Shi Xianli walked out of the Bamboo Garden Pavilion, sighed, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, the building behind him was being renovated, but there was still a period of time before the opening, and the career process of Baoyue Building expanding to Jiangnan was smooth at the beginning, but there were some small problems in buying girls in Suzhou City in the past two days.

Every time he thinks about this, Shi Xianli has a headache, Jiangnan women are so beautiful and famous, why can't they find some decent girls? Could it be that they are all hidden? There are other ways, he has also been to the tooth shop to see, but the girls enthusiastically introduced by the tooth women are all poor girls who fled from Jiangbei, although they are sold by their parents, but they have not taken out their bodies, Shi Xianli is always a little unable to start, and he is also afraid that Fan Xian will be angry.

Speaking of that door master, Shi Xianli's head is even bigger, I really don't know what the young master is thinking in his heart, after returning from the inner library the day before yesterday, he plunged into the Huayuan let out by the salt merchant, and he didn't even seem to have any preparations for the upcoming opening of the door in the inner library.

Shi Xianli is wearing a cotton robe today, although he is now a businessman, he still can't get rid of the style of a scholar who has been cultivated by more than ten years of hard study, his hand is on the smooth wall of the carriage, but he does not get into the car.

The guards next to the car looked at him curiously.

Countless pedestrians walked by the car, and on the busy street of Suzhou City, Shi Xianli suddenly became distracted, he looked at the people in Jiangnan who were happy, frowned slightly, and recalled the past year, and suddenly felt a little more afraid of his choice.

After Yang Wanli's conversation in Hangzhou, although these people are still led by Fan Xian, they are firmly moving towards that unknown future. But Shi Xianli is different from the three classmates, he has faded the idea of official career, and began to take care of some secret things for Fan Xian, and also knew some secret news, so he felt more and more that Fan Xian was a little elusive - he wanted to help the world and support the people, but what did the master think?

He knew in his heart that the expansion of Baoyue Building was on the one hand to facilitate Fan Xian outside the Supervision Yuan, and there was a second way to find out the news of the world, but the more important purpose was to facilitate Fan Xian's money laundering...... Conscience?

Today, of course, Shi Xianli knows that Fan Xian is already a powerful minister, not the Ming minister he expected, but he understands better that if he wants to be a Ming minister who can leave a name in history, grabbing power is also an indispensable part, and in this process, Ming Zi will seem too stupid.

This is a philosophical dilemma, Shi Lili fell into it, but could not find any answer, so he had to get into the carriage in silence and put the bet on his trust in the disciple.

The carriage is going to Taiping Qianzhuang, and Shi Lili has been using the silver transfer there recently, and the share of 50,000 taels of silver really makes him a little frightened, Xiao Fan's silver is inevitably too much, I just hope that after he gets enough power and money resources in the future, he can still remember what he thought about and do something for this world.

――――――――――――――――――――――――― "I know exactly what I'm doing. Fan Xian looked at Yang Wanli in front of him with a calm face, after returning to Suzhou from the inner library, he passed Yang Wanli over, although it stands to reason that Yang Wanli cannot leave his post without permission, Fan Xian is a chaotic life, but there is an identity of Lord Qincha, presumably the officials of Fu Chūn County, including the adults in Shangzhou, do not dare to criticize Yang Wanli.

Yang Wanli sighed and said: "Teacher, the student is just worried, this officialdom is sinister, and it is extremely tempting to use luxury power...... Although the words were not finished, the meaning was already obvious.

Among the four sons of Fan Men, Fan Xian's favorite is actually Yang Wanli, because this kid speaks directly enough, and always keeps in mind the hardships of childhood, is upright, and honest and self-reliant is also different. Although Fan Xian is not a Qing official, this does not prevent him from appreciating Qing officials, and although Shi Xianli has a clear heart, he is only willing to keep things in his heart. As for the other two, Cheng Jialin is too moderate and stable, only Hou Jichang, who was as famous as He Zongwei in Kyoto back then, is very thoughtful, and he is really a good candidate for doing things, but unfortunately he is currently far away in other states, and Fan Xian can't use it for a while.

