Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1681 The Emperor's Grace

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhou Yi approvingly.

  This person is not as glib as Jiang Bin, who yells like "Long live my emperor".

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Qing is a military household?"

  Zhou Yi relaxed a little: "I'm not a military household, my late father was a miner."

  Emperor Hongzhi said with great interest: "Miner, Xishan?"

  Zhou Yi shook his head: "Yiwu."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Why did you come to be a soldier?"

  Zhou Yi thought for a while: "With money and food, life is too hard."

  His answer was so honest that Fang Jifan couldn't listen anymore, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is..."

  Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand, indicating that Fang Jifan did not need to answer for Zhou Yi. He pondered for a moment: "Jiangsu and Zhejiang are a good place, but there are many poor people. Didn't you hear that the bank rented out the land?"

  Zhou Yi said: "Yiwu's land is not good, there are many mountains, and there is not much land to rent. What's more, if you become a soldier, the brothers in the family can rent more than ten mu of land free of rent and pay back their salary."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "That's right, some states in the world have fertile land, some have poor land, and they are different. Even if the land is rent-free, it can't guarantee that everyone can live comfortably and come out to earn a living. There is nothing wrong with it, what kind of knowledge did you learn when you came to the army?"

  Fang Jifan's heart skipped a beat, he was starting to worry now.

  Zhou Yi thought about it again: "This is the first time I know that beef is so delicious!"

  Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to say something.

  Emperor Hongzhi laughed loudly: "Why, there is still beef?"

"Yes." Zhou Yi said: "In Yiwu, cattle are not slaughtered. Cattle are precious, and live cattle must be kept for farming. If they die of disease or old age, and the life of the cattle is long, they can endure hardships and stand hard work, so they are not easy to die of illness. And die of old age; being humble is not afraid of people's jokes. Before that, I have never eaten cattle in my life; but since I entered Beijing, it is different. I don't know why. It may be that the cows in Beijing are delicate. This person is delicate and short-lived The same is true for cattle. People in Paoze say that cattle in Beijing are more likely to die, so we have cattle to eat every now and then. The cattle are cut into large pieces, and the soup is made of beef bones, sprinkled with thirteen spices, pepper, and chili , Garlic, it’s almost done. Stew the beef again, and sprinkle this beef soup on top..." Zhou Yi licked his mouth while talking, and the sound was about to flow down.

  Emperor Hongzhi behind the monarchs, can not help but inhale, beef...

  They usually eat less, but now they find that they seem to be... hungry.

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao with a half-smile: "Prince, are the cows in Beijing more delicate?"

  Zhu Houzhao murmured: "I...I have all the procedures."

   This defense is very weak, because the Shuntian Mansion has already been controlled by the crown prince, and this procedure, is it not a lot of procedures?

Fang Jifan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, beef is precious, and His Highness is reluctant to eat it on weekdays. If you want to blame it, you can blame a person named Wang Ai. This person keeps saying that beef is the most nutritious and best for the body. Listen to it, Your Highness." His nonsense..."

  Emperor Hongzhi didn't show any anger on his face, but shook his head and said: "I don't mean to blame, the prince's original intention is good. Wang Ai...Who is Wang Ai?"

  Fang Jifan said: "This person is the grandson of the sons and ministers. He is full-time in the military diet, knows the nutritional formula in the diet, and mixes it from the ingredients to ensure that the soldiers can have sufficient nutrition."

   "Xishan is really a genius." Emperor Hongzhi nodded approvingly, and then stared at Zhou Yi: "It's just that the beef is delicious?"

Zhou Yi said: "Humble and practice day and night, my mind is very confused. Although I know that I have gained a lot and I have become better, but I can't tell what I have learned. I am humble and dull...But... Commander Wang often tells us He said that once we enter the camp, we are different from ordinary people. We must not only have rules, but also be able to advance and retreat. He also told us that to be a man, Not only the responsibility lies, but also courage is needed. This kind of courage does not mean fighting each other. When you have a dispute with others, you will fight with each other. These are just small courage, which is not elegant. ...It's like... a child will fall into the well, but anyone who has compassion can't help but want to save him, but in this world, most people don't have the ability to protect the weak, women and children. We entered the camp and learned It's not the way of killing and attacking, but obeying the emperor's orders above and protecting the common people below. I don't read many books, but I feel that Wang's command is very reasonable."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "What Wang Bo'an is best at is to educate others with complicated principles in the most simple way. The great Confucianists in the world wish they could explain this truth in depth. To appear clever, the fewer bosom friends you have, the more you will be able to show your talent. Therefore, this is a simple truth, but in the end it has become jerky and difficult to understand. It is not to say that ordinary people cannot understand, but some Scholars themselves don’t understand. What is the difference between such enlightenment and witches who used turtle backs for divination in the Yin and Shang Dynasties? , In fact... It is to break the words and deeds of taking knowledge and principles as self-satisfaction and showing one's own brilliance. Let a principle be understood by an ordinary pawn. This is the real learning. In my opinion, this Scholars in the world, even if they can write beautiful articles and are full of knowledge, none of them can match Wang Boan. Knowledge is not to be shelved, but to be applied. Only when countless people can understand it, countless people can see it Understand that no matter who you are, you can gain something from this knowledge, this is a great learning."

