Chapter 153 Is Yan Shaoting going to be in trouble? (Subscribe)

Lu Yi rushed into the study.

Almost knocked the desk over.

Without waiting for Yan Shaoting and Xu Wei to ask.

Lu Yi already looked uneasy and said, "Brother-in-law, you are going to be in trouble!"

Yan Shaoting felt something and blurted out, "But something happened in Lianghuai?"

Lu Yi nodded vigorously: "Yan Maoqing has been levying heavy taxes and killing officials and civilians in Yangzhou City, causing the officials to rebel.

"All thirty salt fields of the Lianghuai Salt Transport Commissioner's Taizhou Branch, Huai'an Branch, and Tongzhou Branch, and tens of thousands of salt workers, have already headed to Yangzhou City with salt scoops!
These people spread the word that in the Lianghuai area, either they or Yan Maoqing will die!"

After introducing the situation in Lianghuai.

Lu Yi glanced across the table and picked up the teapot to pour water into his mouth.

The tea soaked his chest.

I drank half a pot of tea.

Lu Yi continued with a nervous expression: "Brother-in-law, I just received the news, and the court will also receive the news later today.

"Now that Yan Maoqing has caused such a big disaster in Lianghuai, the officials in the court, even x... and... may take the opportunity to impeach you, my brother-in-law.

By then, Wanshou Palace will definitely be in trouble. Brother-in-law, you should think of a plan quickly and don't let Yan Maoqing, that bastard, drag you down!"

Compared to Lu Yi's nervousness and uneasiness.

Yan Shaoting seemed very calm.

Even Xu Wei looked calm and composed, without any worry that his boss might be implicated and impeached soon.

Lu Yi looked at Yan Shaoting and then at Xu Wei.

Seeing that these two people looked as if it had nothing to do with him, he stomped his feet in anxiety.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Disaster is coming!"

Yan Shaoting glanced at Xu Wei.

Xu Wei stood up, patted Lu Yi's shoulder, and pressed him down on the chair: "Mr. Lu, please be patient. The news has not spread in the court yet."

Lu Yi was about to persuade her, but his eyes suddenly twitched.

Something is wrong!
There's something wrong with these two today!

He immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at the faces of Yan Shaoting and Xu Wei.

After a while, Lu Yi asked through gritted teeth.

"Are you guys planning something bad again?"

Yan Shaoting quickly raised his hands: "Is this the image of my brother-in-law in your mind? Am I an official in the court, and I am always worried about it?"

Lu Yi snorted and gave Yan Shaoting a look that said, "Young Lord Yan, judge for yourself."

Xu Wei explained with a smile.

"Don't worry, Lu Chenshi. There is a saying in the court about the way of being an official and the way of governing that goes like this: scraping the bone to heal the wound.

“The salt business has been plagued by problems for nearly two hundred years since the reign of Emperor Taizu Hongwu. If there had not been a disaster, how could the salt business have been reformed?
Lu Chenshi was worried that the tutor would be implicated because of his recommendation of Yan Maoqing. In fact, when the tutor recommended this person in front of the emperor, His Majesty already knew that this would happen. "

Lu Yi frowned and said, "So, you guys have actually been waiting for Lianghuai to get into chaos?"

Xu Wei nodded, sat down, and picked up the teacup beside him.

Lu Yi's brows furrowed even more. He glanced at Xu Wei who was drinking tea, and then looked at Yan Shaoting who seemed to be in deep thought.

He suddenly stood up, his face full of anger.

"Even if it's for the sake of reform, you are going to disregard the safety of the people in Lianghuai?"

"If Yan Maoqing, who holds the military power of Huaiyang, draws his butcher knife against the people of Huaibei and Huainan, and orders the killing of the tens of thousands of salt households heading to Yangzhou City,

"Tens of thousands of innocent people died at the hands of Yan Maoqing!"

"Brother-in-law!"

"Mr. Xu!"

"Is this the way to achieve the reform you want?"

"Use the blood of the people to cleanse the salt administration of the Ming Dynasty?"

Lu Yi finally reacted and was filled with anger.

He could never have imagined that his brother-in-law and Mr. Xu, who was well versed in classics, would use the flesh and blood of the people to achieve their reforms.

Seeing Lu Yi, who usually looked more silly than at this moment, it was rare for him to burst into such anger.

Xu Wei glanced at Yan Shaoting.

You are the one who caused the trouble. You, the angry brother-in-law, should calm him down yourself.

Yan Shaoting looked helpless.

He sighed and said, "The salt workers who died because of Yan Maoqing were guilty of this."

Yan Shaoting accepted the responsibility.

He looked up at Lu Yi, who was full of anger.

"But now that tens of thousands of salt workers from Lianghuai are heading to Yangzhou City, Yan Maoqing would never dare to order a massacre."

"He, Yan Maoqing, is just a dog."

"Yan Maoqing doesn't have the guts to order the Huaiyang Military Preparations Department to massacre tens of thousands of civilians on their way to Yangzhou City."

Yan Shaoting's face looked a little gloomy.

Yan Maoqing may not be good at settling accounts, but he definitely knows how to consider politics.

If Yan Maoqing really dared to order his soldiers to kill the tens of thousands of salt workers heading to Yangzhou City, even his ten clans would not be enough to kill them all.

Lu Yi still didn't quite believe it: "Really? Yan Maoqing really wouldn't order a massacre?"

Xu Wei nodded and said, "In fact, although Lianghuai is in chaos now, tens of thousands of salt households and salt workers are heading to Yangzhou City to attack Yan Maoqing.

