Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 59 Crow Mouth

  After Liu Jian heard this, his heart trembled, and he stood up suddenly, staring straight at the brazier, as if he had discovered something shocking.

Speaking of which, the price of charcoal has risen to 30 to 40 yuan a catty, not because charcoal is a precious thing, but it is not easy to burn this thing, not only need to cut wood, but also need someone to build it in the deep mountains and old forests. After a month of firing in the kiln, someone needs to transport the charcoal from the deep mountains. The cost of time and manpower is too high.

   But this coal...so cheap...

  It seems to be the same as charcoal, but it has no peculiar smell, and it seems to burn longer.

  Liu Jian's heart was shocked, and then he glanced at the heavy snow outside the window, looking thoughtful.

  This less expensive heating material... seems to be...

   Xie Qian and Li Dongyang seemed to have thought of something, and their expressions became complicated.

  For those of them who deal with national affairs, what they think and think always seems to be national affairs!

  At this time, Xie Qian couldn't help but get closer, approaching the brazier, and couldn't help saying: "Is it really... harmless?"

  In the tea room, the three academicians did not go to work in the duty room all afternoon because of the small pile of coal in the copper basin.

  The three of them were drinking tea while looking at the still burning anthracite, as if they were holding their breath, waiting for the anthracite to burn to ashes.

   But this anthracite is obviously much more resistant to burning than charcoal. After a long time, the fire still showed no sign of going out.

Facts have proved that the heat of this anthracite is distributed very evenly, and the burning time is extremely long. The three old bones only opened a small window here, but it obviously did not cause any difference to their bodies. The room is very warm. This place is isolated from the outside world by the heavy snow, and the longer the time passes, the more shocked the three of them feel.

   After a long time, Li Dongyang said: "I heard that Fang Jifan encouraged His Highness to do business, but I don't know if it is related to this thing."

   Li Dongyang glanced at Liu Jian and Xie Qian with a gloomy gaze, and the two just exchanged a knowing look.

  …

   Early the next morning.

  Fang Jifan was wearing a trendy clothes with a unicorn suit inside, and rushed to Zhan Shifu on the snow.

  Not long after he was on duty, people came to the palace, and Crown Prince Xuan entered the palace to attend a banquet.

Banquet lectures are given to the emperor by the Hanlin lecturers. Almost every few days, the Hanlin attendants and attendants will gather in the Chongwen Hall. Of course, the crown prince Zhu Houzhao will also be there. This is not only an opportunity to learn, but sometimes the emperor It is also necessary to test the crown prince's knowledge.

  However, the **** who delivered the order gave Fang Jifan a meaningful look: "Fang Zongqi, Your Majesty still has orders to let Fang Zongqi go with His Highness."

  In fact, these few days, Zhu Houzhao has been very uneasy. He is very worried about being caught by his father and prosecuted for the theft.

  But these few days, there was no movement in the palace, Zhu Houzhao suddenly became active again, he rolled up his sleeves: "Go, Lao Fang, let's go together."

  Uh...Brother Fang’s name has changed to Lao Fang, but Fang Jifan is not old, and Fang Jifan can’t call Zhu Houzhao Xiao Zhu. No matter how he listens, he seems to be taken advantage of by Zhu Houzhao.

  The two had no choice but to clean up, and with a feeling of apprehension, they entered the palace through Chongwenmen and arrived at Chongwendian.

  In Chongwen Hall, Emperor Hongzhi sat down with a long face.

  Dozens of Hanlins kneeled and sat on the right side one by one.

  As for the left side, there are three people, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.

   Xie Qian had deep bags under his eyes, as if he didn't sleep all night last night.

  He is a stubborn person, determined to join forces with anthracite, but he didn’t believe it. The anthracite was still not extinguished. As a result, the last bit of heat dissipated after dawn, and he breathed a sigh of relief!

  Hmph, and I, Xie Qiandou, who are you?

