"Don't think I'm a saint." Fan Xian shook his head and said, "In the final analysis, I'm also thinking about myself. Taking over the internal treasury next year? That would cut off Xinyang's financial resources. What will she use to support the prince? Can she allow this? What happened? The internal treasury's accounts are naturally in order, but what about the deficit in the dark? Do you want me to follow up, and then turn my head gray?"
"I don't want to hold this dish with a broken lip in the feast of her leftovers!"
"The inner treasury is a golden mountain, but also a basin of sewage... The eldest princess is favored by the queen mother, what about me? As a foreign minister, going to the inner treasury is a matter of suffering." He said distressedly: "I doubt whether your majesty is Are you going to let me be the scapegoat for the eldest princess? In the future, I will find out about the shortfall of the internal treasury. I have 800 mouths and I can’t explain it clearly. Yes, I am not reconciled, so I will rush to pour my mother-in-law’s footwashing water on her On myself!"
If Chen Pingping or Fan Jian heard his words at this time and saw his expression at this time, they would definitely give a thumbs up and secretly praise this young man, but his acting skills have already reached a level of proficiency, foreign minister? You big-headed ghost!
But Yan Bingyun didn't know the shocking secret behind this scene. Hearing Fan Xian's self-confession, deep in his heart, he was even more impressed. He felt that this little Mr. Fan, who had always disliked him, was actually a... direct minister! He frowned and suggested, "Why didn't your lord refuse the palace's proposal at first, the inner library is indeed... too hot."
Fan Xian smiled self-deprecatingly: "You don't believe me, but I... really want to do something for the people of this world."
Yan Bingyun's appearance was still cold, but the temperature in his heart seemed to be warming up a bit. He stood up and saluted Fan Xian, and then began to give advice from the perspective of a subordinate in a steady voice: " At this time, it is very uneconomical to use the internal library.”
Fan Xian looked at him quietly.
Yan Bingyun didn't seem to notice Fan Xian's aggressive gaze: "Because even if this matter is exposed... Judging from your lord's plans these days, you might even have the guts to ask Shi Chanli to write an official document." , posted it eloquently on the wall next to the Dali Temple, letting everyone in the world know how much the eldest princess and the officials in Beijing have benefited from the inner treasury... "
Fan Xian laughed at himself. He did have this plan, anyway, he was very courageous and had a strong background—this background was not the emperor, but the uncle.
"...It's useless." Yan Bingyun said seriously: "At least it is useless to the victims of this year's disasters. It is impossible for the treasury money flowing out of the internal treasury to be recovered within a short period of one month. This determination has offended most of the officials—it just means that if there are too many officials to be relegated, there will be problems in the operation of the court—the disaster relief work cannot be delayed.”
Fan Xian fell into deep thought and asked, "Then according to your opinion?"
"Put this case on hold for the time being... Mr. Shangshu has been in charge of the treasury for a long time, so he must have his own way, and he will not miss the disaster in the south." Yan Bingyun said quietly: "It will take some time for the matter arranged by your lord in Northern Qi After the winter, the courtyard and Wang Qinian echoed from the north to the south, and first pulled out the Cui family, cutting off the way for the Xinyang side to distribute the money, and then took advantage of the opportunity of Mr. Tisi's new management of the internal treasury to investigate the accounts and investigate the case, a thunderous trip."
"This is the way to be prudent." Fan Xian frowned and said, "I'm just worried that Wang Qinian's time in Beijing is too short, and he won't be able to fully grasp the power in the north. It won't be clean to pull the Cui family."
After a short pause, Yan Bingyun simply responded, "Your official...you can contribute."
Fan Xian looked at him, his expression unchanged, but his heart was filled with secret joy: "You are now a famous person in Northern Qi... how could you return to the north again?"
Yan Bingyun replied: "Those boys under me don't need me to watch them do things."
