Chapter 320 (2/2)
His o, to the tower in Danzhou that had been burned, leaving nothing but charred wood It was in this tower that he had killed for the first time in his life After he came to the capital, he used the power of the Overwatch Council and investigated the truth of this matter That year, the Liu clan tried to poison him because of the plans of those tomen in the Royal Palace
It was also in that year that the Ee between the Fan and Lin faht up the subject of transferring the jurisdiction of the palace treasury in the future Although the 's vehement opposition, it still caused the Eldest Princess to becohtly let go of the fortune she controlled, and so she had organised an assassination atteainst Fan Xian
However, no one had expected for Fan Jian to raise the issue again four years later, taking advantage of the ti returned to home to venerate his ancestors Finally he received the E hurry to Danzhou to bring Fan Xian back to Jingdou
Thinking of how his norant 12-year-old self already carried such a heavy load on his shoulders and had already brought upon hireat power, still felt an echoing fear
And after that was the Niulan Street incidence The Second Prince had arranged a feast and invited him Secretly, the Eldest Princess had ordered the second son of the Prianize a plan for murder
Come to think of it, this mother-in-law had tried ed to succeed Fan Xian ser he has been eless beauty, the Eldest Princess Furthermore, the Eldest Princess had never acted personally; she had only used conspiratorial means to have other people dirty their hands… This wo people fro to assassinate hi
A confident s as you are angry, that is good If you were as calm and peaceful as always, I wouldn't kno to strike
He was deeply convinced of the Xinyang Princess's ability to plot Just froed the Niulan Street incidence to an opportunity to take land froe for chaos in the Qing court the ability of the Eldest Princess to plot and scheme was clear—but he did not fear this The Overwatch Council specialized in plotting, and the young Mister Yan was a prodigy in this and also held a deep, immoveable hatred for the Eldest Princess Thewas that the Overwatch Council had, other than plots, power And this is what Xinyang ainst schemers, the most effective method was simple force
”The Eldest Princess is an extraordinary wohed ”Truly extraordinary Back in the day, everyone in the court thought she was helping the eastern palace No one thought she had an alliance with the Second Prince Those in court who loathed her, such asleft the court, leaned toward the Second Prince, and she could, at any moment, set up those she controlled in the eastern palace as the enemy At that time, the enemy would be weakened and she would be well-prepared If this situation continued for seven or eight years, perhaps the Second Prince really would have been able to move into the eastern palace once the Emperor was old”
”Unfortunately, she met you,” shi+ Chanli said
Fan Xian said, without modesty, ”I was just luckier Besides, do you think that the E about this?”
shi+ Chanli was slightly surprised
Fan Xian smiled bitterly ”No matter how extraordinary a person the Eldest Princess is, she was not a match for those old folks I ae Perhaps the Eer”
Suddenly he tilted his head slightly and looked at the snow-covered lass s, and somewhat abruptly said, ”However, out of all of these extraordinary people, I actuallytiht that his teacher would say he
Fan Xian said with a smile, ”That father-in-law of mine is known by the people as a traitorous official, yet he was a rare competent official The last few years, it could be said the Qing Kingdom has been truly a country at peace and the people are happy Although there are ser picture Much of this is to his credit What I admire about my father-in-law is his forbearance and resolve At that tiu Jian killed e to Wan'er and stood, without the slightest hesitation, on the side of the Overwatch Council and et, he had battled with the father of Director Chen for years in court Such an important decision, and he acted decisively An extraordinary person”
He then sighed ”Furtherreat power, yet was not reluctant to leave his post One day, he discovered the Ened his position Although he lost the power he held, he ed to keep his family and his clan safe”
After Fan Xian's father-in-law, the Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, retired, he moved to Wuzhou to live out his retirement as a wealthy old dou through letters It seemed that recently he had been well, and his physical health was better than it had been in Jingdou
”It is easy to understand others, but difficult to understand oneself” Fan Xian sighed once again ”Father-in-law understood others, understood himself, and understood the situation There is ht caht about the empty positions in the court, and how the political affairs were being ed by a few palace secretaries, and said softly, ”Teacher, you will also be the Prime Minister of the court one day”
Fan Xian smiled bitterly ”Don't try to probe me,” he scolded ”I'm not in the mood, nor do I have that ability It is not an easy matter to run a country For me, I control the Overwatch Council because that is where e the palace treasury because that is the Es I will not do them”
shi+ Chanli ss you h to , and you will realize that the Emperor does not plan to reinstate the position of Prime Minister after Father-in-law retires”
Fan Xian stood, grasped his walking stick and moved to stand beside theHe pushed open theto sround, and said slowly, ”The retiring head of the Cabinet of Official Papers, Sir Hu, is already headed to Jingdou by order of an imperial edict”
Shan Chanli was shocked and his face paled ”Which Sir Hu?”
