Chapter 41 Yan Shaoting is embezzling money again!
The next day.

Yan Shaoting changed into the fifth-rank green robe official uniform belonging to the Right Shuzi of the Youchunfang in the Zhanshi Mansion early in the morning.

According to court regulations, all civil and military officials have court robes, sacrificial robes, official robes, and casual robes.

In the seventh year of Jiajing, the Taoist priest set the formal attire for officials.

Currently, Yan Shaoting’s highest official rank is Right Junior Secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion.

At daybreak, Yan Shaoting followed Old Yan to the cabinet by car.

The Yan family has already received the news from the southeast, and the cabinet naturally also has a formal statement of the current situation today.

Everyone in the cabinet arrived early.

Although it is spring now and the weather is getting warmer, the cabinet still prepares hot soup for these ministers as usual.

After all, no matter how difficult the Ming Dynasty was, the cabinet could not suffer.

Today the cabinet prepared the most common bird's nest soup.

Yan Song held the bowl of soup and ate it in small sips.

Yan Shaoting actually also had a copy, but he did not move it. Instead, he glanced at Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

Like Yan Song, Xu Jie sipped the bird's nest soup.

Gao Gong had a gloomy face since early morning, as if everyone owed him a few taels of silver.

He saw Yan Shaoting staring at him.

Gao Gong could not help but snort coldly: "Lord Yan, Taiyue is in Suzhou Prefecture now, and there has been no movement for several days. I don't know what happened to the people of the two prefectures this year. They actually planted the cotton seedlings in advance, and now they are clamoring for the court to pay compensation!"

Yan Song stopped drinking the soup, squinted his eyes and tilted his head to look at the angry Gao Gong.

But Xu Jie, who was standing next to him, was still holding the exquisite spoon and drinking the bird's nest soup.

Yan Song squinted his eyes, making it impossible to tell who he was looking at.

Yan Song said, "This matter... I have also received the news, it is very bad."

Gao Gong snorted, "Of course not! If we really let Taiyue compensate those cotton farmers, where will the court get the money and grain?"

Yan Shaoting glanced at Gao Penzi.

The other party put the blame on the Yan family for this incident.

His eyes couldn't help but glance at Xu Jie who was still drinking bird's nest soup.

This nice guy is really transparent, as if everything happening in the cabinet has nothing to do with him.

Yan Shaoting smiled faintly: "Why is it so angry, Mr. Gao? I heard that Li Shizhen, who used to work in the palace, often told people to be cautious and not impatient, otherwise it would be easy to..."

Gao Gong waved his hand and said, "Minister Yan, please stop making jokes in the cabinet! Taiyue went to the southeast on the orders of His Majesty, and he was doing an imperial errand to increase the country's income.

Now the cotton farmers in the two prefectures have ignored the season and planted cotton seedlings ahead of time. It is obvious that someone with ulterior motives is secretly instructing them to use this to defy the court and the emperor's orders!"

Yan Song lowered his head silently and drank the bird's nest soup which had cooled down a little.

Yan Shaoting was confused.

Could it be that Gao Pengzi really doesn't understand the reasons for the current situation in the Southeast?
He couldn't help but look at Xu Jie, who had finished the whole bowl of bird's nest soup and even wanted to lick the empty bowl.

Yan Shaoting thought for a moment and said, "What Lord Gao meant was that my Yan family was secretly trying to do something to oppose the imperial court?"

"Shao Ting!"

Yan Song, who finally finished his soup, said something heavily and looked up at Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting lowered his head.

It was just a test just now.

Judging from Gao Gong's reaction, it was obvious that he thought so.

When Gao Gong heard Yan Shaoting say this, a natural look appeared on his face.

Yan Song sighed helplessly: "Su Qing."

Seeing Yan Song speak, Gao Gong naturally restrained his attitude a little.

"Lord Yan, what do you want to say?"

Yan Song smiled and said, "I was the one who first brought this up in front of His Majesty. It was Shao Ting who recommended Taiyue to go to the southeast in front of His Majesty and me. Do you think that the old and young of our Yan family can do something like what you said?"

Gao Gong opened his mouth and was about to say Yan Shifan's name.

Xu Jie finished drinking the soup and wiped his mouth.

