The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Could it be that the leading witness is Eunuch Liu, you can't do it?" Zhang Fan looked into Liu Shan's eyes and asked very seriously. Those words seemed nonsense to the bystanders. After all, Liu Shan was the leader. This point, Zhang Fan has already understood it clearly, and Liu Shan has indirectly affirmed his identity in the middle of the words just now, which makes Zhang Fan even more convinced, but now this question still has to be said Yes, this will make it appear that Zhang Fan is learning about this for the first time.

"Master Zhang is not joking." Liu Shan seemed to be particularly disdainful when he heard Zhang Fan's words, and said contemptuously, "Both our family and Mr. Zhang are not foolish people. They understand very well. What our family said just now clearly I told my lord in vain, my family doesn't believe that my lord can't hear it, if my lord wants to share a fortune with our family, I should show some sincerity, if my lord doesn't want this easy-to-get wealth, just say it Yes, why bother to be pretentious here, "

"Hehe, Zhang Fan lost his composure," Zhang Fan said with a smirk, "Since Eunuch Liu is so frank with Zhang Fan, then Zhang Fan will not be hypocritical. Zhang Fan understands Eunuch Liu's mood and knows how Eunuch Liu is Why did you tell me this, but Zhang Fan still doesn’t understand a little bit, isn’t Eunuch Liu afraid that Zhang Fan is not interested in your proposal? Zhang Fan now knows the secret of his father-in-law, and now the one in front of me is Zhang Fan The person I most want to catch, as long as I shout now, my subordinates will rush in and tie up Eunuch Wuhuada. At that time, as long as I escort you back to Beijing, Eunuch, I will have an explanation to His Majesty. That is another great achievement.

"Since father-in-law would tell me the truth of the matter so clearly, he must be very sure. I will not arrest him. After all, father-in-law doesn't seem like a person who wants to die, and even if he was, he would not choose to do so. It's a cumbersome way to suffer, Zhang Fan is a little strange at this point, where does the father-in-law get his confidence, I am confident that I, Zhang Fan, will not do this."

"Since Mr. Zhang said it, he is a happy person, and our family will tell you clearly." Liu Shan did not show any nervous expression, and the old god said with full confidence, "This matter, our family will listen to it." When the news arrived in Beijing that the newly appointed Commander of Jinyiwei and the newly promoted Zhongyong Bo Zhang will be sent down to the south of the Yangtze River by His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the taxation here, our family has already started to think about it. results.

"There is no impenetrable wall in this world. No matter how secret it is, people will always know it in the future. No matter how well we keep the secret, Master Zhang's trip to the south of the Yangtze River will be fruitless this time, but in the end Come on, Mr. Zhang still has to take into account his political achievements. When he returns to Beijing, he will inevitably bring a few people with problems back to Beijing. I'm not a scholar-bureaucrat', but this is fart in my name, especially when the emperor is quite extravagant in his daily life, but he also wants to be a wise emperor. This must be clear to Mr. Zhang, so this corrupt official is outstanding. Your Majesty will never let go of the dirty money. These people spend money lavishly on weekdays, and they are used to living a comfortable life. The backbone of the literati has long been worn out. I'm afraid that before the instruments of torture are put on them, they may confess when they see it.

"This confession, our family will definitely not be able to run away, and we will definitely die at that time. Although our family just took over the position of our family, accepted such a big vacancy, and expanded him a lot, but If the responsibility is pursued, our family will not be able to get rid of it, so our family is desperate now, to be honest with the lord, to put it bluntly, our family just wants to rely on the lord, find a good big tree, and enjoy the shade, "

It doesn't sound like there is any conspiracy in it, anyway, no matter how much Zhang Fan thinks about it, he can't think of any hidden tricks in Liu Shan's words, but speaking so frankly, it is probably the most special kind of power tactics in ancient and modern official circles. It's just that it's special, but it's not uncommon. After all, if a person has come to this part and needs to confess everything to others, he may be at the end of the road for a while, but generally people who do this will have great confidence. Only dare to do this, otherwise, if you make a wrong step, you will not be able to protect yourself, and you will accelerate your own death.

