Regarding the situation of Liu Kanzhi, a former rival, Fan Jinxiang, Feng Mingqi and Xu Weizhi have all understood. After he left Jiangning, Liu Kanzhi fell seriously ill and vomited blood. Since then, he has been recuperating at home, and his health has just improved, but he was locked up by his father at home to study, so he has not appeared in Jiangning for several months. But behind the scenes, he did a lot of work. The Cowpox Bureau was able to establish and promote it so smoothly, and Liu Kanzhi made some efforts from it, but his reputation was not good, and few people knew about it.

Fan Jin believed that Liu Kanzhi was a gentleman, just as he was convinced that he was not a gentleman. So he believes that what Liu Kanzhi said to him last time is true, and he will not have anything to do with Zhang Shunqing again, just as he is sure that Liu Kanzhi will never let Zhang Shunqing go in his heart.

Liu Kanzhi is just using the standard of a righteous man and a gentleman to demand himself, as a gentleman, he can't delay his official affairs because of his children's private affairs, as for the personal relationship between the two...... It would be naïve to believe that the two could still be friends. At present, Liu Kanzhi is helping himself, and his intentions are actually public. At present, Jiangning needs a magistrate who can do things, and it is obvious that Liu Kanzhi hopes that Fan Jin will take on this role.

After Weng Dali resigned, Liu Yiru temporarily took charge of Shangshuyin of the Criminal Department, which can be regarded as an indirect beneficiary of Fan Jinjing's upfall. It is said that Feng Bangning is making a fuss in Jiangning, and a vicious person like Liu Yiru will definitely not sit idly by, but it is not easy to rely on the strength of the Criminal Department to restrain Feng Bangning.

Feng Bangning, the demon king of the mixed world, has a eunuch uncle, and secondly, he has a special identity, and the local government in Jiangning can't control him at all. He has the official title of Jinyiwei on his head, as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, this system is not restricted by the local government, even if he violates the law, it is managed by the Nanzhen Fusi, and the local government has no power to arrest. Therefore, no matter how Feng Bangning behaved, the Criminal Department could not interfere, at most he would truthfully report the situation to Jingli. However, in today's government and government, this kind of reflection does not play a role at all.

If you can't deal with the wicked with the means of a gentleman, you can only expect the villain to come out. Fan Jin believes that this is the biggest reason for Liu Kanzhi to help him.

If you don't integrate the inside of Shangyuan County, you won't be able to exert force on the outside. Liu Kanzhi obviously understands this, so he will not hesitate to help where he can, and his final hope is to come forward as soon as possible to get rid of Jiangning's public security, of course, the most important thing is to get Feng Bangning, a bastard.

Brother Liu, your expectations for me are a little too high. Fan Jin shook his head, it was not a day for him to worry about cleaning up Feng Bangning, but it was not so easy to deal with him. The key is that Jiang Ning is not as good as Jingshi, he is too far away from the emperor, this kid is doing a lot of crimes, but he is not out of character, and it is almost overwhelming to clean him up.

Putting aside this layer of hidden worries, at present, the situation is unprecedentedly favorable to Fan Jin. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has always said that it is difficult to prevent officials from slippery like oil, and most officials, even if they have three heads and six arms, will still be controlled by the officials in the end. Fan Jin is now chopping out these axes, initially controlling the officials, and as long as he controls the officials again, he will have the hope of becoming the most powerful magistrate in the history of Jiangning, and Hai Rui can be bright for a while.

Feng Mingqi was also very concerned about Fan Jin's next move, after all, this was his ally and backer, and he had already bet his old bones on Fan Jin, so he naturally hoped that he would have the last laugh.

"Master, the Yang family has stopped the business on Shangyuan's side, and the family means that these two family members are at our disposal. It doesn't matter how much sin is added to them in the end, anyway, it's a slave who buys out, even if it costs it. There is a section where I heard that they are from the Oolong Society, and it is estimated that someone in the club will come to the rescue. ”

The Yang family gave Fan Jin face this time, took a small loss and took a big advantage, threw out the two house slaves and was killed by Fan Jin to calm the people's anger, plus a sum of silver to ensure that the surname Yang passed.

What Fan Jin asked for was not to kill a few people, but to stop the trend of usurious money lending, and the debts in the future would be collected by the official management officials, so as not to kill people. As long as the Yang family can back down now, things will be much better in the future, but they don't really want to kill them all and go through old cases.

