Wei Zhongxian can say without hesitation that he is a villain.

He has all the villains, holding grudges, greedy for money, heavy profits, cronyism..., but he is the only one who knows a bottom line and will never dare to step on it.

That's all he has, from the current emperor.

No matter what, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to cross the Lei Chi by half a step, which is why Zhu Youxiao could tolerate him jumping around beside him.

Although he was criticized by the emperor, Wei Zhongxian was very happy.

It was worth being criticized this time, not because Wei Zhongxian was reused, but also because he knew something that he had never understood.

Today's emperor is a reasonable person, and the last time he returned all the books to the Qianqing Palace, it was to give him power, but this time he called Dongchang to check the salt administration of Shandong, which is to delegate power.

There is a degree of retraction, use it when it should be used, and depreciate it when it should be, rather than meaninglessly unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and slaughtering it when it is used up.

For Wei Zhongxian now, this is more gratifying than sealing him.

Of course, this time to investigate the salt politics of Shandong, Wei Zhongxian will not let go of this opportunity to take revenge and revenge.

Wang Weijian, in the 38th year of Wanli, served as the governor of Shandong with the imperial history of the capital, and was one of the remnants of Donglin who Wei Zhongxian regarded as an enemy.

This time, Wei Zhongxian wants to focus on cleaning up because of him, and Wei Zhongxian also has selfish intentions here.

What selfishness?

Wang Weijian impeached him in the first year of the Apocalypse, and Wei Zhongxian kept this matter in mind, and always looked for an opportunity to clean up this high-ranking governor of Shandong.

If Wang Weijian himself has something to do this time, then it is just right, what should I do.

Even if he has nothing to do, Wei Zhongxian can't let go of this God-given opportunity, and he will try his best to get Wang Weijian down, and the emperor will replace him with his own people later.

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The residence of Wang Weijian, the governor of Shandong.

Wang Weijian's ability is relatively mediocre, but he has a clear reputation, he has always had a hobby, that is, collecting all kinds of ancient calligraphy and paintings, belonging to the contemporary great collectors, Shilin respectfully called him "naturalist gentleman".

As for where Wang Weijian got so much money to collect precious calligraphy and paintings, no one cares about this, the position of governor of Shandong, many things don't need you to buy.

Everyone knows that you are good, and they will naturally rush to deliver it to the door.

Recently, Dongchang has been arresting people in Shandong very fiercely, and even the big people in Jining are a little shrunken, not to mention these places that are fiddling with salt goods.

Although the interests of salt goods are large, they have never been put on the table.

Those who make a fortune from salt goods, no matter what their net worth, will always be despised, because everyone knows how messy the place where salt is sold along the coast.

Make a fortune from salt goods, you don't need to ask to know that your money is not clean, basically check it accurately, and no one likes to deal with them.

This is especially true for Wang Weijian, a humble gentleman who has a long reputation.

But boredom is one thing, the other party brought something he likes, and that is the other side, Tang Wanfeng, who came to Qingzhou Mansion today, brought an object that he couldn't refuse.

"It's... This is? ”

Wang Weijian looked at the painting that was carried in by the two salts, stepped forward a few steps, gently stroked the edge of the frame with one hand, looked a little excited, and his fingers were trembling slightly.

"This, this is actually the Plum Stone Creek Map!"

This picture of Mei Shixi by Ma Yuan, a famous Zhao and Song dynasty artist, was inadvertently auctioned by Tang Wanfeng, and it cost 200,000 taels of silver.

This kind of baby at the bottom of the box, when it is not fatal, he will not bear to cut his love at all.

I thought that if the people revolted and provoked, the imperial court would be busy quelling the chaos and giving up the implementation of the salt law, but what I was waiting for was the news that the imperial court suppressed the civil rebellion and delegated power to Dongchang.

This is somewhat tricky, and it also made Tang Wanfeng unexpected.

The current emperor actually has such courage to make such a major decision in such a short time, and what is even more unbelievable is that the court is silent and there is no conflict!

