The atmosphere in the hall quietly changed, and Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty recovered from that casual state, and his eyes did not deliberately show deterrence, but it was this carelessness that showed the supremacy of imperial power.

At the age of fifteen, he inherited the unification, and only three years after ascending the throne, he personally created the Zuo Shunmen bloody case, and strongly recommended Zhang Xuan as the first assistant despite public opinion.

Even Yan Song, the old dog who had served him for twenty years, after realizing Yan Song's old age and Yan Shifan's nonsense, he kicked it out mercilessly, and then supported the equally loyal Xu Jie.

Although Jiajing is obsessed with cultivation, his control over the court has always been not weak. Whether it is Xu Jie, or Yang Bo and Yan Ne, when he thinks that he is no longer loyal to himself, he will also replace him mercilessly.

It is this kind of power and cold-blooded style that makes the officials of this court seem to have been castrated, and the court bosses are in awe of this king from the bottom of their hearts.

Huang Jin served Jiajing for the longest time, and he was Jiajing's side, so he was very keen to capture Jiajing's changes, but he carefully stepped back and stood next to the red lacquer pillar.

The scent of sandalwood is stronger, but the tension rises suddenly.

Xu Jie also felt that something was wrong, but he focused on a "silence is golden" in his dealings with people, and he had always been cautious in the face of Jiajing, and he also stood aside and quietly observed the development of the situation.

Yang Bo has been in officialdom for many years, although he seems to be arrogant on the surface, but he is actually a thoughtful person. At this time, he also noticed that something was unusual, so he did not act rashly.

Yan Ne glanced at Xu Jie and Yang Bo, who were silent, and just stood up again, so he had to bow his hand and say: "Weichen is not talented, I am willing to share the emperor's worries!" ”

"Worry? If you really share the emperor's worries, why do I have to be constrained everywhere in the matter of cultivation? Jiajing put down the eight hundred miles in a hurry, raised his eyes and looked at the four important ministers in front of him and asked fiercely.

"Panic!" Xu Jie and the others realized that Jiajing's spearhead was pointed at them, although they didn't know why Jiajing was so angry, but they hurriedly knelt down and admitted their mistake.

Jiajing pressed his hand on Chen Fengyi and the others, his eyes swept over the four important ministers, and said meaningfully: "Lin Haoran mobilized Song Jiangwei, not because he overstepped it, but because some people were uneasy and some people were scared!"

This......

When Yang Bo heard this, a layer of cold sweat immediately welled up on his back, feeling that the emperor's spearhead might be pointing at him, he secretly swallowed and spit, but he still stiffened his head and saluted Jiajing: "The minister is stupid, please make it clear!" ”

Xu Jie's heart swelled with unease, and he looked up at Jiajing carefully, feeling that things were getting more and more weird.

According to the current situation, no matter how clever Lin Haoran is, it can't change the fact that he mobilized Song Jiangwei. Even if Lin Haoran really thought about the people of Songjiang and wiped out a group of big bandits in Wusongjiang, it would be impossible to offset the merits.

As a mature king, he never pays attention to how much merit the official has made, and often pays more attention to whether the official abides by the rules. If this official does not follow the rules, then the stronger the ability, the greater the merit, and it is even more of a thorn in the king's side.

Xu Jie thinks that he is the one who has the most thorough understanding of the emperor's temperament, and knows that Jiajing is a king who pays attention to his own interests.

It's just that the weirdness of things is here, no matter how many bandits Lin Haoran has cleared, but mobilizing Songjiangwei has already touched the scales. The emperor should punish Lin Haoran, not choose to protect him.

Although Wu Shan didn't have such a deep understanding of Jiajing, he was keenly aware of the change in Jiajing's attitude, and looked up at Jiajing quietly, his face couldn't help but show a look of confusion.

"Lin Haoran not only mobilized Songjiangwei, but also Zhenhaiwei and Yangzhouwei, but ...... He mobilized well, very well! Jiajing said word by word, and suddenly smashed his fist on the case with a "bang".

The movement of this punch was not small, and the sound it made echoed in the hall.

Xu Jie's hearts felt as if they had been hit hard, and they immediately felt Jiajing's anger that they hadn't seen for a long time.

Especially Xu Jie, he spent the longest time with Jiajing as a monarch and minister. Even if Jiajing is really angry, he often sends the killer directly and ruthlessly, and will not be as openly angry as he is now.

Jiajing's gaze fell on the four important ministers, and he said fiercely: "If this is not the case, how can we find out the cancer of the Ming Dynasty, and how can we intercept a whole 10,000 stones of private salt on Chongming Island!" ”

Cancer? 10,000 stone of private salt?

When they heard this number, Xu Jie's mouth opened slightly, and they looked up at Jiajing in disbelief, shocked by this sudden event and amount.

Daming's private salt can be said to be repeatedly banned, but in fact, it cannot be banned.

Due to the complex terrain in various places, salt barons of all sizes can always find rugged mountain roads to bypass the switch card, and there is no shortage of merchants to carry them through goods, or directly open joints for smuggling.

Many powerful people will also covet salt profits, and will also participate in it, and even have the right to smuggle salt openly for profit, and the "Beijing official salt" even let the Beijing Yamen indirectly participate in salt smuggling.

Unless the court takes the initiative to give up salt profits and let go of the salt monopoly. As long as the windfall profits of salt exist, then there will be people who will take risks, and the smuggling of salt will not be eradicated at all.

It's just that such a huge amount of smuggling cases has never been heard of.

It is enough 10,000 stones of salt, which is nothing for the salt production base of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that this batch of private salt is really invested in the rich land in the southeast, so with the price of salt in the southeast, it can reach 400,000 sales.

What is the concept of 400,000 taels, Yan Maoqing raised the salt tax of Lianghuai from 600,000 taels to 1 million taels, which caused the salt merchants of Lianghuai to "complain", and even helped Xu Jie's overthrow of Yan Song.

Now that there is such a huge smuggling group lurking, throwing 10,000 stones of illicit salt into the richest southeast for profit, it is no wonder that Jiajing will feel angry and choose to defend Lin Haoran.

"Your Majesty, Lin Haoran mobilized Songjiangwei to arrest the smugglers?" Yan Ne was stunned by this sudden news, swallowed and foamed with difficulty, and asked for confirmation in shock.

Xu Jie and the others also looked at Jiajing, their brains were buzzing at this time, and at the same time, there were also certain doubts about the truth of the matter. After all, this news was too shocking, and Lin Haoran simply threw out a king bomb.

Jiajing's gaze fell on Yan Ne, but he asked coldly: "Illegal salt dealers? Do you think there will be a smuggling of salt in this world who dares to smuggle 10,000 koku at a time? ”