Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1607 An Ode to Explanation

  Fang Jifan looked at Wang Ao clutching his heart in agony, breathing heavily, and his thin body looked like it was about to collapse at any moment.

  Fang Jifan was dumbfounded.

  The reason why he was dumbfounded was not because Wang Ao, a shameless old man who was considered a respectable person, actually played such a dirty trick.

   But... he actually dared to come to Fang's house to play this trick.

  Fang Jifan was dumbfounded, seeing Wang Ao's face turned red like Guan Gong, and then his body trembled continuously, Wang Ao said in his mouth: "Qi Guogong...Qi Guogong...Old Man...Old Man..."

  Fang Jifan came back to his senses, his eyes widened immediately, and he shouted: "My lord, you just said that you are a man of honor."

Wang Ao said out of breath, "Zhou Tanzhi has been dismissed from office, and he is fine with the Duke of Qi. He has been punished as he should. This man is a student who is valued by the old man. His honor and disgrace have no influence on the Duke of Qi." , why do you have to press so hard to let him be polite, scholars, the most important thing is fame."

  Fang Jifan gritted his teeth: "The prince is deceiving people too much."

"It's not deceiving people too much, it's just that there is nothing I can do. When I come today, I have made a plan. Either I will ask Qi Guogong to raise my hand, or I will die here. I am already eighty-six, and I will not be wronged if I die. It's just... If the old man dies of anger here, His Majesty still has some old feelings for the old man, and at that time, for Duke Qi, I'm afraid..."

  Fang Jifan gritted his teeth and glared at Wang Bie fiercely: "Old man, are you threatening me?"

  Wang Ao immediately said: "This is not a threat, it is involuntary."

   "..."

  Wang Ao is almost as famous as Liu Jian and others. He had a very high reputation in the Hongzhi Dynasty, and this person was almost impeccable from head to toe.

  Because of this, even if Fang Jifan doesn't agree with his ideas, even if His Majesty's current ideas don't agree with him, everyone in the world respects him in awe.

  Some people are like this, you can disagree with his point of view, but you have to admire him.

  Now this guy... is clearly putting on a life-and-death attitude in order to force Fang Jifan to submit.

   I have to say, this move is very powerful.

  Because Zhou Tanzhi's resignation did not touch Fang Jifan's fundamental interests, even if he was asked not to raise pigs, Fang Jifan would have nothing to lose.

  But if Wang Ao really died here, it is inevitable that people in the world will talk about it, and even Emperor Hongzhi will have to investigate the real reason for this incident.

   This will bring Fang Jifan a lot of trouble.

  So... Wang Ao seemed to be convinced of Fang Jifan, although he looked as if he was going to die, but he couldn't hold back his face, almost smiling.

  Fang Jifan has not been so popular for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "In this world, no one can threaten Fang Jifan!"

  Wang Bie said: "Duke Qi, you can figure it out."

  Fang Jifan glanced around, then walked to the corner quickly, and then he held up the candlestick. Although it was daytime, the Fang family was rich, so the hall was still lit.

Fang Jifan held up a candle made of whale oil, and yelled sharply: "Okay, die, show me if you die, just because I think this house is old, so I set it on fire to make it clearer." Son, build a big house."

  Wang Ao was taken aback.

  Is this thought jumping too fast? It's really... I've never seen someone burn down his own house.

Fang Jifan immediately yelled: "My house as big as mine burned down. It is impossible for me to burn it down. Whoever set it up must be an assassin. Anyone who hates Fang Jifan's teeth itch recently? Just look it up and find out. Come on!" , old man, you go to die, I will burn it, I have enough silver, you only have one old life."

  Wang Ao's face darkened.

  Fang Jifan said, moved his hands, and the candlelight was about to move under the curtain at the side of the hall.

   "Don't burn it." Suddenly, Wang Aozhong roared angrily.

   As he spoke, he vigorously dropped his crutches, rushed over, and grabbed Fang Jifan's sleeve: "Duke Qi, wait a minute, you can't do it, you can't do it."

   Last time in Nantong, a house burned down, what happened?

As a result, the whole world believed that it was the Confucian scholars who did it. Not only did His Majesty depose stereotyped writing in a fit of rage, he took away the fame of the scholars, and countless gentry in the world went bankrupt. Countless people have suffered from it.

   But Fang Jifan made a fortune.

   This time, if we burn something again, and make such a fuss again, is there any way out for these stereotyped Confucian scholars?

  Wang Ao is old, and it is difficult to change. He can't absorb and digest new knowledge, and still stubbornly holds the Four Books and Five Classics. How can he bear to let those gentry and scholars suffer twice and suffer twice?

  His anxious eyes are red, this **** surnamed Fang can really do anything!

