Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 445 It turns out that His Majesty also loves fish

  Zhu Houzhao personally served a bowl of fish soup in front of Emperor Hongzhi.

  Emperor Hongzhi took the silver spoon and looked at the whitish soup. In the soup was a specially selected piece of fish.

   Drink it all in one gulp.

suddenly…

  With a…

   An indescribable feeling.

  Because of the sea ban, there were not many seafood in Ming Dynasty. Emperor Hongzhi loved fish, and he ate river fish.

No matter what, the river fish has a fishy smell, even an earthy smell. After all, the river fish lives on saprophytic organisms in the river. In order to get rid of the fishy smell, there are not many methods in this era. They often like to add more to the soup. material', but this seasoning is added, but the fish taste is reduced.

  This big yellow croaker is different. The big yellow croaker is already delicious, and only a little salt is added. Therefore, the rich freshness of the fish immediately rushed into the heart of Emperor Hongzhi.

  The deliciousness of the fish can be seen at a glance in this soup.

  Emperor Hongzhi savored it carefully, and carefully took a mouthful of fish.

  The taste of the fish meat is different from that of the river fish.

  The meat of the river fish fell apart as soon as it was cooked, and it was bland and tasteless, but this large yellow croaker has a little bit of elasticity in the meat, making it...comfortable to eat...

  This fragrant and tender fish, paired with this soup, is absolutely amazing.

  Emperor Hongzhi beamed with joy: "This soup should only exist in the sky."

   Finished eating quickly, and didn't care about his full stomach: "Scoop up another bowl. You all eat, taste all of you, and take a look at what the disaster victims in Ningbo Prefecture are eating now."

  In fact, this strong fish fragrance has already aroused everyone's appetite.

   Now that His Majesty has finally opened his mouth, he can't wait any longer.

  The eunuchs scooped up bowls of soup and distributed it to the ministers.

  Liu Jian took a sip, and sighed in his mouth: "This fish is delicious, old minister, I am a little envious of these disaster victims, haha..."

   What a treasure.

   Such a baby can be eaten by others, and it tastes good. Isn't this... another potato?

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "This fish is not only delicious, but also nourishing and nourishing. It is rich in nutrition. Eating it... um... can make you healthy. It is a nourishing thing."

   "Really?" Emperor Hongzhi had already eaten the second bowl.

too delicious.

  So he winked at Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing continued to serve the soup bitterly.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly: "Doesn't this mean that eating too fast and nourishing too much... victims of the disaster..."

  Emperor Hongzhi had a weird expression. What he was worried about was whether the disaster victims would not be filled.

   But when I think about it carefully, I suddenly feel a little melancholy.

  Thinking that the victims are eating fish soup every day, they will not be replenished after eating.

  I have been eating mashed potatoes for so many days in a row...it's...a bit embarrassing.

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao are shameless, they don't like to eat in small bowls, Zhu Houzhao directly took two pots and gave one to Fang Jifan, and the two of them didn't want the **** to scoop the soup, but they did it themselves, in this big pot, scooped the soup. After the soup, he took a spoon to pick out the fat meat from the fish. Zhu Houzhao took the spoon himself. He cut off a piece of fish and put it in his own basin. Fang Jifan stretched out the bowl with both hands. Give yourself one piece, give Fang Jifan one piece.

   After a short while, the two of them shared at least two catties of the fattest meat, and then happily squatted aside, hungry, and started eating.

  Emperor Hongzhi really wanted to scold these two outrageous things, whether they ate or not, but just as the words came out, they swallowed them back.

   His stomach was a little full, so he drank more soup.

  The other ministers had a great time eating.

   Ma Wensheng burped and swished the soup.

   This fish is not easy to come by, it looks like the royal meal in the palace, and the potatoes just now... are really delicious...

   Forget it, maybe if you eat this fish, maybe you will be transported?

  Emperor Hongzhi was sweating after eating, so he reluctantly put down the bowl and chopsticks, and raised his head: "Fang Jifan, it's time to talk."

  Fang Jifan raised his head, wanting to say something, taking advantage of this time, Zhu Houzhao's chopsticks quietly reached into Fang Jifan's bowl, picked up a piece of fish that Fang Jifan wanted to eat later, and stuffed it into his mouth.

  Fang Jifan had never suffered such a big loss. He was worried if he didn't finish the fish soup, so he said: "I'm hungry, finish it first."

He lowered his head, feeling the wind and clouds, and then touched his belly. He felt comfortable. He was not afraid of being stolen by thieves, but he was afraid of being missed by thieves. Nutritious and extremely productive…”

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan and felt that Fang Jifan, a boy, had a lot of knowledge in his belly. He said, "That's all? You said that it has a large output. Does this fish in the sea also have output?"

