The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1526

[1526. Chapter 1450 Pleasant]

It’s over, it’s going to be over.

After learning the news, Fang Jifan felt like a bolt from the blue.

It is flammable and explosive, the amount is not small, and the power is amazing.

These three things together can really kill people.

If it exploded, God knows how many people would die.

Fang Jifan is a conscientious person. Even if he is a thief, even if he is caught, he will only be beaten for dozens of hours and then thrown into prison. But if he really wants to blow up the person to death, or even leave his body intact, Fang Jifan can touch it. My own conscience also couldn’t bear it.

If the yellow gunpowder is gone, it can be remade, but if thieves and many innocent people are killed because of this, Fang Jifan will be uneasy.

He did not dare to waste time and hurriedly ordered many people to start investigating. Not only that, he also ordered the factory guards and Shuntian Mansion to follow the clues.

Suddenly, the air in Beijing suddenly became cold.

Later, Fang Jifan found Zhu Houzhao in a depressed mood, but saw Zhu Houzhao looking angry.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: “It’s not easy to get these experimental products. It took a lot of effort to extract these. I still expected to conduct experiments and record data. Now it’s all gone. Lao Fang, who on earth has such courage?” , How dare you steal this? If you are caught, I will not be able to bear this breath without peeling off their skins.”

Fang Jifan looked worried, frowning and said: “Your Highness, calm down first, this matter… is of great importance. I’ve sent people to look for it. Now I just hope that nothing will happen. If not, it will be terrible if there is a big movement under the emperor’s feet.”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and nodded. That’s right. This medicine is extremely unstable. Something could really happen.

Although he was confused at times, he still understood the truth.

He then said: “I will personally go to Shuntian Mansion. This Shuntian Mansion should do something. Father’s place…”

Speaking of this, Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao look at me and I look at you.

Both of them fell silent, as if they were trying to come up with ideas for each other.

After just a stick of incense with big eyes and small eyes, it seemed that Zhu Houzhao couldn’t hold it in any longer, so he had to say: “I have to hide it for now. If he knows that this medicine is so powerful, he will be worried.

” The words sound nice, but… this is deceiving the emperor and ignoring the superior.

To dare to lie about such a serious matter is simply asking for death.

But Fang Jifan’s eyebrows were flying, he wanted to slap his thigh, and said excitedly: “His Royal Highness, you are the crown prince, you are the prince, you can do whatever you say, and you will do it according to the edict of His Royal Highness.”

Zhu Houzhao raised his head slightly. He stood up, raised his chin slightly at thirty-eight and a half degrees, and sniffed, his face looking inexplicably tragic.

………

Xiao Jing hurried to the front of Emperor Hongzhi with slow steps.

The county magistrate of Huaiyuan County, Fengyang Prefecture, South Zhili, complained that the officials recently appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs were causing trouble, causing trouble and causing public dissatisfaction.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned. This was a report from a small county magistrate, but Emperor Hongzhi knew that the harsh words of the county magistrate showed how acute the conflict between parents and officials had become. .

Is this the case for one county, one prefecture, one province, or the whole world?

Emperor Hongzhi frowned deeply, sighed quietly, raised his head, and saw Xiao Jing standing aside, bowing, he said lightly: “Why do you look so panicked?”

“Your Majesty… I heard… something happened in Xishan.” Xiao. Please answer carefully.

Emperor Hongzhi looked surprised and looked at Xiao Jing in astonishment.

Xiao Jing said: “I heard that the newly developed new medicine was stolen.”

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked, his calm expression suddenly disappeared, and his eyes widened slightly.

He was full of expectations for the new medicine, but he never expected that the new medicine would be stolen just after he had a look at it.

This is the foot of the emperor, and it is the most beautiful place in Xishan. How could such a thing happen?

Emperor Hongzhi pursed his lips, frowned more and more, and uttered two words: “Thorough investigation.”

Xiao Jing said, “Yes, I obey the order.”

…

The news has spread like wildfire.

This matter cannot be hidden.

Suddenly, the city was filled with uproar.

People have high expectations for new drugs.

It is a well-known fact that the things produced by Xishan Research Institute are often very magical.

But who would have expected…it would actually be stolen.

Moreover, the whole capital was very noisy.

Even the officers of Shuntian Prefecture were conducting house-to-house searches. Suddenly, there was a lot of noise.

………

The Ministry of Personnel…

As usual, Ouyang Zhi entered the ministry hall with an expressionless face, and all the officials in the Ministry of Personnel were at the mercy of the marquis.

Ouyang Zhi is a hands-on person, and he must be involved in everything. What happens in the ministry cannot be hidden from him.

After all, he has long-term experience of being on his own. In Baoding Mansion, he survived such a difficult start and became more and more familiar with it. Although the affairs of the official department were complicated and hard, it did not faze him.

For many officials, although Ouyang Buntang appears to be stern and unfathomable, he can still lead by example and often acts vigorously and resolutely. Therefore, he is awe-inspiring and does not dare to cause trouble. He just obeys orders obediently.

