Chapter 56: A Traitor Emerges Among Us
In Yuxi Palace.

Gao Gong had given up thinking.

When will this ascetic emperor before their eyes ask his subjects to think about his people?

Just let the Yan family do whatever they want.

The entire Zhejiang Province was in chaos and had become so despised by everyone that it was time for the emperor to take action to resolve the situation.

Gao Gong kept comforting himself in his heart, imitating Xu Jie's behavior, silently lowering his head and slightly closing his eyes.

Yan Shaoting, who had the people of Zhejiang Province in his heart, had already reorganized his thoughts.

Facing the Taoist priest's eyes full of expectation.

Yan Shaoting nodded slightly and spoke softly: "Your Majesty, this time I am responsible for the relief of the victims in Shuntian Prefecture, using the method of work-for-relief. Today, I heard about the disaster in Zhejiang Province and thought about it for a long time.

The national policy set by the court at the beginning of the year must not be stopped, but the hundreds of thousands of disaster-stricken people in Zhejiang Province cannot be ignored.

I think the same method of using work as relief can be implemented in Zhejiang Province. In addition, the food and grass for the disaster relief in Shuntian Prefecture were all borrowed from merchants in Beijing, and 70% of the food and grass were returned later.

This method can now be seen in the court, and it has significant results. So what I want to ask is whether Zhang Ge Lao or Hu Zongxian can borrow grain from those merchants in Zhejiang Province to help the disaster victims in Zhejiang.

After the summer and autumn taxes are collected this year, 70% will be repaid? The victims can then be organized by the government to clean up the damaged dams and mud in the fields. "

Yan Shaoting had made full preparations for everything long before the dikes were destroyed and fields were flooded in Zhejiang Province.

This is also the reason why he suddenly took over the matter from the Ministry of Revenue when he discovered the disaster victims in Shuntian Prefecture.

The disaster victims in the capital could work in exchange for relief, and could also borrow grain from the capital's merchants and repay 70% of it later.

Can't the merchants in Zhejiang do the same?

Or does it mean that the merchants in Zhejiang Province are no longer merchants of the Ming Dynasty?

Even though Gao Gong had fallen silent, he was still concentrating on listening to Yan Shaoting's words, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

The disaster in the capital this time was right before our eyes, and everyone in the court could see it clearly.

The victims did not cause much trouble, and the problem of relief food was easily solved.

Did Yan Shaoting know from the beginning that the dikes in Zhejiang Province would be destroyed and the fields would be flooded this time?
Yan Song now chooses to analyze and cooperate with Yan Shaoting on these matters.

The capital had experience in providing relief to disaster victims.

Yan Song quickly agreed, "Your Majesty, what Yan Shaoting said is feasible. Zhang Juzheng is now in Suzhou Prefecture, and it is his responsibility to ask him to take on the task of providing relief to the disaster victims in Zhejiang.

The government borrowed grain from Zhejiang merchants and provided relief to the people in Zhejiang through work-for-relief. The court did not have to rush to draw grain, but only needed to settle accounts and return the grain to the merchants when it was stored in the warehouses.

Jiajing was also quite satisfied with what he heard.

He couldn't help but look at Yan Shaoting twice more.

It turned out to be a foresighted decision for me to let this kid take care of the disaster victims in Shuntian Prefecture.

Look at it now, this kid has solved a huge problem in Zhejiang with just a few words.

What's more important is that this guy recommended Zhang Juzheng to go to the southeast in front of him. Now that the disaster in the southeast is in a mess, Zhang Juzheng can prevent the people below from pretending to obey when providing relief.

then.

The more Jiajing looked at Yan Shaoting, the more he liked him.

but.

Xu Jie, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "It's just that the implementation of national policies in Suzhou and Songjiang has reached the most critical time. If Zhejiang Province takes a long time to provide disaster relief, how can the court implement the plan to increase revenue at the beginning of the year?"

Yan Shaoting was well prepared and said, "The Xin'an River levee in Zhejiang Province was suddenly destroyed by the flood. There must be something hidden behind it!
It would be better to take this opportunity to let Zhang Ge Lao, while he is providing relief to the victims, work with the newly appointed Censor Hai Rui to investigate the matter. All the Zhejiang officials involved in this matter should be arrested and severely punished.

With the imperial court's thunderbolt, it will be easier for Zhejiang Province to implement national policies. And the people whose fields were destroyed by the flood this time can also get enough relief grain to plant mulberry seedlings in the cleared fields. "

According to the Yan Party’s original plan, the Xin’an River dike was blown up in order to force the people of Zhejiang Province to switch from growing rice to growing mulberry trees.

But in addition to this fundamental purpose, they also harbored the evil intention of buying up the land from the people at the lowest price.

Now Yan Shaoting asked Zhang Juzheng to provide relief to the victims and asked him and Hai Rui to investigate the disaster in Zhejiang Province. The result would definitely be completely different.

However, just as Yan Shaoting, like Gao Gong before him, proposed to conduct a strict investigation of Zhejiang Province.

Yan Shifan suddenly raised his head and looked at his son who was full of righteousness.

Rebel!

He wants to check Zhejiang Road?

Is this rebellious son going to become a traitor to the Yan Party and cut himself off from the Yan family?

"His Majesty……"

Yan Shifan spoke immediately.

But Yan Song was one step faster: "Your Majesty, disaster relief and criminal investigation are two things that can be done simultaneously. It is very feasible."

Xu Jie also spoke again, which was rare, "Zhang Juzheng came from the imperial court, and the new Censor Hai Rui is also a fair man. It is very appropriate to let them go to Zhejiang to provide relief for the disaster and find out the cause at the same time."

The news of Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture changing from cotton to mulberry has been exposed for a long time.

And it was for this reason that Hai Rui was promoted from Chun'an County to Nanzhili.

These days, Xu Jie has been extremely worried.

What he didn't expect was that the Yan Party actually did something even bigger in Zhejiang.

Now that Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui are going to Zhejiang together, less attention will naturally be paid to the affairs of Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture.

When Jiajing saw that the chief minister and the second chief minister of the cabinet had expressed their stance and agreed with Yan Shaoting's proposal, he couldn't help but smile.

"Good good."

Jiajing stood up, smiling: "It has been a long time since the cabinet has been so united in opinion. Since the method of using work instead of relief and borrowing grain is feasible, let Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui work harder and get the job done in Zhejiang Province."

"Your Majesty is holy."

After getting the emperor's approval, everyone stood up and offered him a little flattery.

For a while, the emperor and his ministers complemented each other.

But Yan Shaoting looked at them silently, smiled slightly in his heart, and coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, I have a piece of news that I just received from the Jinyiwei."

After saying that.

Yan Shaoting glanced silently at the good old man in the cabinet.

Old Xu must have just breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

By sending Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui to handle Zhejiang affairs, less attention will be paid to what he is doing in Songjiang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture, giving him more time to arrange subsequent matters.

But would he let Zhang Juzheng miss the opportunity to make progress?

Jiajing also immediately asked with a smile: "What's the news?"

For no reason, Xu Jie, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Yan Shaoting spoke calmly.

"Your Majesty, this is about the cotton farmers in Suzhou and Songjiang."

After saying this, Yan Shaoting's gaze swept across the faces of the people looking at him, and finally lingered on Old Xu's face for a while.

Old Xu.

I just want to ask you if you are panicking now.

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