Zhang Fan's eloquence is good, coupled with the fact that all the things he said are things he has personally experienced and seen with his own eyes, the realism brought by this immersion makes his narration very exciting, and there is tension in the truth.

When Zhang Fan said that he had just arrived in Jiangnan, then Liu Shan had started a situation with him, Long Qing did not show any anger, or disgust, at most he sighed, compared to the drama that this incident brought to Longqing, Zhang Fan could see that Longqing had a smile on his face when he heard him say these words.

And when Zhang Fan said that Liu Shan was desperate because Zhang Fan's arrival was too sudden, and he was ready to make a desperate bet and plan to win Zhang Fan into the gang, the smile on Long Qing's face was even brighter, not only Long Qing, but even the ministers who were listening below laughed, and it was indeed a little interesting to think that a person who was about to be investigated and punished is now trying his best to win over the people who came to investigate and punish him to join the gang, and the way used is still so, so "honest", Liu Shan almost showed all his hole cards in front of Zhang Fan at that time, and then used the huge amount of money to lure Zhang Fan into the urn.

When the courtiers below heard this, most of them also laughed like Long Qing, but many of them muttered in their hearts, muttering something, naturally they all admired Zhang Fan a little, with the pile of numbers reported by Zhang Fan, to be honest, few of the people below could resist the temptation.

And here are a few people who know the reason, no matter how much Liu Shan pays, and whether Zhang Fan is the master of money as his life, Liu Shan's idea is bound to fail, after all, before Zhang Fan left the capital and went to Jiangnan, he already had Longqing's promise that it was almost forcibly stuffed with money.

After that, things seemed to be going smoothly, until Zhang Fan said that he pretended to agree to Liu Shan's invitation, and tried every means to get close to him, and finally after mastering the tangible evidence of Liu Shan's corruption, he attacked on the spot and wanted to arrest Liu Shan.

After that, Zhang Fan said how he thought of a way to let those corrupt officials who followed Liu Shan spit out all the dirty silver, for Zhang Fan's secret request for money, but he did not alarm those officials, and did not let the news go out, Long Qing was very satisfied, after all, he is not a person who does not understand any reason, as an emperor, Long Qing is also quite far-sighted, otherwise when he had just ascended the throne, he would not have ordered the lifting of the sea ban.

He understood that the reason why Zhang Fan did this was that he didn't want to let too many officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian be dismissed at once, which would inevitably cause great chaos, and Zhang Fan did this really in line with his ideas.

After listening to what Zhang Fan said, the courtiers below had to echo Long Qing and show smiling faces on their faces, but when it came to that, their hearts were already smiling bitterly at this time.

Zhang Fan's current identity is the commander of Jinyiwei, this position has always been criticized by the ministers, whether it is a civil minister or a military general, it has always been the case, Jinyiwei is such a violent group of spies directly under the emperor, its task is to supervise hundreds of officials, for those who are not loyal to the Ming Emperor, or who have secretly done something selfish, they have the right to cut first and then play, at most, when the emperor asks, give that person the charge of rebellion, In this way, no one dares to say anything more.

Therefore, there are two points in the quality of this brocade guard, one is that if the emperor of the dynasty is clear, then the commander of the brocade guard will inevitably be a little more restrained even if he is tyrannical and ferocious; The second is that if the emperor of the current dynasty is mediocre, even if the person who is the commander of the capital is soft-hearted, he will do some things that people are angry with.

Although Longqing is not a Ming Monarch Holy Lord, but fortunately, he still has the intention of being a Ming Monarch Holy Lord, whether he is pretending or sincere, at least it is good to do things, and Zhang Fan, a person from a literati background, is also the reason why the ministers are not too opposed to him taking this position.

But Zhang Fan's words just now made them worried, and what they were worried about was money, and now the officials of the Ming Dynasty all understand very well in their hearts, Longqing's favorite thing besides women is money, but Longqing will not openly find the household department to ask for money in the treasury to spend, but like to check corrupt officials, and a few of them who are ministers have not embezzled silver, and the amount of silver corruption is not small.

