Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 626 The love of Weng and his son-in-law

  However, Fang Jifan's words, in the hearts of Emperor Hongzhi and other monarchs and ministers, were like throwing a huge rock, and ripples appeared in the heart.

  Bring it back from the sea?

  Overseas again?

  Overseas, there are high-yield grains and precious medicinal materials.

  In the past, all the policies of the imperial court revolved around throttling.

  Because people stick to the conventional wisdom that there are only so many products in Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent the shortage of products in disaster years, it is necessary to put an end to extravagance, hide at home as usual, and save as much as possible.

  Thus, Ming is proud of frugality, war? If you can avoid it, avoid it. After all, if there is a war, it will cost a lot of money. Sailing? It's too wasteful, and the current national policy of Emperor Wen's voyages to the West is still criticized by many people. All the expenses of the imperial court should be saved if they can be saved, even if it is to raise soldiers, it is still a piece of land, and go to farm by yourself, and the salary will not be paid.

  Under this established national policy, in fact, from the early Ming Dynasty to the present, the revenue of the treasury has hardly increased much. What it was like more than a hundred years ago, it is still what it is today.

  Fang Jifan's greatest contribution is not that he made any contributions, but that he opened a new door for the monarchs and ministers.

  It turns out that in addition to saving money, there is also the possibility of open source.

  The appearance of sweet potatoes and potatoes greatly increased food production, and the fishing of sea fish not only increased the income of the imperial court, but also used fishing to raise Japanese guards, thereby deterring Japanese pirates overseas and solving the problem of Japanese invasion. Going to the West, although it cost a lot of money, but its effect has already begun to show, if this epidemic continues to wreak havoc, how many people will die, no one can imagine, but only a certain tree species brought back from overseas , but saved countless people, and even strengthened the rule of the Southwest, without having to spend countless manpower and material resources on disaster relief after the catastrophe, not to mention the fact that the court recruited officers and troops from other places to go to Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi provinces. Refill the void left after the catastrophe.

   As for the 'Guangzong Yaozu Xiao Gonggong' tree, Emperor Hongzhi knew that it was just Fang Jifan teasing Xiao Jing.

  Fang Jifan said: "After the tree species was brought back, the Tuntian guards worked tirelessly to plant this tree, especially Zhang Xin..."

  Emperor Hongzhi squeezed his hands: "I know, you have to ask for credit for them again, okay, okay, if you have merit, you will be rewarded if you have merit, and you will be rewarded with three hundred catties."

   "..."

  Fang Jifan began to doubt life a little bit.

  Three hundred catties of copper is very worrying.

  Liu Jian and others also looked embarrassed.

  The reward standard for internal money, three hundred catties, is already a relatively high standard.

  In the early Ming Dynasty, this number was even more astonishing.

   But the court's laws are like this, so what else?

  Although this is quite embarrassing, after all... it is really a bit difficult to handle.

  From the beginning to the end, Fang Jifan had a gloomy look on his face, his brows were deeply furrowed, and his mind was heavy.

  Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian and others were interested, and went to see the 'Guangzong Yaozu Xiao Gonggong Tree' in person. Emperor Hongzhi called Zhang Xin and others, and praised them fiercely.

   Zhang Xin and the others were extremely excited about His Majesty's praise. Some even cried, sniffled, knelt down, and bowed three times, praising our emperor's grace.

  Emperor Hongzhi was a delicate person. Seeing Fang Jifan’s worry all the time, he didn’t show anything. At noon, Wen Yansheng cooked a table of wine and dishes. The monarchs and ministers happily sat around in the hall of the Zhenguo Mansion, feasting on it.

  Emperor Hongzhi ate some wine, a little drunk, and said with emotion: "Pingxi Hou Zhongyi, my son-in-law, is also very good. I have no regrets in inheriting Xiurong Xu's formula."

  Liu Jian and others took the opportunity to say some compliments.

   After drinking for three rounds, Emperor Hongzhi set off, ready to drive back to the palace.

  Emperor Hongzhi was slightly drunk, Xiao Jing wanted to support Emperor Hongzhi, but Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said, "Jifan, come here."

  Fang Jifan looked sad, but he had no choice but to step forward and help Emperor Hongzhi get on the sedan chair. Emperor Hongzhi said in a low voice: "Your father is safe and sound, why are you so unhappy?"

  Fang Jifan shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm fine."

  Emperor Hongzhi's drunken eyes seemed to see through Fang Jifan's deep anxiety and anxiety at a glance: "You have something to say, but it doesn't matter. You and my son-in-law, what can't you say?"

  Fang Jifan swallowed his saliva and thought for a while: "I still dare not say anything."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "After all, I regard you as a humerus. If there is any difficulty, I will definitely not teach you to be wronged."

Fang Jifan thought for a while, then hesitated and said: "I am thinking, Your Majesty, when the princess gets married, the dowry will also be a gift of 'gold' of tens of thousands of catties, right? I..." Fang Jifan said embarrassingly: "Mr. There is no other meaning, and the minister is not greedy for money, just asking."

