After Xu Jie's place in Yan Song's position, he quickly won over the forces of the Northern Department, the Zhejiang Party, and the Fujian Party through the slogan of "Weifu returns to the lord, and government affairs return to the ministers", thus forming a kind of "co-power" friendly court.

However, not all officials hope that this kind of situation is content with the status quo, and not all forces will choose to support Xu Jie, and the former second assistant Yuan Wei is unwilling to collude with Xu Jie.

Lin Haoran was also unwilling to waste his time, and he couldn't bear to watch this dynasty get worse and worse. With his age advantage, he could naturally wait until the day when Xu said goodbye to his hometown, but he knew that the people of Daming could not afford to wait.

Xu Jie's reign did not seem to be evil, and even the miscellaneous taxes levied on the people were lighter than those in the Yan Song period. It's just that this kind of government that can't make ends meet will continue for a long time, and the officials will naturally be able to eat and clothe every day, but the people of Li in the world have been living in dire straits, and the number of displaced people in the Ming Dynasty will only increase.

On the other hand, in the four years that Xu Jie's ascension to power, he considered more of his own interests. From the initial restoration of the old Huaiyan precedent, to the connivance of rebels in various places, to the current power to eliminate dissent, even worse than the original Yan Song.

Yan Song at least fully supported Hu Zongxian to solve the troubles in the southeast, and once clearly opposed the reconstruction of Wanshou Palace, but Xu Jie's has always catered to Jiajing and the forces of all parties, and he still does not hesitate to spend state funds to build Chengtian Palace and other large-scale projects.

Lin Haoran was interested in changing this decadent dynasty, and faced Xu Jie's unkind gaze with a calm expression, and came to the room to salute Jiajing on the bed respectfully: "Lin Haoran, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Flat!" Jiajing's spirit was not very good, and he responded flatly.

The voice seemed a little small, and Lin Haoran didn't hear it very clearly. He first looked up to confirm with Huang Jin, who was standing beside the bed, and when he saw Huang Jin nodding lightly, he responded loudly: "Thank you, Emperor!" ”

"Lin Aiqing, do you know why I summoned you?" Jiajing cheered up slightly, and immediately asked in a deep voice.

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Lin Haoran seemed to have guessed a long time ago, and even responded loudly: "Your Majesty, Yan Shifan asked for beheading in March last year, and now it is more than May, but the country has not received it, and the people have not returned it, and the huge amount of stolen silver is only on the book!" The minister implored the emperor's ministers to order Jiangxi to immediately escort the stolen silver to Beijing, and select a virtuous minister to replace Cheng Shoujie to preside over the investigation of the Yan family! ”

Hey?

Huang Jin listened to Lin Haoran's answer and it was not the same thing at all, but he couldn't help but observe Jiajing's reaction.

"Act, you keep acting!"

Xu Jie had already seen through Lin Haoran's conspiracy, and when he saw that Lin Haoran was still stupidly biting Cheng Shoujie, he couldn't help but despise it with resentment.

Jiajing knew that Lin Haoran had misunderstood his intentions, and said without annoyance: "I will discuss the matter of keeping the festival later, I summoned you to the palace today, but it is actually for other things!" ”

Lin Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, and his face looked confused: "The minister is stupid, please ask the emperor to make it clear!" ”

"Stupid? Do you deserve it too? ”

Xu Jie looked at Lin Haoran and really didn't leave a flaw, and looked at Lin Haoran next to him with disdain in his heart, and really wanted to step forward and tear off this person's mask, so that the world could see where there was a more shrewd person than this in the world.

Jiajing was already completely convinced that Lin Haoran had no intention of revealing Yan Song's death this time, but asked lightly: "Old Yan Ge...... Is he really dead? ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Jie and Huang Jin looked at Lin Haoran nervously.

Lin Haoran was slightly stunned at first, and then replied seriously: "This is indeed the case!" According to the minister's recent information, Cheng Shoujie seized the Yan family's old house last year, but Yan Ge Lao was reluctant to leave Jieqiao Village, so he chose to live at the edge of the village! It's just that for some reason, he suddenly lost some time, and a few days ago he was found dead in a broken temple by a group of scholars! ”

"Only in the ......"

