Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 116: A Five-Gong Student



Chapter 116 A Five-Gate Student

  Fang Jifan originally thought that he should say something, but obviously, these words... made people feel uncomfortable.

  There is one in your ear, who keeps saying every day that your level is a little bit lower, you are ashamed, and so on, for a son of a family like Xu Jing, it will inevitably be a little bit of a blow to self-confidence.

   However, it is very necessary to hit his self-confidence. Don\'t let him jump too much. Who knows what kind of hole will be dug for Fang Jifan.

  Five students gathered in front of Fang Jifan. These five people almost took the top three in the examination, and at the same time, there were two more in the examination.

  You must know that there are only 300 people who have won the gold list in the entire examination, and the examination is held every three years. This is the most outstanding scholar in the world in three years.

   But Fang Jifan was really unhappy, because he had to arrange accommodation for them.

The Fang family’s mansion is very large, thanks to Fang Jifan’s great-grandfather, who excitedly followed Zhu Di from Beiping to Nanjing, was conferred a noble title, and moved the capital back to Beijing with Emperor Wen Zhu Di excitedly. In the process, He has always maintained an optimistic spirit. You see, everyone followed the court, Gao Zu followed Zhu Di, many people died, but he was still alive. After climbing out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, his life was legendary and happy. He believed that Fang\'s family would be the same as his life after being a hereditary earl, and that his descendants would flourish in the future, so when building this mansion, he never thought about the fine details, only one goal... big.

   But the result was not as wonderful as he expected, at least Fang Jifan is now a single heir for three generations, that is to say, the children of the Fang family are not prosperous.

  Therefore, many places in the mansion were vacant, and even many places in the backyard were covered with moss and weeds.

  Now... a few disciples will definitely live in, five of them are Gong students, and Fang Jifan is still waiting for them to support him in the old age. Although these five are older than himself, there will be disciples and grandchildren in the future.

  Then, the construction of a study and a row of abodes was put on the agenda. By the way, the front yard and other buildings of the Fang family also had to be repaired. This was a big project.

  Silver, Fang Jifan has it, he is not afraid of spending money, isn’t money just for spending?

   In terms of design, Fang Jifan also had his own ideas. He had to open a yard for himself, and there had to be a row of side rooms in the yard. This was for future marriages and concubines.

  As for the study and the Abode, well, I won’t save it...

After some design, he began to recruit craftsmen and prepare building materials. Of course, it is better to leave such a thing to Guanshi Yang. Although Guanshi often bluffs, Fang Jifan trusts him very much. He is a real person and has served him well. The Fang family has two generations.

  Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

At the beginning of March, Fang Jifan arrived at Zhan Shi\'s Mansion early in the morning. The watermelon was about to be ripe. Zhu Houzhao, who had been waiting for a long time, danced with excitement, but was cautious. When he looked at the watermelon, he suddenly felt like a treasure. Wait, no one is allowed to enter the greenhouse, only Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao are squatting here, Zhu Houzhao gently caresses the fruit of the champion Hou, tears welling up in his eyes.

   It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years, and for a son to take revenge, this is the rhythm of blood spattering five steps.

  Fang Jifan thought to himself, if I want to have such a son who kills the watermelon for revenge, I will definitely strangle him to death.

  The two came out of the greenhouse. Zhu Houzhao seemed very excited, but said suddenly: "Yes, there is one thing. Have you read the residence newspaper?"

"have not seen."

   "You don\'t even read the Di Bao?"

   "Lazy!" Fang Jifan said seriously.

"That makes sense." Zhu Houzhao smiled: "I\'m lazy too, but... I pay more attention to side affairs, so I occasionally read it. The day before yesterday, the Di Baozhuan copied it, saying that after Milu\'s rebellion, the Minister of the Nanjing Household Department Wang Shi, who is also the left deputy capital censor, was ordered to supervise the military affairs of Yunnan and Guiyang. He has arrived in Guiyang and mobilized 50,000 elite soldiers. It has already been spread to the palace. This Wang Shi is a man who knows how to use soldiers. After seeing the memorial, his father wrote a personal letter and told the Quartet to encourage Wang Shi beforehand. With elite soldiers and strong generals, they consider themselves as the main force, and they will never make the mistake of Qian Yue. It seems that Milu\'s rebel army will be put down soon."

  He blinked nimbly, and continued: "My palace is very clear about horse administration and military affairs. This battle, the imperial court will surely win. This Wang Shi is a general, but my palace actually neglected him."

Zhu Houzhao said that he understands military affairs. This is really not bragging. In history, Zhu Houzhao was a master of martial arts. In the battle against the Tatars, his tactical ability was outstanding. Wu Zong\'s Zhu Houzhao, presumably his reputation in history would never be so bad.

  Zhu Houzhao is obviously quite satisfied with Wang Shi\'s tactics, and many of his own opinions also want to coincide with Wang Shi\'s, which is why he has so many sighs.

but…

  Fang Jifan shook his head.

