Huizhou Mansion, which is a very important place of government in Nanzhili, has jurisdiction over six counties, including She County, Yi County, Xiuning, Qimen, Jixi and Wuyuan, and is located in She County.

Fang Bosong did not delay on the way, and returned to Huizhou City in a carriage wearing stars and moons.

As soon as he entered the signing room of the government office, he only drank half a pot of tea, and then prepared to implement the imperial court's ban on silver, and decided to seal up all the banking shops in Huizhou City.

Among the fourteen prefectures and the four prefectures of Nanzhili, in fact, the most difficult is the Huizhou Mansion, because there is a huge group of merchants here - Huizhou merchants.

Although Huizhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the area is mountainous, and the local grain is supplemented by rice from other places, which leads many ordinary people to venture out to do business and make a living.

The imperial court still insists on opening the Chinese law, so a large part of the salt profits belong to the Jin merchants, and the Hui merchants do not have the support of important ministers such as Hu Zongxian, Hu Song and Xu Guo, so the scale and influence of the Hui merchants are not among the top now.

However, businessmen are profitable, and Hui merchants are no exception. In the face of the imperial court's ban on silver, they also united to defy the imperial court's ban on silver, and even some shops only supported silver trading.

Fang Bosong knew that he was facing a hellish level of difficulty, but he had already made up his mind to try, and he must keep his hard-won black gauze hat.

"My lord, our Huizhou Mansion is different from other regions, and we will really offend many people by doing this!" When Master Hu learned of Fang Bosong's decision to return just now, he reminded him very seriously.

Fang Bosong now has no black gauze hat on his head, and he has an indescribable unease, and a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes: "Offending people? Lao Tzu's black gauze hat is about to be lost, who are you afraid of offending? Immediately list the few companies in the city that only support silver trading, and this government will start with these few today! ”

The list is already ready-made, after all, the ban on silver was made last year, but there are also various problems in trying to implement it.

"The first one is your cousin's!"

"Even if he's my father, it's useless!"

"The clan uncle of the second shopkeeper is Bingbu Langzhong!"

"His clan uncle is a secretary of the military department, and he can't stop Lao Tzu!"

"The third one is the shop that your friend opened in the same year!"

"How can a friend in the same year want to kill Lao Tzu and lose his office, it's nothing!"

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Fang Bosong is already a sixth relative who does not recognize it, and the officialdom relationship that he used to value very much is no longer taken to heart at all, and now he just wants to do a good job of this imperial mission.

Whoever stands in the way of himself to keep the black yarn hat is the person he hates the most in his life.

There are hundreds of people in Huizhou Mansion, but the composition of these officials is very complicated.

Fang Bosong is an official who knows how to manage, and he also solemnly promised: "If this official becomes the governor, I will not treat you badly, everyone will be rewarded!" It's just that the ugly words are ahead, if anyone dares to spoil Lao Tzu's good deeds, don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and being ruthless! ”

"Obey the edict!" The yacha present had already felt Fang Bosong's strong will to enforce the silver ban, and he also responded in a proper manner.

At dusk, the sunset of Huizhou City has just sprinkled on the bluestone streets.

Fang Bosong, the prefect of Huizhou, wore an official uniform, and led a team of officials with a stern face, and walked through the darkening alleys and went straight to the most famous restaurant in the city, the Drunken Immortal Residence.

Li Shen is a wealthy merchant in Huizhou City, and he is also a well-known local squire.

Although the ban on silver had already been issued, Zui Xianju not only turned a blind eye, but also refused to trade Hongzhi silver dollars, becoming a diehard in the entire Huizhou government for violating the ban on silver.

It is no wonder that Li Shen has saved a lot of money in business for generations, and once the silver ban is successfully implemented, then he will be the one who suffers the most from the entire Huizhou government.

It is precisely in this way that even in the city of Huizhou under the Huizhou Prefecture, it is a blatant disobedience to the imperial court's ban on silver.

"Seal this restaurant for this mansion!" Fang Bosong had already decided to take Li Shen with a knife, and when he came to this four-story drunken immortal residence, he waved his hand.

With an order, the yacha rushed into the restaurant like wolves, and then unreasonably drove away the guests and men who dined here.

Now is the peak time of dining, and this move has undoubtedly caused Drunken Immortal Residence to suffer a great loss.

Li Shen hurried over when he heard the news, and when he saw the empty scene of the restaurant in front of him, his face suddenly turned pale: "Governor Fang, such a big official, I don't know why I want to sing this play, I remember that I have never offended you!" ”

"In addition to Li Yuan, the imperial court implemented a ban on silver, aiming to prevent overseas silver from looting my Ming wealth. However, it has been nearly a year, and you have turned a deaf ear and still gone your own way. Today, the government has seized this building in accordance with the law, what do you have to say? Fang Bosong looked full of energy.

