For the officials below, the most painful thing in the world is dealing with Yan Donglou. Because Yan Shifan is really a freak that is rare in the ages, I don't know how Yan Ge always gave birth to him and how he educated him.

This guy is arrogant and extravagant, full of five poisons, soaked in the wine pond and meat forest, living a life like a barren silver emperor, but he is smart and world-famous, and he is by no means unlearned, but he knows all the ways in the officialdom, and he is good at calculation, his mind is outstanding, and his grasp of conspiracy and surnames has reached the point of reaching the peak, and he is a master who can not be fooled.

Just give an example, you can be convinced, for example, after he became the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he was in charge of the country's projects...... In his eyes, engineering is equal to corruption, the bigger the project, the greater the degree of corruption, the more projects, the more places can be corrupted, so for more than 20 years, Mr. Yan Shifan has adhered to the Ministry of Engineering and never moved places...... After Yan Shifan became the chief foreman of the country, he clearly marked the prices of the following projects, and wrote clearly the silver that should be honored to him and what you should take yourself.

Once, there was a governor who did not believe in evil and wanted to grab food from the tiger's mouth, so the capital issued 100,000 taels of silver to build a river, and finally the project was completed, and 50,000 yuan was used, and there were 50,000 left. This governor provided Minister Yan with 20,000 yuan, and the remaining 30,000 yuan was planned to be put into his pocket.

Yan Shifan was furious on the spot and said: "Why is there only so much, have you eaten all the 30,000 taels!" The governor was so shocked that he had to turn it in truthfully. But in addition to being stunned, I still wonder how this guy is so godly? Seeing that the other party was obedient, Yan Shifan proudly took out a performance appraisal form and proudly told him that it was this form that betrayed him.

When the governor saw it, it was just an assessment form for the river workers of the Ministry of Works, and there was no money involved at all, let alone any leakage. Seeing that he still couldn't understand, Yan Shifan revealed the mystery and said: "Every time I inspect the river works, I pay extra attention and observe carefully. Over time, a pattern was summed up: in fact, the budget for the project has always been falsely reported, that is, the money for the imperial court to repair the river embankment is always more than enough. Even as long as half of it is taken, the assessment score can be qualified, and if it is used to seventy, the assessment can reach excellent. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the evaluation on the assessment form and said, "Your assessment score is only qualified, will the cost be more than half?" ”

At the end of this story, Minister Yan still gave the governor a part of the money according to the standards he set, eating meat on the top and soup on the bottom, which can be regarded as a great joy.

But if you think that Yan Shifan is still righteous because of this, then you are very wrong, because the money you are given, he will get it back from elsewhere!

His solution was to marry more wives.

Compared with his father's self-discipline in that aspect, Yan Shifan is simply not like Yan Song's son. Yan Ge Lao has only one wife so far, and he resolutely refuses to please a little wife, while Yan Shifan's famous wives and concubines alone have twenty-seven rooms, and the rest of the maids and maids for his silver music are countless.

His garden is the largest and most luxurious of all the prime ministers' mansions; His beautiful wives and concubines and rows of houses lived around his main house, and the costumes they used, embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns, and decorated with pearls and gemstones, far exceeded the regulations of officials' wives and concubines, and even more gorgeous than the concubines in the palace, which was simply lawless.

When ordinary people heard this, they would only be envious and jealous: 'This is more enjoyable than the emperor'...... but in the eyes of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Donglou's multiple wives and concubines are a nightmare! Think about it, when you come back from other places, you must bring filial piety to the old family, right? Yan Ge and his wife are easy to deal with, but it's just a celebrity calligraphy and painting, and some local local specialties. But when he came to Yan Shifan, in addition to what was given to him, he also had to prepare those wives and concubines...... No matter what, it has to be twenty-seven parts, and you have the heart you want to jump into the river.

For example, when Zhao Wenhua came back from Jiangnan, the meeting gift he gave to Yan Shifan was a priceless gold silk tent...... and gave him a set of Jiangnan jewelry for each of his twenty-seven concubines, in fact, one set was worth more than 4,000 taels of silver, but he couldn't stand too much, and directly spent him more than 100,000 taels, almost eroding the old book.

Lord Zhao, who was the commander of Jiangnan and made countless money, was about to vomit blood, and the rest of the officials had to go bankrupt, and even had to lend him money as gifts.

In his main house, there is an ivory bed that is 'long' and 'wide' two zhang, and the bed is surrounded by a gold silk tent and covered with a silk quilt.

Yesterday, Yan Shifan fell asleep at almost the same hour as Yan Song, but he was not tormented by joint pain and couldn't sleep, but yesterday he paid tribute to a few new silver tools, and Yan Shifan was able to try a few new tricks, but he was so tired that he fell asleep in the second half of the night.

