Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1358 Fief

  The empress dowager also got up.

  Originally, women are not interested in this thing at all.

  It can be because of Wanfu clothes.

  The Empress Dowager also wanted to know how different this thing was.

  She walked to the microscope, glanced at the lens, and couldn't help being surprised.

  In this way, countless craftsmen have worked hard, not only skilled craftsmen, but countless top minds of Ming Dynasty gathered together. I don’t know how long it took to make this one, and finally, Wanfuyi was created.

   It is not an exaggeration to say that such clothes are priceless.

  Emperor Hongzhi was more interested, looking left and right around the microscope.

  After the Empress Dowager had seen it, she had a friendly smile on her face, and then she set the tone: "The Ai family loves this dress the most. The Crown Prince and the Duke of Qi both have hearts."

Fang Jifan hurriedly said: "Mother, what is this? The minister is just doing his best. The prince has repeatedly told him that in this world, no one can care about it, but the empress is also his closest relative and elder. The prince is well, he is a great-grandson, so he must try to find a way to give the empress a generous gift."

  Empress Dowager Zhou was even happier, and looked at Zhu Houzhao happily, the kindness in her eyes was a little stronger.

Today the Empress Dowager was very happy, she pulled Zhu Houzhao to talk a lot, and then took others to listen to the play. The play list was already ready-made, but the Empress Dowager changed it temporarily: "Sing "Catching" today. Let Cao go".

  When Zhu Houzhao heard that it was "Catch and Release Cao", he was immediately intrigued.

  One day later, Fang Jifan was exhausted and retired from Renshou Palace, but Emperor Hongzhi called him to Fengtian Palace alone.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at the memorials accumulated on the case files, and today he was patronizing birthday worship, but things were delayed a lot, and now the memorials are piled up like a mountain.

After all, Emperor Hongzhi was a little old and his energy was limited, but he still cheered up. He picked up a memorial and read it for a while, then raised his head and said to Fang Jifan who had been waiting patiently: "Jifan, this microscope is okay. How much to make?"

Fang Jifan said: "The polishing of lenses is the most time-consuming. There are no more than five craftsmen in the world who can polish lenses. Even if they bring apprentices, the manpower will increase in the future. It is conceivable that the time spent in one month will be three to five." The table is fine."

"This is a treasure." Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "Even if I don't know how powerful this microscope is, I still know that the Ming Dynasty cannot do without it in the future. And those craftsmen are all my treasures. Be kind, I will order people to give some rewards."

  Fang Jifan blinked happily, and saluted: "Your Majesty Hong En, if they know that even His Majesty pays them such respect, I don't know how happy they would be."

   This is the truth.

  The status of craftsmen, even today, is limited.

  People are naturally admiring people who wear gorgeous clothes and angry horses, or everyone hopes to be a person who speaks a lot of things, and people who speak the truth.

  As for craftsmen, they deal with oil and dirt every day. They are dirty and have rough hands and feet. Naturally, they are not valued by others.

Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "When this microscope comes out, it can also be seen that the various research institutes in Xishan are very effective. I saw the steam locomotive connecting the cities with my own eyes. Now listening to the whistle of the steam locomotive, I still doubt it. in the middle."

Emperor Hongzhi continued with a smile: "It is inconvenient to go into details in front of the Empress Dowager just now, but now..." He raised his head and took a memorial: "This is a memorial about Chenla. People walk very close, do you know these things?"

The so-called Zhenla is close to the chief envoy of Jiaozhi, because there are many mountains in the territory. At first, after learning that Daming went deep into Jiaozhi, and even set up a chief envoy in Jiaozhi, the country immediately expressed submission to Daming, but obviously in the past two years, There were signs of faltering again.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with a more cautious expression, and said, "Jifan, what do you think about this?"

Fang Jifan frowned slightly and thought for a while, then said: "This is actually a matter of course. Back then, when Da Ming went to the West, he convinced the Western countries, and they were invaded by Frangji. Langji people, they can't wait for it."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Yes, let's continue."

Fang Jifan said: "But over the years, under the pressure of Ming Dynasty, the Franji people have begun to slow down their expansion in the West. The Franji people have to huddle in Luzon, Java and other places to protect themselves, and they are no longer able to continue to expand. This will unavoidably make the western countries come back. Their wishful thinking was to use the Ming Dynasty to make the Franc machine, but once they found out that the Ming Dynasty gradually gained the upper hand in the Western Ocean, they naturally began to take precautions. Daming is getting stronger and stronger. Western countries are only thinking about themselves. It can be said that they are two ends of snakes and rats. Once the strength of Daming and Franji is out of balance, they will naturally start to want to rely on the weaker one to maintain their strength. own independence."

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said: "I treat all countries with courtesy, but they have their own selfishness."

