Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 901 The emperor's grandson is good

  There is a difference between recruiting and serving corvee.

  The latter is voluntary labor, and it is also a kind of tax. If the government sends you to work, do you dare not go?

   But now that there is a whip, there is no so-called corvee in Dingxing County.

Xiao Jing saw that many people were still confused and didn't quite understand, so he swallowed his saliva: "Thirty big money is a day, or a day. Dingxing County is in Beizhili. It has always been a poor county. People, A few years ago, there were hundreds of people who died of freezing or starvation in one winter. I also heard that the people there only had one set of clothes for the whole family, and when the men went out wearing clothes, the whole family could only hide in the At home, I covered myself with torn wadding to keep warm..."

Xiao Jingdao: "Therefore, don't say it's thirty yuan, it's ten yuan, these common people should flock to it, at least, it can make their family members barely full, right? What's more, it's the slack season now... the county All the strong men in the village have gone, surrounded by water, no matter how hard the road is, they don't feel any hindrance, and they are afraid, the strength of their bodies can't be exchanged for money."

  Emperor Hongzhi was shocked when he heard this.

  He hasn't heard of the fact that a family wears a pair of pants.

   If you encounter some rotten scholars, you may shout and scold them. This is a shame.

  But at this time, whether it was Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, or Wang Ao, Ma Wensheng, Wen Tao, Zhang Shengren, etc., they all fell into deathly silence.

  They still can't imagine how terrible poverty is.

  In the past, these news were not reported. Even if something was needed to be reported, it was just a word like the great hunger of the people.

  But this time is different, the factory guards have been very unfavorable recently, Xiao Jing is a little panicked, and has to report something, which shows that the factory guards are very rigorous in their investigation.

  Emperor Hongzhi had a sallow face, but he was not surprised at all.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was silent, Xiao Jing continued: "Your maid...going out of the city and preparing to return to the capital, the gate of the city was surrounded by countless people in ragged clothes, and my maidservant couldn't get out, even if the factory guard showed up. The signs of being pro-military, even pretending to whip them, but they were unmoved, and there was a shed at the gate of the city, waiting for someone to sign up..."

  Emperor Hongzhi swayed, and his face became even more yellow.

  He tried to breathe evenly.

   But breathing is still getting faster and faster.

  Xiao Jing didn't notice this, and bowed at the feet of Emperor Hongzhi in fear and reverence: "These 30 big coins are not much a day. But now, the people in Manxian are looking forward to starting work sooner..."

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "Dingxing County, after all, is under the foot of the Son of Heaven, so it has come to such a miserable situation?"

  Xiao Jing said cautiously: "This..."

  Fang Jifan was on the sidelines, and said emphatically, "Your Majesty, I object."

"what?"

  Everyone looked at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan said seriously: "The people in Dingxing County are very rich."

  Emperor Hongzhi thought that Fang Jifan was teasing, with an angry look on his face.

Fang Jifan said: "A few days ago, my son's grandson came to revise books, oh, that's Liu Jin's grandson, he complained to my son that the people in Dingxing County are too rich, there are many servants in the family, and the house... covers an area of ​​100 mu. The courtyard wall is even higher than the city wall. Not only that, they also enthusiastically invite the grandson of their sons and ministers to have dinner. Your Majesty, there is a table full of dishes. With a few guests as companions and the host’s family, the total amount is not too much. Six or seven people served thirty or forty plates of dishes, all of which were extremely precious, such as the duck tongues that fly in the sky and those that swim in the water, and you need to kill dozens of them for just one dish. Duck, the grandson of my son, is invited every day, and treated with great hospitality... I can't stand the food, he suffers!"

   "..."

  Fang Jifan was smiling, and his words were teasing.

   But the faces of all the people in front of him were ashen.

   This is equivalent to holding a knife and poking someone's heart.

Fang Jifan said: "Not only that, my son's grandson also heard that the people who invited him to the banquet had many wives and concubines, one of them had twenty-three concubines in his family, and this concubine had to have two maids by his side. A nanny is taking care of them, and their rouge is specially bought from Jiangnan. The satin they wear is all from Songjiang, as thin as silk."

   "..."

   Still silent.

  Emperor Hongzhi swayed, his face grim.

  Liu Jian and others, with panic on their faces, these... they can't imagine.

  Especially Wang Ao...he seems to be ten years older all of a sudden.

   is in this embarrassment.

  Suddenly someone said crisply: "Father, there are twenty-three concubines, why do you only have my mother?"

   This is Fang Zhengqing's voice.

  Fang Jifan blushed.

  He muttered for a while, wanting to explain something, but felt that there was no way to explain it to this little bastard. These words... actually poked Fang Jifan's heart a little bit, and Fang Jifan ignored him.

Fang Zhengqing yelled again: "Father, I remembered, you also have a concubine, don't you and Aunt Xiang like to hug each other secretly? I saw it, and you still kissed her on the mouth! That Aunt Xiang Is it a concubine..."

  Fang Jifan panicked.

   Fuck.

