All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 133 Lin Ruhai is seriously ill

Wang Xifeng, who was lying on the couch, pulled the quilt over and exclaimed, "Aunt Xue?!"

"I didn't see anything!" Aunt Xue closed her eyes tightly and shook her head like a quail. "I didn't see anything."

Chen Ran supported Aunt Xue and looked outside the house. After making sure that there was no one outside, he kicked the door shut.

"Aunt, why are you here?" Chen Ran helped her up and asked, "How did you know I was here?"

Aunt Xue closed her eyes and didn't dare to speak, she just kept shaking her head.

Wang Xifeng, with a pretty face and a trembling voice, said, "What should I do? Someone will find out."

Such things are not too uncommon in wealthy families. After all, for wealthy families who have no shortage of beautiful women, their moral threshold is very low.

But the problem is that when it comes to external publicity, the moral threshold is extremely high.

As long as the truth is not exposed, you can do whatever you want.

But if the truth comes to light, we'll be in trouble.

"Don't worry." Chen Ran gestured for her to calm down. "I'll take care of everything."

"Aunt." He reached out and pinched Aunt Xue's smooth chin, lifting her head up. "Open your eyes and look at me!"

Aunt Xue, her body trembling, opened her eyes tremblingly.

She met Chen Ran's gaze, and the next moment she screamed and closed her eyes again.

"Don't panic, aunt." Chen Ran asked slowly, "Tell me how you knew I was here."

This matter is very important. If other people know about it, it will be troublesome.

After a while, Aunt Xue responded with a trembling voice, "I followed you here."

Every time Chen Ran came to Rongguo Mansion, Aunt Xue would toss and turn and couldn't sleep.

As the saying goes, lovesickness creates bubbles. Aunt Xue, who could not hold back her emotions, would start to follow Chen Ran quietly as soon as she saw her idol coming.

I don't have any other thoughts, I just want to take a closer look.

I never thought that I would find out what happened after just one look.

At this moment, besides fear and panic, her heart was filled with intense envy, jealousy and hatred towards Wang Xifeng.

'My male god was swallowed by you! I'm so angry~~~'

"Really?" Chen Ran was a little unconvinced. He had been to the battlefield and was very vigilant. How could he be followed by a woman in seclusion without being noticed?

"Really, really." Aunt Xue nodded repeatedly, and subconsciously leaned back because she felt uncomfortable. "I didn't see anything, I don't know anything. Please let me go~~~"

Wang Xifeng had recovered from her shock by this time, and simply got off the bed and came over, "We have to think of a way to prevent her from ever telling anyone."

Chen Ran subconsciously responded, "Murder him?"

In an instant, Aunt Xue and Wang Xifeng were both shocked.

"Sorry, I'm used to it." Chen Ran asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Feng Jieer's beautiful eyes turned, and she immediately said with a smile, "Since your aunt has deep feelings for the champion, and is willing to run so far with you at such a late hour, the champion should just accept this favor."

After saying that, he simply stepped forward to stop the dumbfounded Aunt Xue and walked towards the couch.

“No, no, no~~~” When Aunt Xue came to her senses, she struggled hurriedly, “No, no, no~~~”

"Love bubbles over your head, why are you pretending?" Wang Xifeng laughed, "I've always felt that the way you looked at him was not right, and there really is something wrong. It's just right, I'll let you eat your fill later."

He turned around and rolled his eyes at Chen Ran. "What are you waiting for? Come here~~"

The next day, at Lixiangyuan.

"Mom." Xue Baochai pushed Aunt Xue who was in a daze. "What's wrong with you?"

"Ah?" Aunt Xue, whose face was rosy, trembled. "What?"

Looking at her mother with a dazed look in her eyes, Xue Baochai always felt something was wrong.

"Mom, you're in a daze so early in the morning. Are you sick?"

"No, no." Aunt Xue waved her hands repeatedly, "I'm fine, nothing happened."

