Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1268 A Gentleman Says No Evil

  Fang Xiaofan stared at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan looked at the empty plate on the table: "..."

  He thought for a while and said, "Why are you hungry?"

   "What?" Fang Xiaofan was puzzled.

  Fang Jifan said seriously: "Brother obviously watched you, you were serious about the questions just now, and while doing the questions, you ate the cakes on the table."

  Fang Xiaofan sternly said: "You lied, I didn't eat it!"

Fang Jifan patted her head dotingly: "You ate it, I saw it with my own eyes. Well, we don't care about this, this is just a side issue, the big exam is coming, you must not put your thoughts on this useless Eating and drinking, isn’t it just food? Brother, I’ll let someone explain it to you, you continue to do the questions, wait a while, and you’ll have something to eat.”

  Fang Jifan dropped a word, swished, and slipped away.

  Fang Xiaofan touched his stomach.

   It's hard.

but…

  She was quickly attracted by the test questions on the table.

   In two hours, I did more than a dozen questions, but it was a bit slow. The problem mainly came from various checking calculations.

   She took a deep breath, no time, continue.

  Take out the draft on the side, continue to compare the questions, and keep checking the calculations.

  If she encountered an interesting question, she couldn't help giggling, just like Liu Jin eating watermelon.

  ...

  Emperor Hongzhi looked down at the latest report.

  Emperor Hongzhi was particularly concerned about everything related to the Xingfu Group's stock price..., not the national affairs such as Xingfu Group's Western Expedition.

  He held Wang Shouren's report, although he didn't know much about many of the military arrangements in it, but this did not prevent Emperor Hongzhi from trying his best to pick out a problem, as if this was the only way to make himself feel at ease.

  Emperor Hongzhi put down the report, and smiled at Liu Jian and the others: "Zhuqing family, I heard that the cabinet is going to organize a mathematics competition, and they actually want to use the Gongyuan as an examination room?"

   Liu Jian looked ashamed: "Among the new learning, there is also a lot of knowledge, which is worthwhile. Veteran ministers and others are not all pedantic people. If it is beneficial to the country, why not promote it?"

  The steam locomotive came out.

  The steamship came out.

  The steam loom is also out.

  So many gadgets are shocking, but why not change everyone's thinking.

  Now even the most stubborn scholars, at least in the capital, dare not say that new learning is useless.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head and nodded: "I don't know the wonderful use of mathematics. These days I'm thinking, it turns out that... this world is full of mathematics and checking calculations. Although this sacred learning is a body, all the learning in the world is like this." Mathematics can help the country and the world, your ideas are excellent, when the time comes, after the results are out, you will send the top list to me, when I am employing people, I am eager to seek talents."

  Liu Jian and others hurriedly said: "Yes."

   "But..." Xie Qian said from the side: "During the exam, there is a problem."

   "Trouble?" Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback, and looked at Xie Qian: "What troubles can there be, so that Xie Qing's family still needs to report to me."

   "The chief examiner this time is an old minister. Someone from below came to report that there was one who came to take the exam, in the name of Xishan School of Mathematical Sciences. This person...is...Fang Xiaofan..."

  Emperor Hongzhi was amused, why did he have the same name as Xiaofan?

   Xie Qian said: "This person... is still a woman."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face changed slightly.

Xie Qian coughed and said in embarrassment: "After investigation, she is Fang Jifan's sister. Your Majesty, I have never heard of it. Women come to take the exam. There is no imperial examination, and there have never been other exams. This... this... this is a bit bad Rules, but... in the regulations of the previous exam, there is no statement that women are not allowed to take the exam, not to mention, it involves the Duke of Qi... so..."

   This is indeed the negligence of the cabinet. When formulating the examination standards at that time, people deliberately ignored the fact that women would take the test. Since there is no rule that women cannot take the test, then...

Emperor Hongzhi's face was ashen, and he scolded: "Jifan is messing around, this is his own sister, how can he have the heart to cheat his sister like this, let his sister show up in public like this, why, is he still complacent? A woman , what kind of test, what kind of words does this sound like?"

   "Old minister, that's what he said." Xie Qian bowed: "It's just... that Fang Jifan said that this is the arrangement of Empress Zhang."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  In the hall, there was a sudden silence.

   It was silent.

  Long time.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "This...this...Empress Zhang...the main reason is that Fang Jifan is outrageous."

   "Yes, yes, Duke Qi...too..." Liu Jian nodded again and again, but when he said the word too, he suddenly remembered his son who was far away in Jinzhou, and then...he fell silent.

Li Dongyang coughed. He is a bachelor and household secretary, so he had to avoid suspicion this time, but...he said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I heard that a women's association has been established outside the palace. He recruited people everywhere, and said... he wanted to ask for justice for the women of the world, and said, who said that women are inferior to men. And... also said... that he would advocate the abolition of concubinage. It is said that the president of this women's association , is Empress Empress..."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face turned green.

