"My father-in-law has something to say to Zhang Fan, but it doesn't hurt to say it," Zhang Fan knew that he was going to enter the subject now, so he sat up straight again, and said to Liu Shan seriously.

"Master Zhang is really a person who does big things, and the distinction between public and private is very clear, so he is the handsome talent," Liu Shan praised Zhang Fan without saltiness, and said, "Then our family will not be verbose about other things, and go directly to the topic,"

Zhang Fan didn't speak, just drank wine, looked at Liu Shan, and waited for his next step.

"Our family wants to let Lord Zhang's network card side, this time Lord Zhang's trip to Jiangnan will be regarded as no progress," Liu Shan didn't want to hide anything at all, and said his request bluntly.

To be honest, Liu Shan's request was actually in Zhang Fan's speculation for a long time, but Zhang Fan was still very surprised that he would say it so clearly, you know, Zhang Fan has never promised him anything, even if it was because of Luo Ling'er's matter just now, but he shouldn't have said it so clearly, doesn't this make it clear that he has something to do with the corruption in Jiangnan, you know, now in addition to Zhang Fan's private information from Zhou Quan, There is no evidence to prove that Liu Shan is the leader of this corruption group, even Zhang Fan before, he can imagine that Liu Shan is absolutely related to this matter, but he has never thought of Liu Shan as a eunuch to the position of the leader, after all, the gap is too big.

But after Zhang Fan knew that Liu Shan was the leader behind the scenes, he had been trying his best to make Liu Shan able to expose his flaws, so that he could seize the second evidence and bring him to justice. But the heart has never been broken.

And the reason why this is the case is that Zhang Fan knows Liu Shan's true identity, and Zhang Fan can be sure that Liu Shan doesn't know that he knows about this matter, and he won't know, after all, Zhou Quan, the only one who told him about this matter, has been sent by Zhang Fan to keep an eye on him all the time, Zhou Quan is absolutely impossible to leak this news, and there are not many people who know about this matter, and they are all Zhang Fan's subordinates who can be trusted. So he also plans to rely on this advantageous condition he has to deal with Liu Shan.

But now, everything has changed, Liu Shan's sudden confession, although he did not clearly tell Zhang Fan that he was the mastermind behind the scenes, but what he said just now clearly means that he can make decisions for the corrupt officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces, this move is very bold, but there are also many subtleties in the boldness, at least Zhang Fan was confident, and the plan that he had made was disrupted by Liu Shan. The only thing that can make Zhang Fan feel better is that Liu Shan himself doesn't know that he has made a successful attack.

Surprised, Zhang Fan didn't speak for a while, as if he was calmed by Liu Shan's words, in fact, in this short period of time, Zhang Fan's heart has begun to think about what he should do next, although he still has no clue, but he has begun to think about a new plan.

Liu Shan looked at Zhang Fan's surprised appearance on the side, and didn't mean to disturb him, and even Liu Shan's face showed a smile, as if he was very satisfied with Zhang Fan's current expression, indeed, Liu Shan didn't know what Zhang Fan was thinking in his heart, and he didn't know what he said just now, Zhang Fan already knew, and he did it now, telling Zhang Fan this matter clearly, in fact, he had made a lot of plans.

He knew that Zhang Fan came to Jiangnan this time to thoroughly investigate corruption, and he must have received Longqing's edict, but it was precisely because of this, no matter how much Zhang Fan was favored by Longqing now, if he couldn't find anything and went back like this, although Longqing would not do anything to him, but he would definitely not be happy, this situation Liu Shan wanted to get, Zhang Fan naturally understood, then Zhang Fan naturally would not sit and let this happen, when the time limit came, Zhang Fan had nothing to gain in his hands, then he would inevitably be anxious at that timeWhen the time comes, Zhang Fan, who has no gain, will inevitably arrest some corrupt officials who have been mastered by him and sent them back to the capital to resume their lives, although Longqing is not as extreme as his father Jiajing, but if it is a major national case like this, Longqing will face up to this matter even if he is mediocre, and when the time comes, this group of people will definitely be handed over to Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these three are collectively called the "Three Law Divisions" in the Ming Dynasty Even if Meng Chong can buy off one of them, but if he wants to buy all three of them, he Meng Chong doesn't have that much ability, and he can't ask Gao Gong for help and let Gao Gong know about this matter, so that there will always be people who can't withstand the pressure of interrogation and tell Liu Shan that Liu Shan is the mastermind behind the scenes, and then he Liu Shan will really lack skills and will definitely die.

