Chapter 213 Jiajing famous scene preview (please subscribe)
however.

Even though it's just one sentence.

Xu Jie was so angry that his chest felt choked.

He looked at Yan Shaoting with his eyelids slightly shrunken.

What does it mean that I have been away from court due to illness recently, but I have heard that there are treacherous ministers in the court?

Co-authored.

Only your Yan family is loyal.

Just because the three generations of your family fell ill at the same time and are recuperating at home, does that mean that the court is full of treacherous officials?

In the Ming Dynasty, only your Yan family is loyal ministers!

Lü Fang looked at the faces of the people and said loudly, "Everyone, please hurry into the palace. His Majesty is still waiting for you, the ministers."

After saying that.

Lu Fang couldn't help but glance at Yan Shaoting.

This young master.

That mouth can kill someone.

Everyone looked at Yan Song.

Yan Shaoting stepped forward to support old Yan and walked towards the Wanshou Palace Hall at the front.

Then everyone followed behind according to their seats.

Entered the main hall.

But there was no sign of the emperor.

Yan Song looked puzzled.

Lu Fang immediately explained: "The master is in the inner hall, the elder and you guys, please go over there."

Wait until everyone reaches the door of the inner hall.

Lu Fang said, "Recently, Lord Yan has been ill at home, and Lords Xu, Gao, and Yuan are in charge of the affairs of the court. Lord Xu, please go in first."

Lu Fang's voice was quite loud.

It probably also meant to convey a message to the emperor in the inner hall.

Not long after.

The emperor's voice was heard from the inner hall.

"Lord Yan and Yan Shaoting have just recovered from a serious illness."

"Give me a seat."

Lu Fang took a look inside the inner hall, and then saw two young eunuchs bringing out a stool and placing it behind Yan Song and Yan Shaoting.

However, the expressions of Xu Jie and others changed slightly.

past.

In this Western Garden, only Yan Song was granted a seat.

Now there is another Yan Shaoting.

Although the emperor did not conceal his reason, it was because the Yan family had just recovered from a serious illness.

but.

Yan Shaoting has the lowest official rank among those present.

Yan Shaoting helped Old Yan to sit down, and then glanced sideways at Xu Jie and others.

He first bowed his hands and shouted towards the inner hall: "Your Majesty, I am Yan Shaoting, thank you for the seat."

After shouting like this.

Only then did he slowly bend his knees and sit down under the complicated gazes of the crowd.

The skin on everyone's face trembled again.

Yan Shaoting actually sat down firmly on the stool.

There was a hint of resentment in everyone's eyes.

Xu Jie's eyes were almost green with oil.

Fortunately, he was the second-in-command of the cabinet and stood at the front, so the people behind him could not see him.

But Yan Shaoting saw it clearly.

He immediately turned around and asked Lu Fang, "Eunuch Lu, was vinegar spilled in Wanshou Palace today?"

Lu Fang almost laughed out loud.

Trying hard to hold back your laughter.

Lu Fang glared at Yan Shaoting.

Then he looked at Xu Jie, whose face was flushed.

"Lord Xu, please enter the palace."

At this moment, Xu Jie didn't want to stay with Yan Shaoting for a moment.

I don't know what the intention is.

He shook his sleeves and followed Lu Fang into the inner hall.

Inner Temple.

Jiajing lay sideways on the platform, squinting his eyes and looking sideways at Xu Jie who was walking in.

He spoke first, "I heard that after Yan Maoqing returned to the capital, he handed over all the silver he brought back to the court?"

Xu Jie bowed and nodded.

"Your Majesty, I have here the amount of money and goods that Yan Maoqing handed over to the court after returning to the capital."

Talking.

Lord Xu took out a memorial from his sleeve.

Lu Fang glanced at the emperor, then stepped forward to take the memorial and presented it to the Taotai.

Jiajing waved his sleeves and his body bounced.

He received the memorial in his hands, and he was lying on the platform in the same position as when Xu Jie came in just now.

Xu Jie took a look and was about to speak.

However, behind him, Yan Shaoting's voice came.

"Your Majesty, I, Yan Shaoting, have something to report."

Jiajing, who had just received the memorial, couldn't help but squint at the outside of the palace door covered by the curtain.

Xu Jie frowned, lowered his head, and looked behind him.

Jiajing raised the corner of his mouth, hid the memorial sent by Xu Jie under his wide Taoist robe, and flicked his beard with his other hand.

