Chapter seven hundred and twentieth performance
Emperor Jiajing was furiously flipping through the report that Lu Bing had just sent. Although Dong Fen was very tight-lipped, for those newly-student Jinshi and those who failed the exam, the title of Jinyiwei was enough to make them brave.
"Emperor, Master Yan asked for a visit."
Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes and didn't want to look at it anymore, "Xuan."
The old Yan Song came slowly with a cane. Emperor Jiajing threw the memorial in his hand without saying a word, "Look at what you did!"
A moment later, Yan Song's slightly hoarse voice came, "The old minister has finished reading."
"Are you finished reading?" Emperor Jiajing, who was still closed his eyes, sarcastically said: "It's so strange that the little Guanglu Temple Minister can actually handle a major fraud case."
Bai Qichang, the Minister of Guanglu Temple, was a Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing. He was a guest of Yan Shifan and used ink to make laughter. In the 35th year of Jiajing, the Beijing Prefecture was reprimanded by Li Mo, but Li Mo was defeated and Bai Qichang was promoted to the Minister of Guanglu Temple.
Yan Song knelt down tremblingly, "Your Majesty is wise, this matter must be done by my son's East Building."
Emperor Jiajing, who thought Yan Song could make quibbling words, opened his eyes in surprise and saw Yan Song kneeling on the ground and the ordinary wooden crutch beside him.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Yan Song had errands and was taken care of by young eunuchs when he went in and out of the Western Garden. This was the first time Emperor Jiajing saw Yan Song using crutches, although he was eighty years old.
Emperor Jiajing squinted his eyes and looked at Yan Song kneeling on the ground. He remembered that just last month, when the cabinet met, Xu Huating respectfully and diligently supported Yan Song...
"Please give me guilt."
"Are you not generous enough to you?" Emperor Jiajing said slowly: "The six ministers account for half of them, and only the Ministry of Personnel. Once there is a vacancy, Yan Donglou will submit it to the Ministry of Personnel on paper... The silver in the warehouse of Yanfu Villa is more than the silver in the warehouse that is Taicang of the Ministry of Revenue and the inner warehouse of my house."
"Please give me guilt."
"I'm giving you a big sin!" Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but swear, "If you really want to give him a sin, he has ten heads that are not enough to cut!"
Yan Song, who was lying on the ground, repeated for the third time: "Please give him a crime, be dismissed from office and convicted, and be exiled to the army."
Emperor Jiajing exerted force on his irritable hands, and the lion cat screamed and ran away from his arms, obviously all the hairs were lost by the shoveler.
"The old minister was poor when he was young. After entering the government, he did not dare to say that he was honest and was not tempted by Adu's things. Unexpectedly, the child Donglou regarded wealth as his life and actually used the court to collect money."
"How can I feel the hearts of all the ministers if I am not punished?"
Emperor Jiajing's expression gradually calmed down and he sighed: "It's all children's debt."
In fact, Yan Song had already whipped his son with a whip last night... He really couldn't figure out why his son took such a big risk for that little money now.
But Yan Shifan was also helpless. The money had been collected into the bank treasury long ago, so it could not be refunded, right?
Besides, Yan Shifan's reputation for using money to do business is very famous, and he can be said to be innocent. He doesn't want to ruin his reputation.
The most important thing is that this is not the first time Yan Shifan has cheated. In the 27th year of Jiajing, Xia Yan abandoned the market, and in the 29th year of Jiajing, Yan Shifan made the first move. Bai Qichang, the Minister of Guanglu Temple, was the Jinshi who passed that time. Then, after the 32nd year of Jiajing, 35th year, and this year...
Yan Shifan felt that there would be no problem... But now that the incident happened, Yan Song and Yan Shifan realized that they were afraid that this incident would have fallen into Xu Jie's eyes long ago, but they kept causing trouble and waiting for the opportunity.
"The old minister has three daughters and one son, the youngest daughter dies prematurely, and the eldest daughter and the second daughter dies, only the Donglou is the only one." Yan Song slowly raised his head, his voice trembled, and his face was covered with tears.
Emperor Jiajing sighed, turned his head and looked at Huang Jin, and then said, "You are the first one to get up."
