The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1597

[1597. Chapter 1518 The Good Prince and the Bad Prince]

Zhu Houzhao seemed to think that those harvesting in the fields were too slow, so he simply went down to the fields himself brandishing a sickle.

The rice was harvested quickly one after another.

The people in the distance looked at it.

At this time, the telescope seller made a fortune.

Then Jiang Wen was mixed in the crowd, and Mrs. Zhou couldn’t help but praise her: “I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has gone to the ground. Look at our Crown Prince… he is capable of literature, military, and farming.”

Jiang Wen wanted to scold: “What kind of writing can he do?”

But he swallowed this sentence hard.

In the eyes of a scholar like Jiang Wen, the prince is not doing his job properly. The prince, a dignified prince, has no business doing farming. He should read more Four Books and Five Classics, read Zizhi Tongjian, and learn the principles of governing a country and bringing peace to the world.

Throughout the dynasties, among the emperors with special quirks, which one did not become a coward?

The Ming Dynasty is now gradually becoming more and more popular. It seems to be hidden under the prosperity, but sooner or later it will face disaster.

Jiang Wen is a man who cares about his country and his people, so he is naturally worried about this.

Looking at the ignorant people, they all looked happy, and they seemed to be extremely curious about His Highness the Crown Prince’s visit to the fields.

Jiang Wen couldn’t help snoring in his heart: “Fool, there are tens of thousands of farmers in this world. What are etiquette and law? There are both etiquette and law in etiquette and law. Where does the law come from? Scholars, peasants, industry and merchants all perform their duties. The prince is the only one who can breed How many people can the land support? His full-time job should be to encourage more people to farm, to do light corvee work, to control all directions, rather than to cultivate this three-acre land. “

The people on the side are getting more and more tut-tucked .

After complimenting him, Jiang Wen felt like everyone else was drunk and I was alone, and that kind of intellectual superiority emerged spontaneously. He pursed his lips, smiled, and remained silent, but in his eyes, there was a hint of the scholar’s traditional temperament. Some arrogance.

………

After the rice is harvested, there is a special hand threshing machine nearby.

A group of people started to thresh the harvested rice.

The millet flowed down from the mouth of the machine, and finally it was put into a basket. A basket was full, and the weighing began on the other side.

Of course, weighing also requires knowledge.

Because it is new grain and has not yet been dried, it still contains moisture. Historically, when calculating yield, the millet has been weighed after it has been sun-dried. At that time, the moisture has separated and the grain is often lighter than new grain.

But it doesn’t matter. After all, it only involves calculations. Under normal circumstances, after drying, water accounts for 40% of the weight. You only need to apply a 40% discount after weighing to calculate the real yield.

The arithmetic students divided the baskets of millet into pieces and weighed them.

Fang Jifan took advantage of this gap and actually arranged for an official hat chair and asked Emperor Hongzhi to sit down.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Fang Jifan in surprise, and then looked at the seat.

Speaking of which, he was old and had to stand for a long time, so it was indeed inconvenient. At this time, he couldn’t help but admire in his heart that the successor was really considerate.

But when he saw Zhu Houzhao working hard in the fields, sweating like rain, Emperor Hongzhi actually felt a little sad.

They were no longer children, but in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, they were no different from children who had not grown up.

Only Xiao Jing couldn’t help but feel his teeth sore when he saw the chair coming.

This man surnamed Fang is really an expert. When he is next to His Majesty, no one is allowed to stand in front of His Majesty. If he is in front of him, no one is allowed to hold an umbrella for Your Majesty. Just like this chair, he is only allowed to be angry. Panting and moving here, if it were anyone else, they would certainly be favored by His Majesty, but they would have to be secretly tortured by this bitch Fang Jifan.

He felt even more sour and uncomfortable, and simply pretended not to see it.

At this time, some people began to promise: “Collect grain…one hundred catties…”

One hundred catties.

If it is dried in the sun, it will only weigh sixty pounds.

But at this time, everyone was waiting curiously.

It’s just about harvesting food, so why bother with so much labor and effort?

But at this moment…

suddenly there was a commotion among the crowd in the distance.

I saw only a few royal guards, and suddenly they grabbed a scholar.

This scholar is none other than Jiang Wen.

It turns out that when they heard that one hundred catties of grain had been harvested, people subconsciously praised him.

Jiang Wen finally couldn’t help it anymore and couldn’t help but cursed: “The prince is not like a prince, and he is not like a king.”

He couldn’t help himself.

But as soon as the words came out, the people around him heard them. Some people were not angry and started scolding him angrily.

The Jin Yiwei had been lurking nearby, originally to protect the emperor. Hearing the noise, he rushed over, only to find out that it was the scholar who was deceiving the public with his evil words, so he was taken down without ceremony.

It’s a mess here.

Emperor Hongzhi looked there and winked at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing understood and hurried over. After a while, he imitated Fang Jifan and came back breathlessly: “Your Majesty, there is a scholar who deceives the public and slanders His Highness the Crown Prince…”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: “What slander? “

Xiao Jing hesitated, and when he saw Emperor Hongzhi’s eyes stern, he cautiously said truthfully: “His Royal Highness is not like a prince, and he is not like a king.”