”How many do you know?” Fan Xian did not turn around and continued faintly, ”The Sir Hu who promoted literary improvement when I was just a child The Eain, be a scholar I suspect that there will be no place for the Minister of Civil Personnel, Yan Hangshu, ao to his Jingdou garrison, the palace secretaries… will be led by a few Scholars There will not be a need to reinstate the position of Prime Minister”
shi+ Chanli was silently, and spoke quietly a moment later, ”Previously, I only kne to repay the court through study But now I realize that the workings of the court are extreuess at”
A h what he heard today could not enter the biography and was not useful at all in helping the Ie spread their influence, these kinds of secrets were usually never told to those not involved Since his teacher had shared this with him today, if, dozens of years in the future, he was able to write this into the country's history, or release the ”Notes of the Owner of Banxianzhai,” there was no doubt that his na history
Of course, Teacher had to be the victor in history
Thinking of all this, he felt a quiet joy grow in his heart, and he heard his teacher laugh for soe is a bit younger than the Ened in his joyful heart and felt stunned He had once seen Chen Pingping frohed doith age; it was clear he was about to enter the earth Could it be he was younger than the Eer by aalmost a ss to worry about Naturally, he would age like this I wonder if, in the future, I will also be old before my time”
Outside the as a desolate and snow-filled landscape Fro as they played ain, and Ye Ling'er, bold and thick-skinned, had also arrived fro Mountain was always this lively in the winter Co the fat one far away in Northern Qi
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes and stared into the cold wind blowing into his face, his deep silence was at odds with the happy ive his life for this E had, was not an easy task It seemed that everyone simultaneously had many faces, and he didn't knohat cards each person held Fan Xian didn't know other people's trump cards, and so he had always kept his truhtly
With a rustling sound, Deng Zi Yue approached the room in a black snow coat As he was about to knock, he saw the as open and Co towards him He paused, walked over, and said in a low voice, ”The rest of the Xinyang people have retreated The Director has sent Zong Zhui and he has chased after the Qinian, were both known as Double Wings, and specialized in tracking He wasn't concerned about his safety Seeing Deng Zi Yue holding a paper bag, he stretched out his hand
In the bag were analysis reports by the Third Bureau, as well as letters
Deng Zi Yue's face turned a strange color; he chuckled and said, ”There is a letter from the north”
Fan Xian paused, then irown-up man don't be like those wo Zi Yue handed hi and leaving
Looking at his subordinate's funny appearance, Fan Xian couldn't resist laughing again
With the excuse that sodou, he shooed shi+ Chanli out of the door It was only then that he broke the first wax seal on the outside of the paper bag and took out a stack of letters He flipped through the Zi Yue's strangeness was, naturally, because of this letter
The Overwatch Council made their wax from rosin and vermillion, without the use of coal This increased their security, and they could seal letters without any gaps, so there was no need to worry about the seal being ta delivered
He first read the dou, and then read the various intelligence reports from the Third Bureau Fan Xian nodded his head, pleased The various developyun had struck very quickly, and the Cui fanan and even the Cui clan's in-laws, the Ming clan, were starting to move their wealth This trick to strike theto work
At last, he ski had sent This had always been his principle in doing things: public first, then private However, after he had read Haitang's see read it late, even if it was just this little bit later
The contents of the letter were shocking Fan Xian's slender fingers gripped the thin paper of the letter and could not stop shaking His expression was grave