Later generations said that Emperor Jiajing was mean and polite, mainly focusing on Xia Yan's matter, but in fact this is really hard to say. Although it was difficult to serve, Gui E, Fang Xianfu, Zhang Cong, and Yan Song all served as the chief ministers of the cabinet in the great ritual incident, and most of them died well.
"Ge Lao Yan..."
"Eunuch Huang is waiting for a moment." Yan Song took out a memorial from his sleeve and presented it on his hands, "Please give Yan Shifan the crime and issue him as a soldier."
Huang Jin was stunned when he received the memorial. The cover color of the memorial often represents a different meaning. This memorial is a memorial.
Emperor Jiajing took the memorial and did not open it. Instead, he stared at Yan Song for a long time. He was as smart as he thought of a possibility. Yan Song used himself to exchange his son Yan Shifan for his life.
This is worth it. After all, life is rare in seventy years, and Yan Song is already eighty years old.
Emperor Jiajing also thought of another possibility. Yan Song, whose son's life gate was dragged, made a deal with Xu Jie, who was eager to take office, and exchanged Yan Shifan's life as the chief minister of the cabinet.
Tsk tsk, although in a complex court situation, you are not afraid of thinking too much, but you are afraid of thinking too little... but Emperor Jiajing's association is too rich.
After a long period of silence, Emperor Jiajing asked softly: "Which is the successor to the chief assistant of the cabinet?"
"Fu Wei Sheng Jue." Yan Song replied: "The Minister of Rites Wu Yuejing should replace the cabinet minister."
"How about Xu Jie?"
"Today Xu Huating wants to send Ningbo sea ships to Liaodong." Yan Song coughed twice, "It still needs to be tempered."
"Nonsense!" Emperor Jiajing's face changed. The canal transportation was changed to sea transportation. As early as the Hongzhi period, officials proposed that it had not tried it until now, and the resistance was too great.
After thinking for a long time in his mind, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said, "You can get up. You are eighty years old. I have been kneeling on the gold brick for a long time. The cold air is coming to my knees... Go back and let your son kneel down and kneel down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yan Song got up with difficulty with Huang Jin's support.
Emperor Jiajing stood up and walked a few steps, and suddenly said, "I want to get back to Li Shiyan, what do you think?"
"Li Shiyan is proud of his spirit, and has the courage to do things, and has the ability to do things." Yan Song bent down and replied: "In the Zhengde period, the Jinshi was selected as a scholar in Shuji to be admitted to the Hanlin area, and he could enter the cabinet as usual."
Emperor Jiajing was stunned for a moment, and he knew that Yan Song and Li Mo fought to the death twice, but they did not expect to agree with Li Mo's resumption.
But Emperor Jiajing then understood and pointed at Yan Song and cursed: "You old guy, although you have no choice but to teach your children, you will not be so guilty. Who is afraid of calculating the future?"
Yan Song was slimming his face, "Your Majesty is not better than the wise."
Huang Jin on the side could understand that if Yan Song retired, Yan Shifan was convicted and Yan's party was destroyed, Xu Jie might not have taken advantage of the victory, but if Li Mo recovered, Xu Jie's attention would be focused on Li Mo.
"It's not like this." Emperor Jiajing waved his sleeves and said, "Go back and tell your son, first, Yan's silver treasury pays half of the silver, second, go back immediately and be filial!"
"Thank you for your kindness." Yan Song paid a great gift and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, is 50% less?"
"After one percent, I'm afraid your son wants money but not life!" Emperor Jiajing sneered: "I leave Beijing before dark tomorrow, and I will not stay in Beijing."
Yan Song breathed a sigh of relief, and finally drove his son away no matter what... He could see clearly in the past few months that the situation of his son staying in the capital would only get worse and worse. He could only drive his son away. Whether he retired or stayed, he would always have room to maneuver and would not be killed by Xu Jie.
There was no way, Yan Shifan was too heartbroken, and he even thought about pushing Dong Fen up... This possibility really exists. After all, Dong Fen was born in the Hanlin family, and served as a position in the Zhan Shifu, the Imperial College, and the Ministry of Rites. He was transferred to the Minister of the Three Ministry of Justice and was in charge of the Zhan Shifu. If Yan Song did his best, Dong Fen might be the Minister of Rites first than Gao Gong, and then enter the cabinet.
Emperor Jiajing looked at Yan Song who was worshipping on the ground and smiled and said, "As for you..."
Chapter completed!