Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 232 Congratulations Your Majesty

  At the beginning, the schoolchildren seemed very jerky when riding horses. Many of them had terrified expressions on their faces, clutched the bridge tightly with both hands, and even cried, with tears running down their cheeks.

It's also like that big Xu Jie, who laughed wildly, but he was the worst, maybe because of his laughter, the pony under him was startled, and he was thrown off the horse directly. Soft and soft, except for a little more Saturn in the mouth, it turned on the horse again.

Zhu Houzhao was out of breath, and found it very interesting. It seemed that he felt a little bit like a real man when he was in front of this group of schoolchildren. He rode leisurely for a few laps before stopping his horse and calling the schoolchildren together. Explain the habits of horses and riding skills to them.

   Waiting to dismiss the schoolchildren, Zhu Houzhao saw Fang Jifan watching from a distance.

  With a cheerful smile, he rushed forward happily and said, "Old Fang, how is it? Is the dean of this palace satisfied?"

  Fang Jifan was not stingy with kind words: "Your Highness is wise."

Zhu Houzhao put his hands behind his back, put away his smile, and showed a rare seriousness on his face, and said: "I heard that you are wise, but I feel something is wrong. It's weird. Anyway, I think these schoolchildren can't If you want to study hard, you need to work hard, in our Daming, there are more scholars than dogs, what happened, don’t you think?”

  Fang Jifan deeply agrees with this. There are indeed too many scholars, and it has reached the point of overcrowding.

  But he still said: "You can't do it without reading, and you don't make sense if you don't read."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao showed a bit of a smile again, and said: "What I want is someone who is like a champion. You see, Emperor Wu trained the champion to become a champion. From now on, I will urge them every day. horse riding."

  Fang Jifan took a meaningful look at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that the news will reach His Majesty's ears and lead to His Majesty's punishment?"

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly, crossed his hands, and turned to pick up the schoolboy named Xu Jie. Xu Jie was only nine years old, but he was quite tall. Zhu Houzhao yelled at him: "Tell me loudly, do you want to ride a horse? Want to shoot arrows?"

   "Think!" Xu Jie shouted excitedly.

  Zhu Houzhao kicked his **** lightly: "Get out."

   This kick made Xu Jie's breeches loose, revealing half of PIGU, glistening white and very conspicuous. He quickly lifted his trouser straps and went happily.

   "Did you hear that schoolchildren like to ride horses." Zhu Houzhao crossed his hands again and said loudly: "Father, what are you afraid of? This academy is my territory, and my words are easy to use."

  Fang Jifan could only raise his thumb in admiration: "Your Highness is wise."

  …

  In the Snapper.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was holding a few letters in his hand, but his face was a little red. Originally, he was still immersed in the joy of sweet potatoes. For three consecutive days in the palace, all he ate was sweet potato rice. To set an example, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty also took pleasure in eating sweet potato rice.

  Just, after reading this letter...

  Emperor Hongzhi looked around: "Xiao Jing..."

  Xiao Jing bowed his body: "The servant is here."

   "The prince has been in Xishan recently?"

   "Ah..." Xiao Jing subconsciously read a letter in Emperor Hongzhi's hand, and couldn't help...a ​​little confused, Your Majesty...how did you know?

  Xiao Jing said honestly: "Yes."

  Suddenly, Emperor Hongzhi slammed the copybook and said angrily: "This rebellious son doesn't even hurt himself, he even hurts others!"

   "Ah..." Xiao Jing still didn't quite understand why His Majesty got angry suddenly.

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a cold face: "I asked you to inquire about Xishan Academy, have you inquired?"

   "I found out, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan..."

Before Xiao Jing finished speaking, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing coldly, and interrupted: "The crown prince is the crown prince, why do you want to talk about Jifan above! Who else can make trouble about this matter except this bastard? Fang Jifan has been tossing his sweet potatoes for the past few days. Who in the world doesn't know? I don't believe that Fang Jifan has worked so hard for this sweet potato, and he can still separate his background and take the initiative to build some kind of academy. It's not that this rebellious son always wants Fang Jifan will make trouble with him? Hmph!"

  Emperor Hongzhi is really angry.

  Look at those children in the Tuntian Institute, aren’t they all young? Not to mention Fang Jifan, that Zhang Xin, that Yang Da, they are all doing their best to serve the court and the country, and they are all unknown, working intensively for the court in the fields. thing?

  Thinking about it this way, the crown prince is even less of a thing.

   To put it a little harsher, even those schoolchildren, such as this XXO, look at how well they write. Dean Zhu taught us how to ride a horse, but we feel that it is wrong for Dean Zhu to ride a horse like this and trample on the farmland.

  Even an eight-year-old knows that's...not right.

  There is another article, Dean Zhu said that Emperor Shangao is far away...

  Emperor Hongzhi had a gloomy face, wanting to explode, trying desperately to hold back.

