After climbing a simple pier, a loud sound of reading came from afar.

As soon as he heard this voice, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt a familiar feeling. His face, which was still stern, couldn't help but reveal Hexi's smile.

He couldn't help but turn back to Fang Jifan and asked, "There are still people here to study?"

"Yes." Fang Jifan said: "Although the prince's disciple Zhang Yuanxi was very good at shooting arrows, he had difficulty in legs and feet, could not pick his shoulders, and could not lift his hands. But he was a living person after all, and it was not impossible to use it. His Royal Highness built a shed here to teach some children here to study."

When Zhang Sheng heard this, his eyes suddenly became different! My son was here! He was so excited that he said with a gaze: "My son... is actually a teacher. Your Majesty, why not go and have a look."

"Next time." Although Emperor Hongzhi also wanted to go and see it, he didn't have the intention now.

It looks like a short shed, and the thieves probably live here temporarily. The environment is very bad, but you can see the continuous fields reclaimed in the distance, as well as the continuous dams along the river.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and looked at the countless thieves who bent over here to clear the dredge, but were all pale and thin and ragged. He couldn't help but say, "Is this the thief from Poyang Lake?"

Fang Jifan nodded and said, "That's right."

This... is completely different from what Emperor Hongzhi imagined.

Emperor Hongzhi said in surprise: "I thought they were very cruel."

Fang Jifan said, "Your Majesty, they are just a group of refugees. They really had no way to survive, so they entered Poyang Lake for robbery. It's just that they were just a group of landless farmers. These farmers were very pitiful and even worse than military households. It was because of these that King Ning wanted to use them to make trouble. His Royal Highness said... and said..."

Emperor Hongzhi listened very seriously and had a strong interest in what the prince wanted to say.

It can be seen that Fang Jifan was hesitating, and he couldn't help asking: "What are you saying?"

Fang Jifan wanted this effect, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince said that there are no thieves in the world. The so-called thieves are just poor people who are scheming and bullied by the government and cannot survive. If they are all thieves, then the government will have even more harm than these thieves. Wouldn't they be thieves in the temple?"

Fang Jifan laughed in his heart. These words were actually what he wanted to say. To be honest, Fang Jifan was a person with a fair view of his own. The most shameful person was the poor. Seeing these Jiangxi cousins ​​lost their land and had to be thieves, this... is still a place known as the land of fish and rice. From this, it can be imagined how much land annexation and the government's exploitation have reached. Can Fang Jifan tolerate it?

Of course, if you directly scold the civil and military officials of the court, it would be too hated. The Fang family would have to make friends in the future.

Now that my children are about to come out, I have to accumulate some virtue for the children and leave a good connection with them.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "He said so seriously."

Fang Jifan said sincerely: "I have advised him not to be too radical, but Your Highness is a person who hates evil."

Ma Wenshengren and others behind him were all very embarrassed, and the Jiangxi Governor Wang Zhen even felt numb.

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to notice the embarrassment faced by the ministers who served the lords, and said, "The people do not have land, so why don't they rent land?"

Fang Jifan said: "Since Emperor Taizu Gao, the land in the world has not increased much, but the population has increased several times. In the past, I could have a bite of food to eat by renting land, but now it is difficult to fill my stomach. Moreover, the wealthy families often hide the land without paying grain taxes, but the taxes of the small families are heavy every day. With a small disaster and a small disaster, people cannot survive. Being a thief is better than starving to death."

Actually, there is nothing wrong with this, but it is hard to continue to talk about it because he is confused about it, so Emperor Hongzhi stopped talking.

Fang Jifan said again: "As for sweet potatoes and potatoes, Jiangxi, the promotion is not timely enough, so..."

Wang Zhen said in a sweating profusely: "Your Majesty, this is not a mistake from the minister, but King Ning is crazy and hindering everywhere. So many people have been forced to be thieves by him, and King Ning will die."

Fang Jifan continued: "I also heard that there were gentry near Poyang Lake infringe on people's land, and some even forced good people to become prostitutes... to resell them to Nanjing."

The king wiped his sweat in horror, and then said quickly: "Ning Wang is not as good as pigs and dogs, and he is a supporter for some gentry, so his ministers and others are really out of reach."

Fang Jifan continued: "But any of the thieves you mentioned here have a miserable life experience behind them. Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, and it is so bad."

"King Ning is in a rebellious manner, and the gods are angry. I will definitely collect King Ning's crimes and expose them." Wang Zhen said hurriedly.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "So, are they not thieves?"

