I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

One night passed in the blink of an eye, early in the morning, Yan Mansion.

Although the table was filled with sumptuous dishes as usual, Yan Song still looked like the third child in front of him.

An egg, a bowl of thick porridge, and a plate of Liuxinju pickles.

Yan Song picked up a piece of Liuxinju pickles with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, savoring it carefully.

At this moment, I heard a rush of footsteps outside, and not long after, I saw Yan Shifan walking in anxiously.

After entering the room, Yan Shifan didn't care about anything else. He subconsciously looked in the direction of Yan Song and reported in a deep voice: "Father...Father, you...you were right about what you said before. Last night at the East Factory..."

Seeing Yan Shifan being so reckless, Yan Song couldn't help but frowned. After putting down the bowl and chopsticks, he reprimanded: "Yan Shifan, how many times have I told you, don't always be so irritable when things happen. Like you, Can you accomplish great things in the future?"

When Yan Song finished speaking, a look of shame appeared on Yan Shifan's face.

Immediately, he lowered his head and responded respectfully: "Yes, father, I know I was wrong!"

After that, Yan Song pointed to the empty seat beside him and said: "Sit down and talk!"

"Yes, father!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he immediately sat down on the empty seat beside him without any hesitation.

After Yan Shifan sat down on the empty seat beside him, Yan Song glanced at him and asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

When Yan Shifan heard Yan Song's words, he did not dare to hide anything, and immediately told everything he had heard.

"Father, you were right about what you said earlier. People from Dongchang were dispatched last night. Those who were secretly asking around about the Queen's preferences, not one of them escaped!"

"And the Dongchang side has no intention of covering up. They go to the door with open fire to pick up people. It is said..."

After listening to Yan Shifan's narrative, Yan Song did not show any surprise on his face.

Instead, he smiled contemptuously and said to himself: "These idiots don't even know how much they have. How can they get their turn by placing bets in advance?"

"Your Majesty is taking this opportunity to warn those in the court to retract their hands obediently, otherwise, these people will suffer the consequences!"

After that, Yan Song turned around, looked in the direction of Yan Shifan, and said in a deep voice: "Yan Shifan, please remember carefully, you must position yourself correctly, otherwise, sooner or later, you will fall behind." These people will suffer the same fate!”

After Yan Song finished speaking, Yan Shifan tried to imagine in his mind the possible fate of those people next.

Immediately afterwards, the picture that appeared in his mind made him shudder.

After all, as long as you enter Dongchang's prison, you can basically be said to be dead!

Then, Yan Shifan shook his head quite vigorously, as if he wanted to get rid of all the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

After that, Yan Shifan stood up from his seat, looked in the direction of Yan Song, and said sincerely: "Thank you father for your teaching, my child understands!"

……

Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face, nodded, and asked: "By the way, how did you go about the things I asked you to check before?"

After Yan Shifan heard the words, he organized the words in his mind and then said respectfully.

"Father, I found out that the whole thing happened because Yuan Kui, the young master of the Yuan family, committed the crime!"

"Because the case aroused public outrage, the Yuan family asked someone to find He Maocai, who was the inspector of Zhejiang Province, and wanted to make it easier for him. However, this He Maocai was uncharacteristically determined and refused to let go!"

"Seeing that this case is becoming more and more troublesome, the Yuan family sent people to find the child, hoping to get the child to come forward and solve the matter!"

When Yan Shifan said this, he glanced at Yan Song guiltily.

Seeing that the expression on Yan Song's face did not change much, Yan Shifan plucked up the courage and continued to narrate: "Later, father, you asked my son to return all the 100,000 taels of silver sent by the Yuan family!"

"Seeing that the boy's side was not working, the Yuan family asked someone to find Xu Jie's side. But surprisingly, Xu Jie also asked someone to return the money intact!"

When Yan Song heard this, he nodded and commented: "Huh, how can a person as shrewd as Xu Jie value such a small amount of money?"

After Yan Shifan listened to Yan Song's evaluation, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

Just when he was about to continue talking, Yan Song waved his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to say any more. In short, Zheng Michang and He Maocai must be saved!"

When Yan Shifan on the side heard Yan Song's words, he immediately looked stern and responded without thinking: "Yes, father!"

After that, Yan Song picked up the egg on the side, peeled the shell of the egg, and said to himself: "Huh, a mere Yuan family dares to go against me, Yan Song. I am really impatient!"

