Before Jiajing could make any moves, Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, jumped out, pointed at Wang Jien's nose and scolded angrily: "Are you blackmailing Your Majesty?" Hmph, take a small account of Gansu to calculate the country's big account! ”

"Elder Xu Ge, I didn't mean that......"

Seeing that Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, accused himself on the spot, Wang Jien panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly defended.

"So what do you mean? Aren't you just using the people of Gansu to blackmail Your Majesty? After Xu Jie finished speaking, he took the wat board out of the line and saluted to Jiajing who was sitting on the dragon chair.

At this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly walked to Jiajing's side, whispered a few words and left quickly, and Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked solemn.

Seeing this, the ministers below all held their breath and did not dare to make any moves, for fear of being angered.

"Come on, take this Wang Jien down to me!" Jiajing calmed down a little and said loudly.

"Your Majesty, what is Your Majesty doing here? Wechen didn't do anything, Wechen was wronged! ”

As soon as Jiajing's order was issued, the surrounding guards drew their swords and put them on Wang Jien's neck, preparing to escort him to prison before interrogation.

"You did a good job, I sent you to Gansu to work, but in just three years, you have run the top and bottom in an iron bucket."

"Exaggerating the disaster, embezzling the imperial court's disaster relief funds, and bribing each other privately! Why, don't you know your sin? ”

Hearing the emperor's words, Wang Jien, who had been indignantly crying out for himself before, fell into an ice cellar, and the whole person was stunned.

How could the emperor know about this? Didn't he have repeatedly told him before he came, and he also unified the caliber with the officials up and down, could it be that the imperial court sent someone to Gansu to investigate, why didn't he know about it?

"Your Majesty, spare your life, I say, I say, I say everything!" Soon, Wang Jien put aside all the doubts in his mind and turned to Jiajing to beg for mercy, begging to be able to exchange his life for a life.

"Take him down." Looking at Wang Jien's appearance at this time, Jiajing couldn't help but get bored, waved his hand, and asked the guards to escort him to the prison.

After Wang Jien was taken down by the guards, there was a whisper at the scene.

"Exaggerating the disaster situation and embezzling the court's disaster relief funds, this Lord Wang is really bold."

"No matter how bold you are, if you have a life to earn money and not to spend it, in the end, it will not be handed over to the treasury."

"I heard that the person in charge of investigating the case this time was personally selected by Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao, really, I was at the scene at that time."

"Now the officialdom in Gansu is going to have a big earthquake......

Seeing that the scene gradually became noisy, the loud-voiced eunuch from before said loudly: "Silence! ”

After these words, the scene gradually quieted down.

"The things discussed today, the Southern and Northern Tartars, the rectification of the officials, and the great drought in Gansu have all been completed, and you have something to do, and you have nothing to do, and you have nothing to retreat from!" Lu Fang walked out from behind Jiajing, looked at the many officials below, and said loudly.

"Wait, the minister has a play!" Yan Song, who had been there since the beginning of the court discussion, spoke at this time and met Jiajing's gaze.

"Oh, what does Elder Yan Ge have to say?" With a slight smile on his face, Jiajing stopped leaving and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister requests that the expenses of the clan be reduced, and the Tui En Decree will be implemented!"

"What!"

Yan Song's words exploded like a nuclear bomb in the crowd, and all the officials present gasped and looked at the powerful cabinet chief with an incredible eye.

Xu Jie, who was beside Yan Song, was speechless in shock at the moment: "Elder Yan Ge, you... You are..."

Yan Song did not answer Xu Jie's question, but repeated what he had just said: "The minister asks His Majesty to reduce the expenses of the clan and implement the Tui En Order!" ”

"Do you know what you're talking about?" Jiajing's face was like frost, and he glanced at Yan Song with a cold gaze.

