"The ministers ask Your Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly!"

In the cabinet, the five cabinet elders all knelt down and begged Jiajing.

"Hmph, I don't believe it, your cabinet didn't notice it before this?" Jiajing looked at the many ministers kneeling on the ground and said coldly.

"Your Majesty, we really don't know much about the situation here in Gansu! After taking office, the officials who were sent to Gansu to supervise either colluded with local officials or found various reasons to transfer out of Gansu, and over time, no one wanted to go to Gansu. Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, took the lead in standing up and exonerating everyone.

"Your Majesty, what Elder Xu Ge said is true, at that time, the focus of the imperial court was shifted to the extermination of the southeast Japanese robbers, and it really took care of a small Gansu." After Xu Jie's mouth, Yan Song also spoke up.

"The governor of Gansu is still Wang Jien, right?" Jiajing's eyes looked at Yan Song and Xu Jie, and asked.

"Your Majesty, Wang Jien has served as the governor of Gansu since the 36th year of Jiajing, and his position has not been transferred so far." Yan Song recalled for a moment and replied.

"Okay, your cabinet will write a letter and ask Wang Jien to return to Beijing to report on his work."

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what reason should I use?"

"Do you still use me for any reason? Just look for something about disaster relief. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Oh yes, the salary of Gansu disaster relief will be reissued, and at the same time someone will be sent to Gansu to investigate! If the tone up and down is completely the same, then Wang Jien will do it. Jiajing seemed to suddenly remember something, and then added.

"Yes." Yan Song and Xu Jie glanced at each other and bowed down to receive the order.

None of these people who have been up and down for decades, weathered, dodged countless guns and arrows, and finally became scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion and successfully entered the cabinet, none of them are stupid, and they all know very well in their hearts that His Majesty's move is not to find out something, but to see what the current situation of Gansu is.

If the officials up and down in Gansu have the same tone, it is okay, if the tone is the same, it means that the entire Gansu has been run by Wang Jien into a monolith, and he, the governor of Gansu, will not escape death! And in this process, His Majesty will definitely send Jinyi Guards to secretly verify.

"This Wang Jien is probably dead!"

Everyone thought so in their hearts, even if no one was willing to go to Gansu to serve as a supervision official, as a cabinet elder, they had their own set of intelligence systems, and they knew what they were doing in Gansu.

It's just that this Wang Jien is very good at things, and he usually has a lot of filial piety, whether it is Yan Dang or Qingliu, he has received his silver, so everyone turns a blind eye to him.

Now that the matter has been accidentally poked out, and the emperor is also concerned about it, it is time to think about how to get out of it.

Just as everyone was thinking about what to do, Jiajing spoke, and his eyes turned to Yan Song and Xu Jie: "I'll leave this matter to the two of you!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yan Song and Xu Jie led the order.

……

After the cabinet meeting, Xu Jie, and Yan Song respectively convened their officials, told them to deal with the relevant criminal evidence, and cut off with the officials in Gansu.

Along with the people sent by the imperial court to investigate in Gansu, there was also an order for Wang Jien to return to Beijing to report on his work.

Night, Yan Mansion.

After Yan Shifan sorted out the criminal record files related to the clan, he knocked on Yan Song's door.

"Father, are you there? The dossier has been put in order. ”

"Come in."

Yan Shifan pushed the door in, and saw Yan Song wearing reading glasses and holding a telescope in his hand, observing the ground with relish.

"Father, what are you looking at?"

Yan Shifan put aside the sorted file and asked curiously.

"Shh Yan Song said and threw a few grains of rice on the ground.

"What's so nice about this ant?" Yan Shifan muttered, then walked in front of his father Yan Song, squatted down, and followed his father's example, observing carefully.

"There's a lot to learn here? Look at this ant, obviously so small, but it can move things several times larger than itself, isn't there an old saying that a thousand miles of embankment collapses in an anthill. ”

"Do you have any feelings?" Yan Song may have been tired of reading, so he put the binoculars aside and took off the reading glasses he was wearing.

"Father means that we should be like ants, sincerely cooperate and concentrate on big things?" Yan Shifan said, and showed the file he had sorted out to Yan Song to check.

"Wrong, I mean Your Majesty wants to crush us to death, just like an ant!" Yan Song said, pouring out the boiling water that had just been replaced in the teacup.

In an instant, the ants, who had been struggling to carry food before, were scalded to death by boiling water, and after two struggles, they did not move.

"We must maintain a sense of reverence for Your Majesty at all times, everything we have is given by Your Majesty, otherwise, we will end up like these ants." After Yan Song finished speaking, he picked up the file that Yan Shifan had sorted out and looked at it.

Yan Shifan looked at the dead ants on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, and only after a long time did he speak: "The child knows." ”

"It's good to know, how has public opinion been guided in the capital recently?"

"The child has already arranged people in advance in various academies, tea stalls, and even Guozijian in the capital, and the people have long been dissatisfied with the actions of those clans, and they don't even need people to provoke them."

"Okay, you take this back and polish it a little, and I'll officially present it to Your Majesty tomorrow!"

Yan Shifan took the file from Yan Song's hand, and looked at his father's trembling appearance, and couldn't help but be a little worried: "Otherwise, I will mention this matter to Your Majesty tomorrow!" ”

"No, it's not weighty, this matter must be mentioned by me! I, Yan Song, have been the head of the cabinet for more than 20 years, what wind and waves have I never seen? ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty is our most solid backing!" Seeing that his son was still a little uneasy, Yan Song immediately added.

"Okay, I'll go back to polishing, you can rest early."

"Hmm."

……

Late at night, Forbidden City, Ganlu Palace.

Jiajing did not choose to live in the Heart Cultivation Hall tonight, but went straight to the Ganlu Palace where the imperial concubine Shen was located.

"Come, let me hear it?" Jiajing took Shen Shi, who was busy making tea for himself, into his arms and chuckled.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is still making tea for you! Hold your horses. Shen lay down in Jiajing's arms, his face flushed.

"Okay, let's make the tea first!" Jiajing looked playful, looked at Shen who collapsed in his arms, and said softly.

"Your Majesty!" Shen was sneering, but he was reluctant to leave.

"Whoever wants to intercede with me through you these days, don't bother, you know?" Jiajing rubbed Shen's little hand and whispered.

"Is Your Majesty going to do something earth-shattering?" Shen lay down in Jiajing's arms, constantly drawing circles on his chest with his fingers.

"Yes, a big deal." Jiajing nodded, looking into the distance.

"How big is it?"

"Huge!"

"Then Your Majesty must be careful!" Shen's face was full of worry.

"Don't worry, I'm the emperor, no one dares to take me! It's just that I don't want you to get involved. ”

The two hugged like this, and they didn't say anything all night.