(Life must go on, pray for the people in the disaster area, I will not say much in the book, thank you all.)
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He went on to say: "I am the head of the Ming family, so I naturally have to cooperate with the court in handling the case. As for any children in the family who committed illegal acts, I have to hand them over."
"Lan Shi!" Ming Qingda stood up in horror.
"That's right, the Minglan Stone has been sent to the Yamen of Suzhou Prefecture to explain the matter of private salt." Xia Qifei stared into Ming Qingda's eyes, "As for the fact that someone pretended to be a pirate, I believe it will be found out soon."
Ming Qingda took a few breaths and said, "Do you know that if this goes on, the Ming family will really be over! Even if my mother and I have treated you badly, but you... are father's youngest son after all, and your surname is Ming! Could it be that you just watched the Ming family be destroyed by your hands!"
He growled.
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"Don't worry." Fan Xian raised his eyes slightly and said, "The court has no interest in business, and I understand that if the government intervenes too much in this kind of business, it will only turn a golden basin into a toilet... The official has already come to remonstrate with His Majesty that the imperial court will not directly interfere with Ming Yuan, Ming Yuan is still the Ming family's Ming Yuan, but this Ming Yuan will be much more obedient."
He spread his hands, and said peacefully: "I will let the internal treasury transshipment department fully cooperate with the Ming family. Within a year, you will definitely see a re-prosperous Ming family, no! It will be a more developed Ming family!"
Ming Qingda was shocked and sat down weakly.
During the events that lasted for a whole year, the officials of the Qing Kingdom, to be precise, Fan Xian, successfully gained control of the Ming family, and the most important thing is that there are not many government officials in the current Ming Garden. Xia Qifei was originally the seventh son of the Ming family, and his entry into the Ming Garden was justifiable, and all his methods were commercial tricks, which would be much easier for the people in Jiangnan to accept.
At least there will no longer be many student gentry parading in Suzhou Mansion, saying that the Overwatch Council has seized property. Private property is still private property, but the owner of this private property is now Xia Qifei, a secret official of the Overwatch Council.
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "In the past year, you and I have not lived comfortably. Now that we have a success, we are also relieved."
"Although your lord is a person who likes to humiliate people, it must not be as simple as showing off your achievements when you come here at this time." Ming Qingda interrupted him, staring into his eyes and said, "I'm sure your lord will use these things slowly." People set me up, but you... can't tie me up in the garden, I can always get out."
"This is what I want to talk about." Fan Xian said word by word, "You can't leave the garden."
Ming Qingda smiled indifferently: "Why do you?"
"My official is ordered to investigate the conspiracy case of the Jiaozhou navy. Mr. Ming is a witness involved in the case. If you don't want to be charged with absconding in fear of crime as soon as you leave the garden, you can go out."
The case of the Jiaozhou Navy has been investigated long ago. Fan Xian was just looking for an excuse. Ming Qingda sneered and said, "Who are you trying to deceive?"
"There is also the attack on China Merchants Bank and the assassination of Xia Qifei." Fan Xian said with a smile, "Master Ming stretched his hand too far in the past, and there are too many loopholes to catch."
Ming Qingda laughed back in anger, and looked at Fan Xian with great interest: "If you really want to investigate these cases, you can investigate them before, why did you move to now?"
"Because you were the master of the Ming family in the past, if I investigate you, the government and the general public will think that the Overwatch Council is persecuting businessmen and seeking wealth." Fan Xian said with a smile: "Now that you don't have this status, it's much easier."
"My lord seems to have missed one reason." Ming Qingda replied indifferently.
"That's right." Fan Xian sighed, "The Eldest Princess can't help you now, I really have no taboos when I do things, and I am happy and ruthless."
He glanced at the woman behind Ming Qingda.
Ming Qingda frowned deeply, and said: "This is exactly what I didn't understand before. If your lord is sure that Jingdu can't help me, you can kill the Ming family directly with this method... Why bother to go around so much?" circle?"
"I said before that I want a complete Ming family." Fan Xian said, "If I had used these thunderous means in the past, you, as the master of the Ming family, could have caused the entire Ming family to fight against the imperial court, and even caused turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River." Get up... But now, you don't have this identity, and what you say doesn't have this kind of power."
"Identity seems to be very unimportant." Fan Xian said seriously: "It is actually the most important thing."
He smiled and said: "It must be admitted that you are only a businessman, far inferior to me. No matter what, you can't resist the wrath of the court, but your Excellency has exhausted all means, endured the grievances, and dragged me for a year... It is really admirable .”
Ming Qingda smiled and said: "At least I'm still the big boss of the Ming family. If you don't let me out of the garden, you must not worry about me staying in the garden like this. What are you going to do with me? Presumably with your means, I won't be in the garden." Kill me on the cusp of this storm, and fall into the shoes of others."
"You're wrong again." Fan Xian said seriously: "I admire you, but your status is not as good as mine. Even if you die now, you won't be able to cause much trouble."
"Of course." He persuaded very gently: "It is better to live than to die. I advise you to spend a few more days in the Ming Garden to grow old."
While speaking, with a complex expression on his face, Xia Qifei took out a piece of white cloth from his bosom, and gently placed it on the desk in front of Ming Qingda.
As soon as Bai Ling came out, Ming Qingda's face remained unchanged, but the concubine behind him was so frightened that her teeth were chattering.
"Bai Ling is here. Someday you really have the courage to fight me with death, so please take it yourself." Fan Xian looked at Ming Qingda and said, "But I know that you don't have the courage to commit suicide, so you will follow my instructions. I will continue to live until I don't need you... A person who hanged his own mother must be very aware of the fear of death, and must be very afraid of going to the underworld to see that old lady after death."
