The heavy snow has not stopped, for more than ten days, the weather is only getting colder, countless people complain about this ghost weather, but it also makes the anthracite coal dug in Xishan Coal Mine almost in short supply

The whole city of Beijing has long been a white expanse, and the snow flakes swaying and fluttering in the air are like dandelions, falling layer by layer on this ancient capital, making this mottled and magnificent city change into a new clothes.

The defenders of Andingmen will open the gates on time, and the soldiers with white breath in their mouths will be frozen to stiffening their faces, burrowing into the holes in the gates, withdrawing their hands, ready to check the flow of people entering and leaving the city.

It's just that in this kind of weather, even there are very few people entering the city.

Outside the city gate, the snow was white and endless, and there was no trace of this new snow being trampled and destroyed.

Only at the end of the snow-covered official road, the sound of horses' hooves came quickly.

This aroused the spirits of the defenders, and in the vastness they saw the figure of a man and a horse in the white mist come out like a ghost, and the knight on the horse seemed to be frozen, while the horse under the seat had countless snow on its hooves, and its mouth was snorting.

The knight carried a bamboo tube behind his back, and there were clear traces of fire paint in the bamboo tube, he was wearing a black jacket, and the new army in the door hole saw him rushing like a whirlwind, and he was busy subconsciously retreating, not daring to stop him.

This is an urgent express of 800 miles of urgent delivery, the keen defenders only look at the appearance of the other party, they know that this is from the southwest, the southwest miasma is heavy, and the humidity is also big, so often there is any urgent report, will be loaded into a bamboo tube, sealed with glutinous rice.

It's just that...... Such an urgent report, in general, is rarely used, and the southwest ...... Something went wrong?

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Every time Fang Jifan went to Zhan Shifu, he would always be a little late, because ...... He's lazy.

But it doesn't matter, because the hundred households above have already helped him order the mao, which makes Fang Jifan owe the hundred households a favor, Fang Jifan doubts whether this guy wants to show favor to himself, but these trivial things, he doesn't keep in mind, and when he arrived at Zhan Shifu, he saw Zhu Houzhao riding a horse, wearing a velvet python robe, and said to Fang Jifan refreshed: "Old Fang, are you late again?" Let's go. ”

"Seeing ......the driver" Fang Jifan was a little weak-hearted, in fact, in this Beijing division, he was not afraid of anyone, but he saw the driver...... It made him feel panicked. His Majesty the Emperor seems to be kind on the surface, but he always feels that he is still a bit of a chicken thief.

For example, Emperor Hongzhi snatched half of the shares of the coal mine without hesitation, although this share was originally Zhu Houzhao's, but it was so taken for granted, he didn't treat himself as an outsider at all, so that Fang Jifan felt that behind Emperor Hongzhi's magnanimity, there was a bandit side; For example, if he wanted to build an iron workshop and build tools in Xishan, he thought it would be easy, but the emperor couldn't deny it, what does this mean?

Fang Jifan smiled: "The minister will not go, His Highness will go by himself, the minister must be loyal to his duty and take care of the home for His Highness, this is the minister's duty." ”

Zhu Houzhao bared his teeth: "Don't be verbose, you don't want to see the driver, do you think this palace is willing to meet?" Bengong always feels that his right eye is always jumping today, which is a sign that he is going to be beaten, but someone came to the palace, and he had already ordered you to enter the palace with Bengong. ”

Fang Jifan smiled dryly: "It's great, the minister also wanted to meet His Majesty a long time ago, and he complained heartily, haha...... Haha......"

The smile was a bit fake, then Liu Jin had already led a horse to Fang Jifan, and Fang Jifan turned over and got on the horse.

All the way from Chongwenmen to the palace, the two dismounted and walked, shoulder to shoulder, stepping on the masonry that had just been swept away from the snow in the palace, Zhu Houzhao thoughtfully: "The palace is still unwilling, why did my father rob my coal mine." ”

Fang Jifan actually knew it a long time ago, although Zhu Houzhao was confused, but he had an ambition, he was different from the scum who ate and waited for death from the front Jifan, in fact, he always wanted to do something big, so as to impress people.

It's just that from the Son of Heaven to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, they all treat him as a child, even in history, after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he was just the object of coaxing by a group of ministers to do great things...... No way.

