When he was inspecting the Yamen of Shuntian in Beijing, Chen Zengyu frowned and sighed. He was in trouble, and he was in trouble!
Grand Master Sun of Lao Taishan sent someone to inform him that the Jiexiu Fan family was going to be in bad luck and he must never associate with them again. What Lao Taishan meant, as a man who had been in officialdom for so long, he didn't understand, that is: cut off. Make peace with them at all costs.
When Jiexiu Fan cuts himself, he must pick it out cleanly and completely!
But the problem is that he is too closely connected with the Jiexiu Fan family. The concubine was married with their help, and the property of the mansion was given as a gift by others. He pays filial piety every year. Not long ago, he helped them win half of the Changlu Saltworks.
Salt. How to cut it? It’s impossible to pick it clean!
Chen Zengyu could imagine that as soon as Fan Yuqi was arrested, he would also be imprisoned. Even if he could save his life, he would not want to be an official.
No! Absolutely not! I have worked hard for half my life to reach this second-level feudal position!
Dejected, I walked from the court hall into the inner hall.
Seeing that he had lost all energy, his beloved concubine Guo Qiaoer hurriedly asked: "Master, why are you so frowning?"
"Hey, if you sit at home behind closed doors, disaster will come from the sky! Your Majesty has issued an order to severely punish the eight major business houses in Shanyou. The Fan family in Jiexiu will soon be finished. Once the Fan family falls, I will be taken out of the house, and my career will be over."<
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"The Holy One wants to punish Mr. Fan Engong for the crime of "collaborating with captives"? What I'm saying is that Mr. Fan Engong has sent things to our family from time to time over the years. If something happens to him, you will not be able to escape from the involvement. You have to find a way quickly!"
"Hey, what else can we do now? We can only wait for Tiqi from the imperial court." Chen Zengyu burst into tears. When disaster struck, this senior official's performance was not as good as that of a female.
But Guo Qiaoer was not panicked at all. He had crossed the Qinhuai River and had seen a lot of the three religions and nine streams. He was a courageous man. He gave Chen Zengyu a "clever plan": "Why don't you send someone secretly to inform Fan Engong and let him flee as soon as possible. As long as the court can't catch him, he didn't panic at all."
If you stay at Fan Engong, won't you be fine?"
This "clever plan" was actually a bad idea. Originally, even if Chen Zengyu accepted Fan Yuqi's bribe and opened the door for him, the Jiexiu Fan family was not classified as a traitor by the court at that time. It was just a "bribery crime" and the crime was not serious.
Even after death, with the power of Mount Tai, he might be able to recover after a while; but now the imperial court has designated Jiexiu Fan as a "Tonglu", and for informing "Tonglu" people, the nature of the crime has become "Tonglu"
"The crime of kidnapping" is a serious crime and will cost you your head!
In his desperation, Chen Zengyu ignored Guo Qiao'er's careful calculation and praised Guo Qiao'er's method, "What Qiao'er said is that I will fix the book for brother Fan Xian and ask him to leave as soon as possible!"
"Master, you can't repair the book. You must not leave any words behind for this kind of thing, otherwise there will be endless troubles. Just send a confidant to ride a fast horse and give them a message."
"Oh, Qiaoer is still thoughtful. I will send someone to do it immediately!"
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There is a street in Zhangyuan Village in Jiexiu, Shanxi, named "Fanjia Street". As the name suggests, this street belongs to the old Fan family.
There is a courtyard in the west section of the street, which the locals call "Xiaojinluan Hall", which is the mansion of the direct descendant of the Fan family. From the time of Fan Ming and Fan Yongdou, the Fan family's mansion was well repaired and became more and more grand.
Sanba is in charge of the Fan family, and this Fan family's mansion has already been named "Xiaojinluan Palace".
The older generation of Shanxi merchants are reluctant to eat or wear, but they are willing to build a house. A house is a person's face! A person has face when the house is elegant! Poor Jiexiu Fan family has been doing business for generations, but such a smart family has always been
I didn’t see through it: the real face is integrity, not nerdiness.
Fan Sanba stood at the door of the house, looking at the servant who was packing the money into boxes, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Fan Yuqi came to him and said, "Father, everything is packed. Let's go quickly. If you are late, it will be too late!"
