Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

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As soon as Emperor Hongzhi heard the word Yinzi, he couldn't help trembling in his heart.

For silver, seventy thousand taels of silver, you will be very distressed.

How can I throw in millions of dollars a year?

Emperor Hongzhi said calmly, "Oh, this is not a small matter, what do you think about this?"

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, please issue an order immediately to severely punish the perpetrators."

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows: "Jifan?"

Isn't this blueprint presented by Fang Jifan? Now that something happened, Fang Jifan couldn't get rid of the responsibility.

Liu Jian smiled and shook his head: "No, Pi Liang, the supervisor's eunuch!"

Xiao Jing's old face beside Emperor Hongzhi twitched. Although he still had a smile on his face, he gave Liu Jian a deep look in his eyes.

Liu Jian took his time and said: "There was an explosion in the capital, and it is so close to the imperial city. This is a very taboo thing. If the court keeps silent, there will be a lot of rumors and rumors outside. In this world, after all, it is a good thing." Many, people don't know what happened, but they will feel panic, and all kinds of terrible rumors will spread. Therefore, if you want to appease people's hearts, you must let the world know that someone has neglected the management and the court is strict. After reprimanding and punishing the crime of the factory eunuch, only then can people believe that this is really just a trivial matter. The original intention of this move is to appease people's hearts."

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi found it reasonable, but then he sighed: "Liu Qing is talking about plotting the country, but there is clearly a problem with the blueprint, how can he punish the crime of an irrelevant person. Let's think about it again."

As he said that, Emperor Hongzhi was moved and couldn't help but said: "Jifan has always been reliable in his work, so why would he present a problematic blueprint?"

Asking this question, the ministers did not take it seriously.

Fang Jifan has done a lot of things to benefit the country and the people recently, and now the scholars outside are not as harsh as before.

So upon hearing this, there were quite a few people who tried to save Fang Jifan, especially Wang Ao, who said with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, Fang Duwei is upright and responsible, but he has always been meticulous in his work. However, people are people after all. What's more, as a young man, even if there are occasional omissions, it's only natural."

Honest...very responsible...

Emperor Hongzhi said, but he has rarely heard of it. Someone commented on Fang Jifan like this: "It's better for me to ask clearly. Someone... summoned Fang Jifan, oh, and Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War."

Fang Jifan had also noticed the explosion in Wang Gong's factory early on, and the movement was not small, so he thought that His Majesty might summon him, and he had been waiting for a long time. When someone came from the palace, he left immediately.

When I arrived at the Nuan Pavilion, I saw Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng, Wang Ao and others were there.

Fang Jifan saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand, but looked at Ma Wensheng: "Ma Qing's family, please continue."

I want Ma Wensheng to come first, so I am reporting the results of his investigation from Wang Gong's factory.

Ma Wensheng took a look at Fang Jifan, he was known as a gentleman, although he was scolded a lot recently, he was still very upright.

It's fine if he doesn't have the confidence, but this time, the problem lies in the blueprints, so he has to speak up: "So, the old minister summoned the craftsmen from Wang Gong's factory to investigate carefully, and after analyzing the results, the craftsmen have They said that when they first looked at the blueprint, they felt that there was a huge discrepancy. For example, the thickness of the gun body was not enough, and carvings had to be made in the barrel, which made the barrel thinner. Not only that, but the barrel was longer. Once the gunpowder appeared in the gun barrel and exploded, the force was stuck there, unable to get out for a while, and finally... exploded. When the gun was first cast, there were actually many old craftsmen. The problem is that the superiors suppressed them so hard that they dared not speak out, which led to this disaster."

Ma Wensheng said this: "I'm here, and I don't mean to criticize the captain. It's just that there is a specialization in the art industry. This ordnance manufacturing matter must not be unconstrained. Fortunately, this time it is only hurting people, and the movement is not big enough. If these cannons are made and sent to the border towns, it will cost manpower and material resources, and cause casualties to the soldiers in the border towns, this... will be a catastrophe."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with a straight face.

Ma Wensheng was in a bad mood. Seeing Fang Jifan beside him, he said, "Captain, the old man speaks a bit bluntly, don't take it to heart."

Fang Jifan opened his mouth to speak.

Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand: "Jifan...you have to remember the lesson from this time."

"What?" Fang Jifan was a little confused.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I know how capable you are, but you have been involved in such a major event. In the future, you have to be careful."

"Your Majesty is talking about... about Wang Gong's factory?" Fang Jifan looked aggrieved.

Disappointment was written on his face.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: "You have heard what Ma Qing's family said just now. Fortunately, this time, no major disaster was caused. However, you have made great achievements, and you are still a child... I will not pursue it, but next time, I will Think twice."

Everyone looked at Fang Jifan, especially that Li Dongyang, and now his heart hurts, seventy thousand taels of silver.

