Abandoning the boat and landing on the shore, Fan Xian walked towards the garden with a little question. Begonia was behind him, greeting the old man fishing by the lake, but he didn't have too much to think about the people, looking at the horses in the area outside the park, his brows furrowed.

The official who had come on horseback had already entered the garden, but he had thrown his horse out of the garden without tying the reins, and seemed to be in a hurry. The horse was dangling at the bottom of the stone steps, snorting, sniffing the grass that was about to grow on the ground, but unfortunately with a chewing head, he was in a hurry but could not eat it.

"Your Excellency. The guard at the door saluted him, and a subordinate approached to explain something, but Fan Xian waved his hand to stop. He had already recognized who the angry official was, and he felt a little annoyed at the thought that he hadn't seen him for a year, and the other party was still the same as he had been at the beginning.

There was a faint sound of fierce quarrels in the depths of the house, and after bypassing the shadow wall, the voice suddenly became louder, and the words were full of loud accusations and disappointed anger in the bones.

Fan Xian stopped, turned around and laughed at himself, and said to Haitang: "A little thing, you give me some face, don't come in." ”

Begonia smiled and nodded, and walked towards the path to the garden on the side hand.

Fan Xian tidied up his clothes, listened outside for a long time, and then coughed lightly, did enough of the teacher's style, put his hands behind his back, crossed the high threshold, and walked into the main hall.

In the main hall, two people with thick red necks on the front, like two fighting cocks, the two sides of the confrontation, one is Shi Lili, and the other is Yang Wanli, who has not been seen for a long time.

After last year, Yang Wanli was in the top three in high school, and because everyone knew that he was a descendant of the Fan family, the chief officer of the Ministry of Officials waved his pen and transferred him to a certain rich county in the south of the Yangtze River to serve as the magistrate. This is still because of the relationship between the official Shangshu and Yan Xingshu, otherwise with the prestige of the Fan family, it is not impossible to directly make a state or a judgment.

And Yang Wanli is also really for the door of the teacher idle fight, diligent in government affairs, close to the people and studious, in just one year, will be under the jurisdiction of the governance is in good order, it can really be said that the road is not forgotten, the night is not closed, the autumn period of the official assessment got a clear and clear, fair and commendable comments, Dali Temple when the evaluation, also commented on a up and down, although the years have not arrived, can not be advanced, but now it is also a dignified official from the six products.

And Hou Jichang and Cheng Jialin, among the four members of the Fan family, are now officials on Jiaodong Road and in the south respectively, and it is said that they also have a good official reputation.

After Fan Xian entered the door, he coldly watched Yang Wanli and Shi Xianli quarrel, and found that Yang Wanli was imposing, but Shi Xianli stepped back a little, and after listening to it for a while, he knew what it was for, and sneered.

Yang Wanli glanced back at him, stunned, frowned, but turned around unexpectedly, and continued to state sadly at Shi Xianli: "Brother Shi, it's okay if you refuse to enter the office, follow the door master, pick up the gaps for him, and work hard, which can be regarded as working for the benefit of the people...... But now that the teacher has obviously done something wrong, why don't you remind him by your side? We should also speak out and give advice to our disciples, and this is the right way! Do you know how unbearable the rumors are in this place south of the Yangtze River? They all say that Lord Fan Tisi is really a capable official, and he still doesn't know how to do things, but this cashier is above board and ruthless!"

Yang Wanli said the opposite, and sneered: "...... I think it's a silver river, and if the ship doesn't drain all the money from the states, the people in the boat won't go ashore!"

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he waved his sleeves and said: "For the sake of the official, for the benefit of one party, last year the teacher left a letter for us to be good officials and good people...... But...... But...... Is that what the official did? I ...... I'm almost faceless now!Old history!You've disappointed me!Rotting worms!Goods!"

