Joy of Life: Grandmaster of the Fan Family

"you……"

The eldest princess had been high and mighty all her life and had never suffered such an insult.

She wanted to leave in anger.

But she knew in her heart that if she left, none of her goals would be achieved.

The eldest princess suppressed her anger and spoke to Fan Bin.

"Okay! I agree."

After finishing speaking, Li Yunrui left Fan Bin's residence with a graceful figure.

Fan Bin waited until the princess left the house before he said, "Come out."

An awkward cough suddenly sounded in the originally quiet courtyard, and then Fan Xian appeared.

The young man looked ashamed: "Boss..."

"You've heard it all. Your mother-in-law has spent a lot of money."

"You don't really want her to be your foot-washing maid, do you?"

The scene was so beautiful that Fan Xian didn't dare to think about it any further.

"Why, are you feeling distressed?"

"How is that possible? Her Royal Highness the Princess deserves any punishment. I just find it strange, what is her purpose?"

If Fan Bin had not returned, there might still be some suspense in the bet between the two parties.

Now that Fan Bin is back, the probability of the eldest princess winning the bet is extremely slim.

Fan Xian was really curious about why she came here on purpose to get killed.

In Fan Xian's heart, Her Royal Highness the Princess might be a little crazy, and might do things without considering the consequences.

But he is definitely not a fool.

She would do things that would harm others and benefit herself, but there was no need for her to do anything that would cost her her life.

"Can't you see this? Our prince is just like the prince, stalling for time."

"You mean?"

Fan Xian's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

Judging from the performance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he would rather play the role of a coward and delay time.

The delay is not long, at most half a year, or maybe even three or four months.

The eldest princess came to make a bet.

The time mentioned is also three months...

Although these two are not very old, given their status and experience, they are definitely experienced and shrewd opponents.

The two of them decided on this time without any prior agreement, and there was no purpose behind it.

Fan Xian didn't believe it!
"Based on their current abilities, they won't be able to turn the tables even if they are given thirty years. It should be the Temple's side. That means after three or four months, the Temple will have absolute confidence..."

"This time point is similar to what I estimated before. My previous estimate was also half a year. I was in seclusion for three months before, and now there are only three months left..."

Hearing Fan Bin's words, Fan Xian felt his heartbeat quicken.

It turns out that after all this fuss, these two were just acting.

"Then what do we do next?"

Now that they have figured out the other party's purpose, the next thing they should do is think about countermeasures.

"Now that we know their plan, it won't be difficult to deal with it. I will handle the situation in the palace. From now on, you just need to focus on dealing with the eldest princess."

"Brother wants to openly build a plank road while secretly attacking Chencang."

"This is called hiding the truth from the world and using a trick against the enemy."

Fan Bin smiled.

In a pavilion in the majestic imperial palace.

There were no palace servants around to be seen. The guards were all ascetics from the temple.

Among them, there was an expressionless temple messenger.

In the pavilion, Princess Li Yunrui and Crown Prince Li Chengqian were playing chess.

"So, Auntie has already done it."

Li Chengqian dropped a piece heavily, making a crisp sound.

"Fan Bin did agree, but how much did he believe it? It's hard to say."

Except for the bet about the foot-washing maid, the eldest princess had told Li Chengqian everything that had happened.

"It doesn't matter how much he believes. As long as he can't enter the palace for a while, our plan will succeed."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Do you really trust these guys?"

The eldest princess turned to look at the ascetics and the expressionless temple messenger.

She had no good feelings towards the temple messenger.

The other party's cold look always reminded the princess of an old friend whom she disliked very much.

"This is our only chance. And haven't we said it's three months? As long as the other party really believes this time, we have more than an 80% chance of winning. As for what happens after we win, of course I believe in the temple."

Li Chengqian placed his hand on his heart to express his devout faith.

If Li Yunrui didn't know this young man well enough, he would probably be moved by his sincerity.

"Three months is the deadline. I think they will start before then."

Li Yunrui knew Fan Bin very well. Once Fan Bin wanted to do something, he would never delay.

"There's nothing wrong with that, just let him come..."

