The Canglang Pavilion in the south of the city covers a wide area and the twists and turns of the garden layout make the Han Mansion look like a paradise living in a downtown city, just like the Han Mansion’s current attitude towards life...

The so-called aristocratic families are naturally not like the Fang family in the capital, but are just purely merchants for making money. Their tentacles penetrate into all aspects of the civil officialdom and even the court. They do everything possible to develop and continue relationships from all sides. Their power is not only reflected in the shopping mall, but more importantly, they have a great influence in the civil and officialdom. This influence can even influence the dynamics and situations of the officialdom. Therefore, aristocratic families are often afraid and guarded by those in power.

As the first family in Jiangnan, in addition to having deep roots and lush forces in the local area, we must also learn to keep a low profile in everything. We strive to develop and strengthen our great people smoothly and effectively without showing off our reputation and gaining popularity.

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There is certainly a reason why aristocratic family became a wealthy place in Jiangnan. Aristocratic families are not nouveau riche. People in aristocratic families do not act arrogantly and domineeringly because of their family name. On the contrary, no matter where, on the contrary, the children of aristocratic families are always polite and talk extraordinaryly. The Confucian ethics of thousands of years can always be reflected in them perfectly. The education that children of aristocratic families have received since childhood is to be proud of their families. How to fight for every benefit for their families? They understand one thing: an arrogant and domineering family will never live long. For thousands of years, the torrents of history and under the great waves of the sand, the arrogant and domineering families have long been obscured by the torrents, and the only thing that has been left to the world is a legend that has existed.

Bypassing the lush forest corridor, the front hall of the Fu Mansion was set up behind a rockery with strange rockery. The front hall was a little old, but it was not without the grand atmosphere of the aristocratic family. A wooden plaque was hung high above the front hall, with three letters written on it, with big black words: "Don't compete for the hall."

"Not fighting. It is the ancestor of the Han family. After the ancestors of the Han family were based on the Moding family, they listed the word "Not fighting" as a golden rule. The ancestors all understood that when the family grew to a point where they could influence the court and even the world, they needed to keep a low profile. Don't do anything for themselves and don't have too sharp conflicts with the rulers of the dynasty, so as not to bring a catastrophe to the family.

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And "not fighting" is the best way to hide one's strength and keep one's low profile.

The Fei family has been passed down from generation to generation and developed to the first family in Jiangnan today. The word "not fighting" played a great role in it. "The wall stands thousands of feet high, and there is no desire to be a net." Although no desire cannot fully achieve the state of righteousness, if you do nothing, if you do nothing, and rely on your original heart, God will treat it well.

In the front hall, Han Zhu, the head of the Han family, picked up the exquisite Jingtai porcelain tea cup, gently drank the Longjing, who was picked and baked in front of the Grain Rain, then put the tea cup and looked at the spring rain quietly falling outside the hall. He sighed unconsciously.

Han Zhu's daughter Han Yizhen sat quietly beside her lips without saying a word, her delicate eyebrows frowned slightly. She seemed to be thinking about something, and her sad and grim look made people feel pity.

The father and daughter sat opposite each other, without saying a word for a long time.

A dull spring thunder came from the sky. The thunder was not loud, but it shocked everyone in the front hall. Then they woke up like a dream, and looked at each other and couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

Clearing his throat, Han Zhu whispered: "Zhen'er, your Uncle Bo Yan Shi is really in trouble this time. You have always been smart and wise. Can you save him?"

Han Yizhen bit his lip and slowly shook his head: "Dad, Uncle Li Shi is deeply trapped in the quagmire and it is difficult to pull out his feet. If my Han family helps, the consequences will be unpredictable. Perhaps not only will it not be able to rescue Uncle Li Shi, but the whole family will be misunderstood by him. Dad, the Han family has been in Jiangnan for a hundred years and finally has the current situation. I really can't take this risk.

