I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 424 Panicked Yan Song and Xu Jie

Hearing this, Yan Song and Xu Jie suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts, and the facts proved that their premonition was correct.

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, took a step forward, and brought Yan Song and Xu Jie the letter that had finished reading Jiajing and recorded the current situation in Zhejiang.

Jiajing raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of banter when he looked at Yan Song and Xu Jie.

"You two, don't you want to see what is recorded here?"

Yan Song looked at the letter in front of him, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "It seems that the strategy I adopted earlier has succeeded, and His Majesty really became suspicious of this, and sent Jin Yiwei to Zhejiang!"

On the other hand, Xu Jie, looking at the letter in Lu Fang's hand, had a gloomy look on his face, and immediately glanced at Yan Song who was beside him without any trace, and said to himself silently.

"Hmph, I knew that Yan Song, an old man, would definitely not sit still. Do you think that if you bring this matter to His Majesty, I will let you go?"

"Just wait, your end is already doomed, I will step on your corpse and take the position of chief minister of the cabinet!"

Seeing that Yan Song and Xu Jie hadn't moved for a long time, a look of impatience flashed across Jiajing's face, and he immediately urged him.

"Yan Song, Xu Jie, I'm talking to you, don't you hear me?"

Seeing this situation, Yan Song and Xu Jie knelt down on the ground with a "plop" and pleaded guilty to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty!"

When Jiajing heard this, his face became even more impatient, and he looked away from Yan Song and Xu Jie, and said slowly.

"Aren't you two usually eloquent and eloquent?"

"What, dumb?"

Just as Xu Jie, who was on the side, wanted to defend himself, he saw Jiajing's extremely cold eyes, and couldn't help but tremble all over, and immediately lowered his head deeply, not daring to say a word.

And Yan Song has already accumulated rich experience in this area, so at this moment, he just lowered his head deeply, and put on a look of self-blame.

For the next period of time, Jiajing didn't speak any more, just stroked the dragon head carved on the dragon chair, looked up and down at Yan Song and Xu Jie who were kneeling on the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

Just when Yan Song and Xu Jie thought that this matter was over for the time being, Jiajing's voice from the ancient well sounded again: "Do you want me to repeat what I said earlier?"

Both Yan Song and Xu Jie could hear the faint murderous intent contained in Jiajing's words, and soon Yan Song reacted first, got up tremblingly from the ground, and then took the letter from Lu Fang's hand.

Jiajing glanced at Yan Song rather indifferently, and then ordered.

"Read it to me word for word!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Yan Song heard the words, his face immediately turned serious, and he said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, about a month ago, the food in the hands of local sang farmers in Zhejiang was bought by unknown people at a high price."

"Those mulberry farmers don't have enough food in their hands, so they have to rely on the relief food distributed by the government to survive!"

When Yan Song read this, he paused for a moment, then continued.

"It's just that the relief food stored by the local government in Zhejiang can't support the consumption of these mulberry farmers at all, so..."

Before Yan Song finished reading, Jiajing interrupted impatiently: "Okay, stop reading, show Xu Jie this letter!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Yan Song responded, he immediately handed over the letter in his hand to Xu Jie who was beside him.

When Xu Jie took the letter from Yan Song's hand, his trembling was even more exaggerated than that of Yan Song before.

After Xu Jie finished browsing the contents of the letter, Jiajing just looked away and said slowly.

"You two, since you have read the contents of the letter, don't you have anything to say to me?"

"Think about it, think about it before answering!"

There is no doubt that both Yan Song and Xu Jie felt a great crisis from what Jiajing said just now!

If one's answer does not satisfy the emperor, one's end will be very predictable.

It was also because of this that after thinking about it for a long time, Xu Jie stood up and gave his response carefully.

"Report to Your Majesty, this matter, I have an unshirkable responsibility!"

Seeing Xu Jie admitting his mistake so straightforwardly, Jiajing couldn't help showing a hint of surprise on his face, and immediately asked with great interest.

"Oh, since that's the case, tell me, where is your responsibility?"

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie couldn't help letting go of his defenses. After organizing the words in his mind, he continued: "Your Majesty, as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I don't know anything about the shortage of food in Zhejiang. The minister is dereliction of duty!"

