Speaking of Liu Shan's banquet in the evening, Zhang Fan has been thinking about this matter since he returned to Zhang's mansion and just received Liu Shan's invitation, and at present, the news found out in Quanzhou shows that Liu Shan, the eunuch who guards Yangzhou Town with a small official position, is the real culprit behind all these corruption incidents.

It's also funny, there are a lot of eunuch rebellions in history, and there are many huge scales and huge influences, and now the Ming Dynasty has passed less than two hundred years, and more than a hundred years later, there has been a Liu Jin.

From some points of view, Zhang Fan is understandable, after all, the eunuch is an incomplete man, they are not for the pursuit of women, so they will never do anything for women, after they are cleansed, all that is left is the pursuit of power and wealth, money is a very heavy thing for people to live in society, although money is not omnipotent, but there is no but absolutely cannot, so all the eunuchs in the palace, no matter which dynasty or generation, very few are not greedy for money.

There is also the right, the eunuchs' pursuit of power is actually out of shame and fear, it sounds a little weird, but this is a fact, the eunuchs who have no fertility can not pass on the ancestry, unless they have children before the purification, the others are called unfilial people, the old saying is good, there are three unfilial pieties, no queen is great, even if they live in the palace all their old age, they can't hear this kind of language from their families, but in the face of other people in the palace, especially those officials who were recruited into the palace by the emperor and other normal people, Even if they don't say it, the eunuchs will always feel that these people are laughing at themselves, and the eunuchs, as the most humble servants in the palace, after all, if any palace maid is taken by the emperor, it is possible to fly on the branches and become a phoenix, but the eunuch is impossible, even if the emperor is a good man, it is estimated that he will not go to the "lucky" eunuchs, they may be discarded at any time.

This kind of shame and fear makes most of the people who become eunuchs love money and power, money is the most basic need, and even they can use it to benefit their hometown, so that their blind dates forget what they deserve to be ashamed of and thank themselves, power is something to protect themselves, they have lost a lot, in exchange for a good life, not like losing their lives because of this.

However, the reason why people are human beings, there are too many variables, if normal people are in power, they are rarely able to grasp the heart, and they can always be humble and not arrogant, and their hearts are flat, not to mention the special group of eunuchs, who have been poor since childhood, and may not even be able to eat a full meal, so they give up the dignity of men and enter the palace as eunuchs. did something that would be punished, only to find that after doing it, not only did no one say that they were wrong, but a large number of people slapped themselves on the back and said that they did a good job, which is simply a disguised urge to make mistakes, but no one will tell them that it is wrong, and they themselves have achieved this pleasure of being able to do whatever they want, how can they not have an accident.

But even so, the emperors of the past dynasties have never abolished the title of eunuch, as the emperor, the supreme rule of the world, is to be enjoyed, in addition to the concubines and palace maids in the palace, the role of eunuchs is also needed, after all, many things are women can not do or can not do, and even if there are a lot of lessons and bloody lessons, the emperor still tends to favor the eunuchs, although the eunuchs are greedy for money and power, but they do not want to seek the usurpation of the throne, After all, who doesn't want to sit on the throne for thousands of generations, but even if the emperor is mediocre and listens to the people below shouting "long live" to him, he knows that he will live for more than a hundred years at most, and the task of wanting to be thousands of generations can only fall on his descendants.

Therefore, for the eunuchs who are just greedy for money and power, and do not covet their own throne, and can be loyal to themselves, the eunuchs have always been the emperor's favorite, how many dynasties have clearly pointed out that the emperor's harem is not allowed to interfere in the iron law, but it does not point to the eunuchs, just like the Ming Dynasty now, there are eunuchs like Zheng He who have been generals, and there are countless people who participate in politics. This department, which is in charge of the extremely high power of reading and criticizing red, is all eunuchs, which has to be said to be a manifestation of the emperor's trust in eunuchs.

What Zhang Fan is strange about is that all the eunuchs who can make a big storm are all holding huge power in their hands, guarding a party like Liu Shan, although they have great power in the local area, like the emperor of the soil, but there are a few people outside to him, even if he has anything to do with the current palm seal eunuch Meng Chong, it is nothing, thinking about it, this whole thing is estimated to have something to do with Meng Chong.

