Jiangning Mansion, Yamen, Governor of Liangjiang.

Fan Shiyi, the new governor of Liangjiang, with a solemn and solemn face, was kneeling on the ground listening to the holy decree.

"The slave receives the decree, thank the emperor, my emperor Sheng'an."

The eunuch sent by Yongzheng handed the decree to Fan Shiyi with a smile on his face, and then helped Fan Shiyi up, and said in a low voice: "Lord Fan, please get up quickly, this decree has arrived, and our family will not stay much, Lord Fan take care of everything." ”

Fan Shiyi's face was a little embarrassed, "My father-in-law came from afar, and he worked tirelessly, this official has prepared a reception banquet for his father-in-law, and he is invited to this famous chef in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are quite a lot of local characteristics..... Father-in-law might as well eat before leaving. ”

The smile on the eunuch's face did not decrease, but the words in his mouth were still refusal, "Lord Fan, the emperor taught us these minions in the past, and they were all beaten if they really said that they would be beaten, if our family ate this meal, they would be in Beijing and they would not be beaten a few times...... This ....."

"Since that's the case, it's not good for the official to keep ......" Fan Shiyi sighed softly, with a little wry smile on his face, "It's just that the water in the south of the Yangtze River is cold, Chu is rampant, and I hope that my father-in-law will have a lot of kind words in front of the emperor in the future, and that's enough......"

Fan Shiyi said, and the person next to him then handed over a small package to the eunuch, the appearance looked unremarkable, the eunuch took the opportunity to take it while refusing to do so, and the skillful technique of many years was quickly reflected, and it should be filled with jade and other objects.

"It's easy to say, Lord Fan is loyal and sincere, how can our family not know? If you can speak..... Our family must know everything....." The eunuch looked righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface, but he did not delay in the slightest, and he stuffed the package into his sleeve.

After sending away the eunuch, Fan Shiyi's face instantly became gloomy, everyone said that the governor of Liangjiang was a big brazier, but he didn't expect that even this eunuch would avoid it...... This scene made Fan Shiyi sense that something was wrong, and then thought of the Northwest Army that had already set off, and he regretted it a little in his heart.

Strictly speaking, the Fan family does not need this hat of a governor very much, after all, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Fan Shiyi was already the chief soldier of Ma Lanyu, or the minister of Dongling, and he could be regarded as a prominent position, and the Fan family had quite a lot of high-ranking officials, and they did not need the hat of a governor of Liangjiang.

Let's not talk about the elders of Fan Shiyi, in his generation, there is a Fan Shichong in front of him, Kangxi also served as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the 49th year, and later served as the secretary of the military department, and he also has a brother, who also became the governor of Shaanxi after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, so even if he Fan Shiyi is not the governor of Liangjiang, the future is still bright.

It's just that Fan Shiyi understands in his heart that Yongzheng sent him to Liangjiang, not entirely to find someone to take the blame, but also has some expectations, if he Fan Shiyi can contain the pace of the Fu Han army in Jiangnan, it can also be regarded as a great achievement. is the so-called worry of the monarch's father, how can he be disobedient?

"Master, the young master of the Cao family sent someone to make a post, see it or not?" Butler Fan Tong said softly.

"No..... Wait a minute....... You mean the weaving house Cao family? ”

Fan Shiyi waved his hand with a bored face, but he immediately stopped again, but after a few turns, his mind changed his mind again, "The banquet in this mansion has not been withdrawn yet, you go back to a post, and say that you will invite the young master of the Cao family to come over the mansion." ”

"Wow." Fan Tong then left.

It's just that Fan Shiyi at this time, as if he had caught something, he slowly paced in the hall, but his brain was already thinking about the current situation rapidly.

The visit of the Cao family was not accidental. In fact, since he came as the governor of Liangjiang, the Cao family has been thinking about getting closer to him, but Fan Shiyi is not willing, he understands in his heart that the current emperor's opinion on these weaving bureaus in the south of the Yangtze River, not long ago in the case of the household department to investigate the deficit, Li Xu of Suzhou weaving has been arrested and returned to Beijing, and it is not a wise practice to be involved with these families at this time.

If there was no threat from the Han Army, Fan Shiyi would definitely not see the Cao family, but now it has become different - his Fan Shiyi's situation is not much better than that of the Cao family, if he doesn't want to save himself, I'm afraid he will die worse than the Cao family, so at this time, Fan Shiyi can't care a lot.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the Cao family of the weaving mansion is definitely a famous family, and it is not inferior to even the governor, the reason is very simple, since the second year of Kangxi, Cao Xi was sent by Kangxi from Beijing to Jiangning to let Jiangning weave, and he is almost full of a jiazi.

