Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 422 Useless is a scholar

  When Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan arrived at the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi was sitting behind the imperial case. Seeing Emperor Hongzhi's gloomy face, Zhu Houzhao felt a chill down his spine.

  Before Zhu Houzhao bowed down, Fang Jifan was the first to say: "The minister Fang Jifan has seen His Majesty, my emperor is a holy man, and will last forever."

  Zhu Houzhao secretly glared at Fang Jifan. Fang Jifan's expression was normal. Emperor Hongzhi did not wait for Zhu Houzhao to speak, and said, "Wu Jiang, prefect of Qingzhou, **** it!"

  Hoo...

  Zhu Houzhao heaved a sigh of relief.

  Fang Jifan also heaved a sigh of relief.

  Zhu Houzhao thought that he had secretly engraved a seal recently, and the incident came to light.

  Fang Jifan thought that for the business of the shop, he sent Wang Jinyuan, Deng Jian and others to the merchants in Beijing and China everywhere, carrying forbidden swords, juggling in front of their shops, and was impeached.

  The two of them wiped the cold sweat off their foreheads at the same time.

   At the same time, his eyes lit up.

   Sure enough... guessed it!

  Xiao Jing handed the memorial to Zhu Houzhao first, and Zhu Houzhao said in surprise: "You even colluded with Japanese pirates?"

  Even Zhu Houzhao was taken aback.

  Fang Jifan was busy taking the memorial, only glanced at it, and probably knew it in his heart, this person... is really not a thing.

  Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "I have ordered people to arrest Wu Jiang and those involved in this case!"

   But he raised his eyes: "It's just that the scary thing is how many Wujiangs there are in this Ming Dynasty. These people are really scary. They are deceiving. I know their people and their faces, but I don't know their hearts!"

  Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other.

   "There are also Japanese pirates, which are getting worse and worse. How should we deal with them?"

   "Suppress!" Zhu Houzhao said energetically.

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep look at his son, and had to say that the emperor had indeed grown up. Only now did he begin to accept this fact.

  However...it seems that Fang Jifan is more reliable.

  Emperor Hongzhi then looked at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan said: "Frozen three feet is not a day's cold!"

  When this sentence was uttered, it was still very forceful. In the last life, the pretenders all liked to use this sentence as the opening statement.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded thoughtfully.

   Isn’t it just a day’s cold to freeze three feet?

   Is a Wujiang scary? It's not scary, a will can completely solve it.

   A group of pirates, scary? But the problem is that someone can use the pirates to gain huge benefits.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Three years ago, a Japanese guard navy was attacked by Japanese pirates and suffered heavy casualties. In the past few years, Japanese pirates have sometimes landed on the shore and killed the people. In the past, I didn't understand why Japanese pirates would be so rampant. , But now, I understand. There are so many profitable interests behind these pirates, so that, from the southeast coast to Shandong, there are always people who borrow these pirates to make huge profits. The money is touching, as the old saying goes That's right."

Fang Jifan nodded: "Yes, this is the most terrifying thing. The essence of Japanese pirates is private business. Ordinary people dare not do private business. Behind private business, there must be aristocratic families. Without their support, private business has no courage. No matter how big it is, how to go to the sea? After going to the sea, how to bring overseas things to Daming, and how to send the rare treasures of my Daming to the sea? There is no guide, a large number of goods have to pass through various passes, there is no specific Human care is impossible."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: "I never thought of this section before. Could it be that I want to make an order to uproot these people?"

  Fang Jifan shook his head: "Your Majesty, can you pull it up?"

   "..."

  Fang Jifan is quite bold, just now he said he was wise and mighty, but now his tone seems to say, Your Majesty, do you have the ability?

Fang Jifan explained: "They are in the dark, your Majesty is in the light, and they are intertwined, and there are Japanese pirates outside, what about inside? A small Wujiang, and so many people praise him, both the officials and the The chief envoy, and even the yamen, are all in charge, so the people lurking behind them are even more terrifying."

  Fang Jifan raised his eyes, thought for a while, and didn't know what to say or not.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Go on."

  Fang Jifan said: "If your Majesty wants to uproot them, you need to have the courage of Emperor Gaozu when he dealt with the Lanyu case and the Hu Weiyong case."

   Sure enough, Fang Jifan coincided with himself.

  This means that directly killing people and uprooting them may involve thousands of people, if not 10,000.

   "But now, it is no longer compared to the time of Emperor Taizu Gao. Can Your Majesty do what Emperor Taizu Gao can do?"

  Emperor Hongzhi was silent.

   Makes sense!

  Emperor Taizu Gao immediately won the world. At that time, when there was a massacre, who would dare to talk nonsense?

   But now, once this happens, it will shake the foundation of the country.

  Fang Jifan said: "Actually, it's not impossible."

   "Huh?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan.

   "Suppressing the Japanese, in the name of suppressing the Japanese, completely cut off the foundation of their interests. Losing these, these people have no huge interests, and naturally they will be disorganized and self-defeating."

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Can the Wawei be used?"

