"Do you have any other opinions on this?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, after looking around, he asked unhurriedly.

Everyone knew that the emperor was just going through the motions and asking everyone as usual.

Therefore, everyone present remained silent, bowed their heads, and did not say a word.

Seeing this, Jiajing withdrew his gaze, nodded, and immediately commanded.

"Since everyone has no opinions, then I announce that from now on, Zhang Juzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yan Shifan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, will be crowned as scholars of Wenhua Palace, and they will enter the noon gate and be worthy of Wenyuan Pavilion!"

Jiajing's words fell, and Zhang Juzheng and Yan Shifan on the side bowed to the ground in unison, and said in unison: "Thank you for your grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he glanced over Zhang Juzheng and Yan Shifan respectively, and then commanded.

"Well, I hope you can stay true to your original intention and do more things that are beneficial to the people, understand?"

"Follow Your Majesty's teachings!"

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng's heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface, because when His Majesty was reading his name, his name was in front of Yan Shifan.

In other words, in the cabinet of seniority, although Zhang Juzheng and Yan Shifan are both cabinet assistants, Zhang Juzheng's qualifications are actually higher than Yan Shifan.

On top of Zhang Juzheng, there are Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong, and only these three have successively become the first assistant of the cabinet to be Zhang Juzheng's turn.

Just when Zhang Juzheng was stunned, Jiajing's voice sounded in the ears of the two again: "Well, get up!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's consent, Zhang Juzheng and Yan Shifan got up from the ground one after another, and at this moment, there was a hint of brilliance in their eyes that they had never had before.

After all, they are now a genuine cabinet group auxiliary, and on weekdays, when the officials of the six departments meet them, they have to respectfully get out of the way, and then call the cabinet elder!

After this, I saw Jiajing retract his gaze, and then said in a deep voice: "Now, let's discuss and discuss, how to deal with the White Lotus Sect in Shandong, if you have any ideas, just put it forward!" ”

Yan Song and Xu Jie both knew very well in their hearts that His Majesty was very concerned about this matter, and if they could do it beautifully, they would definitely be able to get His Majesty's favor.

Therefore, as soon as Jiajing's words fell, Xu Jie took the lead and gave his own advice: "Your Majesty, Weichen believes that in Shandong, the tradition of believing in the White Lotus Sect has a long history. ”

"As early as the Yongle and Hongwu periods, the local White Lotus Sect often tricked the people into raising trouble, and the imperial court spent a lot of energy in order to suppress them, and even almost shook the rule of the imperial court!"

When Xu Jie said this, he paused, and suddenly raised his tone: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that he must not be negligent in dealing with the White Lotus Sect, and the imperial court must punch hard!" ”

"Therefore, Wei Chen proposed to dispatch soldiers from the surrounding guards to carry out a great purge in the local area, to deal a heavy blow to those followers of the White Lotus Sect, and completely strangle them in the cradle!"

As soon as Xu Jie's words fell, Yan Song on the side keenly sensed that something was wrong, and turned to Jiajing to admonish: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that even if this measure by Xu Ge Lao has an immediate effect, if he doesn't grasp the degree of it, at that time, I am afraid that it will provoke a civil uprising, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" ”

After listening to Yan Song's words, Xu Jie couldn't help but reprimand: "Yan Ge is so bad, those people, from the moment they believe in the White Lotus Sect, they are no longer the common people of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"They are the people, the worms, and the thieves who may be instigated to make trouble at any time, do you have to pay attention to any benevolence and righteousness in dealing with these people?"

When Xu Jie said this, the look in his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he immediately said to himself: "Your Majesty, when Weichen was once serving in Nanzhili, he was fortunate enough to catch a few people who believed in the White Lotus Sect. ”

"All of them have been deceived, not only have they donated all their property to the White Lotus Sect, but some of them have even dedicated their wives and daughters to the White Lotus Sect."

"Later, the government learned the location of their stronghold from the mouths of these people who believed in the White Lotus Sect, and Weichen also learned afterwards that when the government sent officials to the stronghold to arrest those remnants of the White Lotus Sect, in a secret room, countless bloody female corpses were found."

When Xu Jie said this, his face was full of pain, and he immediately spoke: "All this is just because the sect leader of the White Lotus Sect likes to be sadistic, and among those female corpses, the youngest is only ten years old. ”

"Since then, Wei Chen has secretly made up his mind that he must completely eradicate the White Lotus Sect and let it no longer poison the people of my Ming Dynasty!"

Xu Jie's words fell, and the entire Qianqing Palace couldn't help but fall into silence, and for a long time, no one spoke.

After a while, I saw Gao Gong stand up and ask Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Weichen requests to send soldiers to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Sect!" ”

After the high arch, Zhang Juzheng also stood up and pleaded: "Your Majesty, Weichen requests to send soldiers to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Sect!" ”

At this moment, Yan Song, who was on the side, thought about it for a long time, and put forward a compromise suggestion: "Your Majesty, why don't you send a minister to the local area to investigate the situation first, and then dispatch a large army to wipe out all of them after the situation is clear?" ”

"In this way, those innocent people can also be screened out from them, and accidental injuries can be minimized as much as possible."

After listening to Yan Song's proposal, Jiajing rubbed the dragon head carved on the dragon chair with his hand and began to weigh the pros and cons.

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

"Well, since that's the case, let's follow Yan Ge's method first!"

"Xu Jie, what do you think?"

When Xu Jie heard this, he immediately nodded and responded respectfully.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has no opinion on this!"

Seeing this proposal, which was agreed by both parties, Jiajing glanced at Yan Song and Xu Jie's bodies respectively, and said slowly.

"In that case, do you have any recommendations?"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Yan Song and Xu Jie glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but secretly raise their vigilance, because the main event is coming, as long as they can send their own people over, no matter what, they can barely get a share of the credit.

If you can do things well, you can also win the favor of the emperor by the way.

After this, I saw Xu Jie take the lead and asked Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to recommend the right servant of the household department to supervise this matter!" ”

After listening to the candidates recommended by Xu Jie, Jiajing thought for a moment and said slowly: "Well, this royal court is not bad, and when he does things on weekdays, he can be regarded as smart and capable, not bad, not bad!" ”

Xu Jie's words fell, and Yan Song on the side immediately stood up and asked Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to recommend Zhang Runde, the squire of the Criminal Department, to supervise this matter!" ”

After listening to the candidates recommended by Yan Song, Jiajing couldn't help frowning, and turned to ask.

"I heard that the affairs of the Criminal Department are quite busy, this Zhang Runde, can he get a draw?"

Hearing Jiajing's words, Yan Song immediately said without changing his face and promised: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Weichen can guarantee that he will definitely not delay the affairs of the Criminal Department!" ”

Just when Jiajing was still hesitating, he saw Zhang Juzheng, who had been silent since before, stand up and propose to Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to recommend Yu Shi Hairui, the left deputy capital of the Inspectorate, to supervise this matter!" ”

(End of chapter)