Although the officials are all sent from Kyoto, but because they are far away in the south of the Yangtze River and there are too many temptations within themselves, no matter what level of officials from outside, in the end, they will be assimilated by this huge and tempting golden nest, and the officials of the Supervision Yuan may be better, but the officials within the Transit Division have already become one of the pillars of this Dúlì Kingdom, and no one wants the Inner Treasury to change a little.

Even if His Majesty has now made a decree to transfer the inner library from the hands of the eldest princess of Xinyang to the arms of Fan Tisi, although these inner library officials have been the eldest princess's cronies for more than ten years, they are not very afraid of Fan Xian's arrival. They thought to themselves that as long as the superficial kung fu was done, presumably Lord Xiao Fan would not have touched the root of the inner library, and this kind of trick should not be staged once a son of heaven and a courtier.

What is the root of the inner treasury? It is not the mountains of gold and silver, not the workers who work as coolies, not the merchants on the periphery, but the senior craftsmen and treasurers of the three major squares.

The three major workshops in the inner library are distributed among the states in the south of the Yangtze River, and the first workshop is responsible for the production of glass products, handicrafts with extremely high jīng requirements, porcelain goods, extremely expensive perfumes, steamed and steamed famous spirits, and many other ...... And like glass products, it can be extended into countless goods, in short, it can be named as a luxury manufacturer.

Yifang is responsible for the mass production of cotton cloth and gauze, the study of rice seeds, the creation of good steel, and the production of major events...... The collection of the primary and secondary industries is mainly the production of means of subsistence.

Bingfang is the most heavily guarded workshop among the three major workshops, which is responsible for the production of ships, as well as the advanced ordnance needed by the military, such as the light repeater currently equipped by the black horse, which is provided by this workshop, and further away, the research department of the three departments of the Supervision Yuan and the inner library is still constantly developing gunpowder, but since the beginning of the Ye family's workshop, the development of gunpowder seems to have gone on a wrong path, so that at present, the Supervision Yuan can only use a cart of gunpowder as a cannon, but has not invented a thermal weapon. I don't know if it's because the people of Qingguo are not smart enough, or if the woman surnamed Ye has done something bad.

The three major squares are just a rough statement, and there are countless related productions, which are densely distributed in the land of northern Fujian, producing goods in a steady stream, and then picking up the goods through private merchants, distributing them to the Northern Qi, Dongyi, small vassal states, and barbarian kingdoms beyond the ocean, greedily and surging to grab the money and grain of the whole world, and at the same time, the better quality of life, more luxury enjoyment spread to the whole world.

After the Ye family was included in the inner treasury, although the various industries were greatly impacted, but the legacy was especially there, and the treasurers at all levels really came up with a lot of wisdom to carry forward the Ye family's industry, this curve reached a peak seventeen years ago, and the entire Qingguo's financial revenue, forty percent of it came from the inner treasury, only in recent years, this number has only slightly backwatered, but it is still the largest financial source of Qingguo, to paraphrase a common word in a certain life, the inner library is the yùwang engine that pushes Qingguo forward.

It is precisely because the treasurer, an unpopular official, plays a very important role in the production of the inner treasury, and the eldest princess herself is a woman who seeks to go all over the world with yīn, and she is not good at or disdainful of using the mountain sword to manage, so over the years, various situations have overlapped, making the treasurer the most special group of bureaucrats in Qingguo.

The lowest workers in the inner treasury do not earn much money, and even the officials in charge of management are not very arrogant, except for the treasurers, who enjoy all kinds of allowances and various dividends in addition to the rich salaries. This cannot but be said to be the consequence of the eldest princess's high salary to raise wolves, and it is also related to the chaos of the imperial court's management over the years.

Although they are not very arrogant on the surface, they secretly eat and take silver, exploit the workers, and scatter the money obtained through the peripheral money to the four fields, and have already bought a lot of land in the surrounding states, as for how many unsightly means are used in it, it is unknown. In addition, these treasurers have not done less to bully lower-class workers and bully men and women in the inner treasury.

