Chapter 108: The Traitor's Conspiracy

On Liu Shan's mansion, one is not a secret room, but a relatively hidden room.

"How's the matter," Liu Shan said to a man who had been waiting in the room for a long time after entering the house.

"Father-in-law, the officials from all over Jiangnan have already made up their minds," the man said to Liu Shan calmly, dressed as a subordinate.

"Make up your mind," Liu Shan said with some amusement, "They have made up their minds that there is a fart, now this Zhang Fan lives in Yangzhou City, and lives next to me Liu Shan, you are now pushing me to the cusp, and you want you to make up your mind, you go back and tell them to me, now my Liu Shan is on the edge of the cliff, if I am unlucky, I will be the first, but you also have to pay attention to me, if I have an accident, none of you can escape,"

"My lord, look at what you said," the man listened to Liu Shan's words, and suddenly became respectful in the face of Liu Shan's expression, "We have already had an agreement first, and now it can be regarded as both glory and loss, if this Zhang Fan really doesn't want to, strictly investigate, we will definitely be in a group, and we will definitely not let the adults be affected,"

"You don't have to talk sweetly in front of me," Liu Shan didn't buy his account, but the other party's respectful expression did make him feel a lot more comfortable, "Now you can't change anything by saying anything, everything can only be like this, I heard that this Zhang Fan's visit to Jiangnan this time to thoroughly investigate taxes is not related to other things, only to switch taxes,"

"Listening to the news from the capital, this is true," the man said, "Jiangnan has been operating for many years, and now the field tax, land tax, and salt and iron tax of each department are seamless, and my father-in-law has not seen that Hai Rui has not found out anything since he took office as governor of Yingtian last year?"

"Now I'm just worried that the switch time is not long, the Ming Dynasty since the Hongwu years are not allowed to be a piece of the boat like the sea, now this pass is opened, many people are not adaptable, but the tax of the Customs Department is really eye-catching, but there are still a lot of problems on the silver, although there are no problems for the time being, but as soon as the summer comes, the merchant ships will return, and the problems will naturally come," Liu Shan said.

"A few adults from all over the world are interested in letting go of this homecoming merchant ship, stopping for a while, waiting for this rumor to pass, and then sailing next year," the man said.

"If you don't do it this year, you will do it next year," Liu Shan looked at him with wide eyes, as if he had heard some big joke, "I ask you, where does the person who said these things live,"

"This ......" The man didn't know what Liu Shan meant, but he still said in a fifteen-ten manner, "Father-in-law, there are not many people who say this, most of them are people from Ningguo Mansion and Huizhou Mansion,"

"Then I'll ask you again, can this boat be driven by them," Liu Shan asked again.

"This ...... No," the man said helplessly.

"Isn't this natural," Liu Shan said as a matter of course, "They can't get this silver, at most they just rely on us grasshoppers tied to a rope to push each other to block some sealing silver, so they will naturally be dissatisfied,"

"What my father-in-law said is," the man understood when he heard Liu Shan say this.

"Now that Your Majesty has been switched on and off for three years, the people here can't see that the silver here is rolling like a tide," Liu Shan said helplessly, "Now I can't stop if I want to,"

The man listened to Liu Shan's words, and also felt Liu Shan's helpless taste, was silent for a while, and then said: "My lord seems to be a little worried, how can everything be thought of in a bad way, I see that this Zhang Fan is young now, and this time he also got the emperor's imperial order to come to Jiangnan to check taxes, maybe he can't see anything, now this Zhang Fan must be proud, and his father-in-law only needs a small trick to confuse him at a loss,"

"Is it okay not to think about the bad things," Liu Shan said, "You, and you have to go back and tell those people, don't take this Zhang Fan simply, he has obtained such a status at a young age now, although it is inseparable from His Majesty's reward, but His Majesty is not a dumb monarch today, Zhang Fan must have his ability to ascend to the throne, and this Zhang Fan came here to check taxes this time, I heard that His Majesty personally instructed him, but I don't know how His Majesty told him, and this Zhang Fan is now in charge of the Jinyi Guard, do you know what it is, That was since the beating of Emperor Taizu, the most terrifying emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's personal guard,"

"This ......" The man listened to Liu Shan's words and was a little at a loss.

"And ......," Liu Shan continued, "This brocade guard claims to be pervasive, I don't believe that this Zhang Fan doesn't know that I am a person who rushes, and I have a relationship with Gao Shoufu, Zhang Fan is Zhang Juzheng's disciple, and it is a foregone conclusion that he does not agree with Lord Shoufu, and Zhang Fan has a good relationship with Feng Bao of Nadongchang, and our father-in-law Meng has a disagreement with Feng Bao, I don't believe that Zhang Fan does not want to deal with me,"

"This ...... What can I do about this," the man listened to Liu Shan's analysis, and couldn't help but be a little flustered when he thought of what was going to happen.

"You don't have to be so flustered," Liu Shan slapped a stick and gave another sweet date, and said, "I am telling all these things now, but I am saying the worst, and the current situation may not be so bad,"

"Father-in-law, you scared the villain to death," the man said, gasping.

"But there are some things that have to be guarded against," Mr. Liu said.

