The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1430

[1430. Chapter 1358 Fiefdom]

The Empress Dowager also stood up.

Originally, women were not interested in this thing at all.

But because of Wanfuyi.

The Queen Mother also wanted to know what the difference was about this thing.

She walked to the microscope, glanced at the lens, and couldn’t help but be surprised.

In this way, countless craftsmen worked hard, not just skilled craftsmen, but countless top minds from the Ming Dynasty gathered together. It took an unknown amount of time to complete this one, and finally created the Wanfu Yi.

To say that such clothes are priceless is an understatement.

Emperor Hongzhi was even more interested, looking left and right around the microscope.

After the Empress Dowager saw it, a friendly smile appeared on her face, and then she set the tone: “This is the favorite of the Ai family, and both the prince and Duke of Qi are interested in it.”

Fang Jifan said hurriedly: “Empress, what are you talking about? , I am just trying my best. The prince has repeatedly warned that no one in this world can care about him, but the empress is also his closest relative and elder. The empress was very kind to the prince at the beginning. As a great-grandson, he must be I will try my best to give you a generous gift.”

The Empress Dowager Zhou was even more happy, and she looked at Zhu Houzhao with joy, and the love in her eyes was even stronger.

The Empress Dowager was particularly happy today. She talked to Zhu Houzhao for a long time, and then took the others to listen to the play. The play list was already ready, but the Empress Dowager changed it temporarily: “Today we sang “Catch”

When Zhu Houzhao heard it was “Capture and

Release Cao “, he became very interested.

At the end of the day, Fang Jifan was actually exhausted and retired from Renshou Palace, but Emperor Hongzhi called him to Fengtian Palace alone.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the memorials accumulated on the documents. Today, he was busy paying his birthday, but things were delayed a lot. Now the memorials are piled up like a mountain.

After all, Emperor Hongzhi is a little old and has limited energy, but he still cheered up and picked it up casually. He read a memorial for a while, then looked up and looked down at Fang Jifan, who had been waiting patiently, and said: “Jifan, how many more microscopes can we make? “

Fang Jifan said: “Polishing the lenses is the most time-consuming. Currently, there are no more than five craftsmen in the world who can polish lenses. Even if they bring apprentices and the manpower increases in the future, it would be good to have three or five in a month.

“This is a treasure.

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Emperor Hongzhi sighed: “Even though I don’t know how useful this microscope is, I know that the Ming Dynasty will be inseparable from it in the future.” There are also those craftsmen who are the treasures of my Ming Dynasty. They must be treated kindly. I will order some rewards when the time comes.

Fang Jifan blinked happily and saluted: “Your Majesty is so kind. If they knew that even Your Majesty paid them such respect, they would not know how happy they would be.

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This is the truth.

The status of craftsmen, even today, has only been improved to a limited extent.

People naturally admire people who wear gorgeous clothes and angry horses. Or, everyone hopes to be a person who talks a lot, and speaks loudly. A man of reason.

As for the craftsmen, who deal with oil and dirt every day, are dirty and have rough hands and feet, they are naturally not valued by others.

Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: “With this microscope, it can be seen that the various research institutes in Xishan are extremely effective.” Damn, I saw the steam locomotive connecting the city with my own eyes. Now when I listen to the steam locomotive’s whistle, I still feel like I’m in a dream. “

Emperor Hongzhi continued with a smile: “It was inconvenient to elaborate in front of the Empress Dowager just now, but now…” He raised his head and took out a memorial: “This is a memorial about Zhenla. After the vassalship, Zhenla Kingdom has recently cooperated with Buddhism. The Langji people are very close. Do you know these things? “

The so-called Zhenla is close to the Chief Envoy of Cochin, because the territory is mountainous. At first, after learning that the Ming Dynasty penetrated deep into Cochin, and even set up the Chief Envoy in Jiaozhi, its country immediately expressed submission to the Ming Dynasty, but apparently in the past two years , there were signs of wavering again.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with a more cautious expression and said, “Jifan, what do you think of this?

Fang Jifan frowned slightly and thought for a moment before saying, “This is actually natural.

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I think back then, when the Ming Dynasty went to the West and convinced the Western countries, they were invaded by the Francois. Now that the Ming Dynasty has arrived, they can use the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Francois. This is what they want. “

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: “That’s right, keep talking. “

Fang Jifan said: “But over the years, the Francois have been under pressure from the Ming Dynasty, and their expansion in the West has begun to slow down. The Francois have to huddle in Luzon, Java and other places to protect themselves, and they are no longer able to continue to expand. . This will inevitably make the Western countries come back to their senses. Their plan was to use the Ming Dynasty to control the Franco machine, but once they discovered that the Ming Dynasty gradually gained an advantage in the West, they naturally began to guard against the increasingly powerful Ming Dynasty. They only consider themselves, and they are like snakes and rats. Once the strength of Ming Dynasty and Franji is imbalanced, they will naturally start to rely on the weaker one to maintain their independence.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, “I treat other countries with courtesy, but they have their own selfish motives.

