The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1605

[1605. Chapter 1526 Prince Zhongyi]

Time actually flies by very quickly. Fang Jinglong has been at sea for ten years.

Now, he finally returned. Although it was for medical treatment and health care, he also wanted to see Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan obeyed the order and had been guarding Fang Jinglong in Tianjin for a long time.

When Fang Jinglong arrived in Hong Kong and father and son met, Fang Jifan tried hard to suppress the emotion in his heart and immediately bowed down and said: “Father…”

There was obvious choking in his voice.

After all, Fang Jifan was not a heartless person. At this time, he had already forgotten the word “brain disease”.

Fang Jinglong was fatter than before, with more gray hair on his head, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were more obvious than before. Although his face was tired, he could see Fang Jifan, so he rushed forward, pulled Fang Jifan up, and then cried in his arms.

“I’m back, I’m back, we finally meet today. My father is thinking about you every day. I’m afraid you’ll cause trouble, I’m afraid you’ll get into trouble, I’m afraid you…”

Fang Jifan’s eyes turned red involuntarily, and he sniffed. It was hard to calm down the excitement in my heart.

“Father, I have ordered Tang Yin to clean up the house in Tianjin Wei, and ask my father to stay for a while. My father is tired, so he should go and have a rest first. After taking a bath, my son will have two drinks with his father.”

After hearing this, Fang Jinglong wiped his old man’s hand .

Tearing, he shook his head stubbornly and said: “No, there is no need to rest. Go back to Beijing immediately without delay.”

Fang Jifan was stunned for a moment, looked at his father’s tired face, and advised: “But… it’s getting late. Even if we go back now, I’m afraid it will be dark when we arrive. It’s better to stay here…”

Fang Jinglong said solemnly: “You don’t understand. Let’s go now and prepare horses for my father.”

Fang Jinglong didn’t. Instead of taking a car, he ordered someone to ride a fast horse. Fang Jifan had no choice but to ride with him.

Fang Jifan was worried that Fang Jinglong’s body might not be able to endure the trip. You know, his father had been tossed in the sea for so many days.

Fang Jinglong seemed to know what Fang Jifan was thinking. While riding the horse, he looked at Fang Jifan deeply and said: “Silly son, you still can’t learn it so far. Our Fang family is now at the height of its power and can be said to be the most powerful family in the world.” It’s not an exaggeration. As a father, you are a county king, and you are ordered to control Huangjinzhou. Now you can be regarded as a general or a prime minister. Think about it, among these ordinary people, which one is as good as ours? ?”

“But the more this happens, the more cautious you must be. If you rest for a night in Tianjin Wei, you may appear to be neglectful. The ability of the Fang family and his son is secondary. The most important thing is to let people know that loyalty is the only thing. As the foundation of our Fang family, no matter how much His Majesty trusts us and has more holy relatives, everyone in the world is watching us. It’s not a big deal to rest here for a night, but we ourselves You need to be self-aware. This is the way to be a minister. You can be incompetent, but you can’t be negligent and give others an excuse.”

Fang Jifan rubbed his nose and still felt that Fang Jinglong was making too much of a fuss. Of course… the Fang family can continue to this day, and that’s the reason why. It makes sense.

Fang Jinglong was riding a horse, exhausted. Even though he had changed into new clothes, he could not hide the smell of his journey, but he still kept his spirits up and did not dare to stop for a moment.

Along the way…the father and son had a lot to say.

The people of the Fang family all packed up and went to Golden Continent to start reclamation. With such a large population at once, the pressure was not light. Although the Fang family was uneasy along the way, they had to calm down when they got there. They had no way out, and they wanted to be citizens of their Qilu country wholeheartedly.

As for other current situations in Golden Continent, Fang Jinglong had no time to say.

At dusk that day, we finally arrived in the capital.

Emperor Hongzhi has felt a lot more relaxed recently, but he still feels a little uncomfortable without Xiao Jing around him.

He was getting older, and his energy was not as good as before. When he read the memorial, he had to have someone move the oil lamp closer to him, take a magnifying glass, and read word by word.

“Your Majesty… Your Majesty…”

A young eunuch came in hurriedly.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a trance and raised his head.

“Your Majesty, the Prince of Xinjin County has arrived in the capital. He has arrived at Dianmao of the Ministry of Rites and requested an audience.” Emperor Hongzhi was stunned and said in surprise: “Didn’t you say that the ship only arrived at noon? Why did he enter the

capital

now?”

After arriving at Tianjin Wei, they rushed over quickly and did not dare to delay the journey.”

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but fell silent when he heard this.

He knew that the sea journey was difficult, and he was afraid that if someone else had reached the shore, he would just lie down on the ground and refuse to get up again.

Emperor Hongzhi had expected that Fang Jinglong would rest for a day or two before returning to the capital. He had even prepared an order to order Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, to go out of the capital to meet him in person. However, little did he know that Fang Jinglong would come ashore and come back without stopping.

“Hey…” Emperor Hongzhi sighed: “This is life-threatening, why bother.”

Immediately, Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: “Open the Daming Gate and welcome Prince Xinjin into the palace.”

Although the Daming Gate was opened.

But Fang Jinglong did not enter the palace through Daming Gate. Instead, he turned through the Meridian Gate and entered Fengtian Hall with Fang Jifan.

