Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 61 God's gift

  Longyan was furious!

   Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi is very angry now!

  Zhu Houzhao was a little dazed, he didn't seem very confident, he wanted to play dead, and tried hard to squeeze out some tears.

  Fang Jifan shrank his neck, but could only bite the bullet and said: "The minister and the prince are not doing business."

  This is... a dead duck!

  If the two of them admitted their mistake honestly, it would be fine, but these two guys are still desperately denying it here. This is a matter of attitude.

   "Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor?" At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to teach these two guys a lesson.

Fang Jifan said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister and His Highness the Crown Prince are indeed not doing business. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is concerned about the country and the people. These days, the weather is cold. His Highness the Crown Prince sees that the people are not fully clothed, and in the capital, charcoal The price is getting higher day by day, and I don’t know how many people are suffering from hunger and cold, for this reason, His Royal Highness is so worried that he can’t sleep every day.”

   "Yes, yes, my son's heart hurts so much, I can't sleep!" Zhu Houzhao clutched his heart, looking in pain.

Fang Jifan immediately said: "For this reason, the minister and His Royal Highness, for the sake of the livelihood of the people in the world, bought the barren hills, let people mine coal, process the coal, and use this coal to replace charcoal. In this capital, a catty of charcoal costs three Forty yuan, but coal is only three or five copper coins per catty. After the prince learned about it, he was ecstatic. How many people, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his ministers operate coal mines are fake, but in fact, they are for the well-being of the people!"

  There are so many shameless people who can talk about making money so high-sounding. Zhu Houzhao secretly glanced at Fang Jifan, and couldn't help admiring him in his heart, amazing, amazing.

  He continued to hold his heart, as if constipated: "Yes, yes, my heart hurts, for the well-being of the people..."

   "..."

   When Emperor Hongzhi saw these two guys, he knew that nine out of ten they were not good things. What they did for the well-being of the people was nothing but nonsense.

   "Selling coal for heating..." Hanlins have become a mess.

  Although the Hanlins are usually in the ivory tower and keep a respectful distance from this matter of firewood, rice, oil and salt, they still have common sense and said one after another: "Nonsense, how to heat with coal is not saving people, it is harming people."

   "Your Highness, together with Fang Jifan, buy and sell by force. Your Highness, how can you do such a thing."

  Strong buy and strong sell...

   It seems that this reason is the most appropriate.

   It’s not forced to buy and sell, who is full to sell coal for heating? It was probably Fang Jifan's bad idea. He wanted to make money, so he and the prince went to fetch the useless coal and sold it to someone. He is the prince, who dare not give the money? Think about those poor people, what sins they did in their previous lives, they lived a miserable life, but they were oppressed by the prince and Fang Jifan with blood and tears.

Someone hammered his heart, and immediately burst into tears: "How can the prince do such a thing, how can it be like this, the heavy snowfall in autumn has already made the people miserable, but His Royal Highness does not sympathize with them, and even buys and sells them by force." Selling, this is a great misfortune for the country, this must be Fang Jifan's bad idea."

  Given Fang Jifan's notoriety, it seems... that's the only explanation.

Emperor Hongzhi was even more furious when he heard the words. In fact, he had been patient all the time. He just wanted to see what Fang Jifan and the prince were doing. He also knew something about coal mining, but he didn't interfere, but he never expected it. The purpose of these two guys mining coal is to sell the coal as charcoal.

  Emperor Hongzhi trembled with anger, and took a hard look at Fang Jifan. His impression of Fang Jifan was actually pretty good, which is why Emperor Hongzhi had always acquiesced to Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan's nonsense.

  It is tolerable, which is unbearable!

   "Are you two convicted?"

  Emperor Hongzhi let out a low growl, this was the last chance that Emperor Hongzhi gave them.

   "Your Majesty!" At this moment, a voice came.

  Everyone couldn't help looking towards the source of the sound.

  But I saw a person, who stood up slowly.

   There are not many people in this world who dare to interrupt the emperor at this time, but this person is among them.

  This person is Liu Jian, a scholar of the first assistant university in the cabinet.

  Liu Jian has profound knowledge, dares to speak up for justice, takes the world as his own responsibility, is open-minded, and does not care about personal enmity.

  So his words and deeds are very important.

Emperor Hongzhi was about to roll up his sleeves and punish these two guys severely, but was interrupted by Liu Jian. He couldn't help but looked at Liu Jian suspiciously, but had to say: "Liu Qing family, what do you want to say? ?”

  Liu Jian solemnly prostrated himself in the tunnel and said, "I think anthracite is really good!"

   "..."

  In Chongwen Hall, a strange atmosphere suddenly rose.

  The crown prince is absurd, not to mention Fang Jifan, a scumbag, he is not absurd, it really is the sun coming out from the west.

  But Mr. Liu...a majestic Shoufu University scholar, a veteran who seeks the country and obeys His Majesty's words, unexpectedly also...

   "The veteran also thought that anthracite is good." This time, it was Xie Qian who stood up.

   Xie Qian couldn't hold back for a long time. He was outspoken and wanted to say it a long time ago.

   buzz buzz...

  Hanlin were completely boiling.

  Gong Xie actually shared his nostrils with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan?

   What the **** is going on here?

  But when everyone was stunned.

Li Dongyang also came out slowly, with a calm expression on his face: "His Royal Highness and Fang Jifan have indeed contributed a lot. With this anthracite alone, I don't know how many lives have been saved! The prince and Fang Jifan have such a righteous deed, there are countless people alive, and the veteran admires it." to!"

  Emperor Hongzhi was stunned at this moment.

  He generally has reservations about other people's words.

But these three people, to Emperor Hongzhi, were not only monarchs and ministers, but also trustworthy close friends. I also said it, this... how is it possible?

  Liu Jian's face was very calm, he didn't look like he was joking at all, and in fact, the majestic chief minister of the Ming cabinet would never joke at this time.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Liu Qing's family, what do you mean?"

Liu Jian said seriously: "Your Majesty, it's not just the capital, it's snowing suddenly from Beijing City to Tongzhou and even Henan and Shandong. As far as I know, the price of charcoal has risen again and again, while ordinary people have no salary." Firewood for warmth, people who died of freezing, countless, people's livelihood is so difficult, His Majesty has a kind heart, can you just watch these people suffer from hunger and cold?"

  Emperor Hongzhi was moved. He stared at Liu Jian without saying a word.

Liu Jian continued: "The helpless thing is that even a clever woman can't cook without rice. Now His Royal Highness and Fang Jifan have fiddled with anthracite. This coal is used by the veteran himself. It is more durable than charcoal, but it is tasteless. Smokeless, it is really a **** to keep out the cold. I also learned that the price of a catty of coal is only 10% of charcoal. The price is low. As His Royal Highness said, even ordinary people can buy it to keep warm and keep out the cold. I dare say that with this anthracite coal, the number of people who will freeze to death in this year's cold disaster will be greatly reduced."

   Speaking of this, Liu Jian was greatly moved. When the severe cold came, he and the cabinet ministers were still worried. Who knew, it was easily resolved by this little anthracite.

  When this thing came out, it was like rain after a long drought. He still feels that this is a gift from heaven.

  (end of this chapter)