Chapter 73: Could it be that I have also colluded with the Japanese?
In Yuxi Palace.

Jiajing was filled with anger.

And this is exactly the reason why the Yan Party was abandoned and finally uprooted by the Qingliu.

Because Zhejiang and the Yan family are one.

But now it's different.

At least in the eyes of the Taoist priest, the Yan family, or Yan Shaoting's Yan family, is one, and Zhejiang is another.

Yan Shaoting said: "This is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Jiajing stood still and looked at Yan Shaoting: "Deceiving the emperor? I think they are deceiving God!"

Yan Shaoting said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, calm down. Now that the incident has happened, there is no regret. As the saying goes, the people's will is the driving force. This time, Zhejiang Province has been hit hard. The local people must have been boiling with resentment. The most urgent task is to properly handle it, continue to provide relief to the victims, and investigate and punish all the officials and criminals who have committed the crime."

Jiajing sat down again, propped his hands on the table, leaned forward, and stared with wide eyes: "How to properly deal with it? How to investigate and deal with it?"

Yan Shaoting carefully moved his legs that were kneeling on the ground.

Jiajing narrowed his eyes and said, "Get up and talk. Everyone, get up."

in this way.

Yan Shaoting and Hu Zongxian then stood up.

Yan Shaoting nodded again and said: "The governor of Zhejiang claimed that the people were colluding with the Japanese and arrested them. The people are innocent. If the officials were not cruel, why would they resist?
Your Majesty is the king and father of all people in the world. Whether it is converting rice to mulberry in Zhejiang Province or fighting against Japanese pirates in the southeast, everything you do is for the people of the world.

Your Majesty, as the emperor and father, is one with all the people of the world.

Now, how dare the Zhejiang government arrest civilians on the charge of collaborating with the Japanese?

I think we should hasten the journey of 800 miles to order the Zhejiang government to release all the people, so as not to let the emperor and his father be implicated and humiliated."

Maybe it's because I was too angry today.

The Taoist priest even forgot that the people of Zhejiang Province were defined as collaborating with the Japanese.

And after hearing Yan Shaoting's logical relationship.

Jiajing's face turned cold again and became even gloomier.

"Good good!"

He looked at Lu Fang and at Yang Jinshui who was kneeling on the ground.

"They took advantage of me, and they threw dirty water on me, not only wanting me to thank them."

"Now, they are accusing my people of colluding with the Japanese."

"Are they saying that I am also colluding with the Japanese?"

Hu Zongxian, who had been kneeling for a long time before standing up, couldn't help but glance sideways at Yan Shaoting.

He finally opened his eyes.

With just a few words, Yan Shaoting quietly accused the idiots in Zhejiang Province of another crime.

Jiajing looked coldly at Yang Jinshui standing beside him: "Yang Jinshui, are you aware of what they did in Zhejiang?"

know!

I know it too well!

Yang Jinshui was trembling all over, not daring to raise her head: "I didn't know! If I knew about this, I would stop them from doing these things even if I was beaten to death."

Hu Zongxian glanced at the eunuch who was staying in Zhejiang and snorted in his heart.

It is because you, Yang Jinshui, are in the capital now that I can say such things with such a thick face.

Yan Shaoting watched the Taoist priest accuse Yang Jinshui and interrupted, "Your Majesty, I think Zhejiang must be thoroughly investigated now. Otherwise, let alone when the disaster victims can be dealt with, even the national policies such as resisting the Japanese in the southeast and replacing rice with mulberry will probably be difficult to continue."

If you can’t continue, you won’t have the money to practice Buddhism in peace.

Hearing this, Jiajing was indeed moved.

He also stopped looking at Yang Jinshui and turned to look at Yan Shaoting: "I heard that Hai Rui has returned to Zhejiang from Suzhou Prefecture. Although you have failed to supervise, you still have to continue to work on the affairs of the southeast. Urge Hai Rui to investigate as soon as possible, kill those who should be killed, and recover those who should be confiscated."

In fact, if we had a new emperor, he would just kill those who should be killed and that would be the end of it.

But Jiajing was different.

After the killing, he also specifically reminded them to recover the money and grain obtained through corruption and abuse of power. Yan Shaoting nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this time I was ordered to take charge of the southeast. This time, I also took advantage of Hu Butang's return to Beijing. Since our dynasty needs to ship silk overseas in the future, I discussed with Hu Butang about the southeastern anti-Japanese war."

