"Lord Shangshu. ”

"Master Hu. ”

With a smile on his face, Senior Scholar Hu welcomed Fan Shangshu in.

The officials in charge of the household department also gathered around, and they all expressed comfort to the sick Shangshu, and even the official Shangshu Yan Xingshu was inconvenient, and the old face was full of sincere worry and concern. And the people of the Supervision Yuan, who investigated and dealt with the affairs of the household department, had already carefully blocked the small wind blowing outside the door for Fan Shangshu, and they were extremely eager.

Regardless of whether the imperial court really wants to investigate the household department, whether His Majesty really wants Fan Shangshu to resign, as long as Fan Jian is in the middle of the court for a day, as long as His Majesty does not tear this layer of nǎi brotherly affection, as long as it ...... Fan Xian, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, was still alive, and these officials in the court did not dare to ignore Fan Shangshu in the slightest.

So the scene at this time has a sense of absurd comedy. was originally a household book that was investigated, but it was cared for by everyone and cared for by carelessness.

Especially the inventory officials of the Supervision Yuan, they are all in one place, led by Mu Tie, and one is still Fan Xian's direct management of the yamen to this day, Fan Jian is the father of their top boss, what else do they dare to do?

The prince's face was blue and white for a while, and looking at the scene in front of him, his heart swelled with great unease. Fan Jian said that the number of illnesses did not reach the household department, and as soon as he arrived, he seemed to attract everyone's attention, and this minister, who was not conspicuous in the ordinary rì, seemed to have some kind of aura on his body.

Even though he was the crown prince and the future king of Qingguo, he still had to stand up in the face of Fan Shangshu, put a gentle smile on his face, and comforted: "Lord Shangshu is better?"

The crown prince is not afraid of Fan Xian, nor does he care about the Supervision Yuan, but as a person in the royal family, especially the successor of the dragon chair, he must show a certain bearing, the relationship between the old Fan family and their old Li family is too deep, and there is an old woman watching from a distance in Shanzhou, and the prince does not know what kind of feelings the emperor has for that mother.

Fan Jian smiled ashamedly and said: "All the affairs of the household department should be started by me, but it is really Fan's sin to bother His Highness and Lord Hu with all his efforts. ”

Although Fan Jian belonged to the side of the ginseng, he had not made a clear decree for the Hubu Shangshu, so he sat in the middle of the house in a dignified manner.

This is the household department, which is Fan Jian's territory.

............ After all the qi qi qi returned to calm, everyone turned their eyes to the household member wailang who was still in place - Fang Li.

Everyone's eyes are different. Yan Xingshu was gloating, the prince was hesitating, Scholar Hu was indifferent, the Supervision Yuan was frowning, only Fan Shangshu looked calm, and he didn't seem to think at all that because of this person named Fang Li, how many people would be involved.

At this point, of course, the crown prince figured out everything, Fan Jian, this shameless yīn cunning and silent old fox!

When the imperial court began to check the household department, no! It should be said that as early as a few years ago, when the prince stretched out his hand to the household department, Fan Jian was already watching this scene coldly, and then used extremely old and spicy means to quietly cover up this matter, without anyone noticing, but on the other hand, he deliberately left a small tail that was not noticeable, and with a slight flick, he was thrown somewhere in the seven divisions...... In this way, he not only covered up for the prince, but also took the handle of the prince, and the most important thing is that this cover-up even covered up the officials on the prince's side themselves. As a result, the 400,000 taels of silver became nothing, and the wipe was extremely clean, so clean that even Fang Li thought there was no problem.

Coupled with the collapse of the Ministry of Rites, a trace of stupidity on the part of the prince.

Only Fan Jian knew the whole process in the whole world, and this Shangshu master was unusually old and spicy and did not directly throw the general to attack the enemy, but left a trace of the thread leader in the messy grass.

For example, the winter clothes worn by soldiers in the snow in the north, such as the siege machinery that was not needed on the South Vietnamese front.

And when the imperial court began to check the household department, it would find the thread leader and pull it gently...... Finally pulled off their own trouser belts.

This is a bureau that has been buried for several years.

Fan Jian didn't need to do anything, he just waited for himself to be threatened, and then constructed some kind of situation, so that some people could grab the waistband of their trousers that they had long forgotten and pull hard.

Good game.

―――――――――――――――――――――――― investigation of the Ministry of Rites has also begun, although after Guo Youzhi was tied to death in the prison, the Ministry of Rites has undergone a major blood change, and all the documents are a little chaotic, but under the strong investigation of the imperial court clearance team, in the careful search of the Supervision Yuan, the order issued by the Ministry of Rites corresponds to the receipt that the Ministry of Household has been secretly kept.