"Therefore, I implore Your Majesty, give me a chance to make up for my mistakes!"

"After coming down, Weichen will immediately ask the Ministry of Finance to allocate grain to Zhejiang!"

When Yan Song heard this, he subconsciously wanted to refute: "Your Majesty, you must not..."

However, before Yan Song had time to utter his words of admonition, he saw Jiajing's face, which instantly became extremely gloomy.

"Xu Jie, are you coaxing me like a child?"

"It will take at least ten days to transfer grain from the Ministry of Households to Zhejiang, no matter what!"

"If you're not lucky enough, it's very possible that the ships transporting grain will encounter bad weather on the road, or even be robbed by bandits along the way. This back and forth will delay a lot of time, and the grain will not arrive on time at all. Zhejiang!"

When Jiajing said this, he turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and immediately questioned him.

"Xu Jie, I ask you, what is your intention!"

Seeing this, Xu Jie immediately knelt down on the ground in fear, knocked his head on the ground with a 'bang bang' sound, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

"I was in a hurry, so I didn't consider these details just now, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"This minister's loyalty to His Majesty is a lesson from heaven and earth!"

When Xu Jie raised his head, his forehead was already covered with blood. At this moment, he looked quite embarrassed, and he didn't even have half the majesty of the cabinet minister.

Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Xu Jie, and immediately ordered.

"The most important thing to do right now is not to adjust grain from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but to consider adjusting grain from neighboring provinces in Zhejiang!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Yan Song on the side immediately added.

"Your Majesty, according to the information I received before, the provinces adjacent to Zhejiang are Jiangxi and Fujian, and there is still surplus food available for mobilization!"

After listening to Yan Song's explanation, Jiajing did not make a decision, but gave Yan Song the right to choose, and said.

"Oh, if that's the case, then Yan Song, where do you think it should be better to adjust the grain?"

Yan Song heard Jiajing's words and responded without thinking.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I feel that the food should be transferred from Jiangxi right now!"

In Yan Song's view, Tan Lun from Fujian is a well-deserved person from Qingliu. If he transfers grain from Fujian at that time, he will definitely encounter obstacles.

On the other side of Jiangxi, Cao Shunhe, who is currently the governor of Jiangxi, does not have many contacts in the court, and Hu Zongxian personally led an army to Jiangxi to suppress the rebellion not long ago!
In terms of emotion and reason, Hu Zongxian has great kindness to Cao Shunhe, so choosing Jiangxi as the place to transfer grain to Zhejiang will definitely go much smoother!
When Xu Jie at the side heard this, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and he added.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I feel that Elder Yan Ge made the right choice!"

"Whether it is the degree of wealth, or the distance from Zhejiang, or even the way of transporting grain, it is an excellent choice to transfer grain from Jiangxi to Zhejiang!"

Yan Song, who was at the side, saw that Xu Jie was so supportive of his proposal, and keenly sensed something was wrong.

"Why is he, Xu Jie, so supportive of grain transfer from Jiangxi? Is there some kind of trap in it?"

Just as Yan Song was still organizing words in his mind, trying to persuade Jiajing to change the province of grain adjustment from Jiangxi to Fujian, Jiajing waved his hand and immediately ordered.

"Okay, this matter is settled like this, let's adjust the grain from Jiangxi!"

Seeing that the emperor had made the final decision, Yan Song had no choice but to respond, even though he felt extremely unwilling.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

Jiangxi, Nanchang Prefecture.

At this moment, Cao Shunhe was sitting in front of the desk, dealing with the corresponding official documents.

Since the last incident subsided, the power of the entire Jiangxi has been reshuffled. The salt merchants who were originally dominant in Jiangxi and deeply rooted were killed by Hu Zongxian's army. Not only that, but what they owned His huge family property was also copied and confiscated into the treasury!
After that, the imperial court did not stop there, but launched a major cleansing of the entire Jiangxi officialdom. Except for Jiangxi governor Cao Shunhe, most of the other officials were involved.

And the one who was in charge of carrying out this mass cleansing was none other than Liu Mi, the Governor of Jinyiwei who rushed to Jiangxi with Hu Zongxian. During that time, the whole of Jiangxi was slaughtered with heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers!
Those officials who survived by luck were in panic all day long, while the common people clapped their hands and cheered!

