Within the cabinet, several people were processing the memorials submitted.
I saw Xu Jie put down the half-corrected memorial, then turned his eyes to Yan Song and said.
"I wonder if Mr. Yan Ge has ever heard of such a thing?"
"Oh, I'd love to hear the details."
When Yan Song saw this, he stopped what he was doing and asked curiously.
"It is said that many officials went to Zhao Zhenji to plead for mercy last night. Mr. Yan Ge, do you know about this?"
Xu Jie's voice was not loud, but it was heard clearly by everyone present. Yan Shifan on the side clenched his fists involuntarily.
After listening to Xu Jie's words, Yan Song immediately understood his intentions. Most of the officials who came to Zhao Zhenji to plead for mercy last night were members of the Yan Party! This Xu Jie is satirizing himself in a different way.
"So what if you know, so what if you don't know? The legs are on them, and they can run wherever they like."
Yan Song chuckled lightly and had no intention of arguing with Xu Jie, but continued to immerse himself in reviewing the memorial.
"By the way, how long will it take for His Majesty to issue the corresponding edict?"
At this moment, Gao Gong stood up and changed the topic.
"Probably we'll have to wait until the next cabinet meeting."
Yan Song glanced at Gao Gong and explained.
"Hey, this is Tan Lun's memorial!"
After a moment, Yan Song's surprise sounded.
"What? Tan Lun's memorial!"
Xu Jie on the side was also attracted by Yan Song's voice and immediately came over.
I saw Yan Song holding up his reading glasses and began to browse the content on them.
After a long time, Yan Song took off his reading glasses and handed the memorial to Xu Jie, who had been waiting for a long time.
"Mr. Xu Ge, look at it, Tan Lun is in trouble!"
Yan Song's tone was full of gloating.
Hearing Yan Song's words, Xu Jie frowned and immediately took the memorial.
What I saw above was that the guards in Fujian were corrupt and their combat effectiveness was extremely low. Moreover, the soldiers in the local guards had not seen their pay for half a year. Tan Lun is currently investigating the matter thoroughly and is trying his best to recover the stolen money! On the back, there is a detailed record of the arrears of wages, totaling 836,332 taels.
"Alas, the Ministry of Finance is about to allocate money to build two naval divisions, and now we have to add another sum!"
Xu Jie sighed helplessly, then took Tan Lun's memorial to him and reviewed it.
But Xu Jie's heart was far from as calm as he showed: "These damn insects actually dare to embezzle the salaries of the soldiers of Mo Guard. Now the original plan has to be postponed again!"
After a long time, everyone stopped writing when they saw that all the memorials that had been sent had been reviewed.
Then Gao Gong called the clerk and gave instructions.
"Send these memorials to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and let them approve them!"
"Yes, Mr. Ge."
After receiving the order, several petty officials marched towards the Supervisor of Ceremonies, holding the memorial as high as a mountain.
"I can finally rest for a while. I haven't slept since last night!"
After Gao Gong finished speaking, he stood up from his seat. After moving his body, he lay down on the desk beside him and started playing. After a while, a deafening snoring sound came.
…
In charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, several people are reviewing the memorials just sent over by the junior officials.
"Eunuch Lu, please take a look at this memorial."
Eunuch Shi, the eunuch and eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremonies, handed the memorial in his hand to Lu Fang and said softly.
"Oh, let me see."
Lu Fang said, taking the memorial from Eunuch Shi's hand. After he browsed through the contents, he immediately cheered up and spoke to Eunuch Shi fairly.
"Well, this memorial is very important. I will submit it to His Majesty right now!"
After Lu Fang finished speaking, he put the memorial away and left quickly.
And this memorial is the one that Tan Lun submitted earlier.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Fang rushed to the Yangxin Hall where Jiajing was as quickly as possible.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
"Well, come in."
After Lu Fang entered the Yangxin Hall, he saw Jiajing sitting next to the bookcase, holding the previous formation secret book in his hand, studying it with concentration. When he saw Lu Fang coming over, he put down the book in his hand and asked.
"Lu Fang, what's wrong? What happened?"
"Your Majesty, here is the memorial handed over by Tan Lun. Please take a look at it!"
After Lu Fang finished speaking, he respectfully handed the memorial in his hand to Jiajing.
"Oh, Tan Lun's memorial? Let me see it."
Jiajing took the memorial from Lu Fang and browsed it carefully.
After a long time, Jiajing put down the memorial and said in a deep voice: "Lü Fang, go and tell Xu Jie that Tan Lun will give him as much money as he wants!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go and inform Mr. Xu Ge immediately!"
After Lu Fang finished speaking, when he was about to leave, he was stopped by Jiajing.
"This matter must be investigated strictly. This group of insects actually dared to embezzle money from the soldiers of the guard! Start the investigation from the capital commander. When you find out who did it, you don't need to report it to me. You can directly Just deal with it.”
"Slave, I obey."
After Lu Fang responded, she stepped out of Yangxin Hall.
…
In Fujian, Tan Lun was in the government office, handling official duties.
Since the last time he wrote a letter to the court, Tan Lun has been ordering his men non-stop to search the home of the former guard chief Cao Cheng, and recovered a total of 130,000 taels of silver!
The remaining silver was either squandered by Cao Cheng or used to bribe superior officials. In short, there was not much left.
At the first opportunity, Tan Lun distributed all these silver coins to the soldiers of the guard station, and promised them that the subsequent wages would be delivered soon.
After this series of operations, Tan Lun successfully gained the support of these soldiers.
"Sir Governor, today is the day for you to inspect the guard station."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. After receiving the answer, Tan Lun's personal bodyguard came in and reminded him.
"Well, I know, you can go down first!"
Tan Lun didn't even raise his head, still focusing on the official duties at hand.
After a long time, Tan Lun put down the brush in his hand, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said silently to himself.
"Huh~ It's finally done!"
Immediately afterwards, after Tan Lun packed up all the official documents that he had processed, he called for his personal guards. After changing into casual clothes, he marched towards the guardhouse.
…
When Tan Lun came to the guardhouse with his personal guards, what he saw was a completely different scene from the last time.
I saw a group of soldiers holding weapons and on guard passing by the camp from time to time.
Perhaps it was because part of the arrears of wages had been cashed in. Their energy and spirit were countless times better than before, their steps were sonorous and powerful, and there was a light called hope in their eyes.
Tan Lun judged based on his many years of experience in leading troops that the soldiers in front of him could barely reach the passing mark and were combatable soldiers! Next, it only requires a little training, and dealing with mere bandits will not be a problem.
Tan Lun nodded and immediately walked into the guardhouse.
"Stop, who is it?"
As soon as Tan Lun entered the guardhouse, he was discovered by the soldiers on guard. Then, several firecrackers were aimed at him!
"What are you doing? Are you blind? This is the governor! He is our great benefactor!"
I saw an old soldier with gray hair rushing forward and kicking each of these soldiers holding blazing guns.
"I was blind and offended the governor! Please forgive me!"
Seeing that the old soldier revealed Tan Lun's identity, the previous soldiers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged Tan Lun.
"It's okay, I didn't come here in official uniform today! I just wanted to test your vigilance. Now it seems that you are qualified."
Tan Lun did not care about these soldiers, and then entered the guardhouse under the leadership of the old soldiers.
(End of chapter)