If it were Li Chengqian himself, facing the entire Fan family and the invincible grandmaster Fan Bin.

Then he would have surrendered long ago.

People need to understand their own weight and know what they can and cannot do.
When faced with things beyond your ability, you must know how to make choices.

But now, the main forces of the two sides in confrontation are not someone they can contend with.

Li Chengqian gained more confidence.

Maybe, after both sides are defeated in the fight, he can take the opportunity to gain an advantage.

After all, he is now at the table and is qualified to take advantage of the situation.

Unlike the second one, who seems to be lying low on the surface, he has actually lost his qualifications at the gambling table.

"May your wish come true, Your Majesty!"

"You too, auntie..."

Both sides understood that no one really took the bet seriously.

The next day, Fan Sizhe, who was originally in Danzhou, was transferred back to Kyoto.

Previously, Fan Xian was worried about the temple messengers in the palace, so he arranged all the relatives of the Fan family in Danzhou.

Although there are no experts protecting the place, there are secret passages and hiding places.

Moreover, the hiding places they designed are not only difficult for humans to find, but even temples are difficult to detect.

But things are different now.

Fan Bin has returned in force. No matter how good a hiding place there is in the world, it is not as safe as the Fan Mansion now.

As soon as Fan Sizhe arrived, the two brothers started discussing with great fanfare how to fight back against the eldest princess.

It seems that the Fan family has currently focused all their attention on the bet between the two parties.

The princess has the government's backing, although the people under her are much inferior to those of Qing Yu Tang's shopkeepers.

But because she has the largest customer base, the eldest princess is still in an advantageous position at this stage.

"Brother, we have no way to deal with this. How much money can ordinary people have? The real big customers are all those high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and at the worst they are the landlords. And what they want to buy is often related to the government..."

The people do not fight with the officials.

This is a wise saying that has been passed down for who knows how many years. No matter how outstanding Fan Sizhe's business talent is, if he can't solve this problem, he will be like a housewife without rice.

"We still have to start with the government. At least 60% of the people now have sided with the prince, either openly or secretly. Even for those who have sided with us, it is difficult for them to take action openly because of the suppression from the prince's faction."

Fan Xian nodded.

He had thought about fighting back before, so he naturally investigated the inside story.

After completing the investigation, Fan Xian was very surprised to find that the other party was playing an open conspiracy.

Li Chengqian occupied the position of Emperor Qing and won over so many ministers. Although it gave people the feeling that he and the Fan family were competing against each other.

But in the specific policies of the court, because of his royal status and the position of Emperor Qing.

The advantage that Li Chengqian could gain was far greater than they had imagined...

Fan Xian could use his own men to hinder the other party and cause trouble.

This is not difficult.

But it is not so easy to completely turn the tide.

Moreover, at this stage, this is not their main contradiction. Even the Crown Prince and the eldest princess are not Fan Bin's biggest opponents.

Their biggest rival is the temple!
The most important thing they should do at this stage is to completely eradicate the temple.

Apart from that, everything else has to take a back seat.

Before, Fan Xian only thought that the eldest princess and Li Chengqian did this just to win people over.

Everyone can see that the forces in Qing Kingdom are now in opposition to each other.

If you want to recruit people, you have to give them benefits. You can't just rely on empty words, right?
So they needed money, so they called the eldest princess to share power from the inner treasury.

Now it seems that Li Chengqian's goal has been achieved. The officials in the government and the supply and technology controlled by the princess have colluded with each other.

They have formed a very solid industrial chain.

Under such circumstances, it would undoubtedly be very difficult for Fan Sizhe to take action and get a piece of the pie.

"Go and find all those imperial guards and secret guards. Just tell them that it was me, Fan Bin, who said that..."

"Boss!"

Fan Xian's pupils trembled.

After Li Chengqian took office, he drove the imperial guards and eunuchs out of the palace.

Li Chengqian couldn't trust these people.

As the crown prince of the court, Li Chengqian had already clearly understood the power of the imperial guards.

Most of the imperial guards are his father's direct descendants and are very loyal to his father.

If Li Chengqian takes office and avenges his father, those imperial guards might follow him.

