The little man is born to make money

Capital City, Xuanzheng Hall.

Today's morning court was extremely quiet, and the ministers who came to the court felt an inexplicable pressure. Sitting upright, Emperor Qi Yuan looked serious and said nothing, just quietly listening to the civil and military officials below about local affairs. Some of the memorials are full of clichés.In the past, although Emperor Qi Yuan would not get angry, he would not be as obvious absent-minded as he is now, looking outside the court from time to time.

Everyone knew that the emperor was waiting for someone, but they didn't know who it was.

"Reporting to the Emperor, Fang Jun, the Agricultural Counselor of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is asking to see you!" Dequan lowered his eyebrows and whispered carefully in Emperor Qiyuan's ear.

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Qi Yuan's eyes lit up immediately, and he said loudly, "Xuan!"

"Xuan, see you Fang Jun, Counselor of Agricultural Sciences!" Dequan summoned in a sharp voice, and his eyes shifted to today's protagonist Fang Jun.

Everyone shuddered and realized that this was the protagonist that Emperor Qi Yuan was looking forward to today.I just don't know what this person's purpose is.The Counselor of Agricultural Sciences is just a small fifth-rank official. He is completely out of line in the Xuanzheng Palace. He doesn't even have the chance to meet Long Yan. If it wasn't for Emperor Qiyuan's emphasis on agricultural affairs, this Fang Jun might never see the emperor for the rest of his life. one side.

Many people with sensitive information only know that some time ago, Emperor Qi Yuan frequently summoned people from the household department, and Fang Jun was among them, but not many people knew what they talked about.Because it involves agriculture, many people don't take this matter to heart, which is somewhat contemptuous.

However, now that Emperor Qi Yuan actually announced to meet Fang Jun during the great court meeting, could it be that something important happened that they didn't know about?

Left Prime Minister Huang Keqiong glanced cautiously at the Hubu Shangshu below, and the questioning intent in his eyes was very obvious.

Hubu Shangshu broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, shook his head almost imperceptibly, and showed an embarrassed yet polite smile.Although Fang Jun is a member of the household department, he is old-fashioned and stubborn. He is obsessed with farming all day long and basically does not participate in the affairs of the household department.

Zuo Sijia, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, sneered at the corner of his mouth, and glanced up, seeing the meticulous and expressionless fourth prince directly in front of him. Complicated eyes, ignore it.

Several young princes couldn't hide their emotions yet, they all looked curiously at Fang Jun who walked into the hall, their eyes searching.

"My minister kowtows to the Holy Majesty, long live my emperor!" Fang Jun bowed his head and bowed, the expression of excitement and joy on his face was undisguised.

When Emperor Qi Yuan saw his appearance, he knew that the prescription must be useful, and it might even be estimated that it was more impressive than the record on the house, so he waved his hand and spoke softly, "Ai Qing, please get up quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Jun got up, and said respectfully to Emperor Qi Yuan, "My Majesty, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life, and studied the secret recipe of sugar with Li Shilang, and found that the sugar recipe was exactly as His Royal Highness King An's memorial said, sugar cane When used for sugar production, not only the output far exceeds that of sugar beet, but also the sugar quality is delicate, sweet and delicious, which is far better than that of beet sugar in the north.

Li Shilang hastened the rumors, Tao visited the south and other places, and found that sugarcane is very easy to grow, and it can grow well and produce abundantly with almost no need for people to take care of it.The bagasse after sugar extraction can also be fed to livestock, used as fertilizer, etc., with multiple purposes. "

Fang Jun paused, and under the surprised eyes of Emperor Qiyuan, he said excitedly, "The improved sugar recipe provided by King An is even more meaningful. Weichen and other colleagues have experimented a hundred times, and found that according to the information provided by His Highness King An Sugar beet and sugar cane can be used to refine refined sugar and refined sugar, which takes less time, uses less materials, and is low in cost. If things go on like this, everyone in Daxi will surely be able to eat white sugar!"

Fang Jun made a final decision, like thunder from the heavens, shaking the people in the court dizzy and trembling.

Refined sugar, refined sugar...

What is that, that is something that most of the officials here can't say can be eaten every day!Those northern Qiang and Xiongnu barbarians transported thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses every year to exchange Daxi's silk, salt, and coarse sugar.

Now Fang Jun suddenly told them that he had developed a new sugar recipe, which not only allowed every family to eat sugar, but also the kind of white and sweet fine sugar!Many people feel as if they are in a dream, and there is an unreal feeling.

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Qi Yuan clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Aiqing has worked hard, and I will reward you a lot!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it's my job to share my worries for the Holy One. I personally think that the biggest contributor to this matter is King An, who found a new recipe for making sugar, and I just followed the method he gave. It’s just a verification of the authenticity.” Fang Jun replied honestly, without any intention of greedy for credit.

Emperor Qiyuan was even more joyful, he liked such a good subordinate who did practical work and was not greedy for merit!

Ann Wang——

These two words are even more dazzling than the previous sugar making recipe. Prime Minister Zuo and Prime Minister Right looked at each other almost in agreement. These two old foxes who have been fighting for most of their lives felt a sense of miscalculation in an instant.

The recipe for making sugar was actually given by King An?

