When Yan Shifan walked out of the Qianqing Palace, the whole person was immediately relieved.

He knew very well in his heart that from this moment on, everything that had happened during his previous tenure as the secretary of the ministry had passed, and there was no need to mention it again.

"Huh~ Father really didn't say anything wrong!"

Yan Shifan thought so, and subconsciously clenched his fists, his face full of joy.

At this moment, he couldn't imagine what would happen if he held on to the position of the official secretary and didn't let go.

Yan Shifan tried to conceive the scene in his mind, and the whole person shuddered.

"It's not too early, let's hurry back to the cabinet!"

I saw Yan Shifan gather his mind and march in the direction of the cabinet.

……

When Yan Shifan returned to the cabinet, except for him, the rest of the cabinet had already arrived.

When everyone saw Yan Shifan coming back from His Majesty, they all stopped what they were doing, and their eyes fell on him in unison, their eyes full of curiosity.

And Yan Shifan turned a blind eye to everyone's gaze, just looked at Yan Song on the side, and after bowing slightly to him, he immediately sat back in his place.

Seeing this, everyone knew that Yan Shifan might have passed His Majesty's level, so there was no need to ask him for the specific reason.

After that, everyone withdrew their gaze and refocused on the matter at hand.

At this moment, I saw Xu Jie put down the brush in his hand, turned his gaze to Yan Song on the side, and provoked the topic.

"Speaking of Yan Ge Lao, when was the last time Your Majesty chose a concubine?"

Yan Song heard Xu Jie's words, and after thinking about it for a long time, he looked at Xu Jie with cloudy eyes and gave a response.

"If I'm not mistaken, the last time Your Majesty chose a concubine was two years ago!"

"What, Elder Xu Ge, don't you want to persuade Your Majesty to choose a concubine?"

When Yan Song's words fell, everyone couldn't help but fall into silence, who didn't know that His Majesty was now obsessed with cultivation and vainly trying to cultivate into an immortal one day.

Therefore, Jiajing's daily life is abnormally regular, and he sent the palace maid to collect the dew of heaven and earth to drink, and for this reason, the Renyin Palace Revolution broke out, and in order not to leak Yuanyang, Jiajing usually stays away from the matter of choosing a concubine, and can delay it.

The last time I chose a concubine, I really couldn't do it, so Jiajing stubbornly agreed.

And now, Xu Jie proposed in front of everyone present that he wanted His Majesty to agree to the selection of a concubine, which made everyone present feel a little surprised.

Facing everyone's gaze, I saw Xu Jie turn his gaze to Yan Song and respond in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty's choice of a concubine is a matter of national capital, how can it be delayed again and again?"

"What's more, the last time Your Majesty chose a concubine was two years ago, and those qualified clans and nobles are all watching with their eyes!"

"In addition, there is a lot of discussion among the people about His Majesty's failure to choose a concubine for two years!"

In fact, everyone present knew that the emperor chose a concubine, in fact, many times, not for himself, but for the stability of the world!

The emperor's normal choice of concubines is to convey such a message to all the people in the world in disguise, that is, my body is still strong, you can rest assured!

In this way, it can also deter those local forces that are ready to move, so that they will not dare to act rashly.

Because of this, it is often seen in history that the emperor, who is already old and can no longer be old, still has to choose concubines with great fanfare among the people, in order to convey such a message to the world.

After this, perhaps in order to increase his persuasiveness, he saw Xu Jie's worried look on his face, and continued to add.

"You know, the southwest toast has not been very peaceful!"

As soon as Xu Jie's words fell, Gao Gong on the side stood up, snorted coldly, and immediately spoke.

"Hmph, now that the treasury is full, they dare to act rashly, the imperial court can dispatch a large army at any time to destroy them!"

When Gao Gong's words fell, Zhang Juzheng on the side frowned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he said tentatively.

"During the Yongle period, the imperial court abolished the Tusi in some areas such as Yunnan and Guizhou, set up the Political Envoy Department instead, and appointed liuguan to manage it in a unified manner."

"But then this policy became more and more slackened, and I wondered if I should propose to Your Majesty that the policy of the Yongle period be reactivated, abolish the local Tusi, and appoint liuguan to govern?"

