According to the custom of the Chinese, any gathering must be completed by setting the table and eating a meal, not to mention that those who came today are sweaty people with heads and faces.

So Qiu Luan listened to Xiao Feng's suggestion and held a big banquet in the mutual market, feasting everyone present.

Those who saw it had a share to celebrate the peace of the grassland and officially join the big family of the Ming Dynasty.

Qiu Luan's handwriting of treats is very surprising, because although Qiu Luan is rich, he is usually not very generous, and such a generous treat is really not in line with the usual personality.

The reason for this is known to only a few people, such as Xiao Feng and Qi Jiguang, who were cited as confidants by Qiu Luan.

The Great Khans returned drunk, hooked their shoulders and sang songs from the grassland: blue sky, auntie...... Clear lake, Auntie......

Seeing off the outsiders, Qiu Luan closed the door, and his smiling face immediately turned into a bitter gourd face.

"Brother Xiao save me! I'm going to be finished! ”

Xiao Feng was not surprised, signaled Qi Jiguang to close the door tightly, and then poured himself a cup of tea.

"Tell me how much you're greedy."

Qiu Luan thought seriously for a long time: "It must be more than five hundred taels!" ”

Xiao Fengqi smiled: "Think about it again!" ”

Qiu Luan grinned: "It's probably more than five thousand taels." ”

Xiao Feng slammed the teacup on the table, and Qiu Luan jumped up.

"Fifty thousand taels, there must be fifty thousand taels!"

Xiao Feng turned his head to look at Qi Jiguang: "The elder of the Imperial Prison has recently been studying a punishment during the Taizu period.

It is the kind that pours mercury on people's heads and skins people alive. He said that this was specially prepared by Taizu for corrupt officials back then.

Hearing that the imperial court was going to fight corruption, he immediately began to practice, for fear that when the time came, the craftsmanship would be unfamiliar and it would not be his turn to do it.

He sighed and said to me that this would be the pinnacle of his life, that is, he would get what he wanted in some year and month! ”

"Five hundred thousand taels! At most, 500,000 taels, I can't remember any more! I also have to give gifts to others, anyway, that's the number in my hand! ”

Xiao Feng nodded, feeling emotion in his heart. Sure enough, what is the richest man in the capital, Tan Xinren's original family property valuation was only 500,000 taels, and when the real competition was 300,000 taels, the cash was run out and went bankrupt.

Qiu Luan can directly take out 500,000 taels of silver, and he will not be an isolated case, and sure enough, when will the real richest man not be a businessman.

Zhao Wenhua has no money in his hand because most of his assets exist in other businesses in the form of shares. As soon as he fell, those merchants would no longer admit it, and they would be poor for several lifetimes.

It can be seen that Zhao Wenhua is a corrupt official who is not very smart, and he wasted his godfather to give him such a good golden corruption position, no wonder his godbrother looks down on him.

Zhao Wenhua's case tells us a profound truth: any career, including corruption, cannot reach the high-end level only by hard work and no talent, so don't force your children to play the piano.

Xiao Feng sighed: "What do you say you want so much money for?" You even go to the toilet with straw paper that is reimbursed by the imperial court, that is, how much can you spend on brocade clothes and jade food?

You took three concubines, isn't it enough for you to toss? I heard Tao Zhongwen say that you wrote a letter to him to pass the Tianyang Pill, and one mouth is a hundred, are you going to play with your life?

Or do you want to build a house? Do you also want to build a big mansion like Yan Shifan, and then be taken in by Banzai as a royal palace? ”

Qiu Luan had a bitter face: "Brother Xiao, you can't blame me for this. In the early years, which one of the soldiers was not greedy?

Later, Xia Yan died, Yan Song took the position, his family took the lead in greed, and there were even more greedy people below. Besides, don't you be greedy for what to give to the Yan family?

I don't dare to be greedy now, but what should I do if I was greedy before? I heard that Hai Rui came to check all the way, it was really a person who turned on his back, Brother Xiao, you have to save me! ”

Xiao Feng pondered for a moment: "You remember, if Hai Rui finds out about you, you must bite you to death, you are corrupt for the country." ”

Qiu Luan and Qi Jiguang were stunned, what is corruption for the country?

We have heard of Zhang Tianci's prostitution for the public, thinking that he is invincible in the world, is there such a thing as corruption for the country?

Xiao Feng slowly explained: "Today, I asked you to have a banquet to entertain you, just to give you a way out.

Since you have coveted this money, you must spend it now, and it must be spent on the right path.

