Chapter 364: Gathering Wealth
In the face of the babbling Zhu Houzhao, Fang Jifan can always be honored and disgraced.
Because...... Get used to it.
Fang Jifan gently patted Zhu Houzhao and grabbed his hand, took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, the ministers have never received remuneration for Her Royal Highness the Princess, Your Highness knows, right?" ”
Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, but he still stared at Fang Jifan tightly, with scrutiny in his eyes!
Fang Jifan continued with a heartfelt voice: "In order to treat His Royal Highness's illness, the minister has done his best, these days, has Her Royal Highness the Princess's illness ever recurred?" ”
Zhu Houzhao thought about it seriously and said, "Occasionally, I ......"
Fang Jifan smiled and said, "Your Highness also knows that it is occasional, if it is not for the minister's timely treatment, does Your Highness think it is only occasional?" ”
Zhu Houzhao said: "I heard that pork is very unpalatable, and ordinary people refuse to eat it. ”
"This is the prejudice of His Highness, the pigs raised by the ministers are different from those raised by others." Fang Jifan swore and said, "If you don't believe it, Your Highness can try." ”
Zhu Houzhao said: "Go to Xishan to eat? ”
Fang Jifan squinted, with a fine light in his eyes: "Hasn't Your Highness always wanted to earn silver?" ”
"What?"
As Fang Jifan expected, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up.
Fang Jifan said lightly: "If you want to earn money, you have to gather wealth, how can you gather wealth, you have to gather popularity, there are many rich families in Beijing, they have nothing to do when they are full, and it is easy to breed trouble when they are idle, which not only worries the court." What's more, they have so much silver hidden in their house, can Your Highness see it in his eyes and sleep? ”
Very reasonable, Zhu Houzhao began to grind his teeth.
In Fang Jifan's words, if you don't rob him of these bastards' money, do you still have a conscience?
"So, we're going to have to find a chance to get them to spend their money."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and his eyes showed suspicion again: "Just this pork?" ”
Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "Who said that you only rely on pork?" The minister is now thinking of making a big deal, and there is naturally a share of His Royal Highness's dry shares, Your Highness, I am thinking about you everywhere, you are ...... Think the minister has a plan? ”
Fang Jifan has turned into an aggrieved state.
Zhu Houzhao was really a little moved by Fang Jifan's words, he was at a loss, and said with some shame: "But what does this have to do with my sister-in-law?" ”
"It's a big deal." Fang Jifan said very seriously: "Healing is a disguise, the most important thing is to see if you can make people pay for the silver, the minister is earning money for His Highness." Her Royal Highness the princess has lived in the deep palace for a long time, she has never come out and walked around, she has been pampered all her life, and she has never seen any good things, if even she thinks it is interesting, then Her Royal Highness will wait to lie down and take out the silver from the bag of the rich people in the world. ”
"Your Highness, as long as this is done, we will be done. Your Highness can rest assured that it has always been proper for ministers to do things...... There will be no surprises. ”
Zhu Houzhao's face softened, and he began to fight between heaven and man: "It is not easy to get the girl from this palace out of the palace." ”
"That's why we need to be cured under the guise of healing." Fang Jifan cocked his thumb: "With His Highness's intelligence, this is not a problem. ”
"That'...... Try it at this palace, and I said in advance that I will go to this palace too. Zhu Houzhao was surprisingly cautious this time, looking at Fang Jifan vigilantly.
Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao very sincerely and said: "Your Highness must come together, if Your Highness doesn't come with you, the minister will feel uneasy." ”
Zhu Houzhao was happy and showed a happy smile
From this point of view, he is really too careful, and Lao Fang is still a very loyal person.
So early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao entered the palace in a hurry.
I wanted to go to Kunning Palace to blow the wind on my mother and add fuel and vinegar to the palace.
Unexpectedly, he saw Xiao Jing coming over, Xiao Jing saw Zhu Houzhao from afar, and he wanted to kneel down and salute!
Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to pay attention to him, but Xiao Jing said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is looking for you." ”
Zhu Houzhao suddenly became nervous, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "What are you going to do in this palace?" ”
Xiao Jing glanced at Zhu Houzhao deeply: "Your Majesty has obtained a secret letter from Fang Jifan. ”
Zhu Houzhao tried his best to put on a calm appearance, with his hands behind his back, but he also knew what was written in the secret decree, so he sighed!
He was originally uneasy, but after thinking about it, what are you afraid of, isn't this palace also making a contribution now?
So the big horn said, "Go." ”
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In Fang Jifan's secret letter, he stated the situation of the Korean state.
Of course...... It's all speculative.
Fang Jifan believes that there are already people in the DPRK who are ready to move.
Therefore, for North Korea, the Ming Dynasty does not need to make a big move, as long as Liu Jie immediately crosses the river into North Korea in the name of crusade, and the major event can be decided.
Moreover, Fang Jifan also explained in detail the reason why this matter must not be announced, and after Emperor Hongzhi read it, he fell into deep thought.
Because of this Li Long, the court has been in an uproar, and they all said that they would crusade against the Korean State!
