Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 182 Jiangnan Road, Admiral of Jiujiang, Chen Yuanhao
What should come will always come.

When the Captain of the Admiral of Jiujiang appeared, Xia Qifei was stunned.

The captain of the admiral of Jiujiang and the captain of Yangzhou behind him are both captains in name, but in fact they are completely different.

Just by looking at the people under his command, it can be seen that the Admiral of Jiujiang's subordinates control thousands of people, while the captain of Yangzhou has hundreds of people.

When Fan Xian enters the sandbar, others don't need to know that you, Fan Xian, are here, but these three people must know.

The governor of Liangjiang and the admiral of Jiujiang basically watched Fan Xian's men enter Shazhou City head-on, and the prefect received the news immediately.

After all, a hundred black riders entered the south of the Yangtze River, which shocked the whole country.

When more than a dozen warships arrived at the river, no matter how big the matter was, they had to settle down. Moreover, the merchant ship surrounded by tung oil had already rushed to the shore, leaving only a dozen ships from the Jiangnan water village and a few Ship Yangzhou Navy.

Fan Xian stood on the deck and looked at the person in front of him, then turned to look at Wang Qinian, "Bring Xia Qifei here."

Fan Xian did not disembark, nor did the third prince, but the person who came was not Xia Qifei who Fan Xian was waiting for, but the Captain of Jiujiang.

"Lord Vice President." Fan Xian nodded and glanced suspiciously at Wang Qinian.

"Lord Fan." The captain of Jiujiang greeted him with a smile, and said to Fan Xian, "I've also heard a little about the people in the Jiangnan water village. I didn't expect that the imperial envoy would encounter such a situation on the first way down to the south of the Yangtze River. It’s my dereliction of duty, and I have the guts to teach these street people how to respect our court officials of the Qing Dynasty!”

He also smiled humbly, "I also hope that the imperial envoy Haihan, after all, the most important thing right now is not the teaching of these people, but the affairs of the internal treasury."

Fan Xian was taken aback. Before he said what he was going to do, the people who smoothed things over had already come out.

Their purpose of doing this is very simple, that is to take Xia Qifei directly to him. After all, it is unreasonable to let him go directly, and he still has to go through the cutscene.

This also clearly gave Fan Xian a warning, this is Jiangnan, even if you are an imperial envoy, it doesn't count if you say it.

If Fan Xian was a good-tempered person, this matter would be over, but the captain didn't even think about it. Can a good-tempered person be an imperial envoy?

Smiling slightly, Fan Xian nodded to Qu Han who was beside him.

Qu Han turned around and entered the room.

"Master Captain, please have some tea."

Fan Xian pointed to the tea in front of him, and said softly, "Is the captain from Jiangnan?"

The captain sat on the bench, took a sip of tea, and then said, "Yes, a native of Jiangnan."

"Have you ever been in the capital city?" Fan Xian asked.

"I have entered the capital city once. It was the admiral who took me into the capital city, but I have never entered the imperial palace, so I have not appreciated the majesty of the imperial palace. I just looked outside, and I feel that I have benefited a lot. .”

The captain also heard what Fan Xian meant, but he still told the truth.

Fan Xian nodded thoughtfully, looked at the captain in front of him, and said softly, "Is it possible to go to the capital less or less in the future? As Pin said, I once heard that a senior general of the Kyoto garrison was a fifth-rank official, but he directly chopped off a third-rank captain of the Qin family, and in the end, nothing happened."

The captain is not an idiot. He heard Fan Xian's voice-over, but he still didn't change his face. He smiled and said, "It's not right for the Ye family and the Qin family to quickly come to fight. It’s over, and nothing like this has happened since then, it seems that the rectification of the capital city is only organized.”

"That's Captain Captain watching the sky from a well. According to what I heard, there was an imperial envoy who once went north and met the minister of the third-rank Ministry of Industry. He spoke rudely, corrupted the law, and was chopped off with one knife. He didn't care about it."

When Fan Xian turned his head, Qu Han had already taken out the Yulong Sword, and walked in front of Fan Xian with the box carved in pure gold.

Fan Xian casually opened the sword case, took out the Yulongjian in his hand, stroked the sword lightly, and said, "At that time, there was no such Yulongjian that beheaded traitors and corrupt officials."

The captain was stunned for a moment, Yulongjian, controlling the sword of Longquan, seeing the sword is like seeing the current emperor!
Now that Fan Xian invited the sword so casually, how would the Captain react?
Immediately retreated three steps, and knelt down in front of the sword box, "My minister, attend His Majesty the Emperor, see the imperial envoy!"

