I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 38
Capital, Yan Mansion.

"These insects, what do they want to do! Do you want to make the whole of Zhejiang mess up?"

After Yan Shifan took the letter from Hu Zongxian from his father, he patted the table angrily.

But Yan Song still looked like an old god, and closed his eyes and fell asleep after reading the contents of the letter.

"You go and send the previous letter to Hu Zongxian, so that he can be prepared." Yan Song opened his eyes and ordered in a low voice.

"Yes, my son, go down and give orders." Yan Shifan bowed and saluted.

"Hurry up, it will be time for the cabinet meeting later, don't miss the hour."

"Yes."

Forbidden City, Cabinet.

Several sedan chairs of different colors were parked outside, and the cabinet ministers got off the sedan chairs respectively. After seeing each other, Yan Shifan and Gao Gong couldn't help feeling disgusted in their hearts, and turned their faces away with a cold snort.

Apparently, both parties received letters from their subordinates. After receiving the letter from Tan Lun, Xu Jie was deeply shocked by the cruel methods of the strict party. He even arrested the dean of a college in an attempt to block the people of the world. The leisurely mouth, the heart is more determined to eliminate the strict party.

And Yan Shifan felt that these gangs of Qingliu did not hesitate to make the whole of Zhejiang into chaos for their own benefit, so as to hinder the policy of changing rice to mulberry. They were the greatest traitors of the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to get rid of them quickly.

When the mask of warmth is completely torn off, what remains is the bloody reality.

Along the way, the five pavilion elders did not say a word, and there was no previous greeting between Xu Jie and Yan Song.

……

"His Majesty is here!"

A high-pitched voice came, and the five cabinet ministers and members of the inspector of ceremonies knelt on the ground. Jiajing led Lu Fang into the cabinet, and then Jiajing sat behind the bead curtain, while Lu Fang went straight to the inspector of ceremonies. Stand by.

"Get up." Jiajing smiled and waved his hands, letting everyone get down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Since His Majesty has arrived, let's start today's cabinet meeting." After sitting down in her seat, Lu Fang nodded to Yan Song and Xu Jie, and said.

"En." Both Yan Song and Xu Jie nodded, agreeing to Lu Fang's suggestion.

"Your Majesty, my minister Zhang Juzheng has a play!"

"Speak." Jiajing's slightly lazy voice came from behind the bead curtain.

"Most of the [-] soldiers that His Majesty asked your ministers to train have already been trained! In addition, the ships used for maritime combat have also been built by the Shi Ship Division, and they can go to sea for training today."

"As for the guards, I have organized the brave soldiers in the guards into a battalion, and there are 280 soldiers on record! These items cost a total of 200 taels of silver!"

Gao Gong on the side of 'Hiss' heard that this project cost so much silver, he couldn't help but gasped.

"How soon can these [-] soldiers form combat effectiveness?" Jiajing, who was behind the bead curtain, heard the words, and couldn't help but carry a little urgency in his tone.

"Your Majesty, it will take at least three months to fully form combat power." Zhang Juzheng responded with a bow.

"Okay, you did a good job!" Jiajing's praise came from behind the bead curtain.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Jiajing could not help clenching his fists after listening to Zhang Juzheng's report. With [-] soldiers around, the reforms he wanted to implement next could be carried out smoothly, whether it was cutting clan expenses or To abolish the guard post, you need to have an army that is completely under your command in order to carry it out smoothly, which can save a lot of unnecessary troubles.

After Zhang Juzheng finished his report, Yan Song took out the letter that Hu Zongxian sent to himself, and said loudly: "This is a letter from Zhejiang Governor and Governor of Zhejiang Province Hu Zongxian. People gathered together to criticize the imperial government's national policy of changing rice to mulberry!"

"Furthermore, these people also instigated the peasants to openly resist the government to measure the land, and beat and killed court officials. Gao Hanwen, who was previously sent by the court to measure the land, was murdered like this. The soldiers who accompanied him were all killed by the mob, and their bodies were hung on trees. "

"What? There is such a thing!" Xu Jie was shocked, and took the letter from Yan Song to check.

After Xu Jie finished reading the contents of the letter, he slammed the table and said, "It's really unreasonable. These people must be the spies sent by the Japanese pirates. They took the benefits of the Japanese pirates to disturb the law and order of my Daming!"

"I don't think these people are sent by Japanese pirates, but rather by someone." Yan Shifan sneered and sarcastically said.

"Mr. Xiao Ge, what do you mean?" Gao Gong heard the words, his face was unswerving.

"What do I mean, don't you, the servant of the household department, don't understand? As far as I know, the Lu Dongxing of the Bailu Academy mentioned in the letter admires you a lot!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? We are all ministers of His Majesty's cabinet, how dare we engage in cliques for personal gain again!"

"Hmph, you know exactly how, don't think you are so clean! Not long ago, your nephew Gao accepted 80 taels of bribes."

Hearing this, Gao Gong couldn't help but his expression changed greatly and he quickly knelt down towards the figure behind the bead curtain, explaining: "Your Majesty, I don't know about this matter!"

Then Gao Gong turned around to look at Yan Shifan viciously, and said coldly: "Mr. Xiaoge, not long ago, someone sent a silver note of 50 taels to your ninth concubine. How do you explain that?"

"I...you..." Yan Shifan pointed to Gao Gong who was kneeling on the ground, and wanted to explain aloud.

'Boom! Jiajing, behind the bead curtain, heard Yan Shifan and Gao Gong attacking each other, and couldn't help but feel bored, and then rang the jade pan standing beside the dragon chair, signaling to skip this topic.

"Okay, let's discuss the matter, don't talk about these things, this is the cabinet, not the vegetable market!" Lu Fang on the side also came forward to comfort him at the right time.

"Your Majesty, the current situation in Zhejiang is so treacherous and changeable. Please send more officials to Zhejiang to speed up the land survey and implement the transformation of rice into mulberry in advance!"

Yan Song knelt tremblingly and begged the figure behind the bead curtain.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to play!" Yan Shifan also knelt down following in the footsteps of his father Yan Song.

"Your Majesty, we also request that more officials be sent to Zhejiang to do a good job of supervision to prevent people from making trouble." Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng knelt together and asked the figure behind the bead curtain.

"Oh, it's good that you ministers are determined to share the court's worries! But the current situation in Zhejiang is so complicated, it's better not to send people to make trouble for Hu Zongxian." Jiajing behind the bead curtain chuckled and refused.

Seeing that the ministers still wanted to continue asking for orders, Jiajing immediately changed the topic and said coldly: "Also, don't think that I don't know what you have in mind! Take your hands back from me. If you stir up chaos in Zhejiang, the court will If you can’t collect taxes, how many heads do you have enough for me to cut off?”

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Seeing the emperor's murderous intentions, all the officials hurriedly knelt down on the ground, not daring to mention the matter of sending more officials to Zhejiang.

"The change of rice to mulberry must be carried out. As for those who confuse the people to make troubles, they must be severely punished! Don't let anyone go, do you understand what I said?"

"Sir, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)