The 400,000 taels of silver were indeed sent to the Ministry of Rites, but the problem was that the 14th Ministry of Rites transferred 400,000 taels of silver to repair the school and the Qiufu Academy...... Where did the repair go?

Of course, he knew that the school buildings in various counties and roads in the world were still so dilapidated, and the autumn school offices in many places would still leak rain. So his face became more and more ugly, and he asked the official of the Ministry of Rites in front of him, "Who can sue me, where did the 400,000 taels of silver go?"

Scholar Hu glanced sideways at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lightly, and sighed in his heart.

In fact, everyone in the hall knew the situation in the imperial court in the past few years, the Ministry of Rites has always been the back garden of the East Palace, and the Ministry of Rites did not dare to pretend that 400,000 taels of silver were spent everywhere, and anyone could guess that this silver was flowing to the East Palace.

It's just that since the East Palace has been found, this matter seems to be a little unsustainable.

After pondering for a moment, Scholar Hu said, "The most important problem at the moment is to find out the whereabouts of the 400,000 taels of silver. ”

The prince was shocked, but he smiled mildly on his face: "Lord Hu's words are reasonable. ”

Mu Tie of the Supervision Yuan was not qualified to sit next to these ministers, and he had been standing on the side, he looked at the face of Fan Laoshangshu sitting in the middle, and suddenly said: "The silver is to the Ministry of Rites, but the official who handled this matter died in the case of chūn in the year before last. ”

The prince was silent on the side, Guo Youzhi was dead, Guo Baokun had flowed, and now the Supervision Yuan had confirmed the death of the specific handler, even if the eldest princess knew that she had anything to do with the 400,000 taels of silver, she couldn't find any evidence to hand over to Scholar Hu, so his heart was a little calm. In addition to a little peace, I can't help but feel a little sad and angry, auntie, why are you doing this?

Unexpectedly, Mu Tie's next sentence made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feel cold.

I only heard him say in a straight voice: "But there are always clues to be found." Scholar, do you want the Supervision Yuan to check the Ministry of Rites?"

Chali Ministry?

Everyone in the hall was shocked, and they wanted to let this group of wolf-like inspectors go to the Ministry of Rites to check the Ministry of Rites, which would obviously make Lord Xiao Fan, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, extremely angry, and the Department of Inspections and Rites of the Supervision Yuan, under the remote control of Lord Xiao Fan, those poor officials of the Ministry of Rites were afraid that they would not survive.

But Mu Tie's request at this time seemed to be very reasonable.

Fan Jian lightly supported his long beard, his face was expressionless, but he was thinking in his heart that Anzhi's cronies' head melon seeds seemed to be much easier to use than before, and he could actually guess his own thoughts.

Fan Jian's mind was very simple, didn't the imperial court want to check the household department? If the household department wanted to protect itself, it had to open the battle line and drag in more ministries and offices...... The Ministry of Rites is just the beginning, and after all the six departments are found to be problematic, the extremely wise emperor His Majesty will not be able to reform all the six Shangshu.

Yan Xingshu, the secretary of the ministry, glanced at Fan Jian, admired the old fox, and quickly shook his head and refuted: "The imperial court has a clear decree to clear the household department, and it is not good to spread too widely. ”

Fan Jianpi smiled and said, "Reasonable, reasonable." ”

Anyone can tell what a sarcasm these two voices are. Yan Xing wrote a book, knowing that his proposal was unreasonable, since the deficit of the household department involved the Ministry of Rites, of course he should continue to investigate.

Scholar Hu was also embarrassed, and persuaded him: "Let's talk about it for a while, and talk about it for a while." ”

If you let go of the request for the Supervision Yuan to investigate the Ministry of Rites, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be found in the end, so before entering the palace to ask for the order, Scholar Hu, who is the Minister of Investigation, does not dare to make this decision.

At this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gritted his teeth and said, "The affairs of the Ministry of Rites always have to be investigated. It's just that there is a sequence of things, and the deficit of the household department has not yet been clarified, and the expansion is too wide, for fear that it will hinder His Majesty's will. ”

Fan Jian still smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reasonable, reasonable. ”

Scholar Hu sighed in his heart and said: "Regarding the matter of the Ministry of Rites, please listen to the holy oracle when you enter the palace for a while, according to the wishes of His Royal Highness the Prince, the Ministry of Household Affairs should continue." ”

............ If you continue to investigate, the household department will definitely find out more problems, the 400,000 taels of silver are only the tip of the iceberg after all, and the prince just doesn't believe that the Fan family will be so clean in the household department!