"You'd better not die, because it's very difficult for Ming Lanshi to get out of prison again. If you die, your share will be transferred to that baby who is less than two years old." Fan Xian frowned and said: "You You know, having so much money in the hands of a child...is not a good thing.”
After saying this, he turned and left the study. Behind him, Xia Qifei carefully closed the door of the study without leaving a gap, and the study fell into darkness again.
Ming Qingda stared at Bai Ling on the desk, remained silent for a long time before slowly saying: "What a vicious wolf cub..."
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The defense forces in the Ming Garden have been emptied and replaced by the Overwatch Council. This beautiful garden has fallen into a quiet and restless atmosphere, and strangers can be seen everywhere. Now that Xia Qifei was talking about something, he asked Ming Yuan to make changes, and few people in the clan dared to resist his order face to face.
"Ming Yuan's private soldiers have been disarmed by the state army sent by Lord Xue Qing." After Xia Qifei received the news, he immediately went to Fan Xian's ear and said, "Ming Qingda's power has been emptied."
"Is there something wrong?"
"More than forty people died."
"Remember Master Xue's affection." Fan Xian bowed his head in silence for a while, then raised his face and said with a smile: "The Ming family is finally yours now, how do you feel about revenge?"
Xia Qifei bowed his head and said respectfully: "The Ming family belongs to the adults."
Fan Xian shook his head disapprovingly. Xia Qifei quickly explained: "What this subordinate means is that the Ming family belongs to the imperial court."
Fan Xian turned to stare at him, and said, "The Ming family is yours, it's yours, when did it become the imperial court or mine again? Do you think that what Ming Qingda and I told in the study were all lies? Let it go... the imperial court is not interested in the Ming family, all they want is for the Ming family to be obedient."
Xia Qifei was stunned, not knowing what to say, the court had spent so much money to bring the Ming family under complete control, could it be that he just left it to him to take care of it so easily
Fan Xian sighed and explained: "The positions we stand in are different, and the things we think about are different. Who is Your Majesty? Your Majesty is the Lord of the World, and all the people of Qing Kingdom are his people. In this case, his What a subject owns is also what he owns, as long as the subject manages this thing well... it can benefit the people's court. If the court really takes the Ming family into its hands, what do those businessmen in Quanzhou, Lingnan think? With those pedantic faces of court officials, who can manage such a large family well? So don't worry."
Xia Qifei felt bitter in his mouth, and suddenly thought that His Majesty is the master of the world, so he doesn't care about the property of the people, but what about Mr. Fan? Why is he willing not to benefit from Ming's family
Fan Xian's words interrupted his thoughts: "I asked you earlier, how does revenge feel?"
Xia Qifei shook his head in a daze: "Walk in the Ming Garden as the master, but I don't feel anything... Because this garden is very strange, I always thought that I grew up here when I was young, and if I came back to take power again, I should Very happy, but I don’t know why, but I can’t feel too much joy.”
"Revenge is like this." Fan Xian paused for a moment, then said, "Once the revenge is avenged, things will become boring."
Xia Qifei suddenly thought of something, and Xiaoyi asked: "Actually, my subordinates and Ming Qingda's thoughts are somewhat similar. Looking at today's scene, and looking at the arrangement of the adults this year, it seems that they are a little too careful."
"Peaceful evolution is a long-term process." Fan Xian said with a smile, "Stability is more important than anything else, and peaceful transition is the right way... I'm just running errands for His Majesty. Your Majesty demands that no soldiers be killed, and that's the only way I can do it..."
He continued with a wry smile and said: "Besides, Ming Qingda had the help of the eldest princess and the princes in the past, and the support of the military. How could I be as presumptuous as I am now."
When mentioning the eldest princess, Xia Qifei frowned and asked, "How to deal with the few dry shares?"
"Wipe it all, anyway, it's just something on paper, and there's no actual product." Fan Xian confessed: "Make a watch, I'm going to send it to the palace."
Xia Qifei suddenly smiled wryly: "This offends the eldest princess badly... I don't know how that nobleman will fight back."
Fan Xian smiled and didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart that the eldest princess in the palace had been offended by him to the extreme, and as for fighting back... that nobleman didn't think about these things.
He beckoned to Xia Qifei, and the two illegitimate children wandered around the Ming Garden, which had changed owners, talking about the sequel in a low voice all the way, admiring the beautiful scenery of one of the three famous gardens in the world, the environment and the soul. It all became wonderful.
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Kyoto is deep in the imperial palace, and a certain rumor has been spreading since a month ago, but wherever the nobles live together, the servants who serve the nobles always like to talk about right and wrong, tell old stories, tell some The nobleman's private gossip... However, this rumor was too shocking, so it was only circulated for two days before it was quietly annihilated.
This is because this rumor is really a bit brainless, I don't know where it came from, and there is no evidence, and...Although the eunuchs and maids are cheap, it doesn't mean they are brainless. In people's ears, their own life will definitely be reimbursed.
Rumors have been an indispensable condiment in palace life since the beginning of history, and most of them will disappear into people's oblivion. No matter how sensational the topic is, it is impossible to last for too long without a follow-up outbreak Freshness.
This year's number one topic in the palace also disappeared naturally. However, some people have not forgotten, especially those who are the most suspicious and sensitive, and they are still discussing this topic late at night.
Eunuch Yao said softly: "Little bastards have cheap mouths, and this servant knows how to do it."
The middle-aged man on the low couch put down the memorial in his hand, without any trace of domineering that the emperor should have, and said calmly: "I heard that a maid died in the East Palace?" Many, support the author, support genuine!)