Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 258 The prince shows his power

  Fang Jifan remained silent.

  No one can save the prince in such a matter.

  I can't protect myself.

  Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua came here to sue, and on the surface they were suing themselves, but in fact, the real focus was on the prince's education.

   "I don't know what I've done, so please tell my father clearly." Zhu Houzhao said very puzzled.

  Emperor Hongzhi squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "Explicitly, I came to ask you, you said that you have learned enough?"

   "Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded simply.

   "..." Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "You are so thick-skinned, who told you this?"

   "Mr. Wang."

   "Which Mr. Wang?"

  Zhu Houzhao broke away without hesitation: "Master Wang's son, Mr. Wang!"

  Wang Hua knew this was the ending, and he wanted to stand up and argue for Wang Shouren.

  Emperor Hongzhi yelled angrily: "He is so courageous. This person is flattering to please you. This is the behavior of a villain. Can't you see it?"

  Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "Mr. Wang's words have always been very reasonable, and my son studied with him, lingering and forgetting to return."

   "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi laughed back in anger.

   It actually makes sense, you rebellious son is not enlightened, you can't even tell the difference between loyalty and traitor, haven't you heard of good medicine that tastes bitter, and loyal advice that hurts your ears?

   "Ha... well, well, I really want to know, your so-called Mr. Wang, this talk is very reasonable, it makes you forget what you are doing, what did the person who is willing to learn from him teach you?"

   "I've only been teaching for a few days..." Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips and looked aggrieved: "I haven't learned much." His eyes were busy winking at Fang Jifan, help, old Fang, I can't stand it anymore.

  Fang Jifan looked pitiful, lowered his head, like a child who knew his mistake, and ignored him.

  This... I learned from Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao is also convinced, really shameless.

  Emperor Hongzhi sneered: "You said it made sense, and you said you didn't learn much, so you're deceiving me ignorant?"

   "Don't dare." Zhu Houzhao's eyeballs began to spin wildly.

But at this time, Yang Tinghe smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince, Wang Shouren is a mere Hanlin editor, young, His Highness kept saying that he taught you university knowledge. , then, please ask your Highness to name a university question at will."

  Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, then nodded, and immediately asked: "Have you read the book on persuading farmers?"

   "Admonish...Nong...Book..."

  Liu Jian listened, smiling, and took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao.

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment, and began to think in his mind.

"His Royal Highness is talking about the persuasive book written by Zhou Fang, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy?" Yang Tinghe, who served as a scholar in the Hanlin Academy and also worked in the Zhan Shifu, was erudite after all. Zhu Houzhao only asked a question, and he immediately remembered it. Yang Tinghe said with emotion: "Scholar Zhou is a high-ranking scholar. This persuasive book on agriculture has passed the world, and it is refreshing to read. It is really admirable."

  This is to be honest, not to mention that Hanlin University scholar Zhou Fang is Yang Tinghe's superior, to become a Hanlin scholar, after all, he has a few brushes.

  Yang Tinghe once read this article and was astonished by heaven and man, so he has this emotion.

  Emperor Hongzhi had already winked at Xiao Jing.

  Xiao Jing understood, and was busy looking for the "Book of Advising Farmers".

  Yang Tinghe asked with a smile.

   "Why, because this Wang edited and taught His Royal Highness the book on persuading agriculture, His Royal Highness thinks that Wang edited has a great reason? This article was written by Zhou Xueshi, and Wang's edited is just picking up the wisdom of others."

  Emperor Hongzhi was stunned. In fact, he was quite comforted when he heard that the crown prince had actually learned the book of persuasion to agriculture.

  Emperor Hongzhi's face looked a little better.

  He wandered his eyes, and when he saw Liu Jian, he saw Liu Jian showing a meaningful smile. Emperor Hongzhi thought it was quite strange, but it was inconvenient to ask him at this time.

  But I heard Zhu Houzhao say: "Master Yang said that the book on persuading agriculture is a rare masterpiece, but...in fact, in my opinion, it is just a piece of paper full of nonsense!"

   "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face, which had finally calmed down, suddenly became tense again, and his eyes stared at Zhu Houzhao angrily.

  Yang Tinghe was even more surprised.

  Wang Hua was shocked.

  His Royal Highness, is this really... so frenzied?

  Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly sternly said: "Quickly get the book of persuading farmers..."

  He didn't rush to attack, but his eyes became sharper.

   Even, he still didn't forget to stare at Fang Jifan who had nothing to do with him.

The "Book of Persuasion to Agriculture" was quickly brought back. Emperor Hongzhi only read it before he remembered it. He had read this article before. Nong Sang, this... What a good article, Nong is the foundation of the country, why, the prince still wants to turn the world upside down?

  Emperor Hongzhi sneered, and finally couldn't hold it any longer. With a bang, he jumped up: "Zhu Houzhao..."

  This time, Zhao'er and the prince were not even called by their full names, and they were called by their full names, which is quite a bit like the attitude of breaking away from the relationship between father and son in the newspaper in the previous life.

