Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1063 Nobles often forget things

Fang Jifan took a copy of the case: "Killing the head, no money, what's the difference with killing the head, the prince is not my son, and I am not his father, why didn't he cheat his own father, come to cheat me... Recruit There are more than 1,300 skilled craftsmen, and all of them are skilled. After a year, one of them is a few hundred taels to support them. , I want to break up with him, a clean break. I don't have such an uncle."

  Wang Jinyuan was pale and frightened.

  Of course... In fact, the young master can always turn around when he says this. At worst, let’s say that the young master is sick. Anyway, it’s not that he has committed a crime.

  He hurriedly looked around, but there was no one here, which made him feel better. He lowered his voice and said, "But...but..."

   "But what?" Fang Jifan shouted angrily.

   "But... even if you are not his uncle, you are still his brother-in-law."

   "..."

  Fang Jifan pinched his fingers and made the calculations. He knew his sister Fang Shi, who married Zhu Houzhao, who was the princess. I married Zhu Houzhao's sister again...

Ok…

   It makes sense, the roots are broken, the bones are broken and the tendons are broken.

  No matter how you say it, I didn't suffer too much anyway.

  Fang Jifan sighed: "What kind of crime is this?"

After sighing with emotion, with a swipe of a pen, he approved the account, and then said: "The housing prices in the new city should be covered first, and they are going to rise next month. The supply is in short supply. If it is really not possible, then it will be the same as last time, and the next time the market will open time, recruit some people...to...do you understand?"

   "Understood, understood!" Wang Jinyuan nodded repeatedly.

Fang Jifan sighed again: "To be honest, every time I do this, my heart hurts like a knife. Everyone is a conscientious person. I make friends with my heart, and I treat my clients in the same way. I really don't want to. , Let everyone pay more money, but for the future of my Daming, for the steamship, someone has to suffer."

  Wang Jinyuan: "..."

  Fang Jifan was in a bad mood.

   So much so that in the past two days, someone specially added extra meals. Only the delicious roast suckling pig, ham stewed with fish maw, and soup made with shark skin and chicken juice could barely give Fang Jifan some comfort.

   But at this time, a memorandum caught Fang Jifan's attention.

  This memorial was from Ningbo, and Qi Jingtong was the one who played it.

  Qi Jingtong is now in command of Ningbo Beiwowei, with hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of sailors under him.

   It's just that the sailor spends more time fishing.

  Recently, Japanese pirates seem to have a tendency to revive.

Although they killed a group last time, it is said that due to the civil strife in Japan, a large number of warriors who lost their names went to the sea to make a living and became ronin, but this time, they learned how to be smart and did not dare to gather thousands of people. Zero, a group of thirty or fifty people dared to go ashore to plunder, and when they were noticed, they immediately fled.

  Bei Wawei wanted to suppress the thieves, but faced with this mess of Japanese pirates, he felt a little headache.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned after reading the memorandum, and threw the memorandum away: "The Japanese pirates are raging like loose sand, what can we do?"

  Liu Jian glanced at Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, just suppress it, so there is no need to say more."

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "That's the problem. It's clearly stated in the memorandum that the Japanese pirates come and go in groups of thirty or fifty, without a fixed base. The navy is very annoying."

  Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while: "Call Fang Jifan and Tang Yin to have an audience."

  It seems...Fang Jifan and Tang Yin have a lot of experience about this.

  Actually... the current Japanese pirates are nothing more than a minor problem to Daming.

  Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while: "Also, call Japanese envoys to meet."

   "This is... their problem after all!"

  ...

  All countries have envoys stationed in Daming, mainly to coordinate tribute matters.

  The Japanese envoy Ouchi Yoshino heard the call of the Ming emperor, but he was also at a loss. He lived in the newly built Honglu Temple in Xincheng and came to see him in a hurry.

  Nowadays, the country of Wa has been in civil strife, but now it is the Zhou Fang daimyo Ouchi Yoshiko who is famous for his trade in Kyoto and controls the shogunate.

Yoshiko Ouchi is the younger brother of Yoshiko Ouchi. For the rising Yoshiko Ouchi, controlling maritime trade, especially the tribute trade with Daming, is tantamount to continuously establishing himself in an unstoppable position. Therefore, he was extremely concerned about paying tribute, which is why he let his brother, as the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, stay in Daming.

  Ouchi Yoshihito has made many friends here, and he has long been clear about the internal affairs of Daming. It seems that he has seen the dawn of the new city of Daming.

  If it was the Wa Kingdom, it would be great to have a new city.

  He wrote to his brother, telling Yixing about the method of the new city. After listening to it, Yixing seemed to be very interested and wanted to follow suit.

   "I have seen His Majesty the Emperor." Ouchi Yoshihito bowed down and saluted.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "I heard that the Japanese pirates have revived. Have you heard about this?"

