Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 534 Grace

  Emperor Hongzhi was speechless. He thought that a local parent official with outstanding political achievements must have the appearance of bitterness and hatred. He is the master of the people.

  But the prefect in front of me has a big heart and a fat body, and speaking is the way of cooking.

   However, it makes a lot of sense.

  He looked cheerful, but he seemed very honest, and he was very familiar with what happened in Ningbo.

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little confused.

   It's really... It's better to meet people than to be famous.

  But Emperor Hongzhi thought about it again, even if it wasn’t ragged clothes, or bitterness and hatred, it was good governance that could make the soldiers and civilians live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and drink. Why should we pay attention to this?

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Then next time, I want to try the cooking skills of Wen Qing's family."

  Wen Yansheng said: "I can give it a try."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Qi Jingtong again: "Qi Qing's family."

  Qi Jingtong was not as indifferent as Wen Yansheng, but looked trembling, and hurriedly fell to the ground: "The minister is here."

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "You transferred from Penglai Water Village to Ningbo Water Village, what experience do you have?"

  Qi Jingtong said without hesitation: "I have no experience, I just act on the orders of the Zhen Guofu. If the Zhen Guo Fu is strong, the ministers will be strong. If the Zhen Guo Fu is weak, the ministers will be weak."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly: "Really? In this way, the Qing family means that this is all the credit of the Zhen Guofu."

"This is the work of Marquis Dingyuan." Qi Jing said: "Although the ministers are in Ningbo, how will the water village be built, what kind of people will be recruited, how will it be drilled, how will it fight, what weapons will be equipped, and even the water village will be built?" How to maintain the daily needs, how to relieve the victims, how to catch fish, all these matters, big or small, are all determined by the Marquis Dingyuan. As far as he is concerned with the water village, it means that Kong Ming is alive, and the ministers and others act according to his orders. , according to his prescription, this is... I don’t dare to take credit for the credit I have made time and time again... All of this, without Ding Yuanhou, I am just a bunch of waste."

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "Why didn't Fang Jifan tell me?"

  Kong Ming is alive...

  Fang Jifan...

   Seems to be… kinda.

   At least this guy has too many ideas, he can be called a monster.

  It's just...he really doesn't look like Zhuge Liang, why does he look like Jiang Gan? Thieves and thieves.

  But Emperor Hongzhi was still very happy. Although he complained in his heart, it is very gratifying that this Fang family has such a guy.

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Qi Jingtong: "Qing and others have made contributions this time, one for governing the people and one for suppressing thieves. Tell me, how should I reward you?"

  Wen Yansheng and Qi Jingtong couldn't help but looked at each other.

   Immediately, Wen Yansheng smiled indifferently, he really had no interest in fame and fortune, so he appeared calm.

   Looking back at Qi Jingtong, he began to think.

He used to be a commander, a third-rank military officer of the imperial court, but now he has been demoted to become a mere deputy Qianhu. To be honest, now that His Majesty asks what reward he wants, he just needs to ask His Majesty to forgive the one who was defeated in Penglai Water Village. Responsibility, the reinstatement of the official, is a no-brainer.

   But he remained silent.

  Is this my ambition?

  Or... Your Majesty, please give me some money.

  Money...Is it what I want again?

He was silent, and suddenly fell to the ground, saying: "When I first came to Ningbo Shuizhai, I was disheartened, knowing that I was defeated, and I was a minister who treated crimes. I will not be reused in this life, and I can only live in chaos for the rest of my life." Until, I saw Marquis Dingyuan's book of war, and after seeing the book of war, I was surrendered by Marquis Dingyuan. At that time, I even thought that there would be such a strange person in the world."

"Until later, when I practiced soldiers according to this method of war, I felt more and more that this method of arranging troops can be described as infinitely wonderful. It's also a lucky thing to be a subordinate dog. It's just that I know that I'm just a poor martial artist, and the worst of all the disciples of Marquis Dingyuan's sect is definitely beyond my reach. In the eyes of Marquis Dingyuan, I If it is dust, it is not worth mentioning. Your Majesty... Can you please allow Your Majesty to be extra merciful? I don't want the slightest reward. I would rather be a thousand households for the rest of my life. I only ask Your Majesty to make a decree to let the Marquis of Dingyuan accept his ministers as disciples. In this way, I will have no regrets in this life."

   As he spoke, he kowtowed.

  A warrior is a warrior, without the twitchiness of a scholar, I will be the Marquis of Dingyuan, what's the matter?

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment, with a serious expression on his face: "Since the Qing family has begged on my head, it doesn't matter if I issue a decree, but you need to know that a twisted melon is not sweet, if Fang Jifan doesn't like it I come to you, so what if I make an order, if he obediently obeys and disobeys, I will have nothing to do with him."

  Qi Jingtong took a deep breath and seemed to have made up his mind: "If so, I have nothing to say."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded, then looked at Wen Yansheng: "Where is Wen Qing's family?"