"My lord, I want to see Xia Qifei in the Jiangnan water village." Fan Xian closed his eyes slowly at this moment, and then he said.

The captain stood up with a cold face, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and then he said, "My lord imperial envoy, wait a moment, I will arrange a carriage here to pick you up. Your lord admiral has arrived in Yangzhou."

He originally wanted to suppress Fan Xian with the last admiral who was a first-rank official, but after saying this, he realized how stupid he was.

"Do you want me to bring the sword to see the Admiral? Or should the Admiral come in person?"

Fan Xian asked, "I don't understand your Jiangnan rules."

Jiangnan rules?
You invited His Majesty the Emperor here, so is it possible that the Emperor must abide by the rules of Jiangnan?
The captain didn't even dare to say anything, and ran out in a hurry.

The weather in Yangzhou is better than Shazhou, and it is close to Jiangnan.

The sandbar is close to the north, so the air here is much thicker than the sandbar, and it is a bit oppressive to the point where it is hard to breathe. Of course, for a native southerner like Fan Xian, it is humid.

Breathing is easier.

There are already traders on the streets who come out to sell and hoard goods. People in Jiangnan Province are not like the north. After the autumn harvest, they will come out to stockpile supplies for the winter when the supply of goods is abundant or the price is cheap.

For people in Jiangnan Province, there are merchants selling goods even in the severe cold and minor cold seasons of winter.

Native people will not worry about this cold and humid winter, but if people from the north come to the south for the winter, the damp and cold will still cause various arthritis and cervical spondylosis.

So basically for the winter now, if you don’t go directly to the southernmost South China Sea boundary, and there are no special circumstances, northerners still like to stay in the north.

Qingguo's craftsmanship, promoted by Ye Qingmei and the youngest of the Ye family, has improved rapidly.

Fan Xian was sitting in the carriage. There was already a stove made of copper pots inside the carriage. Although the stove was not big, it was full of fire and warmth.

The third prince stretched out his two small hands to the stove in front of him, the charcoal fire was already inside, and there would be no more crackling sparks.

"Your Highness's first visit to Jiangnan, how did you feel?" Fan Xian asked.

Of course, the third prince also understood that this time His Majesty asked him to go to the south of the Yangtze River with Fan Xian, and the obvious implication was to let him go around and experience himself.

The secret meaning behind it was to learn from Fan Xian, and with Fan Xian's behavior towards him before, the third prince had long since dispelled his guard against the person in front of him, and said softly, "Teacher, please advise."

"You might as well talk about it first." Fan Xian didn't start with a bold statement, but asked intently. After all, what he saw with his eyes was the most real.Fan Xian added at the end, "Don't worry, just say it, no one will record it."

After he finished speaking, Deng Ziyue, who had been writing vigorously, immediately stopped writing, put it in his arms, wiped the pen and put it in his sleeve.He looked seriously at the floor.

The third prince thought for a moment, "The pirates in the Jiangnan water village are too rampant. Is it possible that the land is the king's minister? Now it seems that the wealth of the Jiangnan area is not in the hands of the people, but in the hands of these pirates." , or even in the hands of officials and businessmen at the upper level, my father once said that if the people are not rich, there will be many disasters, and although Jiangnan is not full of disasters, in my opinion, it just hasn’t happened yet.”

"Continue to talk." Fan Xian took a piece of Jiangnan plum and chewed it in his mouth, and continued to look at His Royal Highness the Third Prince with great interest.

The third prince nodded, "Looking at the appearance of the captain before that, although he still has respect for the imperial family after Yulongjian appeared, he has no respect for real power. Under the circumstances, the self-proclaimed mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and he may think that he is already the only one in the south of the Yangtze River, but he forgets that there is still a royal family."

"Then how to solve it?" Fan Xian asked.

"If you ask me, there are two ways to solve it. The first one is to wipe out all the water villages in the south of the Yangtze River. Kill all the people who should be killed, kill chickens and monkeys, and pull those who have connections and prestige and know all about the place to the city. It was cut off directly on the head, and the head was hung high for more than ten days. The whole city was vigilant. Afterwards, it was passed on from mouth to mouth, and within a few days, everyone knew about it. I see who would dare to do anything wrong."

Speaking of which, the third prince breathed a sigh of relief, and sat up straighter, as if he was a student who wanted to hear the teacher's praise, but there was more dignity in the air that the royal family should have.