The more senior treasurers also pay attention to their faces, and those middle-level treasurers in their thirties are **naked and shameless, and a treasurer found by Fan Xian at night actually has twelve concubines at home! And how did those concubines who were only twenty years old come about...... Who can say clearly? I only know that every year there are workers making trouble, and as for the number of complaints, there are even more innumerable, but the inner library is special, and often these bitter people who complain cannot get out of the inner library at all, and even if they are lucky enough to get to Suzhou City, they are always fooled down by the imperial court.

Offending good people is small, offending the treasurer is big, this is the consensus of Jiangnan Road officials.

So when the new head of the Inner Treasury Transit Department, Lord Fan Xian, arrived at the Yamen of Northern Fujian, those lower-level workers and people who had a bitter hatred for the treasurers no longer beat the drum to voice their grievances, but looked at the gate at the Yamen indifferently, and a trace of yīn fire flashed in their eyes.

............ As soon as the fire flashed, the sound of firecrackers was loud, and the red dust flew all over the sky, the main gate of the Yamen of the Inner Treasury Transfer Division in Northern Fujian slowly opened, and dozens of officials dressed in formal clothes, in the smell of faint scent, lined up in two rows, and saluted respectfully to the young official in the middle.

Out of the holy decree, please Ming Jian, show the identity of the Ming Qincha, and clarify the regulations of the manager, Fan Xian looked at these subordinates in the hall, put his hands together, and said, "Sit down." ”

"Thank you, Lord for your seat. The officials of the inner library sorted out their clothes and sat down, and there were not enough seats in the ya, so some of the lower-level officials stood at the back, and everyone looked at the gentle smile on the face of Lord Xiao Fan, and their hearts were slightly settled, and they didn't see the wolf-like Kyoto officials of the Supervision Yuan, who were originally a little jǐngti's brain, and suddenly relaxed.

Fan Xian squinted his eyes and looked down, and it was easy to find the object of his opening and shaking the tiger among the officials.

About five or six people sat there with swarthy faces, dressed in regular clothes, and with their belts tightly tied around their waists. These three people obviously did not have official positions, but they sat among the officials, and at first glance, they were characters who often came and went in the workshop, which made them look a little dazzling.

Fan Xian was especially sharp-eyed, and from the other party's seemingly respectful appearance, he saw a trace of indifference and contempt for himself. It was a very confident expression of demeanor - he smiled slightly, Shen Du yīn was as ruthless as him, of course he would not be angered by the other party's demeanor, but since the other party had been raised by the eldest princess for so many years, he had to knock them if he wanted to completely control Neiku.

First put the three people aside, and told the officials about the meaning of the court, and then chatted with the military representative sitting on the far right side of him, this military official is a distant relative of the Ye family, although the Ye family now seems to be forced to the side of the second prince by His Majesty, but because of the existence of Ye Ling'er, a wonderful character, the relationship between Fan Xian and the Ye family is quite good, so the general of the Ye family also has special respect for Fan Xian, presumably the Jingzhong family has some orders.

When it was almost time to say business, Fan Xian suddenly calmed down, lifted the tea bowl and took a sip.

Qingguo did not have the rules of serving tea to guests, and the officials knew that Lord Fan must have something important to say, so they all quieted down, and everyone already knew that on the edge of the river, in the bamboo shed of Suzhou Wharf, Lord Xiao Fan's inaugural speech had already shocked the officials of the entire Jiangnan Road, and they couldn't help but be a little curious about his speech today.

"Neku, what an amazing place. ”

Fan said with a smile.

