Chapter 364: Gathering Wealth
Faced with Zhu Houzhao, Fang Jifan was always able to remain calm in honor and disgrace.
Because... I'm used to it.
Fang Jifan gently patted Zhu Houzhao and grabbed his hand, took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, I have never received any reward for treating Your Highness the Princess. Do you know that?"
Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything, but she still stared at Fang Jifan with a scrutiny in her eyes!
Fang Jifan continued with a sarcasm: "To cure Your Highness, I have done my best to treat you. Has Your Highness's illness recurred these days?"
Zhu Houzhao thought seriously and said, "Occasionally..."
Fang Jifan smiled and said, "Your Highness also knows it's occasionally. If I hadn't been to the timely treatment, would Your Highness think it's only occasionally?"
Zhu Houzhao said, "I heard that pork is very unpalatable, and ordinary people are reluctant to eat it."
"This is your highness's prejudice. The pigs I raise are different from those raised by others." Fang Jifan swears: "If you don't believe it, your highness can try it."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Go to the West Mountain to eat?"
Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes, with a gleam in his eyes: "Didn't your highness always want to earn money?"
"What?"
As Fang Jifan expected, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were shining.
Fang Jifan said lightly: "If you want to earn money, you have to accumulate wealth. How can you accumulate wealth? You have to gather popularity. There are many wealthy families in the capital. They have nothing to do when they are full, and they are free of trouble when they are idle, which not only makes the court worried. Besides, they have so much money hidden in their families. His Highness can see it, can he sleep?"
It looks very reasonable, Zhu Houzhao has started grinding her teeth.
In Fang Jifan's words, if you don't steal the money from these bastards, do you still have a conscience?
"So, we have to find a chance to make them spend money."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and then she showed doubt in her eyes: "It's just this pork?"
Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "Who said he only relies on pork? I am thinking about a big deal now. Of course, there must be a share of Your Highness. Your Highness, I am thinking about you everywhere. Do you... think I have other intentions?"
Fang Jifan has turned into a grievance.
Zhu Houzhao was really moved by Fang Jifan's words, and was at a loss, and said in shame: "But what does this have to do with my girl?"
"It's a big deal." Fang Jifan said seriously: "Treatment is a pretext. The most important thing is to see if someone can pay the money. I am making money for Your Highness. Your Highness has lived in the deep palace for a long time and has never come out to walk around. He has been pampering for life and has never seen anything good. If even she finds it interesting, then Your Highness will wait to lie down and take money from the bags of the rich people in the world."
"Your Highness, as long as you do this, we will be done. Don't worry, I have always done it properly... There will be no accidents."
Zhu Houzhao's face calmed down and he began a battle between heaven and man: "It's very difficult to get my girl out of the palace."
"So it is necessary to treat the disease." Fang Jifan gave a thumbs up: "With your highness's intelligence, this is not a problem."
"Then... I'll try it. I'll agree in advance. I'll go there too." Zhu Houzhao was surprisingly careful this time and looked at Fang Jifan vigilantly.
Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with great sincerity and said, "Your Highness must come together. If Your Highness does not follow you, I will feel uneasy."
Zhu Houzhao was happy and showed a happy smile
From this point of view, he is really too careless, and Lao Fang is still quite loyal.
So the next morning, Zhu Houzhao entered the palace excitedly.
I originally wanted to go to Kunning Palace to give my mother a breath and add some energy and fire.
Unexpectedly, I saw Xiao Jing coming towards me. Xiao Jing saw Zhu Houzhao from afar and wanted to kneel down and salute!
Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to pay attention to him, but Xiao Jing said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is about to find you."
Zhu Houzhao suddenly became nervous and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said, "What are you going to do when I look for me?"
Xiao Jing looked at Zhu Houzhao deeply: "Your Majesty has obtained a secret letter from Fang Jifan."
Zhu Houzhao tried to show a calm look, with her hands behind her back, but she knew what was written in the secret decree, so she said oh!
He was uneasy, but after thinking about it, what was he afraid of? Isn’t this palace making contributions now?
So Dalala said, "Let's go."
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Fang Jifan's secret letter stated the situation of North Korea.
Of course... they are all speculations.
Fang Jifan believes that there are already people in North Korea who are ready to move.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not need to make a big move against North Korea. Just let Liu Jie cross the river and enter the North Korea directly under the name of siege, and then major events can be settled.
In addition, Fang Jifan also explained the reasons why this matter must not be announced. After seeing it, Emperor Hongzhi fell into deep thought.
Because of this Li Long, the court has caused a lot of controversy, and everyone said they would attack North Korea!
