Only Fang Hongyuan felt terrified. If he had admired Fang Zhiyi's awakening before, now a trace of fear appeared in his heart. Fang Zhiyi's method was too cruel. This method... might not be used on him in the future!
But when Fang Hongyuan decided to find a way to win over those noble families to block Fang Zhiyi's expansion plan, it was too late. Fang Zhiyi's philosophy was to give a sweet reward after a small reward. After forcing those noble families to donate money to suppress bandits and maintain public order, he turned around and mysteriously gave them an order to buy and sell official positions at a fixed price!
No one complains about having too few officials in their family.
For a moment, these noble families put aside their hatred for each other and rushed to buy.
The whole of Qingzhou was in chaos. Fang Hongyuan, who received the news, was stunned on the spot. He now knew very well that he had completely lost control of the situation. Because of Fang Zhiyi's method, all the merchants and noble families in Qingzhou had been tied to him in one way or another. The ship was already full, and he, Fang Hongyuan, had long been thrown on the shore.
Fang Zhiyi's reputation was also completely well-known. All the people knew that he was a corrupt official, and a big one at that. He would spend a lot of money whenever he went out, just for the sake of appearances.
"You're so arrogant." Fang Yan and Fang Heng could only curse in private when they saw Fang Zhiyi going out. Isn't Fang Zhiyi just a nouveau riche?
Fang Yan originally thought that he could become as powerful as Fang Zhiyi after buying a military position, but when he entered the army, he found that all his colleagues had bought their positions. The worst thing was that they had no real power, and the real power was still firmly controlled by the original officers.
This is still Fang Zhiyi's way of making money.
Fang Yan was about to complain when he got home, but he saw his brother with a bruised face and nose stumbling in from outside, crying, "Dad! You have to do it for me! Dad!" The shrill voice gave Fang Yan goose bumps.
After asking around, I learned that Fang Heng was transporting goods from the county and was suddenly stopped by the guards while passing through his usual official route. They were saying that there was something wrong with his goods. Fang Heng was used to being a boss. His father was Fang Hongyuan, and he had a useless brother who was the prefect of Qingzhou! How could anyone dare to block his way?
Because of his arrogance, the other party beat him mercilessly and broke his leg.
Fang Hongyuan was angry at first, but after coming here twice, he could only sigh: "You guys wait at home, I'll ask him what happened."
Fang Zhiyi's explanation was simple, but he was wrong.
Fang Hongyuan wanted to get angry, but looking at his arrogant son, he suddenly felt a little insecure: "You should also apologize to your second brother. We are all family."
Fang Zhiyi waved his hand: "Okay, I'll come when I'm free. It's just right that you're here. There are some specialties over there. Have some."
Fang Hongyuan looked at the beautifully packaged specialties with mixed feelings. If you say Fang Zhiyi is unfilial, he sends everything home. If you say he is filial, he doesn't seem to want to see him, which just feels weird.
Now in the whole Qingzhou, Fang Zhiyi no longer has the power to cover the sky with one hand.
Even Fang Heng's original business was inexplicably cheated several times, and was later taken over by a wealthy family. Fang Heng jumped to his feet and said that it must be Fang Zhiyi who was behind it, but he had no way to do anything.
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