The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son

The heavy snow has not stopped, the weather has been getting colder for more than ten days, countless people complain about the ghost weather, but the anthracite coal dug by Xishan Coal Mine is almost in short supply

The entire Beijing city is already a piece of white, and the snow flakes swaying in the air, like dandelions, fell on this ancient capital layer by layer, making this mottled and magnificent city a new dress.

The guards at Andingmen will open the gates on time. The white soldiers in his mouth are frozen with a stiff face. They drilled in the doorway and shrunk their hands in preparation for clearing the flow of people into the city.

It's just such weather, and there are very few people entering the city.

Outside the gate of the city, it was snow-capped and endless, and the new snow showed no signs of being trampled and destroyed.

Only at the end of the official road covered by heavy snow, the sound of horseshoe came quickly.

This caused the defenders to fight some spirits. In the vastness, they saw that the figure of one man and one horse in the white mist emerged like a ghost, and the knight immediately seemed to be frozen, but the horse under the seat, but four Numerous snow covered the hoofs, and there was a snort in the mouth.

The back of the knight carried a bamboo tube with traces of lacquer in it. He was dressed in a black jacket, a servant of wind and dust, and the new army in the door cave saw him rushing in like a whirlwind.

This is an express report for the express delivery of 800 miles. The sharp defenders only look at each other's appearance, and they know that this is from the southwest. The southwestern malaise is heavy and the humidity is large, so there are often urgent reports that will be loaded. Into the bamboo tube, sealed with glutinous rice.

It's just ... Such an urgent report, in general, is rarely used. Southwest ... What happened?

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Every time Fang Jifan comes to Zhan Shifu, he will always be a little late, because ... he is lazy.

However, this does not matter, because the top 100 households have already helped him to order the order. This made Fang Jifan owe the 100 households a favor. Fang Jifan wondered if this fellow wanted to show his favor, but these trivial matters, he I do n’t remember it. When I arrived at the House of Chans, I saw Zhu Houzhao riding a horse, wearing a velvet python robe, and the refreshing North Korean side said: "Lao Fang, are you late again? Let ’s see you. . "

"See the drive ..." Fang Jifan is a bit illusory. In fact, in this Beijing teacher, he is not afraid of anyone, but the drive alone ... makes him panic. The emperor's majesty seemed kind on the surface, but he always felt that there was a little chicken thief.

For example, the emperor Hongzhi robbed half of the shares in the coal mine without hesitation. Although this share was originally taken by Zhu Houzhao, it was so natural that he did n’t take himself as an outsider at all, making Fang Jifan feel that the emperor Hongzhi was magnanimous, but There is a robber side; if I want to build a iron square and build tools in Xishan, I thought it was easy for this, but the emperor is irreproachable. What do you mean?

Fang Jifan smiled: "The prince will not go, His Highness will take care of himself. The prince shall perform his duties with loyalty and care for the monastery, which is the duty of the prince."

Zhu Houzhao said: "Long word, you don't want to see the drive, do you think this palace is willing to see it? This palace always feels that today's right eye is always jumping, this is a sign of beating, but there are people in the palace, I was told to enter the palace with you. "

Fang Jifan smiled: "Excellent, the minister also wanted to see his majesty a long time ago, and complained heartily, haha ​​... haha ​​..."

Smiled a little fake, then Liu Jin had brought a horse to Fang Jifan, and Fang Jifan turned over.

All the way from Chongwenmen to the palace, the two dismounted and walked side by side, stepping on the masonry that had just been cleaned of snow in the palace, Zhu Houzhao thought deeply: "This palace is still unwilling, why the father emperor robbed me Coal mine. "

Fang Jifan is actually already known. Although Zhu Houzhao is confused, he has an ambition. He is different from the scum that eats and waits for death from Jifan in front of him. In fact, he always wants to do some big things really, so as to teach people to be impressed.

Is nothing more than the emperor of the emperor, the Manchu dynasty, and the civil war, and he is regarded as a child. Even in history, after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, it was only the object of a group of ministers coaxing him to do big things ... nowhere.