Han Zhu stared at the spring rain outside the hall and sighed quietly: "Don't I understand this truth? It's just that I have been friends with Bo Yan for decades. When I was young, we were the best friends. I remember that we talked at night with candles and expressed our life ambitions. How frivolous and refreshing were we at that time? Why did Bo Yan say so many years later, alas!"

Han Yizhen whispered: "Dad, how did Uncle Li Shi get involved in this quagmire? My daughter has never been very familiar."

Han Zhu sighed, "It's all the words power and profit that harms people! Your Li Shishu's career has been quite smooth. In addition to my Han family, who helped him with some small favors, more importantly, he has always followed the doctrine of the mean in the officialdom, so he has been highly appreciated by the adults of various ministries in the capital. About five years ago, your Li Shishu was transferred to Suzhou as the prefect of the prefecture of Liu Waifang at that time, and he had great ambitions in his heart. After less than a year of official position in Suzhou, everything went smoothly, but he never thought that a master from his government office gave him a leak.

"Who is the one who caused Uncle Li Shi to fall into the current predicament?"

Han Zhu nodded and sighed: "Good and good fortune are based on the will of God. The Ministry of Revenue of the Court will send people to various governments every year to check the tax bank, household registration, population, merchants, etc. This is a routine official business every year. Bo Yan didn't take it seriously at that time. That year, after checking the tax bank account in Suzhou Prefecture, the people sent by the Ministry of Revenue suddenly came to him and said that the tax bank income and expenditure on the account book was seriously inconsistent with the registered local farmland and merchants. After Bo Yan checked it, he found that as he said, the difference between the top and bottom was tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Boyan realized the seriousness of this matter. He hurriedly summoned the chief clerk of the government office and asked for inquiries. After asking, he found that several major expenses on the account books were approved by him, and they were also stamped with his official seal and private seal. The money spent all went to an unknown business in Suzhou City, but Boyan had no impression at all."

"There was such a serious problem with the account book and such a big deficit in the tax bank, Bo Yan was also panicked at the time. This was the crime of losing his official position at the least, and the worst was beheading. In panic, he made a very confused decision. On the one hand, he tried his best to appease the officials sent by the Ministry of Revenue in the Central Beijing, and on the other hand, he summoned the Lord Bo and the Master overnight. He privately tampered with the local household registration, the number of merchants and farmland, making it equal to the tax bank account book, and temporarily passed the dangerous shackles of this account check."

Han Yizhen blinked, thought for a while, and said softly: "The major expenditures are all covered with the official seal and private seal of Uncle Li. But he has no impression, and it is clearly stolen by someone. He has tampered with his household registration privately in order to seek peace. This move is also a drinking poison to quench thirst. I am afraid that this matter will not be good, so I am a small person.

Han Zhu sighed: "Yes, if he had told the officials of the Ministry of Revenue at that time, Xiao... the case investigation may have been investigated, and he would have been demoted and removed from his position. It is not a big deal. Now, this table tennis table is over. Bo Yan cares too much about his position as the prefect. He thinks that it will be fine if he covers up the past, but things are not as simple as he thought."

"Less than a month after this incident, a master from Suzhou Prefecture disappeared. A few days later, an unknown man found Bo Yan, took out evidence that he had tampered with the account books and embezzled the imperial tax bank, and threatened to sue the capital. Bo Yan was panicked and hurriedly begged him to cover up the matter, just because it would be a serious crime if Xiao Bo Yan was publicized. It is certain that his home was beheaded. Bo Yan had been climbing in the officialdom for many years, so how could he be ruined and his family was destroyed because of this?"

"The man then put forward the conditions, asking Bo Yan to tamper with the household registration book every year, and hand over the tax bank he had swallowed to him completely, and asked him to find a way to exclude all the chief clerks, masters and other minor officials in the government yamen. He changed the people he trusted, that is, the entire Suzhou Nuoya fell completely into the hands of that man. Bo Yan was very scared at that time, and was afraid of losing his official position and his life. Without thinking, he agreed to the man. From then on, he would have apologized."

