The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1394

[1394. Chapter 1323 He deserves it]

deserve what they deserve. Human nature is generally like this.

Zeng Jie wanted to speculate, hoping to take this opportunity to rise to the top and soar into the sky.

But now…

At this time, he was a little panicked and looked at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing was so frightened that his face turned green, and he immediately shouted: “Zeng Jie, are you guilty of making false predictions?”

Zeng Jie’s teeth chattered, his heart was extremely cold, and he opened his mouth to say something.

Little did he know how many people wanted to kill him.

Emperor Hongzhi had a cold look in his eyes and said calmly: “Come here, take this man down and hand him over to the Jin Yiwei, and ask if he still has any party members.”

Zeng Jie’s face turned gray, and his heart was filled with all kinds of thoughts, so he had no choice but to He kowtowed: “My lord… my lord…”

But someone quickly entered the hall and dragged Zeng Jie out without hesitation.

After a while of hustle and bustle, the palace fell into deathly silence again. Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile on his face: “I think you are tired of coming here. Please step back.”

After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Jingren and others beside him: “You also Retreat.”

The ministers retreated.

Xiao Jing seemed a little unwilling, but when he saw Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan staying, he had to lead all the eunuchs to leave.

Emperor Hongzhi looked into the void with a look of indifference on his face.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi was quite excited.

This time the prince’s supervision of the country was extremely successful. As a father, he was really pleased that he had someone to succeed him.

Emperor Hongzhi said with a sweet smile: “That Zeng Jie actually dared to speculate on my thoughts. He was really audacious. However, I saw that it was not that simple. Originally, I wanted to seduce him and find out who was colluding with him… …”

When Emperor Hongzhi said this, he paused, and then said: “But you two really gave me a big gift, so I have to deal with him, that is, I ordered the factory guards to take him into custody. I want to see who was in a panic after Zeng Jie was taken into custody. “

Zhu Houzhao said very straightforwardly: “Father, why don’t we just punish him? How could he be so long-winded?”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile .

, Sure enough, his guess was correct. Fang Jifan thought a lot about the prince’s supervision of the country this time, but the prince was too impatient.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood and patiently said to his son: “If he is punished, even if he confesses to others, he will inevitably accuse many people indiscriminately in order to avoid suffering. If he is just allowed to make false claims, he will inevitably accuse many good people. I don’t want to be involved in any big way. Naturally, the so-called torture is useless. This is not your business. I have appointed you and your successor as the Yin and Shaofu of Shuntian Prefecture, so that you can quickly achieve something in the capital. Just do your own thing well.”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao had to say obediently, “Follow the order.”

After that, he said goodbye to Fang Jifan.

Along the way, Zhu Houzhao couldn’t help but said to his successor: “Old Fang, why did my father appoint me as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture? I always feel that the governor of Shuntian Prefecture is too young. I have dozens or hundreds of official positions. No one is more majestic than the governor.”

Fang Jifan actually figured it out and said, “Because your majesty is testing you, and I’m afraid, he also has the idea of retreating bravely. Your majesty, your majesty, hopes that you can share his worries. , after all, he is old. As for Fu Yin, he is really unlucky. This is the capital, and anyone above him can bully him. But His Royal Highness, Shuntian Mansion has no powers and responsibilities. Xiao, it can be said that he is responsible for the destiny of the people, and the prince is the governor. This is different. Look at this capital, who will dare to take Shuntian Mansion seriously in the future? It can be seen from this that the official position is big and small. , It doesn’t matter, it depends on who is the governor. If it is anyone else, he is a piece of shit. A slave named Deng Jian in our family can beat ten of them one by one, but when the prince comes, he will It’s completely different.”

Zhu Houzhao still had some doubts when he heard it, and frowned and said, “It doesn’t sound good. Is this palace going to be in charge of detecting thieves and distributing food all day long?”

Fang Jifan said with a smile, “That’s not necessarily the case. , In fact, you can also take care of the planning of the new city and the old city, you can check which house has occupied the people’s land… and so on, as long as it involves people’s livelihood, you can intervene, and for example…”

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile, and continued: “For example, if His Royal Highness feels that Shuntian Mansion is not satisfied, he might as well move Shuntian Mansion to another place, and we… repair the Yamen.”

“Repair the Yamen…” Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded: “Repair the Yamen .”

Where to go?”

Fang Jifan coughed: “Your Highness has a lot of land outside the Fifth Ring Road, and nearly half of it houses a lot of victims. No one takes care of these victims in the new city outside the Fifth Ring Road. If His Highness moves Shuntian Mansion there, don’t you think you can take care of the victims at any time?”