"..." Emperor Hongzhi pulled his face down, sobered up from the wine, as if all of a sudden, the dragon and the tiger became fierce, but he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of meaning, and he just said lightly: "The country has a country. According to the law, I have returned to the palace, so you don't have to send it far."

  Dropped the curtain, ordered people to get up the sedan chair, led the officials and the guards in modest clothes, and walked away.

  Fang Jifan recalled it, shook his head, slandered in his heart, stingy!

   "Old Fang..." Zhu Houzhao immediately regained his senses when he saw his father had left: "What did you say to your father just now?"

  Fang Jifan said: "I tell Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is a man of integrity, which is rare. Please, Your Majesty, please stop shouting at His Highness all the time..."

  Zhu Houzhao said cheerfully: "Never mind him, my father has always been like this. Lao Fang, the epidemic in the Southwest is really cured! Admire, admire, at first you said to send medicine, I thought you were joking."

  Zhu Houzhao blinked: "But Annan...there is no disease here, and the Annan people are bound to shrink back. This is not good."

   After thinking about it for so many days, whether Annan will fight or not, if he doesn't fight, wouldn't it be a waste of time.

  Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile: "I've gone to the Feiqiu camp, so why come back without success."

"But…"

  Fang Jifan sighed, and patted Zhu Houzhao on the shoulder: "Your Highness, what I admire most about you is that Your Highness is too simple."

   "..."

  ...

   Half a month later.

  Yang Biao and others have arrived in Guizhou.

  They set off first, and a large amount of baggage was slowly transported in behind.

  As soon as they arrived at the place, there was a Pegasus who sent the military order of the Zhen Guofu. Since Zhu Houzhao changed his seal, it has become a very headache to confirm the military order.

Yang Biao and Shen Ao took out the comparison table, first glanced at the date when the order was issued, and then compared the date to find the graphic of the official seal of Zhen Guo on that day. , there will be a small gap that is not easy to detect, take a magnifying glass to see, yes, yes!

  Hoo...

The two immediately acted according to the order, and brought a group of people to Wenshan. This area of ​​Wenshan is a place where natives live together, and the mountain road is rugged. Fortunately, some local natives knew that it was the Ming army, and they cooperated happily. There is a guide, leading Yang Biao and others to go south.

  Going forward, there is a large camp of Annan people ahead.

  In fact, the imperial court considered this a barren land along the Wenshan line, and only set up a chieftain prefecture in general.

  Because most of the natives here are members of the Liu family, the Pingxi Hou Mansion insisted that this place is under the jurisdiction of the capital of Guizhou.

  But for the Annan people, they naturally knew that the court of the Ming Dynasty would not have much interest in these wild places.

  Over the years, they have gradually encroached upon them, occupying a lot of 'land without owner'. Local officials have always felt that one thing more is worse than one thing less. After all, this is a wild land, and God knows where this place belongs.

But the local natives were very dissatisfied with this. After the Annan people eroded the land, they expelled the original natives. They stationed troops and horses nearby. The natives suffered greatly, but the natives knew that they were In the hearts of Annan people, they didn't seem to be worried about rebelling against the Ming court. They went to sue the Ming court.

   It is precisely because of this mentality that Annan people are here, and they are becoming more and more rampant.

  The Annan people seem to think that this is a godsend opportunity for this great epidemic in the Southwest. They started to send more soldiers and horses here, and they seem to have plans to occupy this place in one fell swoop.

  Now this Annan army village is brightly lit at night.

  At this moment, Marquis Pingxi has also revised the book and went to the army camp, asking them to retreat fifty miles and not cross the border.

  The Annan people did not express anything about this, they neither retreated nor provoked. They were like nails. The Annan envoys far away in the capital were crying and suing, and they were deceived by Pingxihou.

  Yang Biao chewed the jerky, took a pee, and brought a group of people to the base of the military camp. Immediately afterwards, he began to observe the military camp.

  Shen Ao stood beside him.

  Shen Ao said: "Decree, set up camp here, and send people under the stronghold to reprimand them."

  A moment later, everyone went to the stronghold one after another, and the military stronghold was on alert immediately. The Annan people seemed to feel the malice of these uninvited guests and immediately put on alert.

  Below the army stronghold, a guide proficient in Annan came out and began to curse.

   Naturally, they denounced the Annan people for violating the border and being bold, and told them to go back immediately, otherwise what will happen.

  The Annan people in the army camp were unmoved.

  However, the more you curse at these words, the more unpleasant they sound, and the Annan people in this village are also a little angry.

The guide under the village was born with a good voice. After all, the natives love to sing folk songs. Whoever has a loud voice and can sing well will have a higher chance of reproduction. The loud gene.

  He began to be unscrupulous and changed his tricks.

  The soldiers of the other Flying Ball Battalion were not idle, and they also cursed together in Chinese, with a variety of tricks.

  (end of this chapter)