Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

In short, why did he fail and why he was so hostile to the Ming family?

I tried to please you before but you ignored me.

I gave you money and you remained indifferent!

If it was for the inner treasury's financial power, he did send people to lead the way in causing trouble in the three major treasuries, but it wasn't his idea! It was all that damn old woman's idea!

"If you don't write it, you will die today. If you write it, maybe there will be a chance for improvement tomorrow!"

Fan Xian chuckled and said, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about or entangled about."

"As for how to convict, I can tell you about that."

"Let's talk about a lawsuit first. From last year to today, how much money has the Ming family borrowed from the Merchants Bank? As the head of the Ming family, Master Ming should know the number, right?"

There were already faint traces of sweat on Ming Qingda's forehead. What was Fan Xian's intention in suddenly mentioning this?

"Probably. Nearly six million taels!" When the inner treasury was bidding, they had borrowed more than two million taels of silver from China Merchants Bank for turnover. At that time, they mainly saw that the bank paid out money quickly. Although it was mortgaged with real estate deeds, the term was very long and the interest was not too high. That's why they borrowed so much silver to ensure the future cash flow problem.

In addition, the New Year was approaching, and the Ming family had to prepare money to send to Kyoto.

What happened afterwards was very clear. Fan Xian suppressed their business everywhere, not only hindering the export of the standard items from their inner treasury, but also disrupting their own trade routes.

In desperation, Ming Qingda took the initiative and borrowed more than 3 million taels of silver from China Merchants Bank again.

"Mr. Ming is not a competent head of the family!" Fan Xian sneered and said a number that stunned Ming Qingda: "Sixteen million taels!"

"Your Ming family borrowed 16 million taels!"

"How can it be!"

If the current situation wasn't wrong, Ming Qingda would have already started cursing!

"Master Fan, even if you want to get rid of my Ming family, you don't have to resort to such means! Falsehood is falsehood after all, and it cannot withstand scrutiny. Although most people in the world are ignorant, there are also some who can see clearly!"

Risking its own reputation to do such a slanderous thing, will the heavy-handed China Merchants Bank not do it again in the future?

"Pfft! It's clearly written in black and white on this paper. There are two copies, and both parties have signed them. How could it be forged?"

Fan Xian waved his hand, and an official from the Supervisory Council brought the IOU and handed it to Fan Xian.

"I'll make it clear to you!"

"The borrowers of the remaining 10 million taels are your other brothers and your son!" Fan Xian sighed with regret, "The first few borrowed money yesterday, but your son borrowed money today!"

"This, this." Ming Qingda understood. Instead of being angry, he burst into laughter and rolled on the ground uncontrollably.

"That's good! That's good!"

It seems that his son has joined Fan Xian. This is good, and the Ming family can also leave a bloodline!

He didn't blame his son for being cruel. After all, he treated his mother the same way. And the reason? It was all for the Ming family!

As for his brothers, he understood the consequences when he and his mother, the Old Lady, sent assassins to kill Ming Lao Si.

From the moment we failed, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we were shooting ourselves in the foot.

"It is clearly written on the IOU that the six hundred taels have been given to your Ming family for a long period of time. But there is one clause that you must understand. When the bank finds out that the Ming family has no ability to repay, they will immediately recover all the money. Of course, we are also prepared for the possibility that we cannot recover it. At that time, all the collateral you left behind will belong to the bank!"

"That is to say, from the moment you go to prison, all the fertile land and real estate of the Ming family no longer belong to you!"

After Ming Qingda laughed, his body began to tremble. Their Ming family was finished!

We are all going to die anyway, so who cares about those fertile fields and properties?

But he still had a question: "Master Fan, I just don't understand, you set up such a big scheme, but in the end it all benefited Shen Zhong, why did you bother?"

Fan Xian smiled, but it was a shy smile.

"To be honest, the Merchants Bank is my private property."

At this time, Ming Qingda had completed a table of statues.

Similarly, Governor Xue Qing and the prefect were not much better off.

Hundreds and millions of taels of silver were mentioned back and forth between the two of them. They felt numb after hearing it and felt that the silver was not just money anymore.

Now you are saying that all this money belongs to Fan Xian?

