Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 186

"Master Hang, now you know what they are guilty of!"

Fan Xian, who had no breath of internal energy, split the table beside him with his palm.

Zhuang Mohan's painting fell on the bloody ground, and Fan Xian's left hand shed blood... It dripped on the ground, and it was confused with the dirty and sticky black blood.

No one had ever seen Fan Xian get so angry, even the third prince sitting beside him, who was eating grapes with interest, stood up.

Such an aura is unmatched by anyone.

Qu Han was very worried, his wound was a bit big, when he wanted to bandage him, he was stopped by Wang Qinian at the side.

Hang Daren lowered his head, and said after a while, "Then it should be submitted to my residence, and then..."

"Submit to your house?" Fan Xian glared angrily.

Fan Xian smiled coldly, "Which one of them hasn't submitted to your residence? Who hasn't been there no less than ten times?"

"Hang Daren, Hang Daren, you are wrong, you are right with me."

"Corruption and breaking the law, accepting bribes, it's not that he wants to give money. If you accept it, it's called corruption and bribery. Do you know that? Hang Daren!"

Hang Daren was taken aback for a moment, and he stared at Fan Xian. At this moment, he still said angrily, "Fan Xian, you have to be responsible for what you say!"

"You may have forgotten what I do." Fan Xian said indifferently.

"Last month, the Overwatch Council also investigated..."

"Last month, the Overwatch Council investigated you as a cover!" Fan Xian snapped, "I ask you, before the 33rd, the deceased Wu Tianxiang came to your yamen gate, how much did you fine for selling illegal salt?"

This question made Hang Daren stupid... He said stupidly, "Punish... fine..."

"10 million taels."

Deng Ziyue at the side said it directly. He was holding a booklet in his hand, which was nothing but Tang Wen's statement. This statement had Wu Tianxiang's signature on it.

But obviously this booklet will never appear in the record, it will become Hang Daren's account book.

"Bloody spout!" Hang Daren said.

"There are all kinds of things, everything you need, the power given to you by the Qing Kingdom, you can use it to make money, and you can do whatever you want! But you have brought your money-making skills to the extreme. For a private salt, you will be fined 10 taels of silver and handed over 30 taels of money. , How much do you keep?"

The veins in Fan Xian's eyebrows twitched, "You opened this restaurant Duanfengtai privately and signed an agreement with the craftsman to complete your backyard in three months. He didn't meet the conditions and breached the contract for 30 taels, which seems reasonable, but What? Behind this craftsman team is the deceased Wang Shengyue!"

"You set up a gamble, and you don't participate in it. Let your three concubines play cards with their friends in the boudoir. The silver taels alone won is 50! The husbands of the remaining three friends in the boudoir are none other than Rascal Sun , Zhang Dachun, and Liu Wen!"

Fan Xian said, "Hang Daren, you are called Daren Daren. You have played a small game of cards, and you have spent a year's expenses for the people of Qingguo. You are so courageous!"

Hang Daren was already in cold sweat, but he still refused to admit it. Seeing Fan Xian's face, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Can you frame court officials by showing a fake account book? You're like that A set of stories, the Overwatch Council... good tricks! I have seen it before, and I want to write to the Privy Council! I want to sue you, Fan Xian, don’t think that the imperial envoy can cover the sky with one hand, and you will kill everyone, you Why don't you ask these two living people to frame you! Since they are in the same room, they are not like this?"

Fan Xian looked back, and Wang Ruoshan, the private salt dealer known as Brother Wang, was shocked at this moment, because he knew that what Fan Xian said was true, but he was in a dilemma.

One is his immediate boss, and the other is the imperial envoy who fell from the sky, he can't afford to offend anyone.

"Wang Ruoshan, I won't make things difficult for you."

