn’t dare to be negligent. He stepped forward and said with a smile: “Mr. Chen, the army only brought dry food. The canned meat they eat is generally only supplied by sailors who go to sea or the Flying Ball Camp. “Although we are a forbidden army, what we can use is the military rations formulated by the Ministry of War.”

Chen Feng: “…”

He couldn’t help but scolded: “The Ministry of War is really… really…”

Ma Wensheng was very cold.

Hiding in a corner, luckily a young Ministry of War official gave him a coat. He felt that his eyebrows were frozen and he was sneezing again and again. When he heard that Chen Feng was about to scold the Ministry of War, he couldn’t help but said: “It’s no wonder that the Ministry of War is here. At the beginning, the Ministry of War asked for money, and the Inspector General said it was a waste of public funds. He also said that the soldiers had enough to eat and drink. How could there be so much care? “

Chen Feng: “…”

The cold wind is still howling.

Someone said: “Ah, Academician Wang also has meat to eat. Where did he get the meat?”

Suddenly, these usually aloof and dignified officials and censors stood up one after another. Sure enough, Wang Bushi was eating meat. Had a great time eating.

He was wearing sunglasses and a big gold chain, and he was holding a porcelain plate that someone had already heated. Not only that, there was someone holding an umbrella for him where he was sitting.

On the ground is a heavy blanket.

Wang Bushi sat cross-legged on the blanket, not afraid of the wind and snow. In the porcelain plate in his hand was fragrant soup and pieces of heated braised beef.

“I bought it.” Wang Bushi put the meat into his mouth and nuzzled in the direction of Fang Jifan: “It’s not expensive. Here and now, the beef that is so hot is only five hundred taels of silver a piece. Jin. “

Five hundred taels…

it’s better to grab it.”

Wang Bushi only ate a few pieces of meat and felt full. He put the plate aside and said, “Deng Jian.”

Deng Jian, who was holding an umbrella, said, “What do you want me to do?”

“This meat doesn’t taste good, so just eat it. “

Deng Jian had already thrown up his umbrella. He picked up the five hundred taels of meat and stuffed it into his mouth like a hungry tiger attacking a sheep.

…

A pair of pale green eyes looked at Deng Jian who was feasting.

Some people roared and cursed, not knowing what they were talking about.

…

Emperor Hongzhi was sitting in the carriage and heard the noise outside the carriage.

At this time, he had eaten and drank enough and pulled the bell in the car.

Xiao Jing was outside the car and heard the bell ringing. He immediately opened the door to a corner and got into the car: “Your Majesty.”

“Why is there so much noise outside?”

“The officials have no meat to eat and are a little dissatisfied. I also heard that Duke Qi He brought a lot of meat and sold it everywhere.”

Emperor Hongzhi said with a sullen face. “It’s outrageous.

“

It seemed that Emperor Hongzhi was quite considerate of the officials’ plight and said, “Go, buy the meat and give it to the officials.”

Xiao Jing looked embarrassed.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: “What’s wrong?”

“Qi Guogong said that his meat is extraordinary. It’s Xishan Snowflake Beef. Those cows grew up listening to the Four Books and Five Classics, and they have to be kept in a happy mood every day… In short , one pound of meat, five hundred taels!”

Emperor Hongzhi was silent.

He groaned: “I’m a little tired. I have to go on a journey tomorrow. Please wait for me to go to bed.”

“I obey the order.”

The carriage was spacious, and the sofa was folded to make a soft bed. Xiao Jing curled up and Pack it up.

…

At the foot of Dayang Mountain, there are stretches of thatched cottages.

Mao Ji has been giving lectures for three years since he moved here.

In three years, he went from being unknown to being famous all over the world.

More and more scholars have built thatched cottages nearby and come here to study.

Hanging up his crown and leaving was not what Mao Ji wanted.

What Mao Ji thought about was still the Confucian spirit of joining the world.

But he knew very well that there was nothing he could do.

Instead of being shameless in Hanlin, it is better to…do something.

In his hand, he held a famous edict.

This edict was a bit scary. It was a post from His Highness the Prince inviting him to a banquet in the army.

Several disciples sat cross-legged below, and Mao Ji sighed: “His Royal Highness the Prince was also very smart when he was young, but the older he gets, the more ridiculous he becomes.”

He showed a look of pain: “After all, he was still beaten by the villain .

What’s wrong is that it is not the way of a gentleman to lure people with benefits. The so-called new learning claims that it inherits the teachings of the sages, destroys the old and establishes the new. Go back to the prince and say that I am not able to attend the appointment due to physical inconvenience. “

“Yes, sir. But… sir, the student heard that the prince has a bad temper.”

Mao Ji smiled. If you dare not go because the prince has a bad temper, then what character can you say? I have no desire or desire, I just hope to speak for the saint and teach what I have learned in my life. If the prince is angry because of this, what’s the harm? “

The students looked at Mao Ji excitedly.

Mao Ji added: “What’s more, His Majesty is coming, bringing hundreds of officials with him. The Changping County Magistrate has compiled a book to clear his mind. This time, because Your Majesty also heard about my contribution to teaching here, he specially led the officials. Come here and take a look at Changping.”

At this point.

Mao Ji couldn’t help but beam with joy.

More and more scholars came to seek refuge, and the atmosphere of learning became stronger and stronger. The Changping County Magistrate also repeatedly said that Changping had undergone tremendous changes, which were all his own fault.

It seems…anything in the world can be solved through education.

His Majesty’s Royal Majesty is here. It seems that… the wind direction in the court has changed.

“You guys, get ready and get ready to meet the driver. The most important thing is to meet the driver.”

(End of Chapter)