Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1216 Talent

  Fang Jifan heard that there was a lot of trouble in the palace, so he was so scared that he hurried into the palace.

  However, since it was a matter between father and son, when Fang Jifan arrived at the Meridian Gate, he deliberately slowed down a bit.

   Give the father and son enough time to communicate and communicate. Why don’t you join in the fun? If you go in a hurry, it may cause obstacles to their communication.

   When he arrived at Fengtian Temple, sure enough, the sparks of friction between father and son had gradually cooled down.

  Zhu Houzhao was bruised all over his body, his eyes were wide open, and he looked unconvinced.

  Emperor Hongzhi was still furious and stared at Zhu Houzhao fiercely.

  Fang Jifan breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that although His Majesty is still angry, his anger has gradually subsided a little.

  Fang Jifan stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen His Majesty. Ah, His Royal Highness, what's the matter?"

  Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "Hmph, ask him!"

  Fang Jifan laughed, but he didn't dare to ask.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat down, and the beating was easy, like a storm, and the beating was enjoyable, but this guy, his wings were hardened, and after the beating, he dared to contradict him.

   It's so **** off.

  Seeing Fang Jifan at this moment, Emperor Hongzhi didn't show a good face, he said angrily: "Jifan, do you know what crime is to slander Emperor Taizu Gao?"

  Fang Jifan said without hesitation: "Returning to Your Majesty, slandering Emperor Taizu Gao is a crime of disrespect, heinous and unforgivable. It is a conspiracy and a crime that affects the three clans."

  Emperor Hongzhi felt a little more comfortable in an instant, but his face was still solemn, and he snorted coldly from the corner of his mouth: "Then, what if the prince is disrespectful?"

  Fang Jifan said in embarrassment: "The prince is the heir apparent of the country, he is still young, he is still a child..."

   When he said this, Fang Jifan blushed subconsciously: "I think, of course, His Majesty is forgiving His Highness the Crown Prince."

  Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and asked coldly: "So, what if you, Fang Jifan, also slandered Emperor Taizu Gao?"

   "Huh?" Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said, "Little Zhu, you sold me out."

Zhu Houzhao chirped and groaned, still unconvinced, seeing Fang Jifan looking at him, at this moment he gave Fang Jifan a blank look, and said loudly: "Look at what I do, I will betray my brother, I just said , Father, why did you beat me, Fang Jifan and the others have said it all! Is this a betrayal?"

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  Fang Jifan carefully looked at Emperor Hongzhi's face.

  But I saw that Emperor Hongzhi was really furious.

   It is unacceptable in heaven to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors.

  Even if the new learning is gradually emerging, even the emperor agrees with these propositions.

   But it doesn't mean that you guys can be so presumptuous.

  You have passed the mouth addiction, but you didn't expect the seriousness behind it, he was speechless at once, what a bunch of scammers!

   Fortunately, Fang Jifan came back to his senses immediately, and said to Emperor Hongzhi, "Your Majesty, my son did not slander Emperor Taizu Gao."

  Emperor Hongzhi said angrily: "No, could it be that the crown prince is lying?"

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "My minister is really bold. He commented on Emperor Taizu Gao, saying that he was Emperor Gao, who killed many powerful people."

  Emperor Hongzhi asked the case, frowning.

  Emperor Taizu Gao was involved in a lot of business, this is also true, but the problem is that Emperor Hongzhi, as the descendant of Emperor Taizu Gao, was naturally reluctant to mention this matter, which is called shame. However, Emperor Hongzhi also knew that these deeds were considered extremely bad by many civil servants and scholars. Although everyone dared not show it publicly, there were many complaints in their hearts.

   Now you, Fang Jifan, don’t open any pots and carry which pots. What does this mean?

  Fang Jifan couldn't help explaining.

"What I said to His Royal Highness was that when Emperor Taizu Gao was here, the world had already experienced decades of wars, and the Yuan people were tyrannical, so that people's livelihoods withered and the people were in hardship. Because of this, Emperor Taizu Gao ordered the world , In order to recuperate, put an end to extravagance, draw lessons from Meng Yuan's past, restrain merchants, and eliminate waste, there is nothing wrong with this measure."

  He paused, and immediately continued with a serious look.

"During the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols were quite laissez-faire with merchants, especially when they returned to merchants. When they encountered a disaster year, they united with the gentry, hoarded goods, and merged land. Servants, tens of thousands, and countless treasures are rotting in their warehouses, while ordinary people have to bear heavy corvees. In case of natural disasters, there is no harvest, and they are finally reduced to slaves. This is why, The reason why Mo Daoshi has one eye and jumps the Yellow River is the reason why the world is turned against him.