Fan Xian turned his head to look at Hang Daren, his breath became a little smoother, and after taking a deep breath, he continued, "Since Mr. Hang is willing to write a letter, then let's do it, but what I want to tell you is , now thirty miles to the north outside the city, your wife and your eldest son, Mr. Hang, have been detained by the Overwatch Council in your Yanzhuang. Captain Yangzhou, that letter is enough to convict you."

This time, Fan Xian used the calmest words to deal the heaviest attack to Hang Daren in front of him.

When such a voice appeared, Fan Xian had no more words to spare.

"My lord! Master Fan!" Hang Daren knelt down in front of Fan Xian with the last struggle before his life.

Fan Xian stretched out his hand to stop the tiger guards behind him who were about to attack, but let Hang Daren kneel behind him and grabbed his leg.

He struggled to hug Fan Xian's leg, and begged, "My lord, my lord, please forgive me, my lord, I, I, I... I am willing to give all my savings to my lord, to compensate you, I... I still have ... I still have more information about them, and I have evidence that the captain took bribes, I..."

In the middle of his confession like a cannonball, a cold light flashed from outside the house.

In an instant, Hang Daren died on the spot.

Throats were cut and blood flowed like rivers.

A man wearing the official clothes of the Overwatch Council stood at the door. He lowered his head, wore a mask on his face, and arched his hands forward. The long sword in his hand was already covered with blood.

It dripped down and hit the ground.

"Who told you to kill him?" Fan Xian asked.

"His dagger has already reached his waist, an inch more will kill you," Shadow said.

Fan Xian immediately turned his head and saw that the dagger in the opponent's hand had been tightly clenched, and then his heart sank, "Oh my god...it's so dangerous..."

Everyone was stunned.

The execution of more than a dozen private salt dealers was an execution matter, but the execution of a fourth-rank official from the imperial court was the official's problem. Of course, Fan Xian had to distinguish between priorities and relationships.

After all, the consequences of killing these private salt dealers are not at the same level as those of killing fourth-rank officials.

Deng Ziyue has already turned around and prepared to announce the document. Yingzhou Mansion needs a new magistrate.

But what Fan Xian needs to solve now is that Yingzhou Prefecture needs a new private salt system.

Fan Xian looked at Wang Ruoshan in front of him and Dong Qiaoxiang at the side. The two were already sitting in front of them trembling.

They didn't die, which was actually what Fan Xian expected.

A few months ago, Fan Xian had already begun to investigate this series of matters. After all, the private salt industry has a lot to do with it. It is impossible for Fan Xian to completely smash the problem of private salt. of.

So when Fan Xian targeted this type of people, he kept a special eye on it.

As early as the middle of last year, the four departments had already begun to investigate the Jiangnan region, and the results were very unexpected. After all, this place, which was normally investigated in good condition, suddenly had a huge loophole.

For this reason, the Second Division and the Fourth Division simultaneously investigated the spies belonging to the Overwatch Council in the Jiangnan area, and there were no problems.

After Fan Xian found out about this, he mentioned Yan Bingyun and Erchu's bald head, and the two of them became alert. They started to find clues from their family members and people around them.

Things got bigger and bigger, and the routes and areas became wider and wider. In the end, Hang Daren plummeted from a clean and honest official who was neither corrupt nor criminal, to an evil official who embezzled huge sums of money.

Grasping this line, the No. [-] and No. [-] Offices under Fan Xian's leadership made rapid progress. In less than half a year, they had gone up to the Admiral of Jiujiang and the Governor of Liangjiang, to the various ministries of the Ming family, to the local magistrates, magistrates, and magistrates. When I saw these private salt dealers, I found out everything clearly.

Fan Xian finally decided to save the lives of the two people in front of him, not because of any other reasons, but because they were loyal enough.

Those large private salt dealers who were killed by Fan Xian before, more or less helped their masters to do bad things, the big ones directly killed the higher-ups, and the small ones secretly played tricks and so on.

Fan Xian didn't want to deal with such a person. Even if such a person succumbed to the Overwatch Council's command, he would cause a lot of trouble at that time.