"Okay, let's eat, it will be worth it later!"

"Yes, father!"

When the words fell, Yan Shifan took a bowl of thick porridge from the maid on the side and drank it.

For the next period of time, neither father nor son spoke, and they just focused on the food on the table.

After breakfast, Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son got on the sedan that had been prepared and headed towards the Forbidden City.

……

Forbidden City, Cabinet.

After the sedan stopped, Yan Shifan got off the sedan first and stepped forward to help Yan Song.

"Father, please slow down and pay more attention to your steps!"

"Ah."

With Yan Shifan's support, Yan Song tremblingly got off the sedan.

At this time, Yan Song was shambling, his beard and hair were all white, and he looked decrepit, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.

But no one dares to underestimate Yan Song. After all, Yan Song has been the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years. He has many party members and influence all over the country.

And Yan Song's student Hu Zongxian not only successfully entered the cabinet, but also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and he held extremely powerful power!

In the eyes of those in the court, for some things, Hu Zongxian could solve most problems without Yan Song himself speaking.

Just as Yan Shifan was carefully supporting Yan Song and heading towards the direction of the cabinet, he heard Xu Jie's voice coming from behind him: "I've seen Mr. Yan Ge!"

Hearing this, Yan Song suddenly stopped, turned around, and after looking up and down Xu Jie with cloudy eyes, he responded calmly: "Oh, it's Mr. Xu Ge!"

After that, Xu Jie took three steps and then two steps to keep up with Yan Song and his son.

Seeing this, Yan Shifan slowed down his steps in a sensible manner, and followed the two of them about four or five steps from a distance.

Immediately, Yan Song looked away from the distance and took the lead in provoking the topic: "I wonder if Mr. Xu Ge has heard about what happened last night?"

After Xu Jie heard Yan Song's words, he pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "Is it possible that Mr. Yan Ge was referring to the dispatch of Dongchang last night?"

Hearing this, Yan Song withdrew his gaze from Xu Jie, nodded, and said in agreement: "Well, that's exactly what happened."

After receiving Yan Song's confirmation, Xu Jie's face showed emotion. After pondering for a moment, he turned to say: "I heard that the Dongchang side was uncharacteristically making a lot of noise last night. It makes people panic.”

When Xu Jie said this, he paused for a moment. After looking around, he looked back and lowered his voice and said: "I think it was to warn those people before!"

Yan Song quite agreed with Xu Jie's conjecture. He nodded and said in agreement: "Well, that makes sense!"

Both of them knew very well that after this incident, in a short period of time, no one in the government or the public would dare to have an idea against Queen Shen and the infant Zhu Zaiyuan.

……

On the other side, the Forbidden City and the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Lu Fang was kneeling in front of Jiajing, holding a list of names high above his head and reporting respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I have dispatched the Dongchang side according to your instructions. Here is the detailed list!"

"Well, bring it over!"

When Jiajing heard this, he glanced at Lu Fang casually and said this.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the words fell, Lu Fang stood up from the ground, came to Jiajing, and handed over the list in his hand.

After Jiajing took the list from Lu Fang's hand, he just glanced at it briefly and then looked away.

Immediately, Jiajing put the list aside, looked in the direction of Lu Fang, and encouraged him: "Well, Lu Fang, you did a good job. You don't have to tell me what to do with these people next!"

When Lu Fang heard this, her face was full of humility. She immediately leaned down and said respectfully: "As you command, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Seeing this, Jiajing couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

After this incident, for a long time, no one dared to make plans for Queen Shen or Zhu Zaiyuan.

Then, Jiajing saw Lu Fang hesitate to speak, raised his eyebrows, and asked: "Lu Fang, do you have something to report to me?"

Seeing that the emperor had seen through her own thoughts, Lu Fang carefully considered her tone and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, there have been many impeachment memorials recently appearing in the court to impeach the Zhejiang Governor Zheng Michang and the Inspector-General He Maocai! "

"Moreover, those impeachment memorials all impeached Zheng Michang and He Maocai on the charge of accepting bribes!"

After Jiajing learned the news from Lu Fang, the expression on his face did not change much. After reminiscing for a long time, Jiajing finally spoke: "I vaguely remember that Zhao Zhenji mentioned in his letter to me that these two people had contributed a lot to him, so how could someone suddenly impeach him?"

"Who wrote the memorial to impeach the two of them, Xu Jie or someone else?"