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

"As Xu Ge Lao Fangcai said, the southwest Tusi side has always been not very peaceful, although they surrender to my Ming Dynasty on the surface, but in essence, they are no different from the vassal states of the Han Dynasty!"

"In other words, they can start a rebellion at any time, in addition, they often clash with other Tusi, for example, in the twenty-third year of Jiajing, Yang Lie, the envoy of Banzhou, went to Shuixi to ask An Wanquan to return the body of his father Yang Xiang."

"Later, An Wanquan asked Yang Lie to return the shisha and Tianwang areas before returning the body of his father Yang Xiang, Yang Lie agreed on the surface, but after getting the body of his father Yang Xiang, he didn't say a word about it."

"After that, in order to fight for these two places, many wars broke out, leaving the local people empty, and the people were miserable, and later, under the suppression of Governor Feng Yue, the war between the two sides was quelled."

After Zhang Juzheng's words fell, everyone present realized the necessity of reactivating the policy of the Yongle period, abolishing the local Tusi, and replacing it with liuguan for governance.

Immediately, after Yan Song and Xu Jie glanced at each other, they looked at Zhang Juzheng at the same time and commanded.

"Zhang Juzheng, can you record all this just said?"

Zhang Juzheng saw that his proposal had been valued by Yan Song and Xu Jie, so he immediately nodded and responded.

"Yes, yes!"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he spread out the pen and paper and recorded everything he had just said.

After the ink on the paper was completely dry, Zhang Juzheng respectfully handed over the paper full of handwriting to Yan Song and Xu Jie.

Immediately, I saw Yan Song stretch out his thin hand and take the paper from Zhang Juzheng's hand quite solemnly.

After taking the paper from Zhang Juzheng's hand, Yan Song did not hesitate at all, immediately put on reading glasses, and began to meticulously browse the content recorded on it.

Soon, Yan Song finished browsing all the contents on it, and after confirming that there were no errors or omissions in it, he saw Yan Song nod slightly, and handed the paper in his hand to Xu Jie on the side.

After Xu Jie took the paper in Yan Song's hand, he didn't hesitate at all, and soon began to browse.

After Xu Jie confirmed the contents on the paper, he saw him slowly get up from the seat, and after looking around, he said in a deep voice.

"This matter is very important, and it is far from being something that one or two people can handle, I propose that all of us in the cabinet go to the Qianqing Palace to meet Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"Elder Xu Ge is right, this matter must be done by the entire cabinet!"

"Well, that makes sense!"

When Xu Jie's words fell, I saw Gao Gong and Yan Shifan on the side stand up and speak in response.

And Zhang Juzheng didn't speak, just nodded, and in this way, he showed his attitude.

Seeing that no one raised any objections to this, Xu Jie immediately said in a deep voice after reining in his thoughts: "Since everyone has no opinion on this, then without further ado, let's set off now!" ”

After that, everyone did not hesitate too much, and immediately embarked on the road to the Qianqing Palace.

……

At this moment, in the Qianqing Palace, I saw Lu Fang coming to Jiajing's side with silent steps, leaning down, and reporting respectfully.

"Your Majesty, everything has been dealt with, and by tomorrow at the latest, the impeachment of the old Yan Shifan of the small pavilion will soon settle down!"

After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing nodded and immediately responded.

"Well, I know!"

After Yan Shifan left the Qianqing Palace, Jiajing ordered Lu Fang to send someone to deal with this matter, since the goal has been achieved, then there is no need to hold on to it!

At this moment, I saw the guiding eunuch hurriedly walk in and report respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet is asking for a meeting outside, saying that there is something important to report!"

As soon as the words of the guiding eunuch fell, Lu Fang, who was on the side, suddenly had a look of horror on his face, and said to himself.

"What the hell is going on, why Yan Shifan just returned to the cabinet on the front foot, and everyone in the cabinet on the back foot came to see His Majesty, could it be a ......?"

At this moment, countless ridiculous ideas came to his mind, but they were all rejected by him one by one.

Just when Lu Fang was shocked by this, Jiajing's rather calm voice sounded in Lu Fang's ears.

"Well, I know, let them come in and see me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's instructions, the guide eunuch immediately bowed and saluted, and then turned around and left the Qianqing Palace.

