The court meeting of Qingguo was held on time, the sky was still bright, the palace was still cold, the emperor was still sitting on the dragon chair, and the ministers were still humbly and directly discussing the affairs of each county and all walks of life. After all the matters that needed to be discussed urgently were over, the emperor with a faint tiredness on his face spoke, "What else is going on?"

A minister of Dali Temple came out and reported carefully: "Your Majesty, the Inner Treasury Transfer Division is making Xiao Fan's matter...... How to deal with it?"

What many officials in Kyoto did not expect was that the deficit of the household inspection department, which had been gathering momentum for several days, had not yet begun, and the accusations against Fan Xian, who was far away in Jiangnan, had already arrived violently.

Within three days, the recitals from the Jiangnan Imperial History and certain officials flew to the Kyoto Imperial Palace like snowflakes, and word by word, directly pointed at Fan Xian, the head of the Inner Treasury Transit Division, who was arrogant and salivating, and suppressed his colleagues according to his status as a cha, ignored the laws and regulations of the country, and killed four treasurers of the Inner Treasury in vain, arousing public indignation, thus triggering a strike of the workers of the three major workshops.

The three major workshops in the inner treasury are an important pillar of Qingguo's finances, and a major event like the labor tide has not happened for many years, so the news that came back to Kyoto also shocked many people. Kyoto Jiangnan is far away, and people don't know the real situation in the Yamen of the Northern Fujian Transit Division, let alone the officials of the Imperial History Guo Zheng and those eldest princesses who reversed black and white. Obviously, it was the labor tide that came first, and Fan Xian suppressed and killed people later, but the emotional accusation of these officials turned into Fan Xian's unreasonable killing first, which aroused public anger later.

In the hearts of the courtiers, Lord Xiao Fan is indeed a person who has done such a criminal thing.

So Lao Fan has not been investigated, and the courtiers began to have a deep opinion on Xiao Fan, and they discussed the matter at the court meeting for several days, but they never came up with an idea, and His Majesty did not let go.

There are always a few characters among the Wenchen who are not scum. They were not wary of the fact that Fan Xian was the emperor's illegitimate son, but because of this incident, they cast more distrustful eyes on Fan Xian, because they were worried that such a powerful minister would harm the foundation of the Qingguo court and the interests of the people.

For example, Scholar Hu, who has now entered the middle school of the door and began to walk in the cabinet, has no relationship with Fan Xian, and his understanding of Fan Xian is limited to rumors from officialdom and the people, although he was introduced by Scholar Shu. He admired Fan Xian's talent and knowledge, but he ...... There is still some belief in what the cantata says.

For many years, he served as a magistrate in various counties. Knowing the difficulty of Beijing officials, he is very afraid that Fan Xian will rely on his family background and background, and as soon as he leaves Beijing, there will be no one to check and balance, and he will do mischief in the south of the Yangtze River.

He decided to speak for the officials in Jiangnan, on the one hand, so as not to suffer too much from the local area, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Xiao Fan, who he had some appreciation in his heart, would slide down the crooked road.

I saw that Captain Hu was out of the ranks. He said calmly: "Your Majesty, this matter should be thoroughly investigated. ”

The emperor rubbed his temples and asked, "Investigate this matter thoroughly?" Fan Xian has already written a report to Yu I know, and the Supervision Yuan also has a newspaper of the Academy, and there should be a file in the middle book of the door, and you should know about it. The disturbance in the inner library this time was caused by Fan Xian's investigation of old shortcomings and seeking justice for the workers. ”

Master Hu said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, this is just a side of the story of Lord Xiao Fan, since there are so many officials from so many places to participate in him. Always send someone to Jiangnan to ask, if what the song said is true. Naturally, it is necessary to conduct a strict and thorough investigation and make up for it, so as not to hurt the hearts of tens of thousands of workers in the inner library. If what he said is wrong, the officials of Jiangnan Road should be severely reprimanded, so as to comfort Xiao Fan and give Xiao Fan justice. ”

The emperor glanced at him with a smile, thinking that this scholar also insisted on sending people to Jiangnan again, but Kyoto Jiangnan was so far apart, even if he sent someone from Beijing, would Fan Xian still be afraid that he would not succeed? However, the reason why he would transfer Hu Scholar, who had been exiled in other places, to return to Beijing this year, was that Emperor Qingguo wanted to use the stubbornness and purity of Scholar Hu.