In this way, even if it is found that the money is not coming from the right source, as long as the money is spent correctly, the blame can be passed on to the Yan Party.

You said that you had the intention to serve the country at that time, but the strict party covered the sky with one hand and had to embezzle for the country. ”

Qiu Luan seems to have gained a little, but he is still not very clear: "But if Hai Rui wants to ask me about the details of corruption, what should I do?" ”

Xiao Feng smiled: "You just said that you have been guarding the border for a long time and witnessed the low combat strength of the Ming army." Nomads are on the border every year, you have the heart to kill the thief, but you have no power to return to the sky.

All this is due to the strict control of the government by the party, the emphasis on literature over military force, and the greed for military spending. You have repeatedly suggested to Yan Song how to strengthen the army, but Yan Song ignored it.

In desperation, you have to withhold some expenses from some things, but what you take from the army and use it for the army is spent on guarding the border gates.

In this way, even if you may not be completely exempt from the sin of greedy ink, the court will understand.

In addition, you designed to kill Altan Khan and divide and subdue the grassland tribes, and if you have this great achievement, you will atone for your sins. ”

Qiu Luan looked at Xiao Feng with some confidence: "Did I plan to kill Altan Khan?" Have I subdued the steppe tribes? It's not good......"

Xiao Feng didn't say secret words in front of stupid people: "You are the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and the front-line affairs of the Xuanda, no matter who did it, you have your own credit."

What's more, I already have too much credit, and things will be reversed, so it's a good thing for you and me to help me share a little credit.

In this grassland battle, you are the first merit, Qi Jiguang is the second, since I am here, I can't say a word without mentioning it, just write about it. ”

Qiu Luan was overjoyed, and hurriedly poured tea for Xiao Feng: "With this great achievement, I will be half done." But how shall I spend all this amount of silver? You can't invite someone to dinner every day, can you? ”

Xiao Feng pondered for a moment: "I have already suggested that long live, let the household department open a channel for returning the stolen goods, and anyone who has been guilty of embezzlement in the past can return the silver to the household department."

It's just that this return of stolen goods can only reduce the criminal responsibility, but cannot completely exempt the criminal responsibility. Moreover, if unjust cases and evil deeds are caused by the embezzlement of ink, the criminal department still has to investigate and deal with them according to the law and punish the crimes that deserve them.

Don't go this way, give the money to Qi Jiguang, and let him train a new army for future attacks against the Japanese invaders. ”

Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment: "The disaster of the Japanese Kou on the coast is no longer as fierce as it used to be, there are two naval generals on the sea, and Governor Hu and Brother Yu on the land, do you still need to train the new army alone?" ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "The last battle of the Ming Dynasty should be the battle with the Japanese Kou." It won't just be at sea, so be prepared.

All this money is spent on this army, and I will explain to Banzai that I will jump you both over in the name of military secrecy when it comes to Haricha. ”

Qiu Luan doesn't care, anyway, if you want to save your life, you can't keep your money, since you can't keep it, Xiao Feng can do whatever she arranges.

Qi Jiguang suddenly thought of something, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Xiao, I'm afraid that Governor Hu's side also needs your military secrets, and his money may not be less than that of Governor Qiu......"

Xiao Feng smiled: "Hu Zongxian is good to say, his own family is a rich and prestigious family.

But you're right, he may not be clean all these years, so give him a military secret for joint training.

But remember, I'm only going to help you this once, and if you have any more ink greed, you can do it. ”

Qiu Luan nodded again and again, and said with emotion: "Brother Xiao's song says it well, 'Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only gold and silver can't forget!'" In the end, he only hated to gather much, and when he reached a long time, his eyes were closed. ’

I also count half my life as an accumulation, today's wealth is going to make people happy, I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have been greedy for money in the first place, and I wouldn't have been forced to get on Yan Shifan's thief ship and help Banzai frame Xia Yan......"

Xiao Feng helped Qiu Luan solve the great crisis today, and gave Qiu Luan great credit. Qiu Luan was excited, and regarded Xiao Feng and Qi Jiguang as his beloved relatives and friends, and he actually leaked a word!

Xiao Feng's originally slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, shining brightly, Qiu Luan suddenly woke up, covering his mouth in horror, wishing that he could turn back time.

Xiao Feng said in a low voice: "Qi Jiguang go out!" Keep the door shut! Today's events have nothing to do with you, you haven't heard anything! ”

Qi Jiguang pondered for a moment and walked out of the door, but did not leave, but closed the door and stood outside the door to prevent anyone from walking by.

Xiao Feng stared at Qiu Luan, who was colorless: "What did you just say?" Help Long Live frame Xia Yan?