It was only when he woke up that he was on the third pole. As soon as Yan Shifan opened his eyes, his dozens of concubines all took off the silk wisps on their bodies and were naked, and lay down in front of the bed, stretching their necks and opening their mouths, as Yan Shifan's spittoon. Yan Shifan coughed a few times, squeezed out a little phlegm, and fed it into the mouth of his favorite concubine Liniang, this disgusting person's play, Yan Shifan called it 'fragrant spit pot', but it was not his exclusive invention, but imitated Fu Lang's 'meat spit pot' during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Of course, with Yan Shifan's genius and dedication, there are also many originalities, such as 'jade screen', 'gentle chair', 'white jade cup', etc., all of which he invented, such as this incense spit pot.

When Yan Shifan came to his senses completely, Na Liniang clapped her hands, and from behind the screen, three or four women with crisp breasts and towering breasts quietly walked out, these women lined up, came to the ivory bed, put their chests, swollen breasts to Yan Shifan's mouth, and whispered: "Master, please have breakfast." Yan Shifan hooked the woman's neck with one hand, put his mouth to the towering chest, and sucked it slowly...... In addition to taking a variety of aphrodisiac and kidney supplements, he didn't know where to get a home remedy, saying that human milk is the most nourishing, which can make people die in spring and rejuvenate, so he has recently become obsessed with eating human milk. It's just that how many women have been pitied, and they were deceived into the house by Yan Mansion in the name of recruiting 'nurses', but they were fed to Yan Shifan, who was forty or fifty.

While breastfeeding, Yan Shifan said to Li Niang proudly: "Last night, there were three 'red chips', at this rate, the goal of one thousand is just around the corner, right?" Because there are so many women to play with, even if he is extremely talented, Yan Shifan can't remember how many he has played. But he was born in the Ministry of Industry and was very good at statistics, so he ordered someone to make a kind of 'silver chip', that is, a white silk square scarf embroidered with flowers two feet square on the edge.

The most favored concubine was specially assigned to take charge of the 'silver chips', which he of course called the 'red chips', and for every woman he defiled, he left a chip as a souvenir. And the concubine not only counted the total number for him, but also how many women played with each woman every month of the year, all of which had to be clearly recorded.

According to the statistics of his concubine in charge of the 'silver chips', since the invention of this game in the 33rd year of Jiajing, Yan Shifan's average annual total number of 'silver chips' is about 600; this year, Yan Shifan deliberately cheered up and set a goal of 1,000 chips, "The master already has 630 chips this year" only listened to Na Liniang and said: "It's August, and there are still four and a half months before the New Year, one hundred and thirty-four days, and then an average of ten days to get 28." ”

"Hmm," Yan Shifan lowered his face when he heard this, "It turns out that the task is still very difficult...... and laughed loudly as he said it: "But this challenge, I like it, hahahaha......"

He was laughing silently inside, and there was a knock on the door outside. Yan Shifan, who was disturbed, was very displeased, and reprimanded loudly: "What's the matter? Dare to disturb my father's dream, has the sky fallen? ”

Yan Nian outside had actually arrived a long time ago, until he heard Yan Shifan's silent laughter, he dared to knock on the door and call him, if it was usual, hearing Yan Shifan say this, he would definitely have to laugh a few words, but this time he was really not in the mood, so he lowered his voice and said: "Young master, the master told you to go over immediately." ”

"Oh......" Yan Shifan came out of the bedroom in pajamas, rubbed his eyes, and had a bulging belly, and said, "What's the matter with the old man?" ”

On the way to Yan Song's study, Yan Shifan listened to Yan Nian's story, his face was already gloomy like water, and he no longer had the ease he had when he was in the back house.

When he arrived at the door of the study, he took a deep breath, knocked on the door, and said, "Dad." There was no response inside, so I had to knock again, only to hear an old voice say, "Come in." ”

Yan Shifan pushed the door in, called 'Dad', and sat down on the chair next to him, but heard Yan Song say in a deep voice: "Kneel!" Yan Shifan was stunned for a moment and stood there.

But I heard Yan Song say again: "Kneel!" He had no choice but to kneel in front of his father unwillingly and reluctantly, and muttered in a low voice: "Is it okay to talk well?" I have to kneel, what a lot of people in this place......"

"Shut up!" Yan Song suddenly had all his hair open, slapped the armrest, and said angrily: "You brute who lacks discipline, if you dare to say more, I will tear your mouth apart!" ”

"What are you doing with such a big fire? How old am I, and you still want to fight? Besides, are you still impressed? "In the past few years, Yan Song is too old and has no energy to take care of things, in the cabinet, Yan Shifan has been reading the chapters, issuing tickets, and writing green words, and has mastered the actual power, not to mention the family. Up and down the house, all the people and all the things have to listen to Yan Shifan's arrangement, and then they dare to do it. As a result, Yan Shifan turned out to be a 'dim and decrepit' father who was attached to his wings, and he lost his respect for him more and more.