Wen Yansheng said with a smile: "I'm getting old, and I just want to have enough food all day long. Being able to serve your majesty and show off what I have learned in my life is enough to comfort my whole life. I don't want to think about other things. You must know that if people have too many thoughts, It is inevitable that there will be troubles, and if there are troubles, it will be unwilling to eat, and I want to keep a good appetite."

   "..."

   What a weirdo.

   But it happened to be this weird guy who took a lot of private businessmen and the thief who had liaised with the Japanese pirates in Ningbo Mansion.

  Of course, there was the help of Ningbo Shuizhai behind this, but even with Ningbo Shuizhai, without a capable parent officer, it was impossible to smoothly solve many problems at that time.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly: "Is this the Qing family's wish? If so, I have other arrangements for the Qing family. Well, the two Qing families must be tired, so let's go to rest earlier."

  Qi Jingtong was overjoyed, tears filled his eyes with excitement.

   These days, what he thinks about every day is to meet the rumored Marquis of Dingyuan, but now, this horoscope has been omitted.

  He and Wen Yansheng bid farewell to leave the palace. When they arrived at the Meridian Gate, Qi Jingtong rubbed his belly subconsciously, and suddenly thought: "Hey, we haven't eaten yet, have we?"

  Wen Yansheng smiled lightly: "Pig food, what do you eat?"

Qi Jingtong really wanted to complain about him, the word "pig food" is really a bit rebellious, but Wen Yansheng is like this, he does his own way, so he can only say: "It's true, after listening to Mr. Wen's teachings along the way, the humble lost his appetite , I hate everything I see. But... I'm still a little hungry."

   "How about we find an inn, order two bowls of rice, and barely fill our stomachs?" Wen Yansheng said.

   "No." Qi Jingtong said, "I have to go see Ding Yuanhou."

   "Okay." Wen Yansheng smiled: "This Marquis of Dingyuan, the old man has also admired the name for a long time, I am eager to see you, you and I will go together."

  …………

  The Fang family has guests.

  It is Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, Zhang Yanling, Uncle Jianchang, and Zhou La of the Zhou family.

  Zhou La suffered a loss outside the customs, and his body has already taken care of him. He didn't know the time, and got mixed up with the Zhang family.

  Their two families are relatives of the emperor. It is said that Zhou La was besieged by Tatars. The original enmity disappeared in a flash. Empress Zhang naturally ordered the Zhang family brothers to go to the Zhou family to express their condolences at this time.

The brothers of the Zhang family are very honest, death is like a lamp being extinguished, so they happily prepared a gift of seven taels of silver, went to the Zhou family, and accompanied the Zhou family's Yinzhou marquis, Zhou La's eldest father, to sigh for a while. Fan.

  Now that Zhou La came back today, as a courtesy, Zhou La also had to go to the Zhang family to return the gift. Zhou La brought a lot of gifts, and their Zhou family, of course, wanted to save face.

Ever since, the Zhang family brothers held Zhou La's hand, and refused to let go. The two families almost shed tears, expressing their affection to each other. That night, they refused to leave Zhou La, and wanted to talk at night by candlelight. On that day, I was so hungry that I was dizzy, and my body was still very weak. I ate sweet potato porridge at Zhang's house for a whole day.

   Zhou and Zhang’s family began to warm up, like glue.

  I came to the door today because of the yarn.

  Seeing Fang Jifan, Zhang Yanling burst into tears: "There is no way to live, really."

   "..." Fang Jifan watched him perform dumbly.

Zhang Yanling clutched his heart, looking like he was about to faint: "Poor, we two brothers, and nephew Zhou Xian, are so pitiful, they say they are relatives of the emperor, but the palace is too stingy, and there is no land in our house. No matter how much, there is no way to support so many people. They eat bran and swallow vegetables every day, and they are reluctant to add salt. As they eat, tears fall into the bowl, and they are eaten as salt."

  Zhou La felt a little embarrassed, it was too exaggerated, although he was planning to beg for help, but Zhang Yanling's behavior was too much. He wanted to speak, but Zhang Heling stood behind him, secretly tucking his sleeves, reminding him not to talk too much.

  Fang Jifan was heartbroken when he heard it, not because of sympathy, but because of fright.

  Who are the brothers of the Zhang family?

   "Come, kill a chicken for the guests, treat them well, don't you hear? They are starving to death, no, kill three, I Fang Jifan is a good enough friend."

  Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling couldn't help swallowing, feeling elated.

Zhang Heling coughed: "Nephew Fang Xian, actually, we don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, not to eat your chicken." Zhang Heling seemed to speak earnestly, but seeing that Deng Jian, who had originally been ordered to kill the chicken in the kitchen, stopped, Thinking that there was something else to say, he hurriedly said: "Of course, I also want to eat the chicken. Come here, my nephew is also a hospitable person."

   "..." Fang Jifan suddenly became extremely confident about his character.

  Zhang Heling sat down and said with a smile: "Actually, we are here for a very big event."

   "Eating chicken?" Fang Jifan blinked and looked at them.

   Zhang Heling flicked his neck, righteously, and said righteously: "This matter is a little more important than eating chicken!"

  (end of this chapter)