Many people murmured in their hearts that they found their impression of King An almost from the corner of their memories.

King An left the capital too early, 20 years was enough for the dignitaries in the capital to forget about this prince.The ministers in the court basically undergo a major change every three years. Many of them are young ministers who were gradually promoted later, and they have little impression of King An.

Prime Minister Zuo thought to himself: Presumably, nearly half of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty have forgotten that Emperor Qiyuan still has a sixth prince who is entrusted outside!

The turmoil in the 13th year of Apocalypse not only reshuffled the situation of the entire court, but how many of the princes escaped the wrath of the king?

The eldest prince was imprisoned, the second prince committed suicide, the third prince was demoted to common people, and the fourth prince went to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha, and was not recalled by Emperor Qiyuan until five years ago.

The capital city has been calm for more than ten years, and everyone felt that Emperor Qiyuan had lost confidence in the older princes, and his eyes were fixed on the younger princes, but they did not expect that it is not only the fourth prince who has regained the attention of Emperor Qiyuan. , even the sixth prince, who was thousands of miles away, began to appear in front of everyone.

Moreover, as soon as he appeared, it was such a big gift!

Those young princes who haven't experienced the cruel battle don't know if they can get stronger from the confrontation between the two princes.

"Lao Liu has made great achievements, so he will naturally reward him!" Emperor Qi Yuan showed a smile on his face, and ordered, "Dequan, declare the decree."

Fuquan bowed slightly, stepped forward to open the canonized imperial decree that had been prepared in advance, and said loudly, "By heaven's blessing, the emperor's decree said, hereby is my sixth son, Xuan. Treasure, sealed as Prince An, will never be replaced.

Fang Jun, the Counselor of Agricultural Sciences, and Li Sheng, the Minister of the Household Department, made great achievements in experimenting with sugar recipes. They were promoted to a higher level, and they were rewarded with [-] vehicles of silver and [-] taels of gold... This is my honor. "

"Long live my emperor!" Fang Jun quickly knelt down to thank him.

After the morning court was over, many people left the hall and congratulated Fang Jun, who had been promoted to a higher level, trying to find out some news about Prince An from him.

"Congratulations to Mr. Fang, congratulations to Mr. Fang!"

"I didn't expect Mr. Fang to become a blockbuster if he didn't sing. After this incident, his name will go down in history, and he will be a blessing to future generations!"

"I didn't expect you, Lao Fang, to be the one who hides the deepest. Did Prince An really find this sugar recipe?" As soon as the minister of the Ministry of War said the words, many people were breathless and looked at him as if they were fools. .

No matter whether Prince An found or invented this sugar recipe, as long as Prince An offered it, the credit of Prince An will be indelible.And judging from the meaning of the Holy Majesty today, he is obviously very satisfied with Prince An's act of offering Tang Fangjin, otherwise he would not have directly rewarded him with the title of Prince.

You know, the two elder brothers above him are still bald princes!

Many ministers felt sore when they thought of this, and couldn't help but feel that Prince An's rebellion against Shengshang Lijing was not intentional, right?Otherwise, you see, after so many years of fighting, Emperor Tianqi still doesn't have the slightest intention to establish a prince.And the fourth and fifth princes are older than Prince An, do more work than Prince An, and are often called into the palace to be scolded by him. Just like that, they are just naked princes who receive such a little money every month. With such a salary, it seems that he can't even support his family!

And what about Prince Ann?

Not to mention the prince of Sanzhu, the fief thousands of miles away is out of control of the emperor. The officials below regard him as their ancestor, eat delicacies from mountains and seas, wear silk and satin, and take [-]% of the tax revenue from the six counties in the southwest. In his pocket, he is living a fairy life!

In such a comparison, almost everyone felt that the prince who was still in the capital was miserable!

Prime Minister Zuo was the last one to come out of the hall, and when he looked up, he saw the fourth prince who was waiting for him, and he sighed inwardly.Today, Prince An taught him a lesson!Back then, the situation in the capital was not good, and everyone felt that the Sixth Prince would not escape the fate of being rejected if he offended the Holy Majesty at this time.

Sure enough, the sixth prince was granted the title of King An, and he was directly entrusted out of Beijing.In the Daxi Dynasty, no vassal king had ever succeeded to the throne, and almost everyone agreed that the sixth prince was excluded from the ranks of seizing the throne.But today, it seems that never has never meant that there will always be no...

The sixth prince left the capital that day. From today's point of view, he is the best choice. He can advance, attack, retreat or defend. No matter what the final situation in the capital is, he will not suffer!

Just imagine, if in the past 20 years, there was a prince who won the heir apparent, no matter whether that person was his elder brother or younger brother, they would all be siblings. The emperor can only appease him, if he is unlucky and has no one around, he might become the new emperor's right-hand man!

What's more, just like today, after 20 years, the Holy Majesty has grown stronger and stronger, and the battle to seize the heirloom has not yet come to an end. King An, who is far away in the fief, has full wings, and once he makes a move, he will be a king bomb!How could his younger brothers, who have not been experienced, be the opponents of Prince An?

Even the princes who are about the same age as him must feel uncomfortable now, right?You know, there are many different races in the southwest, and King An still has military power in his hands!