As for these two domestic servants, Fan Jin all planned to behead, and this kind of beating to death does not belong to the category of heinous crimes, and it is not particularly serious, so it is not suitable for beheading. He could only be taken to a cell and waited for the final decision of the Shangxian Yamen. Hearing the Oolong Society, he asked:

"When this official met Luo Wu, he heard him say this name. It seems that a group of servants formed their own association? Does this also have power? ”

Feng Mingqi said: "Don't look at this Oolong Club as a group of subordinates, the strength cannot be underestimated, there are no people who join the club, they are all servants and servants of the official court of a large family." Because of the nasal pronunciation, the maid is named, and the leader is called the nose. It is said that they are all slaves, not big people, with no money and no power, but these people are well-informed, no matter what kind of wealthy families, they are indispensable to the footprints of this line. They are the most righteous, and when they joined the club, they swore that if one person was in trouble, everyone would save them, and if the two people of the Yang family were moved, the others would never sit idly by. ”

Fan Jin had just arrived, and he hadn't hired a servant outside, so the hand of the Oolong Society couldn't reach out to him. But with so many people under his command, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be captured by the Oolong Club and become its supporters. In addition, from Feng Mingqi's introduction, Fan Jin found that the Oolong Club also has a fund-raising management method similar to the "Bid Club".

Each member of the Oolong congregation pays a fixed amount of money each month to join the public fund, and if anyone encounters difficulties, they can receive financial support from the public money. A lottery will be organized every month, similar to a lottery, and whoever wins the lottery can get dozens of times the reward return of the month's principal. In the world where Fan Jin lived in his previous life, this kind of trading method was still common in Guangdong and Fujian, and it was a prototype of the rat club.

The people who joined the Oolong Club were all the kind of people who sold Shen as slaves, and they were beaten and scolded in the master's house on weekdays, and some people even if they were mixed into a relatively high position, eating and drinking without worry, but their personal dignity was still not guaranteed. The main family lost his temper, and he still scolded as much as he wanted, and he was in the hands of the master's family, and he couldn't be independent in life and death. For them, money is easy to talk about, and the most important thing is to find a place to support themselves.

The government will only help the gentry, and the law does not support the use of slaves to sue the master, so they can only form their own associations to try for psychological protection. It's not that the establishment of an oolong club really has the confidence to go against the master's family, but when I think of thousands of brothers and sisters standing behind me who are in the same situation, people's courage is naturally greater.

This kind of organization is the most united, and in order to keep his brothers in the association, he often dares to die more than the Jianghu gang. They may not have the ability and courage to threaten the government, but hundreds or thousands of people have demonstrated and petitioned outside the yamen, which is enough for the local officials to have a headache. After all, this is a time of peace, not a year of war, everyone wants peace, and the magistrate who caused the civil unrest is destined to take the blame.

Feng Mingqi said: "How many people will there be in Shangyuan Oolong, and I don't know how old I am." But according to the disciples, there are also tens of thousands of people. If it really makes a fuss, Master Fan has to prepare early. ”

Fan Jin frowned and said, "Shangyuan has so many slaves? ”

"When Master Fan went to Yang's house and ate the old lady's birthday wine, he knew how serious Jiangning's slave accumulation was. The Yang family is just a merchant family, and there are hundreds of slaves in the family. Ninety percent of the inside is bought out, the deed is in the hands of the master's family, and life and death are at your disposal. There are many who owe the Yang family debts and cannot pay them off, so they have to sell their own family members to the Yang family as slaves in order to reduce their debts. There are thousands of such merchant families in Jiangning City, and there are tens of millions of slaves. When they came to the country, there were more slaves. This is also the reason why it is not easy for us to introduce nursing homes, every family has slaves, and there are always some people who have the strength and kung fu, and who are willing to pay to hire outsiders. ”

Fan Jin nodded, "What the old man said is that this is a problem, or a big problem!" ”

What he cares about is not the business of the dart shop, anyway, if there is a business backed by the government, he will not worry about no business coming to the door. A few long-distance darts are more profitable than nursing homes and the like. What really worries Fan Jin is the harm of this slave culture to the entire imperial court.

Take himself as an example, after being lifted, Hu Tuhu's family rushed to their own house to be slaves, in addition to greedy for black money from their own hands, the biggest benefit is to desert servants. From the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it was a light and heavy service system, and ordinary people often ignored the large and complicated military service just by looking at the light taxes of the Ming Dynasty, and many service items would ruin the family.

When you become a slave, you are no longer a dingkou, so you don't need to serve. Although it is still possible to be oppressed and exploited by the master's family, or to support the work, but the two evils are the same, and it is always the state that is in service to the people who do more damage. Therefore, in places like the southeast, many poor people have joined the rich and noble families as slaves, and once this trend is opened, it will be more difficult for the government to find people to serve.

In addition to this layer, a deeper hidden danger lies in the contrast of force. Hundreds of strong slaves were enough to dismantle the Yamen of Shangyuan County. If the squires have this kind of force, and if they make private soldiers in the future, the authority of the government will be discounted.

This is not unfounded, Fan Jin was lucky to be born in Nanhai County, if he was born in those remote villages in Guangdong, the battle between the local and guest is often thousands of armed fights, and the local government is powerless to restrain them, so they can only watch them fight. It is not clear how much authority of the local government remains, and the magistrates there have to be subject to the large squire, and there is not much prestige at all.