He waved his hand to stop Yang Wanli's over-the-top worries, and said with a smile: "My heart is firm, why should I worry about you? Don't always be afraid that I will slide into the abyss of evil, and if I am used to the darkness, I will not see the light." ”

Yang Wanli was slightly stunned, and then thought of what kind of person his disciple was, how could he be so bad, his worries may have been too much.

"Money is just a tool. Fan Xian said: "But anyone who is greedy always needs to exchange money for some kind of physical or psychological pleasure, and for a person who is rich enough, greedy for money...... If it wasn't for the purpose of counting the silver, then it must have been for some purpose. ”

Yang Wanli shook his head and said: "It's hard to fill, there are too many such things in the world. Although Fan Xian often popped out some strange words, Yang Wanli was used to it, and he could understand the general meaning anyway.

"I'm not a eunuch. Fan Xian smiled and said, "I don't have any special hobbies for things like silver. ”

Yang Wanli smiled bitterly, thinking to himself If you don't love silver, then why do you use Shi Yanli's name to run the Qinglou? Especially this action against the Ming family and the inner library, it is obvious that the silver will be intercepted, and how many will be handed back to the imperial court at that time?

Fan Xian didn't pay attention to the student's slander at all, and said directly: "I called you over this time, because I have something to explain to you." ”

Although Yang Wanli disagreed with some of Fan Xian's methods of doing things, and had some resistance in his heart, he just did not violate the law and did not violate the law for the things that Fan Xian confessed, and he was extremely careful in implementing them.

"Your Excellency, please. He looked at Fan Xian with a straight face, thinking that it was a matter of government affairs, so he changed his name and responded very strictly.

Fan Xian glanced at him, and said thoughtfully: "Immediately the Beijing Central Committee will come to appoint you and transfer you to the Ministry of Industry, I will inform you in advance, so as not to make you a little confused." ”

Yang Wanli was shocked when he heard this, and he was really a little confused, he did a good job in Fu Chūn County, and he would be able to enter the state next year according to the convention, not to mention his career, and this is also the right way. Although he was a loyal man, he was not unaware of the entanglements in the officialdom, and of course he knew why the sect master would let the three of them go down to the prefectures and counties instead of trying to find a way to stay in the various ministries and departments in Kyoto.

Because the Fan family's power in Kyoto was strong enough, they needed some help from other counties, which was why Yang Wanli would be sent to Fu Chūn County.

So at this time, when he heard that he was going to be transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Yang Wanli was a little unclear, so with his own rank, he could still help the master do something outside Beijing...... I don't know what the meaning of this arrangement is.

Seeing his doubts, Fan Xian explained softly: "From the local Ministry of Industry, it will be promoted by half a level according to the usual practice, don't think that this is my hand and foot again." As for why you were allowed to join the Ministry of Engineering, you don't have to be suspicious. ”

Yang Wanli nodded suspiciously.

"There are four divisions under the Ministry of Industry. Fan Xian stared into his eyes and said, "During the new policy in the first year of Qingli, the Department of Water was changed to the Department of Water Officials...... This time, you are going to enter the Metropolitan Water Cleaning Division. ”

Yang Wanli opened his mouth slightly, thinking that he could guess what the door master was going to do, his tender face turned red, and said: "My lord, although the river repair costs a lot of silver, but this silver ...... But it can't be moved. ”

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and scolded: "What kind of pig brain did you give birth to? The scolding in Hangzhou City has not woken you up yet?"

Yang Wanli came back to his senses at this time, thinking that even if the door master wanted to be greedy for silver, how could he put his hand on the river work without caring about the Jiangnan Ming family and Neiku under his buttocks, he must have thought badly, and sighed in great shame.

Fan Xian glared at him angrily, sighed and said: "You reckless xìngzi, you have to change, in front of me, it's good to say, after entering the Ministry of Industry, facing those officials who are extremely slippery, it's still like this, how can I rest assured that you will go?"