Of course, the household department is not clean, and the bureau set up by Fan Shangshu is of course not only buried by His Royal Highness the Prince.

With the gradual deepening of the inventory work, several more ministries were successfully dragged into the water by the household department, and Dali Temple was the first to bear the brunt, and Dali Temple, which had been a little silent, immediately changed his face and was embarrassed.

The household department is not a bad debt, but there are too many hidden accounts, and every deficit points to the misappropriation of a certain party in the court.

In the end, even the Qingshui Yamen like Taixue did not escape!

The official department Shangshu Yan Xingshu began to jǐng up, although the household department found out the problem at this time, and it did not involve the eldest princess and the second prince, because the people on his side, the silver money has always gone to the side of the inner library, but seeing that Fan Jian and the household department are so well prepared, who knows if he will be in danger of using some kind of name to yīn the second prince together?

"Let's get here first. Yan Xingshu frowned and said, "After entering the palace and asking for a decree, I will continue tomorrow." ”

"Reasonable. Fan Jian was still smiling and saying these two words.

Scholar Hu's face was full of indifference, and when he saw the officials in the investigation team, he thought to himself, how could the imperial court become like this? If His Majesty really had the determination to investigate, Fan Shangshu would naturally resign, but as long as he couldn't find Jiangnan, he didn't need to bear too much responsibility, and ...... The rest of the officials in the court are afraid that most of them will be unlucky.

―――――――――――――――――――――――― the palace of the deep chūn, there are occasional red apricots on the walls of the low inner palace, green trees and beautiful flowers reflect each other, and the beautiful scenery does not come out of the curtain.

It was twilight, it was dark in an instant, the door of the imperial study opened and closed, closed and opened, and several ministers came and went, and finally there was only one lonely emperor left in the room.

And the old eunuch, and a bright candle.

Emperor Qingguo's eyes were furious, and he slapped his palm on the wooden table, but he didn't shake out half a trace of tea, and said in a cold voice: "What a household, a good East Palace, do I really dare not kill someone?"

The ministers who had previously entered the Imperial Study were the officials who were in charge of the household department after receiving the decree. After listening to their report, Emperor Qingguo became angry. His original intention was only to investigate the household department, and persuade Fan Jian to abdicate by using the household department to transfer silver to Jiangnan, and use this relatively fair and upright method to re-establish the balance in the imperial court.

But he never expected that the household department was much cleaner than he imagined, and Fan Jian was much cleaner than he imagined, but the remaining five departments and three temples in the imperial court, but he didn't know how much benefit he had made in the household department, especially the East Palace!

Previously, Scholar Hu had already secretly recited the matter of the Ministry of Rites, and sadly hinted that it was better not to continue to investigate the affairs of the Ministry of Households, otherwise it would really cause unrest in the government, and I was afraid that the Ministry of Household had not yet had time to bear the responsibility they should bear, and the rest of the ministers should start to eat in prison.

In addition to the emperor's anger, he couldn't help but be a little chilled by the means of the household department, so he had the previous thunder anger, in his opinion, since Fan Jian knew these things early, why did he keep concealing them? Until he was ready to move the household department, he suddenly threw it out and caught the ministers off guard...... Isn't this a surprise to be an emperor who is an emperor!

He and Fan Jian grew up together since childhood, of course he knew the ability of the great housekeeper, and he was not surprised that the household department was so cunning and calculating, he was angry, but the courtiers in the court were not angry, and they were tied to this big ship by the household department, and what was even more angry was that the prince was so stupid, how could he dare to pass on this world to him?

Of course, the emperor was even more angry at Fan Jian's sharp counterattack, because this "partner" was ......, "He's trying to coerce me!" The emperor frowned and said coldly.

The old eunuch Hong, who was full of old age spots, shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of the old slave's words, this person...... is always selfish, even a loyal minister like Fan Shangshu, in such a dangerous situation, he has to think of some ways to protect himself. ”

The emperor's voice was a little sharp, and he said with a sneer: "If you play tricks like this, you can be regarded as a loyal minister?"

The old eunuch Hong sighed and said: "Dean Chen is more fond of playing tricks, but when it comes to loyalty, I am afraid that the old slaves will not dare to claim to be above it." ”

The emperor slowly closed his eyes and said, "Chen Pingping has saved my life countless times, how can Fan Jian be compared?"

"Fan Shangshu has been taking care of the household department for many years, quietly erasing all the hidden dangers, for what? Old Eunuch Hong sighed and said: "If Lord Shangshu really has any disobedience, the evidence he holds in his hand is enough for him to do too much, but he has not made any moves, which means that he just doesn't want the court to be turbulent." ”

"He should at least sue me first. The emperor said coldly.

