Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1244 If you want to fight, I will fight

  Zhu Houzhao started talking nonsense, he really wanted to ask how much money his father had thrown into it.

  But...he dared not ask.

  Just by looking at his father's face, he knew... the result.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan again: "At the beginning, Wang Shouren said that he wanted to test the reality of the Ross people, why didn't you persuade me?"

  Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi and was silent for a moment: "I persuade you."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

Seeing this, Liu Jian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although the Ross people are a confidant's trouble, there is no need to care about the gains and losses of this city. As for the happiness group, the old minister thinks... this is just for young people. Although the old minister I don't understand...but..."

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I will lose tens of millions of money in my internal funds..."

   was silent.

  Although Liu Jian doesn't know much about this new stock, he always thinks it's too frivolous, and although he always hears people talking about the ups and downs, but...

   Now...he's freaking out.

  I thought it was just a defeat, which made His Majesty lose his composure.

  Dare to feel... Tens of millions of taels of silver are gone.

  The annual revenue of the national treasury has been rising steadily since the start of the New Deal, but this huge amount is enough to be equivalent to the revenue of the national treasury for several years.

  Liu Jian's eyes were red, and he was babbling, but he couldn't speak, his heart... hurts so much.

  In the hearts of the officials, the imperial court also has a share. Your Majesty has ample internal funds, and the officials spend money, and your Majesty pays the bill. This is a very happy thing.

Now…

Zhu Houzhao was also frightened: "Father, you will not be. Your wealth and life are all on the happiness group. This is a new stock, but it has a lot of concepts. Isn't this courting death? The old Fang keeps saying that we rely on happiness Group, use some money to fool us... to raise military expenses, this is to fool others, why are you yourself, Father, you are hooked."

  Fang Jifan was also taken aback. He didn't dare to say that he had sold all the shares of Xingfu Group long ago, so he began to pretend to be stupid.

   "Jifan, tell me, what should we do now?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan.

  Zhu Houzhao also looked at him.

  Liu Jian was even more anxious with blue veins on his forehead: "Qi Guogong, this... this is not a joke, you... do you have an idea?"

  Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, blinked at Fang Jifan, showing a painful expression. He really wanted to tell everyone that he was also a victim, because he also bought that stock.

  Fang Jifan was enjoying the attention of everyone, but he couldn't be happy at all.

  Fang Jifan said with a sad face: "Now there are two ways. The first is to rescue the market."

   "Save the market?" Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have grasped at straws.

Fang Jifan said: "Take out the money and support the market desperately. We will buy as many stocks as there are sell-offs in the market. Prepare tens of millions of taels of silver, and fight to the end with these selling merchants. All the stocks on the market , eat them all!"

   "Eat it, what next?" Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled.

  Fang Jifan said: "It depends on whether there will be people who are taken advantage of, thinking that this is the recovery of the stock price, and then they will take over the offer."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  He was silent for a long time: "What if there is no one?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Then the game is over, not only His Majesty's internal money is gone, but the tens of millions of taels that were taken out have been put in again!"

  Emperor Hongzhi was furious: "What kind of bad idea is this?"

  Fang Jifan said in his heart, Your Majesty doesn't understand now, this one-handed golden cicada escapes its shell, which is the real wave of technology. Create an illusion, entrust them to a high position, and then flee with funds, uproot these leeks, kill them all, and leave no one behind.

  Of course, Fang Jifan is kind.

  He is not that kind of person who doesn't care about life and death.

  Fang Jifan blinked, then looked at Emperor Hongzhi again: "Your Majesty, then we can only go the second way, and we have to give the market good news."

   "Good?"

  Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up: "Build the railway?"

  Fang Jifan said: "If you really want to start repairing, I'm afraid it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. I'm afraid that if you talk about repairing now, others won't believe it."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded, suddenly, he understood: "To untie the bell, one must tie the bell. The essence of the Happiness Group is the Western Expedition. Now the start is not going well, which has caused people to panic. If there is a big victory, then..."

  Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi and nodded.

   "Then... give me a big victory immediately!"

  Fang Jifan: "..."

   "Why, these Ross people are so difficult to deal with."

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, the Ross people are now in full swing. At the peak of their prosperity, their military strength is no small matter. They straddle the east and west, and have absorbed the experience of the East and the West. They should not be underestimated. Moreover, Your Majesty is in a hurry to win a big victory. In a short time, I'm afraid..."

Emperor Hongzhi sternly said: "I will personally oversee this matter. The crown prince and Jifan are my deputy commanders. They are in Beijing and command by remote control. I ordered Wang Shouren to be the general. I will give him whatever he needs. Three months. No, I will give him a month to wipe out Ross's enemies."

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "This matter is of great importance, and we cannot fall any further."

  Fang Jifan frowned, and began to calculate in his heart, one month... In fact, it may not be impossible for the lone army of the Ross people to gather an army horse just east of the Ural Mountains.