Yang Wanli gritted his teeth and said: "Listen to the teacher's words, the student must be calmer, please explain to the teacher." ”

Fan Xian was silent for a while, slowly raised his head, stared at Yang Wanli's eyes, and stared at him until his heart was a little hairy, and then said calmly: "Dushui Qing Officials...... Responsible for the examination and distribution of the imperial court to pull out the silver tael needed to control the river along the river, the amount is very huge, especially last year, the river burst the embankment, countless casualties, this year as long as the state of the imperial court is slightly better, His Majesty will definitely pull out the real silver. And I, let you go to the Dushui Qing Division, just to ask you to ...... Look at the silver. ”

Yang Wanli was stunned in his chair and didn't come back to his senses for a long time...... As everyone knows, river transportation is the most costly affair in the national economy and people's livelihood, especially in the past 10 years or so in Qingguo, the river has been repaired every year, and the embankment has been broken every year, and the silver has been poured into it like a flood, but no sound has been heard.

On the one hand, God does not give face, and on the other hand, it is naturally **, from the Ministry of Industry in Kyoto, and then from the Governor's Office of River Transport to the officials at all levels, they don't know how much benefit they have made from this huge amount of silver, and the scourge of corruption is worse than the flood.

Of course, His Majesty also knew about this, four years ago, the river burst its banks, and after a detailed investigation by the Supervision Yuan, when the court killed the governor of the river transport, it is said that the governor of the river transport has accumulated a lot of wealth in his family, and the backer behind it is the queen mother. It's just that Emperor Qingguo killed so hard that he still couldn't stop the corrupt atmosphere of Hegong, and the position of the governor of Heyun had been vacant for four years, and no one took over.

In addition, in recent years, the income of the inner treasury has been worse than that of the previous year, the two-front campaign has left the treasury empty, and the water conservancy facilities on both sides of the river have been in disrepair for a long time, which has caused the terrible consequences brought about by the decisive mention of the great river last year.

Something that even His Majesty the Emperor couldn't completely solve...... Let yourself do it?

Yang Wanli is not stupid because of this fact, he has self-knowledge, and he may have the ability to govern a county and a state by himself, but to govern the river, it involves the livelihood and death of all people in the world, so he dare not say such a big thing.

So he bowed in front of Fan Xian in fear and asked for his resignation.

Fan Xian looked at him, shook his head and said, "What are you worried about? It's just for you to see the silver, not for you to go to the river to fill in the soil." ”

"In order to ensure the safety of the river, why are you afraid of filling the soil on the river?" Yang Wanli replied with a wry smile: "It's just that since the teacher thinks about the river work, he knows that this matter has a lot to do. ”

Fan Xian sneered and said: "Don't you want to be a Qing official who has left a name in history? I just want you to go to the blackest corrupt official's nest in our Daqing Dynasty, but you don't dare to go?"

Yang Wan turned red and slowly lowered his head.

Fan Xian didn't speak anymore, just looked at him indifferently.

After a long time, Yang Wanli finally raised his head bravely, gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Benyi." He thought in his heart, even if he was killed by yīn in the river transportation yamen at that time, he would always be able to make some efforts, as the master said, since he wants to benefit the world, why spare his life?

Fan Xian's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation, and he said in a harmonious voice: "Willing to cut all your body, dare to ...... Ahem, the Governor pulled off his horse. ”

Yang Wanli was stunned for a moment, thinking that this sentence was a little strange.

Fan Xian concealed a smile and said: "What's more, now that the position of the governor of the river transport has been vacant, with my Fan family and the Supervision Yuan watching you, although the river transport yamen is as deep as Longtan, if those corrupt officials want to use personal means against you...... It's up to me to say yes or not. ”

Yang Wanli thought about it, yes, he has such a big backer as a disciple, and he is afraid of what those people will do? He also changed his mood quickly, and a look of leaping joy immediately appeared on his face, as if he was ready to rush back to Kyoto to report at this time, and then hurried to the bank of the river to see if the silver of the imperial court was actually spent.

Fan Xian looked at him and couldn't help laughing, and then said, "But there is one sentence, you have to remember it clearly." ”

"Please ask the teacher. ”

"You...... You can only manage the silver, not the river workers. Fan Xian looked at him very strictly.

Yang Wanli was slightly stunned, thinking that the matter of repairing the river would benefit the country and the people, why couldn't he do it?

