Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 169 The world is really different

"Bring back 800 million taels?" In Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing almost popped his eyes when he heard the news about Yan Song brought back by Jin Yiwei.

He seriously suspected that he had heard wrong.

How much is the national treasury's annual revenue now, no matter how much it is, it is definitely not as much as 800 million taels of silver.

If he knew that ransacking his home was so profitable, why would he work so hard to compete with the sea merchants for the silk business!

Just copy the house directly.

"Hmph, do you think anyone can copy so much money?"

"If Xu Jie is allowed to go, there will be no one million taels!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to let Jin Yiwei back down, squinted at his unworthy descendant and said, "Now you know why we let Yan Song go to Zhejiang?"

"Ninety percent of the officials in Zhejiang are strict party members. Only Yan Songqu, who knows them well, can copy so much money."

"Then what if he doesn't investigate any corrupt officials?" Emperor Jiajing felt very unconvinced.

This Yan Song had always been treacherous and cunning in his hands, and he was only willing to share half of it with himself if he embezzled a tael of silver. Why is he so obedient and obedient now that he is in the hands of Taizu?

"Hehe, if he can't find out, let's kill Yan Shifan first, and then copy his house and destroy his clan!"

A gleam of coldness flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes: "Do you think what we said before was a lie?"

Emperor Jiajing gave a dry laugh, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang always said what he said.

"Then when Yan Song comes back this time, do you really want him to return to his original position and continue to be the chief assistant?" Emperor Jiajing asked curiously.

"certainly……."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "We not only want him to be the chief assistant, but also let him be our loyal minister of Ming Dynasty."

"how can that be?"

"Who in the entire Ming Dynasty doesn't know that Yan Song is a huge corrupt?" Emperor Jiajing shook his head.

Even if he, the emperor, knows that the chief assistant is a corrupt official, there will be no one in the whole world who does not know.

"Hehe, whether he wants to be a loyal minister or not, if we let him be, he will be!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yan Song and Yan Pavilion, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shangshu are asking to see you!" At this moment, the little eunuch outside the door reported.

"Let them in!" Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Emperor Jiajing and waited quietly for the arrival of the two cabinet ministers.

"Kowtow to the emperor!" The two saluted as soon as they saw Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang signaled Emperor Jiajing to move a stool for the two of them.

"Tell me, what have you gained this time?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yan Song first.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the veteran did not disgrace this time, and brought back a total of 800 million taels of silver from Zhejiang." Yan Song spoke first.

"it is good!"

"400 million taels will be sent to the household department to make up for last year's shortfall!"

"Tell the household department that the first thing they need to do is to pay the salaries owed to officials, and how many years has it been since Daming raised his salary?"

"Let the household department discuss it and sort out a feasible plan to increase the salary."

"Yes... Your Majesty!" Yan Song nodded respectfully.

"Leave the remaining 400 million taels for us, we are useful!" Zhu Yuanzhang said without thinking.

Yan Song nodded again.

Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly.

When Emperor Jiajing withheld it from the tax bank before, he knew to come secretly.

Are you so blatant now?
He didn't even avoid people, and just said so.

"Zhang Juzheng, I will give you 400 million taels for the 100 million taels, which will be used to reward and compensate all the guest troops who fought against the Japanese pirates this time except for the Qi family army!"

"We will let Jin Yiwei keep an eye on the movement of the 100 million taels of silver, and whoever dares to hold back a cent, we will kill his whole family!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"Obey!" Zhang Juzheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded.

At the same time, more than half of the unhappiness in my heart disappeared.

Obviously, the 400 million taels intercepted by Emperor Jiajing may be used to reward the army, and the remaining 300 million taels should be prepared for the Qi family army.

"Your Majesty is really different!" Zhang Juzheng couldn't help feeling in his heart.

It's a pity for Jiajing next to him, so much money is enough for him to build a palace!
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally didn't know what Emperor Jiajing was thinking. If he knew, he might have to smoke.

"Mr. Yan Ge, don't you have Hu Zongxian's memorial to play? Submit it!" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to look at Yan Song again.

Regarding the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang knew about the conversation between himself and Zhang Juzheng in the carriage, Yan Song didn't feel any disturbance in his heart, and slowly pulled out the memorial from his sleeve and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After reading it expressionlessly, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial and said, "What does Mr. Yan Ge think about this matter?"

"Of course it is strictly investigated to the end!"

"The veteran is willing to take charge of this matter." Yan Song said seriously.

Zhang Juzheng next to him couldn't help complaining again: "This old Yan is really thick-skinned. He said he would resign in the car before, but now he changed his mind in an instant when he saw the Holy Majesty."

"never mind!"

"You don't need to handle this matter yourself. We will let Chen Hong from Dongchang preside over this matter." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Those little eunuchs have been practicing "Sunflower Treasure" for half a year, and they have already achieved something.

It's also time to let this bad wolf out to try it out.

"Factory guard...!" Zhang Juzheng's expression changed, and he was about to persuade him immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to know what he was going to say a long time ago, and waved his hand directly: "We know what you want to say, but you should leave this matter alone. To deal with wicked people, we must use evil methods. We know it well."

"If this matter is notorious and infamous, we will bear it all by ourselves, so you don't need to worry about it!"

The emperor Jiajing next to him heard the words, but he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

"This notoriety seems to belong to me!"

"Did Taizu forget, but now he is still wearing his own identity!"

Soon Chen Hong received Zhu Yuanzhang's order.

Chen Hong was still a little disappointed when the right to approve the award from the Supervisor of Ceremonies was taken away, but he did not expect that happiness would come so quickly, and he would have a chance to become famous so soon.

"This case is in your hands!"

"We only have two requirements for you. First, you must pay attention to the facts in your work, and you must not engage in slander or frame-up. You must find all the gentry who really colluded with the Japanese pirates."

