Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1526 King of Loyalty

  Time can actually pass quickly, Fang Jinglong has been at sea for ten years.

   Now, finally returning, although it is for the purpose of curing illnesses and recuperating health, but I think it is also looking forward to seeing Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan was ordered to wait for Fang Jinglong in Tianjin Wei early.

  When Fang Jinglong arrived in Hong Kong, father and son met each other, Fang Jifan tried his best to suppress the emotion in his heart, and immediately bowed down: "Father..."

   There was obvious choking in the voice.

  Fang Jifan is not a heartless person after all, and at this time, the word "brain disease" has long been forgotten.

  Fang Jinglong was a little fatter than before, his white hair was growing day by day, and the wrinkles around his eyes were more obvious than before. Although his face was tired, he saw Fang Jifan, rushed forward, pulled Fang Jifan up, and then cried.

   "I'm back, I'm back, I finally met today, as a father, I miss you every day, afraid that you will cause trouble, afraid that you will cause trouble, afraid that you..."

  Fang Jifan's eyes turned red involuntarily, and he sucked his nose, finally calming down the excitement in his heart.

   "Father, I have ordered Tang Yin to tidy up the house in Tianjinwei, and ask father to stay here temporarily. Father is tired, so let's take a rest first. After taking a bath, my son will accompany father to drink two cups."

  After hearing this, Fang Jinglong wiped away his old tears, but stubbornly shook his head and said: "No, there is no need to rest, go back to Beijing immediately, without delay."

  Fang Jifan was taken aback, looked at his father's tired face, and persuaded: "But...it's getting late, even if we go back now, I'm afraid it will be dark when we arrive, so why not stay here..."

  Fang Jinglong said solemnly: "You, I don't understand. Let's go, start now, and prepare the horse for my father."

  Fang Jinglong did not take a car, but ordered someone to ride a fast horse. Fang Jifan had no choice but to ride with him on horseback.

  Fang Jifan was worried that Fang Jinglong's body would not be able to bear it all this way. You must know that his father has been in the sea for so many days.

Fang Jinglong seemed to know what Fang Jifan was thinking, and while riding his horse, he looked deeply at Fang Jifan and said, "Silly son, you still can't learn it so far. Our Fang family is now in full swing, and it can be said that it is the most powerful family in the world." It's not an exaggeration, as your father is the king of the county, and you are ordered to town Huangjinzhou. You, now you can be regarded as a general and a prime minister. Think about it, which of these common people's homes is as good as ours ?”

"But the more this is the case, the more cautious we must be. If we rest overnight in Tianjin Wei, we may appear negligent. The Fang family's father and son are second. The most important thing is to let people know that loyalty is for us. The root of the Fang family, no matter how much His Majesty trusts us, no matter how many holy family members we have, the whole world is watching us. It is not a big problem to rest here for a night, but we ourselves need to have Self-knowledge, this is the way to be a minister, you may be incompetent, but you can't be negligent and give others excuses."

  Fang Jifan rubbed his nose, and still felt that Fang Jinglong was making too much of a fuss. Of course...the fact that the Fang family can continue to this day has its reasons.

  Fang Jinglong was riding on the horse, exhausted. Although he had changed into new clothes, it was hard to hide the TI smell of his journey all the way, but he still kept his spirits up and didn't dare to stop for a moment.

  This journey... Father and son have a lot to say.

The members of the Fang family all packed up and went to the Golden Continent to start reclamation. With such a large population at once, the pressure was not light. These Fang family members were uneasy on the journey, but they had to calm down when they arrived. They have no way out, and they will wholeheartedly be their Qilu countrymen.

  As for the other status quo of the Golden Continent, Fang Jinglong has no time to say.

   At dusk that day, I finally arrived in the capital.

  Emperor Hongzhi has relaxed a lot recently, but without Xiao Jing by his side, he always feels a little uncomfortable.

  He was getting older, and his energy was not as good as before. When he was reading the memorabilia, he had to be moved closer to the oil lamp, and with a magnifying glass, he read every word.

   "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

  A little **** hurried in.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked up in a trance.

   "Your Majesty, the king of Xinjin County has arrived in Beijing and has arrived at the Ministry of Rites, asking for an audience."

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise: "Didn't you say that the ship didn't arrive until noon? Why did it just enter Beijing?"

   "After the prince of the county arrived in Tianjin Wei, he rushed over at full speed, not daring to delay him on the way."

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help being silent when he heard this.

  He knew the hardships of the sea journey, and he was afraid that someone else would lie on the ground when he reached the shore, and he would not get up again.

  Emperor Hongzhi originally expected that Fang Jinglong would rest for a day or two before entering Beijing, and even prepared an order to order Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, to go out of the capital to meet him in person, but who knew that Fang Jinglong would come back non-stop after landing.

   "Hey..." Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "This is life-threatening, why bother."

   Immediately, Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: "Open the Daming Gate and welcome the King of Xinjin County into the palace."

  Although the Daming Gate is open.

  However, Fang Jinglong did not enter the palace through the Daming Gate, but turned through the Meridian Gate, and entered Fengtian Hall together with Fang Jifan.