Doing business is the same as being an official. Loyalty is the top priority.

The Wang Ruoshan and Dong Qiaoxiang in front of them were private salt merchants from aristocratic families. They cooperated with others and had no record of breach of contract, so these two were the final correct choice for Fan Xian.

Fan Xian was very satisfied with the job this time. After all, the Overwatch Council's line can only be clarified if these people are clarified.

This is not compared to his adaptability in Northern Qi, but Fan Xian's ability to organize.

Only after all the clear context emerges will Fan Xian have a clearer layout and prediction of the overall situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yingzhou's private salt was Fan Xian's first move in the Jiangnan chess game, and this was the tip of the iceberg.

It was Fan Xian who had just begun to show his strength.

Facing the two people in front of him, Fan Xian no longer showed his cold and stern look of the Overwatch Council, but instead had a gentle look on his face.

He looked at the two people in front of him calmly, "You two must already know who I am."

"Know……"

"I know, I know! Of course I know..."

The two spoke cautiously, but they didn't show too much panic. Fan Xian could also understand that such people also faced official servants day and night, so they naturally had special thoughts about the profession of official servants. If you are a human being, you can buy them with money.

Fan Xian was not such a person, and the Overwatch Council knew this.

But they didn't know that when they planned to bribe Fan Xian with money, Fan Xian happened to start using this trick.

"The news of the two of you is also very well-informed. After all, in this profession, for the two of you, news is very important."

Fan Xian smiled, "My main task this time is to take over the internal treasury."

The two looked at each other, just glanced at each other, and did not show any surprise or surprise, so of course they knew that the Imperial Envoy, who was in full swing in the Qing Dynasty, was here to take over the Neiku.

But what they didn't know was why Master Fan Xian, who took over the internal treasury, suddenly appeared and took over the lives of these private salt dealers.

"This, we know..." The middle-aged woman who spoke was Dong Qiaoxiang. She touched the ring in her hand. It was made of thick agate, full of luxury. She said with a smile, "We understand what your lord means."

"His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess was not as courageous as an adult..." Obviously Wang Ruoshan was not as sure as Dong Qiaoxiang, he was still a little flustered, and said frankly.

Fan Xian stared at the two of them, knowing in his heart that the two people in front of him had their own ulterior motives, but he didn't make things difficult for them, after all, the people opposite him didn't know what he was thinking.He jokingly asked, "How did Your Royal Highness communicate with you?"

"Oh..." Dong Qiaoxiang blinked her heavily made-up eyes a few times, "It's such an adult, when Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess arranged for us, she just said that illicit salt sales in Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Xinyang were not allowed, and the price was set at 120 renminbi, the price of official salt. Around three pennies."

Fan Xian nodded thoughtfully. He tilted his head and asked, "When I'm here, the convenience I give you will be even greater."

"Huh?" The two became interested in an instant. They looked at Fan Xian, "What do you mean by convenience?"

"I can give you official salt." Fan Xian said with a smile, curling up his lips.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!

"My... my lord?" Dong Qiaoxiang and Wang Ruoshan were obviously shocked. They had sold private salt for most of their lives. This is the first time they heard that official salt could be sold to them directly?They thought they heard it wrong, so they asked again, "My lord, what do you mean..."

"I can give you official salt, and at the same price as you, you can sell it as much as you want, but I want to guarantee that you will stop drying the salt and smuggling salt from now on." Fan Xian said.

The two immediately looked at Fan Xian in surprise.

Who wants to do illegal things when there are legitimate things to do?

No matter what, it was a decapitated head, but no one came to rectify it. Although the Ming family did not engage in illegal salt work, they could not stand the investigation, so anyone who came to Jiangnan Road from various places must pass through the Ming family. Scrub.

Basically, there are only two options: to run the official away, or to win over him to become one of his own, so as long as the officials left in Jiangnan Road, there is no one who is not from the Ming family.

