Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1234 Reward

   Wenzhiwugong.

  The Son of Heaven personally frightened and subdued the various tribes in the desert, even if Emperor Taizong of Tang was alive, he could only do so.

  Emperor Hongzhi coughed, and his sunglasses covered up the shame on his face.

  He has to admit it.

  Don't admit it, Wang Shouren is pretending to be the emperor, and there is no place to die.

  Fang Jifan is going to die even if he plots to do something wrong.

   Even the prince has something to do with it.

  But if you admit it, then it is the destiny.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Well, I don't know why I suddenly have this supernatural power. Speaking of it, it's really strange."

  Zhu Houzhao and others said one after another: "Yes, it's really strange."

   Xie Qian couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Your Majesty, this is not surprising. This is your majesty's benevolence, which has touched the heavens. God protects your majesty. The so-called "following the heavens according to the destiny" is exactly like this."

Emperor Hongzhi took off his sunglasses and just nodded: "Okay, don't mention today's matter again. In short, all the tribes in the desert have sworn an alliance with me. From now on, I will lead the tribes in the desert, but I don't know about you. What do you think?"

  Xie Qian and the others were deeply moved.

  Emperor Shengming.

His majesty is not only proud, but also quickly changed the topic, so modest, it is unprecedented. If you want to come, there will be no one in the future. .

   Xie Qian opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

  Actually, everyone has little experience in leading the grassland tribes.

  After all, most of the experience of the Central Plains people in ruling the desert was a failure. Even Tang Taizong, who became Tian Khan, his strategy of restraining the desert quickly fell apart after a hundred years.

Emperor Hongzhi was also a little troubled by this: "As before, resettling Tatar soldiers and civilians, digging minerals, and asking them to raise cattle and sheep? Sirs, today, the Ming Dynasty has reached its peak. The more this is the case, the more worried I am. Well, the higher I stand, the more I feel that I am walking on thin ice. If I am not careful, I will be doomed. It is easy to get the world immediately, but the hardest thing is to get off the horse and rule the world. The cabinet... Come up with a charter, Before drawing up the regulations, first go to the court meeting, after that, go to the ministerial meeting, and when the regulations are drawn up, send them to me."

   Such a major matter cannot be resolved overnight.

Emperor Hongzhi did not deliberately set the tone. He first conducted a large-scale court discussion to see if there was any good way to do things among the officials. After that, he narrowed the scope of the discussion and held a ministerial meeting. Call the ministries of each ministry for more specific discussions. Finally, the cabinet came out with a result, and then consulted with the emperor.

   This is the safest way.

  At this time, Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, I have a message."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan: "Huh?"

  He smiled and looked at Fang Jifan, just like looking at his own son. Of course, this is not his own.

   I have to say that Fang Jifan is a truly loyal person, and he is no longer as simple as his right-hand man.

  Fang Jifan said: "The tribes in Mobei, such as Siberia and other tribes, don't know your majesty why they went south and defected to my Daming."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "I heard that the extreme northern part of the desert is sparsely populated, and it is very difficult. I also heard from people from various tribes in Siberia that it is because there is a country called Ross. They have fought against it all year round and have been defeated repeatedly. I had to go south, come to my Daming, and seek asylum."

Fang Jifan smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to dig out the minerals in this desert, you need not only mining, manpower, but also transportation and transportation. The more people gather, the more inevitable it will be. There will be markets, there will be There are many merchants, and there are even large and small workshops in order to supply the needs here. This desert is so vast, but... His Majesty has heard that the Ross people are constantly moving westward, and they have entered a little bit. , the tribes in Mobei are about to retreat a point, but they don't know... when it will be a head."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

  He understood what Fang Jifan meant.

   Let Mongolia and various tribes and Jurchen tribes come to mine mines, or to raise cattle and sheep, but what about the future?

  Since we want to formulate policies, we must think about the long-term. If we only look at the immediate, then... this policy is meaningless.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the desert is vast, and it is because of the vastness that countless tribes have room to inhabit. Therefore, first the Huns rose, then the Wuhu, and then the Xianbei stood out, and then the Turks, and then, It’s Jurchen, it’s Khitan, it’s Mongolia. If we only conservatively implement the strategy of recuperation, within fifty years, although Ming Dynasty is in the north, there will never be foreign troubles, but once time goes by, sooner or later, we will face new enemies. Our enemies may become stronger and stronger, they will continue to corrode and devour the foundation of our Ming Dynasty in the north like tarsal maggots, so...my suggestion is...to the west..."

  Westward…

  Emperor Hongzhi, Xie Qian and others looked at Fang Jifan in confusion.

