jdhmnovel Chapter 635 It's just losing a few pounds of hair~
Chapter 635 It's just losing a few pounds of hair~
Yang Shaofeng felt that Lao Deng seemed a bit dim-witted.
As for Xu Da?
Hey, how smart can someone who follows Old Zhu around be?
While secretly looking down on Lao Zhu and Lao Xu, Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "It is a bit contradictory, and I really don't have any good solutions."
Emperor Zhu and Xu Da both glanced at Yang Shaofeng.
Since you don't have any good solutions either, how can you still have the nerve to laugh?
Just as Emperor Zhu was about to launch into a direct mockery, Yang Shaofeng suddenly said, "But there are clever people in the capital."
Yang Shaofeng immediately shifted the blame: "Leaving aside the Duke of Han, let's talk about the Earl of Chengyi. He has received great favors from the gentry of eastern Zhejiang and has almost been implicated several times. How could he not hate those people?"
"Father-in-law, you can't go wrong by entrusting this matter to the Earl of Chengyi."
"At most, it'll just be a few pounds of hair loss; Uncle Chengyi can handle it."
Although Yang Shaofeng deliberately lowered his voice at the end of his sentence, Emperor Zhu and Xu Da still heard it clearly.
Losing just a few pounds of hair?
You fucking know that this will make you lose several pounds of hair?
You bastard, how dare you say that!
But then he thought about it again and the Emperor Zhu couldn't help but feel curious.
So, what did Liu Bowen do to provoke Yang the Madman this time?
While pondering this haphazardly, Emperor Zhu frowned and said, "The Duke of Han and the Earl of Chengyi are the ones who will be troubled, and they certainly won't escape this mess. But you were the one who brought up this trouble first, don't you have even the slightest explanation?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, and replied, "What thoughts could I possibly have? After all, no matter what these people are like, they're just fish on a chopping board."
It's confirmed: Zhu Chongba, that old idiot, really wasn't very smart.
Although the wealthy merchants of later generations had so-called "wicked mothers-in-law" managing them, those "wicked mothers-in-law" were reasonable.
The problem is, you, Zhu Chongba, are the emperor. Do you need to reason with them?
Furthermore, the reason why those local gentry and wealthy merchants are so difficult to deal with is mainly because they control the discourse, or rather, they monopolize the channels for acquiring knowledge.
With the community schools, county schools, and prefectural schools spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, plus Dengzhou University which is destined to be split into countless universities in the future, it will probably not be so easy for them to monopolize the channels for acquiring knowledge and to deceive the people as they used to.
While inwardly cursing, Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "How about my father-in-law writes a few articles for the newspaper first?"
"Ordinary people may be easy to fool, but they are not stupid."
“If we explain the reasons for the imperial court’s monopoly on salt and iron, I’m afraid those local gentry and scholars won’t be able to incite the people so easily.”
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng with a dark expression and said, "Newspapers are good, but the problem is, apart from Ningyang County, which other prefecture or county dares to say that all the people under its jurisdiction are literate?"
"Okay."
"Are you planning to use this to fool us into thinking we're doing literacy campaigns and building more community and county schools?"
"Damn it, as a son-in-law, you're causing trouble for your father-in-law every day."
"As a subject, you think about making the emperor do all the work so you can relax in your recliner and drink tea."
"You bastard!"
Yang Shaofeng smacked his lips, saying nothing, only pondering in his mind how to manage upwards, while Xu Da grinned widely.
That’s right!
You, Yang the Madman, are always scheming and causing trouble. Today you finally got scolded by your father-in-law, didn't you?
Live it!
……
It turns out that it's wrong to always think negatively about others.
Just as Xu Da was mentally fretting over Yang Shaofeng, a red-feathered messenger rushed straight to the backyard of Ningyang County Government Office, shouting all the way: "Urgent report! Urgent report from the border!"
Emperor Zhu stood up abruptly and went to the door of the house to greet him. Xu Da took a few steps outside, took the urgent report from the red-feathered messenger, checked the sealing wax, and then handed the report to Emperor Zhu.
Emperor Zhu tore open the urgent report and took out the memorial inside to read it.
After only a few glances, Emperor Zhu's face darkened visibly.
"Go to hell!"
Emperor Zhu handed the memorial directly to Xu Da, cursing and saying, "Look at this, the restrictions on the Iron Organs Camp haven't even been lifted yet, and they've already caused such a commotion."
Xu Da took the memorial and read it through, then handed it to Yang Shaofeng.
Yang Shaofeng opened the memorial with great curiosity and read it through, then let out a heavy sigh.
The world has never lacked warriors.
However, the Ming Dynasty had a great many brave warriors.
Punishments such as confiscating property, exterminating the clan, and executing nine generations of relatives had no effect on the warriors of the Ming Dynasty.
There will always be people willing to risk their lives.
Even if it costs them their entire family.
Well, this matter isn't a huge deal, but it's not insignificant either.
The memorial was written by Li Wenzhong, who was far away in Beiping and constantly monitoring Hu Yuan's movements.
The report was quite simple: Hu Yuan's side had suddenly acquired a batch of high-quality iron, and according to the information Li Wenzhong had gathered, the iron came from Koreans.
Yang Shaofeng almost died laughing at this memorial.
Bangzi, supplying Hu Yuan with refined iron?
No way, what kind of person could come up with such a ridiculous argument?
Even if the Koreans could find good iron ore, do they have the smelting technology?
Even if we take a step back and assume that the Koreans can find good iron ore and smelt high-quality iron, would they dare to sell that high-quality iron to Hu Yuan?
The Koreans are indeed a bit stupid, but they wouldn't be stupid enough to supply Hu Yuan with refined iron, would they?
They're all about big issues, and they're playing both sides!
If Hu Yuan is powerful, the Koreans certainly wouldn't mind smuggling refined iron to Hu Yuan.
However, it is clear that the Ming Dynasty is stronger now, and at this time the Koreans would rather offend the Yuan Dynasty than offend the Ming Dynasty!
To put it bluntly, this is like making up a story about Lao Deng eating a soup made of pearls, jade, and white jade. It's something you've never seen before, so you can only rely on your imagination to make it up, and the result is just a bunch of nonsensical jokes.
While inwardly complaining, Yang Shaofeng looked at Emperor Zhu and asked, "Father-in-law, what do you plan to do?"
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng, then snorted coldly, "What do we plan to do? We'll do whatever the hell we have to do!"
"Smuggling fine iron to Hu Yuan on the eve of war? They deserve to be dragged out and beheaded ten or eight times over!"
At this point, Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng with suspicion and asked, "Are you keeping an eye on these people again?"
"Are you planning to send them to Ningyang County or Dengzhou Prefecture to work as laborers again?"