Zhang Ran paused, and then said: "The minister originally wanted to investigate this matter slowly, but just now I suddenly thought of the unusual movements of the Qing court in Shanxi, and I felt a little touched. Emperor, although Fan Yuqin is a businessman, his identities are very different. The previous actions of Geng E and Ortai in Shanxi were not enough to harm Fan Yuqin. On the contrary, because of this matter, the Qing court focused more on the Fan family. But at this time, Fan Yuqin made such arrangements privately, which made people think deeply."

Zhu Yicheng didn't say anything, so he could only wait quietly for Zhang Ran to continue talking.

Zhang Ran said again: "Originally, I thought Fan Yuqi's move was to send his son to our Ming Dynasty to raise supplies for the Qing court. After the imperial court ordered, the business roads of the Qing court had been completely blocked. In addition, the Qing court took ruthless measures against various merchants in Shanxi, which made the world's business roads share the same hatred for the enemy. The business roads were basically eliminated. No matter how much money they had, they could not get the same materials as before... Of course, it was impossible to completely cut off all business roads, but they could not support the needs of the Qing court before."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but look up at Zhu Yicheng, as if he was a little guilty.

Zhu Yicheng smiled faintly. He naturally knew what Zhang Ran meant, just to tell himself that when the Ming Dynasty issued a business road to blockade the areas controlled by the Qing court, the Qing court could no longer easily get supplies from the Ming Dynasty, especially food and other things as before.

However, it is not absolute that this is not easy to obtain materials. In fact, most business roads have indeed been blocked, but there are still a small number of business roads that are still maintained. There may be some businessmen who are willing to take risks for money, and they are also unrelated to the Jinyiwei.

Not to mention those merchants who ignore everything to make money, they will continue to investigate these merchants, Jinyiwei and local officials. Whether in the official or the civilian, since Shanxi made such a big incident against merchants, the actions of such people are not as simple as the surface. They not only violate the rules of the Ming Dynasty, but also make the entire business community feel disgraceful. Once they are verified, what awaits them will probably be a miserable result.

For the latter, Zhang Ran's Jinyiwei, or some businessmen with special identities who had close ties with Jinyiwei, still conducted a small amount of transactions with the Qing court in private. However, the purpose of this was different from the former. Jinyiwei used this channel to penetrate the Qing court further and obtain the required information from the Qing court. In addition, Zhang Ran used business roads to blockade? The Qing court controlled the area with shortage of materials? The opportunity of rising prices also earned some funds for Jinyiwei, which was inevitable.

Zhu Yicheng knew about this? But Zhu Yicheng did not make any reply to this? It was just pretending to be ignorant. After all, this matter can only be carried out secretly and cannot be put on the surface? As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yicheng could not go back on his word to the people of the world.

Today, Zhu Yicheng met Zhang Ran alone? If it were on occasion where other ministers were also there? Even if Zhang Ran was beaten to death, he would not say the previous words.

He continued to signal Zhang Ran, and Zhang Ran felt relieved and continued to preach: "Because of this, the Qing court's demand for materials has reached an extremely urgent level. According to my calculations, the Qing court may not support it for long. As the only royal merchant in the Qing court, Fan Yuqin is also a famous merchant in the world. Whether for the Qing court or for his Fan family, it is natural to find a way to reopen the business path. Therefore, at first I thought that Fan Yuqin privately sent his eldest son to the Ming Dynasty and buried his surname in secret? He claimed to be Fang Zhiyuan, perhaps because of this. But after thinking about it more deeply, he felt that the truth was not so simple? Maybe Fan Yuqin had other considerations."

"Then tell me, why is the truth not so simple? And what are the considerations about Fan Yuqi doing this?" Zhu Yicheng asked directly.

"I think there are three points. First: Although the person he sent is the eldest son of the Fan family? But he doesn't have much potential? No matter his talent or importance in the Fan family, he is not as high as his brothers. His status in the Fan family is not high. For example, Fan Yuqin's purpose of this move is to open up business channels, why not send more suitable people? But he, the unscrupulous eldest son, did it?"

"Second: I sent someone to check the Zhuangzi in Baoding. This Zhuangzi was not purchased recently, but had been purchased more than ten years ago. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had not yet revived, and the world was still the Qing Dynasty. However, when Fan Yuyan purchased this Zhuangzi, he did not use the name of the Fan family, but the name of Fang Zhiyuan. As for whether Fang Zhiyuan was really a good person, it is probably impossible to find out. But from this, it can be seen that the Zhuangzi in Baoding is the backhand of the Fan family. Fan Yuyan did this to give the Fan family a way out, so that it can be activated when necessary to protect the Fan family's future. So in this case, if Fan Yuyan wanted his son to open the business road, he should not use this Zhuangzi, and let him pretend to be Fang Zhiyuan's identity, it is really not worth it."

Zhang Ran’s analysis made sense. Zhu Yicheng had basically understood Zhang Ran’s judgment and also agreed with Zhang Ran’s judgment. However, he still wanted to hear what Zhang Ran said was the third point.

"As for the third: After the Shanxi incident, Fan Yuqin had a serious illness. I think Fan Yuqin is no longer loyal to the Qing court as before. Although the Fan family emerged from the Qing court, it is likely to decline or even destroy the family because of the Qing court. Moreover, Fan Yuqin should understand that it is only time for our Ming Dynasty to take down Shanxi. Even if Ortai is capable, he will never be able to continue to protect Shanxi. Once the Qing court evacuated on its own or was captured by our Ming army, the Fan family will not have a good result. From this, it can be seen that Fan Yuqin's arrangement is actually to find a way out for the Fan family to leave a bloodline of his eldest house. More importantly, it is precisely because his eldest son has a low status in the Fan family and is not eye-catching, so he will not be able to leave without any attention..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran smiled and said, "If you want to confirm my guess, there is actually the easiest way, that is, you can arrest the young master Fan and his family directly. When you are in the prison of the Jinyiwei, everything will naturally come to light after being severely tortured."

Zhu Yicheng suddenly burst into laughter. Zhang Ran said this interestingly. This young man Fan Dada can naturally not withstand the Jinyiwei's means. In fact, how many people in the world can withstand the Jinyiwei's means?

However, Zhu Yicheng did not want Zhang Ran to arrest the person directly at this time. No matter what the purpose of Mr. Fan’s purpose was or what the real arrangements were for Fan Yu-sung. It is not the right time to arrest the person now. So Zhu Yicheng told Zhang Ran to continue to keep an eye on Mr. Fan’s family closely and talk about it later.

"Your Majesty, can you just let him stay in Baoding?" Zhang Ran asked unexpectedly.
Chapter completed!