But there is a way, dreams are beautiful, and reality is skinny! What about the silver, but also the grain? What about soldiers?
A big fight requires a lot of money.
The problem is that this is a war to hang the people and fight against the rebel king.
As a superior country, the Ming Dynasty spent countless money and food, and had to kill and injure countless officers and soldiers, but in the end, North Korea is a bitter cold land, worse than the situation in Liaodong, Liaodong is also a thousand miles of fertile land, and there are no mountains, and the same climate in North Korea, and it is more remote, but it is more lofty mountains and mountains, and the people's livelihood is extremely difficult, can you still expect North Korea to come up with money and grain to reward the army?
Therefore, no matter how you calculate it, this is a loss-making deal, even if the army goes smoothly, for the imperial court, the losses are incalculable.
Emperor Hongzhi was a stingy person, and he was usually reluctant to eat, and he felt very distressed at the thought of dying so many people and wasting so much money and food.
And Fang Jifan's method ...... Well, some risky...... But...... Is it possible......
Emperor Hongzhi thought in his heart, Fang Jifan had never been to Korea after all, everything was based on his analysis and speculation, so since Li Long dared to kill the domestic scholars, it was expected that he still firmly controlled the army, otherwise, wouldn't this person be a fool?
Thinking about it this way, Emperor Hongzhi is a little too risky, because the imperial court instructed Liu Jie to be the envoy of the Qin, and he entered the court to crusade, with more than 1,000 people, and it was okay if it didn't go well, and he was surrounded and annihilated by that Li Long, wouldn't this be a big loss of face for the imperial court, and a good national event became a child's play?
The risks involved are too great.
It's just that for Fang Jifan's secret performance, Emperor Hongzhi had to be cautious.
Although it is not possible to express support openly, it is ...... to secretly connive and fan the flames
Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly and put the secret music aside, and at this time, Zhu Houzhao happened to arrive.
"Erchen has seen his father." Zhu Houzhao bowed.
Emperor Hongzhi nodded directly into the corner.
What?
Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned, is his father crazy? It's really worse than that Li Long, tiger poison doesn't eat children! Usually there is a mistake, he was punished, and he also admitted, but now he is a great hero......
Zhu Houzhao was depressed, so he said: "Father, the son of the emperor has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”
Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "You say." ”
"These days, although the sons have forged the holy decree, they have also contributed a lot to the court...... My father has personally rewarded him, how can I ......?"
Emperor Hongzhi sneered, and his voice also raised a little: "Rebel! Do you still have the face to say, 'Is it a small sin to forge a holy decree?' Do you think I want to praise you in front of the Manchu Dynasty? Hum! The reason why I praised you in front of the Manchu Dynasty is to keep your dignity, after all, you are the prince, you are the East Palace, and I will have a successor in the future, you must be. If I don't praise you, do I still say that you will die unforgivingly? ”
"You forged the holy decree, even if you want to hide it, you can't hide it, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, there is no fuel-efficient lamp, even if they are temporarily hidden, but after thinking about it, they also know what the situation is. I might as well simply admit it, praising you so that you, the crown prince, at least while I am still there, can be appreciated by my subjects, not spurned. But a mistake is a mistake, forging a holy decree, this is an edict, it is a heinous crime, I didn't settle accounts with you, you are still complacent, do you really think you have made a great contribution? ”
"Ah, my father is so despicable......" Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, but then he felt that he had lost his words, and after pondering, he seemed to feel that there was a little truth, but he was also real, so he obediently went to the corner, snapped, and knelt down directly.
Emperor Hongzhi was not angry, in fact, if Zhu Houzhao was a little modest today, he took the initiative to come and say, although the son of the minister made a contribution, but the son of the minister was overbearing after all, and asked his father to forgive the sin.
If this can really be the case, Emperor Hongzhi's heart is still more comfortable, and if you think about it carefully, after all, it is more merit than fault.
But the problem is that this guy still thinks he is a great hero, and he looks complacent, which is unbearable.
Zhu Houzhao said the word despicable, but Emperor Hongzhi's face was flat, Quan Dang didn't hear it, and said: "I just asked Xiao to accompany you to announce your entry into the palace, why did you come so soon?" You came to the palace, is there something wrong? ”
Zhu Houzhao thought about it, if the sister wants to leave the palace, if the father is not gracious, it will not be possible, so he said: "There is one thing, Fang Jifan said that the sister's illness has been more frequent recently, and I am afraid that the general treatment will not be successful." ”
Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly became nervous: "Can't be cured?" ”
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "He said that he needed to go to Xishan, and he was in Xishan...... Treatment...... Naturally, the sister-in-law is a daughter, and the son-in-law is her royal brother...... Since he should accompany her, he wants to enter the palace and ask his father and mother for permission. ”
Xi shan......
Emperor Hongzhi was a little confused, why did he have to go to Xishan for treatment?
No matter how you listen to it, it doesn't feel reliable.
"It's called recuperation, and it's very effective." Zhu Houzhao added another sentence.
"It's almost the New Year." Emperor Hongzhi paused: "I also miss Xishan, why don't I go for a walk?" ”