Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 313 Yao Shun Yu Soup

  After listening to Xu Jing's words, Fang Jifan immediately understood.

  In this world, there are no original materials from the period of Emperor Wen. All the materials have been transcribed several times.

  The scribes will find out these materials decades later, copy a copy, and make a new backup. It's just this process...

At this time, I saw Xu Jing continue: "The current version in the Imperial Academy should have been transcribed in the sixth year of Chenghua. The students are thinking that this plethora of mistakes may not be the original version. It is not the mistakes made by the Sanbao eunuch. It is possible that no one has cared about these documents for a long time. The reason for continuing to transcribe and archive them is nothing more than because this is a custom made by the Ministry of War. The scribes who transcribe are naturally perfunctory. Therefore... many places are not only deleted, And there are a lot of mistakes."

"Other things, how dare students stay the same? But this voyage to the West is the only thing that matters. It is the fate of a fleet. Tens of thousands of people boarded the ship. This fleet cost the court countless money and food. Once they left the shore and bid farewell to their homeland, since then, they have put their lives and fortunes on the charts and astronomy. Any mistake or negligence means that tens of thousands of people will die in the belly of fish. In a hurry, I pointed out many mistakes, and ran to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War said that there was absolutely no possibility of mistakes in the transcription. I went to report to the attendant of the Cultural History Museum. He said that the students were troublesome, and the students...that's...that's..."

   Eventful...

   is actually understandable.

   After all, the Department of Literature and History of the Hanlin Academy is responsible for sorting out the materials. The materials belong to the Ministry of War. If something goes wrong, the Department of Literature and History will not be responsible, so the attendant said that Xu Jing was troubled.

  As for the Ministry of War, they don't believe that what you, a little concubine, is saying is correct. At the same time, Xu Jing went to 'make trouble', in their view, this was simply to mess things up!

  Will the information archived by the Ministry of War be wrong? Although the copying of the documents is done by the scribes, the people who are responsible for the verification are all officials from the top and bottom of the Ministry of War. Although this is a matter of the sixth year of Chenghua, the officials at that time have either passed away or passed away. Some have made great progress and are in the court class. But in any case, it is impossible for the Ministry of War to admit this mistake.

  Xu Jing has always been tactful, and may not be serious about other things, but he dare not be serious about matters involving so many human lives!

   But the problem is that everyone is unwilling to take responsibility for mistakes, and no one would rather believe in a low-ranking Xu Jing than doubt the charts transcribed by the Ministry of War.

so…

  Xu Jing was obviously full of grief and indignation.

  Fang Jifan looked at his stupid protégé, and sighed in his heart. Sure enough, in this world, all people will be serious, even Xu Jing and other scum in the world will have his persistence.

  Fang Jifan thought of an important matter right now, so he asked, "Did you beat that servant?"

  Xu Jing was taken aback for a moment, then hesitation appeared on his face: "Student... student..."

   "Is there any?" Fang Jifan asked sharply with a solemn face.

Xu Jing actually wanted to lie, but in the end he was like a defeated rooster, honestly said: "I beat him, knocked him to the ground with one punch, and then wanted to continue to fight. This is the student's fault. The student should not be like this. Fortunately, At this time, other people came and pulled the students away, otherwise... the students would cause a catastrophe, and the students would embarrass their teachers..."

Seeing the guilt on Xu Jing's face, Fang Jifan let out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Speaking bluntly, isn't it good if you beat him up? Since you have knocked him down, why should you be wronged? Shame? Why? Master is afraid of the cold and heat, greedy for life and afraid of death in this world, but the only thing he fears the most is embarrassment! Now, Master, I only ask you, are you sure that there is something wrong with the charts copied by the Ministry of War?"

"This is the student's family history. The ancestors of the students have verified the ancient books of the Song, Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. Almost all the ancient books can be corroborated. There are even some people who went to sea with the Sanbao **** when they went to the West. Some boatmen There were also these records. At that time, the ancestors of the family had specially collected them. The Xu family had studied astronomy and geography for generations, as well as many ancient books that the world did not care about. I dare not say that they are completely correct, but every conclusion has solid evidence. of."

  Fang Jifan felt relieved.

  In his mind, although he also roughly knows what the world map looks like.

  But the various waterways in the sea, the various ocean currents, the Kuroshio Current, the seasons and climate of the ocean, and even the information of many islands are not clear.

The Xu family has been studying these for generations, it can be said that it is a pain in the ass, but on the other hand, it can also be seen that their family has a tradition. The ancestors of the Han Dynasty lived in the four seas long before they went to the West. After leaving countless footprints, they sent boats of silk and porcelain to all parts of the world, and sent special products from various countries to Quanzhou and other places for distribution. In the last life, people salvaged a shipwreck from the Song Dynasty in the South China Sea. There were more than 13,000 sets of porcelain. It can be seen that private business going to sea was a common practice at that time, and the scale was astonishing.