Long live why did you frame Xia Yan? Wasn't he deceived by the strict party?!! ”

Qiu Luan reluctantly haha: "Brother Xiao, I drank too much today." Those Mongolians didn't blow the amount of alcohol they had, and I played two laps as the main escort!

I'm wrong, my mouth is on the hook! Actually, what I want to say is that I got on Yan Shifan's thief ship and helped Yan Song frame Xia Yan.

Listen, Yan Song, long live, long live, Yan Song, isn't this pronunciation very similar, say it a little faster, Yan Song sounds like long live......"

Xiao Feng didn't speak, just looked at Qiu Luan coldly, and Qiu Luan finally felt that he couldn't get it. He could bend and stretch, so he simply pounced and knelt down for Xiao Feng.

"Brother Xiao, Lord Xiao, don't force me. You know it's no good.

You are now under one person and above ten thousand people, Xia Yan is not related to you, why are you asking about this! ”

Xiao Feng said coldly: "If you treat me as a friend, tell me." If you resolutely don't say it, I won't force you, and you and I will never know each other in the future. ”

Qiu Luan was stunned, he got up in despair, sat opposite Xiao Feng, picked up a pot of tea, poured it down with the momentum of drinking, and then raised the teapot to fall.

After thinking about it, the movement of the pot was too big, and it would be bad if it attracted people, so he still put it on the table, and then sighed.

"Brother Xiao, in fact, I know very little, Yan Shifan came to see me in prison at that time and asked me to frame Xia Yan with him.

I was desperate, but I was hesitant. Because I know that Banzai has great trust in Xia Yan.

If you don't succeed in framing, you will suffer from it. The glimmer of life that I had was gone, so I didn't say yes for a long time.

At this time, Yan Shifan told me that Lu Bing had a secret in his hand, and this secret not only made Banzai's trust in Xia Yan disappear, but also Banzai was murderous.

It's just that at that time, Xia Yan fell three times, and his prestige in the government and the opposition had reached its peak! And it is also a fair and honest thing to subdue the Hetao, if there is no big enough crime, Long Live will not dare to move Xia Yan directly.

So now it's not that we're framing Xia Yan, it's that we're doing Banzai a favor.

Xia Yan is already dead, we are pushing the boat with the current, and we will all be reused after that!

Only then did I make up my mind, obey their arrangement, and frame Xia Yan and the governor of Shanxi, Zeng Miao, for colluding with him, killing good people and risking merit, greedy for military spending, and deceiving the king.

In the end, Xia Yan and Zeng Mian were killed, the father and son of the Yan family were really reused, Lu Bing also went to the next level and became the head of the Jinyi Guard, and even Tao Zhongwen was crowned a real person.

In contrast, although I was not reused, I was acquitted after all, and I was restored to the status of the chief soldier.

It's just that Yan Shifan didn't tell me what the secret Lu Bing had, and I feel that Yan Shifan only knows part of it, and this part may not be what Lu Bing told him.

This is not surprising, we were temporarily put together because of our own interests, who is not guarding against others?

When it was over, we all avoided talking about it. Yan Shifan didn't say it until he died, but I was fascinated today.

Brother Xiao, believe me, I really only know so much! And I was also trying to protect myself at that time, which is understandable! ”

Xiao Feng slowly stood up, met Qiu Luan's worried little eyes, and gently patted him on the shoulder.

"If you are willing to tell the truth, you are taking me as a friend. You're right, Xia Yan and I are not related, and I have no obligation to avenge him.

Above the court, there are too many power struggles, and it is difficult to judge right and wrong if you are not a person in it, and it is difficult to judge right and wrong based on history books and rumors alone.

I have long known that you framed Xia Yan, as for whether you are for yourself or for Long live, it makes no difference to you personally.

When Xia Yan was convicted, Yu Maojian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Tu Qiao, the imperial history of Zuodu, and others proposed that there were clauses in the Daming Law that high-ranking officials and capable officials could be commuted from punishment.

In this way, he asked to be exempted from Xia Yan's death penalty. Long live not only did not allow it, but also scolded Yu Maojian and others.

At the beginning, I wondered why Yan Shifan, who was so determined to be an old friend, was so determined to Xia Yan, an old friend.

You have solved one of my doubts, but you have also added to my doubts. Imagine that today's events never happened. ”

Qiu Luan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, let's all act as if nothing happened, nothing happened!"

Qi Jiguang, what are you doing outside the door, but you have drunk too much wine, do you want to relieve yourself in front of the governor's door? Come back and drink! ”

Xiao Feng stood up and stretched: "Drink, I have to prepare to go back to the capital."