"I will try to gain more and more powers, and then use these powers to do things I am willing to do. I will need the help of many people during this process." Fan Xian looked into his eyes and spoke in a very low voice. Said: "I really want to be like when I was in Beijing, you and I cooperate well... Of course, not only this time and that time next spring."
Yan Bingyun understood what he meant, and didn't stay silent for too long, bowed his head, cupped his fists, saluted, and left.
The young Junyan of the Overwatch Council is not the kind of person who drags his feet. It's just that after Mr. Xiaoyan expressed enough trust in Mr. Fan, he still turned around and asked in doubt the moment before he stepped out of the study: "Mr. Huashi, why do you place so much importance on the people of Limin who are suffering in the world?"
Fan Xian scratched his head and replied, "Maybe it's because I... have been used to being good people and deeds a long time ago."
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"Young Master Yan, who is so patient, never asked Miss Shen how she is doing now."
He looked at the half-cut shrub under the setting sun outside the window, expressionless on his face, but secretly sighed in his heart, he was really startled at every step in the officialdom, even the Fan Mansion where he lived had such a powerful man spies!
Although after Fan Xian officially revealed his identity as the commissioner of the Overwatch Council in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the spy in the Fan Mansion knowingly revealed his identity and retreated, but the courtyard is still not quiet. The woman who planted flowers was not noticed at all.
As he himself said, Fan Xian is not a saint, nor is he a good person in the pure sense, nor is he Lei Feng—the simplest reason for dealing with the eldest princess and the second highness who does not know the depth is because he and Xinyang have long been involved. There is already a grievance that cannot be resolved.
And the root cause of this kind of grievance - internal treasury, is the last thing Fan Xian is likely to give up after his rebirth. The inner treasury is the Ye family, and the meaning contained in it cannot be guarded by Fan Xian. No matter who tries to stand in this way, Fan Xian will ruthlessly kick him away.
- How should one live one's life
How should Fan Xian spend his life? Love yourself, love your wife, love your family, love the world, love my love, and love your neighbor. This is not influenced by Da Ai TV station, but purely from the bottom of my heart. It’s a life of being oblivious and bullying men and women; being honest and wronged is a life of precariousness; To rule the world is also a lifetime.
Fan Xian is an ordinary male animal who is greedy for pleasure, power and beautiful women, but his two life experiences have allowed him to grasp what he wants more accurately, so he thinks that he is chic, unrestrained, ruthless when he should be ruthless, and soft when he should be. Time is soft, get closer to beauties, earn more money, and see more scenery in this beautiful world. This is a glorious life.
On the premise of ensuring life and material life first, he doesn't mind improving his spiritual world. But for the world to be beautiful, the people living in it must first be able to laugh, so Fan Xian, a "poor minister of power", would inevitably be a little tired at the beginning.
If he still maintains the clear and fierce mentality of that Danzhou boy, maybe he will become much freer and happier. The common people in the inner treasury would not let him have extra thoughts, but the extra curiosity in the spring of the fourth year of Qingli—the curiosity about his fiancée, made him fall in love and fall into the family. Sinking in deeper and deeper, never being able to abragu freely in the world—this fact tells us that it is always a foolish thing for a man to marry too early.
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In the afternoon, Fan Xian, the commissioner of the Overwatch Council, and Yan Bingyun, the four alternate leaders of the Overwatch Council, had a conversation in Fan's mansion about the internal treasury, His Highness the Second Highness, and Minsheng. The content of this conversation was quickly sent to the royal study of the palace and to Chen Pingping's desk through the most secret channel of the Qing Kingdom.
Chen Pingping's reaction was very simple. He directly wrote a warrant, temporarily delegating his authority over the entire court to Fan Xian. All the power of the institution.
In the imperial study room, His Majesty, the supreme emperor of the Qing Kingdom, looked at the report on the case and nodded slightly.
