Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 118 Mountain City
"Chuan'er, although Wei Zhongxian is in power now, he is no match for civil servants."

Hearing this, Fang Yanhai sighed: "Nowadays, civil servants are already in dire straits. If we take refuge in Wei Zhongxian, our Fang family may not end well."

Having been the commander of Jin Yiwei for so many years, Fang Yanhai is very clear that the division of power in Daming has long been out of balance. Originally, the imperial power represented by the royal family, the power represented by the civil servants, and the general power represented by honorable generals were three parties. Supplemented by power and general power.

But now the power of generals represented by honorable generals has already been snatched away by civil servants and merged into the Ministry of War. Even Jinyiwei in various places has many local gentry. There are very few people. It can be said that it is difficult for the imperial edict to leave the imperial city.

Although the current Wei Zhongxian is very popular, whoever he relies on, besides the emperor, is the civil servants like Ge Lao Wei Guangwei and Yushi Guo Gong.

Even though Dongchang and Jinyiwei are under the control of Wei Zhongxian now, Wei Zhongxian can let people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei deal with civil officials, but he can't let people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei go to the court to be civil officials and govern the world. Another new civil servant took over the power from the opponent.

This means that the knife is always in the hands of others, and what Wei Zhongxian can do is to borrow the hand of others to hold the knife. This also means that once someone else has a different heart, then Wei Zhongxian will have nothing in an instant.

Don't look at Wei Guangwei and the others relying on Wei Zhongxian to fight vigorously with the Donglin Party members, but that's only because Wei Guangwei and the others need Wei Zhongxian to deal with the Donglin Party members. Once Wei Guangwei and the others regain power, Wei Zhongxian will be the first to be abandoned.

Civil officials are still civil officials after all, no matter how hard and cruel they fight, it is only for their own benefit. Civil officials are still a class after all, unless Wei Zhongxian can completely take away military power from the Ministry of War just like how civil officials dealt with honorable generals back then. , Return it to the nobles or take it as their own, let the Dongchang or Jinyiwei people control the military power, otherwise Wei Zhongxian will never have a chance of winning.

And this kind of thing was done by Emperor Zhengde a hundred years ago, but the result was that the royal family changed, and his cousin's family became the emperor.

"Father, Your Majesty is still young now, and the days to come are still long. Even if Eunuch Wei is defeated, as long as His Majesty still needs someone to check and balance the civil servants, then our family's position in Jinyiwei will not be shaken in any way."

Hearing Fang Yanhai's words, Fang Haichuan said with a serious expression: "As long as we are loyal to His Majesty, Your Majesty will not let loyal ministers be chilled!"

These words made Fang Yanhai silent for an instant, and after a long time, Fang Yanhai said slowly: "Take your things and follow me to see Eunuch Wei."

Now that Fang Haichuan has already made up his mind to be a son, he, as a father, will naturally not stop him. He married a wife and had children much later than ordinary people. He only gave birth to his son Fang Haichuan when he was in his 30s, and he fought hard all his life. It has already reached the point where the oil is exhausted and the lights are dry, and there are not many years to live, and the Fang family will have to rely on Fang Haichuan for support.

It's useless for him to stop it now, and what Fang Haichuan said is right, as long as the emperor still needs someone to check and balance the civil servants, he will not do anything to their Fang family.

Soon, a carriage drove out from Fang's house, heading towards Wei Zhongxian's private house outside the palace.

...

Wei house.

"Fang Tongzhi, I don't know why you came to see our family?"

Looking at Fang Yanhai, Wei Zhongxian couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. Although the Jinyiwei is now under his control, there are still some people in the Jinyiwei who are not under his control, such as Fang Yanhai, Liu Qiao and the old troops left behind by Luo Sigong.

Luo Sigong has been in charge of Jinyiwei for more than ten years, and many people in the entire Jinyiwei were single-handedly promoted by him. Even now that he has taken control of Jinyiwei, he can't drive them all away. After all, he won't be able to find so many people in a short while. Therefore, his attitude towards these people is equal, as long as they are willing to carry out his orders, then they are his people, even if they do not carry out his orders, they cannot oppose him.

Fang Yanhai, as the commander of Jinyiwei, is second only to Luo Sigong among those people. He has also tried to win over Fang Yanhai before, but Fang Yanhai's attitude has always been vague.

"Eunuch Wei, when I was investigating the grain corruption case, I discovered that some people stole grain from the grain warehouse in Linqing Prefecture. My son has already obtained the evidence of these people stealing grain. Please take a look at it!"

Fang Yanhai took a few steps forward holding more than a dozen ledgers.

At this time, a eunuch who had been guarding behind Wei Zhongxian suddenly appeared in front of Fang Yanhai, and quietly took the account book in Fang Yanhai's hand.

Master!

