Capital City, Yan Mansion.
"What do these bugs want to do! Do they want to force the whole Zhejiang into chaos?"
After Yan Shifan took the letter from Hu Zongxian from his father, he slammed the table angrily.
However, Yan Song still looked like an old god was present, and after reading the contents of the letter, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Go and send the previous letter to Hu Zongxian so that he can be on guard." Yan Song opened his eyes and whispered.
"Yes, the child will go down and give you instructions." Yan Shifan bowed and saluted.
"Hurry up, it will be time for the cabinet meeting soon, don't miss the time."
"yes."
Forbidden City, Cabinet.
Several sedans of different colors were parked outside, and the cabinet ministers got off their sedans. After seeing each other, Yan Shifan and Gao Gong couldn't help but feel disgusted, and turned away with a cold snort.
Apparently both sides received letters from their subordinates. After receiving the letter from Tan Lun, Xu Jie was deeply shocked by the cruel methods of the Yan Party. He even arrested the dean of an academy in an attempt to block the world. With his long words, he became more determined in his heart to eliminate the strict party.
Yan Shifan felt that these Qingliu people, for their own benefit, did not hesitate to cause chaos throughout Zhejiang to hinder the policy of converting rice to mulberry. They were the most traitorous officials of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to get rid of them quickly.
When the mask of warmth is completely torn off, what remains is the bloody reality.
Along the way, the five pavilion elders all remained silent, and the usual pleasantries between Xu Jie and Yan Song were gone.
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"Your Majesty is here!"
A shrill voice came, and the five cabinet ministers and members of the Supervisor of Ceremonies knelt on the ground. Jiajing took Lu Fang into the cabinet. Then Jiajing sat behind the bead curtain, and Lu Fang went straight to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Stand aside.
"Everyone, get up." Jiajing smiled and waved his hand to let everyone level up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Now that His Majesty has arrived, let's begin today's cabinet meeting." After sitting down, Lu Fang nodded to Yan Song and Xu Jie and said.
"Yes." Yan Song and Xu Jie both nodded, agreeing with Lu Fang's suggestion.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Zhang Juzheng has this memorial!"
"Speak." Jiajing's slightly lazy voice came from behind the bead curtain.
"More than half of the 15,000 soldiers that Your Majesty previously asked me to be responsible for training have been trained! In addition, the ships used for maritime operations at the City Shipping Department have also been built and can go to sea for training today."
"As for the guard station, I have organized the brave and capable soldiers in the guard station into a separate battalion. There are 11,000 soldiers recorded in the register! These items cost a total of 2,893,200 taels. silver!"
Gao Gong on the side couldn't help but take a breath when he heard that this item cost so much silver.
"How soon will these 26,000 soldiers be able to form combat effectiveness?" Jiajing, who was behind the bead curtain, couldn't help but have a hint of urgency in his tone when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, it will take at least three months to fully form combat effectiveness." Zhang Juzheng bowed and responded.
"Okay, you did a good job on this!" Jiajing's praise came from behind the bead curtain.
Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, couldn't help but clench his fists after listening to Zhang Juzheng's report. With these 26,000 soldiers, the reforms he wanted to implement next could be carried out smoothly, whether it was reducing clan expenses or To dismantle the garrison, you need to have an army that is completely obedient to your orders so that it can be carried out smoothly, which can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.
After Zhang Juzheng finished his report, Yan Song took out the letter sent to him by Hu Zongxian and said loudly: "This is a letter sent from Zhejiang by Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang. It says that there are some ulterior motives in Zhejiang recently. People gathered together to criticize the imperial court’s national policy of changing rice to mulberry!”
"Moreover, these people also instigated farmers to openly resist the government's land measurement and killed court officials. Gao Hanwen, who was previously sent by the court to measure land, was brutally murdered. All the soldiers who accompanied him were killed by the mob, and their bodies were hung on trees. "
"What? Such a thing could happen!" Xu Jie looked shocked and took the letter from Yan Song to check.
After Xu Jie finished opening the contents of the letter, he slammed the table: "This is really unreasonable. These people must be spies sent by the Japanese pirates. They took advantage of the Japanese pirates and came to disturb the security of our Ming Dynasty!"
"I don't think these people are sent by Japanese pirates, but rather by someone." Yan Shifan on the side sneered and said sarcastically.
"Mr. Xiaoge, what do you mean by this?" Gao Gong heard this with an unswerving expression.
"Don't you, the Minister of Household Affairs, understand what I mean? As far as I know, the Lu Dongxing from Bailu Academy mentioned in the letter admires you very much!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? We are all His Majesty's cabinet ministers. How dare we form cliques for selfish gain?"
"Hmph, you know exactly how to protect yourself. Don't think you are so clean! Not long ago, your nephew Gao Cai accepted a bribe of 800,000 taels."
When Gao Gong heard this, his face changed greatly and he quickly knelt down to the figure behind the bead curtain and explained: "Your Majesty, I don't know about this matter!"
Then Gao Gong turned around and looked at Yan Shifan fiercely, and said coldly: "Mr. Xiaoge, not long ago someone sent a five hundred thousand tael of silver notes to your ninth wife, how do you explain this?"
"I...you..." Yan Shifan pointed at Gao Gong kneeling on the ground and wanted to explain.
'Boom! Jiajing, who was behind the bead curtain, couldn't help but feel bored when he heard Yan Shifan and Gao Gong criticizing each other. He then knocked on the jade rock standing next to the dragon chair to signal to skip the topic.
"Okay, let's discuss the matter, don't talk about whether there is something or not. This is the cabinet, not the vegetable market!" Lu Fang on the side also stepped forward to comfort him at the right time.
"Your Majesty, the current situation in Zhejiang is so strange and changeable. Please send more officials to Zhejiang to speed up the survey of land and implement the conversion of rice into mulberry in advance!"
Yan Song knelt down tremblingly and begged the figure behind the bead curtain.
"Your Majesty, please give me the final report!" Yan Shifan also followed in the footsteps of his father Yan Song and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, we also request that more officials be sent to Zhejiang to do a good job of supervision to prevent anyone from causing wanton trouble." Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng knelt down together and asked the figure behind the bead curtain.
"Oh, it's good that you ministers are determined to share the worries of the imperial court! But now that the situation in Zhejiang is so complicated, it's better not to send people to cause trouble for Hu Zongxian." Jiajing, who was behind the bead curtain, chuckled and refused.
Seeing that the ministers wanted to continue to ask for orders, Jiajing immediately changed the topic and said coldly: "Also, don't think that I don't know what you are planning in your mind! Take your hands back to me. If Zhejiang is stirred up, the court will be in chaos." If you can't collect taxes, how many of you have heads that I can chop off?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Seeing that the emperor was murderous, all the ministers hurriedly knelt on the ground and did not dare to mention the matter of sending more officials to Zhejiang.
"The conversion of rice into mulberry must be carried out. As for those who incite the people to make trouble, they must be severely punished! Don't let anyone go. Do you all understand what I say?"
"My lord, I understand!"
