Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 860 Great Harvest

  The sound of the pipa sounded, with clangs, like drums urging frequently, Han soldiers from all directions came with spears...

  Fang Jifan likes to listen to this pipa. The pipa used to be in the army and belonged to military music.

   Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan in confusion, but Fang Jifan ignored him.

  Waiting for the woman to play a section, she was a little tired, Fang Jifan asked her to rest, the entry level of playing the pipa is very high, especially for this ambush, it is not easy for an ordinary woman to be able to play a section.

   "What is Your Highness doing?"

  Zhu Houzhao said: "Listen to the opera." Zhu Houzhao sighed: "The Empress Dowager may not allow me to enter the palace to listen because she thinks this palace is annoying. They won't allow me, so I will listen to it myself."

  Fang Jifan smiled: "His Royal Highness, Liu Jin has to borrow a minister for a while."

   "What are you doing?" Zhu Houzhao was taken aback.

When he learned that Dingxing County was to be the guardian eunuch, Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed: "This palace also knew that these damned gentry never paid food, which is fine, and I wanted to deal with them a long time ago, haha... Can Liu Jin succeed? I See, he has no skills at all, he just knows how to eat."

  Fang Jifan said with emotion: "Your Highness cannot trust Liu Jin, nor can I trust my minister."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded: "In that case, let that servant Liu Jin go, so as not to embarrass me."

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and said: "Those who kill a thousand swords dare not pay taxes. They all say that Emperor Taizu Gao is very wise, but I listened, but he was not wise at all. At the beginning, why did he let this People don't pay taxes."

  Fang Jifan complained in his heart, Emperor Taizu Gao is wise? That's just in front of you, but behind your back, I don't know what to say about Zhu Yuanzhang. Fang Jifan said: "It's just a moment and a moment. Scholars are strict, but in order to stabilize people's hearts, they decided on this policy. Who would have thought that in the next hundred years, the land would be merged in a disastrous manner. The rich will have fields connected to the fields; After that, what will happen? There are so many people in these families, it is really shameless."

  Zhu Houzhao blushed: "Don't scold people, I also have many lands, and you also have many lands."

   "..." Fang Jifan didn't change his face: "This is different, Your Highness and minister... ah... The sun is so good today, Your Highness, shall we go to the side stove?"

  Zhu Houzhao chirped and hummed: "Recently, eating beef is a bit boring, eating donkeys, I love donkeys."

  The two left the theater, Fang Jifan ordered the theater to rehearse quickly, and then he and Zhu Houzhao found Wen Yansheng.

   It is rare to have a good time to rest. These days, selling a house is really hard.

  Ouyang Zhi left early the next morning.

He is only dressed in a Confucian shirt, washed white. He doesn't like food, he doesn't like gorgeous clothes, he is a very boring person, with only a bag on his back, and a new appointment, he arrives at Fang Jifan's door and pays his discipleship ceremony , turned around and left silently.

  A ray of light from the morning sun shone on his back, as if it was a special trip to see him off.

  Liu Jin's burden was much bigger. He hired more than a dozen helpers and prepared a few large carts with all kinds of food in them. In this way, he would not be afraid of going hungry.

Although Fang Jifan didn't come forward to see them off in person, he was standing on the attic of his house. There was only a small window in the attic. From the small window, he could see Ouyang Zhi's back, and watched Ouyang Zhi disappear at the end of his sight. He took a deep breath and belched, donkey meat is really... very difficult to digest.

  Under the attic, there was a lot of noise, and the children were doing their morning exercises. Each of them became stronger than before.

  These children who are close to four or even five years old have childish faces, even the youngest Fang Zhengqing is not young.

   During morning exercises, they also need to read slogans.

   "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far away. If you don't teach, your nature will change. The way to teach is to specialize..."

  Fang Jifan folded his hands behind his back, lowered his head, and looked at these children.

  At the beginning, the children were still very naughty, or... unwilling to suffer.

  Once Fang Jifan became strict, many children only knew how to cry.

But people are like this, once they get used to it, and gradually, they get used to it, these small children seem to have a brand in their bodies, as if, getting up early in the morning, reading in the morning, taking a nap at noon... have all become Habit.

  Children at this age are not only growing their bodies, but also developing their personalities, and a group of children is the easiest way to develop their personalities.

  Zhu Zaimo faintly, has gained prestige by beating Xu Pengju from time to time, and has become the king of children.

  This made Fang Jifan a little worried about Fang Zhengqing.

  This child...is not like me.

   Not even a little domineering!

  …

  A report has been sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

  Yang Ye, the servant of the household department, took the report, and only looked down, but his face was stunned.

  The household department is calculating the money and food for this year.

  Yunnan needs a lot of food. Where does this food come from is really a worrying thing.

  Can now...

  The Yang servant immediately showed joy.

  Good omen.

  He said nothing, and immediately ordered someone to send the report to the cabinet.

