Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty Four: Gathering Money

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In the face of Zhu Houzhao who is bluffing, Fang Jifan can always be honored or humiliated.

Because... I'm used to it.

Fang Jifan patted Zhu Houzhao lightly, grabbed his hand, took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, I have never received any payment for the treatment of His Royal Highness, Your Highness, right?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, but still stared at Fang Jifan closely, with scrutiny in his eyes!

Fang Jifan continued eloquently: "In order to cure His Highness, I have tried my best. These days, has Your Highness's illness ever relapsed?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it seriously and said, "Occasionally..."

Fang Jifan then smiled and said, "Your Highness also knows it's a coincidence, if it wasn't for the minister's timely treatment, would your Highness think it was just a coincidence?"

But Zhu Houzhao said: "I heard that pork is so unpalatable that ordinary people would not eat it."

"This is His Highness's prejudice. The pigs raised by my subjects are different from those raised by others." Fang Jifan swore, "If you don't believe me, Your Highness can try."

Zhu Houzhao said: "Go to Xishan to eat?"

Fang Jifan squinted, his eyes bright: "Didn't Your Highness always want to earn money?"

"What?"

As Fang Jifan expected, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up.

Fang Jifan said indifferently: "If you want to earn money, you have to gather money. How can you gather money? You need to gather popularity. There are many wealthy households in the capital. They have nothing to do when they are full. Breeding troubles will not only worry the imperial court. What's more, they have so much money hidden in their homes, His Highness sees it, can you sleep well?"

Looks very reasonable, Zhu Houzhao began to grind his teeth.

In Fang Jifan's words, if you don't rob these bastards of their money, do you still have a conscience?

"So, we have to find an opportunity to let them spend money."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and doubts appeared in his eyes again: "Just this pork?"

Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "Who said it only depends on pork? I am now thinking of doing a big business, and of course there must be a dry share of Your Highness. Your Highness, I am always thinking of you, and you actually... think that I have nothing to do with you?" Pictured?"

Fang Jifan has turned into an aggrieved look.

Zhu Houzhao was really moved by Fang Jifan's words, at a loss, and said a little ashamedly: "But what does this have to do with my sister?"

"It's a big deal." Fang Jifan said seriously: "Cure is just a cover. The most important thing is to see if you can get someone to pay for the money. The minister is earning money for His Royal Highness. Your Royal Highness has lived in the deep palace for a long time and has never come out. I have walked around, been pampered and pampered all my life, and I have never seen anything good, if even she finds it interesting, then His Highness will just lie down and take money from the pockets of rich people in the world."

"Your Highness, as long as this matter is done properly, we will be done. Don't worry, Your Highness, I have always done things properly... There will never be any accidents."

Zhu Houzhao's face softened, and he began to fight between heaven and man: "It's not easy to get my sister out of the palace."

"That's why it's necessary to treat the disease as a pretense." Fang Jifan raised his thumb: "With His Highness's intelligence, this is not a problem."

"Then... I'll give it a try. It's agreed in advance that I will go too." Zhu Houzhao was surprisingly cautious this time, looking at Fang Jifan warily.

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao sincerely and said, "Your Highness must come together. If Your Highness doesn't follow, I will feel uneasy instead."

Zhu Houzhao was happy and showed a happy smile

From this point of view, he is really overthinking, Lao Fang is still a very honest person.

So early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao entered the palace excitedly.

I wanted to go to Kunning Palace first to give my mother a fresh air, to add oil and vinegar.

Who would have expected to see Xiao Jing approaching head-on, Xiao Jing saw Zhu Houzhao from a distance, so he wanted to kneel down and salute!

Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to talk to him, but Xiao Jing said: "Your Highness, His Majesty is looking for you."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became nervous, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "What are you looking for in this palace?"

Xiao Jing took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty has obtained a secret letter from Fang Jifan."

Zhu Houzhao tried his best to put on a calm look, with his hands behind his back, but he also knew what was written in the secret decree, so he let out a oh!

He was uneasy at first, but after thinking about it, what was he afraid of? Didn't Bengong also make a contribution now?

So he said loudly, "Let's go."

………………

Fang Jifan's secret letter stated the situation in North Korea.

Of course...it's all speculation.

Fang Jifan believes that some people in North Korea are already ready to move.

Therefore, against North Korea, Ming didn't need to go to war, just let Liu Jie immediately cross the river and enter North Korea in the name of crusade, and the big things will be settled.

Moreover, Fang Jifan also explained the reasons why this matter must not be announced in detail. After Emperor Hongzhi read it, he fell into deep thought.

Because of this Li Long, the court has already caused an uproar, saying that they want to crusade against North Korea!

But there is a saying that dreams are beautiful, but reality is skinny! What about silver, what about food? What about soldiers?

It takes a lot of money to go to war.

The problem is that this is a war against the people and against the king.

