"Father, last night His Majesty asked Jinyi Wei to dispatch and raid all the people on the list!"

Early in the morning, just as Yan Song was concentrating on dealing with a small plate of pickles in front of him, he heard Yan Shifan's voice coming.

"Well, I see, since these guys don't want to be obedient, then they can only let them die!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he picked up a piece of pickle with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.

"Father, everything is ready, here is the style map of the flag!"

"Oh, let me see."

Seeing this, Yan Song put down the dishes and chopsticks, and then turned to the side, looking at the flag style map that Yan Shifan showed him.

After a long time, I saw Yan Song withdraw his gaze, nodded, and commanded.

"Well, yes, I'll bring it with me when the cabinet is on the agenda."

"Yes, Father!"

Yan Shifan saw that his idea had been approved by Yan Song, his face was full of joy, and he immediately responded.

"Let's have a bite to eat."

"Yes, Father!"

After Yan Shifan responded, he immediately sat opposite Yan Song, and the maid on the side quickly brought a bowl of thick porridge, and neither father nor son spoke, just concentrating on the dishes on the table.

……

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Jiajing slowly got up from the futon and ended today's vomiting.

In order to polish his state to the best, in addition to daily cultivation, Jiajing will also follow meditation to eliminate all the distracting thoughts in his heart, so as to lay a good foundation for the breakthrough of the realm.

At this moment, Lu Fang entered the Heart Cultivation Hall with a silent step.

"Your Majesty, the slave has completed the things you commanded earlier."

"Last night, the slave maid had already asked Jinyiwei to raid all the guys on the list!"

"A total of 26,830,000 taels of silver were confiscated, and the rest were like antiques, title deeds, and so on, and there were countless of them."

After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing's expression was calm, and then he commanded.

"Continue to check with me, so many officials have only copied less than 30 million taels of silver!"

"Presumably, these guys must have secretly transported the silver back to their hometown and hid it."

After receiving Jiajing's instructions, Lu Fang's expression turned grim, and he immediately responded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Lu Fang's face, and then commanded.

"Okay, it's time for the cabinet to discuss later, accompany me to the past!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Then, Lu Fang followed Jiajing step by step and marched towards the cabinet.

……

In the cabinet, taking advantage of the emperor's absence, everyone was reviewing the corresponding notes.

"Send these completed recitals to the celebrant supervisor."

I saw Xu Jie summoning the officials and commanding like this.

"Yes, Ge Lao!"

After answering the call, the official immediately left the cabinet with the notes that had been handled.

Xu Jie then got up from the seat, and after moving his muscles and bones, he turned his gaze to Yan Song and asked with a smile.

"Elder Yan Ge, do you know about the Jinyi Guard's dispatch last night?"

When Yan Song heard Xu Jie's words, he put down the brush in his hand and pondered for a moment before replying.

"It seems that there is such a thing, but this time the Jinyi guards arrested are all traitors, and it's not a big deal."

"Besides, the imperial examination is about to be held, and in this world, some people want to be officials, and then they need to change another batch!"

After listening to Yan Song's answer, Xu Jie's expression remained unchanged, and then he cursed in his heart.

"This old guy, it's really poisonous, who doesn't know that the vast majority of the people on the list are members of your Yan Party!"

"With a worm like you, how can you build a good Ming?"

Xu Jie also sighed helplessly when he saw Yan Song suddenly mention the imperial examination, and then sighed with emotion.

"Yes, in this world, there are people who want to be officials! I heard that there are people from the clan who have also participated in this children's test. ”

When Yan Song heard what Xu Jie said, he immediately became interested, only to see him raise his eyebrows and ask.

"Oh, who is it?"

Seeing this, Xu Jie pondered for a moment before giving a response.

"It seems to be called Zhu Shun first......"

Yan Song also chuckled lightly after getting a definite answer from Xu Jie, and said slowly.

"Everyone in the world yearns for fame and fortune, some people are for glory and wealth, some people are for future generations, no one can be exempt from vulgarity!"

"In that case, what if the people of the clan come to participate in the imperial examination?"

"Moreover, in the edict issued by His Majesty earlier, it was written in black and white that people of the clan can freely choose their profession, and they can naturally participate in the imperial examination."

"Let's see what ranking this Zhu Shunxian can get!"

Yan Shifan, who had been silent since the beginning, also squinted his eyes after hearing the words of his father Yan Song and Xu Jie, and began to think about it in his heart.

"In this imperial examination, there are people from the clan to participate, no matter what, Your Majesty must want someone in the clan to be able to gain fame!"

"So as to set an example for the rest of the clan."

"And as the chief examiner who presides over this imperial examination, there are so many things that I can do, as long as I say hello a little, I can achieve my goal."

"It's too ostentatious to give the first place in such a grand manner, so I just drop the ranking a little more, so that I can not only take care of the royal face, but also ensure that nothing happens."

Just as Yan Shifan was still thinking, he only heard a shrill voice from outside the cabinet.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Seeing this, everyone stopped communicating, and then knelt on the ground, waiting for the emperor's arrival.

"Ministers knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing the emperor's figure appear, immediately, under the leadership of Yan Song, the head of the cabinet, everyone saluted respectfully.

"Well, get up!"

After Jiajing sat down in his seat, he turned his gaze to the crowd and commanded.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving the emperor's permission, everyone slowly got up from the ground and sat down in their respective places.

Immediately afterwards, Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang, who was standing beside him, and the latter quickly understood, stepped forward, and spoke.

"There are three main things discussed by the cabinet today, one is the banner that can represent my Ming Dynasty, the second is the specific matters of the imperial examination, and the third thing is that the imperial court will open more ports to trade with Fanbang merchants."

Everyone present was full of surprise on their faces after learning from Lu Fang's mouth about what they were going to discuss today, and secretly said in their hearts.

"Your Majesty has never mentioned it to us before!"

"Yes, isn't Quanzhou Port already open now?"

Jiajing took in the expressions on everyone's faces, raised his eyebrows, and spoke.

"I know what's going on in your minds, but I think that now that the sea ban has been lifted, it is better to open more ports."

"Do you have any comments on this?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he swept his gaze from everyone present and asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that it is very necessary to open more ports!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Yan Song stood up and expressed his attitude clearly.

"Elder Xu Ge, what do you think?"

Jiajing saw that Yan Song had already expressed his attitude, and then turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and asked.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen's opinion is the same as that of Yan Ge Lao!"

Seeing that the emperor was asking for his opinion, Xu Jie immediately gritted his teeth and replied.

(End of chapter)