Episode 10 Chapter 640

Chapter 640

Fan Ju hurriedly stood up, bowed to the ground, and said with emotion: "I am not an old fool yet. I believe Master Zong must have helped a lot in this case of the Fan family. I am 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!"

Zongyuan waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "I appreciate the kindness of the father-in-law. As for thanking you, it would be too unreasonable. Madam has always taken good care of the ministers, and I will try my best to help the father-in-law with this with my little power." Zhou Xuan is also the latest chapter.

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 this result. In any case, saving his father's life was 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 all covered with red silk. Two maids came to the front and back of Zong Yuan, 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 sparkling with gold and pearls. There were more than twenty pieces of valuable gold and silver jewelry on it.

Fan Min smiled and said: "Master Zong is willing to contribute to this palace, and I will naturally 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, and after thinking for a moment, he 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 shuddered 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 or been engaged. Does the king... have any plans to accept her as his concubine?"

Snapped! Fan Min, who was playing with his nails, slammed the table. His phoenix eyes shot out with 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 merchant 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? I’m confused?”

Fan Min lifted up 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." resolve the matter."

Zong Yuan has a big head, how to solve this problem? The king brought Wan Guan back to the capital, obviously with the intention of introducing Yuexiu Villa to the Feng Kingdom. How could he influence the king's decision?

He knelt on the ground, frowned and said, "Madam has your orders, and Wei Chen must obey her, but... it's just this matter, Wei Chen is afraid that he won't 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 humble! Among the many ministers in the court, only Master Zong is the best at figuring out the king's thoughts. 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! As I said, I'm waiting for good news from Lord Zong." As she spoke, she walked towards the inner room.

well! 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 case of reselling salt and iron finally came to a conclusion. A total of five Fan family children, including Fan Guang, Fan Ren, and Li Shuxian, 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 they were all executed 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 the consequences.

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.

Such a punishment is not too severe, and it can also show Tang Yin's determination to punish the guilty ministers, which is considered to be convincing.

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 to the central government. In theory, it is a promotion, but in fact, everyone knows that the imperial court is in name only. Whoever is transferred to the imperial court is equivalent to being hung up, with only a false name and no real power.

Now even the emperor is a decoration, what power can this Imperial Inspector have? Who else can he inspect?

Privately, the ministers in the court and the people of Feng State were discussing this matter. The achievements of the Lieutenant's Mansion today are mainly due to Gu Chen, and this time Gu Chen was transferred to the imperial court for no reason, which is really incredible.

Many people speculated that Gu Chen was implicated in the Fan family case. After all, the Fan family case was discovered by him. Although the king severely punished the Fan family, he also harbored resentment towards Gu Chen, so he kicked him out of the court and threw him into the imperial court.

For this matter, ministers and people had complaints about Tang Yin. Ministers came to plead for Gu Chen in an endless stream every day, and people's letters to Tang Yin piled up every day, hoping that he could take back his decision.

Tang Yin was completely unmoved. The ministers who came to the palace to plead for him could not even see him. He did not even look at the letters 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 he also made the world issue an edict. In this way, the matter became a foregone conclusion and no one could change it.

The happiest family was the Fan family. Although the Fan family lost the lives of five children and handed over 30 million taels of silver for no reason, Gu Chen finally got his comeuppance, and the king also avenged the Fan family.

What followed was a great event. Tang Yin formally proposed to the emperor to marry Princess Yin Rou, and decided to make Yin Rou the Princess of Feng.

Feng Kingdom has always had only the wife of the king, but no princess. This time Tang Yin wanted to make the princess a concubine, which made the whole Feng Kingdom excited and happy.

For this reason, the Feng Kingdom court began to prepare for the wedding a month in advance, and issued a general amnesty, which was also a thorough clearing of prisons in various parts of Feng Kingdom.

After deciding on his marriage with Yin Rou, Tang Yin felt much more relaxed.

In the morning court of this day, he specially asked someone to invite Wan Guan to the palace. In the court, he announced that he was ready to support Yuexiu Villa and expand its business to the whole territory of Feng State. Within two years, the court would exempt it from taxation. After two years, it would start to collect 30% tax.

Among the ministers, Zhang Xin was the first to stand up and oppose this matter. Zhang Xin stated that the current business structure of Feng State was already very stable. If Yuexiu Villa was supported, it would undoubtedly disrupt the current stability and be detrimental to Feng State.

Zhang Xin's words were supported by many ministers, and Zong Yuan also agreed with Zhang Xin's statement.

In fact, the reason why Zong Yuan opposed the court's support for Yuexiu Villa was that he was entrusted by Fan Min, and secondly, he really felt that the court did not make much sense.

As Zhang Xin said, Feng State's current business is very stable, with the Fan family as the main body and medium and small businesses as the auxiliary. Vigorously supporting Yuexiu Villa will inevitably lead to strong competition between it and the Fan family, thus causing turmoil in the national business, which is not a good thing.

Only Zhang Zhe, Cai Gui and a few ministers agreed with Tang Yin's decision. Zhang Zhe had long disliked the Fan family. Why was it that in such a huge country like Feng, only the Fan family could monopolize the business? The introduction of Yuexiu Villa would also be a check and balance for the Fan family.

Cai Gui agreed out of selfishness, because the Cai family's industry was also huge, but it was mainly concentrated in Ningdi. Because Feng and Mo were both monopolized by the Fan family, the Cai family could not enter at all. Now the king wanted to support Yuexiu Villa. As long as this precedent was set, the Cai family could also spread their business to the entire Feng country. This matter was directly related to the Cai family's vital interests, so of course he had to support it.

Whether they supported Tang Yin or opposed Tang Yin, none of them could fully understand Tang Yin's thoughts.

The prosperity or decline of a country is closely related to business. Only competition can generate motivation, and only the most intense competition can stimulate the greatest potential. With only a large business group like the Fan family, Fengguo will never make great progress.

No matter how beautiful and beautiful a single flower is, it is not as beautiful as a hundred flowers competing for beauty. Tang Yin's own abilities might not be as good as those of the ministers present, but his modern thinking was definitely several generations ahead of them.