But there is a saying that dreams are beautiful, reality is skinny! Where is silver, food? Where is soldiers?
A big fight requires a lot of money.
The problem is that this is a war to punish the people and punish the rebellious kings.
As the Supreme Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty spent countless money and food, and killed and injured countless officers and soldiers. But in the end, North Korea was a bitter and cold place, which was even worse than that of Liaodong. Liaodong was at least fertile land with no mountains and hills. However, North Korea had the same climate and was more remote, but there were many mountains and steep mountains and rivers. The people's livelihood was extremely difficult. Can you still expect North Korea to take out money and food to reward the army?
So, no matter how you calculate it, it is a loss-making transaction. Even if the advance is smooth, the losses will be uncountable for the court.
Emperor Hongzhi was a stingy person and he was reluctant to eat and use it. He felt very distressed when he thought that so many people would die and wasted so much money and food.
And Fang Jifan's method...well, it's a bit risky...but...is it possible...
Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself that Fang Jifan had never been to Korea after all, and everything was based on his analysis and speculation. Since Li Long dared to kill the scholars in the country, he might as well have firmly controlled the army. Otherwise, wouldn't this person be a fool?
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi was a bit too risky, because the court instructed Liu Jie to be the imperial envoy to attack the court and lead more than a thousand people. It was fine if it was not going well. If it was surrounded and annihilated by Li Long, wouldn't this be a big loss of face and a good national event become a joke?
The risk here is too great.
However, Emperor Hongzhi had to be cautious about Fang Jifan's secret memorials.
Although we cannot express our support openly, we are secretly indulging in the flames...
Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly and put the secret memorial aside. At this time, Zhu Houzhao happened to arrive.
"My son has met my father." Zhu Houzhao bowed.
Emperor Hongzhi directly pointed to the corner.
What?
Zhu Houzhao was a little confused. Is his father crazy? He is really worse than Li Long. He doesn't even eat any more! He usually has mistakes, and he is punished, so he admits that he is a great hero now...
Zhu Houzhao was so upset that he said, "Father, Is there a saying that my son should say or not?"
Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "You said."
"Although my son has forged an imperial edict these days, he has made great contributions to the court... My father has praised him personally, why..."
Emperor Hongzhi sneered, and his tone also increased a little: "Disar son! You still have the face to say, is it a small crime to forge an imperial edict? Do you think I want to praise you in front of the court? Humph! You have done it, but this method of doing things is a ruthlessness. The reason why I praise you in front of the court is to keep you decent. After all, you are the crown prince and the eastern palace. In the future, I will have someone to succeed you. If I don't praise you, would you still say that you will be forgiven for your death?"
"Even if you want to hide the imperial edict, you can't hide it. There is no one in the court who can save money. Even if they are temporarily hidden, after thinking about it, you will know what is going on. I might as well admit it and praise you so that you, the prince, at least when I am still here, can be praised by the subjects, not despised. But mistakes are wrong. Forging imperial edicts is a forgery, a heinous crime. I haven't settled the score with you, and you are still complacent. Do you really think you have made great contributions?"
"Oh, my father is so despicable..." Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, but then he felt that he had lost his words. After thinking about it, he seemed to think that there was something reasonable. He was actually so he obediently went to the corner, and with a click, he knelt down directly.
Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that he was so angry that he was actually a little humble today, and if Zhu Houzhao was a little more humble today, he would ask his father to forgive him.
If this is true, Emperor Hongzhi's heart is more relaxed. If you think about it carefully, it is a matter of greater merit than failure.
But the problem is that this guy still thinks he is a great hero and looks complacent, which is unbearable.
Zhu Houzhao said the word "despicable", but Emperor Hongzhi was dull. He pretended that he had not heard it, and turned to it: "I just wanted Xiao to join the palace, why did you come so soon? Are you in the palace? Is there something wrong?"
Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said that if the girl was going to leave the palace, if her father didn't let her be sure, it would not work. So he said, "There is something. Fang Jifan said that the girl's illness has been more frequent recently, so the general treatment will not work."
Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly became nervous: "Can't be cured?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "He said he needed to go to the West Mountain, and to treat it... Of course, the girl is a daughter, and the son is her emperor brother... He should accompany her, so he wanted to enter the palace and beg his father and mother to make a promise."
West Mountain...
Emperor Hongzhi was a little confused. Why did he go to the West Mountain to treat his illness?
No matter how you sound, you don't think it's reliable.
"This is called recuperation, it is said to be very effective." Zhu Houzhao added another sentence.
Chapter completed!