"allow."

"Just report outside the palace."

The old Taoist priest's voice reached outside the temple gate.

Everyone looked at Yan Shaoting, who was sitting on a stool in front of the palace gate, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

Look at people.

It is not only in this Wanshou Palace that one can be granted a seat.

If you want to report something, you can do it.

Even the emperor's son doesn't deserve this kind of treatment!

Yan Shaoting also took out a memorial from his sleeve.

He had a smile on his face.

Loyal minister?

Today in the Wanshou Palace.

I am the only loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!

“I heard that the new governor of Shuntian Prefecture went to Changping when he first took office, hoping to learn how to govern and enrich the people of Changping. However, everyone in Changping only understood one method and not the other.

“However, I have been ill recently and have been at home, so I have not had time to submit the proposal I had written long ago to Your Majesty for disposal.

I have been blessed by your majesty and have just recovered from a serious illness. Today, I am going to present my proposal to your majesty at the Wanshou Palace. I will also bring the proposal I wrote at that time and present it to your majesty for your review."

This statement came out.

Outside the palace gate, everyone's eyes changed again.

Although Yan Shaoting did not say it explicitly, everyone present knew that the current prefect of Shuntian was Xu Fan, the eldest son of Xu Ge's family.

It is no secret that Xu Fan wanted to learn from Changping and apply Changping's methods in Miyun.

I heard that Xu Fan now spends all day in Miyun. No one knows what he is doing, and no one knows what real skills he has learned from Changping.

but now.

Yan Shaoting actually wanted to present all the methods of Changping to the emperor.

Doesn't this actually mean that he is willing to hand over the Changping method to Xu Fan?

Yan Shaoting is so magnanimous?
I wonder if he has buried some subtle traps in those written proposals.

Gao Gong looked at Yan Shaoting with admiration.

He didn't think Yan Shaoting would make a fuss about this.

Since Yan Shaoting is willing to hand it over voluntarily, it means that everything will be written clearly on it in detail.

But Gao Gong couldn’t understand it.

Why did Yan Shaoting do this?

Because even if Yan Shaoting didn't say anything, no one would think there was anything wrong.

This kind of thing is like family learning.

Not passed on.

No one could blame him. Although everyone had different ideas, they all looked at him with doubtful eyes.

Lu Fangze had already walked out of the inner hall.

He took the petition from Yan Shaoting's hand and turned back into the inner hall.

soon.

The people outside stretched their necks and put their ears close to listen in the direction of the inner hall.

Inner Temple.

Jiajing soon received the Changping legal regulations memorial sent by Lu Fang.

He quickly opened it.

And then he smiled and said, "There is quite a lot written, and it is quite detailed."

As he spoke, Jiajing glanced at Xu Jie, who had been standing in the inner hall for a long time.

He didn't even look down, and then threw the piece of paper to Lu Fang.

"Yan Shaoting is selfless and willing to help with all his heart. This is the first time I have seen such sincerity."

"Take it and give it to Lord Xu. Have him take it back to Xu Fan."

Xu Jie took the proposal, but felt it was extremely heavy.

I can’t understand Yan Shaoting’s move!

And the emperor said.

It made Xu Jie's mind even more heavy.

Nothing has been said or done today.

Yan Shaoting has already earned enough face in front of the emperor.

Even more so.

This matter today happened in front of the cabinet and the six ministers.

As the emperor said, Yan Shaoting's reputation for being selfless has been confirmed.

Selfless?

Xu Jie thought silently in his heart.

Jiajing then said: "Let Xu Fan learn and do it well."

After saying that.

Jiajing looked at Xu Jie with profound eyes.

Xu Jie hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.

Then he continued, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this time, the Left Vice-Chief Censor of the Censorate, Yan Maoqing, returned to the capital by order, bringing with him four million taels of silver and goods worth one million taels, all of which have been put into the court's account."

The total value of the money and goods was five million taels.

Xu Jie felt that this money was probably enough for the court's current needs.

By next year, everything will be fine.

And outside the door of the inner hall.

Yan Shaoting frowned slightly, but a sneer flashed in his eyes.

The Xu family is truly ruthless.

A big wave of his hand.

He embezzled nearly four million taels of silver.

Compared with the Xu family.

The Yan family is as pure as a little white rabbit.

However, Yan Shaoting also knew that Xu Jie probably didn't know about this money.

