During the 20 years of Yan Song's reign, Yan Shifan became the actual helmator of the Ministry of Works, and during this period he made a lot of money from the project.

Because the emperor is keen on practicing Taoism, the country's finances no longer focus on people's livelihood, but have invested heavily in Taoist buildings of all sizes. In addition, Emperor Jiajing, who was very fond of merit, built the outer city of Beijing and rebuilt the three halls burned by thunder and fire.

The construction project of the outer city of Beijing forced the emperor, who had always been powerless, to compromise. The original "心" plan was changed to "心" plan, which shows the money it consumed.

As for the reconstruction of the three halls, it took five years. During this period, it collected Nanshan and other good woods from Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. The total cost of the project was as high as several million taels.

It is precisely because the largest expenditure of the state's finances is no longer military expenditure and royal family members, but these large and small projects.

During Yan Song's reign, Yan Shifan dared to be so arrogant and ignored many ministers. In addition to relying on his father's status, he actually had evidence of some officials' corruption, which had already brought these people to the water.

Xu Fan was an official in the capital and was very greedy, so he was naturally easily dragged into the water by Yan Shifan. Xu Fan took this money and bought a lot of shops in the capital one after another.

This matter cannot be too blamed for Xu Fan's greed. In order to win Yan Song's trust, Xu Jie could not let Yan Song and his son relax his vigilance by marrying a granddaughter and changing his hometown alone.

It is precisely because Xu Fan was pulled into the water by Yan Shifan. Although Xu Fan was greedy, it was also a forced choice for Xu Jie at that time.

But he never expected that Yan Shifan, who had escaped home, still did not restrain his temper and dared to be so arrogant, and threatened to make the account book public.

Xu Jie knew that his son had been staring at Jiangxi and the news would definitely not be faked. He frowned slightly and said, "Xu Fan, how much silver did you have in Yan Shifan's hand?"

"Just... it's about 50,000 taels!" Xu Fan hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly.

Xu Jie glanced at his son angrily, but said calmly: "Old Yan Ge is not confused yet. Yan Shifan is also a smart person. He should not do such an unwise thing. Yan Shifan is just saying a few harsh words to earn some face."

The greedy thing is actually a double-edged sword. Not to mention how much effort the parties made to clear Yan Shifan about greedying things. Once the account book is really in the hands of the emperor, the first one who is unlucky would definitely be Yan Shifan.

Although the emperor has a strong tolerance for greed, Yan Shifan may be killed by his family if he really puts this true evidence in front of him, especially with such a large case of greed.

Xu Fan did not feel relieved and advised with concern: "Dad, Yan Shifan is a lunatic. He couldn't say that he would really hand over the account book to the emperor. We have to prepare for the future!"

"This matter cannot be done! If you rashly bring Yan Shifan back to Beijing, with his lawless nature, this is the real trouble!" Xu Jie put down the book and shook his head seriously.

Yan Shifan may have just been showing off his verbal courage in his hometown in Jiangxi, but if he brought it back to the capital, he might really bite people everywhere and even reveal the greed case regardless of the consequences.

"Dad, I know this, so we have to kill with one blow, and don't give Yan Shifan the chance to bite people!" Xu Fan never had a good impression of the Yan family and said as he gestured to wipe his neck.

Xu Jie picked up the teacup that had already left the table cold and asked casually: "What do you want to do?"

"Dad, don't worry, I won't be reckless! You can plan for ten years to defeat Yan Song, so I will naturally not be too hasty!" Xu Fan's eyes lit up slightly, and then he said seriously: "Your student Li Yin is really sensible. I think he can give us what we want. Let's put him in the position of Yuanzhou as the prefect!"

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and asked calmly: "What about?"

"After Li Yin arrived in Yuanzhou, he would secretly collect some evidence. As long as we wait for the right time, we can attack Yan Shifan and eliminate future troubles forever!" Xu Fan said with a flash of elegance.

Xu Jie's heart moved slightly, looked up at his son and asked, "Is Li Yin really trustworthy?"

"He is your disciple, and now he is the Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture. This man is both loyal, reliable and capable. My uncle has a high opinion of him!" Xu Fan was overjoyed and answered seriously.

"People can be transferred, but let him not act rashly!" Xu Jie put down the teacup and immediately said with a decisive sound.

He and Yan Song had no deep grudges, but the two families were still in-laws. Although they had many unhappiness in the past, as they got the position of chief minister, many of the grudges also disappeared.

In the officialdom, he also had a fine tradition of not conducting post-liquidation of political enemies, so he never planned to attack Yan Song again and let the Yan family father and son spend their old age in An, Jiangxi.

But Yan Shifan refused to be a wealthy man in Jiangxi, but he wanted to defeat him and reveal the evidence of his former greed.

When his status and power are seriously threatened, as a mature politician, he naturally needs to find a way to eliminate this hidden danger.

"Okay, I'll write a book for my uncle!" Xu Fan responded immediately and left in a hurry.

A few days later, the imperial court's order to transfer local officials was officially issued.

Chen Xian, the transfer envoy of the two Huaizhou capitals, was implicated by his son and was dismissed from office by the court; Li Yu, the deputy director of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, was dismissed from office by the court for suspected corruption; as for the prefect of Yangzhou He Dongxu, he was demoted to Guizhou as deputy envoy of the Censorship because of his lack of talent.

Although Guizhou served as deputy inspector of the Censorate in the fourth rank and was transferred at the same level, the two were not comparable at all. As for the general of Zhejiang Zhi, who had great military achievements, Lu Tong was dismissed from his post due to the Hu Zongxian incident, and his position was taken over by Liuhe as the general Yang Shangying.

Li Yinshi, the co-magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture, was from Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province. He was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing. He was first appointed as the magistrate of Nanyang. Because of his outstanding achievements in managing local areas, he was transferred to the magistrate of Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi.

This third-class Jinshi official who had only been in office for ten years had arrived at the ceiling of the prefect so quickly that everyone knew that his background was extraordinary, and perhaps he had lost his luck.

In this dazzling mobilization, many people can only see some things on the surface and have no idea that these officials are actually playing games behind them.

This is true in the capital. Even though it is sunny and nice weather every day, it is always surrounded by an invisible vortex. All officials are in the center of this vortex and are swallowed up anytime and anywhere.
Chapter completed!