Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1042 Is Diligence Wrong? [Ask for tickets! 】

His Majesty Li Er gave Fang Jun a half-smile.

When it comes to fallacies and heresies, who in the world can compare to Fang Jun?
There were footsteps outside the hall, and a maid came in holding a soup pot. She first saluted and said hello, and then said: "This servant is the maid next to His Royal Highness Princess Jinyang, and is ordered by His Highness to come here to deliver sea cucumber soup to the concubine."

His Majesty Li Er was surprised: "There are still sea cucumbers in this world?"

It can be seen that things that can surprise His Majesty the Emperor must be extremely scarce.In the middle of winter, the sea freezes, and sea cucumbers hibernate in the crevices of the reefs. It is extremely difficult to catch them, even the emperor's rights are extremely rare.

The maid didn't know how to answer, so she could only say, "It was brought along with the East Sea fish when the concubine ordered the fast boat to come."

Princess Jinyang suffers from shortness of breath. In Fang Jun's opinion, this is a cardiovascular disease. Long-term consumption of sea fish can effectively alleviate the condition.Therefore, the Royal Navy was specially ordered to send fresh fish from the East China Sea to Chang'an by fast boat every few days.After the river channel was frozen, they switched to the land route. Although the transportation time was prolonged, the survival time of sea fish was not shortened because of the low temperature.Fang Jun built a large water tank at home. Every time the sea fish is delivered, it will be replaced with fresh sea water. The water tank is very shallow but has a large area, which can ensure that more oxygen is fully dissolved in the water to the greatest extent. Who said that there is no oxygen-generating equipment these days...

Since it is a channel set up all year round, of course it will not just transport sea fish. All fresh seafood and even rare Nanyang products will be continuously transported to Chang'an through this channel.

Who is the most extravagant in Chang'an City?

Not the emperor, not a family member, not a relative of the emperor, but Princess Jinyang...

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Fang Jun, and the anger in his heart dissipated in an instant.

To be able to go to such lengths for Sizi's illness, and to spend manpower and financial resources to transport sea fish to Sizi thousands of miles, this is a treatment that even the emperor dare not enjoy!
As a father, what sin is unforgivable?

With a wave of his hand, His Majesty Li Er said warmly: "Since it was specially prepared by Sizi for you, take it aside and eat."

"promise!"

Fang Jun was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back, and the latest meal vomited up all the contents of his stomach. Can he not be hungry?

Obtaining the emperor's order, he took the soup pot and sat on a stool in the corner, and drank it upside down.

When the maid walked away, Wei Zheng frowned and glanced at Fang Jun, who was stretching comfortably, and said displeasedly: "Sea cucumber is nourishing, but although it is good, it is not easy to get it. Our minds and resources are struggling, so it is a waste of people and money." , as inappropriate."

Fang Jun is angry!
I drink the soup made by my sister-in-law, does it have a bird feather relationship with you?
If you have nothing to do, you can supervise the emperor Lao Tzu. If you walk a bird and build a house, you can impeach him vigorously. I didn't mess with you!
You old boy didn't have this attitude when you asked me for a coffin board...

He shook his head and said: "Wei Shizhong's words are wrong."

Wei Zheng stared and said, "Could the old man be wrong? In the middle of winter, you have to dig through the ice and dive into the cold water. Every sea cucumber contains the hardships and sorrows of the fishermen, and then it is transported thousands of miles to Guanzhong. How much is a sea cucumber worth, has Huating Marquis ever calculated it?"

He was just asking rhetorically, meaning to make Fang Jun feel his own luxury.

But Fang Jun said casually: "After calculation, every catty of sea cucumber transported to Guanzhong is probably worth about eighteen guan."

Everyone in the room froze for a moment, did feelings count as a stick?
Wei Zheng snorted and said: "Since Huating Hou has done the calculations, he must also be thinking about the hardships of the common people. Why do you need such extravagance? You must know that eighteen pennies are enough to support a family of five for two years, but It's too extravagant to be eaten by you in just a few bites!"

His Majesty Li Er's face was ugly.

Old man, are you talking about Fang Jun or me?
If we talk about the most extravagant in the world, I am afraid that no one can be as extravagant as the emperor...

Fang Jun asked: "Then, if someone doesn't eat this catty of sea cucumber, where is the eighteen pennies now?"

Wei Zheng was stunned by the question: "The eighteen pennies...of course you saved it."