"Then what is it that makes Eunuch Liu so sure that Zhang Fan won't do that? If I arrest you now and ask you everything you know, won't I, Zhang Fan, be rewarded by His Majesty and have a brighter future?" Is it bright enough?" Zhang Fan asked, "Eunuch Liu doesn't think that Luo Ling'er can tie me up with Zhang Fan, right? I admit that Luo Ling'er is really very beautiful. I naturally want such a beautiful and unparalleled stunner." But I, Zhang Fan, are not crazy enough to give up my bright future because of a woman. Even if I am really obsessed with Luo Linger to the point where I can't extricate myself, why do I think that my father-in-law can rely on her to tie my hands and feet? I might want to get rid of my father-in-law even more. After all, Ling'er had a bad background in the past, and I am also a big man. Naturally, I don't want people who know my woman's secrets to speak out at any time outside, and damage my reputation. "

When Zhang Fan said the word "man", which was an extremely insulting word to eunuchs, he didn't mean to pause at all, or he was embarrassed, so he just said it so bluntly, but Zhang Fan did. Grasping the current atmosphere and knowing what can be said, at least Liu Shan, a "man" who is not a man, did not change his expression at all.

"Hehe, is Mr. Zhang joking?" Liu Shan looked at Zhang Fan with a mocking expression and said, "Although I, Liu Shan, am not a few years older than Mr. Zhang, I haven't been in the officialdom for long. , but our family is not stupid, we still know some things, Mr. Zhang doesn't think that our family thinks that a woman is worth so much money and benefits, right?"

"Zhang Fan is all ears," Zhang Fan pretended to be listening, and patiently waited for Liu Shan's next words.

"If there is a way for our family, there is a way for the Lord to complete the tasks that His Majesty instructed, and at the same time allow Lord Zhang to earn a lot of money, and the money is not just given to the Lord once and it will be over. There will still be such a sum of income in the account every year, as for Ling'er, it's just a sign of our family's goodwill to the adults," Liu Shan said, and then stopped talking, waiting for Zhang Fan's words The answer was just looking at his confident smile, as if he wasn't worried that Zhang Fan would say no, he was just waiting for Zhang Fan to agree to his proposal.

Here, it is said that Zhang Fan has already made complete preparations. He has already made up his mind to treat Liu Shan's conditions as farts, but now he still cannot ignore his words. It is too generous. An official wants to continue to be promoted. What is the test? Some people say it is political performance, and some say it is ability. The most important thing is the relationship with his superiors. Now his superior is the Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty. As long as Zhang Fan can complete this matter, then Longqing will be happy. Once the emperor is happy, his future prospects will be bright. There is a guarantee.

Liu Shan promised Zhang Fan's money. Zhang Fan didn't know how much money he would have, but it would definitely not be less. Fan also knew it, but according to Liu Shan's tone now, those things are just a lottery, and the real Dali is still behind. With the nearly tens of millions of taels of silver confiscated every year from those merchants who go to sea to do business, and the tax money collected privately by those in the shipping department, Zhang Fan is sure that the "big money" that Liu Shan said "It is definitely not an exaggeration. It is very likely that the actual amount Zhang Fan received will be far greater than the two words "a lot of money".

There are also beauties, men, and in such a feudal dynasty dominated by men, although women can only be treated as vassals forever, they are absolutely indispensable. It’s not just about women as a way to release your desires, it’s also common to see women as your own private property or as your capital to show off to others. It’s also common to have a beautiful woman who makes other men want to occupy it when they see it. She has her own, but she is her own woman, and she is obedient to herself. This is something that can extremely satisfy the macho self-esteem in a man's heart.

Although these three things are not all the pursuits of life, they are the vast majority. For many people, if these three things can be obtained, life is basically perfect, and the rest is just to continue to pursue more things That's all, and Liu Shan gave Zhang Fan such an excellent condition, even though Zhang Fan had already made up his mind to follow this path to arrest Liu Shan and bring him to justice, this condition really made Zhang Fan a little excited.

But not long after this feeling, Zhang Fan calmed down, because Zhang Fan still had one thing in his hand, which could give Zhang Fan more benefits than Liu Shan gave him, and it was not the one awarded to him by Long Qing. The imperial decree that accepting bribes is not guilty, but the promise made by Long Qing back then.

"The officials you confiscated for corruption and taxation will pay [-]% to the national treasury, [-]% will go to my internal treasury, and the remaining [-]% will be kept." Zhang Fan thought about the words Long Qing had said to himself at the time. I thought Long Qing had given too much money, but now Zhang Fan found that Long Qing might be crazy to give so much money to himself.

But this is an excellent magic weapon for Zhang Fan to deal with Liu Shan's temptation. Zhang Fan has always hoped to be a good person, but he may not have the confidence to withstand all kinds of temptations, while Liu Shan Shan never dreamed that Long Qing would make such a promise to Zhang Fan,