MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1731 Duke of Zhen

  Chapter 1731 Bestowed upon Duke Zhen

  Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao speechlessly.

   After a long silence, Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, the royal chef in this palace, do you know how good the meals are?"

   This topic turned a bit far, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't help saying when he heard the word imperial chef: "Even if all these damned imperial chefs are sent to Huangjinzhou, none of them will be wronged."

As he said that, with his hands behind his back, he realized that Fang Jifan had changed the subject, so he shook his head again, remembering something and said: "Then Chen Yan, it's really rude, but...some of his words are not wrong, in the final analysis, I was wrong , I complained of illness every day and refused to go to court, it is indeed my fault."

  Fang Jifan immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good. The ancient sages also made mistakes, but the reason why sages are sages is that they can always reflect on themselves like your majesty."

  Zhu Houzhao immediately widened his eyes and said, "Who said I plan to change?"

Fang Jifan had already gotten used to Zhu Houzhao's astonishing words. He raised his thumb and said, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he is really different from ordinary emperors. Hehe... If Your Majesty says he can't recover from his illness, people like Chen Yan will scold him, but if His Majesty does it every day What about asking about politics? Your Majesty asks why, don’t they want to scold? In the end, people like Chen Yan don’t want to be for the court, but for their own selfishness. They hope that His Majesty will obey their arrangements everywhere. Your Majesty governs the world, but wants His Majesty to listen to and govern the world every day, that's all. These people have the worst thoughts, and the most powerful thing is their tongue. They hope to tame His Majesty and change His Majesty from a wolf to a dog. Unfortunately, His Majesty can see the thoughts of these people at a glance. It can be seen that His Majesty has not been dazzled by the so-called anecdote of the Holy King they advocated. What is the real Holy King, and the real Holy King should be like Your Majesty. As long as you keep the common people in your heart, no matter what you do, you will never be deceived by people like Chen Yan, and do what you should do well, this is the blessing of the people in the world."

  Zhu Houzhao rejoiced: "Yes, yes, yes, that's what I mean. Lao Fang is smart, and sure enough... no one in the world knows me better than Lao Fang. I get Lao Fang, just like King Wen got Jiang Taigong."

  Fang Jifan waved his hand: "Your Majesty is King Wen, and my subject is not Jiang Taigong."

  Zhu Houzhao patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be modest, you can do it."

  Zhu Houzhao then said again: "As for the matter of recruiting merchants to build the railway, I still leave it to you to handle it, and the Zhenguo Mansion is also handed over to the Qing family. This is a big deal, do you understand?"

  Fang Jifan nodded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely get it done."

  Zhu Houzhao's heart was much more relaxed, and he continued cheerfully: "Also, I plan to build a separate palace."

   "This..." Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao suspiciously.

  Zhu Houzhao said: "Xiu went to Chenjiazhuang."

  Fang Jifan showed a look like that!

  Speaking of this Chenjiazhuang, although it is less than one hundred and eight thousand miles away from Daming Palace, it is far enough. When Zhu Houzhao was still the prince, he bought an unknown amount of land there.

  Zhu Houzhao said again: "I like tigers and leopards, and I want to raise more tigers and leopards in the new palace. What do you think?"

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty is the real Dragon Emperor. Those tigers and leopards are like cats and dogs in front of Your Majesty. But what do you do with these wastes? My Daming's standing army now has five armies, nearly 100,000 armored All of them are like wolves and tigers, they are His Majesty's tigers and leopards."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao lowered his eyelids slightly, pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It makes sense, raising those beasts is better than raising these elite soldiers of mine. Very good, old Fang, you solved another problem for me." Doubtful, the Duke of the Town is none other than you, come here..."

   As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao bowed his head, opened his lower skirt, and saw dozens of seals hanging from his waist.

He stretched out his hand to take out one, and sighed: "This seal of the Lord of the Town has accompanied me for so many years. Now, I have a jade seal, and it is genuine. As for the seal of the Lord of the Town, starting today, it will be released." Thank you. You just said that I am different from ordinary emperors. Those emperors only want the name of a sage, so they are tamed by people like Chen Yan. I am at the mercy of so-called Qingliu like Chen Yan, but I am different , what I want to do is to be a unparalleled sage king, to teach the so-called sage masters in this world to be eclipsed, and they can't be flattered. Taboo, if I really want to kill you, why do I need to find other excuses? When I was still the crown prince, didn’t you do a lot of things that killed a thousand swords? Put this seal away, and from today on, you will be the Duke of Zhenguo! "

Zhu Houzhao had already said so much, and Fang Jifan couldn't hold back any more. Fang Jifan silently accepted the seal, but two questions came to his mind, and he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, what is the status of this township?" The public seal is always true."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded.

  Fang Jifan asked again: "What did His Majesty say about killing a thousand swords just now? I am a little confused."