But there are also some people who are completely idle.

For example, Jiao Fang, the left minister, Liang Chu, the right minister, and Chen Yan, the minister.

Ouyang Zhi took care of almost all the affairs of the three of them, and could hardly get a word in. After arriving at the ministry hall, he hid in a place and drank tea slowly.

Seeing this, everyone in the official department naturally knows who is the right leader in this official department. Therefore, all the orders given by Ouyang Zhi were almost fulfilled to the letter, but most of the orders given by Ouyang Zhi were passed on.

Jiao Fang felt that she had entered a state of retirement care ahead of schedule.

At this time, she should have retreated from the rapids, but Jiao Fang’s heart was still very eager.

He refused to leave and would have to stay here until his death.

At this time, he was holding a teacup and drinking tea slowly, listening to Chen Yan, who was sitting aside, saying: “Have you heard? Xishan lost a batch of new medicines. It is said that… they are the latest ones. Now People all over the capital were searching, and they even heard that… the factory guards had been mobilized. When Xianguan came, he saw the noise in the streets and alleys. The noise must have been too great. “

Liang Chu was enjoying himself a lot. Koucha, he didn’t like to get involved in these things, so he didn’t answer the conversation.

Chen Yan then lowered his voice and said: “Such a noisy search shows how precious this new drug is. I’m afraid…it’s worth more than tens of millions of gold.”

Chen Yan’s voice was trembling when he said this.

Yes, if it’s not valuable, why go to such trouble? At worst, just make it again.

But now it seems…that’s not the case at all.

Jiao Fang felt happy when she heard this.

It turned out that this new medicine was really so valuable. Looking at it like this, Fang Jifan was already anxious to get married. Well, his son finally did something beautiful, and he was relieved of his bad breath.

And… in the future, when the news is over, this precious medicine will be sold… tsk tsk… maybe even the thousand-acre mansion will come.

Although Jiao Fang was happy in her heart, she turned down her face and said: “New medicine is a thing that benefits the country and the people. I heard that the prince and the Duke of Qi spent all their sleep and food for the new medicine. How can such a treasure be measured by gold and silver?” Brother Chen Xian, what you said is just like cooking a crane and burning a harp, it is very indecent.”

Chen Yan suddenly felt disappointed. He thought everyone would laugh and curse with him, but Liang Chu just smiled and said nothing. , Jiao Fang directly accused him face to face, which made him blush slightly.

Although he was angry that Jiao Fang had used excuses to refute his own face, he was afraid of Jiao Fang, not only because Jiao Fang was the Zuo Shilang, but also because he knew that Jiao Fang’s temperament meant that he would retaliate if he offended him. There was absolutely no good fruit to eat, so he had to knock out his front teeth and swallow it in his stomach. He said awkwardly: “That’s right, that’s right, but the official made a mistake.”

“It’s not a breach of trust, it’s what I thought in my heart that made me say this. Brother Chen Xian is still young. He was admitted to the imperial examination in the ninth year of Hongzhi. It should be noted that the reason why we became officials is to report to the country and provide peace to the people. We have the country in our hearts and think about the people of the world, so we can still maintain our loyalty. Go after the money, is this money a good thing? This is a harmful thing. It makes many people stupid and stupid. Others are fine, but we are the disciples of the saints. The new medicine… is a good thing. The good thing is that it can bring blessings to the people of the world, but if you regard it as wealth, you will fall into the inferior category.”

Jiao Fang stroked his beard and spoke eloquently.

Chen Yan: “…”

Chen Yan already wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in, but in the end, he had to say, “I’m not as good as Mr. Jiao.”

A lot of things happened in one day, but it passed quickly.

After Jiao Fang hurriedly got off duty, she found that the street was noisy and there were spies everywhere.

After returning to the house, I found that it was quite safe outside Jiao Mansion. Obviously, both the factory guards and the servants of Shuntian Mansion were quite suspicious. I didn’t dare to suspect that there was someone hiding in the house of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. New drugs.

Jiao Fang hurried back to the backyard, and saw Jiao Huangzhong excitedly stepping forward, saluting Jiao Fang: “Dad, someone is coming from my hometown.”

Jiao Fang was overjoyed, and he screened all the servants in the back garden and retreated to the front yard. The back garden is empty and no one is there, which always makes people feel uneasy.

it’s good now.

My relatives are here.

Jiao Fang suppressed the joy in her heart and said as calmly as possible: “Are they all here?”

“Everyone is here.” Jiao Huangzhong said happily: “Father called them, why can’t they come? A few uncles, and a few more Brother, all the relatives within the three realms have arrived. They were all very happy when they heard that you had something to do. “

Although Jiao Fang is bound to retaliate, he is pretty good to his relatives. In his hometown, his Which of these relatives has been extremely nourished by Jiao Fang? Now that Jiao Fang calls, everyone rushes to fawn over this big shot in the family.

(End of chapter)