“Do these people really dare to start a rebellion on their own?
“There must be someone behind this, and this is what the tutor wants to see.

The tutor and what we can see, Yan Maoqing is not stupid enough not to understand. "

Lu Yi frowned and said, "But what if these salt households and salt workers really reach Yangzhou City?"

Xu Wei smiled and soothed him, "Even if we get to Yangzhou City, Yan Maoqing can just order the city gates to be closed. If he hides in Yangzhou City, what can those salt households and salt workers outside the city do to him?
As long as the imperial court receives the news and rushes to quell the disaster, these people will naturally go back to their respective places.”

Lu Yi then asked, "But what about the impeachment of my brother-in-law in the court? How will Yan Maoqing deal with it then?"

Xu Wei closed his mouth and looked at Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting smiled and asked, "Do you want to kill Yan Maoqing now?"

Lu Yi nodded honestly.

Very hard.

Yan Shaoting shook his head and said, "We can't kill him now, at least we can't kill him just because Yan Maoqing provoked a civil uprising."

Lu Yi had a puzzled expression on his face.

At this point, he began to feel a little confused. Just when he wanted to continue asking questions.

Yan Hu also came in from outside.

"Master, Xiyuan has sent a message that His Majesty is summoning you."

……

In the capital city, officials and citizens who had been complaining about the recent soaring prices in the capital suddenly learned a piece of news.

Yan Maoqing, the Left Vice-Chief Censor of the Censorate, was tasked with inspecting the salt industry in Lianghuai and checking commercial taxes in the southeast, but he caused a civil uprising in Yangzhou city.

The recent soaring prices in Beijing are also due to this.

While cursing the rising prices in the capital caused by Yan Maoqing, he suddenly remembered that Yan Maoqing was recommended to go south by Yan Shaoting in front of the emperor.

Suddenly an idea came to my mind.

For a long time, Yan Shaoting was omnipotent and accomplished everything.

It's bad luck!
Household Department.

Gao Gong, who was busy trying to calm down the price of goods in the capital, soon got the news.

When he heard that tens of thousands of salt households and salt workers were about to besiege Yangzhou City because of Yan Maoqing's extortion and cruelty, he almost went crazy.

He also instantly thought of the time when he made a proposal in front of the emperor.

He did everything he could to obstruct Yan Maoqing's trip to the south to inspect the salt industry, but he always protected Yan Shaoting who had recommended Yan Maoqing.

I have known for a long time that Yan Maoqing is a piece of shit!
The same is true for Yan Shaoting!
Now something really happened, and it was a major incident in which the officials forced the people to revolt.

Without waiting for the summons from the Western Garden, Gao Gong rushed to the Western Garden with the Minister of Revenue Gao Yao.

At the same time.

Almost all the Cabinet, Six Ministries, and Five Temples received summons from Xiyuan.

Everyone was rushing to the Wanshou Palace in Xiyuan.

And in Xiyuan.

In the recently rebuilt Wanshou Palace.

Jiajing seemed unusually calm.

His news could be said to be the fastest in the entire city of Beijing.

But since he received the news, he had no reaction.

Lü Fang waited on the side, glanced at the palace gate outside where no court officials had arrived, and asked in a low voice: "Master, Yan Maoqing caused such a big disaster in Yangzhou, should we first issue an order to dispatch ministers to Yangzhou to quell the unrest, and then take Yan Maoqing back to the capital to be punished?"

In fact, Lao Lu didn't care whether Yan Maoqing should be punished or not.

The reason why he asked this now was so that he could cooperate well with the emperor and give the court officials the proper attitude when he made a memorial before the emperor later.

However, Jiajing threw the urgent report in his hand aside.

He looked at Lu Fang and asked, "Why do you want to punish Yan Maoqing?"

Lu Fang was stunned.

Why didn’t I think of this?

Although I am still a little confused.

But Lu Fang already knew the emperor's attitude.

Jiajing snorted, and his eyes and expression finally showed some changes.

His eyes were gloomy and his face was cold.

There was a hint of murderous intent.

"How can the people of this world rebel unless they are in dire straits?"

Lu Fang's eyes turned.

The emperor's words actually have two meanings.

Literally, the people of Lianghuai are now in dire straits, so they are rebelling.

But as the emperor had just stated, Yan Maoqing would not be punished.

So the meaning of this sentence is that the people of Lianghuai have not been forced into a desperate situation by Yan Maoqing, but now they have rebelled.

Then this is definitely not normal.

and so.

This is not really a rebellion.

Lu Fang suddenly thought of the summons from Xiyuan to the outer court just now.

He said, "I'm afraid that some people will have to watch Yan Shidu in trouble now."

Jiajing still hummed twice.

But he never spoke.

At this moment, outside the Wanshou Palace, there was finally the sound of dense footsteps.

All the officials who were summoned rushed to the Wanshou Palace.

When they reached the palace gate, they all stopped.

The emperor summoned the saint and he responded.

The elders went in first.

This is the rule.

It can't appear that they are more anxious about state affairs than the ministers.

Wouldn't that make the elders...

Do you still want to make progress?

The officials who arrived first waited outside the Wanshou Palace.

As the summoned officials arrived one by one.

On the cabinet side, Yan Song also arrived at the palace gate with Xu Jie, whose face was calm but whose eyes were not flickering, and Yuan Wei, who kept rolling his eyes thinking about the fact that he would have to stand before the emperor again today.

Just at this time.

Gao Gong actually came with Yan Shaoting.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became stagnant.

Countless eyes swept over Yan Shaoting.

Various thoughts flow.

Some people are waiting to watch the fun.

Some people have already started gearing up.

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