   "Heh..." Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan with a smile: "I can't finish talking all day and night."

  Fang Jifan decided not to ask any more questions, probably because a patient knew that he had too many diseases and had decided to give up treatment.

   Received the seal and said goodbye.

   Two hours later, there was a decree from the central government, ordering Fang Jifan to be the Duke of Zhen Guo, and to preside over the big and small affairs of the Zhen Guo Mansion as a cabinet scholar.

  Fang Jifan thanked him and received the order.

It was Liu Jin who came to preach the decree. When the decree was announced, he kept a straight face, and when the decree was read out, he immediately put on a flattering look: "Congratulations, congratulations, godfather, grandson learned that godfather is getting promoted step by step, it's really better than myself!" I'm happy to have a baby."

  Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes and said, "Why do you always think about having a baby? Could it be that you want to have an operation?"

   "Yeah." Liu Jin's eyes lit up suddenly: "Could it be possible to treat this too?"

  Fang Jifan shook his head and sighed: "In this world, the succession of the family is not the only important thing. You have to think about it and think about happy things."

Liu Jin tilted her head, adjusted her ups and downs, and smiled again: "Grandpa, that Chen Yan, grandson has already made arrangements. As long as his family boards the ship, as long as the ship arrives in Western Ocean, it will be... "

   Having said that, he stretched out his hand and wiped it under his neck. At this moment, Liu Jin finally showed a frightening aura in history.

  Fang Jifan frowned, waved his hands and said, "Who said they were going to be killed? Huang Jinzhou lacks so much labor, and you still want to kill them? You bastard, believe it or not, I don't recognize your grandson."

  When Liu Jin heard it, her eyes turned red, and she hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, kowtowing like garlic: "Master, my grandson misunderstood the meaning of my master, you old man, no, my master is very young, forever young..."

  Fang Jifan waved his hand dullly.

  Invincible, really lonely.

  I just want to turn my face and deny people, this dog is scared.

   "Get up and talk, is there anything else, if not, get out."

Knowing that the godfather said this, Liu Jin must have forgiven herself, and she was secretly happy: "One more thing, my grandson has cleaned up the factory guards according to your instructions, and now I have started to ask them to look around, and I really found something. It's tricky. The godfather still remembers that when the godfather was assassinated, although the person behind the scene was convicted and executed, there have always been rumors that behind the person behind the scene... there are people who seem to want to protect this person. "

Fang Jifan was thoughtful. Since the assassination, Fang Jifan has been guarded by hundreds of people at any time when he goes in and out, and all of them are good hands. , and it will be doubled again. Anyway...he has plenty of silver.

   As a result, this person has gradually been forgotten.

   Now hearing Liu Jin mention it, Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes and said: "It has been rumored that this person is in a high position, why... what did you find out?"

   "It's just that there are some eyebrows. I noticed... There must be quite a few ministers involved in this matter... It's not that simple."

  Fang Jifan said: "These people were not taken to the Golden Continent by the emperor?"

Liu Jin shook her head: "Since these people have made up their minds and used other means to oppose the New Deal, of course they will not publicly stand up and criticize the Lord Gan. Maybe they are still talking about the benefits of the Lord Gan and the New Deal. How could the emperor Do you know that these people are stumbling blocks for the new emperor?"

  Fang Jifan felt reasonable: "Since that's the case, hurry up and find out for me. Now I'm very uneasy. I'm always worried and frightened. Also, pick some good factory guards and protect them secretly, understand?"

Liu Jin's spirit was shaken, and he said seriously: "Don't worry, my grandson, when I go back, my grandson will immediately select hundreds of elite fans and school captains, and three shifts day and night will covertly protect my god. If my own guards don't mobilize the Beijing camp to encircle and suppress, no one will be able to touch the godfather."

  Fang Jifan nodded in satisfaction: "This way, I feel a little more at ease."

  Early the next morning, Fang Jifan went to the Zhen Guo Mansion. The entire town of the State Mansion was Fang Ji Fan's master.

  The top priority right now, of course, is the railway. Fang Jifan ordered Wang Jinyuan to draw up the detailed rules, and then publish the list.

  Many people saw the list, and there was an uproar again.

  The conditions here are too harsh.

   There are countless constraints.

  The news was sent to the cabinet. Liu Jian was in a good mood at first, but the clerk sent the announcement to the desk. From this point of view, Liu Jian's good mood immediately came to an end.

   Liu Jian ordered to the clerk with a sullen face: "Go and call Ouyang Zhi and Wang Shouren. I want to ask, their benefactor, what kind of trick is this going to do!"

   It's inappropriate to call Fang Jifan, you can't be too rude, otherwise what should you do if your son is killed outside?

  As an old man who has gone through four dynasties and served as a prime minister for more than 20 years, Liu Jian still knows how to handle this well.

  (end of this chapter)