His Majesty Li Er didn't answer Fang Jun's question, even Princess Changle stopped studying ink, and stood there looking at Fang Jun, watching him bicker with Wei Zheng with great interest.In terms of the sharpness of the tongue, there are really few civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty who can compare with Wei Zheng. Otherwise, why would the father be pushed against the wall by Wei Zheng every time, unable to get off, and become angry from embarrassment?

Fang Jun said solemnly: "It was indeed saved by a certain person. To be precise, the eighteen pennies should still be in the treasury at home. Let the dust accumulate and spiders weave their webs. The eighteen strings were exchanged for a catty of sea cucumbers. Does Wei Shizhong know where the eighteen strings are now? In the hands of farmers digging ice in the East China Sea, in the hands of fishermen fishing for ginseng from the sea, in the hands of boatmen transporting them along the way, and in the hands of porters in Chang'an Market hand..."

He looked at Wei Zheng and asked, "If there were no eighteen strokes, would Wei Shizhong know the result? It might be that the ice-cutter fisherman had no money to buy rice and starve to death, it might be that the fisherman who fished for ginseng had no money to buy firewood and freeze to death, or it might be The boatmen and porters were sick but had no money to seek medical advice and died of illness. This will not happen now. Everyone earns money to live a better life, and spends money to eat delicious sea cucumbers. Everyone gets what they need , satisfied. So here comes the question, it’s not right for Wei Shizhong to be extravagant under his duties, what’s wrong?”

Wei Zheng was dumbfounded.

His Majesty Li Er was dumbfounded.

Princess Changle has a dull expression on her face...

Yes, it has been said since ancient times that luxury is wrong and one should live thriftily.But now that Fang Jun is extravagant, what is wrong?On the contrary, if he is not extravagant, then there will be many people who cannot earn money, buy secrets, firewood, medicine, or hire a doctor...

Could it be that it is thrifty?
Princess Changle felt a little bit of a headache and couldn't figure it out...

Wei Zheng trembled a few times, racking his brains to refute, but found himself speechless!

Is luxury wrong?
There must be!Otherwise, why do all the books say that extravagance should be curbed and thrift should be respected?Extravagance is the root of disaster for the country. How many foolish kings have ruined the country and family because of extravagance?
But now, listening to Fang Jun, it seems extravagant and right...

Is this what is going on?
Old Wei's head was muddled, and his nerves were completely deranged.

His Majesty Li Er couldn't figure it out either, but he didn't want to think about it at all!
He squinted at Wei Zheng with a troubled face, his heart was as refreshing as drinking iced Western Region grape wine in the dog days, it was so refreshing!

You stubborn old man has been looking for my faults all day and all my life. If I want to build a summer house, I can't do it. I can't accept a few beauties. I can't even play with birds...

Have you met your opponent now?

Do you hear me?
Luxury is justified!

Diligence is wrong!

Wow haha!Damn old Wei, you have today too?
His Majesty Li Er looked at Fang Jun with eyes full of praise, what a great Fang Er!She deserves to be my good son-in-law, she deserves to be the number one courtier in the Tang Dynasty, she won my heart, won my heart!If ten or eight such sons-in-law can come, wouldn't it be much easier for me?In the future, if this Wei Zheng jumps out again when I want to do something, I will use this set of rhetoric to deal with him!

His Majesty Li Er couldn't help thinking longingly, without Wei Zheng's stumbling hands, wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wanted in the future?Talents like Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling don't care about whether I spend money indiscriminately or not, as long as they don't come up with bad ideas and harm the government, they don't bother to care about it!

Now I have a lot of money in my heart, and there is no one who hinders me, a beautiful life is beckoning...

Wei Zheng thought for a long time but couldn't think of how to refute. His nose was about to smoke with anger. He pointed at Fang Jun with a trembling finger, and said angrily: "Smart words, fallacies, nonsense...Your such fallacies will bring the sages to justice. Where are the teachings of philosophy? Could it be that His Majesty is right to build countless palaces now?"

He really couldn't think of any words to refute, so Wei Zheng had no choice but to use the big hat of the sages and sages to suppress others.You dare not say that the ancient sages advocated thrift and opposed extravagance were all wrong, right?
His Majesty Li Er almost died of anger, and said angrily: "You two talk about you, don't talk about me!"

Wei Zheng knew he had made a mistake, and said awkwardly, "I know I was wrong, and I was really confused by this kid's anger."

Princess Changle pursed her lips and suppressed a smile.

This Jun Fang is so bad that he almost fainted Wei Zheng...

(End of this chapter)