The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1727

[1727. Chapter 1642 Your Majesty has something in his belly]

something in his belly. Fang Jifan’s words were completely from the bottom of his heart.

Despite his usual crazy appearance, he still understands things, and he is never ambiguous when it comes to serious matters.

He doesn’t look down on anyone in the world, but the premise of all this is that Emperor Hongzhi must be coaxed well.

To be honest, if His Majesty did not take half of the benefits, Fang Jifan would not dare to go ahead and do it.

But now that it’s better, and with support, it’s a huge deal, and Fang Jifan dares to do it.

Emperor Hongzhi saw Fang Jifan’s expression of joy. The joy came from his heart, and he nodded secretly in his heart.

Look at the successor, he is so simple and sincere, I share his profits, he can be as happy as the New Year.

Then I think about the many people who entered the dynasty and became officials, but I don’t know how many, they all left good stories in Qinhuai, which is ten miles away, with silks and satins, thousands of gold to buy smiles, and clouds of servants. In the Chongwen Palace, they love to talk about luxury and simplicity, and they talk about competing with the people for profit. Now I understand that it is these people who compete with the people for profit.

They use the most demanding eyes to test others, but they treat themselves with a different standard.

Although Emperor Hongzhi felt pleased, he couldn’t help but look at Fang Jifan and said: “In this Xiaoling Mausoleum, Jifan has no other insights except economic methods?”

Fang Jifan’s face twitched involuntarily. Well, he really didn’t expect it. Otherwise, I only know that some people want to commit suicide and think that there may be an opportunity for them to make a fortune.

The wealthy households in Jiangnan have deeper financial resources…and therefore have a stronger ability to withstand the economic crisis.

This is why the land and properties of the wealthy landlords in the north almost fall into the hands of banks, while not much land in the south of the Yangtze River falls into the hands of banks.

But now… isn’t it a great time?

In times of peace and prosperity, people are happy to hold land, because land is the foundation. But once chaos occurs, this land becomes a burden and burden.

When Fang Jifan saw Emperor Hongzhi looking at him kindly, he naturally would not disappoint Emperor Hongzhi, so he replied without hesitation: “Your Majesty, when I came to Xiaoling, I thought of Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizu Gao.” It was difficult to start a business, the civilians rose up, the martial arts were established, the martial arts was in trouble, and the civilized people brought peace. I think he created this thousand-year-old achievement, expelled the Tartars, restored the mountains and rivers, and is now buried here. Even though it has been a hundred and fifty years, he can still be kind to him. Descendants, sons and ministers… are full of emotions.”

Emperor Hongzhi’s eyes showed interest and he couldn’t help but said: “What’s the emotion?”

Fang Jifan said with a sincere face: “It is said that the virtue of a gentleman has been killed for five generations, since Emperor Taizu Gao. Today, your Majesty has passed away for the sixth time. Your Majesty has supported Taizu Gao Emperor Yu Lie and implemented the New Deal. His thoughts are very similar to Taizu Gao Emperor’s thoughts when he ruled the world. Do you want to create a peaceful world and be kind to your descendants? “

“But the reason why Your Majesty came to Xiaoling today is because… the thieves have evil intentions and dare to kill Your Majesty. In the past hundred and fifty years, the emperors of all generations have given you preferential treatment. Scholars, they were exempted from taxes and tried their best to promote them to become officials in the court. It seems that Emperor Taizu Gao set these rules for treating scholars preferentially in the hope that they could be used by the court and assist the court in ruling the country. Anbang has benefited the people. After His Majesty ascended the throne, the situation became even better than before. But what is the result? As a result, from Emperor Taizu to the present, the lives of the people have not improved. They are still in poverty and countless people have lost their land. , became a refugee, and faced the disaster years, he was still the same as before, losing his family and selling his children and daughters. His Majesty… the people started from Taizu Emperor Gao. , not only has the situation not improved, but it has become even worse.”

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless when he heard this, seeming to be thinking about something.

Fang Jifan added: “So in the south of the Yangtze River, ordinary people have lost their land and are vying to enter the Zhumen, changing their names in the hope of selling them into slavery. But more people want to cling to the Zhumen but can’t. I want to be a slave and have something to rely on, but I have nothing to gain. Your Majesty has visited the people privately, so you know the hardships of people’s livelihood. I am thinking, if my ancestors in the Ming Dynasty knew that the wealth in the world has been stolen by others. , but the grievances of the people in the world are gathered in the imperial court and your Majesty, so… I dare to ask, what do they think if they have spirits in heaven? “

Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi’s slightly frowned expression and continued. : “Your Majesty, the original intention of re-employing scholars is to bring peace to the world. To bring peace to the world, it means that the people have enough food and clothing. In this world, if some people have more land, then there will be more refugees. The resentment of the people, The original intention of treating them favorably has not been realized, but has made the situation worse, and it has reached the point where it is urgent to treat them harshly, and they act unscrupulously without any scruples. He wanted to assassinate my son, and then he actually wanted to kill the imperial envoy, and he even tried to falsely accuse the Duke of Wei and force him to rebel. There are countless crimes like this. My son has been feeling very uncomfortable in Xiaoling these days…”

Fang Jifan tried his best to make a sad expression, but he couldn’t hide the joy in his eyes and the good mood that he was about to acquire land on a large scale.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes: “What if you are me?”