Xue Baochai couldn't see it, so she shook her head and pushed the soy milk in front of her, "Have breakfast."

Staring blankly at the soy milk in front of her, Aunt Xue seemed to remember something, and suddenly stood up and ran into the house.

Xue Baochai was shocked and quickly got up and followed him in.

But he saw Aunt Xue squatting in front of the spittoon and vomiting.

"Mom, what's wrong? I'll go call the doctor."

"It's okay." Aunt Xue held her back and replied with a forced smile, "It's just a cold. Just lie down for a while. No need to bother."

Helping Aunt Xue to lie down on the couch, the clever Xue Baochai still couldn't figure it out.

There's nothing I can do, I have no experience.

She stood up and tidied up her clothes, and took out two pairs of almost transparent silk socks from Aunt Xue's spare clothes.

I've never seen a style like this before. This pair of socks is very long, soft and breathable.
"What is that? It tastes weird~"

Chen Ran sold the national debt, causing great shock in the government and the public.

But he withdrew and turned around to go to the Beijing camp.

The emperor assigned him a new job, to check the accounts of the Beijing camp. Needless to say, this was an offensive job.

Almost everyone in the world understands the shortcomings of the military.

It's nothing more than sucking the blood of soldiers, collecting empty salaries, reselling military supplies, and private transactions.

It would be quite interesting if it were reflected in the account books.

"Ruan Chengping, whose ancestral home is Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, was born in the seventh year of Yonghui. In the thirty-first year of Yonghui, he entered the Shenwu Camp of the Beijing Camp as a first-class soldier with an annual salary."

Looking at the account book in his hand, Chen Ran couldn't stop laughing. "According to the date, Sergeant Ruan is already 73 years old this year, and he is still serving the country and receiving a salary. He is really a role model in the army."

".The Second Division of the Left Affiliated Division of the Shenwu Camp was equipped with 36 pack horses. They entered service in the 33rd year of the Yonghui reign and received bean fodder every year."

Chen Ran was amazed. "A packhorse that has been in service for 38 years is still being used. Could it be that the people in the Imperial Horse Administration are raising celestial horses?"

"On the seventh day of the seventh month in the fourteenth year of Yongxing, the Bingzi No. granary was flooded, and 42,739 shi of grain were burned."

He was too lazy to read on, so he closed the account book in front of him and looked at Feng Tang, the commander of the Shenwu Camp, with a half-smile. "Yesterday I went to check the granary, and also checked the No. C granary. That granary is not big, and can hold at most 20,000 dan of grain. How did you stuff more than 40,000 dan of grain in there?"

Feng Tang looked very calm. "Master Chen has misunderstood. There is no Grade C granary in the camp. The fire in the 14th year of Yongxing burned down the granary as well."

Hearing this, Chen Ran immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh~~ It seems that after I leave today, the camp will start to demolish the No. 3 grain depot?"

Feng Tang didn't say anything this time, but his meaning was clear.

"What about these?" Chen Ran pointed at several piles of account books. "Old soldiers in their seventies who have not yet retired, pack horses that can still pull carts after living for decades, and various military supplies on the books that are not in the warehouse."

Feng Tang sighed, turned around, took a wooden box from the servant's hand, stepped forward and placed it in front of Chen Ran.

The wooden box was opened, revealing a thick stack of large-denomination silver bills.

"Fifteen thousand taels." Feng Tang cupped his hands and said, "This is a small gift from the Shenwu Camp. I hope Lord Chen will accept it."

"That's right." Chen Ran smiled and clapped his hands, then gestured, "Let's talk alone."

The family generals and clerks left the barracks one after another. Feng Tang simply sat down in front of Chen Ran and said, "Master Chen, do you have any other needs? Just speak up."

"General Feng." Chen Ran patted the thick account book and shook his head with emotion. "These things, the emperor who grew up in the hands of women in the deep palace does not understand, but the emperor in the palace at this time knows it very well."