Wang Zhen was stunned, but looked at Fang Jifan looking at him with a smile. He knew the current affairs as a hero. He had to grit his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I... I am really a misunderstanding. These poor people are not thieves. They are all the consequences of King Ning's rebellious actions. It can be seen that King Ning is so shameless and despicable that the heaven and earth cannot tolerate it."

But as he said that, he saw Zhu Houzhao trotted in the distance.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao from afar, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm!

When Zhu Houzhao arrived 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 guys, just leave!

He subconsciously said, "Little beast...the good thing you did."

Zhu Houzhao was already bowing like a flowing cloud and said, "Let your father worry, your son die."

"..." Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, his old face turned red, and he said angrily: "Look for a clean place to say."

"There is no clean place here." Zhu Houzhao said: "But the father might as well come to the residence of Erchen, which is quite clean."

As he said that, he led Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers to a tent. The tent was near the rocks, and there was no clean area. When he got in, there was just a straw bed.

Zhu Houzhao took the rice stalks casually and put them on the shop, so he let Emperor Hongzhi sit down.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't care much, but said, "This time, you did a good job in killing King Ning, and I feel very comforted."

It is rare... the father actually praised him. Zhu Houzhao was so happy that he said happily: "It is mainly because the father teaches him on weekdays."

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to drink tea and licked his mouth. Xiao Jing took a closer look at his subtle movement and immediately understood what His Majesty meant. He couldn't help but say, "Is there tea here?"

"No." Zhu Houzhao said.

“…”

Zhu Houzhao explained: "I came in a hurry and didn't prepare tea. Later, Erchen went to ask Ergouzi and asked him to ask people."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao's dress 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 focused on the so-called empathy. When he looked at the spotless Wang Zhen, he couldn't help but sigh, but he said, "If Renshou and Kunning Palaces, if you know that you are making trouble here, you 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. Do you know?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Father, this is no wonder, my son minister, who is also blinded by others."

"Huh?" Emperor Hongzhi was stunned: "Who deceived you, Jifan?"

Zhu Houzhao decisively said: "Liu Jin!"

"..." Emperor Hongzhi lowered his face: "He is dead."

Fang Jifan thought, if Liu Jin was still alive, the prince would probably be uneasy in his conscience.

It's really timely to die now, and there's no burden on conscience.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I didn't want to come to Jiangxi at the beginning, but Liu Jin always said in front of me that it would be a pity that my son wouldn't come. My son was soft-hearted. When I heard this, I thought it seemed that there was no danger, let alone that I could share my father's worries, so my son came."

Even if this kind of thing is not true or false, Liu Jin has no life, no corpse to be seen in death, and there is no evidence. Isn’t it that if he is Zhu Houzhao arranged it?

Emperor Hongzhi decided not to pursue the matter anymore, so he said, "I am here to look for you this time and I will take you back to Beijing. Local officials will settle the matter here, so you don't have to worry."

Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter face: "But my sons are here."

Emperor Hongzhi said, "I am here. After a few days of inspection, you will follow me back to the capital. You are the crown prince. How can you do so casually? Besides, you even scold the ministers in the temple. You are the crown prince. They have the right to be a monarch and minister with you. You should not do this."

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to say reluctantly: "My son knows."

Wang Zhen said with a smile: "How can Your Majesty and Your Highness the Crown Prince live in this mud? Now that Your Majesty and Your Highness the Crown Prince meet, I am also happy to see you. You might as well ask Your Majesty and Your Highness to move to Nanchang Prefecture. I heard that Your Majesty's Holy Lord is here, and the offerings from all over the Nanchang Prefecture have been prepared."

Emperor Hongzhi only glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao said: "If I don't go, I have to finish a major event here before leaving."

"event……"

The so-called big thing...is to build a bridge.

This is a bridge that spans the Ganjiang River.

In this era, this is almost impossible to complete. After all, the narrowest part of the Ganjiang River, even from Tengwang Pavilion to the west bank, there are some small continents washed out from the middle of the river, but such a long distance is unimaginable.

But Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan wanted to give it a try.

I heard that a bridge is going to be built.

Emperor Hongzhi was also stunned. He asked Ma Wensheng who was accompanying him. Ma Wensheng and others shook their heads: "Your Majesty, this is definitely not feasible. The Ganjiang River is too wide. If the bridge can be built here, wouldn't the vast majority of rivers in the world be able to build bridges?"
Chapter completed!