   At this time, an **** walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, asks to see you."

   "..."

   A wave of anger finally dissipated.

  Emperor Hongzhi inadvertently put a few letters back into his sleeves before saying expressionlessly, "Xuan."

  Ma Wensheng walked into the Nuan Pavilion excitedly, and when he saw Emperor Hongzhi, he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, great joy, great joy."

   "Where does the joy come from?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly.

Ma Wensheng immediately said: "There is news in the imperial prison, Liu Daxia confessed that the so-called burning of the documents of the Sanbao **** was actually a fake, although a warehouse was burned, in fact, all the documents in it had been emptied in advance He just wanted to stop Xiang Gong's desire to go to the sea, and kept those documents in order to prevent them from happening. These documents are in Liu Daxia's old house. Your Majesty, this is God Bless Daming. The minister has ordered someone to go to Liu Daxia The old house, as long as these materials are retrieved, it will be easy for the Ministry of War, and the money and food that can be saved are countless."

  Emperor Hongzhi cheered up when he heard it: "Okay, you are right, God bless you." Then, he sneered again, and said: "Then Liu Daxia is really shameless."

   There was only such an understatement, but he didn't continue.

   It seems that he did not ask for other instructions to Liu Daxia.

But Ma Wensheng sighed in his heart, the trial has come out, but so what, what His Majesty said is shameless, there is no impenetrable wall in the palace, Beizhen Fusi naturally knows what to do, I am afraid that next time, Liu Daxia's The rest of his life will be spent in that terrifying prison, and life will always be worse than death.

   "That's right." Emperor Hongzhi suddenly said: "Ma Qing's family, why didn't Mou Bin report the matter of the prison, but you, the Minister of the Ministry of War, reported it first."

   This is indeed a strange place. Since the news came from the imperial prison, it has nothing to do with the Minister of the Ministry of War. Even if you come to report it, it is the matter of Jin Yiwei. How could your Ministry of War get the news in the first place.

Ma Wensheng said with a wry smile: "I talked with Fang Jifan a few days ago. Fang Jifan said that it is very likely that these documents are still kept, and that the so-called burning of documents is just a means to Liu Daxia, not an end. Liu Daxia will definitely keep it." .”

  Emperor Hongzhi was quite shocked when he heard this.

   is just a means, not an end.

  Emperor Hongzhi didn't even think of it at the time, but he never expected that Fang Jifan actually thought of it.

At this time, Ma Wensheng said again: "The most urgent task for the Ministry of War right now is to draw up the regulations for going to the West. It is very important to have or not to have these documents. I have hope in my heart, so... I simply squatted in the imperial prison. When you have news, come and report."

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help feeling: "Hey...Fang Jifan is such a smart person. If the crown prince has half of him, I will feel at ease."

   "Yes." Ma Wensheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "At the beginning, I often heard people say that he was unworthy of a son, prodigal, absurd, and inferior to pigs and dogs. I had some dealings with him a few days ago...although I think he is a little..."

Ma Wensheng tried his best to think of a word; "It's a bit unkind, but it's far from what the rumors say. I think that the rumors from the outside world must not be what it is in reality. Seeing is believing is the truth. People nowadays, tell tales and misunderstand Believe in rumors, there is really no way to tell."

  He shook his head with a look of emotion for Fang Jifan.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded in agreement and said: "It is indeed the truth."

   But, he couldn't help but get angry again, there is no harm if there is no comparison, so...

The prince is really not a beast. He Zhu Houzhao wants to mess around, so he can kill himself, but he wants to pull Fang Jifan, so that everyone in the world thinks that Fang Jifan asked the prince to go down and mess around, but in fact, Fang Jifan is the victim. In the end, Fang Jifan's reputation was ruined, and the prince, the instigator, who dares to criticize him hard?

  The more Emperor Hongzhi thought about it, the more embarrassing he became. These days, how many scapegoats Fang Jifan has borne for the prince.

  It's just... Emperor Hongzhi would never mention these things to Ma Wensheng.

   This kind of thing is only suitable to find an opportunity, close the door, and punish the prince severely until he is convinced.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "It's all right now. As soon as the documents come, select people from the Ministry of War to study well. After that, we will issue a regulation. The voyage to the West is imminent. This is not only my expectation, but also the expectation of all people in the world. .”

  Ma Wensheng nodded: "I obey the order."

  When Ma Wensheng resigned, Emperor Hongzhi knelt behind the imperial case with a cold face, motionless.

  Xiao Jing carefully looked at His Majesty, quietly waiting for the emperor to think about various state affairs.

  Suddenly, Emperor Hongzhi said: "The prince's temperament is not the same as mine at all."

  Xiao Jing was silent for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty's temperament is not like that of the previous emperor."

   "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi sneered, shook his head and said: "I really hope, this kid, don't delay others, otherwise, my heart will be uneasy."

  (end of this chapter)