What does it mean to be rich? (Tactical retreat)

Ming Qingda figured everything out. Taiping Money House must be involved in this matter, otherwise it would be difficult to explain how so much real gold and silver ended up in Jiangnan.

"The crimes mentioned above are nothing. Many of the crimes committed by your Ming family over the years have been uncovered one after another, but these are not the main point!"

"The point is that you sent assassins to kill the imperial envoy, which is tantamount to rebellion! The bodies of those hundreds of people have now been sent to Kyoto, so it can't be said that you were wronged!"

Ming Qingda couldn't refute it. The Ming family was rich and had a private army of one thousand.

But those were all good family boys from their own farms, and each of them had traces that could be followed. The Ming family didn't send anyone out to kill Fan Xian!

I think only Junshan can do it, after all, only they can afford such a big deal!

Mother!

I really should have sent you down to see your father earlier. Now, your son will soon be coming down to see you!

"I don't need to tell you what happened next. He attacked the Supervisory Council, obstructed public affairs, had no regard for the law, and for so many years, he embezzled money from the inner treasury and bribed the officials in the court. All these things are enough to confiscate his property and exterminate his clan."

"It means that your son doesn't know who in Kyoto accepts bribes, which is why I am here to argue with you."

Seeing that Ming Qingda had no intention of resisting, Fan Xian sighed and said, "I admire your methods. Your old lady is dead, and I can tolerate not letting my people from the Overwatch Council investigate. I was planning to dig up the grave and examine the body after you buried her!"

There was no such thing as fire in this era.

"You make things difficult for me, and I will make things difficult for your whole family for the rest of your life."

There is one thing that Fan Xian did not tell Ming Qingda. The person who truly betrayed the Ming family in the beginning was actually the young master Ming's cousin, Zou Lei, the censor of the Jiangnan Censorate!

He is suitable to be an official.

He is the one who would sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice!

As early as the time when the inner treasury was bidding, Fan Xian had secretly developed a sense of admiration for the official as he watched him speak and act.

At that time, Fan Xian didn't know that he and the Ming family were cousins. When Zou Lei came to him, Fan Xian decided to target the Ming family's business completely.

The reason why the eldest young master of the Ming family is not dealt with for the time being is precisely with the intention of leaving him to Zou Lei.

It depends on whether the other party is willing to give this token of allegiance.

Chapter 277 The third prince goes to the south of the Yangtze River.

"It is my Ming family that has been defeated! I never thought that I was so blind that I actually believed the words of that bitch Li Yunrui, which led to this disaster today!"

Ming Qingda said with resentment.

At this point, he didn't know who to blame, but no matter who he blamed, he would never blame himself.

He has been doing this for decades.

If you think about it carefully, the only time I felt the most relaxed was during the two days when I killed my mother with my own hands.

"Make another note of insulting the current royal family members and expressing dissatisfaction with the court." Fan Xian ordered.

Two breaths later, an official from the Supervisory Yuan responded, "I've made a note of that."

Fan Xian nodded, and seeing Ming Qingda's indifferent expression, he lost the desire to continue the conversation.

"Write it quickly, don't let me change my mind!"

"That damn housekeeper Zhou is lying next to you. If one of your words doesn't match what he said, your son will lose an arm!"

Obviously, if Fan Xian changed his mind, he would lose his son.

Ming Qingda smiled bitterly and picked up the pen, saying as he wrote: "Please forgive me, sir. I will write down the list of people in Kyoto. The old lady had the list before. Lanshi only arranged the transportation and he was not very clear about the specific personnel."

"As for the address of the Junshan Association headquarters and where they usually hold meetings, I really don't know!"

"Or you could say that the Junshan Association doesn't have a headquarters address at all. Even the meetings in previous years were held in different places. I guess they must have had this kind of demand, so they temporarily decided on a location in advance."

After hearing this, Fan Xian nodded imperceptibly.

From the housekeeper Zhou, he only learned about the Junshan Society's storage of silver and some weapons. Even he, the chief accountant, did not know the specific address of the headquarters. What's more, this was not actually Ming Qingda, who was in power in the Ming family.

Such a secretive organization, whose members are the most powerful people in various countries, if the confidentiality measures were not so good and the structure was so loose, I think the Supervisory Yuan would not be completely ignorant of it.