Ouchi Yoshihito is not only a supporter of Xincheng, but he also found that many wonderful ideas in Daming’s bank and even in Ming’s periodicals seem to be infinitely useful. Therefore, he continued to study Sinology in depth, and even his He also planned to personally translate some of the most up-to-date new studies and send them to the Japanese country. This language is no problem. He hurriedly said: "I have heard of it. These are some poor bandits from our country who refused to surrender, so they went to sea... "

Emperor Hongzhi was very dissatisfied with this, and said with a frown: "The property they plundered, could it be that they sold it on a deserted island? If there is no internal support in the country, and no one for them to sell the stolen goods, then...they robbed it just for the sake of Looting food? According to my opinion, the root of the Japanese pirates is not just some wandering warriors, but because the Japanese country can't help, drive them out!"

   "This..." Ouchi Yoshihito said, "I will report to the Patriarch...no, I will report to the King."

  Emperor Hongzhi seemed impatient: "If the Wa Kingdom does not provide assistance, I will have to reduce the tribute."

  Ouchi started from Zhoufang City, which was based on sea trade. The trade with Daming is important, but the results of this tribute trade, although the Ouchi family occupies the majority, other powerful powers in the country also need to share the benefits. The essence of Zhou Fangcheng's so-called trade is to rely on the treasures looted by many Japanese groups to sell stolen goods. Overseas trade, one is to pay with one hand and deliver with one hand, but in fact, above the ocean, who will guard What are the rules, more of it is a sign of business, but a knife is hidden behind the scenes, you give me the goods, I will kill your whole family.

  Once the Japanese pirates are attacked, this is not bad. This big family based on maritime trade will completely lose a source of income.

He faltered and said: "Your Majesty, please be clear, this has nothing to do with us, it is all done by vagrants, as for whether they are secretly selling goods in the country of Wa, it must be a secret operation, even if the lord wants to investigate, To give His Majesty an explanation, I'm afraid it will take a year or so... no, it may even take three to five years... to have a result."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was livid, but he didn't say anything in front of the envoy, he just waved his hand: "I understand, please leave."

  Ouchi Yoshihito wiped off his sweat and hurriedly left.

  Out of the Fengtian Palace, he couldn't help but think in his heart that he must tell his clan brother quickly about this matter, but... as long as he is bitten to death, the Japanese government will not be able to stop the Japanese pirates.

  He raised his eyes, looked at the majestic Daming Palace, and couldn't help expressing emotion in his heart. The richness of China is really surprising, and it makes people linger...

   Other years and here.

   But I saw people coming in one after the other.

  The person walking in the front looked extremely arrogant at first glance, Ouchi Yoshihito, vaguely remembered, wasn't it the notorious Captain Fang Jifan? The one who was walking behind was recognized even when he turned into ashes. It was Tang Yin, who was famous for fighting Japanese pirates.

  Emperor Daming summoned himself on the front foot, and let these two people come on the back foot. Presumably, it was also for the sake of the Japanese pirates.

  Hey...how is it a bad omen.

  Ouchi Yoshihito stepped forward, and when he arrived in front of Fang Jifan, he saluted politely: "I have met Fang Duwei."

   "Who are you?" Fang Jifan looked at him.

  Ouchi Yoshihiro said: "My Ouchi Yoshiko, Japanese envoy, Fang Duwei, have you forgotten that at the beginning... when you got married, I came to congratulate you, gave gifts...and..."

  Ouchi Yoshihito was wronged, this is to lift his pants to deny recognition, back then... he gritted his teeth and gave a generous gift, just wanting to take this opportunity to make friends with this rising upstart of Ming Dynasty.

  When the gift list was sent up, you, Fang Jifan, still held my hand cordially, and talked about the Ming Dynasty, which is a country of brothers. Turning around, you don’t recognize it?

  Fang Jifan curled his lips: "I don't know, get out!"

  Ouchi Yoshihito: “…”

  The complexity of China's diplomatic situation has far exceeded Ouchi's imagination.

   On the other hand, Tang Yin smiled and said slowly: "My teacher is upright, if you offend me, please don't take it wrong."

  Yoshito Ouchi waved his hand: "Don't dare, don't dare."

  He thought in his heart, this matter must not be reported to his clan brother, otherwise, if he knew that he had spent a lot of money and prepared a huge gift to give such a white-eyed wolf, he would have to die across the sea.

  Fang Jifan has already passed by Ouchi Yoshiyan.

  Tang Yin hurriedly chased after him.

  Tang Yindao: "Men, just now that person is the Japanese envoy, called Ouchi Yoshiyan, back then... I visited you several times in Xishan..."

  Fang Jifan nodded: "Okay, I will remember it next time, Master."

  Tang Yin said again: "Your Majesty hastily ordered the teacher and students to come, I don't know why?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Let's go in and talk about it."

  The two entered the hall and saluted.

  Emperor Hongzhi's face softened a lot: "Fang Qing's family, don't say too much, come and give me a seat."

  ………

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  (end of this chapter)