  Emperor Hongzhi said so many words in one breath, but in fact, he felt...a lot of feelings.

He was also intimidated by the profound knowledge. A book of Analects, the text used to explain it, can pile up a room. At that time, he was still young, watching the eloquent explanations of those Hanlin scholars, and he felt in his heart. worshiped.

  But until now, I just realized that this is just a joke. The Analects of Confucius is the Analects of Confucius, and the truth is the truth. The more clearly it is said, the more people can understand and apply what they have learned. It is true knowledge.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but glance back at Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren didn't show any expression on his face. In fact, the Confucian fir on his body was a little broken, and there was still blood on it. Who would have thought that this great Confucian, who was admired by Emperor Hongzhi, just held a big knife and came from the east of the school grounds. , Killed all the way to the west, and killed back from the west.

  Wang Shouren's face was very indifferent, but he was not untouched by Emperor Hongzhi's approval.

  His gaze pierced through many people and landed on Fang Jifan.

When he was an official, his father, Wang Hua, was worried about him. His father knew that he was a talented person, but his temperament was not good. My father asserted that his career path must be full of bumps , the ambition of a lifetime must not be able to be displayed, even if there are occasional meritorious deeds, it will eventually be harmed by villains or slander.

  Wang Hua has gone through officialdom, knows the hardships of the official career, and has great worries about his son... He thinks that Wang Shouren must be the one who makes his family brighter, but if the Wang family is destroyed, it is very likely that it is Wang Shouren.

   Now it seems that Wang Hua miscalculated.

His son is not only full of peaches and plums, but also has an incomparably smooth career. Wang Shouren is still the same Wang Shouren, not more tactful than before, nor cuter than Wang Shouren when he was young, and he is still the same in the latrine. Stone, smelly and hard.

  Wang Shouren is a very smart person. It's not that he doesn't know his own weaknesses. It's not that he doesn't know his own shortcomings.

   But he understands better that his temper is what it is today, and in his prime, he was able to worship as Minister of the Ministry of War, has today's achievements, and won so many opportunities to make contributions and make a statement, only because...he has a mentor...Fang Jifan.

  With such a bad temper, such an upright temper, and such a staunch man, he couldn't resist having a mentor who was more fierce and smelly than him.

   After all, Wang Shouren was just a heart-to-heart, but Fang Jifan beat and kicked him without saying a word, and sent him to Huangjinzhou.

   In this way, not only will no one provoke Wang Shouren, but even... everyone can find Wang Shouren by referring to the two, which may not be so bad.

  Look at Wang Boan's temper, as Fang Jifan's disciple, it's good, at least he won't slap you for no reason, it's quite pleasing to the eye.

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi stepped forward and patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder: "Today...my life is in danger. Fortunately, Lai Qing's family and others tried their best to save you. This is a great contribution to saving you. I remember you. Your name is Zhou Yi. Yi."

  Zhou Yi couldn't help being moved, his chest heaved, and he said immediately: "The humble duty lies, as it should be."

  Emperor Hongzhi took a few steps back, looking at the excited faces, he couldn't help being excited. What he thought of was this kind of Ming Dynasty official army.

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately turned his head and ordered: "The first army, return to the camp. I...also drive back to the palace...Jifan, you accompany me to drive back to the palace. I have something important to tell you."

  Fang Jifan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but glance at Zhu Houzhao, then at Liu Jianren and others.

   Logically speaking, if there is something really important, it is unreasonable not to call his own son, nor the chief minister of the cabinet.

  Could it be...there are swordsmen?

  Fang Jifan saw that Emperor Hongzhi's expression was very serious, as if he had something very important and it was time to wait.

  He didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly saluted: "My son obeys the order."

  Liu Jian and others were also confused, but at this time, they didn't dare to ask more questions.

  Zhu Houzhao was so happy, he grinned and looked at Fang Jifan with a sympathetic look, while he wished to run away quickly and hide far away.

  (end of this chapter)