Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1497

  Fang Jifan has no interest in how to grow food.

  What he cares about is how many catties of this grain can be produced per mu.

   But Zhu Houzhao is completely against him. He may be somewhat interested in the yield per mu, which is related to his performance after all.

  But... What he likes more is the process of growing food.

   This is a very interesting thing.

   Any possible situation may happen in the middle, and how he will solve it.

  This tests one's patience, one's resilience, and one's organizational skills.

   Exactly these, Zhu Houzhao, who studied marching and fighting since he was a child, has them all.

  He has mastered a set of effective methods, which are essentially interoperable.

Therefore, he dragged Fang Jifan to two experimental fields, and kept introducing: "Have you seen it? The biggest feature of these two fields is that the seedlings are extremely dense when transplanted. Under normal circumstances, if the seedlings are transplanted too densely, it is easy to cause the seedlings to grow. The absorbed nutrients are too little to survive, and some seedlings are not suitable for close planting, but you see...the current growth is still gratifying...Old Fang, my biggest hope now is in these two experimental fields. Others, There are more or less problems."

  Fang Jifan nodded: "If it can be done, it will be fine. From now on, His Highness the Crown Prince and his ministers will go out, and their waists will be straighter."

Zhu Houzhao crossed his hands, and said confidently: "Don't worry, it won't work this time, let's find a way. What we need is time and money. As long as you manage enough, there is nothing in this world that cannot be done." Yes. But... that Zhang Xin always likes to come here to point fingers, it's very annoying..."

  Fang Jifan said conveniently: "Your Highness, Zhang Xin is an expert in agronomy. This is a joint research. His suggestion is also extremely important."

Zhu Houzhao curled his lips in displeasure, and finally said reluctantly: "Well, it would be fine if he just proposed, but he is as stubborn as a cow, no matter, no matter, and, don't bother about the Jingcha matter for the time being I’m the palace, I’m the one who does great things.”

  Fang Jifan thought to himself, the Beijing inspection is also a big deal.

  Of course, he didn't bother to say it.

  After the Beijing inspection, with the conviction of many ministers, the atmosphere in Beijing suddenly became a bit more desolate.

   This also made Bing Jing Tan Jing, who was blatant in the past, become sneaky. Many masters of mansions began to restrain their children.

  The Beijing police are still looking around.

   But compared to before, it is many times more difficult to search for evidence.

  As Fang Jifan said, the Tao is as tall as one foot and the devil is as tall as the devil. This evidence has become more and more difficult to find. The things that were blatant in the past have all been turned underground, and the things that caused public resentment on the streets in the past have all been reduced a lot.

   Of course, this does not mean that the dirt lurking under this countertop has completely disappeared.

   It just became more hidden.

  In the past, petty officials dared to enter the shop directly and ask for money as soon as they reached out.

  Now...but there are a lot of rules.

   Even if someone brings a gift to the door, it is inevitable to be suspicious, for fear that there is some trap behind it.

  And this time...is the time to really test Jingcha.

  It's just... this Beijing inspection also made Fang Jifan aroused public resentment.

  In the past, you bombed people to the sky, but you didn't bomb me after all, so you just scolded a few words.

  In the past, you messed around and lied to our money to buy a house, but the house can be used to live after all, and the price has increased. This is a business, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer.

  But now... you are going to dig everyone's roots.

   Therefore, there are not a few people impeaching Jingcha, and it can be said that there are many complaints.

   This obviously put a lot of pressure on Emperor Hongzhi.

  But Emperor Hongzhi was still unmoved, just a little annoyed by it.

  Emperor Hongzhi ordered Jin Yiwei to inquire about public opinion, but Xiao Jing didn't dare to send the report of the factory guard for several days.

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xiao Jing, and couldn't help saying: "Xiao Banban, why are Jin Yiwei's memorials so sloppy and perfunctory?"

   Xiao Jing just lowered his head silently, not daring to make a sound.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, and said lightly: "Did you hide anything from me?"

  Xiao Jing immediately prostrated himself and said, "Your servant will die."

   "You are a servant, how dare you hide from me?" Emperor Hongzhi stared at Xiao Jing, his face livid, and reprimanded him fiercely.

  Xiao Jing looked terrified, but hesitantly said, "Slave... Slave..."

  Emperor Hongzhi uttered two words coldly with a cold face: "Bring it!"

  Xiao Jing pondered for a moment, and finally had no choice but to say: "Observe the order."

   As he spoke, he had no choice but to go to Dongchang himself, and took out a stack of memorials.

  Emperor Hongzhi took it over, and most of it was reports of spying on scholars.

  Opened it casually, and after seeing it, although he was prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but feel angry about it.

In it, Jingcha has almost been compared to the road of King Zhou Li in "Historical Records Zhou Benji". All kinds of laughter and cursing, on the surface, they just scold Jingcha, but in fact, they are against these Jingcha envoys. They vilify all kinds of people, thinking that this is to exclude dissidents, and it is a big traitor from the court.