Now that they have been captured by the sugar-coated shells of the Ming family, the private salt dealers will of course come to the second round of offensive and take down the officials in one fell swoop, but obviously the imperial envoy in front of him has not gone through this process yet, and the private salt dealers are not sure What is his appetite.

They just know that the Master Fan Xian in front of him is a ruthless character, but as for where he can get the hang of it, no one knows.

Fan Xian understood what they were thinking, but he couldn't just start talking about his lack of interest, could he?So Fan Xian changed the subject and said, "Official salt in the inner warehouse, I can directly deliver all the goods to the two of you."

As soon as these words came out, the two were tempted.

Salt of Neku!

What is this concept?
The salt in the internal treasury for one season is enough to feed half of the people of the Qing Kingdom for a year. This amount is not something that ordinary people can digest. The two looked at Fan Xian in shock, "My lord, you...don't worry. If you want to frame us, the sales volume of the internal warehouse is not something that ordinary people can scatter. We use private salt, which is different from official salt. Our channels..."

"Preservation of the goods is the problem, right?" Fan Xian immediately interrupted Dong Qiaoxiang, "You can open shops all over Qingguo and start your warehouses for storing goods. Someone will interfere with your affairs."

This is a great kindness, a great power!
Of course, Fan Xian understood that if the price of official salt was kept high, the common people across the country would still not be able to afford it, so he might as well use distribution competition to relieve the pressure.

In this way, the common people can also afford to eat the salt guaranteed to be healthy, and the goods in the inner warehouse will still not be affected.Because Fan Xian's investigation of salt is also very comprehensive.

Most of the official salt on the market flowed into the homes of the landlords and gentry, the major officials, the palace compound, the Overwatch Council and their families.

This scale is already very grand, and there is not much salt left, so the sales channels of official salt have always been stable.

The gentry and landowners would never take salt to compare with the people in the countryside. Their sense of superiority is naturally instilled in their bones, so Fan Xian can easily distinguish the sales channels and channels of the two official salts, plus There is so much salt in the inner storehouse that it cannot be sold out, let alone sold to the palace, even if given away.

That's why Fan Xian came up with this idea.

After saying this, Fan Xian stood up, and the rest was just a matter of Qu Han negotiating with them, and it was no longer his own business.

The third prince followed Fan Xian out, this time he was obviously dissatisfied, he asked after he came out, "Teacher, I don't understand."

"Why is this so?" Fan Xian asked.

"Yeah, since we want to sell official salt, can't we just lower the price? What's the point of going around like this?" the third prince asked.

Fan Xian smiled slightly, "The essence of this dynasty is class."

Standing by the window, looking at the busy people below, he asked, "His Royal Highness, I ask you, would you like to eat the same food, wear the same clothes, taste the same tea, use the same things, and marry the people below?" Same woman?"

"Teacher, I know what you mean, but the last item sounds too uncomfortable." The third prince looked disgusted.

Fan Xian smiled, "Facts have proved that in the eyes of those people, there is nothing they can tolerate. Thinking about it, this matter is complicated and complicated, and it is so simple. It's just a matter of changing the skin. It all depends on me. Take control."

The third prince nodded, "But do you need private salt dealers to do such a thing?"

"Only they are the most suitable." Fan Xian said, "You know that private salts cannot be eliminated, but if we directly turn them into the people we need, it will solve some problems better. First, private salts The traffickers’ group will be controlled by them, and even with such a high profit, it will become their downline, so we can solve the problem of this group without any effort.”

"So it is." The third prince was shocked.

The Third Prince stood beside Fan Xian and asked, "Will it really go so smoothly?"

Fan Xian shook his head, "No, nothing will go so smoothly."

"Then teacher must have thought of a countermeasure?" The third prince asked happily.

But Fan Xian shook his head. He glanced at the third prince beside him. The child's serious eyes and joyful expression made him feel a little funny.