Fang Yanhai didn't realize it until the account book in his hand disappeared, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Although he was exhausted now and was not far from death, he was once a master of martial arts, and he was able to quietly take the money from his hand. According to the account book, this eunuch's strength is only stronger than his heyday, not weaker.

But after thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian has to be protected by such a master, so that Wei Zhongxian dares to leave the palace unscrupulously, otherwise his life will be lost if he really encounters someone who takes the risk

After receiving the account book from the eunuch, Wei Zhongxian flipped through it, but after looking at it for a while, Wei Zhongxian put down the account book and asked, "Fang Qianhu, how much grain did those people steal?"

"Back to my father-in-law, it's only recorded in the account book. In the past 20 years, those people have directly stolen more than 400 million shi of grain, and exchanged old for new ones for more than 600 million shi."

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's question, Fang Haichuan quickly replied.

"How many did you say!"

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but exclaimed, and stood up abruptly, without even realizing that the teacup in his hand had been swept to the ground.

Seeing Wei Zhongxian's appearance, Fang Haichuan knew that even Wei Zhongxian, a powerful figure like Wei Zhongxian, was shocked by this huge number. In fact, when he himself just calculated it, he was also stunned for a long time before returning. Come on.

400 million shi, that's the amount of grain that the imperial court needs for a year. This amount of grain is enough to feed nearly a million people for a whole year.

"These people are really brave. They won't be afraid to turn back millions of frontier soldiers and eat them!"

After a long time, Wei Zhongxian came back to his senses, looked at the dozen books on the table and sneered, 400 million shi of grain, grain grain transported to the capital, those people must not dare to make up their minds, at most replace it with old grain, anyone who can make up their minds There is only food for the frontier troops everywhere. They stole the food, which means that millions of frontier soldiers will be hungry.

And this is just the granary in Linqing Prefecture. You must know that there are five granaries in Water Transport. If Linqing Prefecture is like this, how much better the other four granaries will be.

But for him, he doesn't care whether the frontier army is hungry or not, but he can't miss such a good opportunity. Such a big case is enough to bury many people!
After thinking for a while, Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Fang Qianhu, you have made great achievements this time, what reward do you want?"

As a local rascal, he knows very well that all big names and righteousness are deceitful. He has no such thing as a eunuch. If he wants people to work for him, he can only give benefits to others, and only others can get benefits from him. , will work for him.

If you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse graze. Fang Haichuan took such a big risk to get the evidence, so he must have something to ask for, but now he has a lot of chips in his hand. If Fang Haichuan wants, he will definitely give it to him. afford it.

"Father-in-law, my father is very old, and he will retire soon, and I want to inherit my father's position."

Fang Haichuan didn't beat around the bush. Although Wei Zhongxian didn't know a single character like those civil servants said, it was true that he hadn't read any books. Like, maybe Wei Zhongxian will believe it, and then he will lose a lot of money.

Hearing Fang Haichuan's request, Wei Zhongxian tapped the handrail lightly with his fingers, weighing the pros and cons. Fang Haichuan's request is not too much, and these evidences can help him bring down many people.

However, Fang Yanhai's prestige in Jinyiwei is not small. Before Fang Yanhai was not far from becoming an official, he didn't pay much attention to Fang Yanhai. Now that Fang Haichuan is in his prime, if he inherits Fang Yanhai's position, Luo Sigong's old department will definitely lean on him Here, besides Tian Ergeng, there will be one more voice in Jinyiwei.

But this is a good thing for him. If Fang Haichuan gathers up those old departments of Luo Sigong, it means that he has more people in his hands.

After thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian nodded with a smile and said: "As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dogs, Fang Qianhu has outstanding abilities, and it is reasonable to inherit the position of your father. Our family agrees."

"Thank you, Eunuch!"

Fang Haichuan hurriedly bowed to answer, and at this moment, he also remembered the promise he had made to Su Hao, to take the seat of Jinyiwei Qianhu in Jinan Prefecture for him.

After thinking for a while, Fang Haichuan still gritted his teeth and said, "Elder-in-law, one of the officials under Xiaguan has contributed a lot to obtaining these evidences this time. I want to ask for the position of Jinyiwei Qianhu in Jinan Prefecture for him."

He also knew that if he did this, Wei Zhongxian might feel that he was greedy, but for Su Hao, he still valued it very much. Although he was the commander of Jin Yiwei, it would not be difficult to recruit some subordinates, but like Su Hao It's hard to find a subordinate who can do things.

"As you please."

After taking a deep look at Fang Haichuan, Wei Zhongxian waved his hands indifferently: "From now on, you can just do things for our family with peace of mind."

It is not a big deal for him to have a thousand households of Jinyiwei. Now that Fang Haichuan has just made a great contribution, there is no need to refute his face for this.

"Thank you, Eunuch!"

