In the past few days, a news came out from Yangzhou City, at first it was only in the prefectures and counties around Yangzhou City, but within two days, the news spread throughout Nanzhili, and by the fifth day, the surrounding Shandong, Henan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces had all known.

The news is naturally about Liu Shan, although the versions passed down from place to place may be slightly different, but the general meaning is all the same, all of them are saying, Yangzhou town guard eunuch Liu Shan is corrupt and corrupt for money, and even for the minister sent by the imperial court to thoroughly investigate the matter, that is, Zhang Fan, that is also a bribe from everyone, in the end, Qin Cha Zhang Fan was unmoved, and finally got the conclusive evidence of Liu Shan's corruption, but, just when Qin Cha Zhang Fan was ready to bring Liu Shan to justice, that Liu Shan was cowardly, I didn't want to go into the prison of the brocade guard to be tortured, so I broke it off on my own.

The reaction to this matter is different in various places, of course, the people in various places, the people are all the same, that is, the joy of this matter, maybe it is the poverty of knowledge, maybe it is influenced by those dramas that advocate imperial power, in short, in the eyes of the people, but all the ministers sent by the emperor are all righteous, and those ministers are all cunning and cunning people, whether they want to deal with corruption or corruption, for their own selfish desires. Of course, in the end, justice can always triumph over evil, and the people applaud.

This time the Liu Shan incident seems to be the same, plus Liu Shan's identity as a eunuch is really not very pleasing among the people, so this ending is also happy for the people to see, the only difference is that when the people of Yangzhou and the people of other places cheered in their hearts at the same time, the people of other places had already pressed various versions of Liu Shan's matter in their hearts; And the people of Yangzhou who are really a little related to this matter, they don't know what Liu Shan has done at all, except for those maritime merchants who may have a little affection, other people really haven't felt Liu Shan's influence.

Of course, this is just a reaction from the people, and the reaction in these local officialdoms is different, such as officials in Shandong, Huguang, Henan, and Jiangxi, some people don't know what Liu Shan has done, and some local officials have not even heard of Liu Shan, but some people do, after all, these places are next to Nanzhili, and it is normal for officials to have some contacts during this period, but this is just a conversation after tea and dinner for them, and it is not a big deal. After all, this matter has nothing to do with them.

However, the situation of officials in Zhejiang and Fujian is very different, most of them are related to Liu Shan, and they are more or less involved in this matter, and the remaining few people who are not involved in this matter are also aware of some, many of them are still unhappy that Liu Shan did not find themselves, so that they lost the opportunity to get a vote, and they want to be happy in their hearts, they know that this time their opportunity to take the position has come, these people are now very happy, But all the officials involved in this matter were so worried that they were dying.

The officials involved in this matter, whether it was because of their own greed, or because they were pulled into the water because they were caught by Liu Shan, were worried about one thing, that is, whether they would have something leaked through Liu Shan's hands in Zhang Fan's hands.

Liu Shan not only has evidence that these people are involved in corruption, but also has a lot of tricks collected by Liu Shan himself, of course, no matter which one it is, it is enough to take off these people's black yarn and throw them into prison, this is not the end they want, so when they just knew that something happened to Liu Shan, they all began to worry, no, worrying such a gentle word is no longer enough to describe the mood of these people at this moment, it should be crazy and reliable.

What they are most concerned about is a sentence in the rumors, that is, the sentence "Qin sent Zhang Fan to finally get the conclusive evidence of Liu Shan's corruption", they are all anxious to know what kind of evidence Zhang Fan has in his hands, and whether it will contain some things about himself.

