After the edict was promulgated, it was sent to the tower of the Forbidden City to be read out with extremely complicated etiquette to show its intention to announce to the world. After the edict was announced and completed, the Ministry of Rites received the edict and immediately transcribed or printed multiple copies and distributed them to the post office. In various places, local officials would then receive and announce the edicts.
Only after such a complicated process can the edict be officially issued. As for whether it is implemented and how well it is implemented, it mainly depends on the initiative of local officials and whether subsequent supervision work is in place.
At this time, Jiajing did not have such troubles. As a truly powerful emperor, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty dared to challenge his authority. At most, they could only secretly make small moves behind his back. Once the small moves behind him were discovered, they would be destroyed. It will definitely end in death! Therefore, Jiajing's political orders were relatively smooth, and did not reach the point where later generations of people would not have their political orders leave the capital.
"Your Majesty, here are the accounts handed over by the Jinyi Guards. Please check them." In the Yangxin Hall, Lu Fang walked in quickly, his steps were gentle and he didn't make a sound.
After finishing the walk with the emperor, Lu Fang rushed to Jin Yiwei's side without stopping. After many urgings, she finally got the account book from the other party.
"Well, submit it!" Jiajing put down the memorial in his hand and took the account from Lu Fang.
When he opened the account book, the number recorded on it made him take a breath: "Fifteen, six hundred and twenty thousand taels!"
"Your Majesty, this is only cash, there are many antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as the mansion and land that are still being calculated." Lu Fang bowed slightly and then added.
"In addition, Prince Zhao's Mansion and Prince Gui's Mansion have the most cash, while Prince Hui's Mansion has the largest number of land deeds and various antique calligraphy and paintings."
"How many acres are there?" Jiajing put the account book aside and asked.
"According to the land deeds stored in the mansion, there are about 160,000 acres." Lu Fang gave the answer after recalling for a moment.
"Okay, okay, good job! I want to reward you well. You can keep some of the remaining things for yourself." Jiajing waved his hand and said calmly.
"Your Majesty, I don't dare. Being able to do things for Your Majesty is already the greatest favor. How dare I ask for anything else?" After hearing Jiajing's words, Lu Fang knelt on the ground in fear and refused.
"You can take it if I tell you to do it. Despite all the nonsense, this is what I reward you for!" Jiajing looked displeased when he saw Lu Fang acting like this.
"My slave, thank you for your grace. I am willing to do your best for Your Majesty, even if I die!" Seeing that the emperor was a little unhappy, Lu Fang no longer refused. She looked excited, as if pounding garlic, and kept kowtowing on the ground.
"Okay, get up and call Yan Song and Xu Jie over to me!"
"yes."
…
After receiving Jiajing's order, Lu Fang rushed to the cabinet without stopping.
Without waiting for the announcement, Lu Fang went straight into the cabinet with a smile that could not be concealed: "Mr. Yan Ge, Mr. Xu Ge, your Majesty invites you!"
"We have met Eunuch Lu." Seeing Lu Fang come in, everyone stopped correcting the memorial and saluted Lu Fang.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Song took the lead and asked: "May I ask what your Majesty invites us to discuss? We can prepare in advance."
Lu Fang looked around and saw that there were no other people around. She lowered her voice and said, "It doesn't hurt to tell you. Your Majesty invites you to come. You should be thinking about how to spend the money."
"What!" Xu Jie exclaimed when he heard this.
As the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, no one knows better than him what it means to spend money like water, the various expenses for the daily operation of the court, officials' salaries, officers and soldiers' salaries, pensions, disaster relief funds, and all kinds of other messy things. Expenditures, sometimes millions of taels of wasted money are allocated before they are still in the treasury.
Usually the emperor pointed his finger at the Ministry of Finance and scolded him. Why was so much money spent at once? Now it was the emperor who took the initiative to discuss with him how to spend the money, which made Xu Jie feel unreal.
"What are you doing, Mr. Xu Ge? Let's go!"
"Oh oh oh."
Lu Fang's voice brought Xu Jie back to reality, and he nodded blankly and kept up.
…
"Your Majesty, the two pavilion elders are here!" Lu Fang bowed and left after sending the two pavilion elders to the Yangxin Hall.
"Your Majesty, Yan Song (Xu Jie), is here to see you!"
"Everyone, please get up and give me a seat." Jiajing glanced at the two of them and spoke in a lazy tone.
"May I ask what your Majesty has come to discuss with me?"
"See for yourselves." After Jiajing said that, he handed the account book handed over by Jin Yiwei to the two of them.
"Fifteen million six hundred and twenty thousand taels!" After seeing the numbers on the account book clearly, the two elders exclaimed, and then looked at Jiajing with an incredulous look.
"Your Majesty, could this be..." Yan Song thought for a moment and then reacted first, looking horrified.
"That's right, just as Mr. Yan Ge thought, the silver was confiscated from the homes of those feudal princes." Jiajing said calmly, taking in the expression on Yan Song's face.
"According to the investigation, King Zhao, King Hui, and King Gui planned to rebel! Later, they were discovered by the Jin Yiwei because they were not acting secretly. The culprits have been arrested and their property has been transferred to the national treasury."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty! Fortunately, Jin Yiwei discovered it early, otherwise, those rebellious ministers and traitors would have succeeded, thus disrupting the world of our Ming Dynasty!"
After hearing what Jiajing said, Yan Song was the first to react and immediately fell to his knees with a thump, an expression of indignation on his face.
"Mr. Yan Ge is so loyal and loyal to the country. He truly deserves to be a minister of the Ming Dynasty! The trial of these rebellious officials and traitors will be left to the Ministry of Punishment. I believe that the Ministry of Punishment will definitely give them a fair verdict." General Jiajing Yan Song helped him up from the ground with a faint smile on his face.
"Okay, let's talk about how to spend these 15,620,000 taels of silver."
"Yes." Yan Song and Xu Jie looked at each other and accepted the order.
…
Night, Yan's study room.
"Father, you just said that His Majesty sent Jin Yiwei to search all three families of King Hui, King Zhao and King Gui, and charged them with conspiracy."
"In addition, 15,620,000 taels of silver were confiscated!"
Yan Shifan couldn't help but be surprised after listening to Yan Song's story.
"Yes, and His Majesty asked the Ministry of Justice to take over the matter." Yan Song drank all the tea in the cup and said slowly.
"Just say hello to the Ministry of Justice then. Father, why are you so worried?" Yan Shifan looked at the solemn expression on Yan Song's face and couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"I'm thinking that your Majesty can really be cruel enough to attack the clan! There have been many emperors who have wanted to do this since ancient times, but there are only a few who really dare to take that step. Your Majesty doesn't care what others think of him, let alone The comments in future history books remind me of the great ceremony that took place when His Majesty first ascended the throne more than 20 years ago!"
After Yan Song finished speaking, he sighed deeply and continued: "His Majesty was the same at that time. He was talented and wise, and sometimes I even had the illusion that His Majesty seemed to be getting younger and younger as he lived?"