In case Longqing has a whim one day and wants to spend another amount of silver, it is difficult to guarantee that the spearhead will not be aimed at them, and if it is at that time, Zhang Fan will inevitably be the general sent by Longqing.

Speaking of which, these people are also worried that the "hard-earned" silver in their purse will be used by Zhang Fan, which not only makes them speechless, but also makes them have to take their money away, and also record their names on the "blacklist".

"By the way, how much silver was recovered in the end," Long Qing asked the question he was most concerned about, although he said that he already knew the number, but he still wanted to hear it again.

"Your Majesty, this question is still a matter of affection for the Household Department Shangshu Ge," Zhang Fan said, speaking of which, Zhang Fan only now found out that he had only known an approximate number, and he really didn't know how much silver had been confiscated at the beginning.

"Where is the head of the household," Long Qing called.

"Weichen, Ge Shouli," Hubu Shangshu Ge Shouli stood up in response, came to Longqing and said, "Your Majesty's words, Shicai Weichen has been reported by his subordinates, Lord Zhang's trip to Jiangnan, a total of 51,392,800 taels of dirty silver, this is the number reported from Jiangnan by Lord Zhang's subordinates, Shicai is in Tongzhou, and Weichen's people have also counted it, 51,392,800 taels of silver, not a penny is missing, all of them have arrived, The silver is now being escorted by the Imperial Guards sent by His Majesty to the capital.

After Zhang Fan listened to Ge Shouli's words, he couldn't help but glance at him twice, those silver were in Yangzhou, when Zhang Fan was about to leave, he found that there was less when he counted them, and this time he was transported to the capital, even if the people who were guarding the silver on the way were really clean to the extreme, this was already a lack of silver, and it was impossible to go back more, could it be ......

Sure enough, when Zhang Fan was thinking about some possibility, he saw Ge Shouli seeing that Zhang Fan was looking at him, although the expression on his face had not moved, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan just understood, now the court is divided into three factions, one faction is naturally a group of ministers headed by Gao Gong, among these people, there are not a few who have followed Gao Gong from beginning to end, but there are many because Gao Gong is on the throne again, and the wall grass that slips around the horse, now it seems that the power of the Gao Gong party is huge, but in fact, their foundation is the most unstable, and there are too many uncertain factors, and it is easy to collapse.

And the second faction is naturally those who stand on the same front as Zhang Juzheng, in fact, if you really talk about it, these people can't be called a party, at most, most of these people have a lot of the same opinions, so gathered together.

Compared with the above two parties, there is really a difference between the two parties.

And the rest of the people, that is, the third faction, and the largest number of factions, the position of this faction is neutral, not that they are really very neutral, completely separate from the other two factions, but because the form of the DPRK and China is still unclear, and many things cannot be seen very thoroughly, so this group of people will be like this.

And now, Ge Shouli's actions made Zhang Fan see some different signs, this Ge Shouli looks fat, big-eared, and very rich, which makes people feel that this person must be a corrupt official at a glance, but Zhang Fan, who is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, understands very well in his heart, although Ge Shouli is very wealthy, but it is only because his family is relatively wealthy, and he has nothing to do with himself. Although he has been an official since he became an official, he has also formed a party and engaged in private business, but speaking of which, who can stand on the main hall of the court today, and Ge Shouli has really not been greedy for a penny except for these, even if he gives bribes, he also gives his own silver, at least the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei have not found out that Ge Shouli is corrupt.

And now, the reason why Zhang Fan is so surprised by Ge Shouli's gang is mainly because the camp that Ge Shouli now belongs to is the neutral faction with the largest number of people, and Ge Shouli also has a lot of status among them, and he is helping Zhang Fan so much now, does it mean that ......

However, just based on these superficial things now, Zhang Fan can't see any clues, but if this is really the case, it means that at least half of the neutral faction is ready to fall on Zhang Fan's side, which is an incredible number, and if all of them are ...... If Zhang Fan has the support of these people, above this court, it means that he has half of the courtiers who will help him speak, which can simply allow him to pass unimpeded.