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After hearing Emperor Hongzhi’s sigh, Fang Jifan couldn’t help complaining in his heart that there are few people in this world who have no selfish motives. He said: “Such a foreign vassal can’t rely on etiquette alone. I have always believed that people’s hearts are not good enough. Separated from each other’s belly, what’s more, it’s still the same country? Let’s just say that Zhenla is close to the Chief Envoy of Cochin. The territory is mountainous. I wanted to come, but I was afraid. It would be too affected by the Ming Dynasty. In the end, like the Annan Kingdom in the past, the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. That’s why they wanted to Use the Francois to counteract the Ming’s influence on them. Come to think of it, it is not just the Chen La Kingdom that has this intention, but also Siam, Achim, Johor, Ni Kingdom, Laos, Shan Kingdom, etc., why not the same? It’s just that they don’t dare to be so obvious. Their greatest interest lies in the fact that the Ming Dynasty and the Franconian Dynasty can be equally matched, and they can opportunistically take advantage of the situation to safeguard their own fundamental interests.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: “What Jifan said is reasonable. In fact, I have also asked Liu Qing’s family and Li Qing’s family about this matter, and they have the same view.

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Because of this, I am worried that the territory of Zhenla Kingdom is mountainous and the miasma is heavy. Although our Ming Dynasty destroyed Annan and added the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi, the people in Jiaozhi territory are not attached to them. I want to let them bathe in royal status, but they still can’t. It will take some time. “

Emperor Hongzhi paused and then said: “This Jiaozhi has always learned Chinese characters and learned Chinese. It imitates our Ming Dynasty in everything. It is no different from our Ming Dynasty. Setting up a chief envoy here still needs to be digested slowly. If you are right The use of troops by Chenla and other countries will not only make the Western countries more suspicious, but also cause great losses to our Ming Dynasty. It is easy to destroy their country, but it is difficult to conquer it. I do not want to use weapons. But I am quite interested in your idea of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote. Can Jifan, with his bank and this Ming Dynasty treasure banknote, make all the Western countries work together?”

Fang Jifan shook his head and said honestly: “No. Okay. “

Isn’t it possible to be so direct?

But judging from Fang Jifan’s appearance, there seems to be something more.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little disappointed, but he was still patiently prepared to listen to what Fang Jifan said next.

Then Fang Jifan continued: “But… Your Majesty, why should you care whether they are of the same mind towards the Ming Dynasty? As long as they use the coins printed by the Ming Dynasty, everything is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Then, even if they are disloyal, There is no point anymore. Therefore, instead of conquering their hearts, we might as well conquer all the food, clothing, housing and transportation around them, and make everything closely related to our Ming Dynasty inseparable. In this way, Xiyang can completely become the most obedient vassal town of my Ming Dynasty. “

Fang Jifan did not use the term “vassal state” to describe it, but used the term “vassal town”.

A vassal town and a vassal state are two completely different concepts.

Emperor Hongzhi heard the implication of this.

He cheered up: “Yes, what the successor said is very reasonable. What I want is not their hearts, I just want their people.”

He then said: “It seems that you already have the idea of promoting the Great Ming Bao in your heart .

“The banknotes are out of control.”

Fang Jifan nodded: “There are two strategies at the moment. One is to start slowly. There is no rush anyway. It will take decades to slowly let them accept the banknotes. As long as the credibility of the Ming Dynasty banknotes remains. Good, sooner or later, they will slowly accept it.”

After decades…

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: “Is there another way?”

Fang Jifan said: “There is another way, which involves moral issues, Your Majesty. You should know that your minister is a moral person…”

“Go on!” Now that business was important, Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to talk to Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan coughed: “Destroy their original currency system, and then the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes took advantage of it and completely replaced it within three years.”

Emperor Hongzhi immediately understood what he meant: “Just like tulips?”

Fang Jifan shook his head. : “We have to use another method.”

Emperor Hongzhi was obviously more interested in the latter.

Although he has read many books by saints, although the emperor has a tolerant side, few of them are naive. Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while: “Who can go? Liu Wenshan? Liu Jin?”

“These two people… These are usable talents, I think they can do the job,” Fang Jifan said.

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his head and glanced at the secret report on the table about the secret peace between Zhenla Kingdom and the Franco people. His face was solemn: “He is unkind and I am unjust. I treated him with mercy, but he repaid me with tricks. It’s terrible. You can’t bear it. The Ming Dynasty treasure must be promoted immediately. My… patience is limited. If Liu Wenshan and Liu Jin succeed, I will still give you a reward…”

Emperor Hongzhi gave Fang Jifan a deep look: ” Jifan…it’s time to think about the future of the Fang family. It’s time to have a fiefdom

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Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi in astonishment.

Listening to these words, it sounds like he is about to be cooked by a lackey.

(End of chapter)