Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

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Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and sat down loudly.

Fang Jifan also sat down, with a slight smile on his face, but it was a lie to say that he was not nervous.

Fang Jifan is really more nervous than Zhu Houzhao, but he was in front of the emperor and swore to be Zhu Houzhao's guarantee.

Emperor Hongzhi also had a smile on his face. He used to look at his son, no matter how he looked at him, he was not pleasing to the eye, but now he looked at Zhu Houzhao, but found that he had a different perception!

Emperor Hongzhi sized him up and stared at Zhu Houzhao for a long time. He found that his son looked more mature and stable, his beard had grown stubble, his mouth was pursed, and his eyes were bright, which made him feel a bit reborn. .

Emperor Hongzhi caressed the case, without showing any signs of expression, and said for a long time, "Why are you so thin?"

Zhu Hou looked at Fang Jifan.

Now he finally understands one thing. It turns out that there are some things that he can't say, and he has to let others say them.

Fang Jifan: "..."

Coughing, Fang Jifan said eloquently: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince took the lead, led scholars and refugees to cultivate the land, and ate and slept with the refugees. It has been a bit hard these two months, so His Highness has lost weight."

"Eat and sleep together?" Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback.

He didn't believe that such a person would be his son.

His own son has always been pampered and raised by a woman in the deep palace. Will he eat and sleep with refugees?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with a smile that was not a smile: "I didn't ask Fang Qing's family, I asked the prince to answer in person."

This clearly shows what kind of tricks you guys want to play.

Zhu Houzhao had already received Fang Jifan's instruction in advance, and the two sides conducted a simulation, so he was not excited, but said: "I do eat and live with the refugees, just like what Mr. Wang said, if you want to know the needs of the people, you must Have empathy! Empathy is easier said than done, if you don’t eat and sleep with the refugees, the so-called empathy is just a formality.”

"So, do you understand what empathy is?" Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently. He could almost imagine that these two guys had already made preparations to deal with him before they came.

It's not that easy to lie to me!

Although I don't explain Cha Qiuhao, it's not like you two yellow-mouthed children can fool you if you want to.

He had no expression on his face, just looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Okay, I believe you for now."

Let alone the word, with a bit of ridicule.

Zhu Houzhao was still not as excited as before, but said seriously: "Thank you, Father."

"..."

The smile on Emperor Hongzhi's face still remained, but he glanced at Fang Jifan from the corner of his eyes.

Fang Jifan's innocent face has something to do with me? I'm going to take the blame for good and bad things?

"Prince..." Emperor Hongzhi suddenly said, "Tell me, what is the current market price of rice?"

This understatement, like a sudden attack, went around behind Zhu Houzhao, and directly gave Zhu Houzhao a sap.

Didn't you say that you ate and slept with the refugees? Didn't you say you already have empathy?

Well, it's not easy to see if you know the sufferings of the people. This is the simplest question. If you can't answer this, you two yellow-mouthed children will be exposed.

snort!

Do you think I don't know about the self-proclaimed scholar in Xishan? What an eye-opener.

But Zhu Houzhao gave his father a strange look, shook his head frankly and said, "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Sure enough, it was revealed.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly.

On his imperial case, there was just a secret report from the factory guard, and the current rice price was very clear. Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the disappointment, and he was completely disappointed.

Sure enough, he is deceiving the king again here.

This is taking me for a fool.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi sneered and said: "You don't even know the price of rice, but you dare to say that you eat and sleep with the people? Do you have empathy? Do you dare to say that you know the sufferings of the people? Let me tell you, since the beginning of winter , the price of rice has risen by 10%, and I am worried about it..."

"Father..." Zhu Houzhao suddenly interrupted Emperor Hongzhi, and looked deeply at Emperor Hongzhi.

Fang Jifan also looked at Emperor Hongzhi strangely, it was not that he wanted to show disrespect, Fang Jifan had always been very respectful to the emperor, because...he was afraid of death!

Emperor Hongzhi was a little annoyed, when is it your turn to interrupt me, he frowned and said, "What?"

Zhu Houzhao said casually: "Father, I don't know that 90% of the people in the world don't know the price of rice? Most of the rice on the market is white rice, so it can be sold at a price, but in fact, most of the people only eat in the fields. They have no money to buy rice, and all they need are grown from the ground. Except for rent and government taxes, the rest is broken rice and rotten grain. The whole family can't eat enough for themselves. What's more, what they left behind was only broken rice and yellow rice. Even if they wanted to sell it, no one would buy it. They didn't know how to sell grain, and they didn't have any spare money to buy grain. The price of grain has something to do with the emperor , It is also related to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, even to many rich households, all of them are related, and many middle-class families living in the city are related, but it has nothing to do with 80% of the common people! They I am self-sufficient, and I don’t know the price of food. Therefore... this question asked by my father, my son really finds it very strange.

