Fang Zheng was already bored at the door of the royal study.
I wanted to hook up with the guard at the door, but no one liked him.
After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Jing slowly walked over, followed by Guo Tianyang.
After looking up and down, Fang Zhengyi went straight into the house without saying anything.
Guo Tianyang whispered: "Come in."
Fang Zhengyi followed him and entered the imperial study room obediently.
It's a pity that there is no room for him this time.
Emperor Jing still didn't speak, just looking at some official documents.
Fang Zhengyi stood there, feeling as if he was being asked to stand in the office by a teacher.
Sleepy....
"Fang Zhengyi, I demoted you to be the general judge of Jianjiang today. Do you have any resentment in your heart?" Emperor Jing still lowered his head and spoke slowly.
"My lord, I have no resentment in my heart, but I am not convinced." Fang Zhengyi answered honestly.
"The officials are not interested in disaster relief. I just try to give them a push, so that... many people can be saved from starving to death."
"My lord is right."
Emperor Jing suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Fang Zhengyi! You are so presumptuous! Where do you put the laws of the imperial court by doing this!"
"If you do what you do, the royal family and the court will lose face!"
Fang Zheng said calmly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the appearance of officials is not as important as the lives of common people."
"Looking for death! How dare you talk back! Someone is coming!"
"Your Majesty, wait a minute!" After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket.
"Your Majesty, this is the profit from Banshanfang's number one ticket in recent days plus taxes and other scattered income, a total of 23,230 taels."
Emperor Jing suddenly calmed down when he looked at the banknotes.
He sneered and said: "What? Do you still want to bribe me!?"
"I don't dare!"
Then Fang Zhengyi took out another piece of paper from his arms: "This is the amount of food that I collected from the people, a total of 344 dan, which were donated by ordinary people for the disaster area. These are just the donations collected in less than half a day." grain."
"What do you mean? Do you want to use this to impress me and make me change my mind?"
"Are you done? I'm going to call someone after I'm done."
Fang Zheng shook his head, and then took out the third item.
A pamphlet was presented with both hands.
"Your Majesty, a newspaper consumes a huge amount of paper, and it only costs five cents a piece. In the past, we would never have dared to publish it."
"But I ordered people to study the papermaking industry and invented a new papermaking method that can increase the output five times, causing the price of paper to drop significantly."
"It's just that I have been busy with the Prince's Daily recently and have not had the opportunity to present it to His Majesty. Now I have to travel far and present it to His Majesty."
"There are also some important matters that we had in Banshanfang. I just want to explain them clearly. I have no other intention. Please don't worry too much."
After saying that, Fang Zheng headed straight for that station!
I handed over a shield today, let’s see the result.
Emperor Jing looked at the booklet on the table absentmindedly.
Papermaking...Five times the output...The price of paper has been significantly reduced. These words have been spinning in his mind.
It took a long time to regain consciousness and coughed twice in embarrassment.
"My voice was indeed a bit loud just now, please give me a seat!"
Fang Zhengyi almost laughed out loud, it was so real, so damn real!
Then Fang Zheng hurriedly took a seat. He was really tired after standing for a long time.
Emperor Jing picked up the booklet and kept flipping through it. Guo Tianyang looked at Fang Zhengyi enviously behind him.
It works! I've been coaxed into submission by His Majesty, but we can't learn this trick!
After Emperor Jing finished flipping through the book, he couldn't help but sigh.
"This method is wonderful. If this paper-making method had been available earlier, wouldn't the number of talented people in Dajing be multiplied several times?"
"Fang Qing! What a great achievement! Tell me, what reward do you want?"
Fang Zheng thought for a moment: "Your Majesty, if I don't want to go to Jianjiang, just stay in Beijing. I can do whatever your Majesty asks me to do."
"Then you can enter the palace."
Guo Tianyang immediately felt terrified and looked at Emperor Jing with wide eyes.
His Majesty! You don't want me anymore?
Apart from being younger than me, this guy is no better than me!
Then he looked at Fang Zhengyi fiercely.
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really good at joking..."
Emperor Jing's expression became serious again: "You were the one who joked with me first! I asked you to go to Jianjiang in front of the courtiers, and then you told me that you didn't want to go. My golden words have changed the way the world sees it in less than a day. I?"
"another!"
"Then it's all up to His Majesty's arrangement."
Seeing Fang Zhengyi's attitude, Emperor Jing said earnestly, "Don't feel resentful about today's matter. You and the prince dare not discuss such a big matter with me."
"It's just that being demoted is a lenient punishment. Otherwise, I won't care if you suffer it!"
Fang Zheng asked in response: "If I tell His Majesty, will Your Majesty let me do it?"
Emperor Jing was silent for a while, and then replied: "Of course you can do some things, but you shouldn't be so eager! I think I know you fairly well! Why did you act so rudely without considering the consequences this time?"
Fang Zheng's expression gradually became serious. He looked at Emperor Jing with a complicated expression and suddenly sighed: "Alas... Your Majesty, I have been hungry before."
"At that time, in Taoyuan County, the sky was not responding, and the land was not functioning properly. Many people starved to death under the rule. I knelt everywhere and went to other places to beg for help, but I didn't get much food."
"At that time, I was thinking, why is there no high official who can come out to save the people from fire and water and give them a bite to eat?"
"It's a pity... there is no such person. The more people in Taoyuan County die, the more people die."
A wry smile appeared on Fang Zheng's lips: "Now that I have become a high official in my eyes, knowing that the people are suffering, can I enjoy the happiness in the capital without doing anything in peace and contentment? No!"
Recalling the days when he first arrived in Taoyuan County, Fang Zhengyi was really sad.
Behind Emperor Jing, Guo Tianyang's face turned dark visibly.
Fang Zhengyi, how dare you blatantly imitate me!
grass! I will be a dog when I talk to you again!
"What's more, this matter is not my wish alone. The prince is also very enthusiastic, racking his brains and thinking of various ways to raise food and save people!"
"In order to fulfill the wishes of the prince and me, I don't have a trace of regret or fear in my heart."
"Therefore, I am impulsive and want to be punished by Your Majesty!"
Emperor Jing couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, but it didn't show on his face at all.
He just said lightly: "I know, I am going to Jianjiang, so please be more careful."
Fang Zheng was dumbfounded. Was he sensationalizing for nothing? In the end, I still have to leave?
Then he asked: "Your Majesty is not afraid that I will cause trouble again when I arrive in Jianjiang and lose face to the court?"
A smile finally appeared on Emperor Jing's face: "Whether face is more important or life is more important, it all depends on you, Fang Qing."
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