Fan Xian looked at the young child. In his conversation and gestures, he had the expression of His Majesty the current Emperor. Although he was very happy, he still followed the teacher's appearance and said, "Do you know that when you are here?" Before you were born, there had been more than one bandit suppression in the Jiangnan area. In the first three years when Admiral Jiang came to work here, just as you said, they went on a rampage, causing chaos among the people, and the finances became a mess. , and even the goods in the inner warehouse were stranded on the river.”

"Then..." The third prince was puzzled.

"Among the common people, to put it simply, among the three households, either one is a pirate or one is a navy. The recruitment of soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River has never stopped, so if you want to suppress bandits, you must first It is clear that this is not bandits or ordinary bandits. There are a large number of people in the Jiangnan water village, at least ten thousand people. These ten thousand people are ten thousand households, at least thirty thousand people. The first is the home, then the country."

Fan Xian sighed, "This is human nature, you can't move, and now the Jiangnan water village can directly wipe out all other banditry in the entire Jiangnan territory, and even solve it without the government's intervention. For commercial use, The merchants can only see their robbery, but you also need to know that all the silver is in circulation."

"Circular?" The third prince was taken aback, obviously this was a blind spot of knowledge.

Regarding the circulation of currency, if Fan Xian started to tell the third prince, he would not know when he would talk about it. After all, the third prince certainly didn't know about things like World War I and World War II.

Fan Xian simply gave an example directly, "For example, I am a pirate, and I robbed a merchant's house, such as ten taels of silver, what should I do as a pirate for these ten taels of silver?" Fan Xian pointed out Looking at Deng Ziyue at the side, he asked.

Deng Ziyue smashed his hands immediately, "Of course I find a bank to save it!"

Fan Xian frowned, "Go away."

After kicking Deng Ziyue out, he glanced at the door of the carriage angrily, and then asked Wang Qinian, "What should I do?"

Wang Qinian took the initiative to go out.

Qu Han said, "Find a brothel, or a winery."

"Look! That's why she can be by my side." Fan Xian said.

The third prince nodded as a matter of course.Fan Xian then said, "The bank will continue to use the money to do other things. In fact, to put it bluntly, it's just like what I did on the merchant ship. If I don't go here, I won't make any money, but if I go here , I can earn some, although I gave it to others for no reason, but I can accept it as buying peace, this is one of the rules of making a living, after all, being robbed this time, there will be no harm in the future."

"If you let out a large sum of money and use it exclusively for the navy to fight bandits, it will be a very huge expense. In this season when officials and officials are protecting each other, at least a few people with heads are required to do such a thing. A first-rank official can only be effective if he takes his life to work here for a period of time, so this kind of behavior requires too much investment." Fan Xian explained.

"But..." The third prince was at a loss for words.

"You think that what they are doing may not be a good thing, but for the local residents and business people, they are good people. Maybe a long time ago, they had to pay five or six times to go to a business, but now they only need to pay Once, if you get to know this person, you can save some money, and this will become a long-term thing." Fan Xian said, "I can roughly tell you this."

The third prince nodded half-understood, but did not answer.

.........

The other courtyard is where the Yangzhou Navy works. In the entire courtyard, various naval officers and soldiers are cleverly and beautifully arranged.

Fan Xian got out of the carriage first, and then Qu Han helped the third prince get out of the carriage. Fan Xian walked behind the third prince, and they walked slowly into the courtyard.

"The navy courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River seems to be more stylish than the barracks of the Kyoto garrison."

The third prince commented, then turned his head and asked the teacher, "How can you have no distractions in your heart when it becomes an office like this? Isn't it full of love and love?"

"In the Jiangnan water town, there are many talented scholars and beautiful women. With such an attire, it can be regarded as following the folk customs. In their hearts, the folk customs in the north are tough, and the military camps are only organized. But here, regardless of the romance, there are strict levels. Most of the people in the office are captains or commanders, and they are already distinguished from ordinary soldiers, so it is reasonable to have some differences, after all, things that are romantic and elegant are not appreciated by ordinary soldiers." Said these words The person in question is Qu Han.

Fan Xian coughed, and said, "There has always been a difference between the north and the south, and it's caused by the vast land and resources of the Qing Kingdom. In detail, it doesn't have much influence, it's just caused by the customs of the people."

The third prince nodded, and happened to enter the main hall of the other courtyard.

The captains of Jiujiang and Yangzhou who had already stood at the door to welcome them were already in good order. To Fan Xian's surprise, the admiral of Jiujiang was also standing among the crowd, ranking first.

When he saw the Third Prince appearing with Fan Xian, he smiled slightly, but he didn't go up to meet him, but stood where he was.