Han Zhu sighed in pain when he said this: "I'm confused! I know it's a trap, but I still jumped in. Everything is all because of the word "right" and harming others and yourself. How stupid!"

Han Yizhen also sighed: "From ancient times, no matter the important officials of the court or the peddlers and pawns, who would not bow down to the word "power"? Li Shishu is just one of them. Dad, did Li Shishu later know who was behind the scenes who hosted and forced him?"

Han Zhu shook his head and said, "That man is hiding very deeply and has never appeared. However, according to Bo Yan, the prefect of six of the seven prefectures in Jiangnan has been controlled by him. The process and means of hostage are exactly the same as Bo Yan. It seems that this person's goal is very small. I am worried, alas, Jiangnan may soon have a huge turmoil and may cause disaster to the world."

Han Yizhen frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly said, "I heard that the new emperor ascended the throne for less than a month, so he sent an imperial envoy to inspect Jiangnan. Dad. Could it be that the imperial envoy already knows this? The imperial envoy is

"The court has more or less known, how can such a big case be covered? As for the imperial envoy," Han Zhu said, with a strange look on his face: "The man's surname is Fang Zheng. He is twenty years old, but his title is already a Duke. He was born in a merchant, and his father is Fang Cunyi, the richest man in the Chinese Dynasty. Our Han family has a deep relationship with the Fang family, and there are still many business dealings. When you and Fang Zheng were still young, I laughed and said that I wanted to make a marriage with you. Later, because my Han family opposes, I don't want to be too close to the merchant family. I gave up and yelled."

When Han Yizhen heard this, his pretty face, who had always been as quiet as water, suddenly had a hint of shame and anger. He glared at Han Zhu with some anger and lowered his head and silently.

Looking at his growing older daughter, Han Zhu's eyes were a little more pity and pampering, and said warmly: "Zhen'er, for the Han family, you have suffered for the past few years. You are now in the 29th year. The daughters of ordinary families have already married and taken care of their husbands, but you have never been well-equipped. Those families who propose marriage are either rich or noble, but you don't see it. You have been extremely smart since childhood. The family affairs are always up to you. My Han family has grown and grown in recent years. The role you play is the most important role in it, but you are the daughter's family after all, and you will get married. As a father, you cannot bind your life for the family. "

Han Yizhen's pretty face was blushing. After a while, she shook her head slowly and chuckled, "Dad, my daughter is getting older and her vision is getting higher and higher. How can ordinary wealthy families have the eyes of me? If I can't find the person I really admire in this life, my daughter is willing to live alone and live alone, nor will she want to live in her family, and end up with a depressed and desolate life. Little.

Han Zhu shook her head helplessly and pointed at Han Yizhen. Seeing her whispering softly, but her pretty face was persistent, Shi Jian, Xiao Han Zhu knew that her daughter had always been quite opinionated, so he opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word, so he had to sigh.

Han Yizhen seemed reluctant to mention this matter again, so he hurriedly took back the original topic and said, "In this way, my Han family and that Fang Zheng are actually family friends? Dad, since Fang Zheng is the imperial envoy this time, I wonder if I can investigate this major case clearly?"

Han Zhu frowned and said, "It's hard to say. I heard that Fang Zheng was highly valued by two generations of emperors. He repeatedly rescued the emperor and made meritorious contributions. Not only that. This person is strange in his behavior, and what he says and does is like a pity for sheep hanging on his horns, and there is no trace to be found. Therefore, he was already a second-rank senior official in the court and even more precious as a Duke. This is unique in the more than a hundred years since the founding of the Chinese Dynasty. This person must have some skills.

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Han Yizhen was speechless, with beautiful eyes like autumn water staring at the continuous spring rain outside the hall, muttering Fang Zheng's name in his heart. A playful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. The land of Jiangnan seemed calm, but in fact the undercurrent was surging. I wonder how this young imperial envoy would clear the mess in Jiangnan? It's really exciting.

