Late at night, the imperial study room was still brightly lit. Song Jinyan is diligent in government affairs, and everyone in the palace knows about it.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Song Jinyan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, things were far more complicated than he imagined, and it seemed that what he was thinking about could no longer be delayed. Rubbing his temples with a faint pain, Song Jinyan fell into deep thought.

Early in the morning of the second day, Song Jinyan unusually suspended the early dynasty, and many officials did not receive the news, but still came to the early dynasty as usual, and indeed looked at each other on the empty hall. Song Jinyan rarely suspended the early dynasty, and for many officials, today is a rare holiday, but this holiday is not for everyone.

Yu Daishan, the president of the Hanlin Academy, and the Ministry of Rites and the Hubu Shangshu are all in the imperial study at the moment, Yu Daishan is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, independent of the court, the Ministry of Rites and the official residence of the four products, and the household department Shangshu official residence two products, if someone has a heart to see it, they must feel very strange, Song Jinyan actually convened so many officials who are not related to each other at one time, and even deliberately stopped the daily early dynasty, which shows that the situation is already very urgent.

Everything originated from the secret letter from Sui Yuanzhou that Song Jinyan received this morning.

Sui Yuanzhou said in the secret letter that the Yanzhou Mansion is more important than normal people can imagine. The DPRK and China stipulate that two-tenths of the harvest must be paid as tax grain, and in the case of locust floods, one-tenth or even all of them can be exempted. However, regardless of whether there are natural or man-made disasters or not, the prefect of Yanzhou collects taxes and grains at a rate of five-tenths. If it can't be handed over, it needs to be made up with silver taels. If the silver taels cannot be replenished, use the board to offset it.

In the whole of last year, a full five people were beaten to death because they could not pay their taxes and grain. Two of them were elderly people.

Song Jinyan had already guessed that the official authority in Yanzhou was rampant and the oppression of the people was serious, but no matter what Song Jinyan thought, he couldn't guess that these people, as officials of the imperial court, were so bold and reckless.

What made Song Jinyan feel even more frightening was that Sui Yuanzhou also mentioned in the letter that the people of Yanzhou had organized many lawsuits because they couldn't stand the harsh government, but for some reason, they were suppressed every time. In the past few years, if the people of Yanzhou show the customs clearance documents from Yanzhou, they will not even be able to enter the gate of the capital.

Hearing this, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites on the side frowned, and his two thick and dark eyebrows moved, and said: "In this way, the central officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee are also in cahoots with that dog official. ”

Song Jinyan nodded, but now that Kou Yunwu is dead, there are not many people in the army who can support him, and the commander of Dadu is under the command of Su Jingzhi, the eldest son of the Su family, but Su Jingzhi is young after all, and it is still impossible to determine whether this matter was done by Su Jingzhi.

Another thing worth noting is that the prefect of Yanzhou and other people in the mermaid township, privately increase the degree of official households, poor and extravagant, what is puzzling is that the annual bill reported to the court and the central government, but there has never been anything abnormal, and even the Yanzhou general judge and the prefect still think that the political achievements are outstanding, and they have been praised by the court for two consecutive years.

"Ridiculous-" Yu Daishan shouted when he heard this, the two mustaches on his mouth trembled with anger, and his eyes flashed with raging flames.

Song Jinyan's eyes moved slightly, and he continued: "Behind this person, there must be a great backer, and this backer is so powerful that he can not only reach the assessment and promotion of officials in my court, but also be able to reach out to the supervision and protection of the city gate. ”

Yu Daishan took a step forward: "If the emperor agrees, I, Yu Daishan, am willing to serve as the prefect of Yanzhou and extinguish the arrogance with my own strength!" ”

Hubu Shangshu Wensong on the side frowned: "Daishan, you are reckless again, is it something that you can solve alone?" ”

Yu Daishan's two beards moved: "Then what should I do, do you let those corrupt officials and corrupt the people do evil in the township and sit idly by?" ”

Wen Song sighed, this confidant and friend of his own have known him for more than ten years, and he is honest and fair in his heart, only one thing, that is, he wants things to always be so straightforward, which is why the emperor has never let him enter the officialdom.

Song Jinyan said loudly: "Dean, I asked you to come this time, not to ask you to go to Yanzhou to take up a post, but to ask you, is there a young man like Sui Yuanzhou in the Hanlin Academy now?" ”

Yanzhou officialdom is by no means something that can be shaken by the power of one person, Sui Yuanzhou has a straightforward temperament, if there are more people like him, maybe things will turn around.

When Yu Daishan heard this, he frowned and thought about it carefully, and said: "There is a person named Bai Tingran, who had a good relationship with Sui Yuanzhou before, I think this person has a bit of Sui Yuanzhou's appearance, he should be able to try, as for the others, the next official has to go and see again before making a decision." ”

Song Jinyan nodded, after staying in the court for a long time, it is inevitable that he will be tainted with some bureaucratic habits. If we had found some officials at the same level, perhaps the situation would not have improved. Bai Tingran, Bai Jia...... Song Jinyan frowned and thought about it, he vaguely remembered that the Bai family seemed to be favored for a while, but now he didn't hear it much, if the Bai family had a heart, it could be promoted.

Hubu Shangshu took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that for privately increasing the use of the government, the Yanzhou prefect should have two books, true and false, of which the fake accounts were given to the court for record, and the real accounts were left by their own side. If Lord Sui had a way to find the true account books, Weichen would be able to carefully verify and figure out the truth of the matter. ”

A hint of approval flashed in Song Jinyan's eyes, and he nodded: "What Aiqing said is very true, I have asked Sui Yuanzhou to investigate this matter, and we must find the real account books and other evidence, so that the officials of Dali Temple can check and inspect them one by one according to the evidence." ”

The matter is almost the same, Song Jinyan stood up, exuded the unique momentum of the superior, and said: "Now there are many shady scenes in the DPRK and China, who is behind the fish and flesh of the people, and it is not known to eat my national strength, this matter is very important, you are the people I trust the most, please think more about this matter." ”

When the three of them heard this, their faces turned pale, and they all bowed their heads and said yes.

After the three of them all bent down and bowed their heads and retreated, Yan Yi stood behind Song Jinyan like a ghost, and said, "Master, are these people really credible?" ”

When Song Jinyan heard this, he asked rhetorically: "Who do you think is credible?" ”

Yan Yi was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Song Jinyan smiled slightly and looked at Yan Yiyi: "In this world, there is no absolutely credible person, and I never want to find any credible person, what I want to find is someone who can be used." ”