The officials also laughed, and the deputy envoy joked: "In the wilderness, some are just knocking and beating, although they are disturbing, but they are different. ”

Fan Xian also laughed: "The reason why this official thinks it is wonderful is because ...... This time he was ordered to go south, and every time he passed through a place, whenever the official opened the government to reveal his identity, there would always be a local sufferer beating a drum to voice grievances and talk about many illegal things of local officials...... Unexpectedly, today's opening of the government has been half rì, and in such a big place, there is not even a single person who has written a book. ”

The officials were stunned for a moment, and said that you sneaked all the way south, and there was a fart who complained about it! But when Fan Xian said this, there must be something to say, and he couldn't help but raise his heart.

Of course, Fan Xian's words are nonsense, just an introduction: "This official is very pleased, under the governance of your colleagues, Neiku is actually clear and clear, and there is no lawlessness, which is really rare." ”

The faces of the officials were hot, and they even said that they didn't dare to dare.

Fan Xian didn't have a black face, but said with a smile: "But there is another question, I don't know if there is really no problem with Neiku, or ...... Some officials are so powerful that even if the common people and workers complain, they do not dare to come and listen to their own officials."

This is too unelaborate, it is a nakedly prepared to frame people to be guilty, all the officials, regardless of faction, are local officials in the inner treasury, and their hearts are cold, and they have a little disgust, thinking that even if you want to burn three fires, you can't use such a ridiculous method? Headed by the deputy envoy, all the officials came out one after another, and said loudly: "My lord, there is no such thing, there is no such thing. ”

Fan Xian lowered his head, gently rubbed his fingers on Si Sixin's sewn cuffs, and asked, "What's the matter?" I heard that over the years, the three major squares owe a lot of wages to the workers below, and there was a big incident a year ago, but is there such a thing?"

The officials were stunned for a moment, because the treasurer was too hard to exploit the treasurer a few years ago, the workers of the three major workshops did make a fuss, and two people died, and this matter has been concealed by the officials of the transfer department, but they did not expect that the news actually reached Kyoto! But since Lord Fan has already said it, it must have obtained the definite news, and it is difficult to hide it.

The deputy envoy hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "The return of funds was a little slower a year ago, and the wages were only three days late, but those Diao people took the opportunity to make trouble, and actually stopped the work of the three major workshops for a day, which brought irreparable losses to the imperial court, so after the transfer department discussed, he asked Ye Shen to suppress the bullet, but fortunately, there were not too many lives, thinking that it was close to the year, and the adults would arrive immediately, so they did not rush to report." ”

In fact, where is the late payment of wages, to be precise, the treasurers pumped too much water from the wages they were paid, and under the accumulated anger, the people's anger gradually rose, and the workers made trouble. And the officials of the Transit Department didn't want to offend the treasurer, and they didn't want to take out the money in the public to make up the account, so they pretended to be deaf and dumb, and only mobilized troops to suppress it until the matter was serious.

Fan Xian turned around and said a few words to the Ye general, who looked embarrassed and responded softly, thinking that the role he played in this matter was not glorious.

Fan Xian frowned, lightly knocked on the desk next to him, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, to put it bluntly, this Neiku is a business, but it is the business name of His Majesty, my business name of the Daqing Dynasty, since it is a business, the most important thing is the person who makes things...... After dragging the wages of the workers year after year, who is willing to do things for you? Even if you do things, how can you be willing to work hard? In the end, it is not the imperial court that suffers?"

The officials even claimed that they would strictly follow the regulations of the Inner Treasury after entering the rì, and there would never be any more arrears of wages, as for what happened after the rì, it was the treasurers dealing with Lord Xiao Fan, and these officials just wanted to fool the scene in front of them as soon as possible.

It's just that the three characters with dark faces and no official uniforms sitting in the chairs are a little difficult to look at.

"Talk nonsense. Fan Xian shook his head and sighed: "Naturally, you can't be in arrears in the future, but what about what you owed before?"

The main hall of the yamen suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

The officials were afraid and did not dare to say more, the number of workers in the inner treasury was tens of thousands, coupled with a series of logistics such as food, shelter, drinking water and clothing, the number of people was even more terrifying, and the wages set by the imperial court for the workers of the three major workshops were extremely rich, and pumping water from them has become one of the biggest sources of wealth for the officials of the inner treasury. If Fan Xian really wants these officials to spit back all the deductions of previous years, this is really a lot of money.