The room suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of Ming Qingda writing.

A moment later, when Fan Xian held the list filled with people from Kyoto, a smile appeared on his face. This trip was an unexpected surprise.

As for Li Yunrui's Junshan Society, once he returns to Kyoto to deal with the Crown Prince, I think it will be on the verge of collapse soon, right?

"Mr. Governor, and Mr. Prefect, let's all get ready! Tomorrow we will go through the formalities and have a proper trial of Mr. Ming's crimes. After that, we will announce it to the world and send him to Kyoto to await your Majesty's decision."

Xue Qing nodded cautiously. He had a hunch that he still didn't know whether he could be transferred back to Kyoto, but if there really was such a transfer order, he would definitely find ways to shirk it!

Just because of this Lord Fan Xian, I'm afraid he won't be able to settle down in peace after returning to Kyoto!

He looked at the list in Fan Xian's hand and asked, "I wonder if Sir Fan could let me copy a copy of that list."

Xue Qing has been Emperor Qing's man from the beginning to the end, and he needs to let His Majesty know this. Even though he knows that the Supervisory Council and Fan Xian will most likely hand it over to His Majesty, these are two different matters!

Fan Xian nodded in understanding: "Of course!"

Fan Xian didn't intend to eat alone.

"Okay, it's done. The next thing is up to the Governor!" After saying that, Fan Xian bowed slightly to Xue Qing and the prefect, and then said to Ming Qingda, "No desires make you strong. Old Madam Ming wanted too much, and ended up like this. Old Master Ming also asked for too many things, which gave me this opportunity."

"Master Fan! You promised me that you would save my son's life! No matter if it means exile or something else, you must..."

Amidst these shouts, Fan Xian left the prison.

He still had his own things to do, not only to deal with the Ming family's property and land deeds, but also to bring this case to a close. Most importantly, he also had to meet Xia Qifei!

Among those who had tried to assassinate him before were people from the water fort and several priests.

If the other party knew about this, Fan Xian would not intend to keep him.

If he was unaware, this would mean that even an alliance as large as Jiangnan Water Fort was infiltrated by the Junshan Society.

Whether to play dumb or eliminate him, let Xia Qifei infiltrate Junshan Society as an insider, etc., he has to meet the other party before making a decision.

Fan Xian went back to Baoyue Tower, packed up some things, and planned to ride fast to Hangzhou, where the headquarters of Water Stronghold was located, while it was still early.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to move, the lock set that had stopped the man came towards him.

"grown ups!"

This is Gundam's voice: "Something bad is happening!"

The ominous premonition in Fan Xian's heart became stronger and stronger. He threw down the package in his hand in a bad mood, walked quickly to the door, opened the door and shouted outside: "Why are you howling! Are you crying for mourning?"

His mother's.

Now that the task is about to be completed and I only need to finish the final steps before returning to Kyoto, what else dares to bother me?

To put it bluntly, now that Emperor Qing is not around, Jiangnan is the place where Fan Xian is the boss!

"My lord, the third prince has arrived! He's downstairs right now! Please pack up and follow me downstairs, things are getting out of hand!" Gundam is the kind of person who can't tell their emotions apart at all, commonly known as a person with negative emotional intelligence.

For some reason, Fan Xian actually liked his personality a little.

"Let him make a scene if he wants to! When he stops making a scene, come up and talk to me!"

With a bang, Fan Xian slammed the door shut.

Only Gundam was left with a confused look on his face.

Well, just tell him the truth, Gundam turned around and went downstairs.

Inside the room, Fan Xian felt helpless. He really couldn't leave for the time being.

At this time, why did Li Chengping come to Jiangnan?

Regardless of the fact that he and the Ming family were at odds before, or that he has to deal with the aftermath now, it is not suitable for the third prince to go to the south of the Yangtze River. It seems unreasonable.

Besides, how did Your Majesty agree to this?

Could it be another fight in Kyoto?

Has it become so serious? Fan Xian seemed to sense some of Li Ang's handiwork.

After having a tantrum, you still have to meet this person.

But the relationship between Fan Xian and Li Chengping is somewhat different. They can be considered as both teacher, friend, brother and father. It seems very strange but they are very easy-going and harmonious.