After Lu Fang heard this, after hesitating for a long time, she seemed to have made up her mind. She bit her lips and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, the person who is impeached by Shangshu this time is not Mr. Xu Ge, but the Yuan family in Jiaxing!"

"It is said that these officials who submitted the impeachment memorial have either received favors from the Yuan family or received money from them!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she lowered her head and said nothing, quietly waiting for Jiajing's reaction.

Now that we know that the emperor sent Zhao Zhenji to Zhejiang to investigate the land annexation.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lu Fang finally decided to go with the flow and compact the soil on the Yuan family's grave.

After all, there are some things that cannot be weighed if they are not weighed. If they are weighed, they cannot weigh a thousand pounds.

I would like to ask, does Jiajing know that there are officials who accept bribes in private to handle affairs for those powerful people? Of course he knows!

But knowing it doesn't mean that this kind of thing can be brought to the table.

At a small level, it is to use people's money to eliminate disasters for others; at a big level, it is to disrupt the government and have evil intentions!

With just a few dirty dollars, you want to bribe officials from the DPRK and China to do things for you. What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?

Lu Fang knew very well in her heart that what she had just said had already sentenced the Yuan family to death. Next, even if his Yuan family had powerful connections in the court, it would not help.

Because the next person to take action is the emperor!

As expected, things did not go beyond Lu Fang's expectations. After Jiajing learned this fact, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

Of course Jiajing knew that the impeachment against Zheng Michang and He Maocai by the Supervisory Office was true.

Although the two men accepted bribes, they did not stand in the wrong team. Instead, they actively implemented the court's policies and investigated matters related to land annexation on behalf of Zhao Zhenji, the governor of Zhejiang.

In this case, it is nothing more than collecting some money, and it is not a big crime.

After that, Jiajing turned around, looked in the direction of Lu Fang, and said: "Lü Fang, send someone to the Supervisory Council later and tell Hai Rui to send me all the impeachment memorials." Come down!"

When Lu Fang heard what Jiajing said, she immediately lowered her head and responded in a deep voice: "As you command, Your Majesty!"

……

Not long ago, officials at all levels from top to bottom in the Ministry of Personnel received rewards from the emperor.

The Inspectorate has been holding its breath and wants to perform well in front of the emperor before the end of the year.

Soon, the opportunity came. Many letters suddenly appeared on the Inspectorate's side, impeaching the Zhejiang Chief Minister Zheng Michang and the Inspector-General He Maocai.

Just when the officials in the Supervisory Office wanted to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the end of the year to make a big performance boost.

But soon, well-informed officials found out that when Hai Rui was serving as magistrate of Chun'an County in Zhejiang Province, Zheng Michang, who was the chief envoy, took good care of him.

As soon as this news came out, all the officials of the Supervisory Council kept silent and did not dare to take any further action.

After all, Hai Rui is now the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, and Zheng Michang was once kind to Hai Rui. If anyone is not discerning and rashly brings this matter up, it will be a trivial matter for him to lose his official position!

Moreover, Zheng Michang and He Maocai were die-hard members of the Yan Party, with Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet, as their backer. Therefore, these impeachment memorials were quickly suppressed with a tacit understanding.

Forbidden City, Inspectorate.

At this moment, in the duty room of the Supervisory Council, many officials were busy, methodically processing the impeachment memorials that had been sent.

In the corner, the memorials for the impeachment of Zheng Michang and He Maocai were almost piled up into a hill, but the officials who were coming and going had already turned a blind eye.

"Oh, why is it another memorial to impeach these two people? Who dares to submit these impeachment memorials!"

After an official finished browsing the memorial in his hand, he complained.

Seeing this situation, an official nearby shook his head helplessly and said to comfort him: "Oh, there is no other way. It will be fine after this period of time!"

Just as the inspector's office was extremely busy, Hai Rui was in the room, processing official documents sent by his subordinates.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Hearing this, Hai Rui put down the brush in his hand and said, "Come in!"

After the words fell, there was only a "squeak" sound, and the door of the room was pushed open. After a while, a subordinate officer came in and respectfully reported.

"Sir, Your Majesty has sent someone over there!"

After hearing this, Hai Rui nodded slightly and said, "Well, I know, let him come in!"

"Yes, my lord!"

When the subordinate official heard this, he immediately bent down and saluted Hai Rui respectfully.

After that, the subordinate did not stay in the room for too long, but left directly.

