During the 20 years that Yan Song was in power, Yan Shifan became the actual helmsman of the Ministry of Industry, and during this period, he made a lot of money from the project.

Due to the enthusiasm of the saints today, the country's finances are no longer focused on people's livelihood, but instead invest heavily in Taoist buildings, large and small. In addition, the Jiajing Emperor, who was very happy, built the outer city of Beijing and rebuilt the three major palaces that were destroyed by lightning fire.

The construction of the outer city of Beijing made the emperor, who had always been dictatorious, have to compromise and change the original "Hui" character scheme to the "convex" character scheme, which can be seen in the amount of money consumed.

As for the project of rebuilding the three major halls, it took five years, during which good trees such as nanshan were collected from Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, and the total cost of the project was as high as several million taels.

It is precisely for this reason that the largest expenditure of the state treasury is no longer military spending and clan rice, but these large and small projects.

During Yan Song's reign, the reason why Yan Shifan dared to be so arrogant was that he ignored many ministers. In addition to relying on his father's status, in fact, he has the evidence of some officials' corruption of ink, and he has already pulled these people into the water.

Xu Fan is an official in the capital, and he is very greedy, so he was naturally easily dragged into the water by Yan Shifan. Xu Fan took this silver and successively opened a lot of shops in the capital.

This matter can't blame Xu Fan's greed too much, in order to win Yan Song's trust, Xu Jie's original attempt to win Yan Song's trust was impossible for Yan Song's father and son to relax their vigilance just by marrying a granddaughter and changing their nationality.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Fan was pulled into the water by Yan Shifan, although there was a reason for Xu Fan's greed, and it was also a forced choice for Xu Jie at that time.

But he never expected that Yan Shifan, who had fled home, still did not restrain his stinky temper, and dared to be so arrogant that he even threatened to disclose the account book in public.

Xu Jie knew that his son had been staring at Jiangxi, and the news would definitely not be faked, so he frowned slightly and said, "Xu Fan, how many silver taels did you take from Yan Shifan before and after?" ”

"That's it...... That's about 50,000 taels! Xu Fan hesitated, looking slurnerable.

Xu Jie glanced at his son angrily, but said calmly: "Yan Ge is not old and confused, Yan Shifan is also a smart person, he shouldn't do such an unwise thing, Yan Shifan is just saying a few cruel words to earn some face." ”

The matter of greedy ink is actually a double-edged sword, not to mention how much effort was made by all parties at that time in order to clear the matter of greedy ink for Yan Shifan. Once the account book is really in the hands of the emperor, the first unlucky one is definitely Yan Shifan.

Although the emperor has a strong tolerance for ink greed, he really put this piece of real evidence in front of him, especially for such a large amount of ink corruption case, Yan Shifan is afraid that he will be beheaded all over the house.

Xu Fan didn't let go of his heart, and persuaded worriedly: "Dad, Yan Shifan is a madman, he said that he would really hand over the account book to the emperor, we have to take precautions!" ”

"Don't do it! If he took the liberty of bringing Yan Shifan back to Beijing, with his lawless nature, this would be the real trouble! Xu Jie put down the scroll and shook his head solemnly.

Yan Shifan may just have some tongue courage in his hometown in Jiangxi, but if he brings it back to the capital, he may really bite people everywhere, and even poke out the big case of embezzlement of ink recklessly.

"Dad, I know this, so we have to kill with one blow and don't give Yan Shifan a chance to bite!" Xu Fan has never had a good impression of the Yan family, and said with a gesture of wiping his neck.

Xu Jie picked up the tea cup that had been cold on the table, and asked casually, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Dad, don't worry, I won't be reckless! In order to bring down Yan Song, you can plan for ten years, so I naturally won't be too hasty! Xu Fan's eyes lit up slightly, and then he said seriously: "Your student Li Yinshi is very sensible, I think he can give us what we want, let's put him in the position of Yuanzhou as the prefect first!" ”

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and asked quietly, "And then?" ”

"After Li Yinshi arrives in Yuanzhou, he will secretly collect some evidence, as long as we wait for the right time, we can attack Yan Shifan, so as to eliminate future troubles forever!" Xu Fan's eyebrows fluttered.

Xu Jie's heart moved slightly, and he looked up at his son deeply and asked, "Is Li Yin really credible?" ”

"He is your protégé, and now he is the Tongzhi of Songjiang Mansion, this person is both loyal and reliable, and his uncle has a high opinion of him!" Xu Fan was overjoyed in his heart and replied seriously.

"A man can be transferred, but he must not act rashly!" Xu Jie put down the teacup and immediately made a final decision.

He and Yan Song do not have a deep grudge, but the two families are still in-laws. Although there were many unpleasantness in the past, with the position of the first assistant, many grievances also disappeared.

In the officialdom, there is also a fine tradition of not liquidating political enemies after the fact, so he never planned to attack Yan Song again, and let the Yan family father and son spend their old age in Jiangxi.

It's just that Yan Shifan refuses to be an honest rich man in Jiangxi, and even wants to bring him down and poke out the evidence of the past greed for ink.

When his own status and power are seriously threatened, he, as a mature politician, naturally wants to find a way to eliminate this hidden danger.

"Okay, I'll fix the book for my uncle!" Xu Fan immediately responded and left in a hurry.

A few days later, the imperial court's dispatch of local officials was officially issued.

The transfer of the two Huai made Chen Xian implicated by his son and dismissed from office by the imperial court; Li Yu, a member of the household department in Nanjing, was dismissed from office by the imperial court for suspected greed for ink; As for the Yangzhou prefect He Dongxu, because of his lack of talent, he was demoted to Guizhou to serve as the deputy envoy of the inspection.

Although Guizhou's appointment as a deputy envoy is a four-rank and a transfer at the same level, the two cannot be said to be the same at all. As for Lu Bo, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, who had made great achievements in the war, was dismissed from his post due to the Hu Zongxian incident, and his position was taken over by Yang Shangying, the general commander of Liuhe.

Li Yinshi, the Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture, a person from Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian, a third-class jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing, was first awarded the magistrate of Nanyang County, and is now transferred to the prefect of Yuanzhou Prefecture in Jiangxi Province because of his outstanding achievements in governing the local area.

This top three jinshi official, who has only been in the government for ten years, has reached the ceiling of the prefect so quickly, everyone knows that his background is extraordinary, maybe he has taken shit luck.

In this dazzling transfer, many people can only see some things on the surface, and they don't know that the transfer of these officials actually contains the game of all parties behind it.

This is the case in the capital, even though it is sunny and beautiful every day, but there is always an invisible whirlpool shrouded in it. All the officials are in the center of this vortex, swallowed up at any time and at any time.