  In Fengtian Hall, many ministers came earlier.

  When the **** came to report out of breath: "Your Majesty, Prince Xinjin, entered the palace from the Meridian Gate."

All the ministers fell silent, some people thought to themselves, look at the king of Xinjin County, what kind of loyalty is this, now that he has reached such a point, he is still so cautious, if it is someone else, he will have made great contributions and received such a holy family , I have already raised my tail to the sky. But it is surprising that the king of Xinjin County is so sincere and frightened.

   This is no warrior.

  Emperor Hongzhi was both regretful and extremely excited.

The dignified county king, guarding the Golden Continent, heard that he was wounded several times in battles. It can be said that he was walking on thin ice, and there were many dangers. When he came back this time, he was unwilling to accept the courteous treatment he gave him. This made Emperor Hongzhi feel even more guilty. .

   Not long after, Fang Jinglong and Fang Jifan came side by side.

  Fang Jinglong entered the palace, bowed directly and said: "The old minister has seen His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"

  The voice is still sonorous and powerful.

  It is only the owner of this sonorous and powerful voice, but his beard and hair are all white, and he has already shown his old appearance before he is fifty years old.

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jinglong, his eyes were slightly red. He couldn't help but look up, not wanting the tears to fall from the corners of his eyes. Then he took a deep breath, calmed himself down a little, and then opened his mouth and said, "The Qing family...the Qing family..."

   Speaking of this, his voice still choked up uncontrollably, so he quickly raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes.

  He couldn't help laughing: "Once a person gets old, he can't restrain his emotions more and more. Let's get down, come and give the king of Xinjin County a seat."

  The **** moved to Jindun.

  Fang Jinglong just leaned forward and sat down: "Your Majesty is getting old, and so is my subject. I am in Huangjinzhou, and I am very concerned about Your Majesty. Knowing that His Majesty is still diligent and working day and night, this old minister...is very worried..."

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed, not knowing what to say.

Fang Jinglong said again: "The old minister was ordered to town Huangjinzhou. In Huangjinzhou these years, the number of Han people has increased by 210,000 households, with a total population of one million. Forty-seven cities have been built, seven ports have been reclaimed, and farmland has been reclaimed, which is enough for soldiers and civilians. Use, and the Franji people also have a large number of immigrants, and a large number of them have arrived in the Golden Continent, and there are quite a few of them..."

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment, and said in a slightly surprised tone: "Is their population also increasing?"

   "This..." Fang Jinglong smiled bitterly, but stopped talking.

  Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: "Why is this?"

Fang Jinglong had no choice but to say: "I heard that there was a crisis in Frangji. Many people couldn't eat, starved to death everywhere, and caused a lot of trouble. As a result, many people who went bankrupt and lost their livelihoods longed to go to sea and settle down. At that time, a Fran's machine ship only transported a few hundred people, but now a Fran's machine ship has sent thousands of people. The supplies in the ship are not enough, and everyone is stuffed in the cabin like canned food Down below, 30% or even 40% of the immigrants will die after one trip, but even so, it still can't stop people from scrambling to go to sea. Your Majesty, the Franji people are different from the natives of Golden Continent and Kunlun Continent. He bears hardships and stands hard work, he is brave and not afraid of death, his endurance is not inferior to our Ming army and civilians, and in the future... it will be a serious problem for the heart."

  Franch...Crisis...Chaos...Hungry...Scrambling to go to sea...

  Fang Jifan stood aside, originally smiling, but at this moment, his expression froze.

  Emperor Hongzhi was also dumbfounded.

  He looked at Fang Jifan, the monarch and his ministers stared wide-eyed.

Fang Jinglong didn't seem to notice the difference, and continued: "The old minister thought that this must be a conspiracy by Frangji. "

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

   "Ahem..." Fang Jifan coughed from the sidelines and said, "Father, let's put this matter aside for now. The problem of Franji's immigration aggravation must be dealt with properly, but there is no need to rush it."

  Fang Jinglong glanced at Fang Jifan, and couldn't help saying: "This is a big deal, why not rush, the court should come up with a countermeasure immediately."

  Emperor Hongzhi said in embarrassment: "Yes, yes, Fang Qing's family is loyal to the country, I... feel very relieved, but I don't know what difficulties there are in this Golden Continent?"

Fang Jinglong found it very strange that His Majesty did not want the truth to come to light on such a big matter, but now that His Majesty changed the subject, he could only say: "There are certainly difficulties, but the soldiers and civilians who went to the Golden Continent all left their homes, so If you work together from top to bottom, you can deal with everything.”

To put it bluntly, the soldiers and civilians of the Golden Continent have formed a new Hakka people in the Golden Continent. Because they are in an unfamiliar environment, in order to survive, they are extremely united. You must know that since ancient times, the soldiers and civilians of the Han people have been able to gather people of the same clan, surname, and village for a mere water well, and carry out large-scale fighting with weapons. They can even fight with weapons for hundreds of years, generation after generation. No matter how many strong men were killed or injured.

  (end of this chapter)