Mao Ji thought so, but after all, he was a very human figure, so he bowed his head now and admitted his mistakes, as if he felt that he couldn't put his face down, but he didn't admit his mistakes, but the Son of Heaven had conclusive evidence in his hands, and he launched a thunderous rage, which was very terrifying.

Mao Ji was hesitating, and Jiajing Tianzi was even more calm, his voice became louder and louder, and he said: "I am ordered by the sky, since I ascended to the pole, which day has not been sleepless?" The reason is nothing more than to change the atmosphere of the Wuzong Dynasty, for the peace of the society and the stability of the people. But...... But what did I get in exchange for all my efforts? In exchange, some people deceive their superiors and subordinates, and keep saying loyalty, righteousness, courtesy, and faith, but in fact, they are male thieves and female prostitutes. Look at it, open your eyes and take a good look, look at this pile of confessions, look at this pile of sins, there are more than 200 officials who have confiscated the property of merchants, there are 100 people involved in the case, and the rest are not much better, what is the use of the state monks? What's the use of you coming to sue sù me? ”

The three scholars who usually spoke in a thicker voice than Jiajing Tianzi didn't say a word, Mao Ji could only bow down and remain motionless, Yang Tinghe was sitting with a calm face, but everyone could see that he was faintly uneasy at this time. As for Jiang Mian, he made up his mind to be a mud bodhisattva.

Jiajing Tianzi continued to be angry viciously: "The day before yesterday, Chun'an sent a book, saying that the estimated silver money for confiscating the merchant's wealth this time was 190,000 ......" He smiled even colder: "But Xu Qian's book said that if the merchant's wealth is all converted into silver, I am afraid it will be as high as 930,000 taels of silver." Although this is an estimate, but the difference is so huge, this is not counting the treasures and antiques, the merchants are not only mad, amassing wealth to this point, and the officials in Zhejiang are even more vicious, ridiculous. Hateful, shameful! ”

This number was reported, that is, Yang Tinghe, Mao Ji and others felt incredible, the first unbelievable is the wealth of the merchants, although they knew that the merchants were doing a business that lost their heads, where did they think that they could accumulate such a huge wealth in the sea, and they couldn't imagine that Wu Han and these people were so bold that they usually had the most to be greedy for fire and silver, and the military attache was the limit to eat some empty salary. Later generations said that the three years of the Qing prefect's 100,000 snowflake silver is simply a joke, you must know that the annual silver income of the imperial court is only about 3 million, a prefect is no matter how capable it is, and it is already considered a huge greed to have 10,000 taels of silver.

And now, these people have embezzled more than 700,000 taels of silver. It's amazing to think about.

The Son of Jiajing couldn't help but stand up from the throne again, and said sharply: "You usually say that the treasury is empty, and you must open up sources and reduce expenditure. Well, it's ridiculous to open up sources and reduce expenditures, I even reduced the offerings in order to open sources and reduce expenditures. So what? How much can I save on lamp oil in a year? However, this merchant family has a million-dollar fortune, which is more than the taxes of a province in the south of the Yangtze River, and the money of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials is enough to exterminate three or four traitors Huang Cheng, and I entrust the military and government to you. Is that how you reciprocate? ”

When it came to this, Mao Ji felt that he was a little shorter at this time, so he had to say: "Weichen is dead, please forgive your majesty." ”

Jiajing Tianzi's gaze fell on Yang Tinghe's body. Yang Tinghe's eyes flickered, and he stood up and said, "Your Majesty." The minister never thought that Zhejiang was so erosive to this point, the minister was the first assistant of the cabinet, the official was not clear, the minister was duty-bound, and asked His Majesty to forgive the sin. ”

Jiang Mian stood up and said: "Weichen acted as the military machine, but he didn't notice it, and he also asked His Majesty to surrender to the minister." ”

Jiajing Tianzi stared at them, motionless, and finally said coldly: "Then how to deal with this matter?" ”

Yang Tinghe pursed his lips and stopped talking, he originally wanted to use this incident to teach the Son of Heaven a lesson, and tell the Son of Heaven that he must not trust traitors at will. But who knew that the emperor actually taught him a lesson, and now the more he says it, the more wrong it becomes, it is better not to say it.

The unlucky one was Mao Ji, just now his words were the most intense, and now that he counts the accounts, he just wants to run away and can't do it, so he has to bite the bullet and say: "The people involved in the case must be investigated and punished heavily, and they must not be taken lightly, take this opportunity to kill the chickens and monkeys, and just rule the whole thing." ”

Jiajing Tianzi smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then it is up to you to vote, how to deal with it, what charter to use, you have your own ideas." Leaving this sentence, he became gentle again, and said to Mao Ji: "Master Mao, please wake up, I am not angry with you, but I just think that the brutal officials in Zhejiang are so bold and reckless, so I am angry. ”

Mao Ji stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is unforgettable." ”

Speaking of this, Jiajing Tianzi sighed: "I'm tired, let's discuss it here today." ”

One of the three cabinet scholars was depressed, one was terrified, and the other did not say a word from beginning to end, but they all withdrew with mixed feelings.