Fang Jifan couldn't help but glance at Zhu Houzhao sympathetically, but he squinted again, and a trace of cunning flashed in his eyes as always: "Your Highness, it's actually too easy to get rich." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Old Fang, this palace knows that you have a way?" ”

As soon as Fang Jifan heard that he was called Lao Fang, he couldn't wait to pat him on the shoulder and call Xiao Zhu, but ...... Or forget it...... It is better to keep a useful body and wait for death than to die like this.

Fang Jifan said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what is wealth in this world? ”

Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, for a long time, and finally shook his head.

Retarded, yes.

Fang Jifan smiled and said: "Song Shu, Your Highness, think about it, the urgent Song Shu sent from the state capitals every day, this is all sent to the palace by urgent delivery, in this Beijing city, the news is blocked, if anyone has the latest information first, for example, there is a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, if His Royal Highness knows the news in advance, what will happen?" ”

"Disaster relief?" Zhu Houzhao said.

Fang Jifan despised him: "It's a fortune, once you know the news of the flood in advance, it means that many sericultures in the south of the Yangtze River will have a large-scale reduction in production, and once the production is reduced, the market, silk is bound to rise, who grasps the news first, relying on this information alone, I am afraid that I will not be able to earn silver?" Also, what if there is a concert, Shandong, Nanzhili and other places, bandits occur? This Shandong and Nanzhili are the necessary places to pass through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, once banditry occurs, especially water bandits...... So ......"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up suddenly.

It seems that he has suddenly found a new way out: "What do you mean is that in the future, the palace will go to the warm pavilion every day, accompany my father and the emperor to review the music, and ...... by the way"

Fang Jifan made a straight face: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, I didn't teach you." ”

"......" Zhu Houzhao blushed: "You said it clearly." ”

Fang Jifan refused to admit it: "I don't, don't talk nonsense, don't wronged me." ”

Although Fang Jifan is a confused brain-dead patient in the eyes of others, his heart is like a mirror, and it is easy to pull His Royal Highness the Prince to the sea, but it is difficult to guarantee that if His Majesty knows, he will not settle accounts after the autumn.

In this snowy Forbidden City, two pairs of deerskin boots stepped on the snow, leaving two clear marks.

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Every morning, Emperor Hongji had to consult with three cabinet scholars behind closed doors.

In the past, the Ming Emperor was one day at a time, and even if he was as diligent as Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, he only summoned ministers once a day to discuss matters.

But since then, the descendants have not had so much energy as Zhu Yuanzhang, one day at a time, it is nothing, so that when it comes to the first emperor of Chenghua, it is a month, and it is rare to summon ministers to discuss matters.

After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he was worried about the previous maladministration, so he issued an order to change one day to two days a day, and held court meetings of different sizes every morning and noon, and even encountered an urgent and difficult situation, he had to discuss with the ministers until the middle of the night before resting.

In this warm pavilion, just after talking about the strange celestial phenomena recently, Emperor Hongzhi planned to let people mine a batch of anthracite coal from the Xishan Coal Mine to help the poor people near the suburbs of Beijing, and then he couldn't help coughing.

Liu Jian glanced at Emperor Hongzhi worriedly, His Majesty is diligent in government, and everyone in the country knows that it is Emperor Taizu Gao, and he is afraid that he can't catch up, but it's just ...... The result of such a painstaking effort has also made His Majesty the Emperor's dragon body unsafe, so he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty has to take care of the dragon body, there are some things that don't have to be too hard." ”

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head with a wry smile: "When I ascended the throne, both inside and outside the government and the opposition, people were floating in things, and the states and counties were also scattered, and the people were hungry and cold. I am a son of man, so naturally I can't slander the first emperor, but the first emperor gave me a mess, but he also gave me a mess. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help sighing: "Now that I have a son, I can't learn from the first emperor and leave a mess for my children and grandchildren. I do more things, in the future, the prince will have a little less trouble, I take the previous emperor as a warning, and I hope that the prince will not have to be like me when I succeeded to the unification, facing internal and external troubles, and worried. It's okay to be tired! This is to share the worries of the prince, and it is also the responsibility of a father. ”