Zhu Houzhao’s eyes suddenly lit up and he said cheerfully: “This is best, so as not to be too close to my father and be arrested every now and then. The palace reprimanded, “Okay, the first thing I do is to repair the government office. But…don’t they say that officials don’t repair government offices?”

“That’s different,” Fang Jifan said seriously. , this follows the tradition of rule by inaction, that is, the government tries its best to reduce its power and responsibilities. The so-called people do not promote and officials do not investigate, this is actually the same reason. This is the prince, in this world, the government does not care Can the people take care of themselves? No, in fact, if the government does not take care of some things, certain sects, Taoist sects, and gentry will naturally take over these powers. If Your Highness wants to do something, you must first do it. Yes, it is better to recruit a group of capable servants to take care of some “nosy things” that should not be taken care of. If there are too many capable officials, what is the use of the Yamen in disrepair and small structure. ? Therefore, it is necessary to complete the functions of the yamen, so it is necessary to repair the yamen.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded seriously and said, “Okay, I will listen to you, it’s just a yamen repair! I’m afraid it will cost a lot of money, my father is so stingy…”

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao’s face wrinkled directly.

Fang Jifan sighed, His Majesty was back, and the chance of becoming a prodigal son was very slim. He thought for a while and then said: “How about I… come up with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver…”

Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan with a stern face: “What are you talking about? How can I ask for your money, our own brothers? Ah, I thought about it, I will borrow money.”

Zhu Houzhao is a real activist .

, as soon as he said the words, he ran away with a swish.

Fang Jifan looked at his back and shook his head, “His Royal Highness… is really specialized in borrowing money.”

………

Shen Wen was on duty and was inexplicably invited to the East Palace.

Every time he came to the East Palace, he felt a little trembling in his heart.

Hmm…feeling guilty.

Then, he found that the place was already packed with people. In the whole main hall, there were actually seventy or eighty people kneeling and bustling. Some of them looked familiar, some of them looked familiar. Everyone looked at Hanlin University Scholar Shen Wen, and Shen Wen also looked at everyone.

Then, everyone reluctantly smiled awkwardly.

Shen Wen probably knew who they were. Just like him, they all happened to have such a daughter.

In this way, Shen Wen and everyone are considered peers.

Peers are enemies.

Although he maintained a friendly relationship on the surface,…

the eunuch led Shen Wen to sit down, but Shen Wen was beating a drum in his heart.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

His heart skipped a beat: “It’s going to be bad.”

…

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the latest report with a surprised look on his face.

He was shocked.

The prince was appointed as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and Fang Jifan was appointed as the governor of the Shaofu Prefecture.

Originally, Emperor Hongzhi felt somewhat guilty after making this decision. These two guys were both uncontrollable people. Once they were appointed, Emperor Hongzhi didn’t know what would happen to the emperor’s feet.

But… the current report was far beyond his expectation. After the news came out, the market value of all listed companies actually increased strongly.

Obviously, for countless merchants, this is great news, just like a shot in the arm.

When Emperor Hongzhi saw this, he couldn’t help but feel relieved. If this continues, he is afraid that all the money he lost last time will be recovered within a few months.

“It’s strange…” Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: “Many ministers don’t like them, and scholars also criticize them. But these merchants are really brave. They really dare to risk their wealth and life on the prince and his successors. Why are they so confident about Fan?”

No one responded.

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his face, looked up at Xiao Jing who was distracted, coughed, and said sternly: “I’m asking you a question.”

Xiao Jing just came back to his senses.

For the past two days, he has been feeling uneasy. Zeng Jie was sent to prison, but Xiao Jing didn’t dare to ask. He didn’t know if Zeng Jie had pulled him into the water. Now he was like an ant in a hot pot, as if disaster was about to happen at any moment. Seeing the angry look on His Majesty’s face at this time, he didn’t know what His Majesty just said. He knelt down and said hysterically: “My slave will die, this slave will die. I have served Your Majesty for so many years. There is no merit but hard work.” , Before I entered the palace, I was just an ordinary person. After entering the palace, I was favored by His Majesty, and now I am in a prominent position in the palace, slave… slave…”

Emperor Hongzhi was first confused by Xiao Jing’s sudden situation. He was stunned for a moment, and then his face became more and more gloomy. He was not stupid, so why couldn’t he hear the meaning in Xiao Jing’s words, so he asked in a deep voice: “What, what are you hiding from me?”

“Slave…” Xiao Jing hit him. He was shivering and his face was pale.

He cried.

“No servant.”

Emperor Hongzhi thought thoughtfully: “Really? You have to figure out for yourself what will happen if you deceive me. You have followed me for so many years, and you know that I care about the old relationship, but what if? If you persist in your stubbornness, I will never forgive you!”

(End of this chapter)