Feng Tang's heart moved slightly, but he said nothing. Instead, he continued to listen to Chen Ran.

"If they really want to audit the accounts, then it would have to be a joint effort of multiple departments, and they would have to turn the camp upside down right away."

Chen Ran laughed, "You only asked me to come here, so it's not for this."

Feng Tang lowered his eyelids. He already knew what Chen Ran meant.

Sure enough, the next words were, "The emperor is here to warn you, to make you think clearly about who you should be loyal to. If you persist in your wrong course, then next time an angel holding an imperial edict will lead a large number of people to raid your home and seal off your camp!"

Until this time, Feng Tang finally spoke up, "The emperor is over there."

"If we mobilize all twelve camps at once, it won't work." The atmosphere in the room became a little solemn. "Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys is fine."

It is impossible to move twelve battalions, but it is no problem to move one.

Feng Tang was unlucky and was chosen to be the first one to undergo surgery.

Seeing that he had fallen into silence again, Chen Ran simply picked up the wooden box and stood up. "When you have figured it out, go find His Majesty. If you still can't figure it out, then don't think about it anymore."

After Chen Ran left, Feng Tang sighed, "Ah~~~"

Royal study room.

".That's exactly what happened." Chen Ran looked at the wooden box on the imperial desk that contained 15,000 taels of silver notes. "From Feng Tang's appearance, he should be able to figure it out. He will probably come to Your Majesty in the next few days to pledge his loyalty."

"Well, it was done well."

The emperor nodded. "Now that someone has taken the lead, the rest will be easy."

After that, he picked up a memorial and threw it over, "Look at this."

Taking the memorial and flipping through it, Chen Ran looked up in surprise and asked, "Lin Ruhai is dying?"

"Hmm." The emperor narrowed his eyes and sneered, "He used to be the money jar of the Sixth Prince. I have long wanted to take him down. It is a good thing that the Emperor has been protecting him all the time."

"Your Majesty." Chen Ran understood immediately, "Are you interested in the salt tax?"

"The court should have collected it!" The emperor was obviously angry. "In the past, the salt tax was several million taels per year, but now it is only over one million taels per year. These salt merchants should all be killed!"

"Then kill them." Chen Ran nodded. "I am willing to lead a team of people to Yangzhou and slaughter those salt merchants."

"The salt merchants have complicated connections behind them, so it's not a good idea to kill them all." The emperor coughed and said, "I thought that I could use Lin Ruhai's serious illness as an opportunity to increase the salt tax."

His eyes were fixed on Chen Ran. "No one else can do this, but I believe you can do it."

Other ministers either have complicated backgrounds and are too deeply involved, or simply do not have the ability.

The most suitable candidate is naturally Chen Ran, who is bold, careful and able to succeed repeatedly.

"The salt tax issue is too complicated." Chen Ran thought for a while and simply said, "Go to Yangzhou to collect a batch of silver. It will be fine to intimidate for three to five years. If there is more, Your Majesty must be able to withstand the pressure from all sides and give me enough support."

The emperor understood what he meant and sighed, "As long as we can get some money, it will be fine for another three to five years. I will clear this matter up completely in the future."

The so-called future naturally refers to the time when the retired emperor passes away. At that time, the emperor will be able to show his power.

"You will temporarily serve as the Imperial Salt Inspector for a period of time." The emperor instructed, "Pick a group of soldiers from the Beijing camp and take them to Yangzhou to replace the salt officials in the Salt Administration Office."

"I only have one question." Chen Ran replied solemnly, "You must have the right to use the knife. Your Majesty, you know that those salt merchants are all big salt smugglers behind the scenes, and they all have armed men."

After thinking for a moment, the emperor simply decided, "You pick 1,500 soldiers and horses to march south. I will give you the royal flag and tiger talisman. You can do whatever you want!"

(End of this chapter)