This wind, like the wind of usury, is the time for a moment. Fan Jin remembered in his heart and decided to deliberately mention the issue of slavery in the southeast in the report he wrote to Zhang Juzheng, so that his future father-in-law would have a number in his heart.

Feng Mingqi couldn't think of it that far, but he was worried that if someone from the Oolong Society came to the yamen to make trouble, Fan Jin would not be able to deal with it. Therefore, he suggested: "It seems that the old man still has to say hello to the Yang family." The nose of the Shangyuan Oolong Club is Luo Wu of the Yang Family Nursing Hospital, and some of the other noses are his senior brothers, and some are his changing stickers, and they are all convinced of him. As long as Luo Wu sends a word, he won't mess around. This time, it was the Yang family who lost their own pawns to protect the car, and it would be too shameless to let the county yamen carry the black pot for him. ”

"That's it, businessman. Besides, Yang Shida's lady has also seen it, she is a very shrewd woman, and most of this method is her idea. Let her come forward to carry the Oolong Club, she doesn't want to do it. When I go back and wait for Mrs. Yang to celebrate her birthday, I will go and talk to Luo Wu. I've seen this person, although he is a martial artist, he is reasonable and can negotiate. ”

After saying this, Fan Jin asked about the government's loan again. Although the government issued a notice on this matter, this thing is not of much use, and if it is to be done, it must be promoted by powerful people. The partner Fan Jin is looking for is Feng Mingqi.

He was originally a social activist on the ground in Jiangning, and he had a cowpox aura as a halo, and he walked around a lot with the mansion. Since Fan Jin thought about joint lending, he also ran away from some people's homes. These big households are more face-saving, mainly to praise Fan Jin, and indirectly naturally to tie up Zhang Juzheng and promise to jointly lend money with the government. But at the same time, it also euphemistically expressed another demand: when cracking down on lending, please distinguish between friend and foe, and don't start with yourself.

"Rich people in Jiangning are not popular to buy land and land, they like to make money from money. Either buy a loom and hire a machine owner to weave, or put the money out to make money. There are many people doing business here, and there are many people who need money, and no matter how high the interest rate is, there are people who are willing to borrow. Yang Baocai lent money and received five cents of interest, and he was called a good man, and he was called a loser behind his back. The weight of other people's interest is unknown. With such heavy profits, you have to beg them to lend money, and the interest on the loan of Master Fan's official mansion is only two cents, and the interest cannot be overpaid, which is equivalent to being unable to get along with the moneylenders in the whole city. And among these people, in addition to the rich gentry, there are also some ruthless characters who are not easy to mess with. ”

Feng Mingqi laughed self-deprecatingly, "The old man said that he was not afraid of Master Fan's jokes, although the old man has a few catties of strength and some tricks. Even in the face of murderous gangsters, the old man has never been afraid. But every time he saw these people, Rao tried his best to lose his smile, and he was still sweating like pulp, more nervous than competing with first-class masters for life and death. I'm afraid that if I don't know which sentence is not good, I will offend which big man. Some of them have some positions, as long as they do it, they can destroy the old decay and their bodies, and the most terrifying thing is that they are not afraid of being investigated by others when they do this, even if Master Fan, you are responsible, you have to say that they are doing the right thing, and they are judging the case impartially. Although the master is bent on asking for the people's life, he must also protect himself, and he can't hit a stone with an egg. On that day, the sea pen holder burned the IOU in the sky, and in the end, usury was still as rampant as it is now, and it was only a matter of two or three years. Not only did he not do well in the officialdom, but even his reputation among the people was very average. Be smart, and don't do things that make mistakes. ”

Fan Jin laughed, "Thank you Elder Feng, I understand the stakes, but to be honest, I'm not particularly worried." There are two kinds of moneylenders, one is those who have spare money and have nowhere to use it, and the other is purely gangsters, who are worried about other people's houses or land when they lend money. The latter kind of person has Feng Lao to help me, and I am not afraid of him. The former kind of person, as long as he finds a place to go for his money, so that his money can make money, he may not have to trouble me. ”

"It's not so easy to find a place for money."

"It's man-made, there's always a way. But at the moment, this can't be talked about in advance, things have to be done step by step, and the meal has to be eaten in one bite, and there is no urgency. This official is about to ask Feng Lao for a few people, his boxing and kung fu are excellent, and his temper is also smooth, of course, he wants a man. ”

"What, do you want to take people?"

"Not really, but to ask them to help me train these dukes. I used to give them food and medicine, and some people said that they were too generous to the public, but they didn't know my real intentions, and it was now. gave them food, and the next step was to make the rules. I want to make Shangyuan's catch fast different from other places, this is what I want. ”