Does the refugee have anything to do with it? "

"..."

Zhu Houzhao said such a long speech in one breath, but Emperor Hongzhi was a little confused when he heard it.

Is that right?

Fang Jifan lowered his head, not daring to look at Emperor Hongzhi, because he really didn't want to show the expression of '**** mental retardation' to the emperor, he wanted to keep his useful body and do more practical things for the common people!

That's right... that's how it is. We, Fang Jifan, are not afraid of death. What we are afraid of is not being able to die for the benefit of the people and making fearless sacrifices.

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a long time, and he didn't know how to question it.

A question arose in his mind, is that so? Why didn't it mention it in the report of the factory guard, and didn't say it in the memorial of the hundred officials?

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said abruptly: "Since the father asked about the price of grain, then the son wants to ask, does the father know why these refugees have suffered disasters?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, why is it your turn to ask me?

"This... a natural disaster, there is no conclusion."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "That's not the case. The reason why these people in Miyun became refugees is not just because Miyun's arable land cannot meet the needs of these people, but because, in addition to Miyun's disaster, many gentry They have a premonition that the large-scale planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes will cause grain prices to plummet, so they are unwilling to continue planting wheat now, preferring to leave the land barren for a while, and want to wait and see the direction of the wind before making any plans.”

"……"Is there such a thing?

Emperor Hongzhi was completely dumbfounded.

Zhu Houzhao then said again: "Father said that the rice noodles on the market have increased by 10%. According to Erchen, this round of sharp increase in grains has nothing to do with natural disasters. Since the seventh year of Hongzhi, natural disasters have become more and more frequent. Today, why didn’t there be such a sharp rise in the past? The reason, I guess, is that many gentry are waiting to see the direction of the wind. They would rather leave some unfertile land temporarily unused than rent it to others. Then we can change these lands from wheat fields to potato fields at any time in the future."

Emperor Hongzhi blushed, and he subconsciously picked up the secret music on the case, trying to find some clues from it.

However, no.

The duty of the factory guards is to quote prices. As for analyzing the reasons, this is beyond their ability.

Zhu Houzhao looked at his father with a smile, and then said: "Father also knows the sufferings of the people, but he knows that these refugees have traveled hundreds of miles, and Miyun is not far from the capital, but how many people fell ill on the way? People? How many people died beside the road?"

"What? Someone..." Emperor Hongzhi was moved, and his brows furrowed deeply.

Immediately Zhu Houzhao said: "Twenty-one people died of starvation on the way, and thirty-seven people fell ill."

"..." Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened.

"Father will definitely think that this is his negligence, and the government is duty-bound. But... Father is wrong."

"Wrong...wrong?"

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Father is wrong. What these refugees have in their hearts is not hatred, but gratitude. Does Father know why they are grateful?"

"..." Faced with these problems, Emperor Hongzhi felt unable to resist.

He saw Zhu Houzhao's claws and claws, like a newly grown up army, and began to provoke and demonstrate to the old lion king!

"Because they survived, for them, it is a gift to survive in a disaster year. In the third year of Hongzhi, there was a severe drought in Miyun, ten houses were empty, and many elderly people survived by luck. At that time, the government also gave relief, but the gifts from the imperial court could not relieve so many victims. What's more, there were officials involved in it, so that thousands of people died of starvation. Now, these refugees have only killed or injured more than a hundred people. As far as I am concerned, it is already a gift from God, a gift from my father."

Zhu Houzhao stared at Emperor Hongzhi, but he almost cursed: "Md, retarded."

Emperor Hongzhi's face changed from gloomy to miserable.

He still couldn't imagine the scene of Hongzhi's three years.

When he searched hard for Hongzhi for three years, it was also a report from Miyun County.

It seems that there is no deep impression.

Thinking about it, there were only a few words in it, it was nothing more than words like 'the drought in Miyun caused the people to have nothing to eat'.

But how can such words touch people's hearts?

Zhu Houzhao looked at Emperor Hongzhi with a smile, and continued: "So in Xishan, countless refugees are constantly praising the sageness of the father and the benevolence of the ministers, and think that Fang Jifan is a good official for the people."

Praise... the Holy Spirit...

These words, when heard by Emperor Hongzhi at this moment, were especially harsh.

He was dumbfounded, his face turned livid, and he was too shocked to speak.

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