   "You said that the book on persuading agriculture is waste paper."

   "Exactly." Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and then said with a disappointed face: "So I can't understand why Master Yang is my teacher, but why does such an unknown article be highly praised."

  The implication is that Yang Tinghe is not qualified enough.

   "Your Highness..." Yang Tinghe was not angry, how could he dare to yell or shout in front of the crown prince, but at this moment, he was already crying with tears in his eyes and heartbroken.

   "His Royal Highness... His Highness was not so arrogant when he was young, but how did he get to this point as he got older, old minister... old minister..." Then he sobbed.

   This cry.

  Emperor Hongzhi was completely shocked, his face was covered with anger.

   This rebellious son is really hopeless.

  He grinned grinningly: "Yes, it has reached this point of arrogance, which is really rare in the world, come here!"

   But he called for someone, but the guards outside did not dare to come in, and did not dare to breathe out. Naturally, they did not dare to be rude to His Highness the Crown Prince.

  Zhu Houzhao said sternly: "Why do my father and Master Yang always act like this when my minister speaks his own truth?"

   "..."

  Zhu Houzhao was angry at this time. When he knew he was in the wrong, he would play dead, but today, he felt wronged.

   "This persuasion book is just waste paper, and the so-called persuasion in it is even more unknown. I dare to ask, who has plowed the land?"

   "..."

   "What?" Wang Hua couldn't help being a little dazed.

  Zhu Houzhao raised his head, looked around the crowd confidently, and asked Emperor Hongzhi angrily: "What I am asking is, who has actually plowed the land here? Father, have you plowed?"

   "..." Emperor Hongzhi was furious at first, but suddenly, he was overwhelmed by the question.

  Although, every year when offering sacrifices at the altar in the northern suburbs, in order to show that the palace attaches great importance to agriculture, the golden **** will be waved twice symbolically, but this is only limited to this.

   "Father has never plowed the land at all!" Zhu Houzhao sneered.

   This time, his gaze became aggressive.

   "You...rebellious son, dare to talk back!" Emperor Hongzhi consciously felt that this prodigal thing had shaken his majesty as a father, and he was even more annoyed, but...he lacked confidence.

  Zhu Houzhao immediately turned his attention to Yang Tinghe: "Then, Master Yang, have you ever plowed the land?"

   "..." Yang Tinghe was momentarily at a loss for words, and he subconsciously asked, "What does this have to do with cultivated land?"

   "So, Master Yang hasn't plowed either?"

  Yang Tinghe didn't know how to answer.

   "Then..." Zhu Houzhao gradually began to grasp the state, anyway, he was going to be cleaned up by the emperor anyway, so let's just make a fuss.

   Zhu Houzhao looked around: "None of you have plowed the land yet? Master Liu, Master Li, Master Xie... and Xiao Jing..."

  He rolled the roll one by one, Liu Jian smiled and shook his head silently.

  Xie Qian and Li Dongyang also looked weird. Naturally, they were born as scholars, and the cultivated land...does not exist.

  Xiao Jing looked embarrassed, he was sent to the palace as a **** when he was a child, wasn't he a **** just to get rid of the fate of arable land and not having three meals a day? So, of course, he never plowed the land.

   "Your Highness, I have done it!" Fang Jifan said confidently.

  Zhu Houzhao glared at Fang Jifan, and interrupted him coldly: "Don't interrupt."

   "Oh!" Fang Jifan faintly felt that there was an inexplicable arrogance in Zhu Houzhao today.

  Zhu Houzhao sneered, he raised his eyes and stared at the furious father: "You have never plowed the land, but you talk about how good this book is to persuade farmers, what kind of masterpiece is rare, isn't it ridiculous?"

   "..." Emperor Hongzhi wanted to roll up his sleeves and beat this rebellious boy to death.

  Zhu Houzhao said proudly: "I said it was waste paper, it's because... I have plowed the land!"

   Suddenly, many people's faces changed.

  His Royal Highness...have you gone to farm?

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the mud all over his body: "My son came back from farming in the Western Mountains, and the mud on his body was brought from the field. My son said that this "Book of Persuasion to Agriculture" is ridiculous, precisely because he has already experienced the joy of farming." Hard work, and I also know what taboos are there and what is needed in this farming. Only then do I know that this "Book of Advising Farmers" looks eloquent and eloquent, but in reality, it is nonsense, empty, and extremely ridiculous. The book can please His Majesty, it can make Master Yang applaud it, and it can make the ministers of the court read it happily, but this article, when it reaches the ears of the farmers, is very ridiculous. The edict to persuade farmers was supposed to be an article to encourage farmers to work hard, but when it was heard by farmers, it became a laughing stock instead."

   "The person who wrote this article, regardless of the five grains, is so brazen to persuade the farmers? This is not persuading the farmers, it is hurting the farmers, it is harming the farmers!"

  It's a little late today, sorry!

  (end of this chapter)