In the past, this was actually Emperor Hongzhi’s evaluation of the prince. He always thought that his son did not look like a prince.

But Emperor Hongzhi could say this, and Emperor Hongzhi could even say that the prince was a rebellious son and a beast, but that didn’t mean that others could criticize him.

Emperor Hongzhi’s gaze fell into the distance. It seemed that after the scholar was caught, his family started wailing, causing an earth-shattering commotion.

The rest of the people pointed and pointed, some showed fear, some showed fear, and some clapped their hands and applauded.

Emperor Hongzhi sat on the official hat chair. He pondered for a moment and glanced at Fang Jifan: “Are there any Confucian scholars in the capital?”

This… seemed to mean blaming.

Fang Jifan looked slightly embarrassed.

Emperor Hongzhi wrote lightly: “It’s really not your family matter, so I don’t care much about it.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

What does this mean?

Why don’t you care if you say it’s not our Fang family’s business?

Could it be that everyone with the surname Fang was caught by our successor Fang, but this Confucian scholar matter… there are still so many fish that slipped through the net, why do you blame me?

Fang Jifan glanced at Emperor Hongzhi resentfully.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed again: “He is just a corrupt scholar. If you argue with him, he will appear stingy. Please call this person to the imperial court.”

Xiao Jing nodded.

A moment later, Jiang Wen was taken into custody.

Jiang Wen was scolding happily before, but now he looked extremely frightened. He knew that his time had come, and he heard the wails of his wife and children. At this time, he no longer had the arrogance he had before.

When he arrived in front of the emperor, he lowered his head, trembling and prostrated himself in the mud without saying a word.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at him and said slowly: “Why do you say such arrogant words?”

Jiang Wen had lost his silk scarf and his hair was disheveled when he heard this peaceful question.

At the same time, I heard someone counting: “Three hundred catties…”

It was already three hundred catties.

But Jiang Wen didn’t have any thoughts at all. He said in a confused manner: “Student…student…it’s just that love is hard for oneself.”

“It’s hard for oneself to be in love?” Emperor Hongzhi stared at Jiang Wen and said coldly: “It must have always been like this in my heart. Think about it.”

“No…yes…no…”

“Yes or no.” Emperor Hongzhi’s voice was stern.

At this time, Jiang Wen felt sad.

Thinking that he had studied hard for so many years in Hanchuang and finally achieved a great name. He had already read through the Four Books and Five Classics, but the world had changed. He said with tears streaming down his face: “The student just thinks that His Highness the Crown Prince should not be so ungrateful.”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and asked: “Is it wrong for the prince to care about farming?”

Jiang Wen still felt panic in his heart, but he still shook his body and said: “The son of a rich man can’t live up to the throne. How can the prince care about such trivial things?” “What benefit does the prince’s farming bring to the world? A student is not talented, but he also knows some truths. Your Majesty… I will definitely die if I criticize the prince, but… it’s just…”

“What benefit does the prince’s farming bring to the world?” .”

Emperor Hongzhi muttered Jiang Wen’s words.

He couldn’t help but said: “These words, people around you also think so, right?”

Listening to Emperor Hongzhi’s questions, Jiang Wen trembled. He was not a bad person, and he had no resentment towards the prince. , it’s just based on my own understanding.

He thought for a while and finally nodded: “That’s probably the case.”

“The prince you want must be well-educated and sensible. Like you, he can speak well and be courteous to virtuous people. He respects you very much.”

Emperor Hongzhi’s voice said He calmed down, and Jiang Wen’s heart gradually calmed down. At least the emperor did not shout harshly. He said tremblingly: “Aren’t all the virtuous emperors in the past like this? Your Majesty reads history and Zizhi Tongjian, which one can do something good? Isn’t this the case for you? I have many classmates, relatives and friends from the same year. When I look through the history books, I have never heard of anyone who was obsessed with farming and benefited the world. Farming is just a small skill, not a big university. Although farming is the basis. “But at the root of agriculture, there are thousands of farmers. From a strategic point of view, paying attention to mulberry farming will be of great benefit to the country, but if we follow the example of farmers in farming, it is not worth advocating.”

Jiang Wen began to talk. And talk.

After all…he has many thoughts in his mind.

The fear just now gradually disappeared.

He wanted to express his feelings, which was an old habit of a scholar.

…

“Four hundred catties…”

When he read four hundred catties…

the crowd around him began to stir.

If dried, it would weigh nearly three hundred kilograms.

This is the yield of fertile rice fields.

But now… it seems that the harvest is still going on…

people suddenly began to realize… this time… having so many people come to observe the harvest is not just a simple matter of everyone joining in the fun.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but be moved when he heard that number.

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Although the coding environment on the mountain is good, it is a pity that I will always have altitude sickness during the few days up the mountain. The altitude is more than 2,000 meters. The update will be a bit late because my brain is a bit dizzy and coding is more difficult than before. But I will gradually adapt to it every day. Two updates will be guaranteed, and the update will resume after a few days as you get used to it.

(End of chapter)