Che Ke's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said, "Okay, you go back on an errand first, your advice today is very useful." The emperor has also adopted it, I believe you will soon be reused by the emperor, so do it with your heart. ”

When Wang Hongzuo heard this, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "More Che Ke Master to carry it." But Che Ke didn't pay attention to Wang Hongzuo's sycophant, and left without any response at all.

After Che Ke left the palace, he went directly to Fan Wencheng's mansion. Fan Wencheng had been in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty before, and he was in the wind and water. But a few years ago, he was implicated by Dolgon, and he has been snubbed by Shunzhi. Even so, the Fan family has always had a lot of influence in the imperial court. What happened in the court today, before the next court, Fan Wencheng already knew it clearly.

When Fan Chengmo came back from the court, he saw his father sitting in the lobby, so he stepped forward to greet him. Fan Wencheng glanced at Fan Chengmo and said, "The emperor is going to send troops today, what do you think?" ”

Fan Chengmo said: "Father, the emperor was hurt by the death of Concubine Dong Guifei, and the emperor was already in chaos. Fan Wencheng said: "You really think so? ”

Fan Chengmo said: "Is there any other saying? Fan Wencheng sighed and said: "It's not the emperor's fault that this matter is not the emperor's fault, it's true that the emperor is sad, but you also underestimate the emperor." Even if the emperor is confused, could it be that Bahana, Sonny and others are also confused? ”

Fan Chengmo said: "Then my father thinks that the imperial court is right to send troops?" Fan Wencheng said: "Of course it's right, the last time there was news in Sichuan that there was a rebellion, the imperial court should have directly sent troops to quell the chaos." As a result, Sony and they were delayed by luck. If the troops had been sent directly at that time, the rebellion in Sichuan would have been quelled. ”

Fan Chengmo said: "But this time the imperial court sent 250,000 troops, is it a bit of a fuss." What's more, the treasury of our Qing Dynasty is also very empty now, and it can't support the consumption of the army at all. ”

Fan Wencheng reprimanded: "Confused, you are a child's opinion." When did I fight in the Qing Dynasty and worry about military salaries? When Emperor Taizu raised his army, there were only thirteen pairs of armor, which was not the same as laying the foundation of Liaodong? During the time of Emperor Taizong, there was no shortage of food and armaments, and he could also conquer Korea in the east and Mongolia in the west. Even when he was the regent, he was still desperate to enter the customs, and he didn't fight for thousands of miles. ”

Faced with Fan Wencheng's reprimand, Fan Chengmo didn't know how to refute. Fan Wencheng said: "I have only entered the Central Plains for a few days, and I have forgotten all about my ancestors' skills. Now that the imperial army has gone to Yungui, there is no news as soon as it goes. However, the green camp in the north and the Mongolia outside the border did not move, which was a great disaster for the imperial court. ”

Fan Chengmo said: "Father is saying that the imperial court let these troops go to quell the chaos in order to consume them?" Fan Wencheng said: "This is only one of the reasons, and the other is that if these people move, they will not have time to ponder the reality of the imperial court." With the money in the hands of the Sichuan rebels and the people, let these people be blinded, and they will not see any mistakes and omissions in the imperial court. ”

Fan Wencheng moved his body, and Fan Chengmo hurriedly walked to the back and rubbed Fan Wencheng's shoulders. Fan Wencheng continued: "As long as these soldiers of the green battalion are dazzled by the money in the hands of the rebels and the Ming army. Even if there is any accident with the imperial court's army in the southwest at that time, they will only think about how to attack the remnants of Yongli and rob them of their money. will no longer have thoughts about the court that they shouldn't have, this is the emperor's cleverness. ”

Fan Chengmo suddenly felt a chill in his back, and he didn't think about what everyone thought would not work, Shunzhi actually had so many scheming in it.

Fan Wencheng wanted to say more, and at this time, someone came to report, saying that it was a visit from the imperial court's household department. When Fan Wencheng heard this, he immediately got up and said, "Please come in." As he spoke, he got up and went out to greet him.