In the past 60 years, from Cao Xi to Cao Yin, and then to Cao Hao and Cao Fu, the entire Cao family has almost become Kangxi's royal eyes and ears in the south of the Yangtze River.

During the Kangxi period, the Cao family in Jiangnan also developed like cooking oil in a fire, don't look at Jiangning Weaving Langzhong, but it is just a five-grade petty official, but in Jiangnan, not to mention those third- and fourth-grade officials, even the governor of Liangjiang from the first grade, has to be polite when talking to the Cao family, because the relationship between the Cao family and Kangxi is really quite unusual.

Of course, all this has now disappeared, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, his rise to check the deficit is naturally indispensable to the three weaving houses in the south of the Yangtze River, the first to be taken is Li Xu of the Suzhou Weaving Mansion, has been escorted to Beijing, and Hangzhou weaving Sun Wencheng, as Cao Yin's single-handedly cultivated henchman, is now also Yongzheng sent people to investigate.

In this case, the Cao family could no longer sit still, they knew very well in their hearts that if they didn't hurry up, the next one would be the Cao family of Jiangning Weaving.

The current Jiangning weaving Langzhong Cao Fu is only twenty-seven years old, he was only the fourth son of Cao Quan, and later Cao Yin's sister-in-law Cao Hao died of illness, the Cao family of Nuoda could not find a suitable candidate to take over the errand of Jiangning weaving, and then Li Xu asked Kangxi, saying that Cao Fu can inherit the heir, that is, please give Cao Fu to Cao Yin's wife as the heir, and make up for the lack of Cao Yin's Jiangning weaving, and also give the title of director.

Although Cao Fu, who became a weaver in Jiangning, had a good face and was also a good learner, he obviously couldn't cope with the errand of the internal affairs office. It's just that he relied on Cao Yin's afterglow before, but there was no big fork, but now the problem is here, Yongzheng has succeeded to the throne!

Yongzheng naturally couldn't bear that there was still such a big deficit in Jiangnan, although he knew that these deficits were basically left by Kangxi's several southern tours of Jiangnan, but this did not prevent Yongzheng from using these weaving mansions to fill the deficit in the treasury.

In this case, Cao Fu only had to find a way to intercede, hoping to find the right person to talk more in front of Yongzheng, so that he could survive this catastrophe safely. But everyone knows that the current Jiangnan three weavings are going to be unlucky, [Baidu www.baiduzw.xyz] no matter how many gifts are given, they refuse to accept them, let alone help.

After Fan Shiyi took office, Cao Fu had the intention to win over the relationship and wanted to come to visit, but Fan Shiyi never saw him, so he had to suppress his inner anxiety, but from time to time he proposed to visit, and now seeing that Fan Shiyi agreed, he immediately sent someone to visit Fan Shiyi with some gifts.

Cao Fu brought people to visit, Fan Shiyi also felt like a spring breeze, he took Cao Fu's hand and sighed: "It turns out that when I was in Beijing, I also visited Ling Zun, but it's been almost ten years, but you have grown so tall, don't be polite, call me Uncle Shi." ”

Although the original Cao family had nothing to do with the Fan family, it did not prevent Cao Fu from calling Uncle Shi at this time, and there was a little bit of excitement on his face, and he said softly: "Uncle Shi doesn't know, the Cao family has had a really difficult time over the years, but they have no shame to disturb their uncle, and now there is really no way, and I hope that Uncle Shi is not to blame." ”

At this time, the banquet has visited more than a dozen Jiangnan dishes, although these dishes are extremely exquisite, but for Cao Fu, it is not Erer, he has been a Jiangnan weaver for a long time, it can be said that there is nothing that you want to eat and can't eat. However, for Fan Shiyi, a man who has lived in the north for a long time, it is a little new.

Fan Shiyi picked up a glutinous rice eight-treasure duck, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, then said with a smile: "When the old man was in the north, he didn't eat the flavor of the south, but now this bite is better than countless famous dishes." ”

Cao Fu only thought that he had never eaten it in the past, so he said perfunctorily on the side: "Uncle Shi is a glutton, this glutinous rice and eight treasure duck is indeed extraordinary, and the method is also quite exquisite, the difficulty is not in the heat, but in the time, the whole duck needs to be broken into the bones, and the skin and flesh must not be broken before it can be ......."

Fan Shiyi had a smile on his face, and said softly: "This duck is troublesome to make, but it is easy to eat, but it is a good knife skill for exercising the cook." ”

"Exactly, if ordinary people make this dish, this first step cannot be crossed, and only a chef who has been immersed in it for decades can make such a good method." No matter how stupid Cao Fu is, he already understands in his heart, Fan Shiyi said that this may have another meaning, so he leaned forward slightly, "Uncle Shi has any advice?" ”

Fan Shiyi smiled, "Since you call me Uncle Shi, I won't prevaricate with you with those empty words." Today's emperor is talented, no less than the first emperor, the case of the household deficit is not a whim of the emperor, it is really because today's world, originally like this eight treasure duck, pulling a hair and moving the whole body, if it was before, the emperor would never act like this......"

