The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1547

[1547. Chapter 1469 I know everything clearly]

. People were shocked.

They looked at Wang Bushi.

And Wang Bushi doesn’t mind telling others that he is rich.

Anyway… even if you don’t say it, the whole world will know it.

What’s more, he knows very well that the key to preserving his wealth has nothing to do with whether he is rich or poor, but whether he can always make the right choices.

Just like this investigation.

I tried my best and spent a lot of money, just for this reason.

Someone from the Ministry of Rites came to read out the edict. Emperor Hongzhi was grateful for Wang Bushi’s virtues and appointed him as the prince’s young tutor. Although his authority was not increased, but… Wang Bushi was allowed to teach the emperor’s grandson three books a month as a Hanlin lecturer. day.

Obviously, the emperor valued Wang Bushi’s economic talent.

Moreover, this person regards money as dirt, and his character is also noble.

The importance of the emperor’s grandson is self-evident, and it is a great honor to be allowed to teach the emperor’s grandson to study.

From then on, Wang Bushi was regarded as the emperor’s grandson.

As soon as this decree came out, it attracted the envy of countless people.

Wang Bushi didn’t look happy at all. He still went out early and came back late, leading a group of accounting students to take charge of returning the stolen goods.

Of course, it was inevitable that he would reward Fang Jifan.

I had prepared a lot of gifts. When I arrived at Xishan, I met Fang Jifan. I first gave him a big gift and then presented him with a gift list.

Fang Jifan had just received a reward from the court, and the emperor had given it to ten thousand households. In this way, all the people named Fang could be regarded as one.

This made Fang Jifan greatly relieved.

It’s so gratifying to finally be able to go to Golden Continent to reunite as a family.

Fang Jifan looked at the gift list. He was in a good mood and said with a smile: “It’s good when people come. What gifts should I give you? These pearls, agates, and three hundred thousand silver, etc. These things can’t be eaten. I can’t bring them alive.” Come on, anything you don’t take away is empty. What I dislike the most in my life is giving away these things. It’s so vulgar. You can take them home. I don’t like these things.”

Wang Bushi bowed and said: “This is just a little bit of my heart. Duke Qi must not despise it.”

“This is not a disdain. This is actually worth seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver. Can our successor accept such a thick gift? If so, What do other people think of me, Fang Jifan? We are a man of gentleness, so you should take him back, Deng Jian…”

Deng Jian had been standing aside, and after hearing the young master’s instructions, he immediately said: “Young man is here,”

Fang Jifan said. : “You take these gifts back to the Wang family. We will succeed you. We will not receive rewards for no merit.”

“Young Master…you…”

Fang Jifan uttered one word: “Get out.”

Deng Jian never expected that the young master would be promoted. .

He admired the young master even more, what should he do?

Deng Jian quickly obeyed his orders, while Fang Jifan asked Wang Bushi to take a seat.

Wang Bushi looked frightened.

This is what he fears most.

For a rich person, he is never afraid of others asking for money. What he is afraid of is precisely that others do not want money.

Wang Bushi said uneasily: “If the Duke of Qi…does not accept it, I will be afraid that I will have trouble sleeping and eating.”

This was Wang Bushi’s sincere words.

Seeing his worried look, Fang Jifan smiled and said, “When you say it like this, it seems that I, Fang Jifan, have accepted your things and become a good person.”

Wang Bushi said sincerely: “Yes, If the Duke of Qi can accept it, it will be a good thing for the subordinates.”

Fang Jifan was surprised and said: “Is that so? In this case, it would be embarrassing not to accept it.”

Wang Bushi felt that he had an opportunity and suddenly became energetic . He

cheered up and said hurriedly: “I will call Deng Jian back right now.”

Fang Jifan waved his hand: “Forget it, I have already brought the gifts back, and it is not good to call them back. These things will be left at your home for the time being. It doesn’t matter.”

It doesn’t matter if you refuse it decisively…

Wang Bushi said with a smile on his face: “Yes, yes.”

Fang Jifan added, “But then again, if you give this gift to me, it will be regarded as my property. , since it is placed in the Wang family, shouldn’t I charge some interest? Don’t get me wrong, you know that I am running a bank after all.”

Wang Bushi: “…”

Uh… Isn’t this routine too deep?

Wang Bushi gritted his teeth and said: “Of course you have to calculate the interest. Calculated according to the interest rate of the mortgage, this gift is equivalent to 700,000 yuan…”

“You don’t have to forget it. I trust you, just make a written statement.”

Wang Bushi Without further ado, I just wrote an IOU and signed it.

Fang Jifan took the written evidence, but couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.

He has done a good job. He didn’t let Wang Bushi owe him any money. He couldn’t eat or sleep. Now that he’s better, he can finally feel at ease.

