Li Yuanzhao walked slowly to Yan Guoan's side with a serious face.
He said in a deep voice: "Master Yan, do you have to target Lao Fang like this?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Guoan immediately said angrily: "Prince, be careful! Fang Zhengyi is a court official, how can you call him Lao Fang?"
"Okay! Then I'll call him Master Fang."
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Emperor Jing followed Li Yuanzhao with his eyes. He did not expect that the prince would be so unusual today and even take the initiative to speak to Fang Zhengyi.
Li Yuanzhao's eyes were also on Emperor Jing.
"Father, Master Yan's words are a bit biased. During the time when Master Fang taught me, I have never fallen behind in my lessons."
"If you don't believe me, I can recite it to you."
After saying that, Li Yuanzhao started to carry it on his own.
"The destiny is called nature, the will of nature is called Tao, and the practice of Tao is called teaching. Tao is also called Tao, which cannot be separated for a moment..."
"The way of a gentleman is to conceal everything. The stupidity of a couple can only be understood until it reaches the end..."
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After memorizing more than 20 articles in a row, Li Yuanzhao stopped. Everyone just listened, and they were all shocked.
The prince has really changed his temper and can he concentrate on endorsing? And he memorized so much in one breath without stopping!
Li Yuanzhao looked at Fangzheng proudly, "You can memorize the thirty articles I owe you, how about it?"
awesome! Fang Zheng grinned and secretly gave a thumbs up.
Emperor Jing listened, and there was a hint of curvature in the corner of his mouth: "If you just recite the book and swallow the jujube, you won't be able to pass the test. Let me ask you, a gentleman behaves in his position and does not want to be outside. If he is rich and noble, he behaves rich and noble; what does he do if he is poor and humble? explain?"
Li Yuanzhao replied without any hesitation: "This sentence means that a gentleman is content with his current position and does what he should do, and does not have any wrong thoughts."
Emperor Jing's eyes lit up and he asked a few more questions, and Li Yuanzhao answered them one by one.
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After finally finishing all the questions, Emperor Jing was very excited: "Did Fang Zhengyi teach you these?"
"That's right! They were all taught by Master Fang!"
Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zhengyi, his eyes full of relief: "Fang Qing, you did a great job, far beyond my expectations!"
Fang Zheng almost laughed out loud, and quickly straightened his face: "Everywhere, this is my responsibility!"
Damn it, the prince assists, go back and add drumsticks to him!
Surprise also appeared in the eyes of all the ministers. It was really gratifying that the prince had such a huge change today.
The only prince in the dynasty was already giving everyone a lot of headaches.
Unexpectedly, following Fang Zhengyi, he would change his temper?
Two bedbugs can make something sweet together. Is this the legendary saying that things must turn against each other? !
Li Yuanzhao raised his hand and continued: "Father, don't be anxious! I haven't finished speaking yet. The so-called reading and writing are just minutiae and trivial matters, not worth mentioning."
Ministers: "......"
Fang Zheng's face dropped.
Are we just saying that it is necessary to add this sentence?
"Master Yan just said that my son and Master Fang beat up Dr. Hu. I'm afraid my father's words cannot satisfy Master Yan."
"If you dare, tell me why you beat Dr. Hu!"
"I won't go into detail about Dr. Hu being a quack. Just a few days ago, Dr. Hu gave the princess a tonic with a so-called exotic ginseng from overseas. Father, does he know how much the ginseng cost?"
"You must have never imagined that it's a full two thousand taels! But later, through inquiries and purchasing, I learned that the real price of this item is only a mere two thousand taels!"
"The price difference is a thousand times! What I'm dealing with is a dim-sighted quack."
Fang Zhengyi was full of praise. The prince now makes up lies without blinking an eye. He is worthy of being a dragon!
Li Yuanzhao's face was full of seriousness: "When I learned about this, I felt that there was a lot of trouble in the palace's procurement! Maybe not only in the imperial hospital, but even in the imperial kitchen, there were such exaggerated and concealed reports."
"So my son sent Liu Jin out of the palace secretly to inquire about the prices in the market."
"It's better not to inquire about it. If I inquire about it, it will be a great eye-opener for me!"
"Ordinary ingredients such as cabbage, eggs, rice, etc. in the folk cost only a few cents per pound at most, but in the palace the price difference is often several to dozens of times higher!"