At this time, a servant suddenly rushed into the front hall and reported: "Master, Miss, there is news from Xuzhou Prefecture that a batch of precious medicinal materials, gold, silver and silk that my Han family departed from the capital were "a little bandit robbed" at the foot of Qinglong Mountain near Xuzhou Prefecture.

"What? Who dares to be so bold? Even the goods from my Han family dare to rob you? Han Zhu was furious and slapped the table.

"Where is my elder brother? He follows the convoy, did he make any mistakes?" Han Yizhen said with a serious face.

"The eldest son has nothing to do, he is almost home now

Fang Zheng eventually robbed Jiangnan Han’s goods.

I don’t want to kill you, but I don’t want to kill you. I’m sorry for my conscience. That batch of goods is so tempting. The precious medicinal materials, gold, silver and silk worth tens of thousands of taels of silver have been delivered to his mouth. With Master Fang’s temper, how could he not swallow it in one bite? He has always been a person with a weak willpower and cannot stand the temptation of others at the most.

So Fang Zheng was so at ease that God gave him a fortune. If he was afraid of the power of the Han family in Jiangnan and retreated it back, wouldn’t he let God down?

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As for what the Han family will react after they know it, Master Fang doesn't care. Anyway, as long as he beats him to death, the Han family can't do anything to him. I am a decent minister, so I think of you because I take something to you. Your Han family should be honored.

Wensen felt very sorry for Fang Zheng's decision. Fang Zheng was not afraid of it, but Wensen was much weaker than him. Looking at the cart of 1 river attracting goods being moved to the ten dens of Qinglong Mountain, watching the escort escort and the polite young man being driven to pieces by the officers and soldiers, Wensen's fragile and sensitive middle-aged man's heart couldn't help but mention Lao Gao.

"Tareman" Are you investigating the case or committing a crime when you go to Jiangnan this time?" Wen Sen burst into tears and snot. Could it be that Lord Fang, who is not sure about the consequences of offending the family?

Fang Zheng opened his innocent eyes and looked at Wensen blankly, without saying a word for a long time.

He was confused.

Since Luo Yueniang is fine, it is not a big deal for thousands of soldiers to be stationed on Qinglong Mountain. Although the soldiers expressed their willingness to live like this, Fang Zheng felt that it was better to be more motivated in life, at least he had to do the job he should do.

So, after thousands of soldiers were stationed on the mountain for four or five days, the imperial envoy lazily issued an order and set off for Jiangnan today.

However, he had some love for his children and wanted to bring Luo Yueniang by his side, but Luo Yueniang was pregnant and was not good at it, so for her health. Fang Zheng had to leave her on the mountain and sent a master in the shadow to protect her secretly. This time, Yang Shunde attacked the mountain, reminded Fang Zheng that his women were all in their hearts and could not make any mistakes. Safety issues were particularly important.

One night before leaving, Xiao Fang Zheng touched Luo Yueniang's boudoir in the middle of the night, holding a dedication, intending to be humiliated by her again. Unexpectedly, Luo Yueniang refused and kicked him out of the door, which made Fang Zheng quite sad.

After Yiyi bid farewell, the little imperial envoy Fang led five thousand soldiers down the mountain and rushed to Suzhou, the first stop in Jiangnan.

From north to west, we passed Taihu Lake. After three days of rushing marching, the imperial envoy's ceremonial guard finally arrived outside Suzhou City.

Seeing the ancient and thick city walls in Suzhou from afar, Fang Zheng sighed in his heart. How did Wudu Gusu look like a thousand years ago? Are the beautiful mountains and rivers and elegant gardens as small as his memories of his previous life, as if they were like smoke and moments, as if they were a lifetime ago?

The gongs opened the way and the small flags were waving, the yellow umbrella and the scepter flags given by the emperor were walking in front of the team, and the imperial envoy's ceremonial guard was majestic. The majestic and solemn momentum made countless pedestrians and people outside the city look sideways and look in awe.

"Sir, the governor of Suzhou Li Boyan, led all the officials in the city to welcome the master at the city gate." Wen Sen replied respectfully.

