Chapter 728: father and son
Chapter 728 Tian Family Father and Son
Boarded a simple pier, and the sound of reading aloud came from a distance.
As soon as he heard the voice, Emperor Hongzhi immediately felt a familiar feeling. Hexi's smile was involuntarily revealed on his originally stern face.
He couldn't help turning his head to Fang Jifan and asked, "Is there anyone here still studying?"
"Yes." Fang Jifan said: "Although Zhang Yuanxi, the prince's disciple, is good at archery, he has bad legs and feet, can't lift his shoulders and hands, but he is a living person after all, and it's not that he can't use it. I built a shed and asked him to teach some children to read here."
When Zhang Sheng heard it, his eyes suddenly changed! My son is here! He was so excited that he said happily, "My son... has become a teacher. Your Majesty, why don't you go and have a look."
"Next time." Although Emperor Hongzhi wanted to go and see it, but... he didn't have that thought now.
It can be seen that there are all low shacks here, and the 'thieves' probably live here temporarily. The environment is very bad, but you can see the fields that have been reclaimed in the distance, and the continuous embankments along the river.
Emperor Hongzhi frowned, seeing countless thieves bent over here to dredge the silt, but all of them were sallow, emaciated, and ragged, he couldn't help saying: "Is this the thief from Poyang Lake?"
Fang Jifan nodded and said, "Exactly."
This... is completely different from what Emperor Hongzhi imagined.
Emperor Hongzhi said in surprise: "I thought they were very cruel."
Fang Jifan said conveniently: "Your Majesty, they are actually just a group of refugees. They entered Poyang Lake as thieves when they really had no way out. To put it bluntly, they are a group of peasants who lost their land. These peasants are very pitiful, even worse than military households. King Ning is relying on these and wants to use them to cause chaos, but His Royal Highness said... then said..."
Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully, and was very interested in what the prince wanted to say.
It can be seen that Fang Jifan hesitated, and he couldn't help asking: "What did you say?"
This is what Fang Jifan wanted, and he said: "His Royal Highness said that there are no thieves in the world. The so-called thieves are just poor people who are coerced by someone with a heart and oppressed by the government. These thieves are even more harmful, aren't there all thieves in this temple?"
Fang Jifan laughed in his heart. These words were actually what he wanted to say. To be honest, Fang Jifan is a man of three views, and the worst thing to see is the poor. Seeing these Jiangxi old cousins lose their land, they have to become thieves , this... is still known as a land of fish and rice. From this, one can imagine how far the land annexation and the government's oppression have reached. Can Fang Jifan bear it?
Of course, if you directly scold the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, it will be too hated, and the Fang family will make friends in the future.
Now that my child is about to come out, I have to accumulate some virtue for my child and keep a good relationship with her.
Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "He really said that."
Fang Jifan said sincerely: "The minister also persuaded him not to be too radical, but His Highness is a person who hates evil."
Ma Wensheng and others behind him were all very embarrassed, and Jiangxi governor Wang Zhen's scalp became numb.
Emperor Hongzhi seemed to notice the embarrassment faced by the ministers who served him, and said: "The people don't have land, why don't they rent and plant land?"
Fang Jifan said: "Since the Emperor Taizu Gao, the land in the world has not increased much, but the population has increased several times. In the past, renting land can have a bite to eat, but now it is difficult to eat, not to mention the big families. They often hide their land and don’t have to pay grain and taxes, but for small households, the taxes are getting heavier day by day, and a small disaster will make people unable to survive. It’s better to be a thief than starve to death.”
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this remark, but it is difficult to say it if you are entangled in it, so Emperor Hongzhi remained silent.
Fang Jifan said again: "As for sweet potatoes and potatoes, the promotion here in Jiangxi is not timely enough, so..."
Wang Zhen sweated profusely and said: "Your Majesty, this is not due to the negligence of the minister, but because King Ning is insane and obstructed everywhere. So many people have been forced by him to become thieves, and King Ning will die forever."
Fang Jifan continued: "I also heard that there are gentry near Poyang Lake who violated people's property, and some even forced them into prostitution...and sold them to Nanjing."
The king wiped his sweat in shock, and said quickly: "Ning Wang is not as good as a pig or a dog. To back up some gentry, the ministers are really beyond reach."
Fang Jifan continued: "But the thieves you are talking about here have a miserable life experience behind them. Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, and it is so bad."
"King Ning perverted, and gods and men were all angry. I must search for King Ning's crimes and expose him." Wang Zhen hurriedly said.
Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "So, they are not thieves?"
Wang Zhen was taken aback for a moment, but he saw Fang Jifan looking at himself with a smile. Those who know the current affairs are heroes, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I... really misunderstood, these poor people, wherever they are thieves, they are Ning The result of the king's perverse behavior shows how shameless and despicable this King Ning is, and the world will not tolerate it."
