Today's cabinet meeting didn't have much to discuss, so it ended quickly, but after the cabinet meeting ended, Jiajing called Yan Song to the Heart Cultivation Hall for questioning.

"Old Yan Ge is here? Sit! As soon as Jiajing's words fell, the eunuch on the side prepared a seat for Yan Song.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yan Song bowed slightly, and then sat down on the chair.

"Do you know why I'm looking for you this time?" Jiajing said, turned his gaze to Yan Song, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, I don't know, please ask Your Majesty to speak clearly!" After Yan Song noticed the emperor's gaze, he silently lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Well, in recent days, I have received a letter from me, and it mentions that those salt merchants colluded with officials to sell illicit salt, do you, as the head of the cabinet, know about it?"

Jiajing's tone was very flat, but Yan Song felt like falling into an ice cellar.

"How could Your Majesty know these things? Who gave His Majesty a note? Look at Your Majesty like this, you want to do something to those salt merchants! ”

Yan Song suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart, and then he suddenly remembered the letter that Yan Shifan handed to him in the morning, and immediately his eyes lit up and he organized the language.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has already heard about this matter! Prior to this, Weichen had already sent Zheng Michang, the political envoy of Zhejiang, to investigate. ”

"Oh, can you find out what?"

Jiajing saw that Yan Song was so confident, and he couldn't help but be a little interested in this matter.

"Your Majesty, then Zheng Michang has found out something! There was a Wen family in Hangzhou, whose family started by selling illicit salt, and not only that, but they also used the money to buy and bribe officials. ”

"In Zhejiang, there are many officials who have received their money, and even the youngest son of his Wen family killed people in the street, and the government did not dare to go to get people, for fear of offending them!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he added.

"Hmph, it's really unreasonable, he, a small smuggler of salt, dares to do such a rebellious thing!" After listening to Yan Song's description, Jiajing slammed the table and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has an idea, why not use this case to eradicate this tumor? His Wen family started by selling illicit salt, and the wealth accumulated by the family is more than tens of millions? ”

"Right now, the imperial court has just built a second water division, and it costs a lot! Therefore, Weichen suggested that their house be copied, and all the wealth obtained was confiscated into the treasury, so as to make up for the silver spent by the court. ”

After listening to Jiajing's words, Yan Song immediately gave suggestions.

"Well, Yan Ge Lao's idea is very impressive, not bad!"

Jiajing rubbed the dragon head carved on the dragon chair and praised softly.

"I'll leave this matter to you, and let that political envoy make a bigger deal for me! When the time comes, there will be a suitable reason. ”

After Jiajing finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and commanded.

"Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen will order this matter to continue!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he knelt on the ground with great respect.

"Well, get up, this matter still needs to be bothered by Yan Ge Laoling."

Jiajing waved his hand and motioned for Yan Song to get up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely smear your Majesty's liver and brain, and never give up!"

Yan Song said, goodbye.

After Yan Song left, Jiajing got up from the dragon chair, and Lu Fang, who was thinking about it, instructed softly: "Send a few brocade guards to Zhejiang, and then I will know how much silver has been confiscated." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Fang replied softly on the side.

"Huh, salt merchant? Stay honest with me, and I will immediately send officials over and send your whole family to heaven! ”

……

In the evening, Yan Mansion.

After the end of the cabinet duty, Yan Song and Yan Shifan returned to the Yan Mansion one after the other.

At this time, at the gate of the Yan Mansion, as usual, many officials of all sizes who came to greet them, as well as depressed scholars.

"Hmph, these guys are so annoying!" Yan Shifan got down from the sedan chair and complained.

After complaining, Yan Shifan came to his father Yan Song's sedan chair and helped him out of the sedan chair.

"You know what? Only with these people can I highlight the prominence of my Yan family, if one day my Yan family loses power, these people will immediately scatter and find a new master. Yan Song, supported by Yan Shifan, got down from the sedan chair and said slowly.

"Father taught me."

"So, as disgusting as these people are, they do have their uses."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he walked to the study by himself with the support of the servant.

"What are you doing there? Come with me, I have something to discuss with you. ”

Yan Song stopped, turned his gaze to Yan Shifan, and said lightly.

"Oh, father, I'll be right here."

Yan Shifan came back to his senses suddenly, kept up with Yan Song's pace, took over the servant's work, and very respectfully helped Yan Song to walk towards the study.

Entering the study, Yan Shifan spread the servant apart, and after Yan Song sat on the Hu bed, he asked respectfully, "Father, what are you looking for me?" ”

"Do you remember the letter you gave me earlier, written by your subordinate Zheng Michang?"

"Remember, didn't you say that this plan is not feasible, father?" Seeing that Yan Song mentioned this matter again, Yan Shifan scratched his head, quite puzzled by this.

"I don't know who sent a letter to His Majesty, in which he mentioned the problem of salt merchants colluding with officials to sell illicit salt!"

"Then Your Majesty called me to the Palace of Cultivating Hearts and asked me for advice, so I took advantage of the situation and informed Your Majesty of everything Zheng Michang said in the letter before! His Majesty was interested in this matter, so he asked me to take charge of it. ”

After Yan Song finished speaking, he picked up the teapot on the side and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Oh, father, I see what you mean, that is to say, Your Majesty has also taken a fancy to the property of those salt merchants."

After listening to Yan Song's description, Yan Shifan nodded, with a sudden expression of realization on his face.

"Idiot, is that something you can talk about? Your Majesty is clearly thinking about the treasury! Get the hell out of here! ”

After hearing what his son Yan Shifan said, Yan Song couldn't help but be furious and refuted.

"Yes, father, the child knows that he is wrong!" Seeing this, Yan Shifan hurriedly knelt on the ground and admitted his mistake to Yan Song.

"Write a letter to that Zheng Michang, just say that we have agreed to this plan, let him do it, it is best to make the movement a little bigger!"

Seeing that Yan Shifan admitted his mistake, Yan Song was still angry, and commanded Yan Shifan.

"Yes, father, the boy will do it." After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he prepared to bow down and leave.

"Also, the next time I hear you say something like this, I won't be able to spare you, understand?" Yan Song stopped Yan Shifan and added a sentence after that.

"Understood, father." After Yan Shifan responded, he left the study quickly.

……

Zhejiang, Zhejiang's Governor's Palace.

"Your Excellency, what are you looking for me?" Hai Rui looked at Zheng Michang, who was sitting at the top, and couldn't help but wonder.

"Well, see for yourself." After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he handed out the envelope in his hand.

Hai Rui took the envelope from Zheng Michang's hand and opened it, only to find that it was full of impeachment content.

"You don't have to worry, this official has already informed the elders of the Yu Capital about this matter, and there will be a reply soon!" After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip.

"Pavilion Elder? Could it be ......" Hai Rui was shocked by what Zheng Michang said, and this matter could still involve the elders in the capital.

"Well, that's right! In this case, you just have to do it according to your own wishes, and there are many people behind you to support you. ”

Zheng Michang looked at the uncertain look on Hai Rui's face and added.

"Yes, Your Excellency! The lower officials will definitely handle this case well. ”

Hai Rui suppressed his inner thoughts and replied in a deep voice.

(End of chapter)