Not long after, under the guidance of the previous subordinate, an old eunuch wearing a red official uniform, with a wrinkled face, gray hair, and a slightly hunched body walked in.

After the old eunuch entered the room, he looked in the direction of Hai Rui, cupped his hands, and said respectfully, "We have met your Excellency!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui quickly stood up from his seat and returned the courtesy to the old eunuch: "Where are you, father-in-law, you are so polite!"

After that, Hai Rui asked the old eunuch to sit down on the empty seat beside him.

Not long after the old eunuch sat down, a subordinate quickly came forward and brought a bowl of steaming tea to Hai Rui and the old eunuch.

Then, Hai Rui looked away from the old eunuch and went straight to the topic: "May I ask, father-in-law, why you came here this time?"

When the old eunuch heard Hai Rui's words, he had no intention of showing off. He immediately told the whole purpose of his trip: "Sir, we are following His Majesty's order and have come to inform you!"

When the old eunuch said this, he paused and continued: "Your Majesty said that in recent times, all the impeachment memorials sent to the Supervisory Council have been suppressed!"

When Hai Rui heard this, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

But soon, he suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, stood up from his seat, cupped his hands to the old eunuch, and said in a deep voice: "Excuse me, please tell your majesty when you come down later. Wei Chen will do as he is told!"

Hearing this, the old eunuch nodded, slowly stood up from his seat, and respectfully responded: "This is natural!"

Seeing that his mission was successfully completed, the old eunuch did not stay in the room for too long. After bidding farewell to Hai Rui, he left the room.

……

Beijing, the study room of Prince Yu's Mansion.

Since Dongchang did not cover up his actions last night, Zhu Zaijing also learned some inside information through reports from his subordinates.

"Hmph, I knew that my father would never let this matter go unchecked!"

In the room, Zhu Zaijing was seen clasping his hands behind his back and looking away from the landscape painting hanging on the wall, thinking this.

Although Zhu Zaijing had been mentally prepared before this, he was still a little shocked when he learned the identities of those people who were taken to prison by Dongchang.

After all, there are many high-ranking officials of the third and fourth grades among them.

"My father is really decisive. He actually takes action as soon as he says it. You must know that there are so many high-ranking officials involved. If the situation in the court is destabilized..."

After Zhu Zaijing said this with emotion, he sat back on the chair. In his opinion, after this incident, the DPRK should calm down for a while.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jiajing is taking this opportunity to warn those in the court not to take advantage of Queen Shen and Zhu Zaiyuan!

In Zhu Zaijing's view, this was his opportunity, after the emperor had clearly warned those in the court not to take advantage of Queen Shen and Zhu Zaiyuan.

Those who want to side with Zhu Zaiyuan must think carefully about themselves and stop playing for a while.

And he can take this opportunity to win over the ministers in the court, greatly expand his power, plan in advance, and gradually enrich his wings.

After all, now, King Jing has resigned from the vassal vassal, and there is no possibility of inheriting the throne.

Although he is the eldest son of a concubine, he is the one closest to the throne except the infant Zhu Zaiyuan!

Now that I am quite powerful, there must be many people willing to take a gamble!

Jiajing gave birth to a total of eight sons, six of whom died in infancy. Only two, Zhu Zaijing and Zhu Zaizhen, grew up successfully.

If we estimate based on this probability, it is not certain whether Zhu Zaiyuan will grow up!

Zhu Zaijing thought of this, with a look of eagerness on his face.

"Father, don't worry, my child will definitely be able to be the emperor!"

At this moment, a slight knock on the door was heard, interrupting Zhu Zaijing's thoughts and bringing him back to reality.

"Come in!"

Seeing this situation, Zhu Zaijing frowned slightly and gave instructions.

After the words fell, there was only a "squeak" sound, the door of the room was pushed open, and then the housekeeper stepped in.

After the butler entered the study, he leaned down and saluted Zhu Zaijing respectfully: "Your Highness, Prince Yu, the matter you asked me to investigate earlier has already been revealed!"

When Zhu Zaijing heard this, a look of eagerness flashed on his face. Then, he suddenly stood up from his seat, looked in the direction of the housekeeper, and asked: "Is it true that the fourth brother is there?" …”

Facing Zhu Zaijing's curious eyes, the housekeeper nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Yu and Prince Jing have already packed their luggage and are ready to leave the capital!" ( End of this chapter)