Just like Lin Ruofu and Chen Pingping were used to fight in the ring many years ago, Emperor Qingguo was ready to let this Hu scholar and Fan Xian fight in the ring in the future, since this was the case, he naturally would not speak out at this time to refute the scholar's face, and said with a smile: "The scholar's words are reasonable, and he plans to choose to go to Jiangnan to see, what is the matter, he always has to see it with his own eyes, and he will know." ”

What Scholar Hu wanted was just this seemingly fair handling opinion, and since the goal was achieved, he retreated.

At this time, Shu Wushu couldn't help but worry and said: "Who is right and wrong, it can always be found out, the minister is just worried that after this turmoil, there will be a problem with this year's entry after Neiku has experienced this turmoil." After all, Lord Xiao Fan is in the first year in charge of the inner treasury, and please ask Your Majesty to mention him more. ”

This is a very mild opinion, but it also represents the worries of many courtiers, who are worried that Fan Xian is too suspicious and ruthless, and the production of the entire inner library will be a big problem. But Shu Wu is gentle, which does not mean that people in other places are gentle, but several ministers began to express their deep worries and loyalty to the imperial court through the words of Shu Daxue, saying that Lord Xiaofan is young after all, and the internal treasury has a major business, if there is too much decline in the inner treasury this year compared with previous years, should the imperial court think about choosing another candidate, how to how?

This is a blatant distrust of Fan Xian, and the meaning is also obvious, if you Fan Xian can't bring up the profit level of the inner library, even worse than in previous years, then what qualifications do you have to take charge of the inner library?

It was precisely because of the blatantness that every word seemed to be for the sake of the imperial court, so although the courtiers knew that these ministers wanted to remove the god from the inner treasury, it was inconvenient to refute anything.

The emperor smiled slightly and said: "What kind of success is Neku this year, I won't know until next year, the Zhongqing family is inevitably too anxious, whether Fan Xian will have negative hopes, it will take some time to know." ”

The emperor seemed to suddenly think of something. said: "However, the bidding for the inner library has ended a few days ago, and the bidding documents should have been sent back to Kyoto. ”

Qingguo has a wide border, Jiangnan and Kyoto are far away, and Suzhou opened the bid on March 22, but the news will be transmitted back to Kyoto. Originally, if he took the secret mail route and the hospital newspaper, it should have been a few days faster, but Fan Xian didn't know if he had forgotten. It is still a matter of secrecy of the bid, and it has not been revealed to the emperor and the court in advance, and after dealing with the labor tide of the three major squares in northern Fujian, it will be supervised

The hospital began to consciously block the news between the two places, so that today's Kyoto, although vaguely aware of the boiling bidding incident in Suzhou at that time, does not know the specific situation.

The news that should have gone the fastest was suppressed by Fan Xian. He walked more slowly than the three-stone master.

The emperor quietly looked at one of the people in the queue below and said, "Has Taichang Temple received the documents?"

All the income of the three major squares in the inner library is audited and managed by Taichang Temple and the inner court. So the emperor asked about Taichang Temple Zhengqing.

"Early morning arrived. Taichang Temple Zhengqing coughed twice, and said with a sad face: "The minister is in a hurry to enter the palace, so he hasn't seen it yet." ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "Then don't hurry up and get it!"

Taichang Temple Zhengqing bowed, and hurriedly trotted out of the palace.

"Wait, big guy. The emperor announced the delay of the court meeting with a smile, took a bowl of tea from the hand of Eunuch Yao beside him and sipped it slowly.