"Good, good, good......" Yan Song trembled and said three 'good' words in a row, his mouth trembled, and even his hair and beard trembled together, suddenly showing the symptoms of the old man's stroke.

Yan Nian showed a panicked look, hurriedly ran to Yan Song's side, helped him, stroked his back, and whispered: "Master, don't worry, your body is important......"

Seeing that his father was so angry, Yan Shifan couldn't get up, and he was afraid that the old man would be angry all of a sudden, and he really couldn't support this situation, so he closed his mouth and knelt there honestly.

Yan Nian was massaging and feeding water, so that Yan Song finally stopped trembling, but his eyes were still straight. Yan Shifan followed his gaze and saw the edict on the bookcase.

Yan Shifan leaned over, reached out to take it, unfolded it, and his face changed when he landed...... The impatience and boredom on the old face disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by pale fear.

At this time, Yan Song finally came back to his senses, there is a way to know his son Mo Ruo's father, seeing that his son did not jump to scold his mother, he knew that this matter was inseparable from Yan Shifan, so he sighed deeply and said: "Eighty-two, this old life should also be in your hands......" Yan Shifan bowed his head deeply when he heard this, and did not refute a word.

Seeing that his son acquiesced, Yan Song said angrily again: "How many times have I warned you, there are many ways to make money, some of them are okay, and some of them should not be touched, betraying the exam questions is too taboo for the emperor, don't do it anymore, why don't you not only listen, but also intensify it and spread it widely?" Saying that, he panted and said, "I really think I die slowly, don't you?" ”

Yan Shifan was a master who couldn't stand the grievances, and was reprimanded by his father, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and said: "Before the exam, I did greet Wu Shan and asked him to pass on the exam questions to me and take care of a few candidates in this subject." As he spoke, he raised his voice and said with a look of grievance: "But where did I spread it?" Am I the kind of person who doesn't know what to do? Even the ones we take care of are our hardcore crops, and I really can't shirk it because of the past feelings...... Moreover, when I gave them the exam questions, I told them to keep them absolutely confidential, and they also gave a guarantee. Besides, they are all people with identity and measure, the purpose of buying the question is to win, and the fewer people who naturally know, the better, and it is impossible to turn around and solve the question in order to make money. ”

"What's the use of saying that?" Yan Song glared at him angrily and said, "The facts are in front of you, those people didn't keep their promises to you, and they endlessly expanded the scope of leaks...... Of course, it may also be Wu Shan, who has learned from him and sold the question. ”

What Yan Song said sounded reasonable, but Yan Shifan didn't see it that way, he believed in his judgment very much, whether it was Wu Shan, or those who bought the exam questions, they were all characters in his pocket, he was confident that he knew these people very well, and it was impossible for him to take his future or even his surname for a little profit, he felt that there must be something greasy in this!

"Father Shao'an is not impatient," Yan Shifan said and got up and said: "I'll go out to investigate, see what's wrong, and give you an answer as soon as possible!" ”

Yan Song nodded, but said again: "Then the emperor, how can I reply?" ”

"How do you reply?" Don't look at Yan Shifan's usual high-flying and impetuous appearance, but when he encounters things, he is a calm mess, and he only listens to him: "I can't reply now!" ”

"Why?" Yan Song said uneasily: "The emperor is so angry, let's pretend to be fine, will this make him even more angry." He said in a low voice: "I heard that last night, the emperor was so angry that he kicked off his toenails. ”

"That's because his toenails are too long." Yan Shifan laughed, and said: "Now this matter, we are getting darker and darker, whether it is the emperor or the hundred officials, they all have preconceived ideas that it is the exam question that we leaked." He sighed, "No matter what I find, we have to swallow this bitter fruit first......

"Then check ......" Yan Song is indeed old, his brain is turning too slowly, and he has lost his strength back then.

"Of course you have to check!" Yan Shifan's fat face turned with a confident light, and he smiled confidently: "Dad, don't worry, this bitter fruit is poisonous and immortal, at most, it just makes us uncomfortable." ”

"Oh......" Yan Song waited for his explanation.

"The reason is too simple," Yan Shifan said with a smile: "Do you think, if the emperor really wants to tear his face, he would have sent officers and soldiers to surround the Gongyuan, and the three halls of the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department would be tried, so how could he issue a decree and reprimand you in vague terms?" ”

"Oh," Yan Song nodded and said, "This means that the emperor doesn't want to touch me yet, just wants to teach me a lesson?" ”

"Exactly!" Yan Shifan slapped his palm and said: "That's right, there is a way to endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky, it doesn't matter if we suffer this loss, the important thing is that we are still standing!" So we have to look beyond this hurdle, look into the distance, and calculate for the future. ”

"What are you going to do?" Yan Song had to admit that his brain couldn't keep up, so he could only listen to his son's speech alone.

"Find out the culprit and give him the most severe punishment," Yan Shifan gritted his teeth and said, "To vent the hatred in my heart!" To set an example for the future! ”

(To be continued)