When Lin Junran and Jiang Ronghua were happy to meet each other, heavy rain fell from the sky in the capital, and Yan Shifan, who was in the cabinet, looked gloomy and terrible.

Because he had more military newspapers from the Ministry of War in his hands, miners in Jiangxi and other places raised the anti-banks one after another, and some of their forces had even expanded to tens of thousands of rebels.

It is worth mentioning that gold and silver trading was banned in the early Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court did not mine silver mines.

However, as Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty issued the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes indiscriminately, the national monetary system collapsed, and gold and silver gradually became official currencies. Naturally, the court did not allow the people to infect silver mines.

However, the most important silver-producing area of ​​the Ming Dynasty was far away in Yunnan, and the southern provinces had no great mining value except for a limited number of large silver mines. Due to the low mining efficiency of the government, some silver was found to be the first to be found.

The mines are even unable to make ends meet, but they become a little fat and some maggots.

But private mining is still profitable. After all, the production costs of the two are not on the same level. They are the hope for some landless people to survive, and they are the only way to reach the sky for them to jump from peasant class to landlord class.

It is precisely because the people's private silver mining was not a phenomenon that occurred in the Jiajing Dynasty, but a problem that has always existed. For example, when Xu Jie was appointed as the Promoter of Yanping Prefecture, Fujian, he also encountered the situation where the local stolen silver was repeatedly banned.

He has also severely cracked down on mine thieves.

Although the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards silver mines has been resolutely cracking down on silver mines, for various reasons, the efforts to crack down on private silver mining among the people have never been too active.

If we say that the ban on silver is different from the past, it is mainly because the party is strong and the government order is implemented.

The ban on silver was successfully implemented in important silver-producing provinces such as Jiangxi. In order to better implement the ban on silver, the local government even directly locked the mountains a few miles away from the silver mine, and expelled the people who settled around them.

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"how so?"

Yan Shifan looked at the military newspaper presented, but he didn't know that the matter was caused by this silver ban. It was this severe silver ban that forced the miners to rebel, which caused this big fluctuation.

Like Li Er from Jiangxi, in just a few days, he grew from hundreds to tens of thousands, becoming a huge reactionary force. Due to the riots of miners in Fujian, the Japanese chief Hong Zezhen tried to take advantage of the situation.

, which caused the Japanese attack situation in Fujian to suddenly worsen.

It has to be admitted that the Ming Dynasty’s people’s base was already very weak, which led to many people willing to participate in the movement to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and would rather risk beheading.

Although this was absolutely bad news, Yan Shifan still honestly reported to Yan Song.

"It seems that Wang Bai and Lin Qingran are thinking carefully. They should not be too hasty in knowing that such things are not a problem, nor can they really kill all the miners!" Yan Song sighed slightly when he heard the report on the war.

Yan Shifan stood aside and waited for his father's idea. Hearing this, he immediately complained: "Dad, when is it now? Why are you still praising those two disobedient things?"

"Yan Shifan, you are a little smart, but your eyes cannot tolerate others! You look down on this and that, but why are you not doing well in the imperial examination?" Yan Song said with a stern face.

Although Yan Shifan was called the little master of the court and even applauded some important officials of the court, he had a fatal weakness. He entered the official position as the lowest-level prison student.

This kind of background is not comparable to Lin Qingran, and even the general Ming officials cannot compare with that of the Emperor, so he dare not even take the position of the Minister of Works to him as the Minister of Works.

The Ming Dynasty officialdom had strict rules of the game. If it were not Hanlin, it would not be included in the cabinet. The upper limit of ordinary Jinshi was six ministries and nine ministers, the upper limit of Juren was the magistrate, and officials could not be officials.

But Yan Shifan is in his fifties after all, so he can't listen to these preaching words, but he clenched his ears and said impatiently: "Dad, are you always talking about these things? Now at this time

Then, what should we do? You should give me a clear word?"

"The ban on the silver order can no longer be implemented, but it cannot be revoked! Say hello to all places and let them slow down appropriately and take a good look at what Guangdong does!" Yan Song pondered for a moment and said slowly.

Yan Shifan rolled his eyes, but said disapprovingly: "I have suspended Wang Bai and Lin Qingran! They do not follow the court's laws, and even if the court's laws are not appropriate, they will still be blamed!"

"What! You... have you suspended them?" Yan Song stared at him in disbelief when he heard that Yan Shifan had made a fuss to suspend Wang Bai and Lin Qingran and investigated his job. He stared at him in disbelief, and he was so angry!

This is not only because Yan Shifan is arbitrarily speaking, but because he now chooses to trust his son unconditionally, but his son is actually a slander. With Yan Shifan's arrogant personality, sooner or later, something will happen.

"Dad, are you so angry?" Yan Shifan looked at his father's beard and glared, but felt that his father was making a big fuss and complained.

Yan Song looked at his son so unrepentant, raised his dry fingers and said unhurriedly: "You...you are really angry. The foundation I laid for the Yan family will be destroyed as soon as possible...

On hand!”

"Dad, don't be so angry that you are not as serious as you said!" Yan Shifan was actually filial and stepped forward to help Old Yan Song whisper.

Yan Song was really angry. It was not until a long time to recover. He said irresistible: "Let Wang Bai and Lin Qingran restore their power and let them take charge of the mining affairs in Guangdong. Otherwise, there will be trouble in Guangdong!"

"Dad, I'll say hello to Zhang Nie. There will definitely be no trouble in Guangdong. What about those two disobedient things to deal with?" Yan Shifan was very unwilling to accept it and wanted to fool this matter.

Yan Song looked at his son and finally sighed: "Now the miners in Jiangxi and other places are rioting, but the miners in Guangdong are not moving! If you want to investigate Wang Bai and Lin Qingran for the crime of seizing the ban on silver order, you are giving them a statement.

Merit? Or should I punish them? Don’t forget, if you don’t talk about Wang Bai, can this matter alone suppress Lin Weiran?”

When Yan Shifan heard this, he was slightly stunned.

Things are really as my father said. If you really get the blame for these two people and start talking about them again afterwards, it may be their achievements, and it will be a big joke to punish them.

Yan Shifan felt compromised, but he still had to save face after all, so he took a step back and said: "Dad, we still have to support Zhang Nie. Let them be restored in two days!"

"You always have so many reasons. I hope you don't be smart but are mistaken for being smart!" Yan Song closed his eyes and said helplessly.

Yan Shifan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that things had achieved good results.
Chapter completed!