Time passed minute by minute, and the officials in the palace were waiting a little anxiously. But they didn't dare to show any expressions, and they were really curious, what was going on when Fan Xian went to Jiangnan? The forty percent of the fixed silver collected by the Inner Treasury at the annual Spring Festival bid opening was the largest amount of income collected by the Qingguo Imperial Court every year, and these officials could not help but look forward to it. Nervous waiting.

The emperor looked at these courtiers coldly, and felt slightly unhappy in his heart, he understood why for Fan Xian, all the civil officials had to stand up and express their opinions, even Shu Wu, who had a good relationship with Fan Xian, could not get out of the ordinary-because Fan Xian was his illegitimate son. The officials have long complained about the court's reuse of Fan Xian, and they always feel that this matter is out of place. His Majesty felt sorry for his flesh and blood, so he comforted him with his official position.

But this inner library is mine, this world is mine, and this son is mine...... The emperor thought coldly, when will it be your turn to talk too much? But the emperor also knew in his heart that if Fan Xian really didn't fight and made a mess of Jiangnan, the inner library would also become corrupt, and he would harm the important place of a country, and in response to the concerns of the ministers, no matter how much he could protect his shortcomings, he would have to transfer him back.

However, the emperor has confidence in Fan Xian, and this confidence is gradually cultivated, since Fan Xian entered Beijing from the prefecture, this Ninety-Five Supreme has been carefully and meticulously watching Fan Xian's every move, wanting to see what kind of ability he and the child born to her will show.

And in all the things, Fan Xiandi's performance did not disappoint him, Wen Youdian has three hundred poems in front of the palace, Wu has the name of Jiupin, the name has Zhuang Mohan to give books, the ability to grab gold is not good, but there is no greed, even that romantic energy, is not an ordinary young man can do, as for the grasp of the situation, it is not like a young man who is only eighteen years old, loyal to the king, filial piety to the father, it is really flaunted.

After all, the emperor is still a normal middle-aged man, and for Fan Xian, an illegitimate child, he will inevitably feel a little proud in his heart, after all...... This is his species.

So when the courtiers began to express doubts about Fan Xian, he asked Taichang Temple to immediately report the details of the opening of the bid in the inner library, although he did not know the specific number, but for Fan Xian's ability to scrape the ground, the emperor never doubted.

Scraping the ground is the simplest skill of being an official.

There was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and Taichang Temple Zhengqing trotted in, his face was red, and he kept wiping the sweat on his forehead. Ren Shao'an, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple who followed him, was also tired and gasping non-stop, running all the way from Taichang Temple to Taiji Hall, which was indeed a bit of a waste of physical strength.

After a brief salute, the emperor let the two of them get up, leaned forward, and asked with a hint of interest, "How is it?"

The elders in the hall also looked nervously at the two officials of Taichang Temple.

Taichang Temple Zhengqing grunted and swallowed his saliva. I didn't have time to say anything, but my face was already full of joy, and I said loudly: "Congratulations to the saint!"

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As soon as this remark came out, all the people knew that the situation of the opening of the New Year in the Inner Library in the sixth year of Qingli was optimistic, and it was a big good, not a small good.

The officials who faintly had the intention of protecting Fan Xian all breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on their faces, and Scholar Shu also nodded again and again with satisfaction. Most of the rest of the officials were slightly stunned, and no one seemed to think of it. After the secret constraints of the eldest princess's forces and the tide of the inner treasury, Fan Xian, who was in charge of the inner treasury for the first time, was able to obtain good results.

Only the scholar Hu had a calm face, and there was nothing unusual.

Emperor Qingguo, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was also relieved when he heard these four words, and although his face remained calm, he sat his whole ass back in the chair, very stable - although he had confidence in Fan Xian. But until I get a real return, I'm still a little nervous.

The Emperor smiled and said, "What is the exact number?"

Everybody needs money. The emperor is no exception, he has all the money in the world, and he prefers the total amount of silver in the world to be as large as possible. He is the biggest landlord in the world, but at this time, like all landlords, there is a faint joy in his eyes.

