Fan Ju hurriedly stood up, bowed to the ground, and said with emotion: "I'm not old and confused yet. I believe Master Zong must have helped a lot in this case of the Fan family. I'm very grateful. I will definitely have important matters in the future."
Thank you, if Master Zong has anything to ask for, our Fan family will help you greatly!"
Zongyuan waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "I appreciate the kindness of the father-in-law. As for thanking you or not, that would be too unreasonable. Madam has always taken good care of the ministers. I will try my best to help the father-in-law with this with my little power."
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Now he doesn't dare to accept benefits from anyone. Zong Yuan has a hunch that if anyone is still making money at this time, they are most likely digging their own grave.
Zong Yuan successfully persuaded Fan Ju, and then went to the palace to see Fan Min and reported the situation to her in detail. Fan Min was already very satisfied with the result. In any case, his father's life was saved.
Life is more important than anything else.
She sat down on the couch with a smile, raised her head to the door and said, "Bring it in!"
Following her words, two maids walked into the hall carrying trays. The trays were covered with red silk. The two maids came to the front and rear of Zong Yuanjin, and at Fan Min's signal, they pulled off the red silk.
Zong Yuan lowered his head and took a look. Well, the tray was filled with glittering gold and bright pearls. There were more than twenty pieces of valuable gold and silver jewelry.
Fan Min smiled and said: "Master Zong is willing to contribute to this palace, so naturally I will not forget Master Zong's kindness. These are all given to me by the king, please accept them!"
Zong Yuan was shaken and hurriedly knelt down, saying repeatedly: "I don't dare..."
"What I have given you is a gift. What else do you dare to say?!" Fan Min waved his hand casually and said, "Get up and speak."
Zong Yuan took a deep breath, kowtowed and said, "Wei Chen, thank you Madam for your kindness."
Fan Min was right. As the wife of a monarch, the things she gave to her ministers could only be regarded as gifts, not bribes, so Zong Yuan dared to accept them with peace of mind.
After he stood up, Fan Min raised his head to the person sitting opposite the table, motioning him to take a seat, and then asked: "I want to ask you, who did the king bring back this time when he returned to the capital?"
Zong Yuan's mind changed rapidly, he thought for a moment, and said: "There is His Royal Highness the Jade King, and...the owner of Yuexiu Villa in the Huan Kingdom, it is said that his name is Wan Guan, and she is a woman."
"Yeah!" Fan Min fiddled with his nails and asked casually, "What's the purpose?"
"This..." Zong Yuan raised his eyes and carefully looked at Fan Min opposite.
"What? You don't know or you don't dare to say it?" Fan Min asked with a smile.
Zongyuan had a cold war and said in a low voice: "The king may have brought His Highness the Jade King back to the capital for two purposes. One is to discuss the division of Huan Di, and the other is... maybe to marry His Highness the Jade King.
From the current point of view, the marriage between Fengyu and Fengyu is the most beneficial to our country."
"It sounds like this." Fan Min asked with a smile: "Then why did you bring this woman Wanguan back to the capital?"
"Oh, I heard that Wan Guan is young and beautiful. She has not left the imperial court and has not yet been engaged. Does the king... have any plans to accept her as his concubine?"
Bang! Fan Min, who was playing with his nails, slammed the table, his phoenix eyes shot out sharp light, he looked directly at Zong Yuan, and asked one word at a time: "Are you deceiving me for being ignorant?"
Zong Yuan, whose buttocks were still warm from sitting on the platform, knelt on the ground again and said urgently: "Wei Chen doesn't dare..."
"As far as I know, Yuexiu Villa is the largest businessman in the Huan Kingdom. The king brought Wan Guan back to the capital. With your master's intelligence, did you analyze that the king wants to take her as his concubine? Are you confused or just lying?
Are you confused?"
Fan Min lifted her skirt, stood up, and said in a deep voice: "There can only be one Fan family in the Feng Kingdom, and there will not and cannot be a second 'Fan family'. I hope that Mr. Zong can help me."
Solve this matter."
Zong Yuan has a big problem. How to solve this problem? The king brought Wan Guan back to the capital. He obviously wanted to introduce Yuexiu Villa into Feng Kingdom. How could he influence the king's decision?
He knelt on the ground, frowned and said: "Madam has a mandate, and Wei Chen must obey it, but... it's just this matter, Wei Chen is afraid that he will not be able to do what he wants!"
Fan Min smiled, walked up to Zong Yuan, looked down at him, and said slowly: "Master Zong is too modest! Among the many ministers in the court, only Master Zong is the best at figuring out the king's thoughts, and your words are also the best.
Speaking from the heart of the king, if even you are unable to do it, I am afraid that no one will be able to accomplish this."
"But madam..."
Fan Min yawned, waved her sleeves and said, "I'm tired, Lord Zong, please come back! Again, I'm waiting for good news from Lord Zong." As she spoke, she walked towards the inner room.
Alas! Zong Yuan lowered his head and sighed secretly. Looking at the two plates of jewelry placed in front of him, he could only smile bitterly.
After Tang Yin returned to the capital, Zhenjiang City immediately became lively, and several major events happened in succession.
The Fan family's salt and iron reselling case finally came to a conclusion. Fan Guang, Fan Ren, Li Shuxian and five other Fan family children took the initiative to surrender and admitted that they were responsible for the Fan family's secret reselling of salt and iron.