Li Shen's face suddenly darkened, although he didn't know why the other party was suddenly so strong to enforce the silver ban, but he said with a little threat: "Do you have to do this?" You should know that in the Huizhou Mansion today, no one wants to carry out this order! ”

"The Son of Heaven is on his southern tour, this order is imperative! If you dare to disobey the order of the Son of Heaven, those who have no ruler in their eyes will be severely punished by this government! Fang Bosong thought of the scene of meeting the Son of Heaven, but he did not flinch in the slightest.

The other party's reliance is on the power of the local gentry group, but now he is not only the prefect of Huizhou, but also stands behind the great tomorrow, how can he give in again?

Li Shen saw that Fang Bosong was heartbroken by eating thallium, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled confidently: "Governor Fang, don't you remember that at the beginning of your tenure, you took a little contemptible something?" ”

"The house will return it in its original form. Immediately seal up this house, dare to disobey, and investigate according to law! Fang Bosong's face suddenly darkened, and he waved his hand.

The smile on Li Shen's face froze, and his eyes flashed with a touch of viciousness, he never thought that Fang Bosong would really want to enforce the silver ban.

In the next few days, the entire Huizhou City was filled with Fang Bosong's figure.

As long as they found a shop that dared to circulate silver, they led the yacha to directly seal it down, and it was not until the sealed shop was rectified that it was allowed to reopen.

At the suggestion of Master Hu, the Huizhou government specially collected the deposit. Once the reopened store dares to settle in silver, it will not only be re-sealed, but also confiscated the deposit.

Under the execution of Fang Bosong's six relatives, the ban on silver in Huizhou City has achieved good results.

It's just that in addition to She County, Huizhou Mansion also has five county seats: Yi County, Xiuning, Qimen, Jixi, and Wuyuan, and these five counties are also the objects of the imperial court's assessment.

"If this government is dismissed, it means that the entire Huizhou government is inactive, do you six magistrates think that the officials can not be investigated? This time the Son of Heaven is on his southern tour, this is a dissatisfaction with our entire Jiangnan execution, do we, as courtiers, really want to make the monarch angry? Listen to this mansion once, let's do this errand for the Son of Heaven, and win the Son of Heaven's admiration for our Huizhou Mansion! If this mansion becomes the governor of Fengyang, it will never treat you badly! "Fang Bosong is an eloquent official who brainwashed the six magistrates.

The six magistrates are all smart people, and they know things as Fang Bosong said.

Once Fang Bosong is taken off his black hat, it will be a political stain on the entire Huizhou Mansion, and their life will definitely be difficult. Even if he is not dismissed, his future will be ruined.

After weighing the pros and cons, various counties also joined the ranks of seizures. It's just that they know that their ability is limited, and if they encounter a thorn that they dare not provoke, they will directly hand it over to Fang Bosong, who has a harder head.

More than 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, some big families have been born in various places. These families are sitting on a large amount of kiln silver, and they are destined to be the hindrances of the silver ban, and they rely on their special status to not take local officials seriously.

Xiuning City, the magistrate and the yacha here were all beaten, and the person who beat them was the Cheng family.

Cheng Minzheng was burdened by his son Cheng Yi, and now he resigned to retire in Xiuning City, but his younger brother Cheng Minde is now an official judge in Xianzhou, and all Cheng is simply the heaven of Xiuning Mansion.

Now Xiuning Zhixian wants to seize the Cheng silk shop, tea shop and coffin shop under their name, so they are naturally besieged by the Cheng clan and their families.

If it were other dynasties, this kind of thing might not have happened, but in this period of emphasizing literature over military force, the magistrate from a small family is not worth mentioning at all.

When Fang Bosong heard the news, he came lightly, dressed in a scarlet official uniform, and the corners of his clothes flew with his hurried pace.

He led a small number of officials to rush to the silk shop run by the Cheng family with great momentum, and then drove away the customers and men in the store and sealed the shop.

The Cheng family's silk shop is located in the most prosperous market in Xiuning City, which has quickly become the center of the feud.

Cheng Minxing, the current head of the Cheng family, a middle-aged man with a burly figure and a meaty face, rushed over when he heard the news, with a sneer of disdain on his face.

Behind him was a group of black-clad men armed with sticks and knives, posing ready to fight.

"Your Cheng family is really powerful, you dare to draw a knife against this mansion, and you will wipe it on the neck of this mansion!" Fang Bosong was short in stature, but the ruthless light in his eyes provoked.

"Fang Bosong, you dog officer!" Cheng Minxing didn't want to go that far, so he shouted insults, "Why did you seize my shop? Do you really think that my Cheng family has declined? ”

"Don't pretend to be stupid here! Today's ban on silver is a decree of the imperial court, and whoever dares to stop it is against the Ming court, even if your Cheng family is powerful, you can't be so unruly! Fang Bosong also pointed to the other party's nose and scolded.