"It's natural." Fang Jifan said: "There are treasures everywhere in this vast ocean, not to mention other things, just this fish, every year during the fishing season, when it's the season, this fish will come overwhelmingly from the southeast coast. According to its habits, understand their structure, and prescribe the right medicine, I can assure you that the annual catch is enough to fill the stomachs of millions of people along the southeast coast. Millions of people in the Ming Dynasty can improve their diets. The people’s dining table should not only have potatoes and rice. Potatoes and rice can only make people not hungry, but only a large amount of meat can make the people strong.”

"Food is the most important thing for the people. Your Majesty is a sage. If the people can eat enough and eat well, this is a real great merit. Relying on fish for disaster relief is nothing, and it is not a long-term solution. , but because all things are born, and all things can be eaten. We Ming soldiers and civilians have too few food types on the table. The word throttling."

"In the past, the imperial court was blindly thinking about saving money, thinking that as long as everyone was frugal, more people would be able to feed themselves. But the ministers didn't think so. There is food everywhere in the world, so why do you have to save money? Wang Yang In the sea, this big yellow croaker is just one of thousands of fish..."

  Emperor Hongzhi gasped.

What Fang Jifan said is not unreasonable. In the past, when people wanted to feed people, what the court thought was always that the emperor would take it away and eat less. Under the influence of the emperor's morality, dignitaries and gentry also ate less. , Relieve some people, so that more people can be fed.

  But... this idea has been around for thousands of years, so... why not take the initiative to open source?

  Potatoes are open source, sweet potatoes are open source, pork is open source, this big yellow croaker...isn't it also open source?

  In the past, Daming was afraid of the vast ocean, and always believed that the harm brought to Daming by the sea was more than the benefit.

  But today, Emperor Hongzhi calculated the huge catch in his heart, looked down at the big yellow croaker soup, and thought about the people of Ningbo.

  If there is no such big yellow croaker, and there is no fishing by the Japanese guards of the Zhen Guofu, I think... Now the soldiers and civilians in Ningbo are really eating dirt.

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan: "But I heard that the fishermen in the Song and Yuan Dynasties were also fishing, but their harvest was not as big as imagined. On the contrary, many fishermen took risks because of poverty. Overseas has become lawless, without the law of the king, but it is unruly and increasingly difficult to control, so...why?"

  The core of the problem is that overseas people are often unable to restrain themselves.

These people went out to sea in groups of three or five, and some even gathered hundreds of thousands. Once the fishing failed, they simply attacked merchant ships, and even harassed the inland. This happy.

  In this era, with such productivity, the imperial court has no way to effectively attack it.

  The end result is... there are more and more such aliens, and the imperial court is devastated.

"So... where did the Japanese pirates come from?" Fang Jifan said: "Aren't the Japanese pirates also a group of lawless aliens? Without the people of Ming Dynasty as bandits, there will naturally be Japanese pirates. As long as there is huge wealth in this vast ocean If Ming Dynasty doesn't take it, someone should take it. Your Majesty, I believe that blindly prohibiting it is not a long-term solution. Over the years, the Japanese pirates have become more and more violent. It is precisely because, in this vast ocean, looting is profitable. But if fishing can make people rich, then who would be willing to be a bandit? The people in the world, no matter if they are Ming or Japanese, who would be willing to be a bandit? It’s nothing more than that they just can’t survive..."

  Fang Jifan saw that the faces of the ministers were a little ugly.

   It seems that everyone realized that Fang Jifan wanted to shake the foundation of the maritime ban.

  In fact, the opening of the sea and the prohibition of the sea have caused huge disputes in the imperial court. There are too many people in the court who agree with opening the sea.

The problem is that there is a huge dark wave behind this sea ban. Once it is touched, it will immediately cause huge controversy, and the voices of opposition will be overwhelming. .

   It is easy to offend a few officials, or even some private parties in the DPRK, but if it offends a class and triggers their biggest backlash, it is fatal.

   Therefore, no one is willing to touch this bad luck, even His Majesty the Emperor is extremely cautious about it.

Fang Jifan didn't seem to have thought about opening the sea completely, everything has to be done slowly, and said slowly: "So my minister's suggestion is that in order to prevent the common people from going to sea as bandits, it is advisable to temporarily order the Zhen Guofu to prepare Japanese guards for this matter. Come, please allow your Majesty to order the Zhen Guofu to build more ships and recruit some personnel to fish overseas fish."

  Emperor Hongzhi's brows stretched.

  He glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao is also full of expectations.

  To tell the truth, Emperor Hongzhi felt uneasy if he didn’t catch such a big yellow croaker: “I agree. I decree that the town government will prepare Japanese guards, and you can ignore the sea ban!”

  ...

  Chapter 4, well, there will be another chapter.

Many people say water, cry, and feel pain in their hearts. In fact, it is not water. It is indeed a novel. What is really moving is the details. When writing a novel, the details are also the most difficult to write. Tigers face difficulties, and they are so serious. Scolding... hurry up, get some monthly tickets to suppress the shock.

  (end of this chapter)