The officials behind him, although they knew the status of the third prince was noble, but the county magistrates were not as good as the current ones. Of course, they didn't dare to cross the line of Admiral Jiujiang.

"Chen Yuanhao, Admiral of Jiujiang, I have met His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Since he was a first-rank official, he should kneel down, but the Third Prince in front of him is still young and has not been crowned, so he should not kneel down.

Then Chen Yuanhao paused, and then said, "I have seen the imperial envoy."

The third prince nodded, "Your admiral, excuse me."

"Please ask the third prince to come into the hall and have a talk." Admiral Jiujiang invited, but the third prince entered directly without saying anything.

The seat arrangement is also very interesting. There is no problem with the third prince and Jiujiang admiral Chen Yuanhao in the first seat, but there is no second seat. It is directly on the left, and the second seat starts from the left.

And this position was not Fan Xian, but the captain under Chen Yuanhao, and Fan Xian was next.

Fan Xian didn't say anything, he just sat down peacefully.

"The Third Highness came from a long way, but I didn't go to greet him, and hoped to forgive my sin." Chen Yuanhao said with a smile while sitting on his seat.

His Royal Highness the Third Prince exchanged a few words with Chen Yuanhao, the words were not speculative, how could an old man in his fifties chat with an eight or nine-year-old child, they didn't know anything, they just talked about the current situation in Jiangnan , and other incomprehensible introductions.

The third prince could only bite the bullet and listen. After all, this is the Admiral of Jiujiang, a person who travels between the capital city and Jiangnan. He is not like Xue Qing, who has a powerful Jiangnan navy. A person in the imperial court who manages the people's livelihood in the south of the Yangtze River, and in his management content, there is such a sector as the economy. Although the internal treasury is not included in the institutions directly under the emperor, all other merchants are managed by him. .

The admiral of Jiujiang was in charge of all security issues on the Jiangnan Provincial Highway, while the admiral of Liangjiang was in charge of external and internal defenses. In fact, these duties seemed to be mixed, but they were easily separated by His Majesty the Emperor of Qing. One thing still surprised Fan Xian.

When the conversation was almost at the end of the line, the Admiral of Jiujiang remembered that there was still such a big imperial envoy sitting here, so he started chatting with Fan Xian again.

"I heard Mrs. Fan is pregnant."

"Yes."

"Congratulations."

"Thank you sir."

"Master Fan Shangshu is in good health recently? I remember the last farewell, it has been half a year."

"very good."

"That's really a blessing for children!"

"Thank you sir..."

"I heard..."

"........."

"........."

After chatting for nearly half an hour, the Admiral of Jiujiang, Chen Yuanhao, had nothing to ask. He immediately laughed and said, "I am late today, but neither side has any problems or casualties. It's just a small soldier, nothing to worry about."

It is unheard of for the admiral of Jiujiang to call pirates soldiers.

"The admiral has a broad mind, and what he said is very true."

Fan Xian said, "But it's related to the matters investigated by the Overwatch Council, so this trial is still necessary."

"Oh? Interrogation has already been involved?" Admiral Jiujiang asked with a frown.

Fan Xian smiled, "Your Excellency, you may have forgotten that only His Majesty the Emperor has the right to investigate and inquire into the affairs of the Overwatch Council."

Fan Xian did not take insinuations, but said it directly and clearly, but Fan Xian still gave this high-ranking official a full face, "If your lord wants to know, why don't you dismiss the other staff? Anzhi will let you sit in on it." .”

This face is enough, no one in the world dares to attend the interrogation of the Overwatch Council, no matter how old he is, the admiral of Jiujiang, he is still an official from Jiangnan, he bullies and bullies Fan Xian, and it is fine to put on a show in front of the third prince .

He dared to ride on Chen Pingping's head to play with urine and mud, so he was full and had nothing to do. It was estimated that in only three days, his whole family would kneel in front of the mourning hall to consider where he should be buried.

We all know that the officials directly inspected and apprehended by the Overwatch Council must be below the third rank, but it has never been said that the officials Chen Pingping wants to arrest are below the third rank. Everyone knows that if one day Chen Pingping wants to capture the crown prince, there will be absolutely no one who will stop him Today is holy.

Chen Yuanhao, the admiral of Jiujiang, stood up, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "My lord imperial envoy, why are you doing this? Since you want to review, I will let you out of the way. I am still busy with business. If you arrive in Hangzhou, I will definitely come to pick you up in person. "

"Excuse me, my lord." Fan Xian said with a smile, the third prince also stood up together, and bowed to Chen Yuanhao, the admiral of Jiujiang in front of him, and this was regarded as seeing off the nagging old man, and the third prince also heaved a sigh of relief. , and sat in his seat with a little relaxation.