In His Majesty's heart, he was very pleased with what Fan Xian had done these days. Since all the officials and people in the world think that the Overwatch Council is their own dog, then this dog must have the courage and ruthlessness to bite people, but it cannot bite everyone. Fan Xian was asked to be the dog handler because he wanted to see how capable he was.
After the conversation with Chen Pingping nine months ago, although the emperor did not say anything, he also acquiesced to the fact that Fan Xian took over the Overwatch Council. But because of his birth, he will never be able to sit on the Dragon Throne—presumably the child will be very satisfied with this arrangement.
Of course, His Majesty the Emperor appreciated Fan Xian's conversation with Yan Bingyun this afternoon even more. The feelings revealed in the conversation were very similar to that woman back then... A trace of relief flashed across the thin face of the Emperor. smile. Although the little guy was somewhat disrespectful to himself in his words, he could feel his loyalty to him under those words.
He glanced at the eunuch in front of him, smiled and said, "Hong Siitch, how do you see... Fan Xian?"
Eunuch Hong leaned forward slightly, without any emotional fluctuations on his old face: "It's too fake."
The emperor frowned and didn't say anything, but he was wondering if Fan Xian might be acting for himself, but I heard that the fifth child has been in the south, so no one in Beijing should be aware of his arrangement. .
"Your Majesty, what should we do?" The old eunuch Hong asked, naturally, it was about the Second Highness and the Eldest Princess.
The emperor shook his head indifferently: "The play hasn't started yet, how could it stop so quickly?"
This His Majesty of the Qing Kingdom has always been troubled by the emptiness of the national treasury. Although he has always been suspicious of Xinyang, he has not found any evidence. Moreover, due to the Queen Mother's health, the emperor who always pays attention to loyalty and filial piety cannot be fierce. After all, Li Yunrui's contribution to the Qing Kingdom outweighs his faults, after all, the second child is his own son.
It was not until today that he truly believed what Chen Pingping said. Although young people may appear a little reckless in some things, they will also show sufficient ability and courage. Not to mention Fan Xian, even that young official named Yan Bingyun, it seemed that he didn't pay enough attention to it at the beginning.
The maids lit the candlesticks and retreated, and the imperial study was quiet. The emperor quietly waited for Fan Xian's memorial. If Fan Xian really guessed what he was thinking and was willing to follow his own arrangement to be a lonely minister, then at the latest tonight, he should send the information he found to the Come to your own table.
And if Fan Xian really followed Yan Bingyun's wishes and suppressed this matter... The emperor frowned, even if Fan Xian was thinking about the stability of the court, it was a deception that the emperor could not allow.
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With a creak, the door of the imperial study room opened, and an eunuch came in holding two boxes of memorials. The emperor has always been diligent, and the reading of memorials should last until late at night, which has become a rule in the palace.
The emperor's face remained unchanged, but he was waiting for something in his heart. When he saw the closet box at the bottom, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
He opened the special line of the Overwatch Council and began to carefully watch the first memorial written by Fan Xian since he entered the officialdom, the secret memorial.
After a long time, he put the memorial on the candle and burned it, coughed twice, picked up the ink pen, wrote two words on a piece of white paper, and sealed it back into the compact box.
In fact, in his heart, this memorial that might change the fate of many people is nothing at all. On the road to the peak of power, His Majesty the Emperor has seen through many things, and with many forces, including Fan Xian's secret speculation. It's different, he doesn't care how the son and sister below will make trouble, because no one can really understand the ambition and self-confidence of this emperor.
But the emperor was very satisfied with Fan Xian's performance, because he knew that Fan Xian was not attacking the second prince from the position of the East Palace.
So when the comforting emperor began to review the following memorials, his thin face suddenly revealed incomparable anger and contempt.
The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate collectively impeached Fan Xian, the commissioner of the Procuratorate and the head of the first department, for engaging in private fraud, accepting bribes without permission, and arrogance and perverting the law!
Each memorial was like a pair of provocative gazes, staring at the gloomy face of His Majesty the Emperor.