  Looking at the three old ministers, he looked at himself with embarrassment.

  Emperor Hongzhi was even more embarrassed, and his old face blushed.

   There are rumors outside that Emperor Hongzhi fears the inside.

   This fear of guilt is extremely shameful for a big man in this era.

   What's more, he is still the Son of Heaven.

  Okay, this is all right, so it turned out that this was just gossip, and now I have put my fears to rest, and deposed concubines, isn’t I a ready-made example?

   "Ridiculous!" Emperor Hongzhi said tremblingly, "Who came up with such a bad idea?"

"I want to..." Li Dongyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't dare to look at Emperor Hongzhi, but he didn't look at it, and he seemed to feel that he had a ghost in his heart. But after seeing Emperor Hongzhi's shameless appearance, his eyes met him, which made it even more obvious. I have a ghost in my heart, am I laughing at His Majesty: "I think, nine out of ten, it is Fang Jifan's instigation."

   Not who is this dog thing?

   This dog is really not human.

He is a son-in-law himself, so don't even think about taking concubines in this life. The status of Her Royal Highness is higher than his status. Well, if he can't eat, he will smash everyone's pot. The dog is ruined. Goodness.

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a livid face: "They were just messing around, and after a few days, they stopped."

  The three cabinet bachelors felt that things were not that simple.

   But now, it seems that there is nothing to say, and everyone looks taciturn.

  Queen Zhang...is really not easy to provoke.

   What's more, there is another Fang Jifan who stirs up the flames everywhere.

  However, what they are worried about is that these radical remarks have caused a lot of backlash. Although some people only regard the Women's Federation as a joke, there are also stubborn ones who have already begun to stamp their feet and scold them.

   This continues...God knows what it will be like.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat down, his face was still red, and he said: "Well, please step back, I'm tired."

  All the bachelors in the cabinet stepped down.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked up and looked at the little **** angrily: "When will Xiao Banban come back, and where did he die? It's been more than a month, if he doesn't come back, let his house stay in the desert."

   "Yes." The little **** was trembling and hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground.

  ...

   With Zhang's money, the Women's Federation went smoothly.

  Many palace ladies and female officials have become the first batch of members, especially those female medical officers, who are the most energetic.

  Actually, the original program was not considered drastic. Opposition to taking concubines has not yet been raised. It’s just that the outside world has a mocking attitude towards the Women’s Federation, thinking that a group of women, what can they do? Therefore, it is adding oil and vinegar, arranging many things, and treating them as jokes.

  This is actually understandable.

  In this era, discrimination against women is deeply rooted.

  Because of this, apart from laughing, no one really came to play tricks.

   I am not afraid of playing tricks.

  Fang Jifan is sharpening his knife at home.

Oh no.

   is polishing his own girl.

  I thought that I should prepare a small leather whip or something, and beat her if she didn't obey.

   But who ever thought.

  Fang Xiaofan's love for mathematics far exceeds Fang Jifan's imagination.

  Almost forgetting to sleep and eat, Fang Xiaofan spent all his time studying the questions except eating and sleeping.

  At night, when the lamp was turned on, Fang Jifan was worried about her, so he sat aside, lying on the table, to accompany the exam.

   Then, at midnight, Fang Xiaofan made a piercing rattling sound.

  Fang Jifan felt the cold wind blowing behind him, and behind his shoulders, it was dense.

  He raised his head with a pale face.

   Then he saw Fang Xiaofan giggling at the test questions.

  Fang Jifan couldn't help trembling and shuddered.

   More than twenty days have passed.

  A sack of papers, all finished.

Fang Xiaofan couldn't help muttering: "Are there any more questions, are there any more? These questions were difficult when I did them before, but after I did it, I found that many questions were repeated. It's just that I changed a few numbers. It's not difficult at all, brother, the exam is coming up in a few days, what can I do, I still want to do the questions."

  Fang Jifan: "..."

For more than 20 days, Fang Jifan looked a little haggard. He was too tired to study with her, even more tired than slapping someone himself. He said aggrievedly: "Where will I go to find questions for you? You will do all the papers." Yeah."

   "Why don't you call all the gentlemen from the School of Mathematical Sciences and ask them to come up with questions for me?"

Fang Jifan thought for a while: "This is not good. Our Fang family is an innocent family. Don't always think about troublesome others. Others have to live. These gentlemen are all treasures of the academy, decent people, not our Fang family. Slave. Well, these few days, just take a rest and stay in good shape."

  Fang Xiaofan thought for a while: "It's so boring. If you live like this, eating and waiting to die, you might as well die clean."

  Fang Jifan was angry and clenched his fists. There is no law, right? I accompany you all day long, but you still curse?

  Hmph, a gentleman does not speak evil words!

  ...

  Thanks to the students of ‘Beiliang Green Ant’ for the reward of 50,000 starting coins, thank you here.

  (end of this chapter)