"That's that," the man hurriedly said, "But father-in-law, the villain heard that this Zhang Fan is now fascinated by a beautiful scenery in the father-in-law's mansion,"

"Haha," Liu Shan laughed, "What kind of person are you and me, I have never missed people for so many years, this Zhang Fan is young and vigorous, and he can't resist such a temptation,"

"It's just that the villain looked at his father-in-law, and wanted to hand over this beautiful girl to that Zhang Fan, but it's a pity, it's a pity," the man said with some pity, "Father-in-law, please forgive me, the villain has no other meaning at all, I just think that this Luo Ling'er has really done a lot of things for adults since she followed the adult, and how many dignitaries and nobles from all over the south of the Yangtze River have fallen under this Luo Ling'er's pomegranate skirt, which saves the adult a lot of trouble,"

"I'm afraid I'm going to give up this useful object this time," Liu Shan also said with some pity, "After all, no matter what happens this time, this Zhang Fan is afraid that there is any danger, and we can be regarded as taking a step by step, we must not take a wrong step, and now we can only prepare everything, and don't spoil the overall situation for the sake of temporary unbearable,"

"What my father-in-law said is that my father-in-law is really far-sighted, and he doesn't want the villain to be short-sighted, and only sees the immediate interests, but he doesn't see the future state of affairs," the man said very respectfully, but in his heart, he greatly despised the identity of Liu Shan's eunuch.

"You don't have to flatter me, I know you've been staring at her for a long time," Liu Shan said, "Okay, father-in-law, I'll be kind today, and let you taste it before she is sent, but you have to give me a little leisure, don't break it, it will ruin my big thing when the time comes,"

"Thank you father-in-law for the reward," the man listened, and his eyes immediately lit up and filled with **.

Seeing the man running away with a anxious look, Liu Shan couldn't help but think in his heart: "Hmph, if you want to move my Jiangnan, then father-in-law, I want to see if you, the new loyal and brave uncle, have this ability,"

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The irritable summer is finally coming, Zhang Fan really felt the heat this time, he also stayed in the south for a long time in his previous life, but in this life, he was born in the north, or his body has never felt this kind of heat, different from the capital, and even more different from Anhua County, since he came here, Zhang Fan now found that most of his memories are left in the ice and snow, but now Zhang Fan is a little unbearable to bear the heat, and he still misses the north in his heart.

Yingyue was only slightly uncomfortable, after all, she was born in the southwest and she had also experienced the hot weather, but she didn't want to be so dry and hot here, which made Yingyue quite unrefreshed, and she was always worried about what traces would be left on her skin because of temperature and dryness every day.

In the hot summer, there is nothing more thirst-quenching than 10,000 sour plum soup, especially in some large households in the south of the Yangtze River, there will always be some ice cubes hidden in their homes, 10,000 iced sour plum soup, it is simply the best thing in this hot summer.

But now Zhang Fan looked at the half bowl of iced sour plum soup left on the table in front of him, watching it get hot little by little, but there was no trace of pleasure in his heart to cool down.

The reason is very simple, not because of the weather, but because of the capital, Zhu Yijun's temper he knows best, the day before yesterday Zhang Fan already felt inappropriate, and he sent someone back to Beijing to ask, but it was inconvenient to ask Longqing directly, after all, this is not a glorious thing, Longqing can allow his son to mess around, but he may not be willing to let his courtiers expose his shortcomings, Zhang Fan wrote a letter that night, the letter was addressed to the teacher Zhang Juzheng, under Zhang Fan's strong urging, Jinyiwei can be regarded as exhausting all kinds of methods, More than 10 letters were written alone, and more than 10 carrier pigeons were sent to Beijing.

Zhang Juzheng also immediately entered the palace to investigate after receiving the letter, although Zhang Fan did not say what was the matter in his heart, but let him immediately enter the palace to meet the prince, although Zhang Juzheng did not know what happened, but he believed Zhang Fan very much, how did he come to the palace but was told that the prince was slightly ill, inconvenient to see him, Zhang Juzheng was thinking, and immediately understood, he immediately went to meet Longqing, from Longqing's tone, he already knew a rough idea, but since the emperor agreed, Zhang Juzheng had nothing to say, But for Zhang Fan, Zhang Juzheng also hurriedly wrote a reply.

Zhang Fan is now worried about this matter, he doesn't blame Zhu Yijun for being naughty, after all, he is still a child, and this time Longqing also agreed, he is just worried about what to do when Zhu Yijun comes, Zhang Fan can never make clear the identity of Zhu Yijun's prince, and then all parties come to pay homage, in this way, Zhang Fan will be in trouble, but Zhu Yijun is the prince after all, Zhang Fan can't just leave him alone, and Zhu Yijun is quite active, Zhang Fan will go to Suzhou and Hangzhou and other places next month, If he has to follow when the time comes...... Thinking of all this, Zhang Fan was very upset.

However, Zhang Fan's current troubles are even worse.

"Wang Meng, are Liang Chao's people already on the road," Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng.

"Back to my lord, Liang Chao has already led the people all the way north to meet the prince," Wang Meng replied, "It's just that this time there are not many people who go south with the lord, and now we have to protect the safety of the lord, and the humble position has asked Liang Chao to transfer people from various prefectures along the road to meet the prince together,"

"Alas, that's good, you go down first," Zhang Fan said.

Wang Meng looked at Zhang Fan with some sympathy, and said, "Retire from your humble position," and then turned around and walked out.

"Oh my God, how can this be," Zhang Fan wailed helplessly,