Wang Bushi looked at Fang Jifan: “Nearly half of the stolen money has been refunded this time, and there are still some large amounts of stolen money that can be refunded in the next few days. I wonder if Qi Guogong has anything else to explain about this? “

Fang Jifan sighed and said: “This damn Chen Zheng actually wants to flee overseas. He actually has relatives in Tianzhu. This is a serious crime of killing the clan. We should issue a document and order the Mughal Kingdom to send envoys. Apologize, make amends… this debt should be placed on their heads.”

Wang Bushi was stunned and frowned slightly: “The Mughal Kingdom, I have gone to learn about it these days… they are so far away from the Ming Dynasty. It’s a thousand miles away, I’m afraid they won’t pay attention.”

Fang Jifan smiled and said: “I am just doing my best. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Mughal Kingdom is a remnant of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. I should give them a warning. Wang

Bushi nodded: “Yes, I will take care of it now. There is another thing, the Zhang family always comes to make trouble when the stolen goods are returned…”

The Zhang family is Hou Ninghou and Uncle Jianchang.

They invested nearly two million taels of silver.

Now, they are only being refunded 1.2 million taels. The Zhang brothers cannot swallow this breath. 1.2 million taels is enough for them to eat porridge for hundreds of thousands of years.

Fang Jifan was not surprised at all. He waved his hand and said: “Ignore them. They can’t cause any trouble. It’s really impossible. Find ten or eight censors to impeach them for their greed.”

Wang Bushi was a little surprised. Unexpectedly Fang Jifan also sometimes asked the censor to impeach others for their greed.

In the past, this Duke of Qi was the target of public criticism among the censors.

He nodded simply: “I wouldn’t do this unless I had to, but if they still make trouble, they won’t be polite.” After

the two of them discussed it, Wang Bushi breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact… the more he followed Fang Jifan, the more he felt that Fang Jifan was unfathomable.

You must know that it is extremely difficult to run any errand well, because if there is an errand, there will be interests. When interests are involved, any yamen will inevitably have countless wranglings and all kinds of bullying and concealment. and buck-passing.

But Fang Jifan withdrew the stolen money and directly used the resources of the School of Accountancy and Xishan Bank without going through any government office, and it was extremely smooth.

The arithmetic students and bank staff were all very well-behaved.

This is what Wang Bushi admires most about Fang Jifan.

………

“Your Majesty… Your Majesty…”

Xiao Jingji entered the hall.

This new Daming Palace occupies a huge area and has countless palaces. However, in this huge palace city, Emperor Hongzhi has thousands of mansions, but he is almost always in the Fengtian Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was immersed in reviewing the memorial at this time. When he heard the voice, he raised his head and glanced at Xiao Jing: “What’s the matter?”

“Just now… our internal money… was returned.”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: “How much? ?”

“One hundred and thirty thousand taels.”

“Not one million and two hundred thousand taels?” Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly.

Eight hundred thousand taels were missing, and he had been heartbroken for many days.

But why is there still 70,000 taels missing now?

“The settler, after returning the small amount of stolen goods, converted all the remaining silver, and found that the remaining silver…”

Emperor Hongzhi understood.

First the small amount, then… as much as the amount is…

Emperor Hongzhi felt that he felt very distressed.

This coming and going is a huge loss.

Although he can only blame himself for this matter, but…

well, as an emperor, there are times when he has no choice but to do anything.

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and sighed: “Yes, I understand.”

“Your Majesty, should these silver be put into the treasury or sent to Xishan Bank, or…”

“Let’s put it into the treasury for the time being. There is a lot of money in the internal funds now. But the cash is too little. Then Chen Zheng, have you been tried?”

Xiao Jing said: “After the trial, thirty-one officials were removed.”

Emperor Hongzhi said expressionlessly: “That’s true. I know how he, a merchant, could make such a big noise on his own.”

“I also took this opportunity to detect… a smuggling caravan…” The

Ming Dynasty’s maritime ban is only in the middle of the year. In an open state, the fleet can go to sea, but most of them are official ships. Even for maritime trade, Sihai Trading Company is now responsible. Therefore, smuggling is still profitable, although it is much more restrained than before, but as long as it is profitable, it is still unstoppable.

Emperor Hongzhi’s face became solemn and he said, “Is it a private ship from Tianzhu to Ming Dynasty?”

“Exactly.”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and remained silent.

The Ming Dynasty and Tianzhu are far apart, and the countries in Tianzhu are not vassals of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, they are in vain.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, “It’s lucky that this matter can come to an end.”

“There is another matter. Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo went to the empress to cry again today.”

Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly, He then said: “Ignore them. The queen is also someone who has the overall situation in mind. She even talked about this matter with me last night. She was gnashing her teeth against her two brothers. Those two bastards really can’t bear the slightest loss.” “

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand, and he suddenly thought: “I suffered this loss, and I realized that I had many oversights. Find a day to accompany me and take a walk in the capital, or… …”

He was slightly moved and wanted to know whether the return of the stolen goods was so smooth.

So Emperor Hongzhi continued: “It’s better to choose a day than to hit it. Those Zhang brothers always shout unfair, unfair, but I want to see whether it is fair or not.”

(End of Chapter)