Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Seeing that Zhou Lixuan had perfectly set a trap for these people, Fan Songde secretly gave him an appreciative look.

The master’s letter mentioned it in Peking.

There is a tacit understanding, or a promise or a deal, between the Huaixi nobles and the current young emperor and the military advisor behind him... and the key to this tacit understanding and promise is that the young emperor and the military advisor behind him need to have the same attitude towards the Ming Dynasty.

It is necessary to consistently treat the Ming Dynasty and its people... as tools for one's own gain and loss.

And judging from the current situation.

The attitudes of the young emperor and the military advisor behind him have almost shown a trend that is almost diametrically opposed to that of the Huaixi nobles.

This is a huge contradiction.

At the end of last year, this contradiction had already begun to emerge, but it was temporarily suppressed by the person behind the little emperor.

As for Fan Songde and Zhou Lixuan, as the secret spies planted by their master in Yingtian Prefecture early on, they naturally put all their efforts into pinching the wound!

Therefore, Fan Songde immediately nodded in agreement, and emphasized, "Well... I also think what Lixuan said is very reasonable. His Majesty wants to be a good emperor, and the military advisor standing behind him and giving him guidance also wants to assist him in becoming a good emperor. What do you think, elder brothers?"

really.

Under the repeated bombardment of Zhou Lixuan and Fan Songde.

Zhang Yi, Cao Xing and Zhu Shou's expressions all turned solemn one after another. They felt that the wine in their hands was not very fragrant anymore and put down the wine cups in their hands thoughtfully.

Zhang Yi nodded absentmindedly: "It seems... quite reasonable."

Cao Xing and Zhu Shou's gazes wandered, their minds wandering. This was already a matter of concern to them, and now that Fan Songde and Zhou Lixuan had repeatedly reminded them, they couldn't ignore it even if they wanted to.

Seeing the three people explaining, he frowned and looked absent-minded.

Fan Songde was secretly delighted.

He quickly struck while the iron was hot, "Actually, there's more to this than just these two exam questions! A while ago, in Yingtian Prefecture, and even throughout the Ming Dynasty, there was a huge uproar over the "cheap fabric," "anthracite," and "severe punishments for corruption" cases... Each one of these incidents, which one wasn't a great benefit to the country and the people?"

"Not only will it benefit the people of the world, but the current emperor is even willing to take the blame for it and endure the people's abuse and complaints!"

“And there’s huge profit in this!”

"Cheap cloth doesn't fetch a good price, that's all, but anthracite is a good thing!"

"Your Majesty could have taken advantage of this opportunity to make a killing, then spent it all on yourself, on fine wine, women, and whatever extravagance you wanted, as much pomp and circumstance as you wanted! But instead, Your Majesty gave it all away! To those peasants! Ugh!"

"To be honest with you, brothers, those peasants made money from this, and many merchants also made money by reselling the anthracite."

"If the current emperor hadn't cared about the peasants, he would have pocketed both of these monies! But he didn't want them, and now, when he wants to put on a grand ceremony as emperor this year, he has no money to pay for it."

"Several elder brothers, tell me, is this what it means to be a good emperor?"

Fan Songde pretended to be disappointed with his friend, patted the palm of his right hand with the back of his left hand, and shook his head helplessly.

It's like giving up the opportunity to make money.

It's just himself.

He paused, looked around cautiously, and then lowered his voice to complain mysteriously, "If it were you, my brother... this is such a pity! What are the lives of those peasants worth? They don't want the money, and they don't even want the emperor's pomp. If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to do something that benefits others but not myself!"