Dragon face is furious!

Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi is very angry now!

Zhu Houzhao was a little confused and seemed not very confident. She wanted to pretend to be dead, and she started to try hard to squeeze out a little tears.

Fang Jifan shrank his neck, but could only bite the bullet and said, "My minister and the prince are not doing business."

This is... a dead duck's mouth is stubborn!

If the two of them honestly admit their mistakes, it would be fine, but these two guys are still trying hard to deny them here, and this is a matter of attitude.

"Do you know, this is the crime of deceiving the king?" Emperor Hongzhi thought of teaching these two guys a lesson.

Fang Jifan said loudly: "Your Majesty, I and Your Highness are not doing business. Your Highness, you are worried about the country and the people. These days, the weather has been cold. Your Highness sees the people being covered in clothes, and in the capital, the price of charcoal is higher every day. I don't know how many people are hungry and cold. Because of this, Your Highness is worried that he can toss and turn every day."

"Yes, yes, my heart hurts so much that I can't sleep!" Zhu Houzhao covered her heart, looking in pain.

Fang Jifan immediately said: "For this reason, I and the Crown Prince bought a barren mountain for the sake of the livelihood of the people of the world, and asked people to mine coal and process coal, and used this coal to replace charcoal. In this capital, a pound of charcoal costs 30 to 40 yuan, while a pound of coal costs only three or five copper coins. After the prince learned about it, he was ecstatic. If the cost of heating for the people can be greatly reduced, it would be better than to stabilize the price of grain, and I don't know how many people could be saved. His Royal Highness and the Crown Prince operated a coal mine, but in fact, it was for the welfare of the people!"

Only such shameless people can say that making money is so magnificent. Zhu Houzhao secretly glanced at Fang Jifan, and couldn't help but admire him. He is amazing, amazing.

He continued to cover his heart, as if he was constipated: "Yes, yes, my heart hurts so much, for the welfare of the people..."

“…”

When Emperor Hongzhi saw these two guys, he knew that most of them were not good things. They were not good things for the welfare of the people. They were simply nonsense.

"Selling coal for heating..." The Hanlins had already made a fuss of porridge.

Although the Hanlin people usually stayed in the ivory tower and kept a distance from the matter of food, rice, oil and salt, they still had common sense and said, "No, how to keep coal warm, how to save people, this is harming people."

"Your Highness, together with this Fang Jifan, has forced himself to buy and sell. How could your Highness do such a thing?"

Forced buying and selling...

It seems that this reason is the most appropriate.

It’s not that they are forced to buy and sell coal to keep warm when they are full? It’s probably Fang Jifan’s bad idea. If he wants to make money, he will go with the prince to get the useless coal and sell it to others. He is the prince, who dares not give money? Think about the poor people, what kind of evil they committed in their previous life. They live a hard and cold life, but they are bloody and tears, and are oppressed by the prince and Fang Jifan.

Someone was hammering his heart and burst into tears: "How can the prince do such a thing? How can it be like this? It snows heavily in autumn, which has already made the people suffer. His Royal Highness does not care about them and even forced them to buy and sell. This is a great misfortune of the country. This must be Fang Jifan's bad idea."

Given Fang Jifan's infamy, it seems that this is the only explanation.

Emperor Hongzhi was even more furious when he heard this. In fact, he had been patient and wanted to see what Fang Jifan and the prince were doing. He also knew a little about coal mining, but he did not interfere. But he never expected that the purpose of these two guys mining coal was to sell the coal like charcoal.

Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that he looked at Fang Jifan fiercely. His impression of Fang Jifan had always been pretty good, which is why Emperor Hongzhi had always acquiesced to Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan's nonsense.

It's tolerant, but who can't bear it!

"Can you two know your guilt?"

Emperor Hongzhi roared lowly, this was the last chance Emperor Hongzhi gave them.

"Your Majesty!" At this moment, a voice came.

Everyone couldn't help looking at the source of the sound.

But I saw someone standing up slowly.

There are not many people in this world who dare to interrupt the emperor at this time, but this person is among these people.

This person is Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet.

Liu Jian was profound in knowledge, dared to speak up for justice, took the world as his own responsibility, and was open-minded and did not remember personal grudges. He was both the chief assistant and a gentleman in the court. Emperor Hongzhi trusted him very much.

Therefore, his every word and action is of great importance.

Emperor Hongzhi was about to roll up his sleeves and punish the two guys severely, but was interrupted by Liu Jian. He couldn't help but look at Liu Jian suspiciously, but had to say, "What do you have to say in the Liu Qing family?"

Liu Jian solemnly bowed to the ground and said, "I think anthracite is really good!"

“…”

A strange atmosphere suddenly arose in Chongwen Hall.

It’s okay that the prince is ridiculous, not to mention the scumbag Fang Jifan, he is not ridiculous, it’s really the sun that hits the west.

But Liu Gong... is the first minister of the Grand Secretary, and His Majesty's old minister who obeyed his advice, actually...

"The old minister also thought that anthracite was good." This time, Xie Qian stood up.

Xie Qian had been unable to hold it in, and he was outspoken and wanted to say it long ago.

Buzzing...

The Hanlins were completely excited.

Mr. Xie actually exhaled his anger, His Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan?

What exactly happened to this...?

But just when everyone was stunned.

Li Dongyang also slowly came out, and his expression seemed calm: "The Prince's Highness and Fang Jifan have made great contributions. I don't know how many people can save this anthracite alone! The Prince and Fang Jifan's righteous act have countless living people, and the old ministers admire it!"

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

He usually reserves what others say.

But for Emperor Hongzhi, these three people were both monarchs and ministers and trustworthy close friends. The three cabinet ministers and the prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty all agreed and praised the coal, so they even said the words of saving the people. How could this... be possible?

Liu Jian's face was very calm, and he didn't look like he was joking at all. In fact, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet would never joke at this time.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Liu Qing family, what do you mean?"

Liu Jian said seriously: "Your Majesty, it has been not just the capital recently. It has suddenly snowed heavily in Shandong from Beijing to Tongzhou and even Henan. As far as I know, the price of charcoal has risen again and again. But ordinary people have no firewood to keep warm. Those who have frozen to death cannot count. How difficult people live, Your Majesty is, can you watch these people get hungry and cold?"

Emperor Hongzhi was moved, and he stared at Liu Jian without saying a word.

Liu Jian continued: "But the helpless thing is that even a good wife can't cook without rice. Now the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan have made anthracite. The old minister personally used this coal, which is more lasting than charcoal, but tasteless and smokeless, and is actually a magical object to keep warm. I also learned that the price of a pound of coal is only 10% of charcoal, and the price is low. As His Royal Highness said, I am afraid that even ordinary people can buy it to keep warm and keep warm. I dare say that with this anthracite, the number of frozen people will be greatly reduced this year's cold disaster."

Speaking of this, Liu Jian was deeply moved. When the cold came, he and the cabinet ministers were still worried. Who knew that this little anthracite was easily resolved.
Chapter completed!