Just when Lu Fang thought that the matter was over and was about to say goodbye to Jiajing and leave, Jiajing's rather calm voice sounded in his ears.

"By the way, Lu Fang, I have a letter here, you can send it to Hai Rui for me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately took the envelope from Jiajing's hand respectfully, and responded respectfully.

Immediately afterwards, Jiajing seemed to suddenly remember something, and followed up with another admonition.

"By the way, this letter goes the way of Jinyiwei, and it must be delivered to Hai Rui's hands as soon as possible, understand?"

Seeing that Jiajing attached so much importance to this letter, Lu Fang did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and after carefully putting away the letter, he replied in a deep voice.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the slave will not live up to your trust!"

After getting Lu Fang's assurance, Jiajing nodded imperceptibly, and immediately responded.

"Hmm."

After that, I saw Lu Fang take a hurried step and leave the Qianqing Palace.

……

On that day, when the sky was about to completely darken, the three members of the cabinet finally took care of all the matters that needed to be dealt with today.

After that, I saw Yan Shifan dragging his tired body, taking a sedan chair, and returning to Yan's mansion directly.

As soon as Yan Shifan got off the sedan chair, he saw Yan Song lying on a recliner in the courtyard, and next to the recliner, there was a small table with all kinds of pastries on the table, as well as steaming tea.

Immediately, I saw Yan Song slowly get up from the recliner, and after moving his limbs casually, he turned his gaze to Yan Shifan and asked.

"Why did you come back so late today, is there a lot of things going on in the cabinet?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he came back to his senses and immediately answered Yan Song's question.

"Back to my father, there are indeed a lot of affairs on the cabinet side today, so the child is busy and has not come back until now!"

When Yan Song heard this, the expression on his face did not change much, but he pointed to the delicate pastries on the plate on the table and commanded.

"Let's try it, this is the pastry just delivered from the kitchen, after all, no matter how good it is, it can't be compared to the palace!"

After listening to Yan Song's emotion, Yan Shifan immediately stepped forward, picked up a piece of pastry, and put it in his mouth.

After Yan Shifan finished tasting the pastry, he saw him pick up the teapot, pour himself a cup of hot tea, and drink it all in one go.

After that, Yan Song's rather flat voice sounded in Yan Shifan's ears: "By the way, when the three of you were on duty in the cabinet today, did you encounter anything?" ”

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, Yan Shifan responded without thinking.

"Father, let's be honest, when the three of us were on duty in the cabinet today, Zhao Zhenji personally came to the cabinet!"

When Yan Song heard this, his face suddenly showed suspicion, and he glanced at Yan Shifan's body, and then asked.

"Zhao Zhenji, what is he doing in the cabinet, could it be that someone has been impeached again?"

Facing the puzzled expression on Yan Song's face, he saw Yan Shifan nodding and immediately spoke.

"Well, father, you guessed right, it's not a secret, the reason why Zhao Zhenji came to the cabinet today is because there are people in the DPRK and the CCP who impeached Hai Rui!"

After listening to Yan Shifan's narration, Yan Song suddenly had a look of sudden realization on his face, nodded, and immediately spoke.

"Hmph, I know that he, Zhao Zhenji, has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, as long as it doesn't matter to his tangible interests, he won't bother to move!"

After saying this, I saw Yan Song turn his gaze to Yan Shifan, and continued to ask.

"By the way, have the officials who impeached Hai Rui carefully investigated?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, after thinking for a while, he immediately gave an answer: "Father, the child thinks that most of the officials who were impeached by Shangshu obeyed the orders of the Holy Father of Yan!" ”

"After so many years of operation, the power of those families in the court has long been intertwined, and their strength should not be underestimated!"

"After all, no matter how you say it, they are also famous families with the title of "Four Saints and Three Sages", and there are people in the court, who want to rush to slap them! ”

After listening to Yan Shifan's analysis, Yan Song nodded, and immediately expressed his approval to Yan Shifan.

"Well, Yan Shifan, what you said makes sense!"