When Shi Xianli heard the last two adjectives, he was angry, thinking to himself that you kid is happy to be a Qing official outside, how do you know Lao Tzu and I have worked hard as the owner of a jì courtyard in Kyoto...... Okay, you Yang Wanli, not long after becoming an official, you have become a lot more courageous, and you are full of enthusiasm, and you scolded: "You sour Confucian, who doesn't know the sufferings of the people! If it weren't for the teacher in Beijing, you would think you could get a good evaluation and an ungrateful fellow!"

Yang Wanli tilted his face, and said with a deep sense of pride and pride: "Although I only govern one county, within a year, there will be no bandits in the county, and the people's livelihood will be peaceful...... is also worthy of Xiao Fan's original expectations. ”

In fact, Shi Xianli also understood why the other party was so angry, and directly killed the door, the so-called greater hope, the greater the disappointment, they all hoped to be able to follow Lord Xiao Fan to do a career in Qingguo, the real loyal man, but Fan Xian is now in the Supervision Yuan, and the power is in his hands...... Things to do...... It is indeed the appearance of a powerful minister, but the gap with the famous minister seems to be getting bigger and bigger.

However, Shi Xianli has been by Fan Xian's side all the year round, knowing that there are many disciples who have no choice but to do so, and his feelings are even deeper, so he still subconsciously sneered and retorted: "There are no bandits, if it weren't for the state camp that moved twelve miles to the territory of your rich chūn county...... You can be scared away by the words of your saints when you are one of those bandits?12 miles...... Inconspicuous, right? But do you have the ability to do that?"

Yang Wanli was stunned, frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"What do you mean?" Shi Xianli glanced back at Fan Xian, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to think that the guards in the courtyard didn't stop this person, so that outsiders could listen to the quarrel between him and Yang Wanli, and it was terrible to spread it.

............ At this time, of course, the most innocent was Fan Xian, the two students were arguing, and his main master stood outside for a long time, but no one paid attention to him, and he was dried quickly, he followed Shi Xianli's words, and said with a smile: "It's not interesting, it's just that the old man at home feels sorry for a few of you, and he wrote a letter to the commander of the state." ”

At this time, the two people in the quarrel heard Fan Xian's voice, and at the same time were taken aback, and only after a while did they say in surprise: "Is it the teacher?"

Fan Xian stretched out his hand and rubbed it twice by the temple, rubbed off the glue at the corners of his eyebrows, his eyebrows returned to their original position, and his delicate and handsome face returned to its original shape. After he entered the house, he forgot to take off his makeup, so that the two people who were arguing did not recognize him.

He smiled bitterly and said: "If you quarrel, you have to quarrel behind closed doors, this is what I listened, if outsiders heard it...... I'm afraid that I still think that something big happened to my old Fan family to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors. ”

............ The lobby of the manor fell silent all of a sudden, thinking that the content of his quarrel had all fallen into Fan Xian's ears, and both Shi Lili and Yang Wanli were a little embarrassed.

The two invited Fan Xian to sit down and serve on both sides, although Fan Xian was younger in age, but the absurd generations of teachers and students were here, and they had to do it in place.

Yang Wanli touched his head with a headache, and suddenly thought of Fan Xian's last sentence...... He raised his head and shouted, "My lord! I didn't mean that. ”

Fan Xian looked at him with a smile, knowing that Yang Wanli was born in the bitter cold of Fujian, and he looked down on corrupt officials the most, and he was straightforward and hot, otherwise he would not have broken into the door like this, and asked: "Fu Chūn County is two hundred miles away from Hangzhou, and you are a civil official who came at a gallop without a servant, and scolded the official in front of the official for being a tiger who only eats people and does not spit out bones, this is not a bully...... And what?"

He was joking, but the weight of this joke was something that Yang Wanli couldn't bear. But Yang Wanli's feelings were really upright, he gritted his teeth, walked to Fan Xian and shook it to the end, and said in a deep voice: "The student is at fault, and the fault is that he shouldn't talk about right and wrong behind the back of an adult." ”

Fan Xian was slightly different, thinking about how this guy could turn so fast.

