Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 554 Dare to be Fang Jifan

Zhang Heling is also like a general who is going to war. He replaced a chief banner officer and has his own independent small cabin, but this cabin is extremely small. As soon as he entered, Zhou La also got in. The two of them were almost bent over. I lit the oil lamp with whale oil, and under the weak light, I opened the map.

  Zhang Heling looked greedily in the direction of San Francisco.

   This is the place he has longed for. These days, he has been dreaming, dreaming that he is on Jinshan, playing happily.

  The happiest thing is that in this dream, there is no brother Zhang Yanling, this waste, a burden!

  He squinted, and there was light in his eyes.

  Zhou La licked his lips and looked at the map.

"We are still in the waters of Tianjin. There is still a long way to go to reach San Francisco. Last time, they arrived at Mugudushu, and it took them nine months of hard work. However, they are exploring and walking slowly. This time, It may take half a year to arrive. Next, it will be easy, go all the way south along Kunlun Continent, arrive at the southernmost point, then go around and go north..."

Zhou La continued: "The most exciting thing is here. The fleet has to cross this huge piece of sea before arriving at this Golden Continent. We have brought more than 30 confidants on board this time. All in all, we must It is impossible for the fleet to arrive here."

  Zhang Heling was happy: "In this case, we will get rich?"

   "Yes, we have not only made a fortune, but also made great contributions. After arriving at the Golden Continent, if we want to go deep into the hinterland of this continent, we must have a foothold. Look, I brought things!"

   As he spoke, Zhou La took out an imperial decree from his arms. He glanced at Zhang Heling, and the two laughed heartily. Zhang Heling said, "Where did you get it?"

"At the prince's place, I ran to the East Palace to ask the prince for some knowledge. His highness saw that I was honest with him a few days ago, so he gave him all the money. He made many orders. Your highness, you are really amazing. A radish and half a cup of tea are enough to make a large seal, which is exactly the same as the real one, as well as the cloud pattern paper used, and the handwriting, all of which are exactly the same. If you don’t believe me, take a look. Hey, the prince is also a craftsman Ah, sometimes I admire him."

As Zhang Heling said, he took out the magnifying glass from his arms. This magnifying glass was also made by Xishan Glass Workshop. The scroll, and this handwriting, have no flaws at all."

  Zhou La laughed and said: "We are deceiving the emperor."

  Zhang Heling didn't care.

  The current emperor is his brother-in-law, and he is his brother-in-law.

Zhang Heling is not afraid at all. Back then, he was impeached by the imperial censor for dozens of serious crimes, any of which would be enough to lose a few heads, but so what, my brother-in-law was called to the palace by the emperor Here, my brother-in-law asked me to talk at night by candlelight in the Nuan Pavilion, and taught me earnestly all night, saying that this is wrong, it is really wrong, but so what? After a whole night of lessons, the next morning, I patted my **** and left the palace, nothing happened.

  Zhang Heling said: "This is obviously the will of His Royal Highness, and has nothing to do with us."

Zhou La laughed: "Ah, you and I have thought of something. Something happened. This decree was made by the prince. It fell on his head. It's absolutely right. It's a big deal. I will see His Royal Highness in the future and walk around a little bit." That's it. But at that time, we have already made a fortune, so who can do anything to me?"

  Zhang Heling couldn't help but be filled with emotion, and patted Zhou La on the shoulder: "Xiao Zhou, I didn't realize that you are such a person before. If I knew it earlier, why were we arguing?"

  Zhou La nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Nowadays, in this world, I only admire one and a half people, one is Fang Jifan, and the other half is Zhang Shishu."

  Zhang Heling is happy, naughty, and speaks so frankly. If you insist on comparing me to Zhang, I am no worse than Fang Jifan. Of course, Zhang Heling doesn't care about Ming Sheng's affairs, it doesn't matter, let alone half, even if someone says that he is a *, as long as he gives money, what does it matter?

  He took the decree.

   This is an imperial edict.

  Of course, it is a secret edict, which can only be taken out at critical moments.

  In the imperial edict, Zhang Heling was appointed as the official of thousands of households in the Huangjinzhou Tuntian of the Zhenguo Prefecture. When the fleet arrived in America, Zhang Heling was in charge of all matters on land. Zhang Yanling is deputy thousand households. Zhou La is more modest, and is also a deputy Qianhu.

  With this secret decree, don’t worry. After the fleet bypasses Kunlun Island, it will not continue westward. And when he arrived at the place, once he landed on the Golden Continent, Zhang Heling also planned to immediately occupy the mountain as the king in the name of the imperial decree, and occupy the land first. As for the golden seeds, there is also San Francisco, which is still farther west in the mainland. But it doesn't matter, since San Francisco is there, it must be... this Golden Island is full of gold.

  Whoever stands in the way of making a fortune will kill him*.

Thinking of this, Zhang Heling's eyes turned red. Now that he has a secret decree, has the status of an uncle, and has dozens of confidantes, and is supported by a responsible guy like Nephew Zhou Xian, he has to change his surname to Zhang in Huangjinzhou. No, no, the surname must be Zhu, but Jin Zi must be surnamed Zhang.