When Jiajing heard Lin Haoran say this, his eyes also swelled with a kind of pathos.

Although he gave up Yan Song, he even ordered Yan Shifan to be killed and raided the Yan family, but he always had a friendship with Yan Song. At this time, when he heard that Yan Song really fell so low, he felt a sense of self-blame in his heart.

Xu Jie watched Lin Haoran poke the matter out directly, but asked angrily: "Lin Shangshu, the rumors can't be true, I don't know where to know such ridiculous words?" ”

"Motosuke-sama, do you really not know anything about it?" Lin Haoran faced the angry Xu Jie, but responded with a smile.

Xu Jie snorted coldly, and responded with a sense of confidence: "There are a lot of rumors in the capital, and I heard that Yan Song took refuge in his protégé earlier, but the rumors stop at the wise!" ”

When things developed to this point, he naturally wanted to pretend that he didn't know, and even more tightly insisted that Yan Song's death was just a rumor, and he couldn't let this matter be confirmed immediately.

Jiajing also knew that he couldn't just listen to Lin Haoran's words, so he put away his grief and said, "Lin Aiqing, how did you learn about this?" ”

Huang Jin looked at Lin Haoran curiously, this source is undoubtedly very crucial. If it is news from a high-ranking official in Jiangxi, then this news is naturally credible, but if it is hearsay, it will have to be verified.

"Back to the emperor, the minister has always been concerned about the stolen silver, so he is more concerned about the news in Jiangxi! A few days ago, a protégé wrote to inform Cheng Shoujie that the raid on the Yan family was still procrastinating, and the letter also mentioned this matter slightly! Lin Haoran immediately said the source.

Because Lin Haoran served as the chief examiner of the examination last year, he accepted 300 protégé thorns. Now his protégés can be said to be all over the two capitals and thirteen provinces, if you want to inquire about the movements in Jiangxi, the protégés over there are naturally willing to act as his eyes and ears.

This explanation is undoubtedly very reasonable, it also seems very natural, and it is also very credible.

The corners of Xu Jie's mouth rose slightly, but he asked directly: "Hehe...... Lin Shangshu, you are really worried about the world! But I don't know which of your protégés told me where the letter is? ”

This court is full of smart people, and while Lin Haoran is figuring out Xu Jie, Xu Jie's is also sure that Lin Haoran's so-called protégé letters are also fabricated products.

Huang Jin listened to Xu Jie's question, and also looked at Lin Haoran curiously.

"Lord Yuanfu, the lower official said that you don't know either, as for the letter, I didn't deliberately keep it, but I don't know if I can find it! However, a protégé of Lord Yuanfu is responsible for raiding the Yan family, and a protégé serves as the prefect of Yuanzhou. Lin Haoran would not fall into the hands of others, but he immediately fought back.

"The old man will not support his protégé to find out these things that catch wind and shadows, and he will not believe some gossip!" Xu Jie snorted coldly again, and said again to Jiajing: "Your Majesty, I think Lin Shangshu is clearly here to confuse the public, and this matter is not credible!" ”

Lin Haoran didn't make a defense, but he arched his hand to Jiajing and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also listened to it this time, but I don't dare to say that this matter is indeed true!" If the emperor wants to know the truth, he can issue an order to ask, everything has its own opinion! ”

"Yes, please ask the emperor to issue an order to inquire immediately to smash the rumors!" Xu Jie's heart was immediately overjoyed, and he found that Lin Haoran was still cute, and he echoed Lin Haoran's proposal.

Although he knew that there was only one result of the inquiry, it was not so important whether Yan Song's death could be concealed or not, as long as he was given a time to buffer the emperor's anger.

Huang Jin saw that the opinions of the two important ministers had reached an agreement, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Jiajing curiously.

Jiajing sighed softly and asked coldly, "Do you think I'm really old and confused?" ”

"Don't dare!" Xu Jie and Lin Haoran were slightly stunned in their hearts, and immediately responded.

Jiajing is a very smart emperor, but he suddenly asked lightly: "Has Zhu Xiaoxi arrived?" ”