Not long after, under the guidance of the eunuchs, the five members of the cabinet stepped into the Qianqing Palace.

Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, everyone knelt on the ground and said in unison.

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

Seeing this, Jiajing glanced at everyone one by one, and immediately commanded.

"Well, you guys, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, everyone got up from the ground one after another.

Immediately, I saw Jiajing turn his gaze to Yan Song and ask with interest.

"Yan Song, you came here with the cabinet, do you have something to report to me?"

When Yan Song heard Jiajing's words, he immediately leaned down and responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen does have something important to report this time!"

"Oh, let's say, what's going on in the middle of the court?"

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and immediately asked Yan Song.

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, I saw Yan Song kneeling tremblingly on the ground and pleading with Jiajing.

"It's not a secret, Your Majesty, Weichen came this time, first, I want to ask Your Majesty to choose a concubine among the people, and second, I want to ask the imperial court to gradually abolish the Tusi, restore the policy during the Yongle period, and use Liuguan to govern instead!"

Yan Song said that, he took the paper that had been sorted out by Zhang Juzheng from Xu Jie's hand and held it high above his head.

Seeing this, Lu Fang didn't wait for Jiajing's instructions, and immediately stepped forward, took the paper full of handwriting from Yan Song's hand, and handed it to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty!"

"Hmm."

Jiajing nodded imperceptibly, and immediately took the paper from Lu Fang's hand and began to browse carefully.

The contents recorded on the paper are the shortcomings of the current Tusi policy implemented by the imperial court and the necessity of appointing liuguan to govern the government, as mentioned earlier in the cabinet of Zhang Juzheng, and the deeds of Yang Lie, the envoy of Banzhou, are also used as an example.

Soon, Jiajing finished browsing the content recorded on the paper, and after that, I saw Jiajing put the paper in his hand aside, nodded imperceptibly, and commanded.

"Well, it makes sense, I also think that it is necessary to abolish the local Tusi and replace it with a liuguan to govern it!"

"By the way, who brought this up?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he swept his gaze over several people one by one, and said in a confirmed voice.

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, I saw Xu Jie, who was on the side, standing up and reporting respectfully.

"Your Majesty, this is proposed by Zhang Juzheng!"

Zhang Juzheng on the side heard this, a look of humility appeared on his face at the right time, and he was about to bow his head.

"Well, Zhang Juzheng, you have done a good job in this matter, and you deserve to be my minister!"

As Jiajing said this, he turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng, his face full of approval.

"Your Majesty is serious, this policy has been implemented as early as the Yongle period, and now Weichen is just bringing it up again!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Zhang Juzheng on the side followed suitably and said humbly.

After that, after Jiajing looked around, he immediately faced everyone and commanded in a deep voice.

"Well, I'm sure I'm going to go back and think about it, and we'll discuss it next time when the cabinet is on the agenda!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that the matter of changing the land and returning to the river was approved by the emperor, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they couldn't help but look at Zhang Juzheng's location, and a trace of envy flashed in their eyes.

"This Zhang Juzheng, his future future must be limitless, and after I retire, the position of the first assistant of the cabinet will be his!"

Yan Song looked at Zhang Juzheng's location and thought so.

Seeing that the matter had settled, I saw Jiajing wave his hand quite casually and gave everyone an order to expel the guests.

"Okay, if there's nothing to do next, you can retire!"

When Xu Jie heard Jiajing's words, he gritted his teeth, and his face was full of confusion.

Because since the beginning of the fight, Jiajing has not expressed his attitude towards the selection of concubines: "In other words, Your Majesty wants to fool the past!" ”

After hesitating for a long time, Xu Jie's gaze gradually became firm, only to see him turn his gaze to Jiajing and say in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for his courage, the matter of choosing a concubine is a matter of the country, the last time you chose a concubine, it was two years ago, those qualified clans, nobles ......"

When Jiajing heard Xu Jie's words, he waved his hand nonchalantly and prevaricated.

"Well, I know, I'll think about it next!"

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie could only say in response: "Obey, Your Majesty, I hope that Your Majesty will give more consideration to the matter of choosing a concubine next, so as to calm the hearts of the subjects of the world!" ”

(End of chapter)