Fan Xian stared at his eyes and said very seriously: "Repair the river, naturally there are professional engineers to do it, as long as you ensure that the silver is used on the right path, the river workers will never be able to take care of it...... In this world, the most feared thing is that the layman is in charge of the insider, do you think that repairing the river is as simple as filling in the embankment?"

Yang Wanli's face showed a natural look.

Fan Xian sighed in his heart and advised: "I asked you to go to the Ministry of Industry, just to use your clarity and sincerity, and there is no room for sand in your eyes, but I don't rely on your ability to govern the river without even half-assing." ”

He looked at Yang Wanli, although he responded, but still didn't seem to listen much, so he sneered and said, "Don't think I'm joking...... Yang Wanli, you heard me clearly!"

Yang Wanli subconsciously stood up.

Fan Xian stared at him word by word and said, "If you let me know, you dare to dictate the specific affairs of the river repair, and dare to use my reputation to make random ideas...... I will immediately send for you to be cut into thirty-six pieces. ”

Yang Wanli was forced by Fan Xian's cold eyes, his body trembled, knowing that the door master was explaining very seriously, so he quickly corrected his attitude and responded sincerely.

The two of them explained the specific details after going to the post, as well as the things that could be trusted in the yamen of the governor of river transport, and at this time Fan Xian really believed that Yang Wanli was not as stupid as he had in his previous impression, and that he should be able to solve the things he explained to him more smoothly, so he began to say the key points of today's conversation.

"I asked you to go to the Dushui Cleaning Division, but I didn't expect you to eliminate the long-standing corruption of the river workers. Fan Xian said thoughtfully: "The Supervision Yuan also has a lot of nails over there, but there are too many officials, and the relationship with the DPRK and the Central Committee is too deep, and it is always difficult to deal with it." ”

Although Yang Wanli was a little surprised, he finally learned to be smart at this time, and did not ask questions, but listened quietly.

"Therefore, the silver that the imperial court pulled out to the river...... In the end, it will always be insufficient. Fan Xian said mockingly: "Whether you believe it or not, but in short, this situation will be formed in the end, even if His Majesty pulls out two million taels of silver, the Ministry of Industry will still shout that it is not enough." ”

"Originally, if you take it slowly, it is not completely impossible to reverse this situation. ”

Fan Xian squinted and said, "It's just that it's a little too late in time...... Last year, the river burst its banks, washing away many dams, making the embankments and water conservancy facilities on both sides of the river that had been in disrepair for many years more and more unbearable...... So what about this year?"

"If there is no big flood this year, it will be the luck of our Daqing Dynasty. He sneered and said: "If there is another big flood, it will not be able to withstand it, and the river work has to rely on those officials, so it is not suitable for the Supervision Yuan to make any big moves." ”

At this time, Yang Wanli faintly noticed that the master of the sect was in Suzhou, but his heart was above the people of the world, his heart was slightly warm, and he said tentatively: "The treasury is not enough to adjust the silver, and it has already reached the chūn day, even if it can survive the chūn flood, but the silver is still needed later." ”

"That's what I'm really trying to do with you going to the Ministry of Works. Fan Xian said calmly: "I will raise a large amount of silver, most of which will be transferred to the treasury through the household department, and then transferred to the river transport yamen, but as I said before, there will be strict deductions along the way, I don't know how much will be left, the most important thing is that I am afraid that the time will not be too late, so the other part of the silver, I will be directly transferred to the river transport yamen, and you will take over." ”

Yang Wanli was shocked, Fan Xian's mouth called a large sum of silver, that amount must be extremely terrifying, I think it must have been obtained from the inner treasury, but this silver should be classified into the inner treasury, and then distributed to the treasury according to the will of His Majesty, as Fan Xian said, directly transfer silver...... At worst, this is also a private use of state funds, and at a large level, it is no different from rebellion.

"Time is too tight. Fan Xian said helplessly: "In previous years, it would take more than half a year to transfer money, and by that time, it would be ...... Damn, the river has already burst its banks, and bureaucracy kills people. ”

Yang Wanli of course knew at this time that Fan Xian's risky and unprofitable fighting practice was definitely not for his own interests, but he really wanted to get the matter of repairing the river on the right path quickly...... How's that for good?"