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao sympathetically, but squinted again. A hint of cunning flashed in his eyes as always: "His Royal Highness, it is actually too easy to get rich."

"Oh?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Lao, this palace knows you have a way?"

Fang Jifan heard him call Lao Fang, he wished to pat him on the shoulder, called Xiao Zhu, but ... forget it ... with a useful body, mixed eating and waiting for death are better than death.

Fang Jifan said: "His Royal Highness, what is wealth in this world?"

Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, and for a long time, finally shook his head.

Intellectually retarded ah this is.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Yuan Shu, Your Royal Highness, you think about it. The urgent delivery from the state capitals every day, this is all delivered to the palace by urgent delivery shops. In this Beijing city, the news is blocked. If anyone had the latest information first, such as a flood in Jiangnan, what would happen if His Highness knew the news early? "

"Disaster relief?" Zhu Hou said.

Fang Jifan despised him: "It is rich, and once the news of flooding is known in advance, it means that many silkworms in Jiangnan will cut production on a large scale, and once the production is cut, silk is bound to rise on the market, who has the first news, Relying on this message alone, I am afraid that I ca n’t earn any money? Also, what happens if there is a bandit in Shandong, Nanzhili and other places? Shandong and Nanzhili run through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal Where it must go, once a bandit has happened, especially a water bandit ... then ... "

Zhu Hou-zhao's eyes lit up suddenly.

Seemed to find a new way out at once: "You mean, in the future, the palace will go to the Nuan Pavilion every day, accompany the father and emperor to read and play, by the way ..."

Fang Jifan said with a straight face: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, I didn't teach you."

"..." Zhu Houzhao blushed: "You said clearly."

Fang Jifan refused to recognize: "I haven't, don't talk nonsense, don't injustice me."

Fang Jifan is a mentally disabled patient in the eyes of others, but his heart is like a mirror. It is easy for His Royal Highness to go to the sea, but if His Majesty knows, he will not settle the bill after the autumn.

You said one thing, I said, in this vast forbidden city with heavy snow, two pairs of deerskin boots stepped on the snow, leaving two lines of clear marks.

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Every morning, the emperor Hongzhi had to close the door with the three cabinet scholars to discuss political affairs.

In the past, Emperor Daming was one day at a time. Even if he was as diligent as the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, he only called the minister once a day to discuss matters.

But after that, the children and grandchildren did not have as much energy as Zhu Yuanzhang. UU read the book www.uukanshu.com once in a day, and it was so useless that when the emperor Chenghua was first, it was a month, and it was rare to call the minister to discuss.

After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he was worried about the past malpractice, so he decided to change one day from one dynasty to two dynasties. Every morning and noon, there were meetings of different sizes, and even encountered an urgent and difficult situation. It was necessary to discuss with the ministers until midnight, before taking a break.

In this warm and warm pavilion, I had just finished talking about the weird celestial phenomenon recently. Emperor Hongzhi planned to make a batch of anthracite from Xishan Coal Mine to help the poor near the suburbs of Beijing. Then he could not help but cough.

Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi with a worried look. His Majesty was diligent and known to Yu Nei. It was Emperor Taizuo Gao, who was afraid that he could not keep up, but ... The result of such deliberate thoughts, but also made the Emperor His Majesty's dragon body always uneasy He couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty wants to protect the dragon body, there are some things that don't need to be overworked."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and shook his head bitterly: "When I was ascended to the throne, the people in the government and the outside world were full of people, and the counties and counties were scattered. The people were hungry and cold. At that time, it was a matter of internal and external troubles. No matter what the result of the political affairs is. I, as a son of man, naturally cannot slander the first emperor, but the first emperor gave me Jiang Jiangshan but also gave me a mess.

Speaking of which, he couldn't help but sigh: "Now I have a son. I can't learn from the first emperor and leave a mess to my children and grandchildren. Do more things, in the future, the prince will have less trouble, I take the first emperor as a warning, but also hope that the prince does not need to face the internal and external troubles, and the worries are heavy. , Anyway! This is for the prince to worry about, but also the responsibility of being a father. "