  Zhu Houzhao saw Fang Jifan shaking his head, and couldn\'t help blushing: "Why, you don\'t agree?"

   "It\'s hard to say." Fang Jifan smiled.

  In fact, the step-by-step tactics are theoretically good for dealing with the Miru rebels. When Fang Jifan was studying history, he also agreed with Wang Shi\'s tactics, but the problem was that Wang Shi still failed, because Milu was more clever. She relied on the convenience of Guizhou\'s high mountains and mountains to break them into pieces, and never fought Wang Shi decisively. It was continuous harassment, but the final result was that although Wang Shi\'s tactics were safe, he suffered repeated setbacks and eventually failed.

   Now is the 12th year of Hongzhi. In history, it was not until the 15th year of Hongzhi that Wang Shi\'s army completely quelled the Milu Rebellion. During these three years, the first two years suffered heavy losses.

  This tactic has been proven wrong in history.

  Zhu Houzhao is competitive, and he listens to Fang Jifan\'s advice on other things, but Fang Jifan doesn\'t agree with him at all about the marching and fighting. He has his own views and opinions!

  Zhu Houzhao couldn\'t help saying: "Why is it hard to say?"

Fang Jifan thought for a while, and then said: "Wang Shi will definitely be frustrated. Milu is not an ordinary person. Back then, he was able to defeat Qian Yue and defeat the strong with the weak, which proved that she was different from other rebellious chieftains. She would never Head-to-head with Wang Shi, Mr. Wang is going every step of the way, but it is in vain, once the army cannot find Milu\'s main force, and the food road is cut off by Milu\'s rebels, the loss is bound to be heavy."

  Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "This is just your empty talk."

  Fang Jifan sighed in his heart. In fact, he hoped that his grasp of history could alert the court, but the problem was that he found that many people seemed to have doubts about his words.

   It seems that only when what happened in history happened, can everyone suddenly realize it, but by then it was too late.

  After all, the reason... is still very light.

   "Isn\'t Your Highness just empty talk?" Fang Jifan smiled at him.

  Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly became unhappy, and said angrily: "This is different. I have been familiar with military books since I was a child. How many military books have you read?"

   "Does Sun Tzu\'s Art of War count?" Fang Jifan thought for a while.

"..." Zhu Houzhao suddenly chuckled: "Sun Tzu\'s art of war is good, but it\'s not really the art of war. It\'s like reading the Analects of Confucius when you read books. Although the Analects of Confucius is good, it\'s too big. Understand, come, I will teach you, the real art of war is not just as simple as thirty-six tactics, it involves military rations, daily drills, and..."

   "Not interested!" Fang Jifan shook his head, learning the art of war... very tired...

   "Then, should you admit now that Wang Shi\'s tactics..."

   Before Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "If you don\'t admit it, Wang Shi will definitely lose."

"You..." Zhu Houzhao convinced him, especially Fang Jifan\'s attitude of not being afraid of boiling water, which made him annoyed. After all, no one dared to provoke him. I think it\'s enough to treat you old Fang on weekdays, right? This is enough friends, why are you so stubborn.

  Fang Jifan is not afraid of Zhu Houzhao. My young master has a sword. Although Wang Shi will not be defeated, heavy losses will definitely happen. Why should he admit it?

  Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, and couldn\'t help saying: "I\'m ignoring you."

  Scare, can this also scare Fang Jifan?

  Fang Jifan let out an ooh: "The minister resigns."

  Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he was half dead, and said angrily: "You are too stubborn."

   "The one who is stubborn is Your Highness."

  Zhu Houzhao stared at Fang Jifan: "I have read countless military books, and I have also been taught by many old generals. I have read countless maps, but you obviously don\'t understand them. Go ahead, I will grow my own watermelons."

   "Oh." Fang Jifan sighed in his heart. He knew that he couldn\'t admit defeat, so he sighed in his heart, and just said: "Your Highness, take your leave."

  Seeing that Fang Jifan really left, Zhu Houzhao suddenly became annoyed and grinned his teeth in anger. It can be seen that Fang Jifan had no intention of turning back at all, and he felt a little regretful in his heart.

   This dispute made Zhu Houzhao very unhappy, so that Liu Jin and Zhang Yong beside him were all out of their wits, for fear of being angered by His Highness the Crown Prince.

   "What are you looking at?"

   Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao rushed to Liu Jin angrily, kicking his heart directly.

  Liu Jin staggered, groaned, and got down on the ground again in a hurry. The imperial city panicked and said: "Your servant will die."

  Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, his face turned pale, and he couldn\'t help muttering in his heart.

  Looking at Liu Jin lying at his feet trembling, he couldn\'t help thinking, if only Lao Fang and Liu Banban were so obedient.

   But immediately...he shook his head again, if that\'s the case, then is Lao Fang still Lao Fang?

  Hey...don\'t pay attention to him, Ben Gong plays his own game.

  (end of this chapter)