  However, with such continuous burning, the durability of anthracite is really amazing. If you are stubborn, Xie Qian seems to have thought of a more far-reaching use of this anthracite.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked around and saw Xie Qian's listless look: "Is Xie Qing feeling unwell?"

   "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, I...you are in good health."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face relaxed a little, but he sighed again: "It's freezing cold, and many Qing family members have fallen ill. With such a celestial phenomenon, it's time to take care of your body."

  At this time, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan just came in. Zhu Houzhao shrank his neck, looking honest.

   What this guy is best at is pretending to be innocent. Fang Jifan really convinced him. He is a grandfather outside, but he pretends to be a grandson when he comes here. You can pretend, but I can’t?

   After saluting, Emperor Hongzhi gave Zhu Houzhao a hard look, with a look of hating iron for being weak.

   It's just that the crown prince actually stole something from the emperor's head. Emperor Hongzhi didn't dare to say anything about it, pretending that nothing happened.

  Emperor Hongzhi didn't have a good look at Fang Jifan, another instigator.

Fang Jifan felt guilty, and his instinct of survival made him praise generously without hesitation: "My emperor is wise, I see that your majesty's complexion is not good, so it can be seen that when the heavy snow is flying, your majesty is still taking care of everything. It is the great fortune of the world!"

  After all, Fang Jifan understands the truth of not hitting smiling faces with his hands.

  Emperor Hongzhi pretended to be indifferent. The recent behavior of Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan is said to be very absurd. Since they can't speak up, it doesn't mean they can't find other reasons to beat them.

  With this thought in mind, Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "Fang Jifan."

   "The minister is here." Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the three words Fang Jifan shouted out, it was like the sound of heaven. After hearing this, the minister felt comfortable and relaxed, and suddenly became fierce."

   "..."

   "Ahem..." Zhu Houzhao coughed desperately. He felt that this old Fang was so shameless that even he couldn't stand it anymore.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him, although he knew that this guy was trying his best to flatter the horse, and he probably knew that he was absurd with the prince recently, but seeing this guy working so hard, his heart softened a bit, after all, he was still a child, and said: " Last time I read your strategy of 'reforming the land and returning it to the natives', I thought it was quite reasonable, but after thinking about it recently, I feel that this strategy of reforming the native land and returning it to the natives may not be feasible."

   This is looking for something to say, I want to find a reason to suppress Fang Jifan, so that Fang Jifan will not get carried away.

  Fang Jifan said: "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "Although this strategy is good, the movement is too great. If the country is prosperous and the people are safe, it will be fine if we follow the trend. But now, natural disasters are frequent, and once the strategy of reforming the land and returning to the southwestern chieftains is implemented , chieftains from all over the world must be dissatisfied, and may cause even greater disasters. In my opinion, now that the chieftain rebellion has just ended, the chieftains are full of fear and dare not cause trouble again. When the time comes, the imperial court will give them some rewards. It is bound to not dare to do it again, the stability of the Southwest is related to the overall situation of the country, and reforming the land is a powerful medicine, so it should not be tried lightly."

  Emperor Hongzhi spoke clearly and logically.

   But in fact, what he said is also reasonable. Although the problem in the Southwest has not been eradicated now, the rebellion has just been suppressed after all, so it is really inappropriate to rashly implement reforms to return the land to the bloc.

  Fang Jifan thought in his mind that it seemed that just this year, in Guizhou and Guangxi, there seemed to be another chieftain rebellion.

  Generally, when the imperial court had just quelled the rebellion, even if the chieftain was dissatisfied, he would feel fearful, but this time the rebellion happened suddenly.

Fang Jifan shook his head: "I think that the rebellion in Guangxi, especially Guizhou, will only intensify if the root cause is not cured by reforming the land and returning to the country. Your majesty wants to appease, which is nothing more than breeding tigers. I dare to say that soon, A new rebellion was born, and it was huge."

  When he said this, those Hanlin people suddenly showed anger!

  Crow's mouth, this is you, now that the Southwest has regained stability, how could there be another rebellion? It's simply nonsense!

  (end of this chapter)