After touching his butt against the chair, he stood up again as if he had been electrocuted, and then said to Fan Xian respectfully, "Teacher, please take a seat."

Fan Xian nodded and sat down. He winked at Gundam beside him, "Where's the person?"

"I've found it." Gao Da said.

Only then did Fan Xian turn his head and asked the captain of the Yangzhou navy in front of him, "Lord captain, can you pass on Xia Qifei?"

The captain is not a fool, this young man who looks young but is famous throughout the Qing Kingdom sent away the admiral of Jiujiang with a few words, what kind of thing is he?
Of course, I dare not stop this matter. Since the admiral of Jiujiang has left, it means that this matter is no longer within the scope of my jurisdiction, so I smiled and said, "Return to the imperial envoy, and I will pass it on to you."

Turned around and walked out.

Fan Xian leaned back on the chair and looked at His Highness the Third Prince with a slight smile, "How is it? This is just the governor of Jiujiang."

"It's too difficult, teacher, seven senior officials of this rank are all so miserable?" The third prince asked with a frown.

"There is also some knowledge in the chatter and laughter. For example, although Chen Yuanhao seems to be asking questions, he has actually shown a strong ambition."

Fan Xian said, "You can hear a lot of information from his words, such as the fact that my wife is pregnant, even rumors never reached Jiangnan Road so fast, so what he is showing off is His information channels are extraordinary."

"In the few words of small talk, there are so many particulars?" The third prince was puzzled.

"As long as anyone who can put on the clothes of an official of the Qing Dynasty, there is no one who can't speak. Those who can speak will not directly say what they want to express. As you saw just now, his chatting is so procrastinating. The purpose of time is not to greet juniors like you and me, but to ask Xia Qifei from his subordinates to see if there is anything unfavorable to him. If there is, then the Yangzhou captain should go and call him now. Yes, it could be a corpse."

Fan Xian said, "However, as far as I know, Mr. Ming Qi is an extraordinary person and person. He won't have any clues falling into our hands. In addition, this is the first meeting. The matter between him and the governor of Jiujiang is very important. Nothing must have been revealed."

"It turns out that if there is nothing between him and the governor of Jiujiang, the governor of Jiujiang doesn't have to cover up and protect him like this. He would rather stop the teacher and me and protect the secret between them."

The third prince speculated, "Could it be that something important will happen here?"

"This is also one of Chen Yuanhao's brilliant points."

Fan Xian said, "He acts like this. If you think about it, you will think whether Chen Yuanhao and Xia Qifei are colluding secretly, and whether Chen Yuanhao should protect himself to ensure that he will not be dragged into the water by Xia Qifei, but if we only stay in the Thinking at this level, it is the idea of ​​this old fox."

Fan Xian continued a cup of tea and handed it to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, then poured another cup of tea for himself, and then said, "Who is Chen Yuanhao? Someone who intervened after the entrustment of the governor of Liangjiang, so Your Highness thought deeply, the governor of Liangjiang was behind the prefect. Entering, in charge of military and political affairs, and after the first-rank officer has already entered and took charge of all matters, will the person who enters again and gets a big share of the pie, be dragged into the water because of a pirate? Who is standing there?"

"Your Majesty Father?" The third prince was startled.

"of course."

Fan Xian said, he took a sip of tea and continued, "He represents His Majesty the current emperor, so our Chen Yuanhao keeps talking about His Highness and me, in order to show his closeness with the capital city, and His duty is to be the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, and it is precisely because of this conversation that he can understand the structure of Jiangnan Province."

The third prince took three deep breaths, slowly closed his eyes, opened them after a while, and said to Fan Xian, "Teacher, I have benefited a lot. If students survive in this world, obviously I need a lot of teaching and guidance from my teacher. Thank you, teacher.”

At this time, Fan Xian seemed to be able to feel that the third prince's admiration for him was even deeper. He just nodded flatly. This is a nine-year-old child, and he can't impose any thoughts on him. Their ages are different. Huge, if you impose your thoughts on it, it will inevitably have counterproductive ideas.

After all, this is not the era of equality for everyone as my mother Ye Qingmei said, but a social era under the rule of feudal classes. The horror it shows cannot be changed by just one or two people.At least the current self does not have this qualification.

Thinking of this, the sound of footsteps outside the door came.

Xia Qifei appeared outside the door.

(End of this chapter)