Outside, Che Ke walked in with his subordinates, and when he saw Fan Wencheng, who was already sixty-three years old, trembling to greet him, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Fan Shaobao is polite, how dare you be an official." ”

Fan Wencheng said: "The scholar is an important minister of the imperial court, and now the old man has no official position, and this is the common people without an official position, of course, you have to welcome the scholar." ”

When Che Ke heard this, he was also very happy, after all, Fan Wencheng was an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and it was a shame to be able to get his respect, and it would be a shame to say whatever he wanted. Then Che Ke was not verbose, and directly said what happened today. Fan Wencheng had known these things clearly for a long time, but he still listened carefully.

After Che Ke finished speaking, he said: "Now the imperial court uses a lot of money, but the treasury is empty, and the lower officials don't have the ability to turn stones into gold, so they come to clean up Fan Shaobao." wants Fan Shaobao to show the lower officials a clear way to help the court tide over the difficulties. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Lord Che Ke is polite, the old man has no good way, and the old man is also a mortal." Che Ke said: "Fan Shaobao, don't be modest, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, and you are the first Han minister of my Qing Dynasty." If you can't do it, no one in the world will have a way. ”

Fan Wencheng stroked the beard on his chin and said: "The scholar has won the award, in fact, the scholar doesn't have to worry, didn't the imperial court let Jiangnan go after the debt?" It is said that there is a huge amount of tens of millions of taels of silver, and with this money, are the scholars still afraid that the treasury will not be enough? ”

Che Ke knew that Fan Wencheng was also an old fox, and he refused to speak easily. glanced at Fan Chengmo next to him, and asked knowingly, "This is Linglang Fan Chengmo." Fan Wencheng said: "Exactly, now the knowledge is not the same, fortunately, the emperor gave him a bachelor's gift, and he ate in the court." ”

Che Kedao: "Ling Lang is not uneducated, I remember that he was a Jinshi in the ninth year of Shunzhi." Ling Lang is really a tiger father without a dog, but he lacks experience. I think that now the general of Annan, Dasu, is in charge of attacking Zheng Yi in Fujian, so it is better to let Ling Lang go to the army to experience it. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "It's good to be like this, General Annan has always been resourceful, and it is a great blessing to be able to get his support." At least the dog is a Wenchen, how can he go to the army to train. Che Kedao: "I think so, there was a transcript in the imperial court that said that Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang, died in Zhejiang. The imperial court is selecting a suitable candidate to serve as the governor of Zhejiang, and I think it is best to let Ling Lang serve as the governor of Zhejiang. ”

Fan Wencheng has been, but he didn't expect Che Ke to be the governor of Zhejiang by Bao Fan Chengmo, which is a feudal official. Fan Wencheng immediately thought about it and understood, although he was the governor of Zhejiang, but now the general of Annan Dasu was in Fujian. The governor of Zhejiang was also dispatched by Dasu, and Zhao Tingchen, the governor of Guizhou, was supposed to be appointed as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, but for several months, he did not know the details of Yunnan and Guizhou, so he did not make the trip, but Fujian and Zhejiang were all assigned by Dasu.

But in any case, if Fan Chengmo goes to Zhejiang to be the governor first, he will have better qualifications than in the Hanlin Academy. After Fan Wencheng got Che Ke's promise, he said: "It seems that the tax money of the imperial court is indeed not much, and now there are several places to use soldiers. Now that Sichuan is in rebellion again, and it is necessary to send another large number of troops to quell the rebellion, the treasury is short of tension. But I don't know what else is going on in the court now, and what else is going on to spend a lot of money and food? ”

Seeing that Fan Wencheng was finally willing to speak, Che Ke made up his own mind, and immediately said: "No, the imperial court sent Dong Guifei's Feiyangu to Sichuan, originally to urge Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan, to suppress thieves. As a result, I don't know what's going on, but the Sichuan thieves are becoming more and more powerful. Feiyangu was also killed in Sichuan, and Concubine Dong Guifei heard the bad news and went. ”