Unexpectedly, Yang Wanli's tone of words changed, and he said straightly: "But since the teacher has returned home, in front of him, the student is going to speak, and you also know that the student has always been afraid to speak up about the teacher's mistakes." ”

"Let's talk about it. Fan Xian said helplessly: "You are just this lonely crutch." ”

"The adults went to Jiangnan this time to manage the money of the imperial court, and the students thought that adults should not have three things. Yang Wanli didn't listen to Fan Xian's evaluation of his feelings at all.

"Three shouldn't be?" Fan Xian was startled, thinking that it was just Su Wenmao's problem of receiving a thousand knives to collect cash, but he didn't expect that there would be a three-shouldn't be...... Do you think you Chi Zhiqiang shouldn't sing ten in prison!

"Your Excellency should not allow your subordinates to loot the people's wealth along the river and use the people's power. Yang Wanli didn't sleep well last night, so he made up his mind to come to Hangzhou to "admonish" in person, and said bitterly: "When the Beijing boat went south, the officials of the counties along the Yangtze River deliberately greeted them, gave gifts like mountains, and also drove the people to pull the boats, and the water in the south of the Yangtze River was gentle. It's not that more taxes and miscellaneous taxes are leaned, and the people's income is looted, and adults should not be the judges of the Supervision Yuan, but they ignore the national law, accept bribes, ignore the people's will, and work hard for the people!"

As if he hadn't heard, Fan Xian waved his hand and asked Shi Xianli to pour a cup of tea and drink it with a grunt.

Yang Wanli saw him with such an expression, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, I don't know if the master was really angry, but it also made his anger even stronger, and said directly: "The second adult should not mobilize the Jiangnan Navy Commander to escort the ship, although the adult has the identity of Qincha, but since he did not show the honor guard at the beginning, but went forward in the starry night, this is already a violation, it is not only stealth, but also the transfer of officers and soldiers to escort, in addition to the violation, it is a big mistake, disturbing the place, and relaxing the defense." ”

Fan Xian squirted the tea in his mouth, and scolded with a smile: "You want me to be cut down, so that you feel comfortable?"

He waved his hand to stop Yang Wanli's next words, and said, "Let's talk about these two first." He pondered for a moment, "I also heard some rumors about the matter of receiving gifts along the river, and it did have a very bad impact, according to the letter from Kyoto, this matter seems to have become a ridiculous joke in Kyoto officialdom, and they all say that my little fan is suffocated in Beijing, and I can't wait to scrape a few layers of ground when I get to Jiangnan......"

Yang Wanli listened to him, his heart was slightly happy, and he said: "Exactly, regardless of the problem of violating the law and disorderly, just talking about this impact will have a great ...... on the official reputation of adults."

"It's a great impact on your official reputation, right?" Fan Xian sneered and said: "You said before that you have no face to see people now, Wanli, you want to be a Qing official who is famous in history, but you put up a corrupt official like me who makes a lot of money, I must have some hesitation in my heart, and I understand it." But ......"

His tone changed: "No matter what the officials in Jiangnan think, how the people think about it, and how the six departments in Beijing talk about it, others don't pay attention to it...... The question is, you are my protégé, how can you think that this official will be greedy for money?"

Yang Wanli was stunned for a moment, thinking that the great achievements of your big ship are facts, the evidence is indeed there, and now people are saying that the reason why Fan Tisi went down to the south of the Yangtze River to engage in the mystery is divided into three routes: north, middle and south, in order to be greedy for filial piety on the three roads at a time, are others wrong about you?

"What I have is silver. Fan Xian looked at Yang Wanli and scolded angrily: "Why should I be greedy for silver?

"You, Ji Chang and Jialin are now out to be officials, and they will definitely receive silver taels from the old man in Beijing every month, why is this?

Since last year's release of Chūn, Yang Wanli and the other three will receive silver tickets from Kyoto on a monthly basis, and the number has long exceeded that of Yu Lu, this matter has nothing to do with Fan Xian, and he can't imagine that it is all Fan Shangshu taking care of his son.

