Chapter 216: Call Yan Shaoting! Call Yan Shaoting! (Subscribe)

The emperor roared.

The people who had just walked out of the Wanshou Palace couldn't help but tremble all over.

Looking back at the Wanshou Palace, the sound which was unclear but with some distracting noises could be heard from outside.

obviously.

Who can create such noise and commotion in the Wanshou Palace.

It can only be the emperor.

What on earth is going on.

What made the emperor so angry?
Everyone looked at each other, feeling uneasy.

However, a smile flashed across Yan Shaoting's eyes.

He glanced sideways at Xu Jie.

Do you really think that today's matter of the five million taels and Yan Maoqing ends here?

And in the inner hall of Wanshou Palace.

Seeing the emperor suddenly burst into such anger.

Lu Yi was tense, but he did not forget to speak: "The Jinyiwei found out that since Yan Maoqing was ordered to go south to Lianghuai, he has been committing many illegal acts, exploiting Lianghuai salt merchants, squeezing Lianghuai merchants, and oppressing and harming the people.

"When he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he had obtained a total of 5 million taels of silver and goods worth 4 million taels. Among them, a large ship carried an additional 1 million taels of silver to Yan Maoqing's hometown.

"The remaining large ships all returned to Beijing via the Grand Canal. After arriving in Beijing, 4 million taels of silver and 1 million taels of goods were delivered to the court. The remaining 1 million taels of silver and 3 million taels of goods were concealed.

Yan Maoqing took one million taels of money and hid it near the Tonghui River wharf outside the city, preparing to transport it back to his hometown. The remaining one million taels of silver and two million taels of money were all handed over to...Xu Fan, the governor of Shuntian..."

Lu Fang, who was standing by, heard these words.

My heart was immediately shocked.

My heart skipped a beat.

No wonder the master was so angry just now.

Nearly nine million taels of silver and property.

The court only received five million taels.

He quickly looked up at the emperor.

After that roar just now, Jiajing's whole body was trembling.

"Nine million taels of money and goods, and several ships."

"Traveling around the country..."

"It seems like this river in our Ming Dynasty was built for them!"

Jiajing's voice was low, but full of anger.

He placed his hands on the imperial table, his eyes moving left and right.

"Yan Maoqing!"

"Green smoke!"

Jiajing shouted Yan Maoqing's name in a vicious tone, and his whole body was shaking.

at last.

Jiajing turned his back to Lu Yi and Lu Fang, raised his head and held the memorial, waving it forward continuously.

"My money!"

"They take four million, the court takes four million, and I get one million."

"Do you still want me to thank them?"

Bang!
Wow!
Jiajing was extremely angry, like a dragon whose reverse scale was touched. He roared angrily, and the sound kept rushing out of his throat.

He waved his hands angrily.

The Taoist robe whizzed through the air.

All the pens, ink, paper, inkstone, memorials and manuscripts on the imperial desk were swept to the ground with a loud noise.

Lu Yi and Lu Fang immediately knelt on the ground.

Jiajing's face was gloomy and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"Xu Fan..."

When Jiajing pronounced Xu Fan's name, his tone was as if he could swallow someone.

"Xu Jie just said in front of me that he would make the officials suffer and tighten the court."

"He also said that he would allocate a million in wealth to me for the repair and construction of Taoist temples and palaces, and for my birthday celebration next year."

"My money!"

"This is all my money!"

"He, Xu Jie, is a good man. His son and Yan Maoqing get four million taels, and I get one million taels."

"He Xu Jie specializes in being a good person!"

Lu Fang and Lu Yi raised their heads, both of them looked uneasy.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

"Master, the Holy Body is the most important."

Jiajing turned around suddenly and said, "How can I calm down? I ask you, how can I calm down?"

While shouting, Jiajing had already rushed in front of Lu Fang and Lu Yi.

Then he felt dizzy and his body was unstable. After a while of shaking, he kept backing away until he reached the platform. Then he finally stopped shaking. He covered his forehead with one hand and reached behind him with the other hand, then slowly collapsed on the platform.

Lu Fang's face was full of grief, and he knelt down at Jiajing's feet.

He raised his head, his face full of sorrow: "Master, calm down. Don't let your immortal body be damaged by anger."

However, Jiajing held the memorial sent by Lu Yi tightly in his hand and looked at Lu Fang.

His voice had become hoarse, but he was still growling with veins bulging on his face.

"The taxes collected by others are getting less and less every year."

"Yan Maoqing went there and recovered nine million taels of money and valuables in one go..."

"Nine years more than others!"

"What do you think!"

Jiajing stared at Lu Fang who was kneeling in front of him.

Lu Fang frowned.

The emperor was really angry this time.

If the emperor is angry, blood will flow for thousands of miles.

Lu Yi quickly knelt down.

"Your Majesty! I know!"

Jiajing immediately looked at Lu Yi.

He sneered: "Okay, okay, you know, then you tell me!"

Lu Yi raised his head and said, "In the past, some people in the court and Lianghuai used the name of Lord Yan to do things to enrich themselves in private. This time, Yan Maoqing went there. Yan Maoqing was a vicious person, so he was able to collect so much silver."

As soon as Lu Yi finished speaking, Jiajing and Lu Fang looked over at the same time.

Is Lu Yi going to put the blame on the Yan family?
Jiajing's eyebrows twitched, but his tone lowered and became more gloomy: "Are you saying that Yan Song and the Yan family embezzled my money in the past?"