So from this point of view, Liu Shan's move seems to be bold and extraordinary, and he is advancing and retreating, but in fact, he is now unable to retreat, and this can be regarded as a desperate gamble.

These things have long been in Liu Shan's heart, and Zhang Fan is not stupid, in such a short period of time, he also thought of this, so why Liu Shan suddenly became so frank is also reasonable, but knowing that he knows, Zhang Fan naturally will not say this: "Father-in-law Liu, let's not talk about anything else, Zhang Fan is just curious, why can Father-in-law Liu say this instead of those people in the three provinces,"

"Hehe, Lord Zhang must be very strange compared to now," Liu Shan said with a smile, "Since our family has said all these words, let's tell the truth to Lord Zhang."

"After all, Lord Zhang is in charge of the most famous brocade guard of our Ming Dynasty, and he must have learned a lot of news, presumably my lord has been in the past few days, and he also knows the ins and outs of this matter, yes, more than eighty percent of the officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces are corrupt officials, before, their greedy taxes and silver are just agricultural taxes and field taxes, but because most of the two days in the south of the Yangtze River are occupied by those rich and powerful, in fact, there are not many taxes that can be collected every year, even if they collect more on weekdays, Throw away the share that has to be handed over to the imperial court on time every year, there is really not much left, but they dare not increase the exploitation of those people, especially in Fujian because the emperor is far away, and the officials there are often like this, so the people there revolt in the market, that is, there was another time last year, although the scale is not large, but there are still a few officials who were dragged out of their homes by those people with hoes and beaten to death, so that the officials here really dare not exploit too much, in case they are unlucky.

"But since these people have entered the officialdom, this silver is inseparable from their belongings, they need money to go out for entertainment, they want to return gifts, they want to be promoted, they still need money to give gifts, and they even want to maintain a larger annex, as well as the expenses of the maids, although it is not much, but with their annual money, it is not enough at all.

"But in this way, if you are not greedy, you can't do it, if you are greedy, you can't do it enough, naturally, these people are all considered to be sympathetic, and then they breathe with each other and join forces, no matter what position you have, big or small, as long as you can get the money, they will pull him into the gang, in this way, they can be regarded as protecting each other, as long as there is an opportunity, like the food issued by the imperial court, the silver for repairing the river, or the public property in the yamen, as long as you can get money by doing tricks and feet, they can be said to be pervasive.

But gradually, they found that they had made it a little too big, and the officials of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces did not know how many, but most of them were involved, and they didn't believe in others, for fear that some people would inadvertently leak the news, or be discovered by others, so they thought of a way, find a person who could testify, and put their own handles on each other in him, so that if someone wants to break the contract or leak any rumors, that person will strike first. Relying on his relationship in the palace, he directly played the emperor's impeachment, so that the person's words would no longer be believed.

"On the other hand, although this group of people are all in the hands of people to have a fatal handle, but they can trust each other for the time being, but they still have concerns, afraid that those who are not involved in the situation will know their situation, or find a way to impeach them, so that this group of people has come up with a way, no matter whether the outsiders around them are greedy or not, they are trying to seize their handles and force them in, so as to consolidate their power even more, and now the officials of these three provinces are in this circle. Naturally, they were afraid that Lord Zhang would go south to investigate thoroughly, and these days, they really couldn't sit still, so they took the initiative to tell the witness that they wanted to find a way to communicate with Master Zhang, and see if Master Zhang could open up the net here."

Zhang Fan was not surprised when he heard his words, but he was a little hard to believe that so many officials from these three provinces, large and small, were all involved, which was a bit incredible, but Zhang Fan still had other things that bothered him, he raised his head and looked at Liu Shan, and said suspiciously: "Could it be that witness, that is, father-in-law, you can't do it,"