With the silver two bodies, Yang Wanli and the other three of them have a lot more hands and feet on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have also done some practical things with these silver two. He was moved when he thought of the subtleties that Fan Xian cared about, and was frightened by Fan Xian's rare angry face, and hurriedly replied, "Thank you, teacher." ”

Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "You will thank you for giving money, you don't want to think about it, how did this money come from?...... Of course, it's not greedy, you know that I have a lot of business under me, and I can still raise a few of your officials. ”

Yang Wanli frowned and said, "But...... The boat on the river?"

"What does that ship have to do with me?" Fan Xian's face was a little shameless, "You have to fight to scold corrupt officials, go to the boat to scold those people, and go to Hangzhou to scold me in person...... Yang Wanli, Yang Wanli, you are really brave. ”

Yang Wanli said bitterly: "Teacher, those people are your subordinates!"

Fan Xian smiled and said: "Yes, my subordinates collect cashiers, but I don't care about them, it seems that everything is carried out under my instructions? ”

Shi Xianli also persuaded on the side: "My lord must have a deep meaning, you broke into the door like this today, I am afraid that how many people will laugh and crooked their mouths in secret." ”

Yang Wanli thought about it, even if Lord Xiao Fan wanted to be greedy, he wouldn't be so vigorous, and he would be so greedy and low-level, could he really be wrong?

"There's not much meaning either. Fan Xian sighed and said: "It's just that I want to perform a play in Suzhou on the third day of the first month of March, and the play is too numb, and I want to get goosebumps now, and you will understand when you look at it." ”

Yang Wanli had already believed Fan Xian's statement at this time, and he didn't dare to say anything more, some regrets were too reckless, if he missed the master's plan to govern the treasury, it would not be good.

"Besides, I shouldn't say it. Fan Xian frowned, "Wan Li, you are too naïve, do you really think that this is a peaceful and prosperous world?"

Yang Wanli was slightly stunned, thinking to himself that now that the country is safe and the people are safe, the wind and rain are smooth, where is the fake? Fan Xian sneered and frightened: "If you don't transfer the water master to escort you, that boat may be dragged to the bottom of the river by the water ghost at any time, do you believe it or not?"

Looking at Yang Wanli's expression, knowing that he would not believe it after all, Fan Xian shook his head and said: "I won't hide the matter of the inner library, what I want to deal with is not only the resident insects in the inner library, the wealthy families in Jiangnan, and even the officials in the entire Jiangnan and the nobles in Kyoto...... How did the Ming family get started, and how did they make the family business so big now?"

Faced with this inquiry, Yang Wanli shook his head, Shi Xianli also recently came into contact with the secret report of the Supervision Yuan and Xia Qifei of Jiangnan Water Village, and only knew a thing or two.

"Pirates!" Fan Xian's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, "The Ming family received the goods from the inner library, went to sea from Quanzhou, went all the way north to Dongyi City, and went all the way south to the foreign devils outside the west ...... the west.

Yang Wanli frowned, thinking that the Ming family had also been in contact with them, all of them were gentle and kind tycoons, and it was always difficult for them to be responsible when they met pirates when they went to sea, could it be that the adults had something to say?

Fan Xian said coldly: "And in fact, the pirates are their own people!"

Yang Wanli was shocked.

"The production of the inner library encountered pirates, and his Ming family had to pay the inner treasury...... It seems to be a loss, but in fact, he robbed the ship of goods and smuggled them overseas to sell, and he didn't have to pay sixty percent of the dividends of the imperial court for a ship of goods, and what he paid to the inner library was just a cost...... This one ship earns more than those two. It's just a pity that over the years, I don't know how many more souls there are at sea. ”

Yang Wanli was dumbfounded and muttered, "This ...... Their Ming family can't earn much more, why do they dare to risk killing their heads like this?"