Fang Jifan said: "The Siberian tribes, to the west, are continuous mountains. After crossing the mountains, all the way to the west, there is still fertile land. We can't leave the desert tribes idle. I, Da Ming, can serve as the backing of the tribes, support them, expand westward all the way, step over the mountains, ice fields, and deserts, and let the tribes of the desert expand westward."

"The nomadic people in the desert are not good at management and production. Then, every time they occupy a piece of land, His Majesty can give them generous rewards, and their land will be migrated to the Han people for production. It can be used as the various tribes in the desert. It is extremely useful for logistics, and at the same time, it is of great benefit to our Ming Dynasty to expand the territory."

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback, looking at Fang Jifan.

But Xie Qian shook his head quickly when he heard this: "No, no, no, it must not be like this. These people in the desert are already rebellious. Once they go west, if they win, they will inevitably become more domineering; if they are completely defeated, the court will waste money and food. , The old minister thinks that this move is very inappropriate."

Yes.

   Your Fang Jifan family doesn’t want money for war?

  You have to be the backing of the desert people. These desert people have tens of millions of mouths. They don’t do anything but eat yours. That’s not counted. Do you want to provide them with enough weapons?

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, thanks to the rule of Wenjing, the country accumulated a mountain of wealth, but a single attack on the Xiongnu, after decades, directly consumed all the wealth of the rule of Wenjing, you Fang Jifan opened his mouth If you say go west, go west?

  Zhang Sheng felt that he was panicked.

  Today he was happy that the emperor was protected by heaven, but he was surprised that Fang Jifan, a bastard, came up with such a bad idea.

   "The national treasury has been unable to make ends meet all year round. Duke Qi, is it possible that Duke Qi paid the money for this westward advance?"

   What Fang Jifan hates the most is that someone asks him to pay money, and he is very poor.

  Emperor Hongzhi became vigilant when he heard the word Yinzi.

  Damn it...

Because every time the number is the same, the imperial court has no money, your majesty, this matter can't be done, and then everyone looks at me helplessly, this civil and military official seems to have already figured out how much money he has in his own money. Now, one by one, just like beggars, just waiting for their own money.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Yes, Jifan, this is a bit taken for granted."

  As soon as he heard about the money, the entire dormitory fell into an embarrassing situation.

   It's a good thing, let's talk about it, and someone will pay for it.

  Fang Jifan despised them.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Let's discuss this matter from a long-term point of view. Of course, following the words of the vassal is also an old-fashioned way to seek the country, um... I am a little tired, gentlemen, let's go down and rest."

   Xie Qian and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but they were really afraid that His Majesty would listen to Fang Jifan's instigation.

  To tell the truth, even if it is money from the inside, they are reluctant.

   In the minds of the officials, the family is the country, and the money of the emperor's family is not the money of the country? Everyone has never regarded the emperor as an outsider, and there will be many places to spend money in the future. Fang Jifan can't let Fang Jifan spend all the money in the house.

   Otherwise, how can we change our ways and ask His Majesty for money in the future?

  Xie Qian and others resigned.

  Zhu Houzhao, Fang Jifan, Wang Shouren, and Liu Jin were still retained.

Soon, Xiao Jing fetched the "Notes to Summon the Jurchen Ministries of Mongolia" drafted by the ceremonial officer. These things have rules and regulations. On important occasions of the country, what the emperor said and did must be followed. There are special officials to record, and the contents of these records often need to be sent to the Hanlin Museum of Literature and History, and finally added to the emperor's memoirs to become first-hand historical materials.

  Emperors of all dynasties value history, because what history represents is the experience of the ancestors, which is why countless people want to sharpen their heads and leave their names in history.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at this record, and his blood boiled. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Wang Shouren: "Wang Qing's family is really a minister of great service."

  Wang Shouren is not good at words.

  This point...Fang Jifan is also very helpless.

  If a person thinks too much, it is inevitable that his EQ will be lower.

Otherwise, why would Wang Shouren in history have such a talent, but instead of being appreciated by the emperor, he was suppressed everywhere? With his extraordinary talents in civil and military affairs, it is not a matter of hand-picking his way into the cabinet .

Fang Jifan didn't wait for Wang Shouren to answer, he quickly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this disciple of my son has no merit. Your Majesty is too generous. In my opinion, rewarding him with a duke or giving him a minister is enough. No matter how much, He can't afford it either, after all, he's still young."

  Wang Shouren: "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at Fang Jifan: "You have a good plan. I want to reward you for this credit, but I come to ask you, in what name will you reward?"

  Fang Jifan was taken aback.

  Yes, in the eyes of the people in the world, Wang Shouren has not done any great service at all, so, what qualifications can he be rewarded with?

  ...

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  (end of this chapter)