Thirteen thousand sets of porcelain, plus other goods, are only the size of a merchant ship. If merchants are not used to it, they have long been accustomed to sailing out to sea with goods, so how dare they take so much at once? Cargo going to sea?

  You must know that if you go to sea to do business, if it is only a small-scale business, that’s fine, but once it is such a large-scale, first of all, it shows that people at that time had long ago had special shipping routes. Secondly, the merchants are already familiar with the environment where they are going to go to sea. If not, is it just a chance to buy a large amount of goods and load them on the ship?

  Thinking of this, Fang Jifan suddenly asked: "What's the name of that servant?"

   "The surname is Wang, and the name is Bushi."

  Wang Bushi...

   What a characterful name.

  Fang Jifan took this person down, took a sip from the teacup, and then calmly said: "Master, I know, get out."

  ………

  Emperor Hongzhi was holding an impeachment memorial in his hand.

   Sitting on both sides of the Nuan Pavilion are Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Shen Wen, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

  Just now, eunuchs have gone to Xuanfang Jifan to meet him in the palace.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Ma Wensheng indifferently: "I recruited you not to pick up someone's fault, but to mediate the conflict. You guys really don't give me peace of mind. I just said to Fang Jifan that I will do my best. In support of him, the Ministry of War actually impeached a memorial to his disciples, what is the meaning of this?"

  This... is obviously a short-term protection.

  Ma Wensheng complained secretly in his heart, Fang Jifan, everyone can't afford to provoke him, but now it's good, his disciples can't impeach him, can't he?

  Fang Jifan’s protégé came to the Ministry of War, nonsense about a fatal mistake in the Ministry of War.

  But...you can't scold anymore?

   Shen Wen looked like he had nothing to do with himself.

He is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. That kid Xu Jing ran to beat up the servant Wang Bushi. beat?

  But... Shen Wen still suppressed the matter.

   What else can I do if I don’t suppress it? The mentor of this little sage is Fang Jifan, who wanders around the city every day in the name of brain disease, who dares to provoke him.

  Officially, Shen Wen is not afraid of this person.

  Hmph, I am a majestic scholar of the Hanlin University, the clear stream of the clear stream, with a call, all the scholars in the world can spit you to death.

  But under the official face... Shen Wen was a little worried. After all, he has an eighty-year-old mother and children and grandchildren.

Therefore, in addition to asking Xu Jing to apologize, he appeased that Wang Shixue, secretly expressing that he would definitely recommend him as a bachelor's servant next time, but Wang Bushi refused to comply at first, and wanted to pursue it, but in the end it was still the case. Emotions stabilized and did not continue to make trouble.

However, regarding the impeachment given by the Ministry of War today, Shen Wen's first reaction was, well done, your uncle, don't blame the old man for swearing, your surname Fang is like a pig. After entering the Imperial Academy, everyone entered the Imperial Academy, I was so worried, that Tang Yin asked him to edit the book, but he insisted on putting forward some personal opinions in the book, you are an editor, you just copy it, what do you add? Chaos.

  If it were someone else, Shen Wen would have killed such black sheep long ago, but he had to endure it.

  If it weren’t for my eighty-year-old mother, I am a dignified academician of the Hanlin University, with a clean body, would I be able to tolerate you bullies?

At this time, Ma Wensheng smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I don't want to justify the Ministry of War, but all the officials in the Ministry of War are loyal to their duties, but there is indeed something shameful about Xu Jing. He is a good man. The Ministry of War is pointing fingers, not to mention that going to the West is a major policy of the country, and it cannot be sloppy. How could the Ministry of War use him as a mere sage to argue with him. Xu Jing criticized him too much, so that the entire Ministry of War was quite upset. "

  As a minister, he still has to protect the officials in the hall to some extent.

   Although Fang Jifan slapped Ma Wensheng fiercely in the face last time, which made Ma Wensheng a little unconfident, but you can't be a good man, just because you are Fang Jifan's protégé, you should be so arrogant.

   Just as he was talking, an **** came in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, Uncle Xinjian has arrived."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Call in."

  Fang Jifan entered the warm pavilion, met Emperor Hongzhi, and then saw Ma Wensheng and Shen Wen sitting on both sides, and he probably understood in his heart.

   Sure enough, someone came to complain!

  Fang Jifan said seriously: "Minister Fang Jifan..."

   "You don't need to say anything, give me your seat!" Fang Jifan was only in the middle of the sentence, and Emperor Hongzhi was familiar with the road!

  I am very busy, how can I have the time to listen to your long talk about Yao, Shun and Yu Tang? If you don’t bother me, I will!

  (end of this chapter)