In the Fengtian Palace, many ministers had already arrived.

When the eunuch panted and came to report: “Your Majesty, the Prince of Xinjin has entered the palace from the Meridian Gate.”

All the ministers fell silent. Some people thought to themselves, look at the loyalty of the Prince of Xinjin. Now he has reached such a state. At this stage, there is still so little caution. If it had been anyone else, who had made great achievements and received such holy favor, his tail would have been raised to the sky long ago. But it is surprising that the Xinjin County Prince is so sincere and fearful.

This is no warrior.

Emperor Hongzhi felt both regretful and extremely excited.

The dignified prince was guarding the Golden Continent. He heard that he had been injured in several battles. He was walking on thin ice and was surrounded by dangers. When he came back this time, he was unwilling to accept any of the courtesy he received from him. This made Emperor Hongzhi feel even more guilty. .

Not long after, Fang Jinglong and Fang Jifan were seen coming side by side.

After Fang Jinglong entered the palace, he knelt down and said, “I have seen your Majesty, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!”

His voice was still sonorous and powerful.

It’s just that the owner of this sonorous and powerful voice has turned white in beard and hair, and he is already showing his age before he is fifty.

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jinglong, his eyes were slightly red. He couldn’t help but raise his face, not wanting the tears to fall from the corners of his eyes. Then he took a deep breath, calmed down his mood slightly, and then opened his mouth and said: “The Qing family… the Qing family… “

At this point, my voice was still choked uncontrollably, so I hurriedly raised my sleeves and wiped the corners of my eyes.

He couldn’t help but laugh: “As people get older, they become more and more unable to control their emotions. Come on, come and give the king of Xinjin a seat.”

The eunuch moved to Jindun.

Fang Jinglong just leaned forward and sat down: “Your Majesty is old, and I am also old. I miss you very much in Golden Continent. I know that your Majesty is still diligent and working day and night. I… I am very worried…”

Emperor Hongzhi sighed I don’t know what to say.

Fang Jinglong added: “The old minister was ordered to control Huangjinzhou. In recent years, the Han people in Huangjinzhou have increased by 210,000 households, with a population of one million, built forty-seven cities, seven ports, and reclaimed farmland, which is enough for the military and civilians. There are also a large number of immigrants from the Franco people, and they have arrived in Golden Continent in large numbers…”

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned and said in a somewhat surprised tone: “Is their population also increasing?”

” This…” Fang Jinglong smiled bitterly, but stopped talking.

Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: “Why is this?”

Fang Jinglong had to say: “I heard that there was a crisis in Franji. Many people couldn’t eat, and they were starving everywhere. There was a lot of trouble, so many people went bankrupt and lost their money. The people who make a living are eager to go to sea and settle down. In the past, a Franconian ship only transported a few hundred people, but now a Franconian ship has brought thousands of people, and the supplies in the ship are even more. Not enough, everyone is stuffed under the cabin like cans. Once they get off the boat, 30% or even 40% of the immigrants will die. But even so, it still can’t stop some people from rushing to go to sea. Your Majesty, Francois Unlike the natives of Huanghuang Continent and Kunlun Continent, they endure hardships and are not afraid of death. Their endurance is not inferior to that of our Ming army and civilians. In the future… they will be a serious problem. “

Flangji… crisis… chaos… …died of hunger…rushed to the sea…

Fang Jifan stood aside, with a smile on his face, but at this moment, his face was frozen.

Emperor Hongzhi was also confused.

He looked at Fang Jifan, the emperor and his ministers stared at each other with big eyes.

Fang Jinglong didn’t seem to notice anything strange, and continued: “I think this must be a conspiracy of the Francois. This matter is of no small importance, and the truth must be revealed. Perhaps… this is the plan of the Francois to torture the people. …”

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

“Ahem…” Fang Jifan coughed beside him and said, “Father, let’s put this matter aside for the time being. The problem of Franconian immigration that has aggravated needs to be dealt with properly, but we can’t. There’s no need to rush.”

Fang Jinglong glanced at Fang Jifan and couldn’t help but said, “This is a big deal. Why don’t you rush? The court should come up with countermeasures immediately.”

Emperor Hongzhi said awkwardly, “Yes. Yes, Fang Qing’s father-in-law is loyal to the country, and I… feel very relieved, but I don’t know what difficulties there are in this Golden Continent?”

Fang Jinglong found it strange that His Majesty didn’t want to get to the bottom of such a big matter, but now His Majesty changed the topic and had no choice but to say: “There are difficulties, but the soldiers and civilians who went to the Golden Continent have all left their homes. Therefore, if we work together, we can deal with it.”

To put it bluntly, these soldiers and civilians of the Golden Continent are in trouble. In Huanghuangzhou, a new Hakka people were formed. Because they came to a strange environment, they united in order to survive. In Huanghuangzhou, they also showed the same spirit of fighting for water canals and mountains in the Ming Dynasty. You know, this has been the Han people’s since ancient times. Soldiers and civilians, for the sake of a mere well, can gather people from the same clan, same surname, and same village to engage in large-scale armed fighting. They can even fight for hundreds of years, generation after generation, without hesitation of killing or injuring many strong men. of.

(End of chapter)