And these officials know in their hearts that they are hindered by the supervision of Qinglu and the Supervision Yuan, so they never dare to eat openly, just some small filial piety after the treasurers eat leftovers, and Master Fan is only afraid that those treasurers are targeted.

Therefore, the eyes of all the officials, intentionally or unintentionally, swept the three of them.

Fan Xian didn't seem to notice the turbulent dark waves in the field, and said in a harmonious voice: "The court can't owe the people, and the arrears of previous years must be gradually made up, but things are a little complicated, and it is definitely not urgent." ”

Can't rush ...... The hearts of the officials were relieved again, but they were frightened by the next words!

"Three days. Fan Xian smiled and stretched out three fingers, looked at the officials and said, "Give you three days, fill in all the accounts for me, and make up for the wages owed to the workers below, remember...... The profit of Taiping Money shall prevail. ”

"Three days later, if there is still a worker who comes to the official and says that he has not received his wages. Fan Xian said: "Or let the subordinates of the official supervision institute find out...... I'm sorry everyone, but this official is going to show a little ruthlessness. ”

He smiled, but the officials could already feel a chilling smell begin to spread all around.

............ The three benevolent brothers, who had been sitting quietly, finally couldn't sit still, stood up with a humble face, and said, "My lord, the lower official has something to report. ”

"Let's talk about it. Fan Xianxu glanced at him with interest.

"There may be wage arrears, but they are not large, and they are often not in good shape. The man laughed and said: "My lord is from Kyoto, maybe I don't know that the people in these places are powerful, those people come to work with their families, obviously they are working in the workshop alone, but he wants to report three people, it's not that we are in arrears, it's really that they want to cheat the court's money." ”

"Oh?" Fan Xian snorted, "And such tricks?"

"yes. The man obviously didn't see the irony in Fan Xian's words, and said with great joy: "My lord, those workers are cunning and slippery, relying on the court to feel sorry for the people, so they dare to open their mouths, but if some requirements cannot be met, they will be passive and slack off, and even some worse guys dare to do tricks and feet in the process, and I don't know how much silver the court has lost over the years." ”

This person poured dirty water on the workers' bodies with all his might, not thinking about how well Fan Tisi would clear his name, but after all, he was an official, so how could he sit on the side of the workers? The so-called ass decides the head, and you don't have to worry about standing in line.

Fan Xian sneered in his heart, what he said was ...... He blamed all his common mistakes on the workers, but his face was uneven, and he sighed: "Ah, I can't imagine that Your Majesty is so benevolent, and these people are still so dissatisfied." ”

The man smiled and said: "That's true, the arrears of wages, after the lower officials go back, they must be carefully investigated, but those workers who make trouble can't be spared, adults must not be deceived by the words of these people, those people are so ruthless, it's really not a thing." ”

Fan Xian looked at this person, and suddenly frowned: "May I ask who the lord is?"

The deputy envoy hurriedly introduced on the side: "This is the chief official of Jiafang, Lord Xiao." ”

"Lord Xiao?" Fan Xian seemed a little surprised, "The head of the treasurer?"

The owner of the three major workshops surnamed Xiao hurriedly saluted: "It's Xia Guan." ”

Fan Xian stared at him for a long time, and suddenly said: "You are a mere chief, but you are just a small treasurer, and the imperial court has given you a grade that is not in the stream, and you don't even have an official body, how dare you call yourself in front of this official...... Lower officials?"

Everyone was stunned.

His voice suddenly cooled down: "Keep saying that you are a official...... What kind of official are you? As soon as the door was opened, you were not waiting outside the office to ask questions, but you dared to enter the hall with a big face, and you dared to sit among the officials of the imperial court...... What a bold bold, what kind of bastard daring thing are you?"