Lu Yi kowtowed hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Lord Yan and the Yan family were impersonated by their subordinates, and they did not seek personal gain from it. This time, among the 9 million taels of banknotes and other valuables collected by Yan Maoqing from Lianghuai, not a single tael of silver went into Lord Yan's mansion." After Lu Yi finished speaking, he lowered his head, feeling a little uneasy.

All of this was actually planned.

Through this incident, the Yan family was able to distance themselves from the former court officials.

At least.

It means to make a cut with the emperor.

In other words, it was not the Yan family that was corrupt, but those people below who used the name of the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty to embezzle money and grain.

This time, Lord Yan and his family all fell ill.

So those people couldn't find a name, so they turned to Xu Fan.

All of this makes sense.

Jiajing supported his knees with his hands, his face was ferocious, and he looked left and right.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Of the nine million taels of silver, four million went to Yan Maoqing and Xu Fan!"

But soon.

Jiajing looked at Lu Yi again: "What about before? Where is the silver from before?"

Lu Yi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, from the time of Emperor Taizu to Emperor Chengzu, the salt tax in Lianghuai and Liangzhe was worth tens of millions of taels every year. After that, it became less and less every year, and some of it was transferred to Nanjing for public use, but it was impossible to collect only more than one million taels a year like in previous years.

"There is only one reason, that is, the government offices and people in charge of the salt tax in Lianghuai and Liangzhe have embezzled all the money, and the salt merchants are also involved. They have joined forces to take advantage of the situation.

If we send someone to check, we won't be able to find even a tael of silver. This time Yan Maoqing went there, so he will know where the silver is. He can force the officials in charge of salt taxes in Lianghuai and the salt merchants to take out the silver they embezzled in the past and bring it back to the capital."

When Lu Yi started to explain.

Lu Fang, who was kneeling in front of the Taoist priest, lowered his head and glanced at him.

Lu Fang turned his eyes and looked at the emperor who was in a rage.

Jiajing's eyebrows trembled as he said, "My money! My money! They took it all over. If I had taken the money, I wouldn't have to beg for food to make a living!"

"No one can be relied upon now!"

"Even Xu Jie, who usually looks like a loyal and upright person, now has his son secretly sharing the four million with Yan Maoqing!"

A ball of anger is burning in my heart.

Jiajing kept looking around.

His expression became strange.

He suddenly stopped all his movements and looked at Lu Yi.

"You just said that in the past, the silver was embezzled by collusion between the government offices in Lianghuai that managed the salt tax and the salt merchants."

Lu Yi nodded: "Your Majesty, this is it."

Jiajing turned to look at Lü Fang: "Lü Fang, can I still trust you?"

Lu Fang kowtowed quickly, then raised her head and said, "I will serve my master all my life. Whatever my master says is what I will do. My master is the sun, moon and sky of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also my sky."

Jiajing's eyes were gloomy: "Then tell me, is the situation the same as what Lu Yi said?"

Lu Fang just finished listening to what Lu Yi said.

In fact, I now understand what is going on.

He said: "It is impossible that the court's salt tax in Lianghuai is only a little over one million taels of tax revenue per year. What Lu Chenshi said, that the officials and salt merchants in Lianghuai who are in charge of salt, embezzled the salt tax money, is true.

Local people often like to use their superiors' names to do things. They must have used the name of Yan Ge Lao as the Prime Minister to do things in recent years. This time, when Yan Ge Lao's family fell ill, Yan Maoqing divided the four million taels of silver between himself and Xu Fan, which just explained the matter."

Pick out Lord Yan’s family?
Lu Fang felt that this matter was not something that could not be done under the current circumstances.

After all, this time Xu Fan took three million taels from Yan Maoqing.

It is an indisputable fact.

Did the Yan family take the money?
No!

Even today, Changping’s method of governing the people and enriching them has been brought out.

Who is loyal and who is treacherous.

It's clear now.

What's more, Lu Fang remembered it clearly.

The master had told Yan Shaoting this a long time ago.

The Yan family had committed wrongdoings in the past, but all of them were wiped out with the seven million taels of silver that had been continuously sent into the palace since the beginning of the year.

Jiajing asked quietly, "What about Xu Jie? Does he, as a father, know anything?"

There was a hint of scrutiny and murderous intent in the emperor's tone.

Lu Fang said, "I don't think so. Otherwise, Xu Jie wouldn't have mentioned the matter of the five million taels of silver in front of Your Majesty today. Finally, I would like to ask Your Majesty to severely punish Yan Maoqing and all those involved in this matter..."

Jiajing nodded.

What Lu Fang said makes sense.

And his gaze turned to Lu Yi again.

I thought of what Lu Yi had just said.

The officials and salt merchants in charge of salt in Lianghuai were corrupt and embezzled the salt tax.

Jiajing couldn't help but think of the past.

It is also in this Wanshou Palace.

It was Yan Shaoting who called for reforming the Lianghuai salt administration system.

Jiajing nodded and said, "Yes, yes! The Yan family must have realized that someone had used their family's name to embezzle salt tax money in the past, so they told me that day that they wanted to reform the salt policy."

As he spoke, Jiajing slowly stood up, his expression constantly changing.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Only in this way could Yan Song agree to severely punish Yan Maoqing without hesitation."

A seemingly reasonable logic formed a closed loop in Jiajing's mind.

He suddenly raised his head and looked outside.

He waved his hand and pointed outside the palace gate.

"go with!"

"Going right now!"

"Go to Yan's residence, go to the cabinet, and find Yan Shaoting!"

"Call Yan Shaoting!"

"Call Yan Shaoting!"

"I want to see him!"

"I want to see him now!"

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