Hu Zongxian flew a pigeon to pass a book, and the Ryukyu State sent an envoy on the way to Beijing, and the country was occupied, so he asked the Ming Dynasty for rescue. ”

Qiu Luan was stunned: "Ryukyu Kingdom? Isn't that an island? Who's going to beat them?

Besides, they are 108,000 miles away from the Ming Dynasty, how can they save them? ”

Xiao Feng smiled: "It's been a few months, I guess, I'm afraid there is movement on Brother Qin's side." ”

Xiao Qin did catch up with a good era, and at this time, Japan's Warring States period had just begun.

Oda Nobunaga has just died of his father and inherited the family business of the Daimyo, and he has not yet gained a firm foothold, let alone nominated to the world.

In Japan during the Warring States Period, the daimyo of all parties took turns to appear, and before Oda Nobunaga really became the overlord, there was a period of lack of real overlords, and Xiao Qin just arrived in Japan during this time.

Xiao Qin's movements were very fast, and after he obtained Yan Shifan's treasure and the dozens of dead soldiers left behind, he immediately visited the local daimyo and said that he would serve him.

The big name, who was short of both money and people, saw that a capable man from the Heavenly Empire suddenly came, and brought many people and money to join him, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and immediately entrusted Xiao Qin with a heavy responsibility.

Xiao Qin seduced the Daimyo's wife as quickly as possible, and after the Daimyo's horse died of a stroke, he led the dead to kill the Daimyo's henchmen and son, and took control of the Daimyo's territory as the Daimyo's illegitimate son.

After gaining the status of a daimyo, Xiao Qin used both wealth and assassination to expand her territory, and after only a few months, she became one of the most famous daimyo in Japan.

And unlike the boring battles of other daimyos, Xiao Qin's horizons were broader, and he sent people to invite Japanese pirates to provide harbors and shelters for pirates.

The other daimyo didn't think so, they themselves had regular naval armies, so what was the use of asking for pirates? Only daimyo and samurai who have lost a battle will be reduced to the point of joining the pirates.

But Xiao Qin got on the line with the Francobot through pirates. After Wang Zhi and Xu Hai's two fleets were recruited, the sea area near the Ming Dynasty suddenly changed from a lotto area purchased for zero yuan to a security area with patrol teams.

Not only could the Japanese robbers on small boats run away after snatching their bags, but even the Francophiles driving large boats could hardly take advantage, and when they were depressed, they had no choice but to rob the distant island countries and merchant ships.

The Franco-Rang Robot had also fought Japan's idea before, but although Japan is a country of projectiles, because it is an island, each daimyo has a naval army, and there are quite a few of them.

What's more, the Japanese themselves are also the main force of pirates, if one robber is robbed by another, then how can you see people in the future? Therefore, the Francophone people did not take advantage of it, and they were reluctant to come later.

But Xiao Qin's invitation gave Francos a new opportunity. They can dock at the port controlled by Xiao Qin for supplies, and they can also trade with Japan through Xiao Qin.

You must know that the ship of the Franc machine is also half merchant and half thief, and when you can do business, you will do business, and you will rob it if you don't have business.

And Xiao Qin deliberately subsidized this trade, so that the Francois would be lucrative in their own jurisdiction.

With a naval army composed of local pirates and foreign pirates, Xiao Qin began to sweep the Japanese naval army.

Although the daimyo resisted vigorously, the warships of the Franco-Robot were more advanced, and they won one victory after another, and eventually became the supremacy of the Japanese seas.

Although Xiao Qin has not been able to unify Japan for a while, he already has a good situation.

He stopped the offensive and sent people to contact all the daimyos, hoping to sign a peace agreement and not invade each other.

The daimyo were being beaten and dazed, so they naturally couldn't ask for it, so they held this peace meeting in a neutral place, each with their own soldiers and horses.

Xiao Qin gave full play to her ability to draw a big pie at the conference, and exported culture with the passion of the founder of the MLM organization.

"The place in Japan is so small! Even if any one of you can unify Japan, it will only be a small place!

Big husband beware of the world! We are all heroes who are not born in the world, and we deserve to share the world! The silt comes from the chaos of Qi, and the sunrise Fusang is prosperous!

But what are we doing? Kill each other, consume each other!

We should go to seize the Ryukyus, seize Dawan (the ancient name of Taiwan), seize Korea, and seize the Ming Dynasty!

By that time, each of us will be emperors! The world is so big, we want to go and see it!

Come on, the wine of the Central Plains! ”