............ Well?

The hall was quiet for a long time, and it was not until a long time later that the officials heard Master Fan clearly...... Is it swearing?

Suddenly, the pot exploded with a bang, and this was repaid! Since the inner library was classified as the royal family, this is the first time that someone has pointed to the faces of the three major fang owners and scolded her mother! Even after the eldest princess took over the inner library, she came to the northern Fujian Yamen for the first time, and she was also very gentle to the three heads of the three major fangs, why did this Lord Fan dare to scold her with her head?

The head of the first place, Lord Xiao, was also stunned on the spot, he didn't expect that even if Lord Fan didn't encircle himself, he would actually give himself so no face and scold so fiercely! He snorted, his face suddenly became ugly, but he didn't dare to say anything to the dignified "prince", and he gave up his hand stupidly, and he wanted to go back to his seat and become a bodhisattva.

"Removed his seat. Fan Xian's eyes narrowed, his eyebrows wrinkled into a very good-looking circle, and he said in a harmonious voice: "In front of this official, there is no seat for him." ”

"Master Fan!" the presiding officer was furious, and before his buttocks were next to his seat, he straightened up again, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Don't deceive people too much. ”

Fan Xian didn't pay attention to this person at all, drank tea by himself, and gossiped with General Ye and the deputy envoy who were embarrassed beside him.

As he spoke, the officials of the Supervision Yuan beside him had already gone down, pushed the Lord Xiao aside, and removed him from his seat. In this way, the matter is really big, not only the officials below have come out to intercede, but even the Ye Shen General also lowered his voice and said in Fan Xian's ear: "Young Master Fan, save them some face." ”

"Give them face?" Fan said with a smile, "I'm here to cut their faces today." ”

Ye Shen was stunned and did not dare to continue to speak.

Since the opening of the Ya from the Inner Library, the heads of the three major workshops have their own seats in the yamen, with a special status, and no one has ever insulted them so much, at this time, seeing that the head of the first fang was humiliated, the other two directors of the big fang finally couldn't sit still, got up and stood beside the Lord Xiao, and said to Fan Xian Han at the top: "Since the Lord thinks that there is no seat for us in the Ya, why don't we withdraw together...... Anyway, the three big squares are just some lowly people. ”

It's not angry, but it's taking the three major squares to suppress people.

Fan Xian raised his head, looked at the three principals standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "Of course you want to withdraw together, do you think you can still have your place?" Of course, not all of the three major squares are lowly people, but since you admit it, the official will also believe it." ”

"Your Excellency!"

The three major owners didn't expect Fan Xian to advance step by step, and he didn't leave a way out for himself between his words, so he knew that the other party not only wanted to build power, but also wanted to kill everything, but ...... What confidence do you have Fan Xian? Do you really want to watch the three major squares collapse?

The tone of the three major fang masters became fierce when they answered again: "My lord, I don't know what is offended by the three major fangs?"

"Exploiting wages, bullying men and women, threatening the court with skills, disrespecting the officials, of course ......" Fan Xian stared at the three of them and said: "It is not the officials you offend, but the workers in the three major squares, as well as the court and the people of the world who support you." ”

"There is no excuse for the sin of yù. The three principals said angrily: "When the Lord first came to the transfer department, he acted so recklessly, is it true that I have no rules in the Daqing Dynasty?"

"Rules? ”

Fan Xian smiled and thought to himself, of course this sentence was not spoken, but he just thought that when Fan Lao Er was rampant in Kyoto, his favorite thing was this cruel sentence, it seems that being an official is the same as being a gangster, when encountering an unclear situation, it is always feasible to use some brutal skills.

"Come on, these three people roared at the yatang, drag me down, and hit ten boards first. ”

Fan Xian gently rested the teacup in his hand on the table, ignored the pleading words of the officials in the hall, and laughed that he was just bitter and domineering, but he was a little impatient, where would he be willing to talk to these people.