"It seems that His Majesty has taken action after all!"
Yan Song's voice was not loud, but it was like a sharp sword, cutting away all the confusion in Yan Shifan's heart.
Suddenly, after thinking about all this, Yan Shifan's face showed an expression of disbelief.
Immediately, he subconsciously turned his gaze to Yan Song and asked.
"Father, are you saying that His Majesty has always wanted to take this opportunity to attack these families?"
Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face and responded unhurriedly.
"This is natural. If there is no instruction from His Majesty behind this, do you think that just Hai Rui can compete with the local families with the reputation of "Four Saints and Three Sages"?"
"You know, after so many years of painstaking efforts, the influence of these families in the court has long been intertwined. In addition, coupled with the reputation of their "Four Saints and Three Sages" family, there are many people in the court who want to Rush to please them!"
"This can be seen from the fact that officials came to impeach Hai Rui one after another!"
After listening to Yan Song's analysis, Yan Shifan on the side also believed it and followed closely.
"Well, what my father said makes sense. I'm afraid from that time on, His Majesty has already made up his mind to get rid of these families!"
When Yan Shifan said this, he couldn't help but show a little ridicule on his face, and said to himself.
"Hmph, those idiots took the salary from the imperial court, but didn't think about how to share the burden for His Majesty. Instead, they rushed to curry favor with those aristocratic families. They are really stupid. Don't they know that in the Ming Dynasty, I only have one sun, Your Majesty? "
"It's precisely because of this that they ended up in such a tragic end. By the way, father, I heard that these officials who were impeached before were all killed by Jinyiwei and Dongchang..."
However, before Yan Shifan finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted by Yan Song.
"Idiot, is this something you can say? Shut your mouth!"
"Yes, father!"
After being reprimanded suddenly, Yan Shifan quickly realized that this was an untouchable topic.
Afterwards, both father and son tacitly skipped this topic.
Immediately, after Yan Shifan organized the words in his mind, he carefully asked Yan Song.
"Father, my child still has something to puzzle about. I hope my father can help my child understand it?"
After hearing this, Yan Song took his eyes away from Yan Shifan, nodded, and immediately spoke.
"Well, tell me, what's the matter?"
After that, Yan Shifan mustered up the courage to ask Yan Song: "Father, I have something that I don't understand. Although the other families of the "Four Saints and Three Sages" have all had their homes raided by Hai Rui's troops, Why is there no movement from Duke Yansheng?"
When Yan Shifan said this, he paused for a moment and then continued.
"Not only that, Hai Rui also took Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong, to pay a special visit to the Kong family. The two parties didn't know what they discussed. Do you think his majesty wanted to do this..."
After Yan Song heard what Yan Shifan said, the look on his face became quite solemn. After thinking about it for a long time, he spoke.
"Well, it makes sense. Logically speaking, since the families of the "Four Saints and Three Sages" have all been confirmed to have colluded with the White Lotus Sect, then the Kong family will definitely not be able to escape their involvement in this regard!"
"After all, these families have always been in the same spirit. They are all prosperous and suffer losses. They all have their own handles on each other. It is unlikely that the Kong family will stay out of this situation. !”
Even if this situation does arise, in order to reduce the guilt or drag people into the water, the other families will not let this happen. "
"Because of this, in my opinion, a more reasonable explanation at present is that His Majesty intends to deal with Duke Yan in a low-key manner in order to consider the impact of the whole matter!"
After listening to Yan Song's analysis, Yan Shifan was quite convinced, with a look of sudden realization on his face, and responded.
"Father is right. It seems that His Majesty had already planned everything before this!"
At this time, Yan Shifan's mind couldn't help but resurface the scene where he raised the issue of passing the law test in front of Jiajing during the cabinet discussion.
At this time, Yan Shifan's mind couldn't help but resurface the scene where he raised the issue of passing the law test in front of Jiajing during the cabinet discussion.
"The current situation is the same as before. Your Majesty has already mastered everything. He has no plans left and is very thoughtful. How terrifying!"
Yan Shifan thought so and couldn't help but worry about his future future.
After that, Yan Song may have suddenly thought of something, but he turned his eyes to Yan Shifan and gave serious instructions.
"By the way, in the near future, pay more attention to the news from Yan Shenggong. If anything happens, report it to me immediately. Do you understand?"
Seeing Yan Song's serious expression, Yan Shifan did not dare to show any slightness and immediately assured Yan Song.
"Yes, father, the child knows!"
After receiving Yan Shifan's assurance, Yan Song nodded and immediately gave instructions.
"Okay, you go down and do your work. I heard from my servant that the steam engine you have been tinkering with in your room all day has made some progress recently?"
As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, Yan Shifan responded without thinking.
"Yes, father, my son recently asked the craftsmen in the city to build a steam engine according to the improved drawings. Compared with the past, it has made great progress. At least it can barely move!"
"It's just that there are still many problems, such as low efficiency, easy explosion, and the consumption of a lot of charcoal, which is far less practical than manpower!"
When Yan Song heard this, he nodded slightly and spoke words of encouragement.
"Well, that's right. It's rare for you to be so serious about one thing. Keep going!"
"When a practical steam engine is actually built in the future, it will be a great achievement!"
After receiving encouragement from Yan Song, Yan Shifan nodded firmly, saluted respectfully to Yan Song, and immediately left the study.
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On the other side, the Forbidden City and the Qianqing Palace.
At this moment, Jiajing was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the report from Lu Fang quite leisurely.
"Your Majesty, Hai Rui just sent someone to deliver the news not long ago that a total of 83,265,290 taels of silver were stolen from those families!"
"In addition, we also found several land deeds and land deeds from the homes of those families, totaling a total of 365,600 acres of land!"
"In addition, there are countless antiques and treasures, etc., which can be converted into silver, about eight million taels!"
"Hai Rui also said that since the amount of silver is too huge, for the sake of safety, Your Majesty would also like to ask your Majesty to send a royal guard to respond!"
After Lu Fang reported the general situation to Jiajing, he immediately handed the booklet in his hand to Jiajing's hands respectfully.
"Your Majesty, here are the detailed records!"
"Um."
When Jiajing heard the words, he responded in an incomprehensible manner, and immediately took the booklet from Lu Fang's hand. After browsing it for a few times, he quickly lost interest and put it aside casually.
After that, Jiajing turned his eyes to Lu Fang, chuckled, and said with emotion: "Oh, Lu Fang, have you seen that the combined net worth of these big families is a total of eighty million taels? But it’s eighty million taels!”
"I don't know how long they have been saving to accumulate such a rich net worth. Hmm, so much money is equivalent to more than two years of taxes in the Ming Dynasty!"
When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, she didn't dare to make any move and had to lower her head.
At this moment, Jiajing's voice without a trace of emotion sounded in Lu Fang's ears: "Lü Fang, immediately send the Jin Yiwei to respond. This money must be safely transported to the treasury. Do you understand?"
When Lu Fang heard this, she immediately looked stern and responded in a deep voice.
"As ordered, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle this matter well!"
(End of chapter)