Finally, he slowly raised his hand and interrupted Gao Gong who was about to speak.

"Lord Yan, Lord Su, everyone knows about this matter, and the court has also received the memorial from below. I think His Majesty has already summoned someone to come over. Why don't we wait until we get in front of His Majesty and work together to properly resolve this matter so that Taiyue can continue to implement national policies from below?"

Xu Jie has continued to play the role of a good guy.

After he spoke, Gao Gong just shook his sleeves in anger, picked up the bird's nest soup in front of him, and drank it in two or three mouthfuls.

Sure enough, there was someone coming from Xiyuan outside.

The person who came was Huang Jin from the Imperial Household Department.

Huang Jin is not tall and a little fat. He always has a smile on his face when he meets someone.

Because he was recently in charge of supervising the reconstruction of Wanshou Palace with Yan Shaoting and Lu Yi, the two of them had more interactions.

Huang Jin walked into the room and first smiled and nodded at Yan Shaoting.

Then he said, "My fellow ministers, the master wants you to go to Yuxi Palace."

Xu Jie gave Gao Gong a look, signaling him to be patient.

Yan Song reached out and grabbed Yan Shaoting's arm: "Since His Majesty has summoned us, let's all go."

Everyone rushed to Yuxi Palace.

I could only hear the faint sound of chanting coming from inside the hall.

After everyone spoke, Yan Shaoting helped Old Yan to sit down, and then stood aside with Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

"They're all here."

"Then let's get straight to the point today and discuss whether Zhang Juzheng's affairs in the southeast can continue."

Following a somewhat stern voice, Jiajing walked out slowly.

While everyone was nodding and bowing their heads, Yan Shaoting quickly glanced at the Taoist priest's face.

It is clear.

Regarding the Ming Group's new project of increasing silk production and selling overseas, the Taoist priest, the group's chairman, is very dissatisfied with the current progress of the project.

Yan Shaoting thought about it for a moment, and took a step forward before Gao Pengzi started to spray.

Gao Gong, who was overtaken, could only open his eyes wide and glare fiercely at Yan Shaoting on the back.

Jiajing also looked surprised.

He didn't expect that Yan Shaoting would be the first to stand up.

"What are you going to say again, kid?"

Although the current situation in the southeast is not going well, Jiajing feels satisfied whenever he sees Yan Shaoting, and his tone has become slightly calmer than before.

Yan Shaoting bowed and nodded, saying in a brisk tone: "Your Majesty, I am here to announce the good news!"

At this moment in Yuxi Palace, Yan Shaoting's words were truly shocking.

Originally, everyone was still thinking about the troubles in the southeast, but now Yan Shaoting said he wanted to report the good news to the emperor.

Jiajing even blinked and found that he could not keep up with the thinking of today's young people.

He asked with a serious face, "What good news do you have?"

Yan Shaoting then took out the things he had prepared long ago from his sleeve and held them out with both hands.

Lu Fang, who was serving the Taoist priest, immediately stepped forward and took the thing away.

Yan Shaoting then spoke, "Your Majesty, a few days ago, when I was handling the palace's previous overseas business, I met a foreign businessman named Bai Fugui and facilitated a deal. This is a commercial bill with a deposit of one million taels, which can be redeemed at several large businesses in the capital."

In fact, there is no such thing as an overseas livelihood, and there is no such thing as a deposit.

This one million taels of silver was the money Yan Shaoting earned after he sold the Yan family's properties in Beijing for three million taels of silver and most of the Yan family's properties in their hometown in Jiangxi years ago.

Now, just like last time, he found an excuse to put it into the Taoist priest's arms.

Jiajing, who had already acquiesced to three million taels of silver last time, only wanted to accept the next one million taels of silver this time.

From then on, no one in the court could accuse the Yan family of corruption and fraud.

The Yan family, who have done all kinds of evil, will now be a clean family.

Clearer than clear water!

however.

Gao Gong's eyes widened, and his eyeballs were as big as cow's eyes.

There were already raging waves in my heart, and countless curses were uttered.

Gao Gong could never have imagined that the Yan family would be doing something sinister in the southeast before he even opened his mouth to criticize them.

This Yan Shaoting is actually giving bribes to the emperor again!

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