Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1033 Sealing the official and making a wish

  Hearing the word wait a minute, Zhou Zheng subconsciously thumped in his heart this week.

  He looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise.

  Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "This...this glass bottle...what is it called?"

  Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan...

  Fang Jifan's face was already blue.

  But I heard Emperor Hongzhi say: "A crystal clear crystal bottle."

  Zhu Houzhao just remembered: "Yes, the crystal clear crystal bottle contains... and..."

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao became even more nervous, well, I can’t even remember…

  It was Emperor Hongzhi who said: "There is still high-quality divine water in the bottle. The most powerful thing is this box, which is made of divine wood that can hear the sound of reading aloud. They spent 80,000 taels of silver for this!"

   Zhou Zheng's mouth suddenly opened as big as an egg: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said: "Of course, this is your own business and has nothing to do with me."

  Zhou Zheng looked at Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan.

  He said timidly: "Your Highness, I watched you grow up."

  Zhu Houzhao bared his teeth and said: "That's why I saved your life, but this kidney, do you want it, or not, I will let the dog eat it."

  Zhou Zheng was startled, and hurriedly said, "Can I leave out the box and the bottle?"

   "Sure." Fang Jifan said with a smile, "Then I'll just pour it out."

   "You guys are stealing... money!"

   Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan looked at each other.

But Zhu Houzhao said cheerfully: "You are wrong. If I want to rob you, the operation fee has not been calculated with you. The life of Yinzhou Marquis is so worthless? How come there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver? , don’t think you can complain to your great-grandmother, it’s useless, don’t forget, we saved your life!”

"This this…"

   Eighty thousand taels, three houses...

  Zhou Zheng secretly glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, who looked elsewhere with an indifferent look.

  He doesn't want this waist anymore.

  You can see the attitude of His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince...Yinzhou Hou understood something in his heart.

  He felt terrible pain in his heart, but he could only bite the bullet and say: "I bought it! I bought this box and the divine water! Thank you Your Highness for the great gift, I am very grateful."

   The waist is a small matter, but the attitude of His Majesty and His Royal Highness is the most important thing.

   It is right to spend money to eliminate disasters.

  However, he immediately became frowning: "But I don't have so much silver, the minister's family only has three or four thousand taels..."

   At this moment, you should cry poor.

Hearing this, Fang Jifan beamed with joy, and quickly said: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, we have always been a one-stop service. The so-called helping people to the end, sending Buddha to the West, from now on, Xishan Bank can provide low-interest rates according to Lord Hou. Shenmu loan service, the interest rate is low, no more than five points a year, you only need to offset the mansion and farm of the Marquis, and 80,000 taels of silver can be donated tomorrow."

   Zhou Zheng: "..."

  He is very convinced of this...

  Finally, Zhou Zheng left with a sad face.

  Holding his box and an IOU, he hugged the box very tightly for fear of slipping out. This is a waist of 80,000 taels of silver, extremely noble.

  …

   As soon as this week was leaving, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan hurriedly lowered their heads, feeling uneasy.

Emperor Hongzhi tapped his finger on the copybook rhythmically, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I remember you just said that the box and Shenshui are only 40,000 taels of silver. Then the other 40,000 taels will be saved for me in Xishan." Qianzhuang, remember, it is fixed for three years, and it is also an annual interest of 2.5% exclusively enjoyed by the royal family. Tomorrow, you will send the fixed deposit form to the internal funds."

  Zhu Houzhao looked at Emperor Hongzhi in surprise.

  Fang Jifan: "..."

Emperor Hongzhi: "This is taught in The Wealth of Nations. The value of goods depends on demand. Don't look at me. If you don't have me, you won't even give 30,000 taels of silver. You can see that this is too much." The profit is because of me, I have never bullied you, I have never bullied you."

  Fang Jifan was speechless, and suddenly had evil thoughts, which **** wrote the theory of the wealth of the country, now it’s done, let your majesty learn it, go back and kill this damned author!

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have made a joke, but he became solemn again: "I heard that Zhou Qing's family is also a wealthy family. He is a foreign relative, but he has money, but he doesn't do serious things. After thinking about it, I feel that money It's useless in his hands, it's better to put it in the money, I will help him spend it, my money will always benefit the people of the world, it can be regarded as... benefiting the country and the people."

   "Your Majesty's lofty sentiments cannot be matched by this minister." Fang Jifan wished to say that in front of His Majesty, this minister's ability to pretend is just a schoolboy. Extortion and extortion can be close to benefiting the country and the people, so if Fang Jifan sold the house, wouldn't he become a first-class saint in the world?

Emperor Hongzhi put on a serious face and said: "Speak seriously! The more I look at this search periodical, the more frightened I become. Xishan Academy has gathered a large number of strange talents. These people may not read the Four Books and Five Classics, and do not learn from the saints. Classics, but their papers, and what they did, all of them coincided with the word benevolent government. I was thinking, if Confucius and Mencius were alive, would they recognize scholars who only knew the Four Books and Five Classics, or people like Su Yue? So, who are those who really study the knowledge of saving the world and saving the people?"

