When Fang Jifan walked out of Daming Palace alone, it was like a dream.

The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and the routine is too deep.

As for Xiao Zhu Xiucai, Fang Jifan didn't want to know.

After all...... Lao Tzu beats his son, this is a natural thing.

Just as Fang Jifan sometimes didn't go well, he also wanted to take Fang Zhengqing out and beat him.

Life is so stressful, isn't it just to give birth to a son?

Only a man who has a family and a baby can understand this feeling.

Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back, got into the carriage, and hurried away, away from the place of right and wrong.

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A philosopher once said: I need three things: love, friendship and books. But how much do these three have in common! Passionate love can enrich the content of books, and books are people's most loyal friends.

What Fang Jifan needed was silver.

People who need love, friendship, and books are often selfish people, and all their worldviews are derived from their own needs.

Fang Jifan is different from these self-interested philosophers, he inherits the ideas of Confucian sages.

Although many of the learnings of Confucius were interpreted in various ways and eventually decayed, the essence of his thoughts was still rooted in the hearts of every generation in the next two thousand years: home, country, and world!

Fang Jifan needs silver, not because he wants to be a good person, what he wants is a happy land where his children and grandchildren can live and work in peace and contentment.

A person who wants to use his thoughts to help the world may just want to exchange his thoughts with you for the money and power in your hands.

JUST AS THE COLONISTS LOVE YOU SAN JING BUT TAKE YOUR LAND.

Fang Jifan is not such a person, a person who uses wealth to help the world is a truly pure person, a person who is free from low-level interests.

Because of how sweet words are packaged, what the so-called benevolence and morality disguise becomes, after all, what people need is nothing more than to eat and drink.

In the land of starvation and abject poverty everywhere, people who can still claim to be humble and humble gentlemen, and who can preach the so-called great way, are like a white lotus flower in the mud.

Fang Jifan is a good person.

He looked down on the poor.

But now, the price of pig iron has skyrocketed to ten times.

The loss of weapons in the arsenal has stimulated the market, and everyone ...... It's all crazy.

This group of crazy people, like flies, now refuses to let anyone sell pig iron, even if it is ten times the price.

Steel workshops have sprung up from the ground, but the supply of pig iron is still stretched.

Wang Jinyuan was anxious and looked everywhere for the source of pig iron.

Even...... Many people have begun to rummage through old pots in their homes, and even look for anything that contains a little iron, hoping to sell it to those who buy pig iron.

Businessmen are beneficial, but naturally there is also a harmful side.

The DPRK has already shaken.

Although the case of the arsenal made people feel uneasy, the shortage of pig iron suddenly made the Ming Dynasty, which was originally in a stable supply, suddenly reach the point where the Tatars are overstretched for iron tools.

A call for the seizure of merchants has begun.

And the businessmen also showed the short-sighted side of the businessmen.

I know that the temple is shouting and shouting and killing, but this goods have to be hoarded, which is ten or twenty times the profit, which is enough for anyone to risk killing their heads.

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Emperor Hongzhi felt more and more worried about this.

Today is a talk, Zhu Houzhao suddenly, is a lot more honest, today actually obediently ran to kneel here, a look of listening to the ears, like a monkey that has been domesticated, but unfortunately in this world, there is no such thing as the flowering of culture and style, Zhu Houzhao does not know, the monkey will become a generation of grandmasters after hundreds of years, and start a sect.

The Hanlin people sat down separately, and before they could speak, Hanlin stood up: "Your Majesty, now, pig iron has reached the point where it has no price, will the people use stone tools to cultivate and sow seeds in the future, and the officials and soldiers will not be able to use stones to fight desperately." The minister heard that many eunuchs colluded with merchants and secretly hoarded pig iron...... I don't know if Your Majesty has heard of this. ”

Emperor Hongji was silent.

It's a four-month appointment, and it's very close.

He glanced at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao buried his head, and looked respectful, and he didn't dare to come out.

In this way, Emperor Hongzhi felt comfortable.

Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "I am also worried about this. ”

The Hanlin people chattered: "Your Majesty, the merchants are hoarding goods, and their sins are too much to write, so ......"

"It's better to order the merchant to hand over the pig iron ...... first"

Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone was full of righteous indignation, his eyes roamed, and in the Hanlin, but Liu Jie and others were silent, these were the Jinshi in the examination of Xishan Academy, and they were silent about it.

However, there was one person who also behaved calmly, and Emperor Hongzhi couldn't remember who this person was......

Person...... It's not from Xishan Academy, so I don't have any impression.

He glanced at the man deeply: "Who is this Qing family?" ”

He pointed to Wang Bushi, who was silent in the crowd.