After that, with the arrival of a new batch of officials, the whole of Jiangxi gradually got on the right track.

Since the new batch of officials had witnessed the tragic end of their predecessors, in order to keep the black hats on their heads, they were cautious everywhere and did not dare to treat the people too harshly.

It is also because of this that compared with other provinces in Ming Dynasty, the current Jiangxi can barely be described by the four words of political integrity and people.

Just as Cao Shunhe finished processing the official documents in his hands, he planned to take a break and drink tea.

There was a rush of footsteps coming from outside, and a moment later, a guard with a hurried look came in, ordered on one knee, and respectfully reported.

"Your Excellency, there is a person outside who claims to be the person sent by Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang Province and the governor of Zhejiang Province. He said that he has a letter to deliver to you face to face!"

Cao Shunhe heard this, after thinking for a while, he immediately ordered: "Well, let him come in!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After receiving Cao Shunhe's order, the guard didn't stop at all, and quickly turned and left.

Not long after, under the leadership of the guards, the confidant who was entrusted by Hu Zongxian to deliver the letter before successfully met Cao Shunhe.

As soon as he entered the room, he carefully took out the letter from his arms, lowered his head, and said respectfully.

"I have seen the governor!"

"Ah."

Seeing this situation, Cao Shunhe, after Xiang Lairen nodded slightly, immediately turned his attention to the letter in his hand, and asked.

"This is the letter that your lord asked you to submit to me personally?"

Hearing this, the visitor dared not hide anything, and immediately responded respectfully.

"Yes, Lord Governor, my lord has said that we must deliver the letter to you in person!"

I saw Cao Shunhe looked away, then took the letter from the hands of the stranger, and immediately gave instructions.

"Well, the officer has received the letter, you should go down and rest first!"

Seeing that the task of his trip was successfully completed, the visitor couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately left the room under the leadership of the guards.

Soon, only Cao Shunhe was left in the room. After that, he unhurriedly opened the envelope and browsed the contents word by word. The contents of the letter are as follows.

"Brother Feng Qing, right now, in Zhejiang, the grain in the hands of mulberry farmers is being bought by unknown persons at high prices, resulting in a shortage of food. If this continues, the imperial court's promotion of changing rice to mulberry will be unsustainable. We Hu Zongxian is here, asking for your help in his own name, I, Hu Zongxian, will be very grateful!"

Cao Shunhe quickly browsed through the contents of the letter. Judging from the handwriting on it, it is undoubtedly Hu Zongxian's personal letter!
Immediately afterwards, Cao Shunhe looked at the letter written by Hu Zongxian in his hand, and combined with the notice issued by the household department earlier, the context of the whole matter had been formed in Cao Shunhe's mind.

After a long time, Cao Shunhe sighed helplessly, and then said with emotion.

"Hey, things didn't go as expected, and the fight started again!"

"It's just that this time, both sides chose Zhejiang as the battlefield by coincidence. Yan Dang's side needs to make rice change into mulberry to succeed. While accumulating chips for themselves, they should show their abilities to the emperor in a disguised form, while Qingliu's side , but they tried every means to make the transformation of rice into mulberry fail, and their goal was to completely overthrow the Yan Party and replace it!"

"In this way, the notice issued by the household department earlier, and the letter sent to me by Hu Zongxian can all be explained!"

Even though Cao Shunhe was clear about the ins and outs of the whole matter, right now, an unavoidable problem was before his eyes.

That is, who do you listen to?
If you follow the orders from the Ministry of Household Affairs, you will offend the strict party. If you follow Hu Zongxian's request to transfer grain from Jiangxi to Zhejiang, you will inevitably offend those people in Qingliu.

In this way, Cao Shunhe fell into a dilemma.

He knows very well that he doesn't have many contacts in the court to use, and if impeachment really happens, few people in the court will stand up and speak for him!

After weighing the pros and cons, Cao Shunhe seemed to have made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and made his own decision: "Damn, why think so much!"

"It doesn't matter, Hu Zongxian has a great kindness for me, so I have to repay it. The big deal is that I am not the governor of Jiangxi!"

(End of this chapter)