  If you just think about it a little bit, behind this, why don't you compare the current emperor to King Zhou Li and Emperor Yang of Sui?

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was very gloomy, but he didn't show his expression.

  He didn't have the slightest expression on his face, he only read the reports one by one patiently.

  Scholars always hope to get together in the form of seminars and poetry gatherings. When they are together, it is inevitable that there will be discussions.

   And some of these discussions are even unsightly.

  After reading all of them, Emperor Hongzhi put these memorials aside expressionlessly, and said flatly, "Do the scholars of today dare to say such things?"

   "Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing looked at the expressionless Emperor Hongzhi, couldn't make up his mind, and said tremblingly: "They have always been bold and dare to say anything..."

Emperor Hongzhi let out a sigh of relief: "Hey... At the beginning, I was not very wise and when the people were suffering, they called me the benevolent and holy king, but when I worked hard and the people's life was getting better and better, they called me As King Li of Zhou and Emperor Yang of Sui, let them go."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked indifferent.

   Otherwise, what can I do with these people?

   Mouths grow on them, and the great thing about these people is that they always use the past to satirize the present, and they are eccentric, and it is difficult for you to catch their words.

  Simply... I had no choice but to let it go.

   Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was not too angry, Xiao Jing finally heaved a sigh of relief.

  …

  During the second Beijing inspection, Chen Tianjin was very active. He was carried on a stretcher, although his leg was really lame.

  The imperial court has arrested several first offenders and sentenced them to exile. As for other people involved in this matter, they were all punished.

  As for Chen Tianjin's medical needs, all of them were compensation income from these people.

   But Chen Tianjin still didn’t let go of his hatred, this leg is crippled, it’s a matter of a lifetime, can he let go of his hatred after spending some medical expenses?

  The other Beijing inspectors learned from Chen Tianjin's lesson, and all of them strengthened their guards. When they saw Chen Tianjin again, they all took a deep breath.

  The monthly Jingcha review, unfortunately, this time, there were only a few dozen cases, which was not the same as the previous one with more than 300 cases.

   Fang Jifan pulled Xiao Jing aside.

  Xiao Jing didn't expect that Qi Guogong would want to have a private conversation with him, but he was quite flattered.

  He looked at Fang Jifan, but saw Fang Jifan saying: "It's very strange, why hasn't His Majesty summoned me this month?"

   "This..." Xiao Jing took a deep look at Fang Jifan, and said truthfully, "Your Majesty has been in a bad mood recently."

   Fang Jifan felt relieved.

   It turned out that it wasn’t aimed at me personally, so that’s fine.

  Fang Jifan showed a smile, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has always been in a bad mood, why is he in a particularly bad mood recently?"

Xiao Jing was well aware of Fang Jifan's ability, so of course he didn't dare to hide it at this time: "Your Majesty urged your servants to inquire about Shilin, and the factory guards had to report the facts. I really dare not deceive you, but ...When this report was handed over, the Duke of Qi knew it if he wanted to come. Those scholars... His Majesty read it and was depressed, but he still wanted to read it, so he handed it up every day. After reading it, he felt even more worried. It has been a month like this It's..."

  Fang Jifan was surprised and thought, the emperor still has such a hobby, which is obviously self-abuse. Others scolded Fang Jifan, but I never cared about Fang Jifan, as long as he had the guts to scold me in front of me.

  This kind of thing, either ignore it, or simply arrest all these yin and yang weird people, learn from the first emperor, burn books and confuse scholars, and make a clean break.

  Xiao Jing frowned and continued: "Your Majesty has been very depressed recently, and this servant is worried. Otherwise, please ask a psychiatrist to take a look."

  Fang Jifan looked at Xiao Jing like he was looking at an idiot: "You dog, you think I'm stupid, you want to harm me, don't you?"

  Xiao Jing's complexion changed, and he waved his hands quickly.

  Fang Jifan rested his chin, thought for a while, squinted his eyes and said: "However... the heart medicine still needs a doctor of heart medicine. I have a way, and the preservation effect is remarkable."

   "What method?" Xiao Jing's eyes lit up.

  Fang Jifan sneered at him: "Why did I tell you, so that you can ask for credit and reward, right? Dog, you dare to grab my credit, you want to go to heaven?"

  Xiao Jing felt that communicating with people like Fang Jifan was a terrible thing.

  Take a deep breath, don't care about it, just calm down, he said: "Tomorrow?"

   "Tomorrow!" Fang Jifan said firmly: "Just wait and see, tomorrow I will make His Majesty laugh and make him happy for a month. I just found a lot of people with the surname Fang, and I almost have a quota of households on hand."

  Xiao Jing: "..."

  Da Ming can still find someone with the surname Fang, which is quite new.

   "Okay, after the slave girl returns, I will report the good news to Your Majesty, just wait for your prescription to come, and high-five as an oath?"

  Fang Jifan only said: "Go away!"

  (end of this chapter)