Zhang Siwei nodded, and the Censor of Wu immediately said, "Chengfenglang! Tell me about the money obtained by the postman! If you can't explain it clearly, you will be forced to go to the prison for a while!"

The other censors also agreed, looking at Li Fan as if they were looking at a dead person.

Li Fan curled his lips and said, "Since you guys are curious, it's okay for me to talk about it."

The royal postmen transported goods to the grassland and brought back many cattle, horses, fur. These were recorded in the market, so it should not be difficult to check!"

"Li Fan! Don't avoid the important things. The postmen made a profit of hundreds of thousands of taels. These are not explained clearly by just a few animals!" Wu Jingshi rebuked him first without waiting for Li Fan to finish his speech.

Li Fan smiled contemptuously, looked at Censor Wu and said, "What is Censor Wu's intimidation? After I finish talking, it's not too late to ask."

"Hmph! Let's see if you have any quibbling!" Wu Jingshi snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Li Fan glanced at the bad gaze around him and said lightly: "In addition to the income from the grassland, the postmen traveled to and from all over the place and transported goods was also a little profitable!"

"That's not even hundreds of thousands of taels... more!" A censor jumped out, Li Fan's eyes became cold, and several battles accumulated a lot of fierce aura, which scared the censor to swallow the words behind.

When Zhang Siwei saw the censor being frightened by Li Fan, he immediately said, "Emperor Fenglang! You guys don't have time to listen to you about the income of the royal postmen. Just talk about the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver you have obtained recently!"

Li Fan narrowed his eyes, and Zhang Siwei and his son bullied themselves several times and repeatedly, really treating themselves as soft persimmons. Today, let him know what it means to shoot himself in the foot!

"Sir, Master Xu! I'm going to talk about this. The postman wiped out the bandits and seized some silver from the bandits and had already been transported back to the capital..."

Before Li Fan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yushi Wu: "Where are those silvers? Why don't you hand them over to the government and send them back to the Fan family?"

Li Fan showed a surprised expression and said, "Are you joking with me? The battlefield seizure will naturally belong to the postman. Even if it is handed over, it should be handed over to Your Majesty. How can I give it to the government?"

"Nonsense! Those silver is clearly owned by the Fan family..."

Li Fan interrupted the words of the Censor Wu and said contemptuously: "The Censor Wu is such a bad word! Every year the Tatars invade the border, they plunder a large amount of money. Why don't you go to ask them for it?

Moreover, the border troops were abnormal and went deep into the grassland and seized property from the Tatars. How could they not see them hand over the property to the government?

Could it be that Censor Wu felt that the royal postmen were weak and could be deceived, or did he think that His Majesty was young and could be deceived?"

"You..., you are slandering and talking nonsense!" Wu Jingshi instantly saw sweat on his forehead. In Li Fan's words, he could not afford to offend anyone.

If the border troops were asked to hand over the battlefield and seized, they would have to make a mutiny. It would be even more inappropriate to let Comrade Xiao Zhu hand over the money. Do you really treat the emperor who has not taken power as a decoration?

Whether it is the Empress Dowager in the Palace or Zhang Juzheng who has not returned to the house, he will definitely be the first to refuse to agree, and the fate will definitely be extremely miserable.

Zhang Siwei was also a little depressed. Li Fan was just a dispersed official, so why was it so difficult to deal with?

It was clearly the Fan family they robbed, and he said it to rescue the Fan family in a few words, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver fell into Li Fan's pocket. How could he be content with it?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Siwei bowed and said, "Your Majesty! The law is not hindering human relations. The Fan family has suffered a great disaster. I ask Your Majesty to return some external things to the Fan family to show the great grace of the emperor!"

"This..." Comrade Xiao Zhu was embarrassed, so he was unwilling to spit out the silver he had obtained!

But the second assistant Zhang Siwei had already said this. If he didn't hand over it, it would seem that the emperor was too stingy. When he was hesitant, he looked at Li Fan.

Of course, Li Fan would not hand over the silver. Not to mention that most of the silver will be used to build sea ships to prepare for sea transportation.

Even if you hand over it, how many will fall into the hands of the Fan family? After taking it over layer by layer, ten thousand taels can fall into the hands of the Fan family, even if the emperor’s kindness is so great!

After sneering, Li Fan said, "Your Majesty! After the silver was transported back to the West Mountain, I found a lot of fake silver during the seizure. I am sending someone to check it out. It will take some time to know how much fake silver there is!"

"You...!" Hearing Li Fan's nonsense, Zhang Siwei almost bit off his tongue. Fake silver? What a weird brain circuit in Li Fan, who could come up with such an unreliable way to delay?

"Your Majesty! Since the silver is fake, it should be handed over to the Ministry of Revenue to recast it so that the fake silver can be prevented from harming the people!" Zhang Siwei looked at Li Fan with a slightly raised mouth, as if he said again: You are a little tender, both boys and I have been!

Li Fan disregarded his concern and continued, "Your Majesty! The Ministry of Revenue spent a lot of money on casting silver, 30% were very common, and 50% were not without it.

It’s better to leave it to Xishan to recast. I am willing to bear all the fire consumption!"

"Hiss..." A sound of gasping in the hall sounded. In order not to hand over the money, Li Fan's move was really ruthless.

As we all know, if silver is re-smelted into silver ingots, there will definitely be losses. The 30% or even more fire consumption reported by the Ministry of Revenue and local governments must be tricky, but this is a common example. Everyone just turns a blind eye!

The fire consumption is definitely not a small amount. It is not a small amount to bear hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. It can be said that Li Fan's move is definitely a big deal to hurt people.

The hall was in silence. Even Comrade Xiao Zhu didn't expect Li Fan to do this. Just as everyone thought Li Fan had won, Zhang Siwei spoke again: "Since Chengfenglang is willing to bear the fire consumption, why should he bear the fire consumption of the Ministry of Revenue cast silver?"

"Yes! If you have to bear the fire, you have to bear the burden to the end!"

"Receive the righteousness of Fenglang! I would like to ask Your Majesty to promote the title of Fenglang!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

The ministers' eyes lit up and they all went out to agree. For a moment, Comrade Xiao Zhu was a little at a loss and was secretly anxious, for fear that Li Fan would be impulsive and agreed.

You should know that after several years of reforms by Zhang Juzheng, the Ministry of Revenue is no longer in a deficit, and the surplus will increase every year, and the silver rations have reached nearly 10 million taels per year. So much fire consumption is all pressing on Li Fan, which is enough to crush the Royal Trading Company.

Zhang Siwei had to take Li Fan's lifeline with this vicious move. Aren't you willing to bear the fire consumption? Then bear all the fire consumption, otherwise you have to spit out the silver obediently.

Li Fan glanced at the audience and became extremely firm when he looked at Comrade Xiao Zhu.
Chapter completed!