It's time to put all the affairs of the Southeast into one basket and deal with them all at once.

When Jiajing heard Yan Shaoting actually mentioned the anti-Japanese war in the southeast, he couldn't help but look at Yan Shaoting twice, and the gloomy expression on his face relaxed a little.

Although something happened in Zhejiang Province, Yan Shaoting was at fault for negligence.

But he has always been in the capital, and after all, he cannot control the people and things in Zhejiang in a timely manner.

While explaining this to Yan Shaoting in his mind, Jiajing thought again that this guy had already started making arrangements before he even mentioned the anti-Japanese resistance in the southeast.

Can't help it.

Jiajing couldn't help but wonder if he had been a little too angry just now.

A smile also appeared on his face: "You are thoughtful, Hu Zongxian, you are thoughtful too. Tell us, what do you think of the Southeast Anti-Japanese War?"

Yan Shaoting said: "I have never been involved in the specific matters of the anti-Japanese war, so I don't know. But I think that now that Zhejiang Province has been hit by a series of incidents, the Japanese pirates will definitely receive the news.

The Japanese pirates, a group of vicious creatures, will definitely take action to kill me while I am weak.

At this moment, whether it is the disaster in Zhejiang or the Japanese invasion along the coast, Hu Butang needs to immediately set off and return to Zhejiang to take charge.

As for the incident in Zhejiang Province this time, I think that if there were no high-ranking officials from the three departments of Zhejiang Province, or even the official seal behind the scenes, the people under Zhejiang Province would never have the courage to do such things. "

Although he did not say it explicitly, the knife was already on the necks of Zheng Michang and He Maocai.

Jiajing also said in a cold voice: "You mean that the current situation in Zhejiang Province is all caused by Zheng Michang, the governor of Zhejiang Province, and He Maocai, the provincial governor?"

As he spoke, Jiajing looked at Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian nodded and said, "I believe that the Censor Hai Rui will be able to find out the truth and report it to Your Majesty as soon as possible."

Jiajing hummed, "Then investigate. Yan Shaoting will issue another urgent order, asking Hai Rui to investigate Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and all the others. Arrest them all, interrogate them and determine their guilt."

Yan Shaoting and Hu Zongxian immediately bowed and accepted the order.

Then, Yan Shaoting said, "Your Majesty, the treasury is now empty. Although there are more than 3 million taels of cash in the treasury, this is used by the palace. The Ministry of Revenue also has only 3 million taels of cash, and the new rice has not been stored this year."

On the platform.

A light flashed in Jiajing's eyes.

It turns out that Yan Shaoting understands my heart the best!
Today, no one in the government or the public knows that the imperial treasury is the imperial treasury and the national treasury is the national treasury.

Those people in the court, whether they were from the Yan Party or the Qingliu Party, all felt that the treasury should also be used for state affairs.

He immediately said, "You mean to use the three million taels you sent to the Ministry of Revenue to help fight the Japanese in the southeast?"

Yan Shaoting shook his head and said, "If a war breaks out in the southeast at this time, the anti-Japanese army on the front line will inevitably be short of food and military pay. Even if the court uses the three million taels, it will be difficult to purchase food and fodder for a while.

I think that this time Hu Bu Tang returned to Zhejiang, Hai Rui found out the reason. He could use the money of the prisoners to buy food and grass, build weapons, and cast artillery, so as to completely wipe out the threat of Japanese pirates this morning!

In this way, the imperial court did not spend a cent, and the Southeast Anti-Japanese Army had sufficient food and grass, and strong soldiers and horses. "

Inside Yuxi Palace.

Suddenly, he burst into hearty laughter.

Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Jiajing waved and pointed at Yan Shaoting.

"Yan Qing can be called the Zhuge of the Ming Dynasty."

What did Zhuge Liang do?

Borrow the east wind.

The Ming Dynasty is now like a broken-bottomed ship, moving forward with difficulty and encountering frequent disasters. At this time, Yan Shaoting is like Zhuge Liang, borrowing the east wind to sweep away all the current troubles and allowing the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty to continue moving forward.

Everyone understood the meaning of the emperor's metaphor.

however.

next moment.

Jiajing smiled and said, "But I am not Liu Adou."

(End of this chapter)