  Fang Jifan shook his head: "No."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "If the Japanese guards can't suppress the Japanese, who can?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Zhen Guofu."

  Zhu Houzhao immediately understood what Fang Jifan meant. After making so many turns, it turned out to be...

  Zhu Houzhao cheered up: "This matter, the father and the emperor will leave it to the children..."

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Fang Jifan, continue talking."

   Ignored Zhu Houzhao.

Fang Jifan said: "In the name of the town government, send a person to form a special army to suppress Japanese pirates, inspect Japanese pirates, and inspect private ships at the same time. In order to prevent being bought by these people behind Wujiang, this army to suppress Japanese must Re-recruitment and re-training are also needed. Your Majesty, the voyage to the West is imminent, but before the voyage, these pirates will not be wiped out, and there will be no special Japanese soldiers and horses. This will not work. In the future, this army and horses can Escorting the fleet sailing to the west, but now, you can make them cut off some people's minions, wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?"

  Emperor Hongzhi squinted his eyes: "So, in the name of Zhen Guofu?"

   "In the name of the Zhen Guofu, we don't want to scare the snakes. If the imperial court is here, shouting and killing, I don't know how many people along the southeast coast will be panic. Once these people are disturbed, who can guess what terrible things they will do."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Who are you sending?"

  Zhu Houzhao looked enthusiastically at Emperor Hongzhi, and then at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan said: "I have a person who can be recommended. This person is really the most suitable candidate. With him, within three years, there will be no worries about the Japanese pirates' grievances."

  Zhu Houzhao's face was flushed, and he was happy: "My son is not modest..."

   "Who is it?" Emperor Hongzhi still ignored him, and continued to stare at Fang Jifan: "Who is it?"

   "Editor of Hanlin, Tang Yin!" Fang Jifan said every word!

  Zhu Houzhaoxin... sank to the bottom.

   Originally thought that Fang Jifan would nominate himself.

  No matter how you say it, Bengong is also very good at bowing horses. After three years of peace, who else is Bengong?

   Unexpectedly, Tang Yin was recommended.

   That trash?

   A waste, three years can be used to pacify the Japanese, where did you put this palace?

   "The talented man from the south of the Yangtze River?" Emperor Hongzhi asked the case, feeling inconceivable.

  There is nothing special about this person. If Fang Jifan recommends Ouyang Zhi, he still agrees.

   "Among my disciples, Tang Yin is the most useless one." Fang Jifan patiently explained.

   "..."

"But because of his great reputation, especially in Jiangnan, his reputation is very prominent. Therefore, in the name of Zhen Guofu, asking him to recruit people to prepare to fight against the Japanese is a stroke of genius. If the aristocratic families in Jiangnan know His Majesty would be terrified if he wanted to suppress the Japanese, but if they knew that the one who suppressed the Japanese was Tang Yin, a gifted scholar, they would be relieved, thinking that the imperial court was just loud thunder and little rain, so they would not be on guard Xin, there will be enough time for Tang Yin to recruit soldiers and practice."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, feeling...a sense of reason: "It's just that this person... is just a scholar..."

If you startle a snake with grass, you won't startle a snake with grass. I'm afraid, you will be laughed to death by a snake. Talented people from the south of the Yangtze River have a long-standing reputation, and the world has long been famous for their articles, poems, and even paintings. It's really too much for such a person to be an Hanlin. Appropriate, let him go to Pingwa? joke!

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "This disciple, I am indeed a useless scholar. Among the five disciples of the minister, he is the most useless. I have to admit this, but I have the method of suppressing Japanese. Only this is the most useless scholar." Useless disciples, just now useful."

  Emperor Hongzhi was full of worries, thinking that Fang Jifan was joking.

  Zhu Houzhao said: "Actually, I can try it..."

   "Shut up!" Emperor Hongzhi gave Zhu Houzhao a cold look: "You are the prince!"

   "Oh." Zhu Houzhao's heart died, so he was honest.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "I really don't trust a little Tang Yin, how about this..." It wasn't that he was worried about Fang Jifan, but he really couldn't trust Tang Yin.

  Emperor Hongzhi once paid attention to this person, Tang Yin. How should I put it, he does have talent, but... other than talent, he has no other advantages.

  Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment, then looked at Xiao Jing: "Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Recruiting Department."

  Xiao Jing nodded, and went to invite someone.

   "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that this matter is very important. It's okay to let Tang Yin try it, but it's inevitable. You have to be prepared with both hands. The Ministry of War also needs to recruit elite Japanese guards to prevent accidents."

   "..."

   Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan looked at each other.

  His Majesty wants to make two-handed preparations.

  That's right, that's...Fang Jifan thought of his disciple being looked down upon like this, and felt...a bit melancholy. Although Tang Yin is the worst among his disciples, but...Your Majesty, can you not slap him in the face on the spot? Wouldn't it be nice to save a little face?

  ...

  I got up too late today. I ran 2,000 kilometers yesterday, and I only got home in the middle of the night to finish typing. I was too tired. Well, it’s a new month. I’m asking for a monthly pass.

  (end of this chapter)