Old Eunuch Hong said softly: "Judging from the news sent back by the Fan Mansion over the years, the reason why Lord Shangshu has not entered the palace is that he still doesn't want His Majesty to bother...... His Majesty should still remember the news that came a few days ago. ”

The emperor was slightly stunned, thinking of the news reported by the person named Zheng Tuo, his mood gradually calmed down, and he regained a little good impression of Fan Jian, frowned and asked: "It's just that the household department still has to investigate, otherwise it will end hastily, and how can the face of the court be put aside?"

"The key is His Majesty's attitude towards Fan Shangshu now. Old Eunuch Hong lowered his head and asked.

The emperor shook his head: "He can't do it anymore, I can compensate him in other ways...... But this household department, he can no longer lead it, An Zhiyuan is in Jiangnan to manage the inner library, no matter which aspect you look at, Fan Jian is not suitable to continue to serve as the head of the household department. ”

A sense of sadness arose in the heart of the old eunuch Hong, and he was a little sympathetic to the master Shangshu who had been worried all these years, and said tentatively: "There is a saying, the old slave doesn't know whether to say it or not. ”

"Let's talk about it. ”

Old Eunuch Hong said in a slightly shrill voice: "Lord Xiao Fan is full of talent, and His Majesty arranged for him to take over the Inner Treasury and the Supervision Yuan, which is really a good person. As for Fan Shangshu's side, if it is common sense, it is true that he should no longer pay attention to the household department, but ...... His Majesty may still remember that in the first year of Qingli, in this imperial study, Fan Jian, who was still a waiter at the time, had a big fuss with Dean Chen. Fan Shangshu, in fact, from the bottom of his bones, just doesn't want Lord Xiao Fan to be in charge of the Supervision Yuan. ”

"Well, go ahead. The emperor frowned, knowing what Gonggong Hong meant by this.

"After all, Fan Shangshu was a merry and talented man back then. The old eunuch Hong smiled and said: "It is an amorous person, the old slave is presumptuous, and always thinks that all amorous people can also become human bonds, Fan Shangshu stays in Beijing, and Xiao Fan will be much safer when he acts in Jiangnan." ”

The emperor's face was calm, and after a while, he said: "In the palace of the Queen Mother before, the Queen Mother also said the same, first, for the sake of the face of the mother of Shanzhou, the palace always has to give more rain and dew to the Fan Mansion, and secondly, Fan Jian stays in the capital, and Fan Xian will indeed feel at ease when he does things in Jiangnan." ”

What is peace of mind? It's just a covert precaution and threat.

"The prince is waiting. The emperor finally said with a cold face: "I will not treat the Fan family badly, but I will not let the affairs of the household department end here." ”

With the duke of the duke, in exchange for the authority of Shangshu, I don't know if Fan Jian suffered a loss or took advantage.

............ In the Fan Mansion.

Fan Jian closed his eyes, drank sour syrup, enjoyed Liu's massage behind him, and sighed and said, "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will mistakenly think that I am trying to coerce him, which is not good." ”

Liu's face was slightly gloomy, knowing that this matter was extremely difficult to end, although the palace would not be too much about the mansion, but the lord seemed to be about to step down from the position of the head of the household, and the emperor's mind had been passed through the noble concubine, and it was once again accurately and prudently transmitted to the Fan Mansion.

In these few years, the work of the household department is still being carried out in a boring manner, implicating more people, making the entire court into a mess of troubled water, the civil and military officials are panicking, the supervision yuan has also arrested a lot of people, and the household department itself has also been found to have some problems, but for the time being, the efforts of some forces have not yet achieved results, and no one can find the secret silver road between the household department and Jiangnan.

Many people, including the eldest princess, began to feel a strong sense of unease, could it be that the silver that Fan Xian used in Jiangnan was really not from the household department? As long as there was no such big crime, even the emperor would not be able to forcefully demand Fan Jian's resignation and accusation.

"The summer flood is coming soon. Fan Jian smiled and said: "The imperial court wants to use silver, and the matter of checking the household department will be slowed down, and I will spend it with His Majesty, as long as Fan Xian returns to Beijing during the New Year's Festival next year, there will be no big problem." ”

Liu smiled, and then he knew that what the old man had been waiting for was just the flood that God would come down.

With Tianwei to Tianwei, His Majesty is not a faint monarch, so he naturally knows which is more important.

"I just don't know what the situation is on Fan Xian's side. Fan Jian said with a slight worry: "Transferring silver to Hegong has drained him of a lot of confidence, and the Ming family is not so easy to eat in one bite." ”