   "Putting away the decree." Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Don't reveal your identity now, let's talk about it later."

   "I understand." Zhou La said.

   Outside the cabin, Zhang Yanling was watching the door. Zhang Yanling coughed desperately, as if someone had come.

  Zhang Heling went out and said sharply, "What are you doing?"

  Zhang Yanling looked at Zhang Heling pitifully: "Brother, I'm hungry."

Zhang Heling's seven orifices gave birth to smoke: "Hungry, hungry, hungry, we are going to do big things, people who do big things, do you know? People who do things, starve for ten days and eight days, take a few knives on the body, what is it, they deserve it You will be poor all your life."

  Zhang Yanling lowered his head, not daring to vent his breath.

  …………

  Fang Jifan was hastily ordered to enter the palace on the second day after the fleet set off.

  I went to Renshou Palace this time.

  Fang Jifan didn't dare to neglect, when he arrived at Renshou Palace, he saw that the Empress Dowager and Empress Zhang were both here.

  Two women, beside Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi looked very anxious.

   Zhu Houzhao knelt on the ground upright. Obviously, he had suffered a lot before.

  Fang Jifan was about to salute.

  Emperor Hongzhi kept a cold face and waved his hands, signaling Fang Jifan not to speak yet. After that, he stared at Zhu Houzhao coldly: "How many times is this the first time you forged the imperial decree again? You even conferred on several of your uncles, you...you are so courageous, tell me, did you and them It has been planned for a long time and wants to send them out to sea."

"No." Zhu Houzhao said aggrievedly: "I don't have it. Zhou La came that day and said that he admired him very much and wanted to see his craftsmanship. He thought to himself that after all, he was a relative. He admired him, The son-in-law showed him and asked him what he forged, he said, and the son-in-law followed suit..."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was livid with anger.

He sneered: "Okay, until now, you still haven't told the truth. These three people disappeared all of a sudden, and people in their house said that they might have gone to sea. I think it's wrong. Who gave them three people?" , With such boldness, I thought of you at the first time, let the imperial guards go to your East Palace, and after a search, they found everything, if you didn't find the draft, would you obediently admit it?"

  Emperor Hongzhi said, and slammed a draft of the imperial decree on the ground.

  Fang Jifan took advantage of Emperor Hongzhi's inattention and picked up the draft. It was the emperor's imperial decree that the three people should be appointed as a thousand households in the Jinzhou Tuntian of the Zhenguo Prefecture.

  Fang Jifan couldn't help being speechless, a little confused...

Emperor Hongzhi sternly said again: "Now, you still say that the three of them lied to you. You are really more and more daring. Not only are you daring, but you also want to push all this on their heads afterwards. You...animal Sacrifice, do you know that once they leave, they won't be able to chase them back, your great-grandmother, your queen mother, will be mad at you sooner or later..."

   Zhu Houzhao also seemed to see the seriousness of the problem.

  Today, even the great-grandmother and the queen mother didn't speak for themselves, and they were very angry.

  He hurriedly said: "I was really fooled by Zhou La, father and emperor Mingjian, no matter what I do, I won't let them go to sea, and I didn't think of it."

   "Still saying no?" Emperor Hongzhi went looking for whips everywhere, and the seven orifices were already angry.

  Could it be...

Fang Jifan instantly understood what was happening, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, I have the courage to explain it to you. In fact, these three people were deceived by my minister to go to sea. They intended to go to sea. Instead of stopping them, I secretly encouraged them. Who would have thought that, They actually dragged His Highness into the water, and His Majesty is clearly aware of the details... There are thousands of mistakes, all of which are the fault of the minister."

  Fang Jifan decided to plead guilty honestly.

   This is a big deal. Fang Jifan couldn't bear to be blamed by the crown prince for no reason. After all, Fang Jifan is a moral person.

  Zhu Houzhao was stunned when he heard this.

  Old Fang... really generous.

  Emperor Hongzhi was furious: "Fang Jifan..."

  Fang Jifan shivered, thinking of all the worst possibilities.

Emperor Hongzhi scolded angrily: "Up to now, you still want to take the blame for the prince. Are you capable of carrying this relationship? Do you know how serious this is? You two, a nest of snakes and rats, are nothing. .”

what…

  Fang Jifan was taken aback.

   Is he going to take the blame for the prince again?

  No, it’s obviously me, Fang Jifan. I, Fang Jifan, don’t change my name or surname when I’m on the job. I’m an honest person.

  Emperor Hongzhi resented Fang Jifan for "deceiving the emperor", but at this time, he still wanted to take the blame for Zhu Houzhao. But he took a deep look at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan is still very good. He and the prince are really brothers and sisters. He dares to stand up for such a crime.

   On the other hand, Zhu Houzhao, who is not as good as a beast, is still evasive and refuses to admit it.

  Fang Jifan knows the seriousness no matter how much he messes around, and he also knows what loyalty is. What about you, you are a prince, don’t you dare to admit what you have done?

  (end of this chapter)