  Damn it, this is...

  He hurriedly yelled: "You prodigal bastard, what nonsense are you talking about. You are young and full of such dirty thoughts, I will kill you!"

   As he spoke, he wanted to rush forward.

  Fang Zhengqing hid behind Emperor Hongzhi.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with a livid face.

  Fang Jifan trembled suddenly.

  Ming’s son-in-law is not allowed to take concubines in a legal sense. This is a matter of principle. As for the corruption of private life, this is also not allowed.

  During the Chenghua Dynasty, there was a county horse whose head was beheaded because of this.

   This is just a county horse, it is the daughter of the prince, let alone a son-in-law.

  Fang Jifan immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense, my son... is not such a person."

  Fang Zhengqing hid behind Emperor Hongzhi and shouted: "I saw it with my own eyes, I am not a child anymore, why did Daddy lie to me!"

  Fang Jifan smiled and declined to comment.

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed at this moment: "Take the children away."

  The **** on the side wanted to step forward.

  Zhu Zaimo said: "Father, Sun Chen wants to hear..."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded, but suddenly remembered something.

  He stared at Zhu Zaimo for a long time: "If I remember correctly, at the beginning, you said that there would be no trouble in Dingxing County. Is it because I worried too much?"

  Zhu Zaimo nodded: "Yes, Sun Chen said so."

  Liu Jian thought about it, but he didn't take it too seriously, kid, talking nonsense.

  After listening to Xie Qian and others, they couldn't help thinking that the emperor's grandson had actually said these words.

  Emperor Hongzhi put his hands behind his back. Hearing these abominable things, Emperor Hongzhi felt a pain in his throat, but it seemed that only when he looked at his grandson did he feel better.

  He forced a smile and said, "Why?"

  Zhu Zaimo said: "Because it's very simple..."

  The grandson of the emperor actually still makes sense...

  Everyone looked at Zhu Zaimo with astonishment.

  Zhu Zaimo said: "Sun Chen also read the Analects. When he read the Analects, he discovered that the sage Confucius made a huge mistake."

"What?"

  The faces of Liu Jian and the others turned pale.

  For a child who is not as tall as his waist, it is Confucius who is wrong when he speaks.

  Xie Qian, Wang Ao and others were ashamed.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked calm, and he encouraged: "Really, what's wrong?"

   A sage is definitely infallible.

But Zhu Zaimo said: "Father, the Analects of Confucius is wrong. It is always too general. What people can let them know and what they can't let them know. Maybe the people can't stand without trust..."

   These words came out of his mouth.

  Come on, I really have read a lot.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but feel relieved.

  It's just... How can this strange talk be as virtuous as Wang Shouren's?

  Zhu Zaimo said: "Sun Chen read the Analects of Confucius at the time, and thought that the sage Kong was really great. He put the people first, and promoted the theory of benevolent government...Sun Chen naturally admired him. But..."

  Zhu Zaimo said: "Senior brother Wang Shouren, a few days ago, he took us on an outing."

   "Sure enough...Wang Shouren..."

  The pupils of someone's eyes constrict.

  Emperor Hongzhi was still at a loss, and he still didn't understand what it had to do with Zhu Zaimo's previous judgment.

Zhu Zaimo continued: "In the nursery school, there is an outing once a month. That time, brother Wang Shouren led the team. He led us to the farm in Xishan, where there are many households. At noon, we went to the farmhouse I cook porridge at home, and when I saw that peasant’s face was dark, I couldn’t help but ask him if it’s true that the common people are all so dark.”

  Many people still don't understand after all.

  Fang Jifan seems to understand, but he is not in the mood to listen to Zhu Zaimo's words now. He is full of thoughts about whether His Majesty took the matter of Cai Xiang'er to heart and how he should explain it.

Zhu Zaimo showed a childlike smile, but although this kid was childish on the face, there was a certain kind of wisdom and cunning in his eyes: "The householder told me, yes, they want to farm, exposed to the sun and rain Lin, as a commoner, there is no one who is not dark. Not only are they born black, but their hands and feet are also full of calluses... Sun Chen carefully observed that the nearby households, as expected... are all like this, Sun Chen was thinking Oh, so they are the people of our Daming. But when we went back, because of the rain, Wang Jinyuan led the chariots and horses to pick us up. Wang Jinyuan was by my side, but he looked at the sky and said, "It suddenly rained today." It’s raining, God, don’t let us ordinary people live a better life.”

Zhu Zaimo smiled, showing a row of deciduous teeth: "At that time, Sun Chen was confused. How could Wang Jinyuan be a citizen? I called him and asked him, are you also a citizen? Wang Jinyuan called himself a grassroots person and said he had no official position. Unemployed, of course he is also a citizen. But Sun Chen saw that he was born white and fat, and there were no calluses on his hands and feet. Only then did Sun Chen understand that...the so-called people, the so-called common people, are fundamentally different The sage Confucius used the word 'people' to take over all the people in the world, which is a huge fallacy!"

  (end of this chapter)