And the reason why Xu Jie was so angry was because he was afraid that the whole thing would eventually involve him.

As a typical representative of the gentry, Xu Jie should have opposed Jiajing's policy of integrating grain payment for the official gentry.

In recent years, as Xu Jie's official position has risen again and again, his family has also taken advantage of this opportunity to merge land on a large scale, and nearly half of the land in Songjiang Mansion is occupied by Xu Jie's family, so it is also known as "Xu Bancheng"!

Xu Jie's family not only acquired land on a large scale, but also had an extremely considerable number of looms, and hired a large number of workers to produce silk for them.

In addition, Xu Jie, as a gentry, had the privilege of not paying taxes, so the Xu family quickly accumulated an extremely considerable wealth, which is not too much to describe as a rich country.

For these behaviors within the family, Xu Jie also strictly prohibited them at first, but later, as time went by, and the clan often sent people to persuade him, Xu Jie also gave up and turned a blind eye to this.

A big family like the Xu family, generally speaking, is in the capital, and has its own business in order to obtain first-hand information.

After learning that the emperor was about to implement the policy of integrated grain payment by the officials and gentry, Xu Jie's family was immediately panicked, so he often sent people to Xu Jie's place to inquire about the news, so as to make countermeasures.

And Xu Jie was quite tired of the attitude of these clansmen, but he had to accept them hard.

"Master, your clan brother Xu Ren came to visit, and he is currently waiting in the waiting room!"

Just as Xu Jie was stunned, he saw a servant enter the room and report respectfully to Xu Jie.

When Xu Jie heard this, he was immediately furious, and immediately slammed the table and scolded angrily.

"These idiots, are they still running to me, are they dying?"

"Damn, I'm going to get killed by these idiots sooner or later!"

After Xu Jie finished venting the anger in his heart, he turned his gaze to the previous slave and said coldly.

"You go and tell him, and say that I have been unwell lately, and I have not seen anyone!"

"Let them stop coming to me these days!"

When the servant heard this, he immediately replied respectfully.

"Yes, sir, I will relay your words to your brother."

I saw Xu Jie caressing his forehead with his hand, waving his hand impatiently, and then commanded.

"Alright, alright, you can go!"

After the servant responded, he turned around and left, walked quickly to the waiting room, and relayed Xu Jie's words to Xu Jie's brother Xu Ren.

After listening to what the slave relayed to him, a deep look of disappointment appeared on his face, and he immediately spoke,

"Since Xu Jie doesn't want to see us, then we'll leave first!"

After Xu Ren finished speaking, he didn't make any stops, and left the waiting room with a few children of the Xu family.

Who knows, as soon as they walked out of the Xu family, they were stopped by the Jinyi guards who had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing that the person who came was not good, Xu Ren couldn't help frowning, and then said in a deep voice.

"What are you going to do, I'm ...... Xu"

It's just that Xu Ren's words were not finished before he was interrupted coldly.

"Who do I care, even if the king of heaven is here today, he must come with us!"

Then the brocade guard in the lead waved his hand violently and commanded the subordinates beside him.

"Take them all!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Ren and several children of the Xu family were like lambs to be slaughtered, and they were controlled by the brocade guards who rushed up and escorted to prison.

"What are you going to do, we are the Xu family...... Yes! ”

"Shut up, you!"

……

Beijing, Yanfu.

After Yan Song returned home from the Self-Nourishing Heart Palace, he locked himself in the study and saw no one.

"How's it going?"

Yan Shifan turned his gaze to the housekeeper beside him, his face full of worry.

The butler didn't say a word, just shook his head.

"Well, I'd better go myself!"

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he shook his head, and immediately walked to the study and knocked on the door.

"Father, father?"

There was no response in the room, and then, Yan Shifan gritted his teeth and pushed the door straight in.

In the study, Yan Song was sorting out the books in the room alone, looking quite lonely, when he saw Yan Shifan coming in, he put the books in his hand aside, and immediately asked.

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan carefully replied after considering the language.

"Father, when you came back from Your Majesty, you shut yourself in your room, and the child was worried......"

Before Yan Shifan's words were finished, he was coldly interrupted by Yan Song.

"Worried about what, worried that I'm dead, right?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he immediately panicked, and hurriedly explained.

"Father...... Father, it's not like that, the child is just worried about your body, after all, you have just recovered from your illness. ”

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he came to Yan Song and sorted out the books in the room with him.

And for the next period of time, neither father nor son said another word.

Time passed slowly like this, and finally, the books in the study were sorted out, Yan Song picked up the teapot on the table, and poured a cup of tea for himself and Yan Shifan.

Then, I saw Yan Song pointing to the vacant seat on the side, and then ordered.

"Sit!"

Yan Shifan didn't shirk, sat down straight on the seat, picked up the teacup, and drank all the tea in the cup.

Seeing that Yan Song's mood was much better, Yan Shifan dared to muster up the courage and asked Yan Song.

"Father, what the hell is going on?"

When Yan Song heard this, he withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body, sighed, and explained.

"In the palace examination held not long ago, some students openly opposed His Majesty's policy of integrating the government and gentry to pay grain in the examination papers, and His Majesty was furious when he learned of this and ordered me to investigate the matter!"

"Not only that, but His Majesty's side also asked Jinyiwei and Dongchang to dispatch at the same time, and they wantonly joined forces, and there were countless victims."

"Look, after this incident, our Yan family will help Your Majesty to persecute Shilin's executioner in their mouths!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he smiled miserably, and his tone was full of helplessness.

And Yan Shifan also fell into silence after listening to Yan Song's narration, and after a long time, he saw Yan Shifan's expression firm, clenching his fists, and saying word by word.

"Even if we have a bad reputation, we just need to follow in the footsteps of His Majesty!"

……

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

At this moment, I saw Lu Fang stepping into the Heart Nourishing Hall and reporting to Jiajingyu.

"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei caught his clan brother Xu Ren at the door of the second assistant of the cabinet, Xu Jie!"

When Jiajing heard this, his face was full of curiosity, and he immediately asked Lu Fang.

"Oh, what is his brother doing with him at this time?"

"Could it be that Xu Jie is also involved in this matter?"

When Lu Fang heard this, after thinking for a while, he cautiously gave his advice to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, do you want to let Xu Jie come over?"

Hearing this, Jiajing nodded, adopted Lu Fang's suggestion, and paused for a moment before giving instructions to Lu Fang.

"Well, in this case, you send someone to Xu Jie's mansion to inform him of this matter, and then let him come over to see me!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately suppressed his inner thoughts and replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will send someone forward!"

(End of chapter)