Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 635 The Kingdom of Heaven

   "..."

  Fang Jifan’s words were so preposterous that even Confucius took it out and severely ‘whipped’ him.

   I really don't blame the prince for messing around.

  Confucius taught, there is a grievance and a debtor, so when you go out, turn left and go to Qufu.

   Ma Wensheng's civil servants turned green and wanted to kill people.

  All the scholars in the world are disciples of the sages, and no one dares to make fun of the sage Confucius. Naturally, Fang Jifan didn't care, but people like Ma Wensheng couldn't stand it.

  Zhu Houzhao heard it and was happy: "That's right!"

  Emperor Hongzhi listened to Fang Jifan's strong words and thought about how to refute, but when Zhu Houzhao said it was right, he said angrily, "What is it?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Confucius taught me. If you don't believe the father, you can read the book yourself. Confucius respects ritual, and the Annan people proclaim themselves emperor. "Father, there are some words that my son and minister can't vomit quickly. The world is brought down by the ancestors. The father has repeatedly said in the past that the ancestors and the ancestors are struggling to start a business. Did the father say this? Today My son, the ancestors and the ancestors passed on the great power to the father. Today, An Nanguo ignores the authority of the celestial dynasty and treats my celestial discipline as nothing, but the father turns a blind eye. I want to ask, is the father worthy of the ancestors? ?”

   "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi's chest rose and fell.

Zhu Houzhao said: "The ancestors are the ancestors of the father, and also the ancestors of the ministers. The ancestors have spirits in the sky, and they know such things. I don't mean to blame the father, the father just didn't notice it for a while, but there is a saying that the emperor is worried about the humiliation of the minister, the father is fooled by the Annan people like an idiot, the son... the son shares the father's worries, what is wrong Yes? If the father wants to blame, he can only blame himself. At the beginning, he let his son study and learn from Confucius. , Of course, now, the father wants to blame him for this incident, I have nothing to say, let me kill my son."

   Papa, kneeling down, meaning, say that the sky is broken, I am Long Aotian, ah no, I am Zhu Houzhao, I don’t accept it!

   "Bastard, you dare to make unreasonable words!" Emperor Hongzhi was furious.

  Zhu Houzhao originally thought that Fang Jifan's refutation made his father speechless, and his father must be ashamed of what he said.

  Who knows... a bit off.

Emperor Hongzhi was furious and turned against you. You must know that as a father, the standard of treating others is different. Fang Jifan can make strong arguments because he is a minister. He supports this, as long as he speaks his truth and shows his heart. As long as Fang Jifan has no selfish intentions and is really dedicated to the imperial court, because of the loyalty of the Fang family for generations, and for the sake of his son-in-law, naturally everything can be forgiven.

  But Zhu Houzhao is different.

  Zhu Houzhao is the crown prince, the future emperor. This guy is always arguing here, is he still like a prince?

  Zhu Houzhao immediately persuaded: "Father, please speak well if you have something to say."

  Emperor Hongzhi said angrily: "My dear fellows, you can step down now."

   "..." Zhu Houzhao was a little confused.

   Ma Wensheng was very cooperative: "I will resign now."

Zhang Maocai came to his senses: "The old minister has also resigned, Your Majesty..." He wanted to say, Your Majesty should be more gentle, don't beat him to death, but after thinking about it, forget it, let's fight, if you don't hit Fang Jiewa for three days, my son Why is it promising? Isn't it just beaten out?

  The rest of the people handed over their hands one after another, and were about to leave.

  Fang Jifan saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly got up: "I will leave."

   Turn around and leave.

  Emperor Hongzhi pulled his face and remained silent.

  Zhu Houzhao became panicked, looked at Fang Jifan, Fang Jifan only hoped to run away quickly, hungry, went back to Mr. Wen, made some wine, drank some wine, and ate delicious food, feeling happy.

  But at this time, a **** came in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Annan's envoy Ruan Wen has come again, saying that he wants to see His Majesty."

  Since the war between Annan and Daming, this Annan envoy has come to see him every day.

  Emperor Hongzhi ordered people to stop him repeatedly, but he didn't want to see him.

  Today...it came again.

  Emperor Hongzhi said as usual: "I don't see you."

  The **** was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, the man said that if he doesn't see him, he will die outside the Meridian Gate... Last night, he had already prepared a coffin."

  This person is staunch.

As an envoy, he represented Annan Kingdom, stationed here in the capital, and specialized in negotiating with the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Ruan Wen has lived in the capital for seven years. I understand that over the years, he has won a lot of benefits for An Nanguo.

Now that the Ming Dynasty suddenly conquered Annan, the situation took a turn for the worse. Ruan Wen was greatly shocked, and he went around in Beijing to contact some good ministers, but obviously, many people who had good personal relationships with Ruan Wen had no choice. They were all shut down, and after much deliberation, they still had to have an audience with the Emperor of Ming.

  He came many times, but he never had the chance to meet him, so he put all his eggs in one basket.

