Chapter 217 I Want to Kill People (Subscribe)
In the Wanshou Palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, the real Minister of Revenue, Zhu Houcong, began to look through the financial and taxation accounts of the Lianghuai salt tax over the years.

Lu Fang has sent people to various places to look for Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting, who had heard the noise outside the Wanshou Palace before.

Not too far away actually.

He paced back and forth, starting from the Wanshou Palace.

Walking along the edge of Taiye Lake, one would occasionally reach out to pick a willow branch or pluck up the reeds by the water.

On the way to Yingtai.

He also picked up a few pieces of gravel and threw them into the Taiye Lake in front of him.

The gravel fell into the water, splashing countless waves, and ripples spread out like silk.

Arrived at Yingtai.

His eyes began to look around, as if he was going to change his career and go to the Ministry of Works to compete for the job with the Minister of Works, Lei Li.

When he passed Yingtai from Taiye Lake and arrived near the Imperial Household Department, he was about to enter Xihua Gate and enter the Forbidden City.

The young eunuch who was sent from Wanshou Palace to look for him finally arrived.

"Yan... Yan Shidu."

"Your Majesty is calling urgently!"

"Please...please ask Mr. Yan to follow...follow me back."

The young eunuch was running with sweat all over his forehead, nodding his head and breathing heavily, his legs were shaking.

Yan Shaoting took a look, smiled knowingly, pulled out a silk scarf from his sleeve and handed it to the young eunuch.

"Wipe it off. You can't let His Majesty think you've lost your manners when you enter the Wanshou Palace."

The young eunuch was stunned, looked up at Yan Shaoting, then lowered his eyes to look at the silk scarf handed to him.

The young eunuch was a little unsure, and felt a mixture of joy and fear.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "Take it. What's your name? I'll come back to the palace and get it back from you."

Chen Ju's heart was already in turmoil.

He almost cried out loud, and took the scarf handed to him by Yan Shaoting with trembling hands.

"In reply to the words of Attendant Yan, I am Chen Ju, a servant working under Eunuch Gao, the Chief Secretary of the Imperial Household Department."

As he spoke, Chen Ju lowered his head, carefully holding the silk scarf and wiping the sweat off his face.

Yan Shaoting's eyelids drooped.

Chen Ju?

The eunuch who was considered the most upright in the Ming Dynasty and was buried by all officials after his death?
The two of them had already turned and walked towards the Wanshou Palace.

Yan Shaoting was in front and Chen Ju was behind.

After Chen Ju wiped the sweat off his face, he carefully folded the silk scarf and placed it under his clothes in front of his chest.

He looked up at Yan Shaoting who was walking in front of him.

This Yan Shidu is a good person.

He doesn't mind being a eunuch.

Yan Shaoting just thought about it and asked casually, "I just finished discussing the matter in front of the emperor today, and your majesty has urgently summoned me. What happened?"

Chen Ju's heart tightened and he looked around.

No one was around.

He hesitated for a long time before speaking: "In reply to the tutor, after the tutor and the ministers left, Lu Chenshi brought a memorial into the palace, and then His Majesty was furious. I was only outside the palace, so I don't know what happened."

After saying that.

Chen Ju quickly looked around again.

After confirming once again that there was no one around, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Shaoting hummed, nodded and said: "It seems that there is another treacherous minister in the court, which has angered His Majesty."

Chen Ju's face was tense and he didn't dare to look up.

With the master in charge, there won't be any treacherous ministers in the court.

Can you say this to yourself?

This doesn't mean you treat yourself as an outsider.

Seeing that Chen Ju stopped talking, Yan Shaoting just shook his head and smiled.

The two of them returned to Wanshou Palace silently.

Chen Ju stood outside the palace gate and looked at Yan Shaoting: "Reader Yan, you have to walk on your own in here."

Yan Shaoting nodded.

Officials in the outer court may spend their entire lives without being able to enter such a place.

But I have already come here as if I were just visiting.

Looking at the Wanshou Palace, the curtains everywhere were fluttering in the wind.

Thoughts were running through Yan Shaoting’s mind.

However, no matter how envious the officials outside the court were, the road under his feet had only just begun.

The way forward...

Obstructed and long.

"Your Highness, this is Yan Shaoting."

"I have been summoned to see the Emperor."

Outside the inner hall of Wanshou Palace, Yan Shaoting bowed and nodded, and shouted loudly.

Inside the palace.

a mess.

Standing in front of the imperial desk, Jiajing was flipping through the salt tax silver from Lianghuai over the years, and glanced coldly at Yan Shaoting outside the palace gate.

He snorted coldly: "Get in!"

Yan Shaoting paused for a moment, then took small steps over the threshold, walked into the inner hall, and stopped five steps away from the old Taoist priest.

"Your Majesty, I am coming in."

Jiajing glanced at Yan Shaoting and snorted again: "Why didn't you just roll in?"

Yan Shaoting bowed his head and said, "I... am ill and have not recovered yet..."

puff.

A scoff.

Jiajing, who originally had a stern face, showed a little smile while laughing.

It's just fleeting.

Jiajing threw the account book in his hand heavily onto the imperial desk, making a loud muffled sound. "Yan Shaoting, how dare you deceive the emperor!"

Bang.

Yan Shaoting knelt on the ground in response.

He deliberately did not control his body, and leaned forward, almost falling flat on his face.