As soon as they left, in this East Pavilion, Jiajing Tianzi, who had just lost his temper, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then was overjoyed.

After all, this Tianzi with a deep personality is still a teenager, but he has been suppressed for too long, and his emotions have nowhere to vent, but now, he showed ecstasy and said excitedly: "Haha......... Huang, have you seen that? Did you see that? Have you seen Mao Ji's expression, Mao Ji is usually the best at saying some sage truths in front of me, but just now, he didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, did you see it, he didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere. and Yang Tinghe...... Yang Tinghe ...... He didn't dare to say a word, they usually talked about my troubles, but today, I reprimanded them in every way, and they only had to confess their sins. This is what the real Son of Heaven looks like, my Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this should be the case! ”

Huang Jin saw it in his eyes, how could he not know why Jiajing was ecstatic? Since ascending the throne, Jiajing has been suppressed to death, the imperial envoys are staring at it all day long, a little disrespectful to the imperial envoys, that is, hundreds of officials take turns to appear, and finally these cabinet ministers who are full of words come forward, do this is not allowed, do that and not, as if the Son of Heaven is completely useless in their eyes, and Jiajing seems to be no matter how hard he tries, he can't meet the standards they require, Jiajing is naturally not the kind of person who is willing to be at the mercy of others, but he has always been forbearing, because Huang Jin knows that this Son of Heaven is a scheming person, Before you have absolute control of the situation, it is impossible to turn against the officials.

However, if a person has endured it for too long, it is inevitable that he will have resentment and indignation, and this kind of affection is increasing day by day, if ordinary people have already driven him crazy, but Jiajing's surface has been indifferent, as if he has not taken these things to heart, but who knows that behind this apparent indifference there is a hidden anger, and today's anger erupted, neither destroying Jiajing's overall plan, but making the cabinet ministers bow their heads and admit their mistakes, this kind of joy can be imagined.

Jiajing became high-spirited, he didn't care that the entire East Pavilion was already in a mess, and said excitedly: "I finally know that they are not terrible, they are also human beings, and they will make mistakes, as long as I catch their sore feet, they must also obediently bow to me." Speaking of which, thanks to Xu Qian this time, if it weren't for him, how could I have today's happiness? Ha ha...... This kid is very good, good, very good. ”

Huang Jin was also quite happy in his heart, Xu Qian was recommended by him, and he naturally couldn't run away from this recommendation, so he hurriedly said: "This is Your Majesty's Wisdom and Wisdom." ”

Jiajing smiled and said, "Such a person, I naturally treat him as a national soldier, and he is naturally willing to serve me loyally, hey...... I really want to see him now, I want to see what kind of kid this is, how can there be such a person in the world. ”

Jiajing's eyes flashed with a hint of fascination, he has always boasted that he is smart, but now he has a little admiration for a young man who is younger than himself, this thought is fleeting, his eyes have become a little solemn, and he muttered: "Zhejiang's township test is about to start, if Xu Qian really has a chance to win, I will summon him to Beijing, you can arrange this matter." ”

At this time, a few little eunuchs began to get busy, hastily cleaned up the East Pavilion, Jiajing sat down, holding the rearranged imperial case with his hand, his eyes narrowed, and he said slowly: "Huang Banban, do you know what I am thinking now?" ”

Huang Jin said in his heart that His Majesty must be thinking about Xu Qian's affairs, but he was afraid of making a mistake, so he smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty's thoughts, how can slaves and maids be unpredictable." ”

Jiajing nodded at him, obviously not disgusted by his answer, he said lightly: "I'm thinking, why does a small merchant have nearly a million family wealth?" ”

Huang Jindao: "Your Majesty, these things, the slaves and maids know a little, I Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban, but silk, porcelain and other things are deeply loved by Zhuyi, and merchants take this opportunity to sell silk, porcelain, tea, often can make a profit ten times a hundred times, they rely on such unsightly deeds, to earn this thousands of family wealth, it is not surprising." ”

Jiajing thought for a while, then sighed, and said: "At the end of each year, the entire imperial court is worried about the deficit of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands, and I can't imagine that the profit from just going to the sea to do business is not less than the annual income. ”

Huang Jin couldn't help but feel a sudden suddenness in his heart, looked at Jiajing, and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, don't you want to open the sea?" Majesty, don't do it, if you let people know, you don't know what to do. ”

Jiajing smiled slightly, but took out a recital, and said lightly: "I never thought about opening the sea, I was just thinking about this recital, which was sent by Xu Qian along with the evidence. ”