If not, these people can also feel more at ease; If there is, then they will be busy, those who have some connections in the capital in order to ensure their own safety, have now begun to contact their own backstage, want to let themselves be able to survive this matter, and those officials who do not have a backstage can be troubled, the current form is no longer to say that giving gifts, or buying some people can be settled, not to mention the seriousness of the situation, that is, they want to give gifts, it is estimated that there is no place to send them; It's that they found a place and found someone who can manage things, and it is estimated that the person will not dare to accept it, after all, this matter has reached this point now, and it is said that the emperor personally ordered it to Zhang Fan, which makes these people how good, as for giving gifts to Zhang Fan, begging him to open the net and let himself go, these people didn't even think about it, didn't they see Liu Shan, how many things did he give to Zhang Fan, those money is enough to make a ten-year-old beggar suddenly rich, and then he will live to be eighty years old again rich and safe, but look at Zhang Fan again, The gift was accepted, but Liu Shan's life was also lost, which is not good.

Just when these people were in a hurry, another news came out, although it was not great news, but for these people, it undoubtedly gave them a life-saving straw and let them see a glimmer of hope.

Although for officials in Zhejiang and Fujian, this news came from distant Yangzhou, although after so many people spread it by word of mouth, I think some of the news may have been somewhat false, but the general meaning of this news is very clear.

The news said that on the day of Liu Shan's accident, Wang Dezhao, the prefect of Yangzhou, was worried to death, and he spent a lot of money to buy off a guard next to Zhang Fan the next day, and found out a lot of news, saying that Zhang Fan came to this time to say that he came to investigate the corruption incident on the order of Longqing, but in fact, Zhang Fan was sent by Longqing to bring some money and put it into the emperor's treasury in a good name. Although these people don't know much, they all know a rough idea.

The news said that Zhang Fan originally got Liu Shan's account books and found that there was a lot of money on them, but the number of officials involved was too huge, if all these officials were arrested without asking, there would inevitably be a large number of officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and then the three places would inevitably be chaotic, so Qin Cha Zhang Fan did not do this after careful consideration, but this is just a matter of time, after all, the world is big, and the emperor's order is the largest. Now that the matter is over, Zhang Fan's return to Beijing is imminent, and he may not be able to care so much at that time, so he will send his subordinates to take people directly to ask for money.

After Wang Dezhao, the prefect of Yangzhou, learned about this matter, he was frightened, and quickly packed up some of the money he was greedy for, and went directly to Zhang Fan to ask for the guilt, and it seems that Wang Dezhao's approach just caters to Zhang Fan's wishes, which can not only ask for those silvers, but also will not have any big movement, and even in case, even if the news leaks to the people, the people are quite unconvinced, and they can also use this is just an excuse for rumors to block the people's mouths, so, Zhang Fan gave Wang Dezhao a condition, and asked him to immediately send the silver to the treasury of the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Branch, where there was naturally Zhang Fan is person who had already confessed to count the silver sent by Wang Dezhao according to the information provided by Zhang Fan.

After registering, Wang Dezhao didn't have anything to do, and continued to go back to be his Yangzhou prefect, although everyone understands that Wang Dezhao has no future or not, and now it is all in vain, but at least, his Wang Dezhao's life is saved, although I don't know when he will be dismissed from office by the top in the future, but for a period of time in the future, he can still sit in his original position, which can be regarded as cheaper for him.

The officials who got the news were all excited, although their career has come to an end, and they will inevitably lose their positions in the future, but at least their lives have been saved, and they don't have to go to prison to spend the rest of their lives, isn't this good news?

Of course, some very greedy officials still seem to be holding on to luck, thinking that since Zhang Fan did not dare to arrest officials on such a large scale, and there were other cowardly people who sent the silver, then he might be able to escape this catastrophe and keep the silver for his own enjoyment.

But there is another piece of news that immediately broke the illusions of these people, that is, Zhang Fan came this time, Longqing specially handed over the accessories of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to him, for fear that some people would not obey the discipline, that is the legendary Shang Fang sword, this news has also been confirmed by Quanzhou officials, this time, those who are not greedy enough will not think about it anymore, and hurry up to prepare silver, planning to send it to the branches of Jinyiwei in various places.

At this point, Zhang Fan's strategy can be regarded as a success, but it has suffered those officials who dare to spend money lavishly, and now they have to borrow money everywhere to tide over the difficulties.