"You're so polite, why do I feel embarrassed?" Fang Zheng said embarrassed, but there was no expression of embarrassment on his face. After looking at him for a while, he saw that there were indeed crowds of people outside the city, and he couldn't help but frown and said, "So many people, what can I do later?"

Wensen said in confusion: "Sir, what should I do?"

"If those officials later send me red envelopes in front of so many people, I'll be embarrassed

"Cake, or not? This is a problem." Fang Zheng rode on the horse and struggled very much.

When the ceremonial guard reached the city gate, Xiao Fang Zheng had not yet dismounted, the officials from Suzhou Prefecture arranged their teams according to their official ranks and saluted Fang Zheng together.

"The lower-ranking official, Li Boyan, the governor of Suzhou, pay homage to the imperial envoy." Li Boyan took a step forward and saluted Fang Zheng.

"Haha, Lord Li is polite, so polite." Fang Zheng hurriedly dismounted and helped Li Boyan up, smiling extremely kindly, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

Li Boyan stood up and looked at Fang Zheng without any traces, and was secretly surprised.

If I had known Fang Zheng was a young minister who was young and was highly valued by two generations of emperors, I never thought that this person was so young. "Is this obviously a young boy? What kind of ability does he have to make Pan Shangshu, who was in power in the court and the crown prince of a country, fall into his hands?

Fang Zheng was also secretly looking at Li Boyan. This time, the prefect of the six prefectures in Jiangnan secretly colluded to swallow the taxes. The prefect of Suzhou was naturally involved in the case, but Li Boyan looked straight and looked upright and righteous. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like a person who could swallow the taxes of the national treasury. Therefore, people should not behave like a person. A traitor often has a face of great kindness, and vice versa.

In this way, this young master is actually a very kind and good person? This conclusion made Fang Zheng very unwilling.

With doubts, Li Boyan began to introduce all the officials of Suzhou Prefecture to Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng smiled and greeted each other. Seeing that the officials were just pleading with each other, they bowed and bowed, but the expected secretly bribery of the red envelope was not seen at all. Lord Fang, who was thinking of making a fortune, was immediately displeased.

How did these guys become Shangguan? They have no intention at all, they are so rude! I have to mess up the Suzhou officialdom!

Next, Fang Zheng introduced the King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan to the officials, and they were once again hypocritical and polite.

After the officials greeted each other, the noble families and noble families in Suzhou City came to salute one after another. Fang Zheng and Wen Sen heard that even the head of the aristocratic family came to greet them, and they couldn't help but look at each other. They looked a little guilty.

Is Li Boyan too polite? Why did he call the noble family here?

Things should come, but I can't hide it no matter how hard it is.

When Li Boyan smiled and introduced him to the Han family in Jiangnan, Fang Zheng's face finally changed.

"This is the head of the Fu family in Jiangnan, Han Zhu, and the young son behind him is Han Zhu's eldest son, Xiao Han Yi. Haha, I came back from the capital. I have been impressed by the imperial envoy for a long time, so I came to pay my respects to you."

"I have seen the imperial envoy." Huh?" Han Yiwang was shocked after seeing Fang Zheng's appearance when he saw Fang Zheng clearly.

Turning back to look at Wen Sen beside Fang Zheng, Han Yi couldn't help but say "huh" again, his expression becoming more and more shocked.

"It's you!"

"It's not us!" Fang Zheng and Wen Sen paled, and they denied in unison with each other in a tacit understanding.

"Hiss, sir, is so familiar," Han Yi touched his chin and fell into memories.

"The handsome faces all look the same." Fang Zheng smiled dryly.

“A few days ago

"I was on the road a few days ago, yes, I'm rushing non-stop." Fang Zheng quickly stopped him and felt a little sweat on his forehead.

“These officers and soldiers

"Good people, great people, never participate in robbery!" Fang Zheng decided to be honest.

"That's right!" Wensen nodded and agreed.
Chapter completed!