  Wang Ao's heart was a little confused, he grabbed Fang Jifan, desperately refused Fang Jifan to light the candle on the curtain, and shouted: "No way, no way, Duke Qi, if you have something to say, we can still reason."

  Fang Jifan stared coldly, and said domineeringly: "What's the reason, what reason do I have to talk to you, isn't the prince going to die? Come on, either you die or I die."

Wang Ao's face was ashen, his shriveled lips were trembling. After a long time, he took a step back and calmly bowed to Fang Jifan: "Duke Qi, I offended you just now. I'm leaving. I'm going to follow Zhou Tanzhi as well." Go raise pigs, see you later."

  He turned around, did not pick up the crutches on the ground, and walked quickly without looking back.

  Fang Jifan put the candle back on the candlestick, heaved a sigh of relief, and couldn't help saying: "It's so dangerous, so dangerous, my house almost disappeared."

  Wang Ao...are you really going to raise pigs?

  Fang Jifan was a little confused.

  …

   Two days later, this is the day when almost all Hanlin people can't wait to find a piece of tofu to crash to death.

  Because today... I am going to enter Chongwen Hall to teach Ming Song.

  Ming Song's book, in their eyes, really has no research value.

  Although what Fang Jifan said was high-sounding, but they are scholar-bureaucrats, after all, they are not peasants.

   Therefore, in the past two days, there were a lot of people who asked for leave, and they didn't want to go.

  Emperor Hongzhi refused.

  So, they all had to tidy up early in the morning, and each of them entered the palace dejectedly, and went to Chongwen Palace silently.

  Fang Jifan also came very early, he looked happy, this is the brightest moment of his life!

  I’m afraid that in my previous life, I never dreamed that my literary talent could be placed in the era of great Ming literati and Confucians, and enter the temple of the emperor.

  Emperor Hongzhi seemed to feel that it was not enough, so he personally ordered Zhu Houzhao to enter the palace together.

Zhu Houzhao has been thinking about mathematics recently, because the more he studies, the more he realizes that mathematics is the foundation of all science and engineering. Therefore, looking back, he writes and calculates all day, using the latest formulas, He has read all the algorithms and the new formulas, and does all kinds of questions every day. Now that his father summoned him, he had no choice but to come reluctantly.

   There is another person who came with me.

   This is Fang Jifan invited from Yongping Mansion, named Chen Shisan.

  I heard that this person is the most learned Ming Song, so I specially recruited him to the capital.

  Chen Shisan never expected that a book would change his fate.

   Now he has become the brightest and most dazzling literary star in the village, and after that, he even went to Datian Listening.

  He followed Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao step by step, looking left and right, feeling nervous, timid, and excited at the same time.

  Emperor Hongzhi was enthroned and received salutes from all officials.

  Watching this scene, Chen Shisan was stunned, and stood there in a daze, as if in a daze.

Emperor Hongzhi immediately saw Chen Shisan. On the surface, it seemed that Emperor Hongzhi had something to say when he taught the Ming Song today. It is indispensable all over the world, and the parents and officials of all state capitals in the world must follow suit.

   At the same time, the real purpose of Emperor Hongzhi was to know whether this book was really as useful to ordinary people as Fang Jifan said.

  This is why Fang Jifan invited Chen Shisan to the palace to have an audience, and Emperor Hongzhi immediately granted him permission.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Shisan. Although Chen Shisan was wearing new clothes, his dark complexion was exposed and his face was wrinkled like an old elm. It was almost certain that this Chen Shisan must have eaten Quite a lot of bitterness, he was clearly wearing a suit of new cloth, and the new clothes did not fit him well.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Qing is Chen Shisan?"

   This voice was particularly prominent in the hall, and Chen Shisan finally realized it. With a plop, he fell to his knees: "The villain has seen the emperor, long live the emperor..."

  He lowered his head tremblingly, so frightened that he was at a loss what to do.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Excuse me, have you read books before?"

  Chen Shisan shook his head: "Returning to Your Majesty, Xiaomin has never read a book. Xiaomin's family was poor since he was a child, and he couldn't afford to read..."

  Emperor Hongzhi let out a sigh of relief, and then said, "Then, can you read?"

"I can recognize a few." Chen Shisan said honestly: "I only recognize some of the simplest ones, that is, I can only recognize them, and I can't write them. They are all done by word of mouth during work or festivals. According to legend, Xiaomin is already in his thirties if he barely learns it, he is really ashamed, he could only understand a hundred characters in the past, but he has made progress recently, and he can barely understand two hundred characters."

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately cheered up when he heard this.

He stood up. To be honest, in his whole life, Chen Shisan should be the least educated among the people who were tested. He had come into contact with many Jinshi and Confucian scholars in the past. Character.

   Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi is now particularly interested.

  (end of this chapter)