After all, according to the original history.

After Xu Jie became prime minister, his sons did a lot of corrupt and illegal things without his knowledge.

but.

If the old Taoist priest knew how the money that Yan Maoqing brought back was divided.

I'm afraid it's time for the famous scene to appear.

And Xu Jie in the inner hall.

But he was still introducing the money that the court had just collected.

"The four million taels of silver."

"One million of it will be used to make up for the previous deficit of the Ministry of Industry."

"There is another one million taels to be paid to the civil and military officials in the capital and the localities who have been in arrears in their salaries for these days."

"There is another one million taels to be sent to the Ministry of War to make up for the deficit and purchase military supplies."

Four simple sentences.

Four million taels of silver and one million taels of property.

Only one million taels of silver and one million taels of property were left.

On the platform.

Jiajing's brows twitched.

He tilted his head and looked at Lu Fang, then at Xu Jie.

"The deficits of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War must be made up. The salaries owed to officials should also be paid..."

"But the court still has many places to spend money. Can my people get the silver this time?"

After saying that.

Jiajing stared at Xu Jie with increasingly profound eyes.

Xu Jie lowered his head and nodded, "At the beginning of this year, Shuntian was hit by a disaster, Shanxi suffered from famine, and Nanzhili also suffered from disasters. Although the court provided relief in time and the local government also sympathized with the people, the local vitality must be restored after the disaster. This time, the court is preparing to allocate 500,000 taels to several places affected by the disaster this year to regulate people's livelihood."

After finishing speaking, Xu Jie paused.

There was a hint of gloom between Jiajing's brows.

now.

The only money Yan Maoqing brought back was 500,000 taels of silver and the 1 million taels of valuables.

Jiajing said, "The people have suffered from the disaster. We need to provide relief and restore their livelihood. Even if I, as a king and father, have to suffer a little and only wear eight sets of clothes throughout the year, I cannot let the people suffer from the disaster."

Xu Jie bowed and nodded, saying: "Your Majesty is kind and benevolent, and is a blessing to all the people in the world."

But Lu Fang received the emperor's gaze.

Looked at Xu Jie.

He said, "Lord Xu, now the deficit of the court has been made up, the salaries of officials have been paid, and the people have also received money, but the hundreds of thousands of servants in the palace who serve the masters also need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. Can the court... also allocate some money to them?"

Xu Jie's brows jumped.

Lu Fang was asking for money from the court on behalf of the emperor.

He nodded immediately and said, "This year, the court officials were owed salaries and caused a farce of asking for salaries at the Meridian Gate. If it weren't for Your Majesty exempting this year's birthday celebration and allocating three months of official salaries, I'm afraid the court would have stopped functioning at that time."

"This time, there are still 500,000 taels of silver and about 1 million taels of goods left."

"I and the court have thought that we have 500,000 taels of silver in the Ministry of Revenue. Now there is still some time before the end of the year. I heard that the Imperial Observatory reported that there may be a heavy snowstorm in the capital this year, so we must keep some silver to prepare for the unexpected."

Speaking of which.

Xu Jie paused again.

Then he continued to speak.

"As for the last one million taels of wealth, I think it should be handed over to the palace."

"Even if we have to suffer a little, receive less salary, and handle court affairs more urgently, we cannot let Your Majesty suffer."

"This one million taels of treasure will be delivered to the palace and converted into silver. The dilapidated palaces in the palace can be repaired, and several palaces and Taoist temples can be rebuilt faster."

"I think there will probably be some left by then."

"Let's save it for next year, so that Your Majesty can celebrate His Majesty's birthday for the missed celebration this year."

Xu Jie spoke very carefully.

When the officials of the imperial court came to the Wumen Gate to demand their salaries, the palace paid out two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, which temporarily calmed the officials' dissatisfaction.

Now, the imperial court has given a total of one million taels of wealth to the palace.

Even if it is a loan.

Now the repayment is three or four times.

The emperor should also be able to agree with this plan.

And on the Taotai.

Jiajing closed his eyes.

Inside and outside the palace.

A silence.

Yan Shaoting, who was standing in front of the palace gate, quietly moved his buttocks, leaving only the lower half of his buttocks on the stool.

He is very clear.

The old Taoist priest must be angry by now.

I'm feeling very angry.

His eyes couldn't help but look at the figure hidden by the curtain behind the palace door.

He was the second assistant in the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

Lord Xu.

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