If he lived with the Fan family, those people would never listen to him.

The remaining imperial guards were either the people of the eldest princess Li Yunrui. Although the eldest princess Li Yunrui's political skills were average, she had money.

Money makes the world go round, and naturally it can also win over some people.

Or, someone from the Fan family.

Fan Bin was originally the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, and later became the war god of Daqing...

Fan Bin’s prestige in the Imperial Guards might even surpass that of Emperor Qing!

How could Li Chengqian feel at ease about this?

So he disbanded the imperial guards and accepted all the ascetics.

The reshuffle inside the palace was completed in an instant.

Their methods are indeed very clever.

Now Fan Bin wants to call those people here. There are at least two things wrong with this.

It was precisely because of these two reasons that Fan Xian had no intention of attacking these imperial guards.

The first question is, will the imperial guards who originally supported Emperor Qing hate Fan Bin?
Although very few people knew that Fan Bin had killed Emperor Qing, and those who knew would not take the initiative to tell the news.

But no one in the world is a fool.

Emperor Qing has close cooperation with the temple. Who can believe that the temple attacked Emperor Qing?

You must know that those ascetics in the temple are still guarding the palace and Li Chengqian.

Therefore, the only one who can do this is the invincible grandmaster Fan Bin.

Even if Fan Bin was not afraid, he had no reason to keep these imperial guards who were loyal to Emperor Qing by his side?

In addition to this, there is another point, which is to break off relations with the current Emperor Qing.

The order to disband the imperial guards was given by Li Chengqian. Now that they have gathered everyone together, isn't that the equivalent of slapping Li Chengqian in the face?
"Big brother!"

Fan Sizhe, who has become a business tycoon, is no longer the naughty child he used to be.

He was keenly aware that this matter was by no means simple.

"Do as I say!"

Fan Bin said very firmly.

"Hi!"

Although he couldn't understand the reason, Fan Sizhe had an almost blind trust in his elder brother.

Only after Fan Sizhe left did Fan Bin explain to Fan Xian.

"My energy is limited, so please leave the rest to you. All the imperial guards have either joined me or Wang Buer. Although His Majesty is high above, he has also arranged a few nails. But the one who truly holds power is always me."

Wang Buer was the target pushed by Emperor Qing specifically to compete for power with Fan Bin.

In order to strengthen Wang Buer's confidence, Emperor Qing not only gave Wang Buer the command of the secret guards, but also gave him the command of the imperial guards.

Despite this, it is actually quite difficult for Wang Buer to change his allegiance and lead his men to betray Emperor Qing.

After all, there are people in the imperial guards who are loyal to Emperor Qing and the royal family.

But now Emperor Qing is dead, and Crown Prince Li Chengqian has put the imperial guards aside after taking office.

Wang Buer wanted to recruit the remaining people, which would naturally be twice as effective with half the effort.

I dare not say it is 99.9% now, but % of the imperial guards have already defected to the Fan family.

"Brother, what will happen after you gather the imperial guards?"

"The prince is still the prince after all, so it's inevitable that he will act rashly. After the imperial guards are assembled, whoever is blind will be sent to the prison first."

"Brother is going to start a killing spree?"

Fan Xian's eyes widened in surprise.

In his impression, he wanted to use iron-blooded means to solve the difficulties they were facing now.

That would cost a lot of lives!
Look at the three famous Hongwu cases. How many people died in total?

It can be seen.

"Who do you think your elder brother is? Don't we have to deal with all of him? Find those who are outrageous and have solid evidence, and deal with them according to the court's laws. Be impartial..."

"Those people must be from the prince's side!"

Fan Xian understood instantly.

Those fence-sitters will definitely change sides immediately if they see that things are not going well.

This method can destroy Li Chengqian's prestige in the shortest time and sideline him.

"It should be more convenient for the Inspection Institute to do it?"

Fan Xian suggested.

"The power of the Inspection Office is too great. We cannot give this power to them again. We need to let the Imperial Guards and the Inspection Office cooperate with each other and check and balance each other."

"If we accomplish this, our Fan family will have the most power in the world!"

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(End of this chapter)