"Hey, your grandfather had the foresight! Before he died, he asked your third brother to take some of his belongings to the Rakshasa Kingdom and Kazakhstan to do business. Otherwise, I, Jiexiu Fan, want to leave, but I don’t know where to go!"
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Fan Sanba let out a long sigh and said to his eldest son Fan Yuxin, second son Fan Yufu, fourth son Fan Yutan and fifth son Fan Yuqi who were gathered around him: "Go into the ancestral hall with your forehead and kowtow to your grandfather and all the ancestors before leaving.
.Now that I’m gone, I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to come back!”
After saying that, I burst into tears and walked to Fan's Ancestral Hall.
Fan's ancestral hall is located in the southeast corner of Zhangyuan Village. It is magnificent and has an official atmosphere.
It’s no wonder that the Jiexiu Fan family was originally the “Imperial Businessman” of the Qing Dynasty and had absolute bureaucratic capital. At that time, Emperor Shunzhi “knowing that Yong Dou was famous, he summoned him and appointed him an official. Because he was not familiar with civil affairs, he spoke hard and issued an edict to Zhangjiakou.
Houses and land are registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are still traded with each other." The Fan family has to pay a certain amount of fur to the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year. With the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in addition to operating border trade, silk, cloth, tea, grain, salt, copper and ginseng have become large-scale.
A veritable "No. 1 Merchant in the Qing Dynasty".
"My ancestors, my father, and my unfilial son Fan Sanba kowtowed to you!"
"My ancestors, my grandfather, and my unfilial grandson Fan Yuxin kowtow to you!"
"Ancestors, grandfathers??"
In the ancestral hall, the sound of kowtowing was heard.
"Woo~woo~woo~"
I don't know who cried, and there was a whimper in the ancestral hall.
The wind is rustling and the Fen River is cold. Once Fan is gone, he will never come back.
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"What! Jiexiu Fan has escaped! Who leaked the secret? I will search for them even if I dig three feet under the ground to find them!"
Huang Zongyi, the imperial envoy of the right capital, looked at the empty mansion of the Jiexiu Fan family and was so angry that his beard was flying. This time, the eight major profiteers were investigated and the other seven were captured, but the leader, the Jiexiu Fan family, was missing.
How can he explain this to the Holy Father?
"Report to the General Constitution, no trace of Fan family found", the subordinates came to report.
Huang Zongyi was stunned for a moment. Could it be that such a large population of the Fan family just disappeared?
Seeing this, Lu Liuliang said: "Huang Gong, the Fan family has been engaged in border trade for a long time. The official judged that they either fled to Mongolia in the desert or fled to the Rakshasa Kingdom. But Feiqi informed Chen Bangyan, the governor of Mongolia and the governor of Shanxi
Liu Dou, the governor of Inner Mongolia Liu Maoxia, and the governor of Outer Mongolia Shi Dacheng asked them to send troops to block the borders and provincial boundaries. If Fan is found, they will be arrested immediately.
"Good!"
Huang Zongyi praised and regained his magnanimity. He smiled and said: "I will send a horse to inform them immediately and send troops to guard the provincial borders and borders. Whether it is grassland or desert, they must search carefully. I really don't believe it. Then Fan
You can turn into a bird and fly out."
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In Inner Mongolia, in the southern desert of Tumut Right Banner, Fan Sanba led his tribe, driving carriages and camels, and ran for their lives.
He didn't dare to walk through the grasslands, fearing that the local herdsmen would tip off the court, so he only dared to walk through the desert. Fortunately, the Fan family's caravan often traveled in this desert, so the roads were familiar.
"Father, there is an oasis ahead, let's take a rest." Fan Yuqi advised his old father to take a rest.
"No, continue walking west and rest in Lat Banner." Fan Yongdou panted heavily, but insisted on continuing on the road. For him, time is life, and he cannot afford to waste any moment.
"Da~da~da~"
The horses' hooves raised dust, and a group of Ming troops surrounded them. They were very fierce. Just when the captain of Fan's nursing home wanted to resist, his head was chopped off by a black-faced sergeant.
"Come on, tie them all up," the leading civil servant said with a smile.
Arriving at this stage, Fan Sanba accepted his fate and sighed: "I am Fan Sanba. May I ask your surname?"
The official was so kind that he actually bowed his hand to Fan Sanba and said, "I am Liu Bi, the right minister of the Criminal Department."