After the imperial decree came down, no one knew how many secret letters were sent to Yangzhou that day.
At this time, everyone finally understood why Emperor Jianping sent Wei Wang to Yangzhou, and why Wei Wang's errands were kept secret, and they were all waiting here.
Could it be said that Wei Wang went to Yangzhou to secretly investigate the salt administration in advance? And Fan Jinchuan, no one thought that this nerd would poke a hole in the sky. When Fan Jinchuan was released from Beijing, it was only thought that he provoked the wrath of the Holy Spirit.
"Well, you third child, you have been hiding from Gu when you receive such an errand. Don't ask Gu, don't do anything, let Gu say nothing, it's obvious that you want to dig a hole. Buried!" The prince walked back and forth, like a trapped animal.
He stopped suddenly, and said to the queen who was sitting on the phoenix seat: "Mother, this is the situation, and you still want to hold your son?!"
The queen rubbed her forehead: "Then what do you want?!"
"My son is going to write to scold the third son, let him know that he is now a king, and he is still a dog raised by my son!"
The queen stood up suddenly and walked towards the prince slowly.
The prince was stunned: "Mother?"
A slap fell on his face, and under the unbelievable eyes of the prince, the queen said sadly: "You are really crazy! You are not only crazy, you are also stupid, how did I raise such a stupid son like you!"
"Queen!"
"Your Majesty, your phoenix body has not healed yet, so you must not be angry." Fu Chun stepped up to support the queen, and helped her onto the phoenix seat.
"Are you not convinced that Bengong hit you? Are you not convinced that Bengong called you stupid?" The queen asked Fuchun to stroke her chest, and said to the prince coldly.
"Mother!" The prince growled, his face full of pain: "I can't figure it out. Everyone else is moving, but you are the only one holding my son. The second, fourth, fifth, and sixth children go to the emperor every day." So courteous, you just keep me in the East Palace. You said you want to keep a low profile, but now you are so low-key that the father doesn’t know if he still remembers my son. Now that the two Huaihe Rivers are in turmoil, you are still in charge of your son. Do you mean that you want to see us for many years? His painstaking efforts will be subverted once?"
"What painstaking efforts? Isn't it just some stupid things, you are a dignified prince, and you only have that little money in your eyes?"
"But you can't do anything without money. Without money, how can you win over the people below? If you don't have money, where will the birthday gifts for the father's emperor's birthday come from? Erchen was almost suppressed by the younger brothers several times. Those good brothers of Erchen are all fishing for money." , why can't my son catch it?"
"Just because you are the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no amount of money can change the position of this prince. Just because as long as you can secure this position, all the money in the world will be yours in the future. I have shallow eyes and plausible words. You still blame Ben Gong for calling you stupid, aren't you stupid?"
The prince stopped talking immediately.
"Forgot what I told you before? It was your father who sent the King of Wei to Yangzhou. He still cared about your crown prince's face and the friendship with this palace. And Fan Jinchuan, whose disciple is he? Song Ge Old man. As long as Mr. Song Ge is still there, Fan Jinchuan will not be able to get rid of his teacher. If he can’t get rid of Mr. Song Ge, he won’t be able to get rid of you. Now that everyone is moving, you can’t move, just let them move. , when you sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, you still wanted to teach Wei Wang to let him know that he is your dog, and you still blame Ben Gong for calling you stupid? Aren't you stupid?"
Abandoning these words, the queen asked Fu Chun to help her in, leaving the prince standing there alone, thinking about what the queen said.
The same conversation also took place in the Song Mansion, but it was Sun Chengzhang, the servant of the household department, who complained that Mr. Song Ge had concealed the truth from him.
Now that the government and the public are in turmoil and everyone is panicking, if we say that the only ones who can remain calm are those from Song Ge's old school.
Fan Jinchuan was the admiral who supervised the reform of the Lianghuai Salt Road. Fan Jinchuan was a disciple of Mr. Song Ge. It changed the attitude of these people who were shocked and reviled when Fan Jinchuan wrote a letter to reform the salt administration.
"Old Sun, if I said that I hadn't expected this, you would definitely not believe me." Elder Song Ge smiled wryly.
"It wasn't your idea to send Mr. Fan to Taizhou at the beginning? Another student of yours, Du Mingming, was in Yangzhou. I thought you sent him to Taizhou because you wanted to take care of each other. I know, if I change it to another place, I don’t know what troubles will happen.”
It's really not him! But everyone thought it was him, the key was that he couldn't refute that it wasn't him. Because he was happy to see this situation at the beginning, and even made a move to facilitate it. As Sun Chengzhang said, it is one of them, and the other is that the place is not suitable for inserting individual people. Although Fan Jinchuan is upright, he is one of his own.
But it happened to be this one of his own people, who turned the world upside down and suffered unspeakably.
But now there is no time to complain about this, His Majesty clearly wants to kill chickens to scare monkeys, a good courtier should pass the knife to His Majesty when he wants to kill chickens, instead of rushing to hug his hand. The queen can see it, but Song Ge can't see it, so he can sit on the Diaoyutai now. As for whether to use it to do other things, it still needs to be discussed.
"Brother Si'an, I think it's best for you to write a letter to mention something, so as not to accidentally hurt you." After all, Fan Jinchuan was the one who could hold his neck against Emperor Jianping.
"nature."
Before the words were finished, the housekeeper of the Song residence came.
"Master, Qin Shangshu came to see you."
"Why is he here?" Elder Song Ge and Sun Chengzhang looked at each other, full of doubts.
"Please!"
The two Huaihe Rivers were transferred to the Salt Transportation Envoy, commonly known as the Yunsi Yamen, who was in charge of all matters related to salt affairs in the two Huaihe Rivers.