Fan Xian smiled and said, "What are you afraid of?

Yang Wanli thought about it, but this is indeed the case, although the source of this silver tael cannot be explained, but as long as it is used for river work, and not for private storage of dead soldiers, how can His Majesty the Emperor not get along with his son?

"Where did the money come from?" he asked cautiously, in fact, he knew that the source of the silver must not be seen in the light, but he was always a little uncomfortable if he didn't ask clearly.

"I'm a person who likes to eat big. Fan Xian said with a smile: "Immediately the inner treasury will start bidding, you don't have to worry about the silver, the key is to run this silver well, the Supervision Yuan will help you deal with specific affairs, and there are people in the Ministry of Industry who will cover it for you, you don't have to worry too much." ”

As soon as Yang Wanli heard this, he understood that such a large amount of money should be poured into the river work through unconventional channels, of course, it must be the high-level of the imperial court who turned a blind eye, and maybe the general plan afterwards was the father of the door master, the Hubu Shangshu who had always seemed a little silent.

"My silver will grow more and more. Fan Xian sighed and said: "There will be more and more every year, so now I am worried not about how to earn silver, but how to spend silver and how to spend it happily." ”

This is a bit arrogant, but the Ming family's silver has not yet been cheated, but he has already begun to think about how to spend the silver in advance, which is inevitably a little ridiculous.

"The Governor of River Transport is vacant for four years. Fan Xian smiled at his most screwed protégé and said, "I hope that in the near future, you will be the river transport governor of my Daqing Dynasty, and you will be the ...... The first, the ungreedy governor of river transport. ”

Yang Wanli stood proudly, with a red rì in his chest, full of pride.

............ The reason why he wanted to transfer the silver from Suzhou to the river was to seize the time and make a minimum repair to the river embankment full of holes before the autumn flood, Yang Wanli naturally refused to stay any longer, and hurriedly said goodbye and left, he wanted to go back to Fu Chūn County to confess, and to report to Beijing, and to turn back to the river to transport the yamen.

Fan Xian sat comfortably in his chair, waiting for the person who was about to arrive.

didn't wait long, Haitang pushed the door and walked in, looking at Fan Xian like a fairy, and only after a while did he whisper: "The question is, where did you get so much silver?"

"Tomorrow the Inner Library will open the bids. Fan Xian said with a smile: "If Xia Qifei is not a fool, he will definitely be able to raise the price to a suitable Cheng dù, forty percent of the fixed silver is not a small amount, since the Ming family is so honest with both hands to give the silver to the transfer division, I have to spend it to be worthy of the Ming family." ”

Haitang shook his head and said: "Jingzhong has come to supervise the imperial history, and the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion will also send people to observe, you can't move much of this money at all." ”

She continued: "Even if Xia Qifei can take over the Cui family's line, it will take at least seven months to wait for the goods to turn into cash. ”

Fan Xian looked at the girl's house with a smile and said: "Anyway, it is to transport goods to the north, anyway, your emperor wants to give out silver, and I have enough silver in the yamen of the transfer department, after the matter is decided, I will transfer some silver from the Taiping Money Village to use it first, I think you will not have too many opinions." ”

Haitang was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "This is not bad, but in seven months, you can always afford it...... It's just that Your Majesty doesn't know your arrangement, and ...... With the silver that I have worked hard to save for so many years...... I'm here to repair the river for you Nanqing...... It doesn't make sense, does it?"

This matter is not to be said, if the clever little emperor of Northern Qi knew that Fan Xian played like this, he was afraid that he would vomit blood in anger.

Fan Xian spread his hands, looked at Begonia and said compassionately: "Duoduo, you once said that the people of the world are the grace of God, let's treat everyone equally, if the river bursts the embankment and it is my Nanqing people who drown, isn't it a human being? You can't bear to watch this scene happen? The silver of the Northern Qi Inner Court, the silver of the Ming family, and the silver of the imperial court...... Isn't it all the money of the people of the world? I am just taking a great risk and using it on the people of the world, so what's wrong?"

