Vol 2 Chapter 320 (1/2)
Chapter 320: Mountain Living Notes
There was one thing in this world that was a God to people, and the spirit of GodsEven spirits fight for this inco
The Fan clan house crest could often been seen on the Fan faeOne square, and one circle, was the shape of this thingFan senior was the Minister of Revenue and controlled the national treasury, and Fan junior was about to travel to Jiangnan to take over the palace treasuryThe wealth of the Qing Kingdom was completely controlled by the people of this family; even their family crest was filled with the stench of bronze
Money, that which people loved and hated; that which could help people enter heaven or fall into hellIt could h foolishly on a mountain of swords, and dance mindlessly in a sea of flames!
Commoners loved money, but the imperial court loved money even more, and so they set up many kinds of taxesThey wished they could strip the earth of its valuablesAs for the court of the Qing Kingdom, from the very onset of the country they levied tax on salt, metal, and tea, as well as on land and laborLater, when the Ye clan suddenly disappeared, the palace treasury becaest source of silverThey naturally placed heavy taxes on the glassware, alcohol, toys, and shi+ps that were produced by the palace treasuryFurtheruarded and was the sole responsibility of the Overwatch Council
Once the Overwatch Council discovered the , the world was idoe drain—the court lost a fortune in
taxes from this!
The Imperial Censorate was silent, the officials who had been bribed were silent, yet there were still those of different factions or upstanding officials who subate the h no one mentioned the Eldest Princess by name in their write ups, the spear was pointed directly at Xinyang
The young Emperor of Northern Qi also seized the opportunity and struck a great bargainWhether purposely or not, theMountain was left outAlthough everyone knew that Coator behind this move, which made his takeover of the palace treasury later s
On the contrary, scholars of the I for the Emperor to quickly hand the jurisdiction of the treasury to Fan junior—Fan Xian's reputation was indeed better than that of the Eldest PrincessCredit iven to his careful ain been floating around the tea shops and restaurants of Jingdou, saying that the one in Xinyang had gone crazy and had sent out assassins to kill Fan junior!
The Eighth Bureau of the Overwatch Council indeed had a very high work efficiency
Not everyone was able to completely understand the conflict between Fan Xian and the Eldest Princess
Many aloof scholars were confused as to why mortals were so interested in ive up their heads and spill bloodFor exaht of the entertainment industry, and the owner of the Baoyue Brothel, and had evolved from a poor student to a wealthy merchant, he did not understand this
Why had the Eldest Princess always been unwilling to let go of the palace treasury? She was stubborn even to the point of using bloodthirstywith her own son-in-law
She used the Cui and Ming clans to syi and even overseas, as her purpose in leeching so iant fortune she seized over a dozen of years ago go?
”Raising soldiers” Fan Xian looked at the only student by his side and explained, ”All of the arh Yan Xiaoyi is positioned as the Zhengbei Viceroy, if he wanted to do soainst a decree by the Emperor… you in our country, particularly in the aroes
”If this kind of prestige is to be challenged, there is only one thing in this world that will have any kind of effectAnd that is e amounts of moneyThe monthly pay for the army officers under Yan Xiaoyi would stun you, and it is because of this that Yan Xiaoyi is able to firmly control his troops”
shi+ Chanli stopped his currently-writing right hand and smiled weakly
He had entered the mountain this tieHe was here to write the biography of Fan Xian, one of this generation's civilian officialsEver since Fan Xian published ”Thoughts frodom's poetic circle had becoht back a cart load of
Master Zhuang's works, his influence had spread far and wide
The Ie was naturally proud of one of their oho rose fro Fan juniorThey wouldn't pass up on this resource and so decided to write a biography of him to be published by the Danbo Bookstore and spread far and wideThey hoped to use this to draw in yi City, as well as bring inimperial exams
However, ever since his injury, Fan Xian had hidden away in Cang Mountain and had not visited the I timeEven Shu the Scholar had been unable to find himThey could only use various connections to finally find Sir Fan's only student in Jingdou, shi+ Chanli
shi+ Chanli also thought this was a good ideaAdding to the fact that the Ie had approached him personally, he decided that this was farthe owner of the Baoyu BrothelAnd so he had tottered his way into Cang MountainHe was fortunate in that he hadn't seen the dead bodies in the snow
How could he have known that things would develop in a h his teacher had consented to staying in the study after his pleas… he just wouldn't talk about his life, his studies, or his poetryInstead, he kept talking about the inner workings of the court, such as how the Overwatch Council had toppled the Second Prince, and why the Eldest Princess would not let go of the palace treasury!
How could shi+ Chanli dare to copy these things down? Even if he did dare, the Ie would not dare to publish it—even if they had 800 lives to spare!
He watched his teacher and braved the tension to slowly say, ”Teacher, these things… cannot go into the biography”
As to this whole biography ht, I a to buildshi+ Chanli's aard expression, he jokingly scolded, ”Screw the biography!”
After he swore, he added, ”Is the I to do? When will they finish sorting out Master Zhuang's books? The Danbo Bookstore is waiting to start printing and the Emperor is in a rushIt's not like you don't know, the E it in three years… these useless people, they only kno to suck up to o about their proper business”
shi+ Chanli carefully explained on behalf of the I's books have started to be printed”
Fan Xian shook his head”Then tell raphy s in s, had a few conversations with Master Zhuang—but don't you understand? My s I as that cannot be shown to people”
These words were honest, and seemed close to Roseau's self-analysis, except there wasn't a trace of regret
”What I am most proud of are the sCan you write that, do you dare to write that?” Fan Xian stared into shi+ Chanli's eyes”If you want to write raphy, then wait for a day when I am deadOr when everyone in this ti for life at that time, it won't be too late to talk then”
shi+ Chanli let out a sorrowful sigh and knew that he wouldn't be able to complete his notesHis teacher had made up his mind and he would not be able to convince him otherwiseHowever, he was already interested in the inside stories Sir Fan had told him earlier, so he picked up his teacher's previous topic and said, ”As to the matter in the north, General Yan Xiaoyi used money to buy loyalty… even if he wanted to rebel, I don't think it would have done anything”
Under the influence of his teacher for the last half year, shi+ Chanli was like Sisi from DanzhouHe was braver, and his words were sharper
”The Emperor keeps a close eye on the army” Fan Xian's eye twitched”The Eldest Princess could find no gaps to squeeze into, and she only had Yan Xiaoyi, this one allyOf course she needed to hand out large amounts of money—every bit of loyalty she could buy counted”
”Although it is expensive to keep a standing ar about the palace treasuryIn ten years, is this all she could do?”
”Of course not” Fan Xian explained like a teacher, ”The Second Prince needed to bribe officials in the capital—this needs moneyShe needed to control public opinion—this needs , and various Princes—this needs moneyTheir mouths are open very wide, if
if you want to satisfy these people… a lot of money is needed”
shi+ Chanli furrowed his brows”This is essentially a rebellion”
”You said so earlier,” Fan Xian s the position of heir by forceIf the Second Prince succeeds, once he has imperial power, it will be a siave out”
Fan Xian suddenly thought of the part of ”The Deer and the Cauldron” where Wei Xiaobao fraui, and he smiled bitterly”Of course, once he is emperor, he won't even care about such a petty a to him”
shi+ Chanli sucked in a cold breath”Teacher, you are about take control of the palace treasury, and you have also preemptively destroyed the Cui clanHaven't you severed the other party's source of ed the Second Prince's atte is so enragedCodou last tihed coldly”Reaction? My o”