Wang Bushi is in the Hanlin Academy, he is a transparent person, who would have expected that His Majesty would actually appoint himself today.

He was surprised, but he couldn't help but think in his heart, yes, he should be like everyone else, filled with righteous indignation, so he only cared about calculating the gains and losses of profits, thinking about using the new city house as a countervaluation, and preparing silver to buy the old city, but he didn't expect it......

He was busy, went out of work, and bowed down: "The minister is not the king." ”

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but murmured, "Wang Bushi...... Wang Bushi...... It's familiar......"

After a long time, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up: "Qing is the scum of the world?" ”

"Hahaha......" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, and then, when he saw his father looking at him coldly, Zhu Houzhao immediately silenced and lowered his head again.

The other Hanlin couldn't help laughing.

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt annoyed, this is really not a curse, it is really this name, too familiar, and when he thought about it hard, he remembered the scum Wang Bushi in the world, and blurted out......

Wang Bushi didn't have any joy or anger on his face.

In fact...... He's used to it.

In the past six or seven years, he has gone from anger to desolation, and since then, he has experienced countless times of self-shame, eager to find a crack in the ground, slowly, but gradually numb.

He said with a straight face: "The minister is the scum of the world!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked a little ashamed, but seeing that his face was calm, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times: "I saw that the Qing family had suggestions, but only the Qing family was calm and calm, why, what different thoughts did the Qing family have?" ”

Wang Bushi shook his head: "The minister seconded the words of the princes." ”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Wang Bushi, do you dare to bully the king?" ”

"This ......" Wang Bushi had no choice but to bite the bullet: "But the minister also has some different opinions. ”

Wang Bushi said, subconsciously, and glanced at Liu Wenshan.

Liu Wenshan is the most embarrassed among Hanlin, his point of view is almost the opposite of most of his colleagues, if it weren't for his mentor Fang Jifan, he was afraid that he would have been beaten to death long ago.

Wang Bushi immediately said: "The minister thinks that the price of pig iron is about to fall sharply in the near future. ”

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Wang Bushi in astonishment.

When Zhu Hanlin heard this, he was also stunned, and couldn't help but look at Wang Bushi.

Is this king crazy?

On weekdays, he is plain and has never had any exaggerated words, but today......

Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "You go on." ”

"This is the relationship between supply and demand, once supply and demand are out of balance, it will lead to a sharp rise in pig iron...... But...... In the market, there is an invisible hand ...... "Wang Bushi is already sweating profusely."

He felt like he had fallen deeper and deeper into it, and he was going to be finished.

At first, he said that he seconded the princes, but His Majesty clearly saw that he did not agree with them.

Therefore, if you tell a lie, you are guilty of deceit.

He didn't dare to deceive the king, so he had to say what he thought in his heart.

But how do you interpret that you have other ideas?

Eventually, the words in the Wealth of Nations were blurted out.

Liu Wenshan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wang Bushi incredulously.

The other Hanlin were also stunned.

Supply and demand, market, invisible hand......

These words...... It's very familiar, how is it similar to Liu Wenshan.

Wang Bushi...... You've changed, you're no longer recognized.

The temple was quiet......

Emperor Hongzhi was also speechless, why did this king not Shi, but he also began to parrot his tongue.

Because of these words, Fang Jifan said, Liu Wenshan said, now ...... A king is not like this.

Wang Bushi was sweating profusely, his own back placket had been soaked, and he had to bite the bullet and say: "So the minister is thinking, this invisible hand is bound to cause businessmen to look for sources of goods everywhere, and the market has its lag, so there will be a continuous rise in pig iron, and there is no market, but once it ...... Once a steady stream of goods begins to replenish the market, the situation of having a price but no market will change first, and then the price of pig iron will return to the position it should have. The minister probably thought that in this month, pig iron might experience a sharp fall, and eventually, the price would stabilize at two to three times the price at the beginning of the year, which is a reasonable price, and after that, the market may fluctuate, but these fluctuations ...... Mostly, it's acceptable......"

Emperor Hongzhi gasped, and Wang Bushi's voice trembled a little.

Wang Bushi knew he was finished.

The last bit of clearing his name is gone, and he is now thinking about the old city with all his heart, and he actually shows his feet, and when he speaks, his voice is hoarse, and he crawls, and he has to go all the way to the dark, and continue to say his thoughts.

"Wang Bushi!" Someone said angrily, "What book do you read every day?" ”

A Hanlin, roaring angrily.

Many Hanlin didn't even resent Liu Wenshan, because Fang Jifan's protégé could have anything to expect.

But what they hated most were traitors like Wang Bushi, who were ten thousand times more hateful than their enemies.