Shaoqing Ren Shaoan coughed twice. took out a file and read it aloud: "On March 22, the sixth year of Qingli, the Inner Treasury Transfer Division opened the door for bidding, and the north, south, and east three roads exercised sixteen bids, and the total number of audits was ......."

When he said this, he seemed to be startled again by the huge number, and his mind sank slightly. Said:

"Two thousand four million two hundred twenty two thousand ...... It's ......!"

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As soon as this fluttering whole word came out, the entire Taiji Hall became silent, and no one could speak for a long time.

24,220,000 taels? That's 80 percent more than last year! Fan Xian ...... How did he do it? Could it be that he would use demagogic magic to make those imperial merchants in Jiangnan become big fools?

The ministers were dumbfounded and looked at each other. Somewhat overwhelmed by this huge number, everyone's spirits fell into a kind of confusion.

Boom!

Scholar Shu's face flushed. He fell to the floor, causing chaos among the ministers, and it took him a long time to help him up. I saw that this scholar was extremely excited, and he said inarticulate to His Majesty on the dragon chair: "Congratulations to the Holy Lord, congratulations to the Holy Lord!"

The ministers only reacted at this time, and after a coaxing exclamation, they turned around and saluted the emperor to say goodbye, and the sycophants were like a tide

Yong, flattery is like the sea, holy grace is like a mountain, God bless Daqing, Your Majesty is wise, how cloudy

24 million taels of silver, even if only 40 percent of the income is received now, there is still nearly 10 million silver and silver! Such a large amount of income can be used to do too many things, such as repairing rivers, such as strengthening the army, such as helping the people's livelihood, such as ...... No matter what faction these ministers belonged to, after all, they were all the most powerful ministers of the National Day state in the world, and they all began to rejoice at the thought that the imperial court could have such a large sum of silver in addition to the urgent need of an empty treasury.

This kind of euphoria is not a fake, but a real joy, and the ministers, whether greedy or not, virtuous or foolish, always hope that the court will be better.

And while these people are desperately patting the emperor's ass, they will inevitably think of the ...... that they were suspected of opposing before Little Fan-sama.

The opening of the bid in the inner library was so smooth and brought such great benefits to the imperial court, and Fan Xian, who was far away in the Jiangnan Governor's battlefield, naturally wanted to take the first credit, but how could this turn around?

At this time, it was the Hu scholar who stood up first.

As soon as he stood up, the lively and happy court suddenly quieted down a little, and they all wanted to know what this Hu scholar wanted to say.

Scholar Hu calmed down and said: "I can't believe this large amount, I don't want Lord Fan to use some other means, the so-called dry water and fishing, this year the Jiangnan imperial merchants are bullied and squeezed clean, and the production of the inner reservoir land can't keep up, what will happen next year?"

In the sense of peace, there was suddenly a discordant note, which really made people very uncomfortable, and the ministers were in an uproar, even those who looked at Fan Xian was not pleasing to the eye, they were a little unable to look at it, and they spoke out to speak for the Inner Treasury Transfer Division. I think that this statement of Scholar Hu is inappropriate.

The emperor also broke away from the previous excitement, looked at Master Hu coldly and said, "In your opinion, Fan Xian has made so much money for the imperial court, but instead of rewarding, he should be punished?"

Scholar Hu shook his head and said categorically: "The minister's words are just a trace of doubt, after all, the minister is not in Jiangnan, I don't know the specific situation, but he just depends on the minister's duty." A reminder to Your Majesty. As for Lord Xiao Fan, as long as there is no problem with the opening of the bid, of course, he should not be punished at all, but should be greatly rewarded. ”

The emperor calmed down for a moment and asked quietly, "According to what Hu Qing has seen, how should I be rewarded?"

"Although it is a matter of silver, it is the foundation of the country. Scholar Hu said calmly: "Master Xiao Fan has made this fundamental achievement, and he should be rewarded by the world. ”

The Emperor squinted slightly. said: "What is the immortal reward?"

