Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1022 Man can conquer nature

  Liu Jian's words always sound weird.

  Emperor Hongzhi had nothing to say.

how to say.

   Was Fang Jifan wrong?

   That's right.

   Liu Jian has some selfish intentions, is he wrong?

   That's right.

  This is the evergreen of people.

   But Liu Jian was right.

  Liu Jie is so promising, even if he doesn't do anything, he can rise to the top. A person who has lived a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing, unexpectedly leaves with his seal, what kind of courage is this.

  In this regard, it shows that Fang Jifan is a good believer.

   This Fang Jifan should be rewarded.

  But Emperor Hongzhi also knew in his heart that Liu Jian had resentment in his heart.

  The son is gone, if you don’t complain, it’s weird.

  Emperor Hongzhi ordered someone to support Liu Jian to leave first, and let the imperial doctor Haosheng's caretaker stand by in Liu's residence, let him rest for a few days before talking.

  For such things, no matter how Liu Jian said that he was happy about it, Emperor Hongzhi would feel the sadness in his heart.

   Waiting to send Liu Jian away.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I hope Liu Jie can be safe, I really can't bear the white-haired Liu Qing family to send black-haired people."

  He sat down.

  Xie Qian and Li Dongyang were silent.

   "Your Majesty." Li Dongyang said: "The autumn harvest is here, and in a few days, all places will send money and food to Beijing. In the past two years, the imperial court has repeatedly suffered deficits. I'm afraid this year..."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "The Qing family means..."

  Li Dongyang sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the country is difficult, and the income is declining day by day, but the expenditure of the imperial court is getting worse day by day, and year by year... This year's deficit, it has reached 390,000 taels..."

  Emperor Hongzhi walked out slowly from Liu Jie's act of righteousness, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged: "Oh, Lao Qing's family is here."

   See His Majesty talking about him from left to right.

  Li Dongyang couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I heard that your Majesty's monthly income is actually 400,000 taels?"

  Emperor Hongzhi pulled his face and looked at Xiao Jing: "Banban Xiao, is that right?"

  Xiao Jing looked surprised.

  I don't know how to answer.

   It is said that the monthly income is not 400,000 taels. Isn't this deceiving the king?

   But he understood that His Majesty asked himself deliberately, because he didn't want people to know that the abundance of inner money...

  Telling the truth is against His Majesty's will, and if you don't tell the truth, there will be hidden dangers in the future.

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at him: "I'm asking you something."

  Xiao Jing had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, the expenditure of domestic funds is especially large. Over the years... these years, the twelve prisons and eight bureaus, as well as the expenses of the Warriors' Battalion, as well as the guards in various places, and... can't make ends meet."

Emperor Hongzhi was satisfied with this, looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Li Qing's family, since Emperor Taizu Gao, has divided the internal money and the national treasury in the court. Between each other, the well water does not interfere with the river water. Housework also..."

   Xie Qian couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty's family affairs are state affairs."

  Emperor Hongzhi blushed slightly: "Isn't it possible to reduce the expenditure of the court? We can't condone the habit of extravagance in foreign courts."

  Xie Qiandao: "Your Majesty's difficulty in not being able to upper body..."

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed and thought for a while: "I'll think about it again. Please step down first."

  Both sides are sloppy.

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little depressed.

   All the officials belong to the wolf. I just had a better life and saved some money in my inner pocket, so they stared at me.

  Xie Qian and Li Dongyang had to resign.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat down and couldn't help but glared at Xiao Jing.

   Xiao Jing looked aggrieved: "Your Majesty, according to the servants, just ignore them."

  Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "I am the Son of Heaven, so crying poor, can I ignore it?"

   "Since that's the case, why not give them one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand taels."

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "You can't say it like this. One hundred thousand and two hundred thousand taels are decimals, but this is the first of its kind. In the future, this internal money will become their backyard. Come and take it whenever you want. ?”

  Xiao Jing fell silent.

  Emperor Hongzhi felt more and more that Xiao Jing was really useless, so he shook his head: "I don't know if Fang Qing's family has returned from Tianjin Wei, let him meet tomorrow, I want to hear what he thinks."

  Xiao Jing had no choice but to bow: "Observe the order."

  ...

  The carriage drove back to Xishan from Tianjin Wei overnight.

  Fang Zhengqing was lying in Zhu Xiurong's arms, the tears from last night still remained in his eyes.

  Fang Jifan asked Zhu Xiurong to sit on the big sofa, while he sat on the small sofa in the car, and slept half the night in a daze.

  Xishan is right in front of you.

  Fang Jifan seemed to be dreaming.

  Father went to Huangjinzhou, but he didn't know when he would meet again.

  The blue waves of thousands of miles in this era are like a natural moat. If you want to cross the natural moat, the death rate is extremely high, and the price you pay is also extremely high.

   There are 33,000 military households who set off first, and nearly 80,000 households including their family members.

  Such a large immigrant population is tantamount to the court paying a huge bet and taking an adventure.