Che Ke sighed and said, "The emperor loves the concubine and wants to make a funeral for the concubine." But now in this court, soldiers are used everywhere, and the treasury has no money and food at all, so I came to ask Fan Shaobao for advice. ”

Fan Wencheng seemed to know about this at this time, and said: "The emperor is too sad, and it is certain that he will hold a big funeral, and this must not be sloppy." Che Ke said: "Yes, but now that the treasury has no money, how can I do it?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "When I was outside the customs of the Qing Dynasty, once, Emperor Taizu was blockaded by the Ming Dynasty for money and grain, and the entire Qing Dynasty was facing the danger of running out of food. ”

Che Ke looked at Fan Wencheng with a confused face, he was here to ask for advice on how to get silver. It's not for you to tell me the story of Taizu. Immediately said: "I know this, at that time, Emperor Taizu was forced to have no choice but to kill some grainless people outside the gate who did not cultivate, so as to reduce the consumption of my Qing Dynasty." ”

Fan Wencheng looked at Che Ke with a smile, but Che Ke didn't understand. He asked, "What does this have to do with today?" It will not solve the problem of the current treasury running out of money. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Taizu not only killed the people of Wugu, but also killed many spies and anti-Jin people in the Ming Dynasty. Che Ke didn't understand what Fan Wencheng meant, and said, "Ouch, what about my Lord Fan Shaobao, you just tell me how to solve the dilemma in front of me." ”

Fan Wencheng looked at Che Ke in front of him a little speechlessly, this is the Hubu Shangshu of the Qing Dynasty, or a university scholar. I can't even think of what I said so bluntly. But Fan Wencheng couldn't say anything sarcastic about Che Ke, so he had to say: "The scholars also participated in the events of the year, do you tell me whether they are really people without grain, spies, or people who resist gold?" ”

Che Ke said: "No, where were there millions of grainless people in the beginning. These people were all Emperor Taizu, and in order to reduce the consumption of money and food by the Han people, he was determined to kill them. We can't just let the army go out and slaughter the people. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "It seems that Lord Che Ke still doesn't understand what Taizu means. Since they can survive, they must have food at home, how can they be grain-free people? But if you don't kill them, how can Daikin take the grain in their hands? If you can't get their food, then where will Dajin have food to deal with the lack of food? And how did there be the later Qing Dynasty? ”

Seeing that Che Ke was about to speak again, Fan Wencheng interrupted: "Of course I didn't let the scholars go directly to slaughter civilians. Now that I want to sit firmly in the country, I can't slaughter it so obviously. At the beginning outside the Guan, Taizu called killing those Han people for grain as killing pigs. We called those Han people pigs, and let them go to the farms, to grow the crops, and when the crops were harvested, we would kill them and get food. ”

Fan Wencheng motioned to Che Ke not to speak, and then said: "But I am not only ordinary people in the Qing Dynasty, but also pigs, and killing them can only get food." We also raised some pigs that were not food, and now the adults can go and cut a little of their flesh, which is enough to tide over the predicament in front of the adults. ”

Che Ke suddenly came to his senses and said, "I still have such a good thing in the Qing Dynasty?" Fan Wencheng said: "Of course, when they were still outside the Guan, the Qing Dynasty raised them. ”

Che Ke said: "It's not food, it's money." But how did I not know? Fan Wencheng said: "My lord, think about it to the west." ”

Che Ke thought about it carefully and said, "To the west, that is Shanxi, and Shanxi is the land of Jin." Fan Shaobao said that the eight Jin merchants? ”

Seeing that Che Ke understood, Fan Wencheng nodded with a smile. Che Kedao: "No, I can't move them yet, they are people from the Internal Affairs Office, and no one can move them without the emperor's will." ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Lord Che Ke misunderstood, I didn't say that I was going to kill them. We can't kill, but we can cut some meat. Che Kedao: "How to cut?" ”