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

Yan Song's voice was not loud, but it was like a sharp sword, cutting away all the confusion in Yan Shifan's heart.

Suddenly, after thinking about all this, I saw Yan Shifan's face showing a look of disbelief.

Immediately, I saw that he subconsciously turned his gaze to Yan Song and asked.

"Father, do you mean that Your Majesty has always wanted to take this opportunity to attack these families?"

Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face and responded unhurriedly.

"This is natural, if there is no His Majesty's instruction behind this, do you think that just one Hai Rui can compete with those local families with the name of "Four Sages and Three Sages"? ”

"You must know that after so many years of painstaking management, the power of these families in the court has long been intertwined, in addition, coupled with the name of their "Four Sages and Three Sages" family, there are people in the court, and they want to catch up with them! ”

"This can be seen from the previous impeachment of Hai Rui by those officials!"

Yan Shifan, who was on the side, also thought deeply after listening to Yan Song's analysis, and followed closely with Ying Hedao.

"Well, what my father said makes sense, I'm afraid that from that time, His Majesty has already made up his mind to get rid of these families!"

When Yan Shifan said this, his face couldn't help but show a little mockery, and he said to himself.

"Hmph, those fools took the court's money, but they didn't think about how to share the worries for Your Majesty, but rushed to tie up those few families, it's really stupid, don't they know that my Ming Dynasty only has one sun for Your Majesty?"

"It is precisely because of this that they ended up in such a tragic end, by the way, father, the child heard that these officials who were impeached before were all ...... by Jinyiwei and Dongchang."

It's just that Yan Shifan's words were not finished before he was interrupted coldly by Yan Song.

"Idiot, is this something you can say, shut my mouth for me!"

"Yes, Father!"

Suddenly reprimanded by this, Yan Shifan quickly reacted, this is an untouchable topic.

Subsequently, both father and son tacitly skipped the topic.

Immediately, after Yan Shifan organized the language in his mind, he cautiously asked Yan Song.

"Father, the child still has something to understand, and I hope the father can solve the child's doubts?"

When Yan Song heard this, he withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body, nodded, and immediately spoke.

"Well, tell me, what's the matter?"

After this, I saw Yan Shifan muster up the courage to ask Yan Song: "Father, the child has something to understand, although the rest of the families of the "Four Sages and Three Sages" have been raided by Hai Rui and his troops, why is there no movement on Yan Shenggong's side?" ”

Yan Shifan paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued next.

"Not only that, Hai Rui also took Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong, to go to Kong's house on a special trip, the two sides don't know what they talked about, do you say that behind this is what His Majesty ......wants?"

After listening to Yan Shifan's words, the expression on Yan Song's face also became quite solemn, and after thinking about it for a long time, he spoke.

"Well, it makes sense, it stands to reason that since the families of the "Four Sages and Three Sages" have all been confirmed to have colluded with the White Lotus Sect, then his Kong family will definitely not be able to escape in this regard! ”

"After all, these families have always been in the same spirit, one is prosperous and the other is lost, they are all holding their own handles with each other, it is unlikely that there will be a situation where his Kong family stays out of the matter!"

Even if this situation really occurs, in order to reduce the guilt, or drag people into the water, the rest of the families will not let this kind of thing happen. ”

"Because of this, in my opinion, a more reasonable explanation at the moment is that His Majesty intends to deal with Yan Shenggong in a low-key manner in order to take into account the impact of the whole matter!"

After listening to Yan Song's analysis, Yan Shifan was also quite convinced, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face, and he responded.

"What my father said makes sense, it seems that before this, His Majesty had already planned everything!"

At this time, Yan Shifan's mind couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in the cabinet deliberations, he proposed the matter of taking the law examination in front of Jiajing.

At this time, Yan Shifan's mind couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in the cabinet deliberations, he proposed the matter of taking the law examination in front of Jiajing.

"The current situation is the same as at the beginning, Your Majesty has already mastered everything, and your Majesty has no last resort, and your Majesty is deeply thoughtful, it is really terrifying!"

Thinking like this, Yan Shifan couldn't help but worry about his future future.

After this, Yan Song may have suddenly thought of something, only to see him turn his gaze to Yan Shifan and command quite solemnly.

"By the way, recently, pay more attention to the news from the Yan Holy Father, if there is anything, report it to me immediately, understand?"

Seeing that Yan Song's expression was so serious, Yan Shifan didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately assured Yan Song.

"Yes, father, the child knows!"

After Yan Song received Yan Shifan's assurance, he nodded, and then commanded.

"Okay, you go down and get busy with you, I heard from someone that the steam engine you tinkered with in your room all day has improved recently?"

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

"That's right, father, the child recently asked the craftsmen in the city to build a steam engine according to the improved drawings, compared to the past, it has made a lot of progress, at least it can barely move!"

"It's just that there are still many problems, such as low efficiency, easy explosion, and a lot of charcoal consumption, which is far less practical than manpower!"

When Yan Song heard this, he nodded imperceptibly and said encouragingly.

"Well, yes, it's rare that you're so concerned about one thing, keep going!"

"When we really build a practical steam engine in the future, it will be a great achievement!"

After receiving Yan Song's encouragement, Yan Shifan nodded quite firmly, and after saluting Yan Song respectfully, he immediately left the study.

……

On the other side, the Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the report from Lu Fang quite leisurely.

"Your Majesty, Hai Rui just sent someone to deliver news not long ago that he had obtained silver from those families this time, totaling eight thousand three million two hundred and sixty-five thousand two hundred and ninety taels!"

"In addition, a number of land deeds and land deeds were also found from the homes of those families, adding up to a total of 365,600 acres of land!"

"In addition, there are antiques and treasures, etc., countless of them, converted into silver, about eight million taels!"

"Hai Rui also said that since the number of silver taels is too huge, for the sake of safety, please send your majesty to send a brocade guard to respond!"

After Lu Fang roughly reported the situation to Jiajing, he quickly handed over the booklet in his hand to Jiajing respectfully.

"Your Majesty, here is the detailed record!"

"Hmm."

When Jiajing heard this, he replied imperceptibly, and immediately took the booklet from Lu Fang's hand, and after a few glances, he quickly lost interest and put it aside casually.

After this, I saw Jiajing turn his gaze to Lu Fang, chuckled, and said with emotion: "Heh, Lu Fang, have you seen it, the net worth of these major families adds up to 80 million taels, this is 80 million taels!" ”

"I don't know how long they have been accumulating, they have accumulated such a rich net worth, hmph, so much silver, which is equivalent to more than two years of taxes in my Ming Dynasty!"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, he didn't dare to make any moves, so he had to lower his head.

At this moment, Jiajing's voice without a trace of emotion sounded in Lu Fang's ears: "Lu Fang, immediately send Jinyi Guard to pick it up, and you must transport this silver to the treasury safely, understand?" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he replied in a deep voice.

"Obey, Your Majesty, the slave will definitely handle this matter well!"

(End of chapter)