Night, Yan Mansion.
After Yan Song reported the land measurement situation in Zhejiang to Jiajing, he returned home in a sedan chair.
"Father!" As soon as Yan Song got off the sedan, he saw Yan Shifan waiting outside the door with a respectful expression.
"Well, come into the house with me." Yan Song didn't say anything, just nodded, glanced at his son lightly, and said.
"Can your Majesty give you a specific time?" Yan Shifan asked impatiently as soon as Yan Song took off the shoes on his feet.
"Yes, yes, His Majesty said that in February, when the weather gets warmer, the rice to mulberry plant will be officially converted!"
Yan Song put his shoes aside, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and said.
"Then should we inform them and follow the previous method?" Yan Shifan hesitated for a moment and then continued to ask.
"No need, let's ignore this matter for now. Someone will help us!" Yan Song picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Father, do you mean that Qingliu will choose this time to take action?"
"That's natural. The land in Zhejiang has been measured now. If we wait until the weather gets warmer and the conversion of rice to mulberry is officially implemented, they will have no chance even if they want to do it. His Majesty's anger will tear them into pieces by then, so This is the last chance!”
"My child understands, then according to what father said, we don't need to do it ourselves, we just need to make a little "mistake" when taking care of the dam."
"Who are you going to leave this matter to? Remember, you must find someone reliable!"
"Don't worry, I already have a suitable candidate in mind."
"Well, that's good. If nothing happens, you can go back first. I plan to rest later."
After Yan Song finished speaking, he put on his reading glasses, took down a book from the bookshelf nearby, and read it carefully.
"Father, please leave me."
Seeing his father like this, Yan Shifan also bowed and said goodbye.
"Oh, by the way, as a teacher, you should also pay attention. Your student Gao Hanwen may be impeached recently. Please protect him."
When Yan Shifan was about to leave, Yan Song removed his cloudy eyes from the book and reminded him.
After hearing his father's instructions, Yan Shifan paused suddenly before leaving and responded: "I know, kid."
…
Capital, Prince Yu's Mansion.
There was a quarrel in the study, and the servants who were waiting outside the door had been sent away long ago.
"What are you still hesitating about? It will be too late if you don't take action!"
"I don't think we should be anxious. We should wait for the right opportunity before taking action."
I saw Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng facing each other tit for tat, refusing to give in to each other, and full of gunpowder.
"Humph, you are so ignorant. If you don't take action now, do you have to wait until next year when the weather is warm? The day lilies will be cold by then!" Gao Gong was a little angry, and his tone couldn't help but raise a few points.
"At the moment, Zhejiang is full of people who are strict with the party. If we act rashly, we may be caught. When the matter is exposed, I'd like to see how you explain it." Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and refused to give in.
Ever since Xu Jie learned that the land in Zhejiang had been cleared when he was in the cabinet during the day, Zhang Juzheng knew that the plan to destroy embankments and flood fields that had been shelved because of his persuasion and informing was about to be restarted.
In order to achieve his party's goal of uniting and opposing dissenters, the price was to sacrifice the residents of nine counties and the land they owned. Currently, Zhang Juzheng asked himself that he could not do such a dirty thing, so he also changed his past attitude and argued with Gao Gong. The two sides started to fight, and the atmosphere at the scene gradually became tense.
"Okay, stop arguing!" Xu Jie, who had been watching coldly, finally stopped the two of them.
"What you two said has its own truth, but the current situation is really not optimistic. In extraordinary times, do extraordinary things!"
"Right now, Yan Dang is favored by His Majesty for his successful proposal to reduce clan expenses, and has also won the favor of many scholars and officials. If this continues, the gap between us will become wider and wider! Therefore, I agree with Gao Gong if."
Xu Jie's eyes swept over Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, and he spoke slowly.
"What Mr. Xu Ge said makes sense." King Yu Zhu Zaijing, who had been listening in, also spoke.
"But!" After hearing what Xu Jie said, Zhang Juzheng was still a little unwilling and wanted to refute.
"No need to say any more, just follow what Gao Gong just said."
"Let our people move, let's start with that Yan Shifan's apprentice! Let the world see what kind of virtue his Yan Shifan's apprentice is."
"yes."
Seeing Xu Jie clearly standing beside him and supporting his suggestion, Gao Gong couldn't help but smile and responded hurriedly, while Zhang Juzheng on the side looked slightly gloomy and didn't know what he was thinking.
"Okay, it's just a temporary argument. Don't let this matter break the peace." Seeing that Zhang Juzheng was a little depressed, Xu Jie comforted him.
"Please rest assured, Mr. Ge." Zhang Juzheng responded lightly, returning to his previous taciturn appearance.
…
Early the next morning, when the Supervisory Censor Zhao Zhenji walked into the Supervisory Court, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
I saw that the originally empty table was piled with impeachment memorials, and the clerks were very busy. When they saw him coming in, they stopped what they were doing and hurriedly saluted: "Sir!"
"What...what is this? Where did so many impeachment memorials come from?" Zhao Zhenji ignored the clerk's salute, but extended his index finger to point to the pile of memorials on the table, with a slight tremor in his words.
"My lord, these were just delivered this morning. It is said that there are still many more on the way!"
"Everyone, get up." After Zhao Zhenji finished asking, he asked his subordinates to get up, then sat at the table, opened an impeachment memorial, and carefully browsed the contents.
After reading the memorial in his hand, Zhao Zhenji put it aside, then picked up an impeachment letter at random and read it.
Zhao Zhenji read one letter after another and frowned more and more. In these memorials in front of him, only one person was impeached, and that was Gao Hanwen, a student of Xiaoge Lao Yan Shifan.
"Now things are getting serious!"
Zhao Zhenji was thinking like this. Yan Shifan impeached him in front of His Majesty at the court meeting, which not only cost him half a year's salary, but also lowered his image in His Majesty's mind! Now Qingliu Xu Jie and his gang are impeaching his students, which can be regarded as revenge for themselves.
Thinking of this, a hint of revenge flashed in Zhao Zhenji's heart.
"Okay, stop sorting it out! Report all these impeachment details to the cabinet. Just say that the matter is serious and the Inspectorate does not dare to make decisions easily."
"But, sir, this is against the rules! We are the Inspectorate and have obligations..."
"Didn't you hear what I said? Send it to me!" Zhao Zhenji slammed the table, shocking his subordinates to kneel on the ground.
"Yes, sir! I will send these folding notes to you soon."
Seeing their boss getting angry, the subordinates did not dare to make any excuses, so they had to collect the impeachment memorials and send them to where the cabinet was.
Along the way, these subordinates of the Inspectorate were trembling with fear. If nothing else, they were the cabinet! No one can enter except His Majesty, the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the five pavilion elders. Besides, what happened today is unreasonable.
If you enter rashly, you may be punished with a serious crime. On the one hand, it is the request of the superiors, and on the other hand, it is the law of the court. For a while, everyone held the impeachment memorials and lingered on the road leading to the cabinet for a long time.