When Yan Song said this, he immediately changed his words, sneered, and immediately spoke to himself.

"If it had been in the past, these tricks they played would have been easy to succeed, after all, not many officials were willing to offend them, and this matter would have been over!"

"But it's a coincidence that they just met Hai Rui, Hai Rui's eyes can't tolerate a little sand, he will really investigate to the end, not to mention, he rushed to Shandong this time, and also served His Majesty's will!"

"Hmph, just by relying on them, they are also trying to compete with Your Majesty, and they really don't know how to die!"

When Yan Song said this, his face was full of disdain, and his tone was full of ridicule of these families.

Yan Shifan, who was on the side, also suddenly realized after listening to Yan Song's analysis, and immediately plucked up his courage and confirmed to Yan Song.

"Father means that His Majesty's side will soon make a move against those big families?"

When Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's words, an unusually determined look suddenly appeared on his face, and he replied in a deep voice.

"Well, that's right, Your Majesty will definitely take action against these big families!"

When Yan Song said this, he paused for a moment, withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body, and said quietly.

"Moreover, the fate of these big families is not much better than those who participated in coastal smuggling at the beginning!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, his whole person couldn't help but shudder, and an incomparably palpitating feeling appeared in his heart, and his breathing became short.

Because the fate of those coastal smuggling families was that His Majesty personally ordered Hu Zongxian to mobilize elite soldiers and exterminate all of them, killing them so much that their heads were rolling and blood flowing!

"Could it be that the original tragedy is going to be repeated again?"

Yan Shifan thought so, and went straight to Yan Song's gaze.

But soon, he read the answer to this question in Yan Song's gaze: "It's all true, Your Majesty will really do this!" ”

After getting a definite answer from Yan Song, Yan Shifan was a little unacceptable for a while: "After all, no matter what, it is also a family with the title of "Four Sages and Three Sages"!" ”

Just as Yan Shifan was still in his mind, and when heaven and man were fighting over this idea, Yan Song's voice without a trace of emotion sounded in his ears.

"Yan Shifan, you give me a good memory, in my Ming Dynasty, there will always be only one sun for Your Majesty!"

"We must not disobey Your Majesty's wishes, if one day, Your Majesty finds that we are not good to use, then our Yan family will end up with the same fate as them!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he added categorically.

"No, no, our fate is far worse than theirs!"

After listening to Yan Song's reminder, Yan Shifan was silent for a long time, and then responded in a deep voice: "Yes, father, the child knows!" ”

Yan Song saw that Yan Shifan heard his words, nodded with satisfaction, and then muttered to himself silently.

"After all, I once dreamed of this scene in my dreams, my Yan family was raided, you were dragged to the vegetable market and beheaded, and I, Yan Song, begged for food in the tomb, and finally died of poverty and illness!"

After that, Yan Shifan's uneasy voice sounded in Yan Song's ears again.

"By the way, father, what should we do next?"

When Yan Song heard this, he turned around, glanced at Yan Shifan, and after thinking for a while, he immediately commanded.

"It's very simple, we just need to get the things at hand right now, and as for other things, we don't have to get involved, understand?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, an expression of joy and sincerity appeared on his face, lowered his head, and said respectfully.

"Yes, father, the child knows!"

When Yan Song heard this, he withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body and turned to speak.

"Okay, you're tired all day today, so let's go back to your room and rest!"

"Yes, Father!"

After Yan Shifan responded, he didn't stop for the slightest, and immediately turned around and left.

……

At the same time, Shandong, Jinan Prefecture, the government office.

Since Hai Rui had previously interrogated all the captured Zeng clan members in Jiaxiang County, he had been following the information he had received from them non-stop, destroying many White Lotus Sect strongholds, and capturing many White Lotus Sect high-level officials.

Immediately, from the mouths of these White Lotus Sect leaders, they learned more secrets.

At this moment, Hai Rui, Shandong Governor Cao Feng, Du Commander Zhang Yuan, and Jinyi Wei Baihu Guan Rui gathered together to discuss the next countermeasures.

