Early the next morning, news spread throughout the capital that the residence of Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, was raided by the Jinyi Guards! This caused many officials to become anxious and insecure, fearing that it would be their turn next, so they all asked for connections to find out what happened.
Yan Mansion, lobby.
Yan Song was holding a bowl of thick porridge and drinking it leisurely. There were many kinds of dishes on the table, but Yan Song only focused on the small plate of pickles placed in front of him.
"Father, do you know? Last night, the Jin Yiwei raided the residence of Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites. I heard that the land deeds and other documents that were copied were worth almost 10 million taels of silver!"
Yan Shifan said and sat down opposite Yan Song. Upon seeing this, the servant on the side also brought a bowl of thick porridge.
"Eat, come with me to court after dinner!" Yan Song put down his spoon and said calmly.
"Yes, father." Yan Shifan had no choice but to agree bitterly, picked up the bowl, and began to drink the porridge unhurriedly.
After the meal, Yan Shifan helped his father Yan Song get on the sedan. Looking at his father's trembling appearance, Yan Shifan warned: "Father, you should pay more attention to your health! Don't go to bed so late in the future."
"Yes." Yan Song seemed to lack experience in dealing with his son's concern, so he could only nod and respond.
"Slow down a little later. If you hurt your father, I'll take it from you!" Yan Shifan still seemed a little worried, and turned to the bearer responsible for carrying the sedan.
"Okay, let's go!" Yan Song sat in the sedan with no expression on his face. He just directed the bearers to get up.
"Yes!" the sedan bearer outside responded, then lifted up the sedan and headed towards the Forbidden City. Behind Yan Song's sedan, Yan Shifan's sedan followed closely.
…
When Yan Song and Yan Shifan's sedans arrived outside the cabinet, coincidentally, the sedans of several other people also arrived at this time.
"Mr. Yan Ge, good morning!"
"morning!"
Xu Jie was seen approaching Yan Song's direction with a smile on his face, and Yan Song also got off the sedan with the help of his servant.
Then Yan Song and Xu Jie, one the chief minister and the other the second minister, came together as usual and started chatting.
"Mr. Xu Ge, have you heard about what happened last night?" This time it was Yan Song who spoke first, asking Xu Jie for news.
"I heard that it was the home of Jin Yiwei! I don't know the specific reason yet." Xu Jie replied after thinking for a moment.
"I don't know what Yu Xian did, which prompted Jin Yiwei to take action." Yan Song stepped up the steps and added immediately.
"Yes, but we should know it soon!" Xu Jie supported Yan Song and said with emotion.
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Capital City, Yangxin Hall.
Jiajing stood up from the futon and slowly exhaled. Last night, he sent Jin Yiwei to search the homes of all those officials. From the home of Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, almost ten million taels of silver were confiscated. As for other land deeds, land deeds, and rare treasures, they confiscated There are countless antiques and so on.
Jiajing selected a few of the countless rare antiques that he was more interested in and put them into his internal funds, and the rest were put into the treasury according to the procedures.
"Lu Fang?" Jiajing called softly.
After a while, a figure quickly came to Jiajing and said respectfully.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
"What time is it? Is it almost time for the cabinet meeting?"
"Your Majesty, it's almost Chen time, and soon it will be time for the cabinet meeting."
"Well, bring me the list of Zhu Qi and others' income, as well as the confessions of Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites." Jiajing pointed to the memorial on the desk and said.
"My slave, I obey!" After Lu Fang said that, he took all the things on the desk and followed Jiajing step by step.
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"Your Majesty is here!"
While everyone in the cabinet was still speculating on what exactly Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, and the others had committed, a high-pitched voice came, interrupting their discussion.
Jiajing, wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe, walked into the cabinet with Lu Fang behind him.
"I have met your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
"Let's all get back together." Jiajing didn't look at them, but walked straight behind the bead curtain and sat down.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the ministers said, and then sat down in their seats.
"Your Majesty, we already have some clues about the leak of the imperial examination questions." Yan Song stood up first and said.
"Oh, has Mr. Yan Ge made any progress?" Jiajing looked at Yan Song with interest and asked.
"Your Majesty, when the minister sent people to the house of the minor official who was responsible for Mr. Li's daily life to check the situation, it was discovered that he had been murdered! For this reason, the murderer used some unknown poison."
"In addition, according to his wife, he was invited to a banquet before the death of the clerk. Wei Chen feels that as long as he starts from this aspect, he will be able to get to the bottom of the case."
After Yan Song finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the emperor behind the bead curtain, with an uneasy look on his face.
"Well, Mr. Yan Ge's idea is not bad. I believe that as long as we follow this line of investigation, we will be able to bring the real culprit to justice." Jiajing, who was sitting behind the bead curtain, smiled and expressed his reaction to Yan Song's idea. affim.
"By the way, I wonder if Mr. Yan Ge has heard such news?" After Jiajing finished speaking, he took the teacup in his hand and kept stroking it.
"Your Majesty, please speak clearly!" Yan Song bowed to the ground and said in a deep voice.
"Last night, Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang came out of prison." Jiajing turned to Yan Song and said calmly.
"What!"
After hearing the news conveyed by the emperor, not only Yan Song, but also the rest of the people looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.
"Your Majesty, the suspicion on Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang has not been completely cleared! How can we let him go just as he said? Please take back your order." Gao Gong took the lead to stand up and admonished the emperor.
"Yes, your majesty, please take back your order!" Zhang Juzheng also knelt down and advised.
"Who told you that the suspicion on Li Chunfang has not been cleared? Have you forgotten whose house Jinyiwei raided last night?" Jiajing chuckled and explained.
"Your Majesty means..." Yan Song, who was kneeling on the ground, was the first to understand what the emperor meant, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"That's right, Jin Yiwei has found out everything!"
After Jiajing finished speaking, he winked at Lu Fang, and then Lu Fang passed on the list submitted by Jin Yiwei Zhu Qi and others, as well as the confessions of Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, and others to everyone present.
After Yan Song put on his reading glasses and read the content above, he trembled, slowly knelt down on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"
What is recorded here is the inside story of the leaked questions of this imperial examination. Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, admitted in his oral confession that he was planning everything behind this, and even the leak of the questions of the last imperial examination was related to him!
What frightened Yan Song the most was that he didn't get any news about this until the case was solved! In other words, as long as His Majesty has this idea, he can become "deaf and blind" at any time.
After Yan Song passed by, others also browsed the above contents one by one, and then knelt down on the ground together with Yan Song and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"
(End of chapter)