  Because of this, Emperor Taizu Gao hated hoarding goods and speculating. Therefore, he used too much force in drawing lessons from the demise of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. "

Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi from the corner of his eye. Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was listening carefully, he said slowly again: "However, at this time and at that time, the world needed to resume production, and the people needed to settle down to reclaim wasteland. Therefore, advocating There is nothing wrong with being diligent and thrifty. But now, today is different. Nine out of ten of the wealth in the world is in the hands of merchants. Now merchants have doubts. If they refuse to take out the money, your majesty, now there is Dozens of millions of people rely on a large number of projects and workshops to maintain their livelihoods. If merchants do not spend money to expand production, do not invest, and are afraid of spending money, but also learn to be thrifty, then... the world People, do you have anything else to do? The needs of the people are extremely simple, just to have something to eat..."

"In The Wealth of Nations, Liu Wenshan, Erchen's student, once mentioned something called 'domestic demand', that is to say, production comes from demand, and only when there is demand can there be production. In the process of production, it is necessary to recruit Manpower needs to distribute money and food to craftsmen and apprentices, and the goods produced are purchased by people in need, but the money circulates into the hands of another merchant, and at the same time, it also flows into the hands of many craftsmen and apprentices. Therefore... The current situation is to keep the money flowing, and the faster it flows, the common people can also get a share of it, so that they will not be left without food and clothing."

"Emperor Taizu Gao's previous events really made merchants doubtful. They were afraid of revealing their wealth, and worried that one day, their wealth would bring disaster to themselves. Therefore, although they took risks at the beginning A large amount of profits, but once the wealth reaches a certain stage, they become cautious, and they start to imitate the gentry, wanting to hide the huge wealth, if this continues, it will be bad."

"Therefore, to solve the biggest problem at the moment is to go against the practices of Emperor Taizu Gao, to make merchants feel at ease, to expose their wealth boldly, and to arouse a trend. This is the only way. to avoid dire problems.”

  Emperor Hongzhi knew this very well.

   He has read The Wealth of Nations several times.

   Liu Wenshan, he also asked many times.

  In the theory of the Wealth of Nations, the most terrifying enemy is the immobility of money flow. Once the flow of money is immobile, a large number of workshops will lose demand and will close down one after another. Countless craftsmen will lose their livelihoods as a result.

  Emperor Hongzhi said just now: "So that's how it is. This time and that time, yes, what the Qing family said is very good. In this way, right now, my Ming Dynasty is imminent. Do you want those merchants to take out their money?"

  Fang Jifan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, that's right. Otherwise, stagflation is very likely to occur. At that time, I'm afraid it will be forever."

  Emperor Hongzhi became cautious. He asked the case, feeling a little helpless in his heart, staring at Fang Jifan seriously with his eyes.

  Fang Jifan understood Emperor Hongzhi's heart very well.

  It is easy for an emperor to kill a head, but it is even more difficult to get people to pay money.

   Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, there are really few examples who can teach people to pay money obediently and succeed.

  Historically, Emperor Chongzhen once borrowed money from his ministers.

  Although when King Chuang entered Beijing, countless wealth was confiscated from the homes of these ministers who said they had no money.

  Based on this point, it is roughly clear that even though Emperor Hongzhi is the Son of Heaven, what he can do is limited.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan for a while, and said: "Jifan is planning for a rainy day, it really is a plan for the country."

  Zhu Houzhao was very angry: "My son said the same thing."

   "Shut up!" Emperor Hongzhi looked at him angrily.

  Zhu Houzhao was still not convinced, he continued to chirp and hum, and said in a rambling manner: "I said so... Emperor Taizu Gao scared people... Am I wrong?"

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "Then, Ji Fan, what do you think of this matter?"

  He is too aware of the horror of this matter.

Once the scene described by Fang Jifan happens, tens of millions of households in the capital area alone will lose their livelihoods and become refugees again, and once someone provokes them, then... this country will be completely in their own hands Here, **** up.

   Of course, that's just the worst case scenario.

  Fang Jifan said: "So, my minister invited someone to come to the capital, just to reverse this trend."

   "Talent?" Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback, looking at Fang Jifan.

   "This person is Deng Jian!"

  Deng Jian...

  Emperor Hongzhi thought about it for a long time, but he still had no impression of this strange name.

  In other words... this person is not like a well-known person, he should have never been an official, and he is not a great Confucian.

  Fang Jifan said: "He has always been a servant of the son's mansion."

   slave...servant...

  Emperor Hongzhi gasped.

   For such a big matter, you, Fang Jifan, have recruited a servant from your family to handle the matter?

  Fang Jifan said: "Three generations of his ancestors have been slaves in the son's house, and he has special talents. The son is thinking that this matter is of great importance. It may work to entrust him with such a big task!"

  (end of this chapter)