"Second, bring back 5000 million taels of silver for us!"

"Is there a problem?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"No!" Chen Hong replied respectfully without any hesitation.

"very good!"

"You take this great blood-enriching pill, and after you take it, you will be guaranteed to advance to rank nine martial arts. It can be regarded as adding some protection to your profession!"

"If things are done well, I'll give you three more when I come back!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant will definitely handle the matter well and be beautiful!" Chen Hong knocked his head on the ground with a bang, and his voice changed in excitement.

All silver and gold are just floating clouds to him now, only cultivation is real.

He is also looking forward to cultivating the "Sunflower Treasure" to the extreme, so that his descendants can grow roots!

When Chen Hong left, Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said: "Mao Xiang sent some smarter Jin Yiwei to protect him, and at the same time, we also need to know his every move."

"Yes!" There was a reply in the dark, and then silence was restored again.

Emperor Jiajing grinned as he watched from the side.

He is really incomparable to such a hand-picked power and means of controlling people's hearts!

He can only say that there is a reason why Taizu became Taizu.

Yan Song returned to the cabinet again, still the chief assistant of the cabinet.

This surprised all Qingliu, who were waiting to see the complete downfall of the Yan Party.

But as Zhu Yuanzhang said, there is no such thing as a strict party anymore.

Yan Song personally acted, and the news that all the strict parties in Zhejiang were dismissed from office and ransacked their homes had already been reported back to the capital.

Such a strict elder made all the strict party deeply frightened.

Coupled with the fact that Yan Shifan, the actual core leader of the Yan Party, was arrested and more than 60 people were killed, the big ship of the Yan Party has already been riddled with holes and lost its cohesion.

However, Yan Maoqing and Luo Longwen, the other core members of the strict party, still came.

"Elder Ge, the situation in the government is treacherous now, what should we do?" Yan Maoqing asked a little apprehensively.

He can still dream of the scene of Zhu Yuanzhang killing people in public every night, and he is really terrified deep in his heart.

"The world is different."

"From now on, abide by the rules set by His Majesty, and do your own errands safely!"

"The money in your family is enough for you to spend your whole life. To be a good official in the future, remember not to reach out again!"

Yan Song looked at his two godsons and sighed.

That's all he can say. As for whether he can comprehend his deep meaning, it depends on the good fortune of these two people...

The wind and rain are about to come and the wind is full.

This is Xu Jie's judgment on the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

With the fall of the strict party, the so-called Qingliu party naturally disappeared.

In fact, strictly speaking, Qingliu is not a party at all.

They are just a group of scattered officials who have to hold together to keep warm in order to deal with the strict party.

Now that the behemoth Yan Party has collapsed, the Qingliu Party will naturally lose its meaning of existence.

Xu Jie felt very clear about this.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, who had been on the same front and in the same pace as him before, also began to have their own small movements and careful thinking.

Of course these are nothing.

The most important thing is that the Holy Majesty who lives in Xiyuan is no longer something he can think about.

Yan Song was really not prepared for the matter of returning to serve as the chief assistant.

After 20 years of suffering, he thought that he would finally have a chance to sit in that position, but his hope was still in vain.

And the most important thing is that news has been sent back from his hometown that the eunuch Chen Hongchen, the admiral of the East Factory, has secretly gone to the south of the Yangtze River with a large number of factory guards.

To be honest, he was already a little disheartened and wanted to resign and return home.

But when he heard the news, he stopped alive again.

He decided to look at the situation again. If His Majesty was really going to Jiangnan, he might still be able to play a role in the court.

And it was at the same time when Chen Hong went to Jiangnan.

There are also two people who are going north to the capital by boat under the personal escort of Jin Yiwei.

"Hu Butang, has our Majesty always... been so resolute?" In the cabin, Hu Zongxian and Hai Rui sat opposite each other, and it was Hai Rui who spoke first.

To be honest, after seeing the darkness of the officialdom and the insignificance of personal power, he was really disheartened and wanted to resign and return to his hometown.

But before he could hand over his resignation letter, several Jin Yiwei came to the door and directly threw him an imperial decree.

Emperor Jiajing asked him to pack up and go to Jingmiansheng immediately, and told him clearly that he was asked to be the censor of Zuodu this time.

To be honest, Hai Rui was a little surprised by this decree. He didn't expect that he would really fall into the eyes of the Holy One. He specially asked Jin Yiwei to deliver the decree for him, and he was still a senior official of the third rank.

This is simply a step up to the sky!
With such great grace from the emperor, Hai Rui dared not delay, so he could only pack his bags and set off.

Then he ran into Hu Zongxian who was also picked up from the hospital bed by Zhu Yuanzhang's will.

Hearing Hai Rui's question at this moment, Hu Zongxian shook his head and said, "In my impression, His Majesty has always been unpredictable, and has never had such a straightforward will."

"But no matter what, we have no choice but to go. Your Majesty has clearly stated in his will that if you don't go, you will be deceiving the emperor!"

"My old bones can't afford it."

Although Hu Zongxian was smiling bitterly, he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

The so-called four realms of Confucianism and Taoism, self-cultivation, family harmony, governance of the country, and peace of the world, how could he not have the expectation of being a general and a prime minister for half his life as an official?
It's just that the government didn't allow it before.

Originally, after Yan Song left the court center, his worst plan was to go to jail, but he didn't expect that the development of things was completely beyond his expectation. Not only did he not have the slightest jail time, but he was about to go to Beijing to face saints.

To be honest, he still felt the joy of being valued by the Holy Majesty.

It can only be said that happiness came a bit too suddenly.

"Maybe the world is really different!" In the end, Hu Zongxian could only look forward to it.

(End of this chapter)