   After all, among the deserts and ice fields, the Mongols and Jurchen tribes rely on war horses.

  But... Obviously, these Ross people are elite, not only that, they also know the tactics of the Mongols very well, and they have already had a set of combat methods to deal with the Mongols.

   Fighting so hastily will only die faster.

unless…

   A game changer.

But upon hearing this, Ma Wensheng was frightened: "Your Majesty, it is unwise to fight again hastily. Da Mo's report on this battle was sent to the Ministry of War last night. You have to mobilize elite soldiers and generals to fight against them. I heard that the Ross people were the slaves of the Mongols in the past, and they are well versed in the tactics and methods of fighting of the Mongols... The old minister thought..."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan, and said seriously: "Wang Shouren is your disciple of Fang Jifan. If he can't win, he doesn't have to come to see me. Let him go. But if he wins, I will grant him a rich salary. ...Give him the Duke of the State! You, Fang Jifan, will also have a great reward."

   This time, I was really in a hurry.

  The wealth accumulated over the years has all been turned into speechless, whoever it is, can't stand it.

  Of course he knows that this is very difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky, but so what, now, he can only break the can.

  Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty...this..."

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a livid face: "Why are you still hesitating, usually, aren't you very clever?"

   "I didn't hesitate, I was thinking, this... can someone write it down for a file?" Fang Jifan blushed and tried hard to say it.

  Emperor Hongzhi let out a sigh of relief, and glanced at the Hanlin waiting for edict below.

  Na Hanlin coughed: "Forget it."

  Fang Jifan breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, I have no other intentions."

   "Remember one more thing, if it can't be done, Fang Jifan will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor!" Emperor Hongzhi said with a straight face.

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  Liu Jian did not say a word from the beginning to the end. His Majesty was too hasty. As Ma Wensheng said, this matter was too hasty. It was simply... looking for death.

   But what can I do, tens of millions of taels of silver.

  So, he chose to remain silent.

  Ma Wensheng also sighed, speechless.

  …

  A battle has begun.

   At this time, Fang Jifan had no way out.

  The entire Zhen Guo Mansion is already busy.

  Although His Majesty considers himself the commander-in-chief, he can be bluntly said that he is a rookie in such matters, and it is only in name that he seems to attach importance to this campaign.

  Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao must win a tactic against the Ross people within a day.

  Wang Shouren was in the desert and had already sent a detailed battle report to the Ministry of War.

   Zhu Houzhao has read this battle report for the ninth time.

   They were flanked by cavalry, and infantry formed a phalanx.

  Their musketeers are powerful, and the musketeers are the main damage. They use a very simple phalanx to deal with the cavalry, and the effect is excellent.

   Most of them are mercenaries, but they are well-trained and have amazing combat power.

  The mere cavalry charge doesn't have much effect on them, they coordinate with cavalry...

  Zhu Houzhao has roughly seen their tactics.

In fact, this method of warfare is very simple, without too much fancy, but Zhu Houzhao is a man of knowledge, but he still took a breath: "This is the real serious problem, this square formation is very simple, but this simple But there is a great mystery behind it. If you want to form a phalanx and fight, you must require every soldier to be able to give orders. This alone is amazing. Old Fang, this is not easy to do. A A soldier is a completely different concept from ten soldiers, and one hundred and one thousand soldiers. When you want to fight, the formation is still intact, which means that every soldier must have the courage and combat experience...My Ming Dynasty ...Although I have trained quite a few elite soldiers, I may not dare to say that I can win a complete victory against such an enemy..."

  Zhu Houzhao said, frowning.

Fang Jifan was silent for a long time: "A lot of short guns have been produced... Unfortunately, the flying ball battalion cannot be used. Deep in the desert, the wind and snow are too strong, and the flying **** are difficult to control. Now, and fighting in a hurry, we can only mobilize them from Mobei. People and horses, set off immediately, so what to do now is to use any manpower and material resources to transport the materials to Mobei. There is no time... and the group of students from Xishan Academy, although they have only practiced and studied halfway, But now... we must let them go."

  Zhu Houzhao said: "With a short gun, can it be done?"

  Fang Jifan said: "All combat experience comes from actual combat. If you don't try it, how will you know?"

  Zhu Houzhao nodded thoughtfully: "But... what if it fails?"

Fang Jifan was very free and easy: "If I fail, I will be guilty of deceiving the emperor, and Wang Shouren is also finished. This body, hair and skin, cannot be damaged by his parents. If you cut your hair, it will be the same as death. Otherwise, I will cut it off." How about cutting off my own hair and using this hair to die and apologize to His Majesty?" Fang Jifan looked sad: "If my hair is cut off, it will be the same as being dead. For the rest of my life, I will have to be like a walking dead , living in pain, from now on, it’s no different from the living dead.”

  (end of this chapter)