In the past few days, Lin Fan's hands were cramped while making money, and he had been thinking about how to make more money, so he was brought into the palace by Wang Cheng'en.
Lin Fan didn't know what happened until he reached the court, and Wang Chengen didn't dare to talk nonsense. When he returned to Emperor Chongzhen, he didn't dare to speak.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan and asked: "Fan'er, these officials have something to say to you today. You must speak to them properly and don't bully them on the basis of your status as the prince!"
"Yes! Father!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
He looked at the officials with a puzzled look on his face and asked: "My lords, what's going on?
Have I provoked you these past few days?"
"Haha! His Royal Highness has nothing to provoke us, but you can't quibble with what you did yesterday, right?"
The bachelor of Hanlin Academy asked with a sneer.
"kindness?
What did I do yesterday?"
Lin Fan looked confused. He had guessed what was going on, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
"Haha! Don't you know what you did?
For golf clubs, even if you auction the number nine, you actually dare to say that this number is very noble!"
"You auctioned both Nine and Five. Let me ask you, if someone buys both Nine and Five at the same time, does that mean he is also the Lord of Nine and Five?"
The bachelor of the Imperial Academy said with a sneer.
Ha ha!
After the person said this, Lin Fan burst out laughing. He looked at the person and asked, "My lord, can I ask you a question?"
"If there is a book in your home, and the word nine is written on it, and it happens to be on the fifth page, does that mean you have the intention to rebel?"
"If you think so, sir, I will send someone to search your home right now!"
kindness!
After Lin Fan finished speaking, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy trembled in fright and did not dare to speak. Lin Fan then asked: "What kind of era is this? Is there anyone still engaging in literary inquisition?"
"During the Song Dynasty, women were allowed to wear phoenix crowns and harems when they got married. This was a gift from the royal family to the people. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"This golf club is just a product I made. The reason why I told these people that this number is noble is to let these people understand that this is just a good number!"
"I will do more of this kind of thing in the future to let the people know that numbers cannot mean anything, and the auspiciousness and omens some people call are nothing!"
"It's like a robber. When he rebelled, there was auspiciousness coming from the sky, but it was all his own doing and not true!"
"But the people believe it. With my precedent, gradually the term "Nine-Five Lords" will only refer to His Majesty, rather than whoever has this sign will be the emperor."
kindness!
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be shocked by Lin Fan's explanation. He didn't expect that Lin Fan meant this, downplaying people's reactions to certain signs.
This will indeed play a key role in the peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty. However, it is not appropriate to explain the Nine-Five Lord during the auction.
However, these are nothing compared to the benefits of this matter.
"What His Royal Highness the Prince said is reasonable, and I also believe that many things do not need to be done with such a big fanfare, as if they are important!"
Li Jiantai, Minister of War, spoke.
"Yes, there are many things that only scholars care about, but we don't care about them. As long as we know that this world belongs to His Majesty, who cares about nine and five."
Someone else spoke.
Suddenly, the situation in the court began to turn on both sides. The bachelor of the Hanlin Academy was completely speechless, thinking that these people were all mentally ill.
For such a serious matter, they didn't scold them, but actually helped Lin Fan speak. Just when he was about to continue speaking, Lin Fan said again: "Everyone, the duty of the Hanlin Academy should be to recruit talents for our Ming Dynasty. At the same time,
, compile brand new books and impart knowledge.”
"But you all seem to have never done anything in the Hanlin Academy. As for compiling books, you just compiled your own collection of poems!"
"As for the ancient poems in the collection, they are just average. I hope you can do your duty and not regard the Hanlin Academy as a place for retirement."
After Lin Fan said this, all the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy lowered their heads in shame.
They also wanted to publish some books, but since Lin Fan established the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education has taken charge of all book publishing issues.
The poems they wrote had to be reviewed by the Ministry of Education before they could be printed and published, and the articles they wrote were all rejected because they had missed the times.
"Alas! Your Highness, if you think we are old and useless, just say so and we are willing to retreat!"
The Hanlin Academy official curled his lips and said coldly.
After hearing this, Lin Fan hurriedly advised: "Haha! I didn't say that you are useless, but you must understand your responsibilities and don't keep doing meaningless things."
"The long-term stability of a society cannot be solved by just fabricating some literary inquisition and preventing them from doing it."
"You should start working on strengthening the construction of spiritual civilization, that is, through books and culture, making the people more patriotic and supportive of the court!"
this……
The meaning of Lin Fan's words was very simple, but it shocked the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy to the point where they were speechless, and some even blushed with embarrassment.
Lin Fan continued: "Sir, I also know that the ideas in your hearts are difficult to change, and I have no intention of changing your ideas."
"It's just that you should do some things that you should do and try not to do things that you shouldn't do. Otherwise, you will only make yourself embarrassed!"
Forehead……
The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy looked at each other. The reason why they bombarded Lin Fan with all their strength was because they were instigated by some officials. It seemed that they were wrong.
"To the west of the Prince's Palace, I know my mistake!"
The great bachelor could only apologize.
He now hates those officials who instigated him, but he can't say anything. He can't point out in public that it was that person who instigated him.
Not to mention whether His Majesty believed it or not, the officials present probably didn’t believe it either, and their own face would be even more humiliated.
Lin Fan didn't say anything, but Emperor Chongzhen stood up to smooth things over. This farce was completely over. Lin Fan left the palace and went directly back to the prince's residence.
There weren't many things going on these days. Lin Fan decided to spend more time with Nalan Yanran. As for the war with Shuote, he decided not to participate.
After all, with Li Guyi and others here, defeating Zhungeer is not a problem. Now it depends on how fast the official road can be repaired. As long as it is repaired in a short time, Dongchagatai will definitely become the territory of the Ming Dynasty.