That night, after being on duty, Yan Song and Yan Shifan father and son each took a sedan chair, one after the other, and returned to Yan's mansion.

At the gate of the Yan Mansion, there were many more officials who came to visit than before.

These officials had already inquired through various channels about the price of the sea voucher auctioned by the Maritime Trade Division.

When they learned that a certificate for going to sea could be sold for more than 600,000 taels of silver, they were completely crazy!

And Yan Shifan happened to be in charge of the personnel promotion of the Maritime Trade Department, so even though many officials knew that Yan Shifan would not see them easily, they still came to visit Yan Mansion with the idea of trying their luck.

"Let's go through the side door!"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan sighed helplessly, and then ordered.

"Yes!"

After the sedan chair driver outside answered, he carried the sedan chair and turned into an alley without attracting anyone's attention.

Immediately, the sedan chair of the two entered the Yan Mansion through the side door.

I saw Yan Shifan get off the sedan chair first, and then took Yan Song off the sedan chair and respectfully helped him down.

"Father, slow down."

Yan Shifan helped Yan Song down from the sedan chair and reminded.

"Hmm."

Yan Song just nodded at this, didn't say much, and then asked.

"By the way, have the officials of the DPRK and China come to visit you recently?"

Yan Shifan saw his father Yan Song asking, and hurriedly responded.

"Father, since the auction ended, many ministers have come to visit the child, but they have all been politely rejected by the child under various excuses!"

After listening to Yan Shifan's words, Yan Song was also quite satisfied, nodded and praised.

"You're doing a good job, try not to see anyone these days!"

"Yes, father, the child knows."

Yan Shifan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that he was praised by his father Yan Song, and immediately responded.

"Hmph, these guys are like flies, they will drill wherever there is good!"

"As everyone knows, Your Majesty is still watching from behind."

After Yan Song complained a few words, he immediately went up the stairs with the support of Yan Shifan.

"What are you doing there, come in, I have something to discuss with you."

Yan Song saw Yan Shifan stunned in place, and then spoke.

"Yes, Father!"

After Yan Shifan responded, he immediately followed Yan Song's steps and entered the study together.

As soon as the two entered the study, a maid stepped forward and brought refreshments to the two.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song sat down next to the bookcase, turned his gaze to Yan Shifan, and said slowly.

"Do you know that Your Majesty is looking for me and Xu Jie today?"

"Father, the child doesn't know, and I hope that my father will say it clearly!"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan's expression became more and more respectful, and then responded.

"Today, Your Majesty came to me and Xu Jie, to discuss the promotion of Hu Zongxian."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he picked up a piece of pastry at random and put it in his mouth.

"What, give Hu Zongxian a promotion! He didn't ...... before."

After Yan Shifan learned the news from his father Yan Song, his face was full of incredulity, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Well, that's right, that's the way it is, Hu Zongxian is going to be promoted again."

Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty is too partial to Hu Zongxian!"

After listening to his father Yan Song's story, Yan Shifan felt a sour feeling in his heart, and he couldn't help complaining.

"This time, Hu Zongxian led the army to Zhejiang to quell the rebellion, which is indeed a great contribution!"

"Therefore, it makes sense that Your Majesty wants to reward him heavily, but I'm worried that Xu Jie's side will secretly stumble."

"After all, right now, the imperial court has just issued an announcement announcing the abolition of salt quotations and replacing them with a certificate of going to sea!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Yan Shifan on the side, and then reminded.

"Father, what do you mean ......"

Yan Shifan continued to think about Yan Song's train of thought, and then came to a rather terrifying conclusion.

"Could it be that Xu Jie will incite these salt merchants to make trouble?"

Yan Song saw that Yan Shifan understood what he meant, and then nodded.

"That's right, and the whole thing doesn't need Xu Jie's personal action at all, those salt merchants whose interests have been damaged will stand up on their own!"

"And Xu Jie only needs to be behind the scenes, and that's it."

"And Zhejiang, which Hu Zongxian manages, is precisely the place where salt merchants are most numerous and powerful."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and added.

"Father, what are we going to do next?"

At this moment, I saw Yan Shifan with an eager look on his face, and asked Yan Song for a solution.

"What we need to do now is to keep an eye on every move of Xu Jie's gang!"

"Remember what I said earlier?"

Yan Song paused for a moment before continuing.

At present, we must unconditionally support Hu Zongxian and block all those swords in the shadows for him, only in this way can we ensure that there is no danger. ”

After listening to his father Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan also gradually understood, and then said respectfully.

"Father, the child knows what to do!"

"Well, it's good that you know, it's not too early, let's go back and rest."

Yan Song nodded, and then commanded.

"Yes, father, the child is gone!"

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he left the study and closed the door with him.

……

The capital, Yuwang's Mansion.

After today's duty, Xu Jie summoned everyone to the Yuwang Mansion for a meeting.

There is no other reason, everything that happened in the Heart Cultivation Hall today made Xu Jie have a sense of crisis even more!

At the same time, a sense of frustration also surrounded Xu Jie.

Seeing that Hu Zongxian, who was a student of Yan Song, could be deeply appreciated by His Majesty, His Majesty even crowned him with the post of General Zhaowu!

And Tan Lun, who is under his command, has not moved, not to mention that he is deeply appreciated by His Majesty, and whether His Majesty still remembers that there is such a governor of Fujian, it is still a problem

In contrast, frustration arises.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is already so serious, should we take some measures?"

In the study, Xu Jie swept his gaze from the people present one by one, and then asked.

"Well, it's time to do something."

"Elder Xu Ge, just let Tan Lun's side start suppressing the bandits in advance!"

After hearing Xu Jie's words, Gao Gong also immediately gave a proposal.

"Well, I also think it's time to do something about it."

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng on the side also followed closely with Ying Hedao.

Seeing that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng both agreed with him, Xu Jie then turned his gaze to Zhu Zaikun on the side, and then asked.

"Your Royal Highness King Yu, what do you think?"

"I, I agree with you."

Zhu Zaikun, who was on the side, saw Xu Jie's opinion asked, and after thinking for a while, he responded.

"Okay, since everyone agrees to take some measures, then it's settled!"

"I will immediately write a letter to Tan Lun and ask him to start the work of suppressing bandits in Fujian as soon as possible."

Seeing that no one raised any objections, Xu Jie immediately said proudly.

"Let those people under your hands take action, turn over all the backlog of cases in Fujian in the past, and deal with it!"

"In addition, don't let go of those local officials in Fujian who don't have a clean buttocks, pack up their incriminating evidence and send it to Tan Lun, this is barely a political achievement, isn't it?"

Soon, Xu Jie arranged the specific matters one by one.

(End of chapter)