"But right now, there is a Fu Han army, and there is also a Zhu Yigui and the White Lotus Sect, since this duck has been broken, who cares if it is the skin or the flesh that is hurt?"

Cao Fu sighed softly, and he smiled bitterly: "In this world, can't my Cao family be allowed to live?" ”

Fan Shiyi picked up another piece of duck meat, and smiled: "It depends on what your Cao family does, if you continue like this, naturally the skin and flesh will not remain." ”

Cao Fu understood in his heart, he got up and knelt in front of Fan Shiyi, and said in a low voice: "If the adults can protect the Cao family, the Cao family is willing to thank each other with a great gift." ”

Fan Shiyi shook his head again, and he said quite meaningfully: "This time it is definitely not for me to protect the Cao family, the Cao family wants to get out of the predicament, so they can only choose to save themselves." ”

"Self-help? How can I help myself? ”

After all, Cao Fu is just a young man in his twenties, and in front of an old fox like Fan Shiyi, he is played around, and he is really a little confused.

Fan Shiduo sighed softly: "Since it was the appearance of Chu Revers, which led to the changes in the situation, the point of breaking the situation is also on Chu Revers." The Cao family has to prove to the emperor that they are loyal to the court and the Qing Dynasty, and the best way is to train in a group and resist Chu rebellion. ”

"Team practice? But...... Does this cause any misunderstanding? Cao Fu was a little hesitant, he has always been a little taboo about the word group training, and if this thing doesn't make trouble, it will be a big disaster.

"Nephew, you don't need to worry about this, isn't there still an official."

Fan Shiyi slowly wiped his hands with a hot towel, and said softly: "This official will ask the emperor to practice the regiment, and then your Cao family will be named with the folding, and when the emperor approves it, the regimental training in Jiangnan will be practiced, and you can also do your part to fight against Chu Rebellion, as for you, you can also hang the name of a deputy envoy for regimental training, and the emperor will not hold on to that deficit at that time." ”

Cao Fu felt a little uneasy in his heart, he looked at Fan Shiyi's calm face, and asked a key question.

"I can hang up a deputy envoy for regimental training, what is the price of the Cao family?"

"At that time, all the money and food needed for this group practice will be borne by the Cao family at that time, so that they can express their heart to relieve the worries of the monarch."

Looking at Fan Shiyi's calm expression, Cao Fu finally sighed, he understood that in the current situation, this price was already the lowest. If you don't agree to this, I'm afraid the entire Cao family will not be able to keep it in the future.

Sending away Cao Fu, who was a little nervous, Fan Shiyi breathed a sigh of relief, he knew in his heart that if he wanted to keep Jiangnan now, it was not enough to rely on these tens of thousands of green battalions, but if there were 100,000 or even 200,000 group exercises, it would be different.

If you can train 200,000 regimental exercises in Jiangnan, then even if you can't withstand the attack of the Fuhan army, as long as you stick to it, there shouldn't be too many problems.

But if he wants to organize so many regimental exercises, it is naturally impossible for him, a newly arrived governor of Liangjiang, to do so. But if you use the influence of Jiangnan Sanweaving, especially with the help of the Cao family, it will be different, maybe you can really practice it. Because of this, Fan Shiyi chose to help the Cao family.

However, in response to this plan, Fan Shiyi also understood that he needed to tell the emperor, so he began to write his first and most important letter under the oil lamp.

"The slave Liangjiang Governor Fan Shiyi Qiqi Sheng'an, Jiangnan is difficult to rely on, and it is quite difficult to defend, so it is necessary to use the courage of the Jiangnan gentry to resist the thieves and thieves of Chu. The slave has found out that Cao Fu in Jiangnan Weaving Langzhong is knowledgeable, full of virtue and virtue, and has excellent conduct, which is the best for a while. And the sincerity of loyalty and righteousness, especially strong and dutiful, Jiangnan Shishu all respect and love. ”

"The slave asked for the order to supervise the Jiangnan group training, and the Jiangnan weaving Langzhong Cao Fu was used as the group training envoy to provide money and food. And belong to the town and road officials to extend the visit, hoping to make the officials and gentry angry, consolidate people's hearts, and be able to heal external troubles in the future. ”

It was not until midnight that he read it carefully, corrected the typos and avoidances, and then re-copied it, wrapped it in yellow silk, and sent people all the way to Beijing.