But I also admire the concubine Yigui who is in the palace. How could such an embarrassing empress raise such a strong-tempered, studious and shameless little prince?

I'm afraid that empress is not simple.

"Things are not that simple, but they are not that difficult. I can plan the path we have traveled, but I can't make sure everything happens as I expected. I have to do everything There are four or five possibilities, and corresponding ways to deal with them, but thinking about it, there are still unforeseen emergencies, so adapting to the situation is a more powerful way.”

Fan Xian smiled, "Xinyang has controlled Jiangnan for too long. For more than ten years, this place has become a deep-rooted iron plate. Even if those private salt dealers or others dislike the Ming family, No matter what the sound is, there is always a close connection."

"The net in Jiangnan is intertwined and intertwined. No one wants one to break or the other to collapse. None of them want the loss caused by such a change. If Jiangnan is a sandy land, we will With this step, it is not a family, but an arm and a leg of every merchant or even every person."

"They were already intimately connected, even if they didn't admit it."

"We are from the city of Kyoto, let alone the journey of thousands of miles. For them, it is definitely a powerful variable. Under the action of a strong external force, even a rotten iron plate will temporarily become a hard iron plate. To fight against foreign enemies, what we need is the sand ravaged in the iron plate. The sand slowly piles up and grows bigger. When it is big enough, it will directly crush the iron plate, and then It’s hard to get back to normal.”

"These sands are Xia Qifei and the two private salt dealers you saw just now. They are definitely not the ones who can compete with the Ming family on Jiangnan Road, and they are not even a wise choice when it comes to bidding in the inner treasury. But they are the best sand, sand that is essential to break through iron plates." Fan Xian explained.

"It's just sand, can they have this ability? Besides, what's the difference between us helping them like this and setting up our own business? No matter how sincere they are for their ancestral property, they are outsiders after all." The third prince is still puzzled.

"The point is, it's not convenient for us to come forward."

Fan Xian sighed, "Your Highness, you don't know how terrifying it is to be prejudiced by region, just like us Qing people look down on Xihu people who open any shops. I can ask someone to let Baoyue Tower take root in Jiangnan , can let Danbo Bookstore open all over Yangzhou, but when the fundamental interests of Jiangnan people are really touched, they will probably attack it together.”

"Rise up and attack? Where did the group come from?"

"The Ming family, the largest wealthy merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, those private salt merchants whose throats were cut off by me, those officials who have been fed, up to the governor of Liangjiang, down to the old man sweeping the streets, will all stand up and attack us."

Fan Xian pointed to the common people below, "Girls selling laughter on the street, girls at the gate of the brothel, vendors shouting on the roadside, but any local people in Jiangnan will not like foreigners coming here to point fingers, even if we are from the capital city ,Also like this."

The third prince was slightly stunned, and his face changed a little, "Attack as soon as you attack, is it possible that you are afraid, teacher?"

"Of course I'm not afraid."

Fan Xian said, "But the law does not blame the public. It really caused chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. The earth-shaking scenes appeared. These people from all walks of life who are rooted in the south of the Yangtze River, some of them have ways to make the people complain and the people are in dire straits. If that day really happens , You said that in the early dynasty of the Xuanwu Palace in the capital city, did you cut off tens of thousands of heads to embolden me, or did you just remove my official position and let the people feel at ease?"

The third prince's complexion was deep. He knew that his father would definitely not blame Fan Xian, but he would definitely evacuate Fan Xian from Jiangnan Road. He thought that his teacher would be treated like this. As the third prince, he was also a little unhappy. .

But then he turned to a smile, "Since the teacher has already planned everything, I won't cause any troubles, and everything is up to the teacher."

"You haven't eaten the local dishes in Jiangnan, have you? I heard that the food here is quite good." Fan Xian also laughed, and said, "Today, let's live here."

"Okay!" The third prince laughed.

(End of this chapter)