Outside the Zhenfu Division, dozens of majestic Jinyiwei lined up on both sides.
Fang Zheng saw from a distance that a dozen people were carrying a sedan chair and rushing towards this side, accompanied by eunuchs on both sides. He took two steps forward and took the initiative to greet them.
Upon seeing this, the eunuch accompanying the emperor immediately reported it to the people in the sedan chair.
Emperor Jing took the initiative to lift the curtain of the sedan chair and walked down.
Fang Zheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen you."
Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. I have nothing to do so I came out for a walk. Please come in and talk."
Inside the office building, Fang Zhengyi's desk was already half full with piles of documents, with a few scattered reports in the middle.
Emperor Jing put his hands behind his back, walked a few steps, and asked in surprise, "The Jinyiwei has so many official documents?"
My goodness, there are not as many memorials in the palace as you do!
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "I am ashamed to say that I have too many extra tasks on my hands recently, so there is a backlog of less urgent tasks within the Jinyiwei."
After that, he picked up a few reports on the table, handed them to Emperor Jing, and said, "I still have to manage Dongjiao University, and I still need to check on the stock exchange and Jingxing Bank from time to time."
Emperor Jing nodded deeply without making any comment.
These things were all created by Fang Zheng himself. Although he didn't have any official position, it was obviously not possible to leave him.
Emperor Jing patted Fang Zhengyi's shoulders twice and said with relief: "Zhengyi, you were always lazy in the early years, but now you have become more diligent."
"My motto is to serve with all my heart!"
"Hahaha, you don't have to work so hard. The local government sent me two high-quality ginsengs, and I enjoyed them very much." After saying this, Emperor Jing looked at Guo Tianyang and said, "Send one to Zhengyi tomorrow, don't overwork yourself."
Wow, this father-in-law is so considerate.
Fang Zheng was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I am in good health. I usually drink some tonics such as Epimedium and Cistanche deserticola, and I am in good health! Your Majesty, please feel good about it. Since there are only two, you should keep them for yourself. I am afraid that I will take too much."
Emperor Jing smiled and sat down immediately: "You can sit down too. Today we are just chatting and there is no official business."
"I recently heard that the restaurant opened by the prince is very prosperous. This is a good thing, and I should be happy. However, as a prince, his behavior is a bit frivolous. You know a lot about this matter, and I want to hear your opinion first."
Fang Zheng's eyes rolled and he understood everything.
It turned out that he came for the prince.
"Your Majesty, why don't you summon the Crown Prince in person? Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is at the restaurant today, you can go there in person to see what's going on."
Emperor Jing shook his head and sighed softly, "It's rare for him to do something well, and I can't bear to disturb him. Besides, I really want to go and see it myself, but I heard that there are many people outside the restaurant, and they are trying to stop me. If the court knows about it, they will inevitably nag me for a few days, which is very annoying."
Fang Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Then I wonder if Your Majesty supports it or not?"
Emperor Jing hesitated and said, "I don't know. When you said that the Crown Prince was going to personally get involved in the factory, understand the rules, and start to solve the problem, I agreed."
"But it's just a small restaurant... Although business matters have something in common, the two are ultimately very different. I don't think it's appropriate."
Fang Zhengyi smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. Factories and restaurants may seem very different, but the core is the same, that is, learning how to manage well."
"In my opinion, it is most appropriate for Your Highness to open a restaurant. I wonder if Your Majesty knows anything about football?"
Emperor Jing nodded and said, "I know that in the capital, it's not just mainstream football... there's also something called basketball."
"Yes, Your Majesty should also know that the most popular teams in the capital are actually being trained by the princes of the capital."
Football has been popular in the capital for quite some time and has been verified by later generations as one of the most popular sports.
There is no doubt that Dajing also became popular, and those who were deeply involved were a group of princes in the capital who had been stripped of their fiefdoms in the early years and were kept idle in the capital.
Having money and free time, the urge to do big things cannot be vented, so it naturally turns into confrontational sports.
These guys organized a team and played PK every day, having a lot of fun, and most importantly, they were exceptionally clean!
There are very few black whistles or insider trading...after all, we are all princes.
Making money is just for fun, winning or losing is the most important thing!
Fang Zhengyi spoke eloquently, "When it comes to your understanding of football, you princes are far superior to ordinary people. According to common knowledge, if you want to improve your team's football skills, you have to practice repeatedly on a real field, just like learning."
"But according to my understanding, many teams under the princes' names do not train in this way. Instead, they choose to practice their skills in small fields in groups of several people. Although small fields cannot be compared with formal stadiums, they have a huge advantage."
"Because the field is small, the players need to move quickly on the field and have more opportunities to receive the ball, so the speed of practicing skills and accumulating experience is fast, which can be said to be twice the result with half the effort. When the day of the actual game comes, there are often eye-catching performances."
Emperor Jing listened attentively and expressed his agreement from time to time.
"Your Highness, opening a restaurant is just like training a soccer team. Catering and factories sound like two completely different industries, but they have many similarities at the core, such as managing people, following production standards to ensure quality, improving production efficiency and cost control... Catering even has more complex issues facing the people."
"From this perspective, I believe that Your Majesty should not oppose the Crown Prince."
Emperor Jing frowned and asked, "What standards are there for cooking?"
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty probably still doesn't understand it well enough. The restaurant opened by Your Highness can be called a factory in the restaurant industry. Every piece of meat and every piece of bread must be as standardized as the production of train parts. Even the taste must be exactly the same. In order to achieve this goal, there is not even a chef in the restaurant who can really cook."
"What, there is no cook in the restaurant?" Emperor Jing was stunned.
What kind of restaurant is that?!
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