After listening to Yan Shifan's narration, Yan Song's expression on his face did not change much, and he immediately sighed.

"It seems that His Majesty's side made a move!"

After this, I saw Yan Song withdraw his gaze from Yan Shifan's body and reminded him.

"What are you doing there, why don't you come over and eat together? Don't forget, today is the day of the Cabinet meeting! ”

"Yes, father, the child knows!"

When the words fell, I saw Yan Shifan sitting down on the seat not far from Yan Song, and took the thick porridge that had already been served from the maid on the side.

For the next period of time, neither father nor son spoke, just concentrating on the dishes on the table.

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Early in the morning, Jiajing put on his robe under the service of his personal eunuch, while Lu Fang, as usual, walked in with silent steps at a fixed time.

As soon as Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace, he knelt on the ground respectfully and said softly.

"Slave and maid, see Your Majesty!"

Seeing that the robe had been put on, Jiajing waved his hand, signaled the personal eunuch to leave, and then turned his gaze to Lu Fang and commanded.

"Well, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, Lu Fang slowly got up from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Jiajing to ask, Lu Fang took out a thick booklet from his arms, handed it to Jiajing respectfully, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, what you told the slave and maid before, the slave and maid have been done!"

"The names of the people recorded in this booklet are all those officials who had previously been impeached by Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi!"

"In addition, the number under the person's name refers to the property confiscated by the slave and maid from their home!"

After listening to Lu Fang's explanation, Jiajing took the booklet from Lu Fang's hand, and after flipping through a few pages at random, he lost interest and asked Lu Fang instead.

"How much silver has been stolen from their house?"

Hearing this, Lu Fang responded after thinking for a moment: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have confiscated a total of 3,220,000 taels of silver from their homes!" ”

After Jiajing got the specific figures, he put the booklet in his hand aside quite casually and said encouragement.

"Well, Lu Fang, you've done a good job in this matter!"

Hearing this, Lu Fang lowered his head, a look of humility appeared on his face at the right time, and said respectfully.

"It is the greatest honor of the slave to be able to share the worries of His Majesty!"

When Jiajing heard this, he withdrew his gaze from Lu Fang's body, and immediately commanded.

"I have always been good at punishing clearly, and I said before that you can keep a part of the confiscated silver......"

Jiajing didn't say the rest of the words, he knew that Lu Fang understood what he meant.

The development of things did not surprise Jiajing, and as soon as Jiajing's words fell, Lu Fang followed closely and said: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid have retained a part of it according to your previous instructions!" ”

After Jiajing got Lu Fang's exact answer, the whole person was also relieved.

Subsequently, I saw Jiajing change his words and ask Lu Fang about Feng Bao's situation.

"By the way, Lu Fang, didn't I ask you to bring a word to Feng Bao for me before, so that he can learn more from Huang Jin, what is the current situation?"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, a trace of imperceptible gloom suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he immediately responded respectfully.

"Your Majesty, before this, the slave maid had already given the words to Feng Bao as instructed by you, and after that, he followed Huang Jin almost every step of the way to learn, and he gained a lot!"

"The slave is here to assure you that he will never make the same low-level mistake as last time!"

"Hmm."

After listening to Lu Fang's words, Jiajing did not make any comment, but responded indiscreably.

Just as Lu Fang was still speculating in his heart about Jiajing's sudden mention of Feng Bao, what was his intention, Jiajing's flat voice sounded in Lu Fang's ears: "It's almost time, let's go over with me!" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart and responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After that, Lu Fang followed Jiajing's steps step by step and marched in the direction where the cabinet was located.

……

In the cabinet, Yan Song and the others were still taking advantage of the free time when the emperor had not officially arrived, dealing with the notes submitted by the six ministries.

I saw Yan Song put aside the finished music in his hand, turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and said with a smile.

"Elder Xu Ge, do you know that a big event has happened recently?"

When Xu Jie heard this, although he had already guessed in his heart, he still put down the half-processed song in his hand, put on an interested look, and asked.

"Oh, there have been a lot of things happening in the capital recently, and I don't know what major event Elder Yan Ge is referring to?"

Yan Song took in the expression on Xu Jie's face, and immediately explained unhurriedly.

"Not long ago, Jinyiwei was dispatched, and it is said that a lot of officials have been arrested!"

When Yan Song said this, he pretended to sigh regretfully, as if he was regretting something.

"Alas, I don't know what happened to Jinyiwei's side, in case of wronging a good person, it won't be good!"

"Elder Xu Ge, are you right?"

Xu Jie couldn't hear the sarcasm in Yan Song's words, so he immediately withdrew his gaze and scolded in his heart.

"This Yan Song, it's really hateful, just wait, you won't be able to laugh when the time comes!"

Although Xu Jie was very unhappy with Yan Song's behavior in his heart, he couldn't show it on the surface.

Therefore, not long after Yan Song's voice fell, Xu Jie had no choice but to hold on to his smile and speak kindly.

"Yes, I don't know what happened to Jinyiwei's side, just like Yan Ge said, it won't be good if you wronged a good person!"

In this way, under the deliberate promotion of both sides, the atmosphere in the cabinet soon became harmonious, and everyone chatted and gossiped one after another.

At this moment, I heard a shrill voice from outside the cabinet: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stopped chatting, and then under the leadership of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, they knelt on the ground and waited for the arrival of the emperor.

After a while, I saw Jiajing entering the cabinet with a steady footstep, and Lu Fang, as usual, followed Jiajing step by step.

Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of Yan Song, everyone immediately spoke in unison.

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

After Jiajing sat down in his own position, he glanced over the five people kneeling on the ground, waved his hand, and immediately commanded.

"Well, get up, all of you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's consent, everyone slowly got up from the ground and then sat down in their respective positions.

