Chapter 225: One vicious plot after another!
In ancient Chinese feudal dynasties, civil officials' robes were embroidered with birds, while military officials' robes were embroidered with beasts.

The annual salary of a Grand Secretary of the dynasty was less than 160 taels of silver, and the salary of a provincial governor was just over 100 taels.

Even an eagle or a tiger cannot be fed with this salary.

Wearing that court robe, how many people in the court are not beasts in human clothing?
And the poorer a person was before becoming an official, the more harsh he would be to the people after becoming an official! Although this is not absolute, according to the statistics of ancient corrupt officials in Blue Star China, it accounts for the majority of people.

This is also the reason why Li An will focus on the salt and iron officials in the court. After all, he deliberately nationalized the salt and iron, and made great efforts to deal with the accumulated problems in this area in order to give it a new life and inject fresh blood into the Northern Qi.

Of course, this salt permit system is only applicable now. When it reaches a certain level and social progress moves forward, the salt permit system will be abolished one day.

In ancient China, if Li Ang (from the author's perspective) were asked to name the most interesting corrupt official, that person would definitely be Heshen.

How do you say that?

You can say what you want, admit your mistakes, do what you want, and repair the garden. The common people are just arguing about a reason. If we make them feel better, then we can get it done!

Before Li An arrived, the Northern Qi Dynasty lacked such a corrupt official who could do his job.

It was a pity that the late emperor had no foresight and failed to leave a novice gift pack for Zhan Doudou, otherwise the court would not be out of money now. Fortunately, all this has been alleviated after the salt and iron industry was nationalized and the commercial street was opened for imperial merchants.

And Fan Jian is the 'Heshen' of Qing Kingdom!
At the beginning, Fan Jian only gained the trust of Emperor Qing and was a minister in the Ministry of Revenue. But why was he able to bypass the Shangshu and control the Ministry of Revenue so tightly?
In addition to ability, there are more interest groups.

Over the years, not only have the storms of all sizes failed to knock Fan Jian down, but when things get bad, there are always people in the court who come forward to protect him! You must know that he is not a royal relative or a hereditary noble, but just the son of a wet nurse. Even if he has the merit of following the dragon, but too many mistakes have been covered up by Emperor Qing, and one day this affection and trust will be worn out!
All he did was to win over everyone and form a circle.

In addition to helping Emperor Qing solve various miscellaneous matters (such as training tiger guards), most of the extra money also returned to Emperor Qing's hands.

"I do have a clue here. It's not a big deal, but if we follow this clue and trace it back, Fan Jian will be in big trouble."

In this way, the preliminary preparations for the plan are completed.

Li An then spoke to dispel Sean's doubts and said, "As for the people lurking in Kyoto, they are used to do this. They don't need to spread any news. They just need to go to the homes of those officials in Kyoto who have been bribed by us and inform them of this matter. Those who take action afterwards are all people from Qing Kingdom!"

"Great idea!"

Sean's eyes lit up, thinking that if Li Ang was not an extremely powerful martial artist and the emperor's teacher, it would be perfectly appropriate for him to plot against him!
Among the crowd, especially the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister, they looked at Li An unfriendly, and after a moment they looked at each other. Their eyes showed that they wanted to remind His Majesty as soon as possible not to completely believe the words of the Imperial Master in everything, and to still be on guard.

"Let's follow the Imperial Master's method. After weakening Fan Jian, we can make public Fan Xian's true identity and the truth about his mother's murder." Zhan Doudou was a little confused when he said this, and asked Li An, "Should we let the spies in Kyoto spread this news?"

Li An shook his head. These spies were afraid of being discovered by the Supervisory Council and did not dare to show their heads, let alone enter any core circle.

Allowing them to do things so openly would undoubtedly mean giving up on them.

"We have to start with Emperor Qing's precious sons. Cooperate with them and use this news as a bargaining chip to bring them good luck. Once they confirm the authenticity, use money and goods to repay the favor!"

Sean understood what Li An meant, and immediately wanted to supervise the matter. "Don't panic, don't panic, there is another piece of news!"

Sean's mouth twitched slightly, "Master, you make my black ice platform look stupid."

With you here, why should we seek out any news? We can just wait for your advice in the temple, okay?

"This second piece of news is quite explosive, everyone please listen carefully!"

Li An smiled slightly, ignoring Xiao En's thoughts, and exposed the affair between Princess Li Yunrui and Crown Prince Li Chengqian. This time, everyone in the room was really shocked!
It was even more shocking than just learning about Fan Xian’s true life experience!

"Can such a person become the crown prince?" Haitang Duoduo murmured. Her expression was empty and her three views were shattered.

The normally serious Taifu's face darkened even more. He snorted coldly and said, "Such a person is the crown prince of Qing. Your aunt and nephew have really brought shame to the Qing royal family. They will also become the biggest laughing stock of the Qing royal family!"

That's right, Emperor Qing worked hard to build a tower of royal majesty and mystery in the hearts of the people, but these unfortunate sons and relatives of his tried their best to tear it down.
Li An felt some sympathy for Emperor Qing.

But what needs to be done still needs to be done.

"Master Taifu, please calm down. Let's talk about how to use this matter first!" Zhan Doudou made a summary and kicked the ball to Li An again. The field gradually quieted down.

"This news will be released after the first two things are completed. Can you imagine what will happen by then?"

With a kind smile on his face, Li An asked questions and tested them.

Seeing Li An's creepy smile, everyone in the room felt the temperature drop a little. That's not right, it's already July, why is it still a little chilly?
No one spoke. They were smart people and simply gave this opportunity to "show off" to Your Majesty. This is the way to be an official.

Zhan Doudou hesitated for a moment and then said tentatively, "Fan Jian was implicated before. Although we don't know what means he has to protect himself, after the national teacher's plan, I think he can only protect himself. And Fan Xian will accomplish nothing after going to Jiangnan, and may even be killed. The second prince of Qing and the crown prince will join forces with the eldest princess and wait until the crown prince gets into trouble. He and the eldest princess will not be tolerated by the royal family of Qing, and the crown prince's position will be abolished for sure. For the position of crown prince, I'm afraid the other princes will take some actions..."

After taking a deep breath, Zhan Doudou continued, "By then, all parties will fight for themselves, the military and the government will struggle, and Qing will be in chaos! And if the princess in Xinyang wants to maintain her status and power and suppress the officials under her, she can only fight hard!"

The more Zhan Doudou spoke, the more it seemed possible, and her speech speed gradually became faster: "But it is impossible for her to do it on her own." She didn't know that Li Yunrui had the power of Junshan Society, but even if she knew, she would not be a match for Emperor Qing with the help of Junshan Society. Putting aside Emperor Qing's master level cultivation, just from the point of view of the military power in her hands, the most Li Yunrui can do is to rely on Junshan Society to rule across the river from Emperor Qing and confront each other!
"She will join hands with the Crown Prince to kill Emperor Qing! Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the Qing Kingdom will not be able to live in peace for a short time!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Everyone bowed and complimented him.

Seeing Li An's teasing expression, Zhan Doudou's face flushed for a moment, and even the Queen Mother pretended to blame him, "Master Guoshi really has a brilliant plan to rule the world."

"Your Majesty, thank you."

(End of this chapter)