Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1664 Love the people like a child

  The girl in front of me, her little face was blue and purple from the cold wind, and she was trembling when she spoke.

  Emperor Hongzhi stood in the darkness, raised his eyes to look, and there was no telling how many people there were in the darkness in front of him.

  They seemed too quiet and obedient, as if they were completely different from the poaching and poaching people that Emperor Hongzhi encountered in Zijin Mountain.

   Obviously, they are all the same people.

  Emperor Hongzhi took the fur fur that was on his body, bent down, and wrapped it gently around the little girl.

   This fur is thick and wide, and the little girl is wrapped in it like a kitten.

  The lining of the fur fur, as well as the warmth from the carriage, the little girl's frozen body was gradually melting like an iceberg under the warm sun. She breathed a sigh of relief, and became more courageous.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "What's your name?"

  The little girl thought for a while: "My grandfather called me a wild girl."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Fang Jifan stood aside with a smile on his face. Although he felt that his IQ was being rubbed against the ground by a little girl, it didn't seem to matter. Everyone has a child, such as himself...

  Emperor Hongzhi asked, "How many acres of land did your family rent?"

"Eight acres." The little girl continued neatly: "My parents were so happy that they said they could rent the seeds for ten years. After ten years, as long as they agree, they can renew the lease. Go out early in the morning and return late, get up early in the morning, dig ditches to draw water to the land, turn over the land well, and burn some grass ash, so that in the coming year, we will plant rice, and when the rice grows, it will be white rice, and the white rice will be cooked , It’s so delicious. From now on, I will have rice to eat every day, and I will never go hungry again. Grandpa said that he has caught up with the good times. If you don’t, you can rest in peace.”

  Emperor Hongzhi took a breath.

  He already knew that white rice has a fatal attraction for his people.

When he ascended the throne, until the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he was devoting himself to every day. It can be said that he was not diligent, but at that time, ordinary people in the world, not to mention white rice, or yellow rice porridge, may not be able to eat all the time throughout the year. In fact, many people are only full for half a year and hungry for half a year.

But this white rice can also be made into rice, which is almost the most extravagant food for ordinary people. Looking at this girl, her eyes are full of longing. Although Emperor Hongzhi was in the cold wind, he took off his fur and gave this girl Girl, your body is a little cold, but your heart is warm.

He said with an amiable smile: "Yes, rice can be grown in a good field. The land here is good, and the white rice grown here can be eaten. If it is a poorer mountain field, you can grow sweet potatoes and pearl rice. After planting it, There are also miscellaneous grains to eat, besides white rice, what else do you like to eat?"

  The little girl thought for a while, shook her head, and said stubbornly: "White rice is the best, you don't understand anything."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Fang Jifan stretched out his hand, pinched the little girl's face, and secretly increased his strength, as if to warn her not to spoil the hard-won good atmosphere.

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately said: "Yes, white rice is the best. It seems that I am really ignorant. You are right."

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately sighed, turned and boarded the car.

  Getting into the car, the car continued to drive through the dense crowd of people. After leaving the city, a ray of dawn appeared. Emperor Hongzhi had already closed the curtain of the car, and couldn't bear to look at the people beside the road.

   "Jifan, what you did was right." After a long silence, Emperor Hongzhi said.

  Fang Jifan said: "I don't know what His Majesty is referring to..."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Crack down on the powerful, take over the world's land, and give it to the people without rent. Sometimes, when I do things, it is hard to make up my mind, because I am not you, and I have to take care of the overall situation. So when I do anything, there will inevitably be people around me who will remind me, It’s not right to do this, what kind of consequences will it cause if you do that? Although I try my best to trust you and let you do it, why is my heart beating drums? I’m afraid. I will follow the methods of the ancestors, at least, to be safe. What you have done in succession is something that has never existed in the past dynasties. If I let you do it, why not bet on the Ming Dynasty? I made a big gamble on you."

   "But now... I can finally feel at ease. Just now, that girl, her unintentional words, really made me feel emotional. In her eyes, the best thing in the world is rice, rice..."

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and couldn't help but smile wryly: "You have contributed the most to the rent-free matter. I didn't refute that girl. Do you know why?"

  Fang Jifan said: "One day, when this little girl can eat plain rice every year, she will feel that plain rice is not tasty. At that time, she will naturally know that she is wrong. Your Majesty doesn't need to see her."

"That's right." Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "That's what I think. I can't convince her with my mouth, but let her convince herself. As Wang Bo'an said all day long, talking is useless, leaning over to do it." That's it."

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise."

"After all these things have been resolved, I feel relieved. It's just that...it's been a year since Liu Wenshan and others went to Frangji, but I don't know what's going on in the northern province. Also, so many people have migrated to the Golden Continent. Not only that...a large number of Confucian scholars have gone to Ottoman and Luzon, I am wondering what the situation is like now. I am in Beijing, I am worried about the livelihood of ordinary people, and I wish I could come out and see more. But when I go outside, I am worried about whether the country's major policies will be successful. If you live in a high temple, you worry about the people; if you live far away in the rivers and lakes, you worry about the king. I am the Son of Heaven, but I can understand Ouyang Xiu's words."

Fang Jifan also frowned: "Your Majesty... I am also very worried. At the Golden Continent, my father is not restless in Beijing. Now that he has recovered a little bit, he hopes to go back to the Golden Continent several times. Your Majesty... in the Golden Continent, there are not only countless My Ming people, and I have countless disciples, not to mention, there are many Fang family members. People chased and beat them, and they were killed by tigers and wolves."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded. He could understand Fang Jifan's feelings, so he patted Fang Jifan on the shoulder: "Hurry up."

  ...

  In a blink of an eye, Shengjia arrived in Beijing.

  Prince Zhu Houzhao, led the emperor's grandson and other officials, went to Daming Gate to welcome him.

  Zhu Houzhao looked energetic, but...he wore a pair of glasses, making him look much more refined.

   All the officials knew what His Majesty and Duke Qi did in Jiangnan, and their emotions were mostly complicated. There are many ministers from Jiangnan in this temple, and Xie Qian is one of them. His whole family was also sent away.

  The backyard is on fire.

  In a blink of an eye, I became a native of Luzon.

  Emperor Hongzhi got out of the carriage, and Zhu Houzhao led all the officials to salute.

   Seeing his children and grandchildren, Emperor Hongzhi swept away his fatigue and looked extraordinarily excited: "What's wrong with the prince, are your eyes bad?"

  Looking at Zhu Houzhao's glasses, Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback.

  Fang Jifan also became worried, these days, Xiao Zhu spent all day in the research institute, his good eyes may be useless, looking at the glasses on the bridge of his nose, how strange he looked.

Zhu Houzhao said happily: "Your Majesty, my son's eyes are fine." He took off his eyes and turned them left and right: "You see, these glasses have no prescription, but many people in the research institute wear them, and my son feels that I don't wear them , seemed out of gregarious. He put his glasses back on and grinned: "It's much more comfortable this way. "

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Fang Jifan made a puff and almost spit out his mouth.

Emperor Hongzhi put on a stern face: "I ordered the prince to supervise the country, and you will stay in the research institute all day long. Don't you care about the world's major events? You have your own interests, and I haven't stopped them, but the world's major events have nothing to do with you." What matters is the well-being of the people, you are the prince... how can you ignore it."

  In fact, Emperor Hongzhi saw his son, and the joy had not passed at this time. At this time, Zhu Houzhao said that if all his sons and ministers died, Emperor Hongzhi would go down the donkey.

  Who knew that Zhu Houze put his hands on his hips: "Don't worry about it, how can the father curse people for no reason!"

  (end of this chapter)