After this, Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang beside him, who quickly signaled, stood up, and said in a deep voice.

"There are three main matters to be discussed in this cabinet meeting, one is to send a large army to clear the rebellion among the tribes for Zasaktu Khan, the second is the compilation of books, and the third is the matter of newspapers issued by the imperial court."

After listening to Lu Fang's narration, everyone couldn't help but be puzzled except for Yan Song.

"Compiling books, is it possible that Your Majesty's side is going to officially start translating the book called Science?"

Just when everyone was puzzled, Jiajing knocked on the jade pan beside him, and this also means that this cabinet meeting has officially begun!

After that, I saw Jiajing looking around at everyone and speaking unhurriedly.

"The first thing you want is to send a large army to clear the rebellion in the tribe on behalf of Zasaktu Khan, if you have any proposals, just say it!"

Jiajing's voice fell, and Yan Song on the side stood up, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that we should take precautions against this Zasaktu Khan!"

When Jiajing heard Yan Song's words, a trace of curiosity couldn't help but appear on his face, and he immediately asked.

"Keep talking!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, Yan Song organized the language in his mind before continuing.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that since my Ming Dynasty has gradually shifted the strategic focus from the original southeast coastal area to the north, then the way of doing things should also change."

"The Japanese who were originally entrenched in the southeast coastal area are at the same level as the bandits in terms of strength!"

"As long as the imperial court can give strong support in terms of food and ordnance, it will only be a matter of time before this group of pirates is exterminated!"

"And right now, what my Ming is about to face is the Tatars who are formed and have extremely fierce combat effectiveness, these Tatars have an extremely tenacious will to fight, and are good at riding and shooting, and my Ming cavalry can't take too much advantage of them."

"Right now, although my Ming Dynasty won a great victory in the battle with Zasaktu Khan of the Chahar Department not long ago and captured him, I still can't take it lightly!"

"Therefore, Weichen feels that for this Zasaktu Khan, I should still take precautions!"

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, Xu Jie, who was on the side, followed closely and raised an objection.

"Your Majesty, Yan Ge Lao is wrong with this, we just signed a contract with Zasaktu Khan not long ago, and now we say that if we change the hexagram, when the time comes, where is the majesty of my Heavenly Empire?"

"If this matter spreads, what country will dare to trust me in the future and dare to sign a contract with us?"

After listening to Xu Jie's rebuttal, Yan Song just spoke unhurriedly.

"Hmph, the old saying is good, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different!"

"What kind of benevolence and righteousness do you talk about with these barbarians, when the butcher knife in their hands is waved on the body of my Ming people, do you want to use the benevolence in your mouth to influence them?"

When Yan Song said this, he turned his gaze to Jiajing and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the barbarians are afraid of power but not of virtue!"

"Therefore, only by letting these barbarians feel a deep fear of my Daming, can they settle down and never dare to invade my Daming's frontier again!"

"As for what Elder Xu Ge mentioned, if the matter leaks out, don't worry about it at all!"

Jiajing saw that Yan Song looked confident, and couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, Elder Yan Ge, do you have a way to solve this matter?"

When Yan Song heard this, he immediately showed a respectful expression, and after thinking for a while, he responded: "Your Majesty, when the time comes, you only need to kill all the people in the Chahar Department, won't no one know about this matter?" ”

'Hiss~' Yan Song's voice fell, and everyone present couldn't help but gasp, even Yan Shifan looked at Yan Song with a shocked face, everyone didn't expect that Yan Song would actually put forward such an extreme proposal.

But after thinking about it, Yan Song seems to have some truth in what he said, when the time comes, he only needs to kill all the people, won't no one know about it?

Jiajing was noncommittal about Yan Song's proposal, in his opinion, this was a step that could only be implemented as a last resort, and immediately, Jiajing turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng on the side, and asked.

"Zhang Juzheng, what do you think about this?"

Zhang Juzheng saw that the eyes of everyone present fell on him, and after thinking for a while, he responded: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that the words of Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao Fangcai have their own truths!" ”

When Zhang Juzheng said this, he paused for a moment and continued.

"Wei Chen thinks that what Yan Ge said is very reasonable, that is, if it is not my race, its heart will be different!"

"Although Zasaktu Khan has signed a contract with my Daming, my Daming still needs to be wary of it, and I can't trust it too much, so as not to raise tigers!"

"And what Xu Ge said just now is not unreasonable, if this matter spreads, it will have a great impact on my reputation and image, so we should act more cautiously!"

Yan Song and Xu Jie, who were still arguing before, were also in a much more relaxed mood after listening to Zhang Juzheng's words.

Immediately after that, in the minds of the two of them, such an idea actually appeared at the same time: "Well, this Zhang Juzheng is quite good, and in time, he should be able to sit in his place!" ”

After that, I saw Zhang Juzheng look in the direction where Jiajing was, and turned to speak.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks so, why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to quell the tribal rebellion for Zasaktu Khan, and take advantage of the situation to cut off his wings, so that he doesn't have enough strength to resist my Daming!"

"If he wants to sit firmly in the position of the Great Khan of Tatars, he must rely on my Daming, so that not only can he achieve the purpose of guarding against him, but also will not have much impact on my reputation and image."

Zhang Juzheng's words fell, and Gao Gong, who had been silent on the side, also stood up and spoke in response.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks this strategy is feasible!"

After the high arch, Yan Shifan also stood up and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is extremely feasible!"

Jiajing didn't think about it for long, and then made a final decision: "Well, yes, this matter is so decided!" ”

When Jiajing said this, he turned his gaze to Yan Song and commanded.

"After you come down later, in the name of the cabinet, you will write a letter to Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, and inform him of this resolution, so that he can prepare in advance!"

When Yan Song heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

(End of chapter)