  Fang Jifan said: "I am not a sage of Confucius, but... I am thinking that if the sage of Confucius is really a saint, he will definitely agree with a person like me. If he does not agree, then he is a false saint. The so-called benevolent government has become a fraud."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

He frowned and said: "The word science is really scary. After thinking about it carefully, all the gratifying changes in the Ming Dynasty in these years were all started because of this science. It has been twenty-three years since my ancestor Datong Well, thinking about it afterwards, everything from increasing agricultural production, to saving people with medical skills, to trains, to new towns, is all closely related to science.

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan.

  Zhu Houzhao's brain is still a bit unable to turn around.

  Fang Jifan blinked, still pondering in his heart, whether private property should be added as sacred and inviolable in The Wealth of Nations, His Majesty's idea is very dangerous, he always wants to move the money of his relatives to his home.

Hearing what His Majesty was thinking now, he felt a little bit in his heart. He waited for a while, and when His Majesty said something, he immediately beat his chest and groaned, crying about how hard it was to sell the house, and what he earned was hard-earned money. , This is the blood and sweat of the working people, Your Majesty must not make any decisions.

  But I heard Emperor Hongzhi say: "From today, I will build the Academy of Sciences, and I will order you to be a bachelor of the Academy of Sciences!"

   "Ah..." Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, then became excited, and straightened his back immediately.

   "Jifan, you are the deputy!" Emperor Hongzhi said again.

  Fang Jifan heaved a long sigh of relief.

   Academy of Sciences?

what is this?

Emperor Hongzhi said with a sullen face: "You two build a science academy to attract talents from all over the world, and use it for me. I want to change the law of my ancestors and prosper science, so that this science can be used by my Ming Dynasty. This is a sharp weapon. The two Qing family , must not be ignored!"

  Bachelor of the Academy of Sciences.

  Then Fang Jifan has become an associate degree?

  Associate degree doesn't sound good...

  Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, and said with a smile on his face: "Father is really a lesson, please make an order immediately!"

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "No, there is no decree!"

   Now, Zhu Houzhao was a little confused.

Emperor Hongzhi put his hands behind his back and said: "I think that if there is an Academy of Sciences, the Imperial Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and scholars all over the world will definitely criticize it. Instead of causing disharmony among the palace and court officials, this is not the common people. Blessing. I thought about it, so I let the two of you come forward. Naturally, I will not have a will, but..."

  He took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao, and continued: "But Houzhao, you are the prince!"

  Zhu Houzhao was enlightened.

  He actually understood.

  There will be no imperial decrees in the palace, but what is the crown prince best at?

   Forged imperial edicts.

In this way, a situation of kicking the ball has been formed. Hundreds of officials question the palace, and the palace can spread their hands. There is no decree. If you don’t believe me, ask the imperial court and the Imperial Academy. All decrees are on file. . But where did the decree come from? It came from the prince. The prince has the authority of the prince. You go to the prince.

  But today’s crown prince is a product that is not accepted by heaven and earth. Officials can persecute the emperor. Are you in charge of the East Palace and Fang Jifan of Xishan?

  It's just... Listen, it's a bit of a joke.

  Fang Jifan coughed: "This...Your Majesty, I don't know how many ranks this Academy of Sciences ranks in?"

  Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "It is equivalent to the Imperial Academy."

At this moment, there is a rush, Fang Jifan's eyes light up, the Imperial Academy is one of the most central institutions of the imperial court, equal to the Imperial Academy, if given time, it can even directly affect the emperor's decision-making, this is definitely a national benefit good deeds of the people.

  Fang Jifan said excitedly: "So, how much money and food will your Majesty allocate to the Academy of Sciences?"

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "The controversy is huge now. I am afraid that neither I nor the treasury can allocate money and food."

  Fang Jifan's smile gradually disappeared.

  He understood.

   This is an empty glove white wolf.

Your Majesty wants to set up an Academy of Sciences, but it cannot cause controversy in the Manchu Dynasty. Therefore, the Prince and Fang Jifan will toss about this Academy of Sciences in a nonsense manner. , this is just the prince and Fang Jifan messing around, they are still children... although these two children... are a bit older, but in any case, don't worry about it.

  Zhu Houzhao said with a blushing face, "Father, the sons and ministers have the final say, anyway, the sons and ministers will suffer."

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him: "When did I not clean up the trouble you caused, do you want to settle accounts with me today? Well, I will do the math. How much money have you spent on me since you were born? Are you three?" From the age of..."

  ...

  During this period of time, I ran around with relatives, coded on the high-speed rail, coded on the ridge, coded on the car, and coded anywhere that could be coded. I was dizzy and miserable.

  The tigers back then were called little tigers. At that time, during the holidays, you didn’t have to worry about these trivial matters. Anyway, your parents would come forward, and you could just write your own words. But now, the little tiger has become a big tiger, he has become the head of the family, and he can't run around if he wants to.

Fortunately, I finally finished my work. I have a rest today. I can sit in the room and code for everyone. I am very happy when I think about it. I will start the violent change tomorrow. Let’s pay the bill first. Let’s have a quiz without a prize. Tomorrow the tiger is four More, fifth, sixth or seventh, um, no prize for guessing right.

  (end of this chapter)