  If the fleet is destroyed, it is all over.

  But... how can any enterprising nation sit back and watch the fertile land in the sky and turn a blind eye?

  Fang Jifan used to be a sentimental person who broke away from vulgar interests and cared about the world.

  Now… same thing!

   It's just that I used to be soft-hearted.

  But now, her heart is much harder.

  Sometimes, he knows that these hundreds of thousands of people may be going to die.

But people who have not lived in this era will never understand that under the low productivity and backwardness, this land carries too many people, under the great civilization that was brilliant for a time and is still brilliant now, there are too many people. Outrageous poverty and hunger.

  The improvement of crops alone can barely make people hungry, but looking around, there is still extreme poverty everywhere, it is hunger, and there are many evils.

  I didn’t make up my mind, I didn’t face the difficulties, I dared to sacrifice, and I made the determination to win a better life in the future. The so-called feelings alone are just to make people feel better on conscience.

  Fang Jifan doesn’t care about conscience. Conscience is just a fig leaf for the cowardly. He wants to sell more houses, resettle more refugees, build more workshops, and stir up this puddle of water!

  He wants to let hundreds of thousands of people set foot on the land of the far west. What if hundreds of thousands of people are destroyed?

  Navigation in this era depends entirely on the destiny. If the destiny is not mine, then I will send hundreds of thousands of people to fight against the destiny until the sky surrenders.

If my father dies unfortunately, then I still have myself and my son, and the son will have grandchildren. The other side of the ocean will always be conquered one day. If ten years is not enough, then twenty years, three years Ten years, one generation is not enough, then two generations, three generations.

   This is not because of stubbornness, nor is it because Fang Jifan has the so-called arrogance that man can conquer nature.

   But when you face this terrible era and look at the hungry and cold faces, you will understand that this is not arrogance, but a helpless choice in the great era.

  The carriage and horses arrived at Xishan, Fang Jifan carried Fang Zhengqing down, the sleeping Fang Zhengqing woke up startled, opened his tear-stained eyes, and immediately said: "Father, you swore to Eldest Father not to hit me."

  When Fang Jifan saw this hopeless look, his teeth itch: "I swear on the heads of your senior brothers!"

  Fang Zhengqing immediately wailed: "I want Daddy, I want Daddy... Daddy... woo woo woo..."

   Zhu Xiurong got out of the car, slightly angry: "The child just woke up, what are you scaring him for, he is still a child..."

  After Zhu Xiurong and Fang Zhengqing were settled, the palace came with an order.

  Fang Jifan changed into a new suit and was busy entering the palace.

  …

  Fengtian Temple, Emperor Hongzhi obviously didn't sleep well all night, there are too many things for him to worry about. There are so many things, it seems that everything is urgent, but everything needs to be considered by oneself.

   "Fang Duwei has arrived."

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly looked up, "Let him in."

  Fang Jifan entered the palace, but before he saluted, Emperor Hongzhi looked at him and saw that Fang Jifan's face was a bit uneasy: "Jifan, there is no need to salute."

   "Your Majesty is wise." Fang Jifan still saluted.

  Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself, this time, his father went to Huangjinzhou, I am afraid that he was really sad, otherwise, why he only said four words, Your Majesty Shengming, is completely out of his temper.

  Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "I really can't think of anyone else I can entrust, and then I remembered Qing's father. I naturally know that the friendship between your father and son is deep, but..."

Fang Jifan said sternly: "Your Majesty, my ministers are deeply aware of righteousness. It is my father's ambition to be devoted to their duties, and all the members of the Fang family have received the grace of rain and rain. How can I have any complaints. Your Majesty is wise and willing to forge ahead far and follow Qin Shihuang's example." , The survivors of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this country and its people are fortunate."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

  In general, Jifan is still a loyal and loyal person.

  Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: "I didn't want to call you here, but I have a difficult matter right now, but I need to discuss it with you."

  Fang Jifan said: "I don't know what happened?"

  Your Majesty still trusts me.

   This warmed Fang Jifan's heart.

   Could it be that the Forbidden City is being demolished? Hey, my little Fang is very good at this. Out of instinct, Fang Jifan was so upset that he almost patted his chest to promise, please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely try to blow it up one day, and let it become the next day. ruins. The ground was leveled in three days, and all the houses were pre-sold within one month.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Yesterday, the ministers said that the treasury was in trouble, and they hoped that I would use internal money to make up for it. Now I feel really uneasy. Give it. I'm afraid that this will set a precedent, and the future will be unbearable. But if you don't give it, Hu I have read the regulations of the ministry. In the past few years, the world has generally been at peace, but the river floods are still endless, and natural disasters are still frequent. Common people, sit idly by? My family is the country, how can I ignore it.”

   "I've been thinking about it all night, and I haven't slept all night, what does the Qing family think about this!"

  Fang Jifan: "..."

   So it’s not civil engineering, this…

  Fang Jifan felt a little disappointed in his heart.

  …

  Chapter 1, let’s count.

  (end of this chapter)