But as he spoke, he saw Zhu Houzhao trotting in the distance.
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao from a distance, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm!
When Zhu Houzhao came in front of him, Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath, but when Zhu Houzhao was about to bow down, Emperor Hongzhi finally couldn't help but feel angry!
You guy, you just walked away!
He subconsciously said: "Little bastard...you did a good job."
Zhu Houzhao prostrated himself like flowing clouds and flowing water, saying: "Let father and emperor worry, my son and minister will die."
"..." Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, his old face blushed, and he calmed down his anger and said, "Find a clean place to talk."
"There is no clean place here." Zhu Houzhao said: "But the emperor might as well come to the residence of the son, the place is still clean."
As he spoke, he led Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers to a tent. This tent was near the rocks, and it was not half clean. When they got in, there was only a bed made of straw.
Zhu Houzhao took the rice stalks casually, spread them out, and asked Emperor Hongzhi to sit down.
Emperor Hongzhi didn't care too much, but said: "This time, you punished King Ning, and you did a good job. I am very relieved."
It’s rare...the father actually praised him, Zhu Houzhao was beaming with joy, and said cheerfully: "The main thing is that the father taught me well on weekdays."
Emperor Hongzhi wanted to drink tea and licked his mouth. Xiao Jing watched his subtle movements carefully, and immediately understood what His Majesty meant. He couldn't help asking: "Is there any tea here?"
"No." Zhu Houzhao said.
"..."
Zhu Houzhao explained: "I came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare any tea. I will ask Er Gouzi later, and let him ask someone."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao's attire of ordinary people, like a mud monkey coming out of the ground, but he also knew that this was the theory of Western learning, which emphasized the so-called empathy, and then looked at the spotless Wang Zhen. He couldn't help feeling emotional, but he said: "Ren Shou and Kun Ning Palaces, if you know you are messing around here, I don't know how worried you should be, so...you are eager to make contributions, I can understand, but you can't jump around like a monkey, you know ?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "Father, it's no wonder I'm a minister, I've been deceived by others."
"Huh?" Emperor Hongzhi was stunned: "Who deceived you, Jifan?"
Zhu Houzhao said decisively: "Liu Jin!"
"..." Emperor Hongzhi lowered his face: "He is dead."
Fang Jifan thought to the side, if Liu Jin was still alive, probably the crown prince would frame him, and his conscience would still be disturbed.
It's really timely to die now, even the burden of conscience is gone.
Zhu Houzhao said: "At the beginning, I didn't want to come to Jiangxi, but Liu Jin always said in front of my minister that it was a pity that I didn't come. My son's ears are soft. When I heard it, I thought that there was no danger, not to mention that I could still be my father. To share our worries, so my son-in-law came."
It is impossible to distinguish the truth from the falsehood of such things. Anyway, Liu Jin has never seen people alive or dead bodies.
Emperor Hongzhi decided not to pursue the matter anymore, and said: "I came to look for you this time to bring you back to Beijing. The local officials will arrange things here, so you don't have to worry about it."
Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter face: "But all the ministers are here."
Emperor Hongzhi said: "I am here. After a few days of inspection, you will return to Beijing with me. You are the prince. How can you do it so rashly? What's more, you still scold the ministers of the temple. You are the prince. They are not with you. , there is the righteousness of a monarch and a minister, it cannot be like this."
Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to say reluctantly: "I know."
Wang Zhen said with a smile: "Your Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince, how can they live in this muddy place? Now that Your Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince meet each other, and the ministers are also very happy to see each other, why not ask Your Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince to move to the city of Nanchang?" , I heard that His Majesty's holy driver is coming here, and the offerings from the whole Nanchang Mansion have already been prepared."
Emperor Hongzhi only glanced at Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao said: "I won't go, I have to finish a major event here before leaving."
"Big thing..."
The so-called big thing...is building bridges.
This is a bridge across the Ganjiang River.
In this era, this bridge is almost impossible to complete. After all, the narrowest part of the Ganjiang River, even if it is from Tengwang Pavilion to the west bank, there are some small islands washed out by the river in the middle, but such a long distance is really unimaginable. .
But Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan wanted to give it a try.
I heard that a bridge will be built.
Emperor Hongzhi was also taken aback. He asked Ma Wensheng who was accompanying him, and Ma Wensheng and others shook their heads: "Your Majesty, this is definitely not feasible. The Ganjiang River is too wide. If bridges can be built here, most people in the world will Can't all rivers build bridges?"
In this era, if it’s a small river, it’s fine to build a bridge, but for a river of the size of the Ganjiang River, building a bridge is really abhorrent and wishful thinking, but if it can be built, I don’t know how many people it will benefit.
(end of this chapter)