Fang Jifan shook his head hastily: “I don’t dare, I don’t dare, how dare I be your Majesty, let alone I don’t dare to be arrogant I guess what your Majesty is thinking. However…if I dare to make any assumptions, if Emperor Taizu Gao were still alive, he would never allow these rebellious officials to cause harm to the world, and they must be killed.”

Fang Jifan. , finally showed his anger.

Maybe it’s because I came to this world and saw a lot of dangers in the world, but deep down in my heart, I still can’t get rid of the violent temper of the prodigal son before.

Emperor Hongzhi’s face became heavy, he paused, and he said calmly: “I understand.” But

Emperor Hongzhi said again: “I had a dream yesterday, and I dreamed of Emperor Taizu Gao, and he said something to me. It coincides with what you said.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

Fang Jifan felt that Emperor Hongzhi was fooling him.

Emperor Taizu Gao really knew how to tell dreams? This is impossible. If I could dream, I would be the first one to be hacked to death in this Xiaoling Mausoleum. Wouldn’t it be our successor?

Uh, why does it seem like… His Majesty is using the dream… to do something?

Emperor Hongzhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and turned to say: “I have ordered the British Duke Zhang Ying to urgently mobilize people and horses to come here quickly in the name of paying homage to Xiaoling Mausoleum. Soon… we will arrive…” “

Your Majesty is wise.” Fang Jifan laughed dryly.

…………

Another two days passed.

At the foot of Purple Gold Mountain, someone came.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but be puzzled and ordered Xiaoling guards to go down and pick him up.

The person who came was Cao Yuan, the censor of Zuo Fudu.

Zuo Fudu, the censor, is stationed in Nanjing. He is the head of the censor in Nanjing and is responsible for supervising the officials in Nanjing. Because he has the power of impeachment, almost no one dares to provoke him in this half of the Yangtze River.

When Fang Jifan heard that Cao Yuan had arrived, he felt interesting.

He really had some impression of this person.

In history, Cao Yuan colluded with Liu Jin after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne. Because he was recommended by Liu Jin, he later became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. He was a very popular minister.

Of course, this person also had the experience of governor of Gansu. When he was governor of Gansu, because Zhu Houzhao loved tigers and leopards, he sent eunuchs to look for tigers and leopards outside the pass. At that time, there were Tatars outside the pass, and Cao Yuan was afraid because of this , and the relationship with the Tatars deteriorated, causing border conflicts, so he wrote a letter to stop it.

Of course…to this day, Emperor Hongzhi is still there and Zhu Houzhao has not yet ascended the throne. Naturally, Cao Yuan’s life trajectory has also changed.

Panting, he led the officials up the mountain.

Emperor Hongzhi was still dressed in cloth, sitting in the side hall, waiting for Cao Yuan to lead the officials.

As soon as they met, everyone looked at each other. Cao Yuan in front of Emperor Hongzhi was a kind-faced old man. He hurriedly greeted Emperor Hongzhi: “The imperial envoy was frightened. Everyone in Nanjing was shocked. They never expected that the traitor would actually come.” He is so arrogant and harbors evil intentions. As the censor of Zuo Fudu, I have already issued a note and ordered a strict investigation. I hope the imperial envoy is fine.”

He looked at Emperor Hongzhi with concern, as if he was worried for Emperor Hongzhi.

Now that Zhang Mao’s army has not arrived, there is no distinction between enemy and friend in Nanjing, but Emperor Hongzhi is happy to continue to be his envoy.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “Mr. Cao is overly worried. This time there was no danger, nothing serious.”

However, when Cao Yuan saw that Emperor Hongzhi did not salute him, Cao Yuan murmured in his heart.

Logically speaking, the person in front of me is of course an imperial envoy, so I must salute first. However, after all, the imperial envoy only has the status of Hanlin, and I am the censor of Zuo Fudu, with a high position. At this time, the other party should salute me. .

But the other party just sat still, which was rude.

But if you think about it carefully, this imperial envoy must have been frightened. He is just an imperial officer who has never seen the world. Now, after suffering such a crime, it is understandable that he has lost his mind.

So… Cao Yuan smiled and said: “It’s good if nothing happens, it’s good if nothing happens. I don’t like to see such a big thing happen. Now that I can see that the envoy is fine, I feel relieved.”

So he sat down and Someone poured tea, and Cao Yuan stared at Emperor Hongzhi: “May I ask the imperial envoy if he has found any clues, otherwise… why would this fatal disaster be caused?”

Emperor Hongzhi only said: “Everything happened suddenly. I still feel scared when I think about it. As for what I found… I can’t tell you.”

“Yes, yes.” Cao Yuan laughed heartily again. He was very magnanimous, gentle and polite: “Of course, it is involved after all. Yes, it’s an imperial case. The reason why the imperial envoy came to Jinling must be because he is smart and capable. However, I have something to say, I don’t know whether to say it or not.” The

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