Yunsi Yamen is located on Yunsi Street. Its entrance hall sits west and faces east. It is a hilltop-style building with three rooms wide, five purlins deep, and a ridge height of more than two feet. There is not much difference in the layout of the yamen.
When Fan Jinchuan and others arrived at Yunsi Yamen, they were welcomed to the second hall first.
It stands to reason that He Lun, the salt transport envoy, should come forward, but He Lun suffered from cold a few days ago and was bedridden. The doctor told him not to see the wind, so today his fellow-prefect Wei Tongxin and his subordinate officials came to greet him.
Although Fan Jinchuan did not have a corresponding official title, Emperor Jianping ordered him to supervise the reform of the Lianghuai salt administration. It can be seen.
It's all about the word 'supervisor', just because there is no supervisory system in the salt road, it's just a generalization, but it has also made everyone understand its meaning, that is, all matters related to salt administration in the Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers will be temporarily supervised by him. An existence higher than the Salt Transport Envoy and the Patrolling Salt Censor.
That's why Wei Tongzhi and the officials below him were very attentive, they almost regarded Fan Jinchuan as the chief official, and even Feng Sheng, the master, became a guest of honor.
After learning that He Lun, the salt transport envoy, fell ill at the same time, Fan Jinchuan expressed noncommittal.
Feng Sheng said: "Master He is sick, you should visit him once or twice because of love and reason."
After receiving the signal, Fan Jinchuan stood up and said, "Why don't Master Wei take the two of us to visit Yi Er?"
"This..." In the winter, Wei Tongxin saw sweat on his forehead, and smiled reluctantly: "It's not that the lower officials don't want to take you to visit Mr. Yunshi, it's because Mr. Yunshi's illness is really hard to see people, and he can't see the wind. Before Your Majesty the Envoy will give you thousands of instructions, ordering your subordinates to treat Sir Fan graciously, especially since your Excellency has official duties and heavy burdens, but you must not be implicated in getting sick because of this, then you will be sorry for His Majesty's heavy burden."
"That makes sense. That's all."
Seeing this, Wei Tongxin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The lower official has already ordered someone to hold a banquet. Why don't you go and have some tea and rice with the lower official first, after all, the journey is tiring, especially when it's time to eat."
"It's better to obey than to respect."
Afterwards, it was time to eat, drink and enjoy singing and dancing. After a while, Fan Jinchuan was supposed to be there, but it was close to noon, but now it was the moon above the treetops.
It's getting late, so it's natural to go to rest, and we can only talk about business until tomorrow.
After making arrangements for Fan Jinchuan and his party, Wei Tongxin hurried to He Lun's residence.
He Lun's residence is in the Yamen of the Yanyun Department, so there is no need for him to go the wrong way.
When Wei Tongxin saw He Lun, the other party said, "You don't need to tell me, I already know about it."
He nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "I don't know what your lord is going to do next, it's really not good to keep avoiding him like this."
"It's not good for me to go to see him. Now that the situation is unclear, the group of salt merchants outside are almost jumping over the wall, turning around to seek favors in front of me. Should I or shouldn't I? It's better to be sick first and wait for follow-up matters Let's see the direction of the wind."
"My lord is wise."
"You talk less and do more. This turmoil came suddenly. I have only been in office for more than a year, so it doesn't matter much. You, a colleague, have worked for five or six years. I don't need to say the rest, you should understand. "
"Of course I understand."
After Wei Tongxin went out, he pulled his face down and cursed something.
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On the other end, Fan Jinchuan and Feng Sheng were taken down to rest.
They didn't come here for a short stay, it was probably a long stay, so Wei Tongxin didn't arrange them to be a guest, but chose a courtyard to house them.
This courtyard is adjacent to the place where He Lun lives. From the perspective of geography and layout, it can be regarded as one of the more important courtyards in the Houya. There are maids, servants, and rough envoys in the courtyard.
This can be regarded as a revisit of the old place, but no one is a familiar face.
After dismissing the irrelevant people, Fan Jinchuan said: "Every time I go to a place, I just eat banquets, drink and enjoy singing and dancing, so I can't directly get to the point?"
"Nowadays people pay attention to human relations. What is human relationship? It's nothing more than this kind of courteous reciprocity. Don't be upset, my lord. There will be more things like this in the future. Besides, we have to wait for others."
Fan Jinchuan thought about it, but the people from Jin Yiwei and King Wei have not yet arrived.
"However, my lord must be prepared. This time we may only have people from Jinyiwei available. If we point to King Wei to come forward, I'm afraid we will fail." Feng Sheng said.
"Why?"
"The Holy Majesty only ordered the king of Wei to supervise, but he didn't specify where he should be supervised. This is not to find help for us, but to find a great Buddha. He may not take care of the following things, but if something happens, we must If you don’t believe me, just watch it.”
Sure enough, after waiting for a few days, Jin Yiwei's people had arrived, but there was still no movement from King Wei's side. Reluctantly, Fan Jinchuan came to visit in person, but got the news that His Royal Highness King Wei went to Daming Temple to worship Buddha and practice Zen.
This is really a good excuse to worship Buddha and practice Zen. Everyone in the world knows that King Wei is a pious person who likes Buddhist scriptures and is a Buddhist idiot who almost didn't become a monk. Previously, Yangzhou was sent to pay respects to the Buddha under the secret decree, but now he is allowed to sit in charge of supervision, and he still goes to pay respects to the Buddha.
"Okay, my lord, don't wait for him. This man is cunning by nature, so he won't go into this muddy water. Not only will he not go into muddy water, maybe we will blame him for it."
"What do you mean by this brother?"
"You will know later."