Being looked at by the emperor's gaze like this, Yan Song still didn't have the slightest fear, only to see him straighten up, take out the fold that had been prepared for a long time, bow down and say: "Your Majesty, the fold in Weichen's hand records the evidence of the crimes of those vassal kings and clans!" ”

After Yan Song finished speaking, he didn't look at Jiajing, opened the fold, and read it word by word: "On the third day of the lunar month last year, Pingliang Mansion attacked the local government on the grounds of insufficient rice, killed and injured thirteen officials, and on the fifth day of the first month of the previous year, Zhu Changhong, the king of Hui, forcibly seized the people's daughters, and indulged his subordinates to kill his family. ”

Perhaps a little tired of reading, Yan Song paused for a moment, and then continued: "On the third day of August last year, when Zhu Changhong, the king of Hui, traveled in a carriage, because the passers-by did not give way in time, he was beaten to death with a horse whip, and the victim's family had a son, who was starved to death because no one took care of him, and on September 20 last year, Zhu Changde, the king of Gui, ......"

"Enough!" Jiajing couldn't listen to it anymore, and immediately interrupted Yan Song mercilessly.

"If Your Majesty doesn't want to hear it, then the minister won't read it, but please ask Your Majesty to take the fold." Yan Song said, bowing down and handing out the fold in his hand.

Lu Fang, who was in front of Jiajing, hesitated for a long time when he saw this, and didn't know whether he should pick it up.

"Bring me the fold!" Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang coldly and spoke.

"Yes." Lu Fang agreed, and then tremblingly took the fold in Yan Song's hand and handed it over to Jiajing.

Jiajing opened the fold and saw that the crimes committed by the vassal king and the clan were densely recorded on it, and after Jiajing looked at it twice, he put it away.

"Your Majesty, you have seen everything recorded above, there is an old saying, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people! So why are these people able to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty with impunity? Or is it the law of the king that the law of the king is the law of the royal family? It can only be managed by the people of my Ming Dynasty! ”

"Bold! Yan Song, I think you're really confused. ”

When Jiajing heard Yan Song's rebellious words, he was instantly furious, and then stretched out his index finger to point at Yan Song and reprimanded.

"Your Majesty, you just treat me as an old fool! I, Yan Song, am eighty-one years old this year, and I don't have a few years left to live, and it is precisely because of this that I dare to point out this problem. ”

"Elder Yan Ge, what the hell are you doing! Are you confused? This is a rule set by Emperor Taizu, and it must never be changed! Xu Jie's face was full of anxiety, and he couldn't help but refute it out loud.

"Hmph, there's nothing you can't change! Perhaps the original intention of His Majesty Emperor Taizu was excellent, hoping to protect the frontier of my Ming Dynasty through these clans. They also have royal blood flowing in their bodies, and it is understandable to guard the frontier for our Ming Dynasty. ”

"But right now, this group of clans that were once pinned on by His Majesty Emperor Taizu have become moths lying on my Ming Dynasty to suck blood! The greed in their hearts can never be satisfied, and if these moths are not eliminated for a day, our Ming Dynasty will never be able to get rid of maladministration, let alone a rich country and a strong army, everything is just a bubble. ”

"You... You're... It's all a fallacy! Xu Jie was refuted by Yan Song and had nothing to say, so he had to leave a cruel sentence.

"Elder Xiaoge, your father is unwell, send him back!" Jiajing sighed and said to Yan Shifan.

"Your Majesty, I'm still very strong! I haven't finished yet, you rebel, let me go......"

"Dad, you're not in good health, just go back and rest first!"

Yan Shifan restrained Yan Song's whole person, and while dragging him outside, he cried and comforted with a sad face, and gradually, his voice became farther and farther away.

Jiajing's face was still angry at the moment, and after scanning the remaining ministers with his eyes, he said coldly: "Does anyone else want to say anything to me?" If not, then retreat! ”

After speaking, Jiajing didn't look at everyone, and after putting away the fold that Yan Song handed to him before, he left the scene directly, and Lu Fang behind him hurriedly followed.

"What are you doing here? Don't get out of here! Xu Jie's face was gloomy and he spoke.

"Yes, yes, yes."