That night, under Hai Rui's personal trial, Pan Xian seemed to accept his fate, and finally confessed everything he knew.

The reason for the incident was exactly what Hai Rui had expected, and many officials, represented by Pan Xian, the governor of Henan, had been driven by interests to think crookedly about the grain stored in the granary.

In order to avoid suspicion, they also found special white gloves and opened Huitong, Guanghui, Ju'an, three rice stores, and the grain smuggled out of the granary was sent to these three rice stores for sale.

Most of the profits from the sale of grain went into the pockets of Pan Xian, the governor of Henan, and in addition, for the sake of safety, Pan Xian also took out some of it to bribe those high-ranking officials in the capital.

It is precisely because of the protection of those high-ranking officials in the capital that for so many years, countless impeachment letters have been sparse, like a stone sinking into the sea, and no reply has been received.

What's more, as soon as the impeachment note was handed out on the front foot, Pan Xian's person on the back foot came to the door.

When they learned that Hai Rui had been appointed by the imperial court as a minister of the imperial court and rushed to Henan to investigate the case, they immediately panicked.

Because no one knows the actual situation in the granary better than them, the current granary is an empty shell, and a discerning person only needs a little inspection to find out what is greasy in it.

At that time, they only need to report truthfully to the imperial court, and they will all have to play, so under the instruction of Pan Xian, the governor of Henan, many officials under him frantically collected grain from the people in order to plug the holes in the grain over the years, and this is the scene that Hai Rui saw in Shiqiao Village before.

However, although Pan Xian knew everything and said everything, once it came to those high-ranking officials in the capital, no matter how Hai Rui persuaded him, Pan Xian kept silent.

Helplessly, Hai Rui had to give up for the time being, and according to the situation explained by Pan Xian, with the help of Fang Qian, the commander of the capital, he mobilized the soldiers of the guard station and started a large-scale company.

Not only that, Hai Rui also posted notices to encourage the common people to expose the illegal acts of those officials, and the people who had been oppressed by the officials saw that they had the support of the Lord Qincha, and rushed to the government office to tell all their grievances.

For a time, the entire Henan, Haiqing Heyan, and those officials who survived were also in panic all day long.

In the post station where Hai Rui stayed, at this moment, the commander Fang Qian and the envoy Liu Yuanzheng respectfully reported the current situation to Hai Rui.

I saw that Liu Yuan, the envoy, handed over the list in his hand to Hai Rui and said slowly.

"Lord Chincha, according to the list you provided, all the people on the list have already been subdued!"

"In addition, a total of 5,620,000 taels of silver were found from the homes of these officials, in addition, there are countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and field deeds, etc., you see......"

Liu Yuan did not continue to say the rest of the words, but quietly waited for Hai Rui's instructions from the minister.

Hearing this, Hai Rui nodded, took the list, and began to carefully browse the contents on it.

After a long time, I saw Hai Rui come back to his senses and commanded.

"In this way, the five million six hundred and twenty thousand taels of stolen silver, the official intends to fill it into the treasury!"

When Hai Rui said this, he immediately changed his words, and then asked.

"By the way, what is the number of land deeds?"

Liu Yuan heard this, and after thinking for a while, he gave an answer.

"Lord Yuqincha, the number of land deeds is converted to a total of more than 5,000 acres of land!"

When Hai Rui heard this, he pondered for a while, and then immediately gave an arrangement.

"In this way, distribute these more than 5,000 acres of land to those people who have no land!"

"Questions?"

Hai Rui's voice fell, he withdrew his gaze from Liu Yuan's body, and then asked.

Hearing this, Liu Yuan responded after thinking for a while.

"Lord Qincha, the lower officials will definitely handle this matter!"

Seeing this, Hai Rui nodded, and then turned his gaze to Fang Qian, the commander on the side, and encouraged.

"The truth of this case can be revealed, and the assistance of you, the commander, is indispensable, and this official will truthfully report the contributions of the two of you to the imperial court!"

Hearing this, Fang Qian's face was full of excitement, and he immediately arched his hand to Hai Rui and said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Lord Qincha!"

"Everywhere, you deserve it."

……

The Forbidden City, outside the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

At this moment, Yan Song was waiting respectfully at the foot of the steps outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, he came here today to report to Jiajing in person that the treasure ship had been renovated.

Just as Yan Song stopped to think, a shrill voice sounded: "Xuan, Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, is here!" ”

Yan Song came back to his senses, and immediately stepped up the stairs of the Heart Cultivation Hall step by step with the support of a eunuch.

As soon as Yan Song entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, he knelt on the ground respectfully and said respectfully to Jiajing.

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Yan Song's body, waved his hand, and commanded.

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, Yan Song slowly got up from the ground, staring at the ground with a pair of cloudy eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Immediately after, Jiajing's voice sounded in Yan Song's ears.

"Yan Song, I ask you, is there anyone messing around at your doorstep?"

Yan Song naturally knew what Jiajing was referring to, and since Yan Song signed his name on the statement in favor of the integration of the official gentry and the gentry.

There are often some students who are carried away by anger, even if they take a huge risk, they have to gather in front of Yan Song's house to make a noise.

Where could Yan Shifan stand this kind of anger, and immediately prepared to teach this group of arrogant and domineering students a lesson, but just as he was about to attack hard, he was stopped by Yan Song.

In this way, Yan Song's doorstep has become the most popular check-in place in Beijing.

However, after Jiajing successively dealt with a large number of gentry and students who dared to openly oppose the integration of officials and gentry to pay food, no one dared to go to Yan Song's door to make trouble.

After Yan Song organized the words in his mind, he immediately bowed slightly, and then responded.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's care, no one is making trouble at the door of Weichen's house now!"

After listening to Yan Song's answer, Jiajing was also relieved, and then sighed.

"In recent days, it can be regarded as a bitter for you and Xu Jie!"

When Yan Song heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he immediately put on a posture of a virtuous minister who was worried about the king, and said in a deep voice.

"It is already a great honor to be able to share the worries of His Majesty, and Weichen can suffer anything!"

Jiajing was very satisfied with Yan Song's answer, nodded, and brought the topic back on track.

"By the way, Yan Song, you came to me this time, do you have something to report to me?"

When Yan Song heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground, took out a letter from his sleeve, held it high above his head, and reported to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, the treasure ship has been transformed, a total of thirteen warships!"

"Oh, it's finally done, and I can get the fleet going."

When Jiajing heard Yan Song's report, he immediately became interested, and in his words, he couldn't hide his excitement.

Subsequently, I saw that from the moment Yan Song entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, Lu Fang, who had been waiting beside Jiajing, stepped forward, took the song from Yan Song's hand and handed it over to Jiajing's hands.

(End of chapter)