"After all the investigations in northern Fujian and Suzhou are clear. Scholar Hu raised his head and said gently, "The minister is willing to be a recommender." Please summon Lord Xiao Fan to enter the middle school and discuss it in the cabinet. ”

As soon as these words came out, the court was shocked, and the ministers were shocked, what is the role of the Zhongshu Province under the door? That is the center of the imperial court, after Lin Xiang resigned. Qingguo no longer has the post of prime minister, that is, the scholars of the subordinate Zhongshu are in charge of the functions of the cabinet, especially after Qin Heng became the garrison of Kyoto, and after Yan Xingshu, the secretary of the criminal department, withdrew, and the scholar Hu returned to Beijing, the status of the cabinet of the subordinate Zhongshu province has been determined-if he can enter the subordinate Zhongshu. It is equivalent to entering the highest decision-making authority of the imperial court, and Scholar Hu wants to recommend Fan Xian to join the cabinet?

The ministers wondered where this scholar Hu was from? Why did he talk like a crow for a while, but at the same time he wanted to give Fan Xian such a heavy power and such a high status? Yan Xingshu, the secretary of the criminal department, was slightly jealous and puzzled, and stared at Scholar Hu.

Unexpectedly, the emperor listened to this. But he didn't think about it, and said directly: "No." Fan Xian is too young. ”

The ministers were slightly calm, thinking that His Majesty's argument should be Zhongyun, otherwise it would be too ridiculous to let a hairy young man who is less than twenty years old enter the middle school to discuss matters.

Scholar Hu said calmly: "In ancient times, there were sixteen sages, not to mention that the Chinese book under the door is a clerical institution of His Majesty, not a ruling in the real sense. Moreover, Lord Xiao Fan is talented, talented, multi-functional, such a talent should be above the court to share worries and solve problems for His Majesty. ”

The emperor glanced at him with a smile, but still simply shook his head: "He is the director of the Supervision Yuan, according to the Qing Law, the officials of the Supervision Yuan are not allowed to concurrently serve as court officials, even after retiring, they can only serve as idle positions in the three temples." ”

Scholar Hu answered very quickly: "Qinglu will not meet His Majesty's will in the end, it is not a problem to be young, and the duties of the Supervision Yuan are not a problem, if it is not so, how dare the minister say that it is an immortal reward?"

The Emperor curled the corners of his lips and smiled, waved his hand and said, "There is no need to discuss this matter again, I ...... No, it won't. ”

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As soon as the Son of Heaven said that the horse was difficult to chase, Scholar Hu had no choice but to retreat, but there was no other look on his face.

The emperor squinted and looked down, and found that Scholar Hu and Shu Wu looked at each other, and knew that Shu Wu, the old guy, had received the news in advance, and immediately guessed why Scholar Hu would take the opportunity to make such a ridiculous suggestion today.

"Talent...... An Zhi is indeed a talent. ”

It is precisely because Fan Xian's ability is too amazing that Fan Xian is in the Supervision Yuan, and the civil official system will always be afraid, and they are more willing to leave Fan Xian from the Supervision Yuan and re-devote himself to the warm embrace of the civil ministers. After all, Fan Xian wears the hat of a poet immortal, and is faintly the leader of the hearts of young scholars in the world, for Hu Shu, the two heads of civil servants, it is not very difficult to accept Fan Xian.

Scholar Hu and Scholar Shu are people who cherish talents and are also people who know the situation, so they can naturally see that His Majesty has arrangements for the future, but they are a little unwilling to throw the pearl of Fan Xian into the darkness of the Supervision Yuan like this, whether it is from the safety of the civil service system or for the sake of Fan Xian, they all want to dig Fan Xian over.

Although this is mentioned a little earlier, Scholar Hu has seized this rare opportunity to show the sincerity of the civil service system, and began to pave the way for speech many years in advance.

Emperor Qingguo has always been more tolerant of these careful thoughts of his courtiers, and he doesn't care too much, but from this matter, he feels more and more that he is an illegitimate child...... The brilliance that it brings to the royal family.

The emperor was proud in his heart, his face was calm, his eyes were complicated, and he glanced at the Hubu Shangshu, who had been silent in the queue, and the nominal father of his son, Fan Jian.