"Take eggs as an example. An egg in the palace costs ten taels, while the eggs among the people only cost five taels at most."
"My son once asked the royal kitchen in the palace to make a pie. The cost actually cost dozens of taels, while outside the palace it only cost a few cents. Where did the difference go?"
"Then there must be someone here who wants to say that the food in the palace is different from the food outside the palace. The food in the palace must be carefully selected and far superior to the folk."
"Is this really the case? My son used his own money to buy various ingredients from the private sector. After buying them back, he compared them with those in the palace and found that there was no difference! Everything he made was equally unpalatable!"
"My son once asked about the internal affairs. Last year, the palace's annual expenditure on food and drink was as high as 8,000 taels. Based on this calculation, the actual expenditure in the palace is less than 8,000 taels."
"The difference is more than 72,000 taels. Who got such a huge amount of silver!? I'm afraid someone is trying to take advantage of it at every step!"
"In addition, when I sent Liu Jin out of the palace, I also asked him to inquire about the living conditions of the people. How many people were running around for just a porridge and a meal. Seeing this, I sent all my money away, but still A drop in the bucket.”
"If the palace can purchase truthfully and live frugally, the people will not have such a difficult life! Please enlighten me!"
After saying this, everyone was stunned, including Fang Zhengyi, who stood there in shock.
Li Yuanzhao's performance was really surprising to him. He originally thought that he would spend all his money to play with, but he didn't expect that he would give it to the people!
Although the method is a bit rough, it is really touching.
Fang Zheng felt his old father's joy for the first time...
Emperor Jing's eyes were filled with tears, and his hands trembled slightly as he reached towards Li Yuanzhao, wanting to touch his face, but they still fell on his shoulders, and said in a trembling voice: "You did all this... by yourself?"
"Yes, in the few days after Master Fang left, I wanted to find something to do by myself."
Emperor Jing turned his back, quietly wiped the corners of his eyes, and turned back again with a smile in his eyes: "Okay!! Okay!"
"Everyone, please take a look! This is my son! This is my son!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is wise."
The ministers knelt down and worshiped, and many people were overjoyed. Li Yansong and other pavilion elders could not help but burst into tears.
Prince, you have really grown up! This is the saying of a certain country and the appearance of a virtuous king! !
Zheng Qiao wiped his tears, pulled Li Yansong aside, and whispered: "Mr. Li, could it be that the prince is really taught by Fang Zhengyi?"
Li Yansong looked excited: "You can't be wrong... Who else can be in Zhan Shifu besides Fang Zhengyi? I didn't expect that at this age, I would be mistaken. Being loyal seems to be a traitor... Being loyal is like a traitor. Okay. ! This Founder is pretty good!”
Zhang Dongxiang frowned on the side, but he had to admit it and nodded secretly twice.
Emperor Jing was overjoyed and couldn't help but patted Li Yuanzhao's shoulders twice more.
Li Yuanzhao grimaced in pain.
"Yuan Zhao, you've done a great job, Guo Tianyang! I'll give you a month to thoroughly investigate! I want to get a handle on all the corruption in food, clothing, housing and transportation in the palace!"
"Fang Zhengyi, you did a great job! This is a great achievement, and I will give you a Qilin suit!"
"Yan Guoan! Do you have anything else to say?" Emperor Jing looked at Yan Guoan closely.
Yan Guoan was at war with each other at this time. He had taught the prince for so many years, but was completely ignored by Fang Zheng. Now that everyone is watching, what else can he say...
So he bowed down and said tremblingly: "My lord, I am ashamed and have nothing to say."
"Okay! In that case, I will remove you from your position in Zhan Shifu. From today on, Zhan Shifu will only have Fang Zheng and Zhan Shi! Do you have any objections?"
The ministers bowed again: "My emperor is wise!"
Yan Guoan just knelt on the ground, his heart was as gray as ashes, and he was filled with regret...
When Fang Zheng saw this, he struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty! Since the prince has such love for the people, please allow the prince to leave the palace at will so that he can inspect the people."
"As the saying goes, how can you sweep the world without sweeping a house? It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Today, the prince has achieved results, and now it is time to go further!"
"I will accompany you at any time! Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
Li Yuanzhao's eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up.
Lao Fang Niubi!
Emperor Jing was overjoyed when he heard this: "It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, okay! That's right! I'm right!"
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