Wang Ao looked at Fang Jifan amiably. This kid has achieved a good reputation for himself. Although he made a mistake today, it doesn't matter. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it.

Fang Jifan blinked his eyes: "But..."

"Don't justify yourself." Emperor Hongzhi said in his heart, you bastard, you still want to justify now, didn't I say it, don't pursue it, this is defending

As for you, even if the dust settles on this matter, if you get scolded and keep silent, the matter will be exposed, so what are you doing to stir up trouble.

"But..." Fang Jifan seemed to insist on defending himself.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan as if caring for a mentally handicapped child. This kid really doesn't understand my deep meaning.

"But Xishan made the cannon according to the blueprint." Fang Jifan finally found a gap and said.

"..."

All of a sudden... everyone was dumbfounded.

What do you mean?

Was Xishan built?

"Did it explode?" Ma Wensheng couldn't turn his head around, and looked at Fang Jifan: "How many people were injured in the explosion at Xishan?"

"..." Does this count as a curse in circles?

Fang Jifan shook his head: "No, it's very good. A few cows were killed in one shot. No, no... It wasn't intentional, it was a careless..."

"..."

silence.

An awkward silence.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

Ma Wensheng was a little anxious.

The face is a little red.

The Wang Gong factory was blown up, and it was our own people who bombed it. Where is the Wang Gong factory? Every year, the Ministry of Households allocates countless money and food, the inner court sends eunuchs to supervise the factory, the Ministry of Industry has a doctor to sit in the hall, and the Ministry of War has deputy envoys to watch over them, recruiting skilled craftsmen of firearms from all over the world...

What is this, this is professional.

To say it is second to none is not an exaggeration.

But……

Ma Wensheng blushed and looked at Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Fang Jifan, when did Xishan build artillery?"

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty is dead, I drew the blueprints, and His Highness the Crown Prince felt that it was rare, saying that he was building a door for fun, and of course I would stop him, but His Majesty knows His Majesty's temper, and he insisted on it." He also said that he had to let his relatives have something to do."

"Relatives?" Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself, but he didn't know which other relatives and relatives of the emperor were involved. This is not a joke. This is making firearms. something to play with? What if it blows up like Wang Gong Factory?

Fang Jifan said: "Actually, some Zhang family members fled famine and had nowhere to stay. Finally, they came to Xishan. The first one, the uglier one, is called Zhang Weiyu."

"..."

Emperor Hongzhi didn't have the slightest impression of Zhang Weiyu.

But...he heard about the Zhang family...he understood everything.

A few days ago, Empress Zhang cried in front of her, saying that the two brothers have not heard from her so far, and she is afraid that it is over. The Zhang family is miserable. His Majesty settled down.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't disobey Empress Zhang. After thinking about it, if he gave land and official positions to the Zhang family's distant relatives, the court would definitely make trouble. After all, these are distant relatives, breaking the rules. Calculated from generation to generation, which family does not have a litter of relatives.

After much deliberation, Emperor Hongzhi decided to settle down for Fang Jifan.

Zhang... Wei... Yu...

Emperor Hongzhi blushed slightly, this matter...it seems...cannot be pursued any further.

If the investigation continues, the Wai Dynasty will say that Queen Zhang is protecting her shortcomings. What's more, Queen Zhang has lost two brothers, and now she is sad.

Emperor Hongzhi coughed: "Oh, that's how it is."

But Ma Wensheng was not happy.

Xishan made it? Doesn't this mean that there is a problem with Wang Gong's factory? Such a huge organization is not as good as a small Xishan. What Xishan knows how to make cannons, they can make them, so what is Wang Gong Factory?

This is not just to say that Wang Gong Factory has no technical strength.

What's even more frightening is that if you think about it in depth, is it a problem of lack of technical strength? What this may involve is the fraud case, as well as the terrible problem of superfluous people.

Ma Wensheng looked at Fang Jifan: "Captain Fang is not a joke."

Fang Jifan said with an innocent face: "If you don't believe me, you can go to Xishan to have a look, otherwise, I'll have someone carry it to the palace and try firing a cannon."

"..."

Everyone is speechless, you move here and try it, it won't kill you!

Ma Wensheng squinted his eyes: "Your Majesty, Fang Jifan's words are really heartbreaking. Everyone in Wang Gongchang is doing his best. The minister is the Minister of the Ministry of War. This is all in his eyes. But now Fang Jifan said that, It seems that Wang Gong's factory is superfluous..."

Emperor Hongzhi naturally understood what Ma Wensheng meant, and he said casually: "Has the British Duke returned to Beijing? I count the time, and he should have returned from the sacrifice in Nanjing. If he comes back, I will order him to go to Xishan. Seeing is believing."

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