Tang Yin was not polite to these five people at all, and executed them all according to law. In addition, the Fan family also paid a huge fine of 30 million taels of silver because of this case.
Qi Heng's case also came to an end. He was demoted, demoted to a civilian, and temporarily retained the position of commander of the Ninth Army to see what the consequences would be.
The two generals Ye Tang and Gao Yu who were implicated because of him were guilty of transferring troops without permission. Both of them were demoted three levels in a row, and their titles were also reduced from earl to baron.
This kind of punishment is not heavy, and it can also be seen from it that Tang Yin is determined to punish the guilty ministers, and it can be regarded as convincing to the public.
But what happened next made Tang Yin fall into controversy again, that is, Gu Chen from the Lieutenant's Mansion was transferred to the imperial court to serve as the imperial inspector.
Being transferred from the imperial court of a country to the imperial court is like being transferred from the local government to the central government. In theory, it is considered a promotion. In fact, everyone knows that the imperial court is in name only. Anyone who is transferred to the imperial court is equivalent to being hung up.
, only a false name and no real power.
Now that even the emperor is just a decoration, what rights does this imperial inspector have? Who else can he inspect?
Privately, the ministers in the court and the people of Feng Kingdom were all discussing this matter. The achievements of the Lieutenant's Mansion today were mainly due to Gu Chen, and this time Gu Chen was transferred to the imperial court for no reason, which is really unbelievable.
Many people speculate that Gu Chen was implicated in the Fan family's case. After all, the Fan family's case was discovered by him. Although the king punished the Fan family severely, he also harbored resentment towards Gu Chen in his heart, so he kicked him out.
Out of the imperial court, thrown into the imperial court.
Regarding this matter, both the ministers and the people criticized Tang Yin. Ministers came to plead for Gu Chen in an endless stream every day, and people wrote to Tang Yin piling up every day, hoping that he could take back his life.
Tang Yin was completely unmoved. The ministers who came to the palace to plead for mercy could not even see his face. He did not even look at the petitions from the people and ordered them all to be burned. He turned a deaf ear to the voices inside and outside the court.
In the end, no one could change Tang Yin's decision, and even Yin Zhun of the world issued an edict. In this way, the matter became a certainty and no one could change it.
The Fan family is the happiest about this. Although the Fan family has risked the lives of five of its children this time and handed over thirty million taels of silver for no reason, Gu Chen finally said that "evil will be rewarded with evil", and so does the king.
This is because of the Fan family.
What happened next was a great happy event. Tang Yin formally proposed marriage to the emperor, married Princess Yin Rou, and decided to make Yin Rou Princess Feng.
Until now, Feng Kingdom only had the king's wife, but not the princess. This time Tang Yin wanted to appoint the princess as his concubine, which made everyone in Feng Kingdom excited and overjoyed.
For this reason, the Feng Kingdom's court began preparations for the wedding one month in advance and issued a general amnesty, which could be regarded as a complete cleansing of prisons across the Feng Kingdom.
After deciding on his marriage to Yin Rou, Tang Yin felt a lot more relaxed.
In the morning of the court, he specially invited Wan Guan into the palace. In the court hall, he announced that he was going to support Yuexiu Villa and expand its business to the entire Feng Kingdom. Within two years, the imperial court would
Full tax exemption, and after two years, a 30% tax will be imposed.
Zhang Xin was the first minister to stand up against this matter. Zhang Xin stated that Fengguo's current business structure is already very stable. If Yuexiu Villa is supported, it will undoubtedly disrupt the current stability and be detrimental to Fengguo.
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Zhang Xin's words were supported by many ministers, and Zong Yuan also lost no time in expressing his agreement and agreed with Zhang Xin's statement.
In fact, the reason why Zong Yuan opposed the imperial court's support of Yuexiu Villa was firstly because he was entrusted by Fan Min, and secondly, he really felt that it was of little significance for the imperial court to do so.
As Zhang Xin said, Fengguo's current business is very stable, with the Fan family as the mainstay, and small and medium-sized businesses as the supplement. Vigorously supporting Yuexiu Villa will inevitably create strong competition between it and the Fan family, which will trigger national business
The turmoil is not a good thing.
The only ones who agreed with Tang Yin's decision were Zhang Zhe, Cai Gui and a few ministers. Zhang Zhe had long disliked the Fan family. Why did you, the Fan family, have the monopoly on business in such a huge Feng country? Why did you introduce Yuexiu?
The villa is also a check and balance for the Fan family.
Cai Gui agreed, but it was completely out of selfishness, because the Cai family's industry is also huge, but it is mainly concentrated in Ning. Because of the wind, the Fan family has a monopoly in both places. The Cai family cannot enter at all. Now the king wants to support
At Yuexiu Villa, as long as this precedent is set, the Cai family can naturally spread their business to the entire Feng Kingdom. This matter is directly related to the vital interests of the Cai family, so of course he must support it.
Regardless of whether they support Tang Yin or oppose Tang Yin, none of them can fully understand Tang Yin's thoughts.
The prosperity and decline of a country has a great relationship with business. Only competition can generate power, and only the fiercest competition can stimulate the greatest potential. Fengguo will never have a big business just relying on a large business group like the Fan family.
progress.
No matter how beautiful a single branch is, it cannot be as beautiful as a hundred flowers blooming. Tang Yin's own abilities may not be as good as those of the ministers present, but his modern thinking is definitely several generations ahead of theirs.