Cheng Minxing is a hot-tempered person, so he waved his hand: "Toast without drinking and drinking penalty wine!" Since someone disrespects my Cheng family, then I have to let him know that my Cheng family is not easy to mess with, give it to Lao Tzu! ”

A fierce battle ensued in the silk shop, with the servants and the servants fighting each other, clubs and fists and kicks.

Originally, Fang Bosong's yacha was at a disadvantage, but he was able to follow Fang Bosong forward, and each of them was an elite-level figure. The scene was not only not suppressed by the evil slaves of the Cheng family, but forced the other party to retreat.

There were many pedestrians on the street, who stopped to watch this thrilling battle.

They stood by and talked and pointed fingers, some sympathized with the Cheng family's plight, and some supported the prefect Fang Bosong's ban on banking.

"Is it the other way around? There is a kind of rushing to Lao Tzu, let me see if you Cheng can cover the sky with one hand! ”

In this battle, Fang Bosong not only did not dodge, but personally brandished an iron ruler and rushed into the battle group to fight with the Cheng family's family.

His eyes were red and his face was hideous, as if he wanted to pour out all his anger and madness in the fight.

This time, he has no way out, for the sake of his black yarn hat, even if his prefect dies here, he will drag the entire Cheng family to bury him.

"Fang Bosong is crazy, right?"

"Master, we can't really hurt Fang Bosong!"

"Crazy, crazy, this stone statue is really fatal!"

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Although the Cheng family has always been very arrogant, even Xiuning Zhixian wants to fight, but when he encounters this lifeless Fang Bosong, he also begins to feel scared.

Although they are the big clans of the place, the Son of Heaven is now in Nanzhili, once Fang Bosong is really killed, then the entire Cheng clan will be destroyed.

"Stop, we think we're unlucky this time!" Cheng Minxing saw Fang Bosong, who was simply dead, and finally chose to bow his head to Fang Bosong.

Fang Songnian touched his forehead, but he didn't know when he received a slap, and when he saw the blood on his palm, he didn't take it seriously at all: "Seal up all the shops under the name of the Cheng family, and refuse to rectify and not allow them to operate!" ”

In the end, the entire property under Cheng's name was seized, rectified within a time limit, and a tenfold deposit was required.

"It's crazy, is this still the ashlar statue we know?"

"Don't you see that the black gauze hat on your head is gone? He's playing with his life for an official position! ”

"No matter what he is for, but being able to do this step is also worthy of our admiration!"

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After experiencing this, many people began to know the prefect who had always been called "Fangshi Statue" behind his back, and this was once recognized by everyone as a prefect.

It's just that Fang Songnian has just taken control of the situation in Huizhou Mansion, and he has an accident personally.

At the beginning of his tenure, in the face of the rich filial piety silver sent by the squire, in the end, he couldn't resist this naked temptation, but he accepted it all.

The reason why Fang Bosong passively implemented the silver ban earlier was largely because he received the filial piety silver from these squires and was weak-hearted, after all, there were as many as 10,000 taels.

Although he was ruthlessly majestic this time, he was destined to suffer a crazy counterattack against the local gentry group in such a targeted manner.

As early as when Fang Bosong was running around the county seats, the matter of receiving a huge amount of filial piety silver at the beginning of his tenure had been sued to the emperor by the Kedao officials.

The emperor soon sent someone over, it was Ma Feng, one of the thirteen commanders of the Jingying.

Ma Feng is a tall eunuch with slightly raised eyebrows and a single eyelid that is a little puffy, a bit like a character from an anime.

"The lower official greets the envoy!" Fang Bosong already knew that someone had stabbed the emperor about his receipt of a large amount of filial piety silver, and greeted the decree bitterly.

This time he knew it was a dilemma, after all, he couldn't afford to offend either end.

It's just that things have come to this point, and he still hasn't regretted it. Even if he is dismissed from his official position this time, it is better than being eliminated from the last position and being removed, at least he can repay Jun's grace.

If there is anything he regrets the most, it is that he was not able to clean up this gang of evil gentry more ruthlessly, but he did not know that after he left office, the new prefect would be able to enforce the ban on silver.

Ma Feng was condescending, but he said with an evil look: "Your Majesty asked me to ask you, be sure to answer truthfully!" ”

"The minister will not deceive the king!" Fang Bosong made a statement.

Ma Feng's voice was slightly sharp, but he tried to maintain his manly spirit and asked: "When you took office, Li Shen and other squires of Huizhou Mansion gave you a total of 2,500 taels of silver, is this true?" ”

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and when they learned that the emperor sent eunuchs to Huizhou Mansion to ask for guilt, Li Shen and Cheng Dexing, who gathered together, and other local squires had already begun to hold a banquet to celebrate. (End of chapter)