Haitang smiled slightly, nodded and said: "The silver of the people of the world is used on the people of the world, of course, it is good, but if there is any famine in the territory of Daqi in the future, I still hope that Lord Fan will not hesitate to support." ”

Fan Xian didn't think about it, and said with a smile: "This is nature. ”

Haitang didn't seem to expect him to answer so quickly, and couldn't help but be stunned on the ground, I don't know if the other party really thinks so, or if he is casually playing haha, after all, there is really no one with the concept of nationality in this world...... It's just too little.

............ Haitang shook his head and said, "I don't care about the silver for now, but you really surprised me a little today." The officials and ministers who are greedy for silver have seen a lot, but I really didn't expect that your greed for silver would be used in these things. ”

Fan Xian slowly raised his head and said with a smile: "It's hard to understand? It's actually very understandable...... As I said to Wan Li before, silver is just a tool, just a means to seek physical and psychological pleasure, it is difficult to earn silver, and it is even more difficult to spend silver, how can you spend it comfortably? Some people like to buy horses, some people like to buy Mei Ji, some people like to buy the local owner of the manor, and some people like to buy official positions. ”

"And these are all too simple things for me. Fan Xian continued: "Since I want to spend silver to buy fun, I have to spend the biggest amount of silver to buy the greatest fun in the world. ”

"Alone, everyone, and ?......" Fan Xian began to educate Begonia with Master Meng.

Haitang sat down with a smile and said: "It turns out that in the final analysis, you still just want to live faster, just like you mentioned in your letter before, you hope that this world can be more beautiful, and you will be more comfortable living in it." ”

"Not bad. Fan Xian said with a smile: "Even if you have rich and powerful clothes, how can you enjoy it once the country is ruined? Even if you sing and sing lightly, accompanied by beauty, and travel the world without carrying half a trace of clouds, but you are full of starvation and carrion, and black crows peck, how can you be happy? Raising a dog to bite people and laughing is a very unquality life, but I can't be happy." ”

He finally came to the conclusion: "One person is good, ten thousand people are bad, this is not good...... Hello everyone, it's really good. ”

............ Haitang stared at his eyes, and suddenly shook his head a little helplessly: "I really don't know which of your words is true and which is false, what kind of person are you?"

After Fan Xian thought about it, he said very sincerely: "Why has no one believed it all along, in fact...... I'm a good person. ”

Haitang lowered his head, hid his eyes as clear as lake water, and said softly: "Good man...... Tomorrow the Neku will open the door for bidding, and you plan to continue to be a good person?"

Fan Xian's face calmed down and said, "At some point, I am not only not a good person, but also a wicked person and a butcher, but the two do not conflict. ”

Haitang didn't continue the topic, and asked seemingly casually, "In the past two mornings, you have begun to cultivate again, has the condition of your true qi improved?"

In fact, starting from the West Lake in Hangzhou City, Fan Xian's routine meditation at dawn and dusk began to recover, but I don't know why, he subconsciously avoided Begonia, and it seemed that there were some things hidden from the other party.

At this time, Haitang asked in person, but Fan Xian didn't answer, but just shook his head with a smile.

Haitang smiled lightly and asked: "The theory of spending money you said earlier is indeed fresh, but there are many injustices in the world, and there are many people who are suffering from the cold, why did you choose river workers in the first place?"

"Good halls in various places will gradually open. The displaced people in the Jiangbei area, the imperial court will find a way to resettle, and I have discussed it with His Majesty. Fan Xian said calmly: "At least part of the silver in the inner treasury must be held in my own hands, and then used to do something suitable." ”

"Is this the last wish of a certain senior?" asked Haitang curiously.

Fan Xian smiled and didn't say anything.

"You haven't answered me why you chose river workers in the first place. ”

Fan Xian still didn't answer, but a picture appeared in his mind, the beautiful woman in the yellow shirt was standing on the rocks on the riverside, looking at the fierce flood dragon in the river with a worried face, and looking at the people who were working the embankment on the other side.

"Let's get some rest. He said softly, "Tomorrow Neku will open the door, and there will be a battle to be fought." ”