This made Tang Wanfeng feel cold behind his back after hearing the news, and he intuitively regretted it.

But there is no regret medicine to take in the world, he obviously underestimated how firm Zhu Youxiao's idea of implementing innovation was, and let the local soldiers and horses cooperate with Dongchang to arrest people, which is the first time since Ming Dynasty.

It seems that the current emperor's idea of introducing a new salt law cannot be changed in any way.

Tang Wanfeng had heard of Lu Xiangsheng's ability to rebel against the Three Guards in Jinling, and as soon as the court made a move, it was a killing move.

Once Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to Qingzhou Mansion, the civil unrest would not last a few days!

Shandong can find the biggest backer, which is the Shandong governor Wang Weijian in front of him.

So Tang Wanfeng came non-stop and basically used all his family funds.

I can't help but fight hard.

Wang Weijian's attention at this time was all on this picture, and he didn't have the heart to think about what was contained in Tang Wanfeng's face with a knife hidden in his smile.

His fingers wander along the frame, and when he closes his eyes, he can imagine what he imagined in the painting.

In the picture, a group of wild ducks are playing in the misty stream.

The mountain stone is painted with an axe splitting method, and the square is hard and steep, which is in sharp contrast with the wild duck with a light brush and fluffy feathers.

The inverted and tortuous branches are Ma Yuan's unique painting method, so it is known as "dragging branches and Ma Yuan", this Ma Yuan's true handiwork, Wang Weijian has wanted to get his hands on it for a long time.

He looked at it for a long time, and then he thought that there was still someone waiting here, and when he turned his head to look, before he could speak, Tang Wanfeng saluted and said:

"Grass man Tang Wanfeng, I've seen Lord Futai!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Wang Weijian personally pulled Tang Wanfeng up, ordered someone to serve tea, sat there and asked with a smile:

"The Tang family manages the Le'an Salt Farm for the imperial court, why do you have time to come to me today."

Tang Wanfeng didn't reply directly, and sighed uncontrollably.

Wang Weijian put down the teacup in his hand, looked sideways and asked, "Why is the Tang Dong family angry, has it been treated unfairly?" ”

He was like a mirror in his heart, the other party came to him with Ma Yuan's true works, and he definitely didn't come to show it, that is, he wanted to ask for something.

At this juncture, Wang Weijian didn't want to have anything to do with these rough people who poured salt, but the price given by the other party was too high, so let's listen to what to say.

After he asked, Tang Wanfeng said:

"Futai, Dongchang's evil deeds in the land of Qilu, you must have heard of it."

"Think of the Haiyang Zhao family, who has been conscientiously managing the salt farm for the imperial court for many years, and has no merit and hard work, right? Just because of the eunuch's slander, he will die and the clan will be wiped out, and there will be no return! ”

"What's the point?"

There is nothing wrong with it, Li Eel's death was deliberately blamed on Wei Zhongxian's name.

Of course, there is a reason why Tang Wanfeng said this.

This Wang Weijian is from Donglin, and it has long been rumored that he is at odds with Wei Zhongxian, and he must say the wrong and bad things that Wei Zhongxian has done in front of him, so as to arouse his sympathy.

Sure enough, Wang Weijian looked very angry after hearing this, and sighed:

"Ben Fu impeached this eunuch in the first year of the Apocalypse, but this eunuch was blinded and deeply favored by His Majesty today, and it is still the case..."

"Now the arrest of people in Dongchang is tantamount to indiscriminately killing scholars back then, this Fu will tell His Majesty the truth, please rest assured that Tang Dongjia is at ease."

Tang Wanfeng was quite happy in the first half of the sentence, the more he listened to it, the more he felt that it was wrong, until he heard it, he suddenly realized, this old boy is afraid of being implicated, and he also wants his own true handwriting, so he is a fake good person here.

Wait for you to hand it over, Lao Tzu's whole family has already let Dongchang copy it, how can there be such a good thing in the world!