  Fang Jifan heard the exclamation of Emperor Hongzhi, and couldn't help complaining in his heart. How many people in this world are selfless. He said in his mouth: "It's not enough to rely on etiquette alone for such foreign vassals. My ministers have always believed that people's hearts are separated from each other, let alone a country? Let's say that Zhenla is close to Jiaozhi chief envoy, and there are many people in the territory. Shan, I want to come, but I am also afraid, being too much influenced by Daming, in the end, like the Annan Kingdom in the past, the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, so they want to use the Franji people to offset the influence of Ming on them. Thinking about it, with this It’s not just Chenla that’s on your mind, but Siam, Yaqi, Johor, Ni, Laos, Shan, etc., isn’t that the case? It’s just that they dare not be so obvious. Their greatest interests lie in Daming and Franji can be evenly matched, and between Daming and Franji, they can be opportunistic and protect their fundamental interests."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: "Jifan's words are reasonable. In fact, I have also asked Liu Qing's family and Li Qing's family about this matter, and they also have the same opinion. It is because of this that I am worried that there are many mountains in the territory of Chenla Kingdom, and the miasma Again, even though I destroyed Annan in the Ming Dynasty and set up the chief envoy of Jiaozhi, the hearts of the people in Jiaozhi have not been won, and it will take some time for them to bathe in the king's transformation."

Emperor Hongzhi paused, and then said: "This Jiaozhi has always learned Chinese characters, learned Chinese, and imitated my Ming Dynasty in every way, and it is no different from my Ming Dynasty. It still needs to be digested slowly. The use of troops by Chenla and other countries will not only make Western countries more suspicious, but also cause great loss to my Ming Dynasty. It is easy to destroy their countries, but it is difficult to conquer them. I don’t want to use weapons. But I'm quite interested in your idea of ​​the Great Ming Banknote, Jifan, with the Qianzhuang, and this Daming Banknote, can the Western countries be of one mind and one mind?"

  Fang Jifan shook his head frankly and said, "No."

   Can’t be so direct?

   But looking at Fang Jifan's appearance, it seems that there is more to come.

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little disappointed, but he was still patiently preparing to listen to Fang Jifan's next words.

Then Fang Jifan continued: "But... Your Majesty, why should you care whether they are of the same heart and mind with Daming? As long as they use the coins printed by Daming, and everything is in my hands, then even if they are alienated, they will not lose their hearts." It’s pointless. Therefore, instead of conquering their hearts, we might as well conquer all the daily necessities around them, so that their basic necessities, food, housing, transportation, and all closely related things cannot be separated from my Ming Dynasty. In this way, Xiyang can completely become the most obedient town of my Ming Dynasty .”

  Fang Jifan did not describe it as a vassal state, but a vassal town.

   Fanzhen and fan country are completely two concepts.

  Emperor Hongzhi heard the meaning behind these words.

  He cheered up: "That's right, what Jifan said is very reasonable. What I want is not their hearts, but what I want is their people."

  He then said: "It seems that you already have a strategy in mind to promote the Ming Dynasty's treasure."

Fang Jifan nodded: "There are two strategies right now, one is to take it slowly, there is no rush anyway, it will take decades to slowly let them accept the treasured banknotes, as long as the credit of the Daming Banknotes is always good, one day, Sooner or later they will slowly accept it."

   Decades of time…

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "Is there another strategy?"

  Fang Jifan said: "There is another way, which involves moral issues. Your Majesty should know that my son is a moral person..."

   "Speak up!" Now that the business is important, Emperor Hongzhi is too lazy to chat with Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan coughed: "Destroy their original currency system, and then, the Ming Dynasty took advantage of it, and completely replaced it within three years."

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately understood what it meant: "Just like tulips?"

  Fang Jifan shook his head: "We have to use another method."

  Emperor Hongzhi was obviously more interested in the latter.

  Although he has read many books of sages, he is the son of heaven. Although he has a benevolent side, few of them are naive. Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while: "Who can go? Liu Wenshan? Liu Jin?"

   "These two... are talents that can be used. I think they can be competent." Fang Jifan said.

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his head, glanced at the secret report on the desktop about the secret peace between the Chenla Kingdom and Frangji, and said solemnly: "He is not benevolent, I am not righteous, I treat him with kindness, but he repays me with tricks, is it possible?" Forbearance, what is unbearable. Great Ming treasures must be promoted immediately, my... patience is limited. If Liu Wenshan and Liu Jin are successful, I will still reward you..."

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep look at Fang Jifan: "Jifan...it's time to think about the future of the Fang family. It's time to have a fief."

  Fief...

  Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi in astonishment.

  Listening to these words, it seemed like he was about to be cooked by lackeys.

  (end of this chapter)