In the hall, Hai Rui looked around before he spoke unhurriedly.

"To be honest, before this, the official never expected that the matter would be so serious!"

When Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong, who was sitting at the top, heard this, he couldn't help lowering his head, and his face was full of shame.

Not long ago, Hai Rui submitted all the confessions and relevant evidence of the high-ranking officials of the White Lotus Sect to Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong.

And after Cao Feng read these evidences, the conjecture in his heart was also confirmed: "The local White Lotus Sect is raging, and the root cause is because of the acquiescence of these big families, rich and wealthy gentry!" ”

After all, the dirty work is tiring, and the White Lotus Sect takes care of it, and they only need to wait for the benefits of profit sharing with peace of mind.

After those people were deceived into the White Lotus Sect, they tried their best to let them sell all their property and devote themselves to the White Lotus Sect.

After squeezing the last drop of oil and water out of their bodies, he kicked them away and went elsewhere to find new victims.

There are even some families, for those who have been squeezed dry of oil and water, they will not let go, those who can farm will be accepted as tenants, only need to stutter, starve to death, and those who are healthy will be accepted as nursing homes, and will be used as dogs for generations to the family.

It's really not good, so I sell people to the mine, and finally make a profit!

Before this, although Cao Feng was aware, he had always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, as long as he didn't make too much trouble!

In his opinion, as long as these families can cooperate with him during his tenure, don't cause him too much trouble, and let him spend his term of office in peace.

When the time comes to transfer back to the capital, everything here has nothing to do with me!

But the development of things was far beyond Cao Feng's expectations, he originally thought that those big families just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to annex more land.

But when he learned from the evidence submitted by Hai Rui that some of the big families had begun to hire retired school officials, secretly train family members, and even have weapons hidden in their homes, he instantly understood the seriousness of the matter.

Although in the short term, these actions are nothing, and can barely be justified by the care of the home in order to prevent banditry.

But now is an extraordinary period, first the Zeng family, one of the "Four Sages and Three Sages", was found to be related to the White Lotus Sect, and secondly, the left deputy capital Yu Shi Hairui, who was sent by the imperial court to investigate the case, has submitted the relevant evidence to his own hands.

It's just at this time that those big families were found to have hidden weapons and all kinds of behaviors of training families, just ask, what do you want to do, is it difficult to rebel?

Cao Feng knew very well in his heart that Hai Rui, who was sent by the imperial court to investigate the case this time, although he did not have the name of Qincha, he had the truth of Qincha!

Not to mention anything else, just because His Majesty was able to send Jinyi Wei to assist Hai Rui in investigating the case, it can be seen how much His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter!

At this moment, Cao Feng's face was extremely gloomy, and he said secretly.

"This group of damn guys, it's just a matter of annexing land, and they dare to hide weapons and train families, is this what you can do?"

"If this matter is stabbed, let alone keep the black gauze hat on my head, and when the time comes, it will be a good end if I don't be questioned by His Majesty!"

"If that's the case, then it's no wonder to me!"

Cao Feng thought so, a cold look flashed in his eyes.

Immediately, I saw him come back to his senses, turn his gaze to Hai Rui on the side, and ask respectfully.

"My lord, in that case, what should we do with them next?"

Hai Rui heard Cao Feng's words, and after a moment of silence, he gave a response.

"According to the confessions of those high-ranking officials of the White Lotus Sect who were captured, in addition to the Zeng family, other families in the "Four Sages and Three Sages" are also involved! ”

When Hai Rui said this, he couldn't help but sneer, and said to himself: "Hmph, the Meng family, the Zeng family, the Yan family, the Bu family, the Min family, and the Ran family, none of you who ride on the heads of the common people to make a fortune run away!" ”

At this moment, Cao Feng's slightly embarrassed voice sounded again: "My lord, what did the Holy Father of Nayan say?" ”

Hearing this, Hai Rui glanced at Cao Feng and said coldly.

"Before this, this official wrote a letter to His Majesty, informing him of the situation here, and I think I will get a reply soon!" (End of chapter)