As a superior country, Ming Dynasty spent countless money and food, and killed and injured countless officers and soldiers, but in the end, North Korea is a place of bitter cold, compared with the situation in Liaodong.

What's worse, Liaodong is fertile land for thousands of miles, and there are no mountains, while North Korea has the same climate and is more remote, but there are many mountains and mountains. The people's livelihood is extremely difficult, and North Korea can be expected to provide money and food to reward the army?

So, no matter how you calculate it, this is a loss-making business. Even if the army marches smoothly, the losses for the imperial court are immeasurable.

Emperor Hongzhi was a stingy person, and he was usually reluctant to eat and use. When he thought of so many people dying and wasting so much money and food, he felt very distressed.

And Fang Jifan's method...well, it's a bit risky...but...is it possible...

Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself, after all, Fang Jifan had never been to North Korea, and everything was based on his analysis and guesses. Since Li Long dared to kill the scholars in the country, it is expected that he would still have a firm control over the army, otherwise , isn't this man a fool?

Thinking about it this way, Emperor Hongzhi felt that this risk was too great, because the imperial court ordered Liu Jie to be an imperial envoy, and he would lead more than a thousand people to attack the imperial court. , isn't this a great loss of face for the imperial court, and a well-behaved national event has become a trifling matter?

The risks in this are too great.

However, Emperor Hongzhi had to be cautious about Fang Jifan's secret performance.

Although I can't express support openly and aboveboard, but secretly conniving and fanning the flames...

Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly, and put the secret music aside, and at this time, Zhu Houzhao just arrived.

"I have seen my father." Zhu Houzhao bowed down.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded directly towards the corner.

What?

Zhu Houzhao was a little confused, is the father crazy? It's really not as good as that Li Long, the tiger's poison doesn't even eat its children! Usually he made a mistake, he was punished, and this is admitted, but now he is a great hero...

Zhu Houzhao was very angry, and said: "Father, my son, I don't know if I should say something or not?"

Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "Say it."

"My son these days, even though he forged the imperial decree, he has made great contributions to the imperial court... Father Emperor has personally rewarded him, why..."

However, Emperor Hongzhi sneered, and his tone increased accordingly: "Nizi! Do you still have the face to say that forging an imperial decree is such a small crime? Do you think I want to praise you in front of the court officials? Huh! What are you doing?" It's done, but the method of doing this is outrageous. The reason why I praise you in front of the courtiers is to save your face. After all, you are the crown prince and the East Palace. In the future, I will have someone to succeed, not you No. If I don’t praise you, do I still want to say that you are unforgivable?”

"Even if you want to conceal your falsification of the imperial decree, you can't hide it. There is no fuel-efficient lamp for the court officials. Even if they are temporarily concealed, after thinking about it, they will know what the situation is. I might as well simply admit that the purpose of praising you is to make you, the crown prince, at least when I am still alive, to be appreciated by the subjects instead of being spurned. But mistakes are mistakes. Forging imperial decrees is a hypocrisy and a heinous crime. I didn't ask you to settle accounts, but you are still complacent, do you really think that you have made great achievements?"

"Ah, father is so despicable..." Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, but then he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue. After thinking about it, he seemed to feel that there was a little truth in it. He was really, so he obediently went to the corner, slapped, and knelt down .

Emperor Hongzhi was not angry at all. In fact, if Zhu Houzhao were more modest today, he would take the initiative to say that although the son-in-law made a contribution, but the son-in-law was posturing after all, and asked his father to forgive him.

If this is really the case, Emperor Hongzhi felt more at ease. Thinking about it carefully, after all, the merits outweigh the demerits.

But the problem is that this guy still thinks he is a great hero, and he is complacent, which is unbearable.

Zhu Houzhao said the word despicable, but Emperor Hongzhi's face was flat, Quan pretended not to hear, and said instead: "I just asked Xiao Banban to announce you to the palace, why did you come so soon? You come to the palace, but Is something wrong?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, if my sister wants to go out of the palace, if the emperor does not allow it, then it will not be possible, so he said: "There is one thing, Fang Jifan said, my sister's illness has been more frequent recently, the general treatment, I am afraid It's not going to happen."

Emperor Hongzhi's expression suddenly became tense: "It can't be cured?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "He said that he needs to go to Xishan, where...he will be treated...Naturally, the younger sister is the body of a thousand gold, and the son is her royal brother... I should go with her, so I want to enter the palace and beg the father and the emperor. Empress Dowager agrees."

Xishan...

Emperor Hongzhi was a little puzzled, why did he have to go to Xishan for treatment?

No matter how you listen, it feels unreliable.

"This is called recuperation, and it is said to be very effective." Zhu Houzhao added.

"It's almost New Year's Eve." Emperor Hongzhi paused: "I miss Xishan too, why don't I go for a walk too?"

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