  Obviously, this person knew a little about Emperor Hongzhi, and knew that Emperor Hongzhi was still a generous person, so he forced him to die.

  Emperor Hongzhi became silent, sat down, surprisingly calm, picked up the teacup on the desk, and sipped the tea, but the tea was a bit cold, so Emperor Hongzhi put the teacup down: "Call it."

  People who originally wanted to resign, but now they all stopped, and the original map was also collected by the eunuch.

  Zhu Houzhao had lingering fears, and was glad that he had temporarily escaped the catastrophe.

A while later, Ruan Wen saw him. He entered the hall wearing An Nanguo's dress, and said with tears in his eyes, "I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. I have never been in Beijing without walking on thin ice. I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders. For some reason, the subordinates offended Tianyan, so that the kingdom of the upper kingdom suddenly conquered the kingdom of the subordinates. Over the years, the Annan Kingdom has paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty without interruption, and the two countries have always had good relations. Zheng, not benevolent."

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Ruan Wen.

  Ruan Wen's skin was a bit dark and he looked thin. Although there was panic in his words, what he said was neither humble nor overbearing.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that Annan King Li Yan proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven?"

   "This..." Ruan Wen thought for a while, "I don't know about this."

   "How could you not know? I also heard that the driving of King Annan is the same as mine!"

  Ruan Wendao: "Punishment without teaching is abuse; if the country makes mistakes, His Majesty should first warn, if the country does not change, Your Majesty will raise troops, it is excusable, but rashly..."

  Emperor Hongzhi became angry.

   It's no wonder that Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao are plausible. Although they are strong words, they still make sense after all. After all, this An Nanguo is really abominable.

Emperor Hongzhi sternly said: "Is this what the vassals should do? Over the years, I have rewarded Annan more generously than other countries, but you, who claim to be emperors, are said to regard me as the emperor of the Northern Dynasty. .Do you take me for a fool?"

   "Don't dare." Ruan Wendao: "The minister came here to hope that His Majesty will issue an order to withdraw the troops, and the two countries will restore the old relationship."

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "It's hard to get over the water. Now, if Annan is not broken, I can't sleep or eat. Is there any reason to retreat?"

   Ruan Wen was desperate.

  I know that at this time, my responsibilities are completely over.

   Speaking of this, my last efforts did not make Emperor Ming take back his order, so... it is time to end my mission and return to my homeland. From then on, Annan and Daming have no possibility of reconciliation.

  Ruan Wen couldn't help but feel great anger in his heart, and couldn't help saying: "Since His Majesty has made up his mind, I have no choice but to return to the country tomorrow. When that time comes, I have no choice but to meet Da Ming on the battlefield."

  Emperor Hongzhi did not make a sound.

Ruan Wen said again: "The Annan Kingdom has lived in the West for generations, revered Confucius and Mencius, and from the king down, there is no one who is ignorant of the book; now when the Ming Dynasty conquered our country, there were 300,000 soldiers in Annan's armor, and there were thousands of good generals. , The soldiers are like clouds, Your Majesty conquered Annan, have you forgotten the old things decades ago? Now Your Majesty has made up his mind, and the minister has nothing to say, so, then, we have to meet each other in battle. The king of the minister, restrain yourself Since the great cause of our ancestors, we have worked hard to govern the country, Annan Kingdom, with strong soldiers and horses, today, let's see who wins the battle."

  Since I want to leave, of course I will say something harsh before leaving, so that I will have an explanation after returning to China.

  Da Ming has no tradition of killing envoys without permission.

  Thus, Ruan Wen's words are very blunt.

  Emperor Hongzhi's face sank.

  Zhang Mao sternly said: "When death is imminent, you still dare to speak boldly."

  Ruan Wen, however, smiled, and looked at Zhang Mao: "The father of the British Duke, did not enter Annan to fight at the beginning, but what the result is, if the late father is alive in heaven, he would never want the British Duke to say outrageous words."

   "You..." Zhang Mao was furious.

   This is an insult to my father.

  At the beginning, Emperor Wen conquered Annan, and his father, Zhang Fu, entered Annan as the general who conquered the captives.

  Zhang Maolang said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I implore you to lead your troops into Annan. If you don't break through Annan, you..."

  Emperor Hongzhi suppressed his hand, he obviously knew that Ruan Wen's intention was to provoke the anger of the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I don't want to fight with you. Tomorrow, I will order someone to **** you back to the country. As you said, when the time comes, the winner will be determined on the battlefield."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Ruan Wen nodded and nodded: "From the perspective of a minister, your majesty is still a saint, but, compared with a minister's king, your majesty's sageness is not as good as a minister's. , killing decisively, His Majesty is far behind. The victory or defeat on the battlefield depends not on the number of soldiers, but on the bravery and strategy of the commander of the three armies. Maybe next time, when I come to meet Your Majesty, I will not Then, the envoys from the lower kingdom met the emperor of the upper kingdom, but the envoys from the Southern Dynasty met the emperor of the northern dynasty, these words of the minister may be a bit rude, these are words from the heart of the minister, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

  (end of this chapter)