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was not angry, Fang Haichuan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your official must do his best to serve your father-in-law!"

"Retire first, our family must first bring evidence to the palace to face the saint."

Wei Zhongxian picked up a dozen books and said.

...

After leaving the Wei residence, Fang Yanhai said: "Chuan'er, it's just a mere subordinate, why bother to speak to Eunuch Wei and leave a bad impression on Eunuch Wei?"

Fang Haichuan said solemnly: "Father, my boy's subordinate is a heretical warlock. He is not only capable of doing things, but also has excellent talent. He has a great possibility to reach the realm of a martial arts master in the future. If he is completely included under his command, he will definitely become a boy in the future." Right arm and right arm."

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Fang Yanhai nodded: "That's worth paying attention to."

At the beginning, Luo Sigong took him as his confidant because of his excellent talent in martial arts. Since then, his official career has been smooth.

.........

Linqingzhou Water Transport Wharf.

Looking at the sparkling river surface, Su Hao was playing with a delicate paper armor in his hand, which he made again from the paper skin he had prepared for the natal paper figurine.

At this time, Su Hao threw his hand upwards, forming several magic seals in his hand, the paper armor instantly split into dozens of pieces, the next moment, the dozen pieces of paper armor turned into the size of a normal person, and then tightly attached to Su Hao's body, Formed a complete set of close-fitting armor.

Looking at the armor on his body, a strange idea came to Su Hao's mind. This way of wearing armor is really fashionable. If some special effects are added, it's not difficult to pretend to be a warrior in armor.

After thinking wildly for a while, Su Hao withdrew his thoughts and focused his gaze on the system panel.

Host: Su Hao

Status: Scholar, Jinyiwei Baihu
Skill: [Four Books and Five Classics] (integration)
【Scattering Paper into Military Art】(Superb)

【Yuanyuan Jue】(Peak to the top)

【Painted Skin】(First glimpse)

【Secret Technique of Paper Control】(Superb)

【Pure Yang Promise Skill】(Perfect in Fire)

[Yunlong [-]% off] (integration)
【Paper Doll Array】(Perfect)

【Paper Doll Tracing Technique】(Perfect)

【Paper Armor Technique】(Perfect)

Enlightenment points: 203
Looking at the series of skills on the system, Su Hao looked at Tang Xiangjin who was not far away. Although there are quite a few upgrades this time, most of the combat power is still in the concept, and the materials must be collected as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Su Hao walked towards Tang Xiangjin.

"Tang Baihu, I have something I want to ask."

After a few polite words with Tang Xiangjin, Su Hao asked: "My little brother wants to buy some training materials for heresy techniques. I wonder if there is anyone here in Shandong who can sell them?"

"Cultivation materials for heresy techniques?"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Tang Xiangjin thought for a moment before saying, "Brother Su, maybe you can go to Shanshi to have a look."

"Mountain City?"

Su Hao couldn't help being stunned. He had heard of the ghost market. In South Zhili and North Zhili, because the places are rich, there are many more heretic warlocks in these two places than in other places, so they gathered into one heretic warlock. The exclusive market for heresy warlocks has always been elusive, and these two markets are also elusive, so they are called ghost markets.

"I've heard that too."

Tang Xiangjin smiled and said: "Before I heard people say that in Zichuan, some heretic warlocks gathered and opened a market specializing in the sale of heretical practice materials. The other side only accepts Taoists and heretic warlocks, but this The mountain market is not open every day, and I don't know the exact opening time."

Zichuan?

Hearing this familiar place name, Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. In fact, he still had a lot of doubts about the mud ghost case last time. For example, Huang Ping's strength. As the priest of the Town God's Temple, the other party should not be that powerful. , the gods are invited to ask for the gods, the city god of Zichuan County is crazy, so much divinity is given to Huang Ping, besides, he was in Xincheng County at the time, and was not under the jurisdiction of the city god of Zichuan County. God's power can't come there either.

Another example is Zhang Chongxiu, this person who died before Huang Ping or a ghost, who is he, what are he and Huang Ping planning, why do they go around so many places to kill people?
At that time, he held the idea that more things are worse than less things, so he went back to Jinan Mansion without checking anything, but if Fang Haichuan really got him the position of Jinyiwei Qianhu in Jinan Mansion, maybe he had to make a special trip Find out, after all, it will be his territory from now on.

　PS: Solemn apology, (^_^;) I made a mistake when I wrote the data before. It only takes 1456 enlightenment points to raise the pure yang Wuji Gong to the (climax) realm, but I counted an extra realm, which is 4000 Many, until today a reader told me that when the protagonist wanted to be promoted to the innate master, he broke through the limit and got more than 3 enlightenment points. With so many enlightenment points, it is not enough to kill all the people, big and small, in the entire Shandong. It has been changed. Yes, it does not affect reading, and I sincerely apologize again!
　　
　
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