  It was noon at this time. In Wenyuan Pavilion, Daming Palace designed a sun room ingeniously. Except for the wooden frame, almost all glass is on all sides. The weather in the capital is dry, and the summer sun is not vicious.

   At this time, people opened the curtains on three sides, and Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian sat under the warm sun and drank tea slowly.

  Ouyang Zhi has set off.

   It is said that Liu Jin also went there.

  Who is Liu Jin?

  The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay.

  But slowly, they began to have a little impression.

   It is the **** who has made contributions in Jiangxi, is said to have been rewarded by His Majesty, and finally came back to life from the dead.

  Liu Jian was subconsciously relieved when he heard that there would be a guarding eunuch.

  The mood is also brighter.

   After all, everyone understands what guarding eunuchs do.

   "Fang Jifan treats his protégé Ouyang Zhi very well. The old man was worried about Ouyang Zhi before."

   Liu Jian smiled wryly.

  Xie Qian nodded: "That's right...although I don't know who this Liu Jin is, but obviously...he was asked to do dirty things. This has fulfilled Ouyang Zhi's reputation."

Liu Jian took a sip of tea: "Right now, many people have seen the clues, but... After all, there is no fanfare this time. As long as the court keeps silent, there won't be much opposition for the time being, but Yu Qiao and Bin In short, you must be careful to prevent and deal with it.”

  The two said yes repeatedly.

Liu Jian said: "In this glass room, it's really warm, but...but I don't know when, the storm is coming." Shaking his head, Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "Also, His Majesty has already granted Wei Guogong's request to enter the capital, do you know? ?”

   "I know a thing or two." Xie Qian said with a smile in his eyes: "Wei Guogong has always had a bad temper. His grandson went to Xishan Academy and wanted to come...he must be in a hurry. This time, he is here to see his grandson."

Li Dongyang said: "According to Wei Guogong's fiery temper, Fang Jifan may be in serious trouble this time. The Xu family has two families, and is also very trusted by His Majesty. If this irritable Wei Guogong gets angry, it will not be fun. Oh, and, now in the inner city, many people are selling their houses, especially in the inner city, where house prices have fallen to the bottom, Mr. Liu, are you not selling your house?"

"I have already entrusted the dental firm." Liu Jian shook his head: "But the market is not good, even if the price is less than 30% of the original price, no one cares... Xincheng's loan mortgage needs to be repaid every month. Mortgage is really ruthless. Once the law comes out, even if it is a mansion of one hundred thousand taels of silver, it only needs to pay 20,000 taels. Isn't this the same as letting people use the income of the next lifetime to buy a house. In this world, one hundred thousand taels of silver can get Few people can figure it out, but 20,000 taels of silver is not a burden for some people, so... the house price has only been rising. You say, if Fang Jifan puts his mind on the right way, he should have How terrible."

Li Dongyang smiled slightly and said: "Not only that, he owns the house together, you want to buy a house, take out a loan for a mortgage, and he will earn you a sum of interest. The old man has calculated that the old man borrowed thirty thousand taels of silver. Twenty years later, the total Give him more than 50,000 taels..."

Xie Qian couldn't help frowning: "What is this? The most hateful thing...is the bank note. So many people have borrowed money, the bank took this opportunity to promote bank notes, and now many people are starting to use bank notes for transactions. How to print this bank note is not up to Fang Jifan. God knows if there is any water in it. Even if it can be exchanged for full amount of silver at any time, there are many tricks in it. He pulled His Highness the Crown Prince, together I’m afraid that’s the idea behind running a bank.”

Liu Jian smiled wryly: "We have to find a way. When the time comes, the head of money and grain who will be stationed in the household department will go to the bank supervisor to check the accounts every few days. Don't let him mess around. Otherwise, let him issue banknotes indiscriminately. If something happens, the shaken ones will go to the bank to check the accounts. It is the foundation of the imperial court.

  Liu and Li nodded their heads one after another.

"There is also the disaster situation in Yunnan. Fang Jifan actually gave a memorial, saying that the imperial court will directly send money to Yunnan without transporting grain. Once the money arrives, he will encourage merchants from various places to send grain. You say... is this feasible? "

  The three of them chatted in different directions.

Liu Jian was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "It's not like I haven't tried this method before. Once the merchants are allowed to transport them, these merchants will inevitably collude with the local gentry to hoard goods and set prices on the ground. What the court sends is not grain. , if it’s just silver, in my opinion, nine out of ten times, the price of grain remains high, and it’s useless to send any amount of silver in the end.”

   Just as he was talking, the people from the General Secretary came.

   Urgently send the report.

  Liu Jian took the report, glanced at it lightly, and immediately, his face was stunned.

   "Why, Mr. Liu, what's the matter?"

  Liu Jian was silent for a moment: "Wang Shouren, this fellow is in Cochin...reclaiming wasteland!"

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