But he was in a state of panic, kneeling upright with his fists clenched.

"I never dare to deceive you."

"But if Your Majesty wants to punish me, I dare not defend myself!"

Seeing Yan Shaoting's miserable appearance, Jiajing snorted twice, paced to the platform, and lay down on the platform with a tired face.

He looked at Yan Shaoting, whose face was indeed a little pale, and couldn't help but frown and waved his hand.

"Come over here."

Yan Shaoting gritted his teeth and knelt down.

When he arrived beside Lu Yi, who had been kneeling in front of the Taoist priest, he coughed a few times despite the pain.

Jiajing couldn't help but frown and sighed.

"Get up."

"Everyone, get up."

"Stand and answer."

"Don't fall ill here again..."

Yan Shaoting immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, thank you... ahem...

After saying that, he put his hand on Lu Yi's shoulder and stood up with difficulty.

Afterwards, Lu Yi and Lu Fang also stood up.

Jiajing looked up at Yan Shaoting, who was standing in front of him, his face pale and even with sweat oozing from his forehead.

There was a gleam of light in his eyes.

Then his face was gloomy, and he said in a dark tone: "I want to kill someone!"

A little thump.

Lu Fang and Lu Yi both looked up at the emperor who wanted to kill someone.

Yan Shaoting frowned slightly and said sternly, "Who do you want to kill, Your Majesty? How do you want to kill him? Do you want to kill him according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, or do you want to kill him according to the imperial decree? Do you want to issue an imperial decree, or do you want to issue an imperial decree to announce it to the court?"

Facing the emperor's sudden question.

Yan Shaoting answered in a serious tone.

seem.

He was really thinking about how to complete the emperor's task of killing people.

Jiajing, who did it on purpose, was also stunned.

This kid...

It's unexpected.

Jiajing threw the memorial presented by Lu Yi in front of Yan Shaoting.

He said coldly, "Yan Maoqing, who was nominated by you and your grandfather, collected nine million taels of money and goods from Lianghuai while inspecting the salt industry in the south, but only handed over five million taels to the court, and divided the rest among himself. I want to kill him! I want to kill those who divided the money!"

Yan Shaoting frowned.

The old Taoist priest's behavior was indeed beyond his expectations.

In the past, didn't this gentleman always let his subordinates guess?

Why was he so straightforward today, saying he wanted to kill Yan Maoqing and all those who had shared the silver?

Is this another puzzle?
Yan Shaoting was alert and did not pick up the memorial thrown at his feet. Instead, he slowly said, "Your Majesty, it was because the court was in serious deficit and the treasury was empty that we decided to inspect the salt industry in Lianghuai and collect the overdue salt tax silver.

"At that time, because Yan Maoqing had experience in salt inspection and the court was in need of talent, my grandfather and I recommended Yan Maoqing to go south to Lianghuai to inspect salt.

"This time, Yan Maoqing was also summoned to return to the capital with money and goods to report on his work. After returning to the capital, he sent a letter of greeting to our family, but we were sick at home at that time, and we also heard that Yan Maoqing seemed to have done something illegal in the urgent report from Lianghuai.

“That is why, when Lord Xu proposed to severely punish Yan Maoqing during the discussion before His Majesty today, my grandfather and I did not refute him, and we also agreed that the lawbreakers must be severely punished and the officials of the salt administration office in the Huai River and Liang Huai regions must be held accountable for their dereliction of duty.

But when my grandfather and I recommended Yan Maoqing, we did have the suspicion of not knowing the right person. If there is any slander in the court, Your Majesty should punish me and my grandfather to set the record straight. My grandfather and I will never defend ourselves. Your Majesty is wise and wise. Everything is decided by the emperor. Everything has its cause and effect. "

Yan Shaoting said this very carefully.

Thoughts kept running through my head.

Nine times out of ten, it’s the truth.

Only about one or two out of ten are lies that are not told.

such as.

Whether the Yan family had accepted bribes in the past and whether they knew Yan Maoqing's character.

Jiajing looked at Yan Shaoting for a long time, and then looked at Lu Yi and Lu Fang.

After a long time.

Only then did Jiajing nod.

I think things are probably just as what the three of them said.

Jiajing slowly moved his gaze to the memorial thrown at Yan Shaoting's feet, with a sneer on his face: "Do you want to see what's written on it?"

Yan Shaoting bowed and nodded, then bent down and reached out to pick up the memorial that was thrown on the ground.

But Jiajing suddenly said, "I think it is better not to kill Yan Maoqing, the treacherous villain, first. Let me order him to be interrogated severely to find out who is behind him and who has taken the money and benefits from the court!"

Yan Shaoting's hand paused slightly, and then he picked up the memorial on the ground.

Open the memorial carefully.

Yan Shaoting seemed to be seeing this memorial for the first time.

Read it carefully from beginning to end.

in this process.

His expression kept changing.

Finally, his face was filled with horror.

He raised his head, his face full of disbelief, then his shoulders trembled, and under the gaze of Jiajing, he knelt in front of the Taotai again.

Yan Shaoting clasped the memorial with both hands and placed it carefully in front of him.

Then he prostrated himself on the ground.

"Your Majesty said before that he wanted to kill Yan Maoqing and the people who shared the silver this time."

"Your Majesty, are you going to kill Lord Xu?"

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