When he was in Quanzhou, Zhou Quan once told Zhang Fan that Liu Shan had a lot of evidence from him when he took over the post of eunuch in Yangzhou, and it is said that at that time, most of the officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces were not as involved in the entry as they are now. And Zhang Fan estimated that the reason why Liu Shan did not extend this kind of power to Shandong was not because he didn't want to, or because there were too few oil and water in Shandong, but because there were many officials in Shandong, especially those who could be high-ranking officials in the imperial court.

And it is said that the people in the palace who have a relationship with Liu Shan are also related to this matter, Zhang Fan has seen Meng Chong a few times, if he is related to this matter, Zhang Fan will definitely believe it, but now, Meng Chong was recommended by Gao Gong to become this palm print eunuch, he and Gao Gong can now be regarded as fighting together, but if Zhang Fan wants to say that Gao Gong also has anything to do with this matter, Zhang Fan will definitely not believe it.

You must know that although Gao Gong is now a hegemon in the court, excluding dissidents and attracting officials, and even Xu Jie, a veteran of the two dynasties, the head of the cabinet, is full of peach and plum, and even his students have made it to the cabinet, and the people who get along with him have been deposed by Gao Gong and returned to his hometown, although Xu Jiezhishi has a lot of reasons before and after because of Xu Jie's own reasons, arrogant and nosy, and was hated by Longqing, but Gao Gong's role in this is also immeasurable. The most important thing is that most people in the court also think so, so there are definitely a lot of people gathered under Gao Gong's hands now.

But if it is said that Gao Gong has created such a huge corruption group because of lack of money, Zhang Fan can't believe it, he doesn't believe that Gao Gong will not know, no matter how much power he has now, no matter how many officials gather under him, even if Longqing gives him a face like an iron scroll now, once Gao Gong really commits some intolerable crime, nothing can save him, as long as the emperor wants to kill a person, someone will naturally take the initiative to contribute, but when the time comes, he can definitely find a legitimate reason to kill him.

Zhang Fan didn't believe that Gao Gong would be so ignorant and couldn't see the situation clearly, or that he was really short of money to the point of losing his mind, he believed that Gao Gong was not involved in this matter, and Zhang Fan was about to come to Jiangnan to check taxes after getting Longqing's order, even if he didn't say it with much fanfare, but at that time, the news of this had already come out in the court, and Zhang Fan at that time had also met Gao Gong a few times, and even Zhang Fan at that time did not pay too much attention to Gao Gong, Looking back now, I can't remember anything wrong with Gao Gong, that is, some time ago, Gao Gong sent a lot of people to Jiangnan because he wanted to convict Xu Jie, and he no longer had anything to do with Jiangnan.

However, this means one thing, Meng Chong has a relationship with Gao Gong and Gao Gong does not, which means that Meng Chong has always concealed Gao Gong's matter, if Gao Gong knew about this matter at the beginning, then he would not recommend Meng Chong, a person who may endanger himself, to be the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of the seal, if he only knew after Meng Chong took the throne, with Gao Gong's kind of temperament, it is estimated that he would immediately find a way to get Meng Chong down, and then eliminate all the evidence related to him.

Zhang Fan has made a lot of speculations about this matter, but the only thing that is certain is that Zhang Fan will never let Gao Gong know what this matter has to do with Meng Chong.

If Gao Gong knew about this matter now, it is estimated that he would immediately act on Meng Chong, and he must be ruthless, he would definitely cut through the mess quickly, and because there was a bloody case, the court would definitely intervene, so he might not have time to clean up the relationship between him and Meng Chong, and it was almost unwilling, not to mention that many people in the court could see from Gao Gong's recommendation of Meng Chong, and after such a long time, there must be many people who know exactly about this matter.

In this way, Gao Gong will definitely do everything possible to obstruct Zhang Fan, and don't let him dig out the truth behind the corruption, so Zhang Fan will be in trouble.

Thinking of these, Zhang Fan began to plan in his heart, how to face Liu Shan tonight, what to do to minimize Liu Shan's defense of himself, and Zhang Fan was still worried about one thing, that is, Luo Ling'er, who he would see again tonight,