What Fan Xian said was found out by the Supervision Yuan in cooperation with Xia Qifei in recent days, but unfortunately there has been no live evidence. The Ming family has used this ruthless means over the years, I don't know how much money they have earned, these people are extremely ruthless in their work, the wind is tight, and there are nobles to cover, so the government and the opposition, just when going to Hainan is a dangerous storm, the bandits are rampant, but they can't imagine that the Ming family is robbing their own goods, and they are playing the trick of the bandit family.

He stood up, stared at Yang Wanli's eyes, and said, "Once there is a proper profit, the merchants will be bold. If he has 50 percent of the profits, he will take risks; for the sake of 100 percent of the profits, he will dare to trample on the laws of Qiēqing; and if he has 300 percent of the profits, he will dare to commit any crimes, and even risk hanging his head and not taking the imperial court seriously. ”

Both Yang Shi and Yang Shi were shocked by Marx's famous words and lowered their heads, and they tasted for a long time.

"What's more...... There have always been their fellow travelers in the court. Fan Xian sneered and said: "Serious export sales, the money earned must be registered, where is the money outside the account to spend safely?"

This sentence is talking about Xinyang's affairs, if it weren't for this kind of ruthless means, the eldest princess would have been much more difficult to get money from the inner treasury under the long-term supervision of the Supervision Yuan.

"Every copper plate was covered in blood. Fan Xian educated Yang Wanli and said: "If you and I want to do things, you must ensure your own safety, the Ming family can kill people, will kill people, and when the net is really broken, we will not be afraid to kill this official......! You've been an official for a long time, don't become a piece of rotten wood!"

Yang Wanli was stunned, he was cold for ten years, and after becoming an official, he was secretly protected by the shadow of Fan Xian's big tree, where did he really feel the danger of the world, at this time, he was criticized by Fan Xian, and finally sobered up a little.

After a little calm, Fan Xian waved his hand and said: "That's it, let's not mention these things, although you are here to kick the door today, but there are really no guests in this garden, we haven't seen each other for a year, there is always something to say, stay in the will clean up some wine and food, let's have a few drinks." ”

Yang Wanli hung his head down, but he was relieved to know that the door master still regarded him as the closest person, but he regretted his recklessness a little, and suddenly thought of a thing, and still questioned: "The third should not be ......."

Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "If you don't offend me to the end, it seems that you can't eat, let's say it." ”

Yang Wanli thought about it and felt that this matter was indeed wrong for the door teacher, so he said confidently: "Recently, auspicious things have been happening in various places, and the officials and people will always say two words at the banquet, and the students have never said it in front of people, but in front of the teacher, they have to take the liberty of speaking. ”

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, knowing that although Yang Wanli was stubborn, he was still extremely smart, and he actually saw that Siye Xiangrui was made by himself, but this kid actually ...... Dare to scold yourself for slapping the emperor's ass in front of yourself!

"Get out!" Fan Xian finally got really angry, and scolded bitterly: "Don't eat rice, go back to your rich county to drink porridge!"

Yang Wanli was also a bachelor at this time, and he straightly let the spitting star of the sect master wash his face, and said with a righteous face: "The student is going to drink porridge in Pengyuan today." ”

Fan Xian flicked his sleeves and went out, Shi Yang and the others hurriedly followed behind, not daring to leave for half a step. It was only at this time that this young man, who was less than twenty, finally had the appearance of a young man, and was no longer the master who sat upright and pretended to be an old and mature doorman.

............ On the third day of the third month of March, the dragon raised its head.

On this day, the convoy of the provincial relatives of Lanzhou and the Beijing boat that went down the Yinjiang River all came to the wharf outside Suzhou on this day, and on the night before, a team from Hangzhou had quietly boarded the ship, and the three teams from Kyoto finally triumphantly met in Jiangnan.

On the wharf, the gongs and drums are noisy, the firecrackers are ringing, and the officials at all levels of Jiangnan Road are cleaning up their official uniforms...... The arrival of Xiao Fan and Fan Xian.