Author: Spring turns to summer

After the edict was promulgated, it was sent to the tower of the Forbidden City to be read out with extremely complicated etiquette to show its intention to announce to the world. After the edict was proclaimed, the Ministry of Rites received it and immediately transcribed or printed multiple copies and distributed them to the post office.

In various places, local officials would then receive the edict and promulgate it.

Only after such a complicated process can the edict be officially issued. As for whether it is implemented and how well it is implemented, it mainly depends on the initiative of local officials and whether subsequent supervision work is in place.

At this time, Jiajing did not have such troubles. As a truly powerful emperor, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty dared to challenge his authority. At most, they could only secretly make small moves behind his back. Once the small moves behind him were discovered, they would be destroyed.

It will definitely end in death! Therefore, Jiajing's political decrees were relatively smooth, and they did not reach the point where later generations of descendants would not issue decrees outside the capital.

"Your Majesty, here are the accounts handed over by the Jinyi Guards. Please check them." In the Yangxin Hall, Lu Fang walked in quickly, walking slowly and without making a sound.

After finishing her walk with the emperor, Lu Fang rushed to Jin Yiwei's side without stopping. After many urgings, she finally got the account book from him.

"Well, submit it!" Jiajing put down the memorial in his hand and took the account from Lu Fang.

When he opened the account book, the number recorded on it made him take a breath: "Fifteen million six hundred and twenty thousand taels!"

"Your Majesty, this is only cash, there are many antiques, calligraphy, paintings and mansions that are still being calculated." Lu Fang bowed slightly and then added.

"In addition, Prince Zhao's Mansion and Prince Gui's Mansion have the most cash, while Prince Hui's Mansion has the largest number of land deeds and various antique calligraphy and paintings."

"How many acres are there?" Jiajing put the account book aside and asked.

"According to the land deeds stored in the mansion, there are about 160,000 acres." Lu Fang gave the answer after recalling for a moment.

"Okay, okay, good job! I want to reward you well. You can keep some of the remaining things for yourself." Jiajing waved his hand and said calmly.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare. Being able to do things for Your Majesty is already the greatest favor. How dare I ask for anything else?" After hearing Jiajing's words, Lu Fang knelt on the ground in fear and couldn't help but refuse.

"You can just take what I asked you to do. Despite all the nonsense, this is what I reward you for!" Jiajing looked displeased when he saw Lu Fang acting like this.

"My slave, thank you for your grace. I am willing to do your best for your majesty, even if I die!" Seeing that the emperor was a little unhappy, Lu Fang no longer refused. She looked excited, as if pounding garlic, and kept kowtowing on the ground.

"Okay, get up and call Yan Song and Xu Jie over to me!"

"yes."

…

After receiving Jiajing's order, Lu Fang rushed to the cabinet without stopping.

Without waiting for the announcement, Lu Fang went straight into the cabinet with a smile that could not be concealed: "Mr. Yan Ge, Mr. Xu Ge, your majesty invites you!"

"We have met Eunuch Lu." Seeing Lu Fang come in, everyone stopped correcting the memorial and saluted Lu Fang.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song took the lead and asked: "May I ask what your Majesty invites the two of us to come to discuss? It's better for us to be prepared in advance."

Lu Fang looked around and saw that there were no other people around. She lowered her voice and said, "It doesn't hurt to tell you. Your Majesty invites you to go. You should be thinking about how to spend the money."

"What!" Xu Jie exclaimed when he heard this.

As the Minister of Household Affairs, no one knows better than him what it means to spend money like water, the various expenses incurred in the daily operation of the court, officials' salaries, officers and soldiers' pay, pensions, disaster relief funds, and all kinds of other messy things.

Expenditures, sometimes millions of taels of wasted money, are allocated before they are still in the treasury.

Usually the emperor would point his finger at the Ministry of Finance and scold him, why was so much money spent at once? But now it was the emperor who took the initiative to discuss with him how to spend the money, which made Xu Jie feel unreal.

"What are you doing, Mr. Xu Ge? Let's go!"

"Oh oh oh."

Lu Fang's voice brought Xu Jie back to reality, and he nodded blankly and kept up.

…

"Your Majesty, the two pavilion elders have arrived!" Lu Fang bowed and left after sending the two pavilion elders to Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, Yan Song (Xu Jie), is here to see you!"

"Everyone, please get up and give me a seat." Jiajing glanced at the two of them and spoke in a lazy tone.

"May I ask why your Majesty has come to discuss this with me?"

"See for yourselves." After Jiajing said that, he handed the account book handed over by Jin Yiwei to the two of them.

"Fifteen million six hundred and twenty thousand taels!" After seeing the numbers on the account book clearly, the two cabinet elders exclaimed, and then looked at Jiajing with an incredulous look.

"Your Majesty, could this be..." Yan Song thought for a moment and then reacted first, looking horrified.

"That's right, just as Mr. Yan Ge thought, the money was confiscated from the homes of those feudal princes." Jiajing took in the expression on Yan Song's face and said calmly.

"According to the investigation, King Zhao, King Hui, and King Gui planned to rebel! Later, they were discovered by the Jin Yiwei because they were not acting secretly. The culprits have been arrested and their property has been transferred to the national treasury."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty! Fortunately, Jin Yiwei discovered it early, otherwise, those rebellious ministers and traitors would have succeeded, thus disrupting the world of our Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing what Jiajing said, Yan Song was the first to react and immediately fell to his knees with a thud, an expression of indignation on his face.

"Mr. Yan Ge is so loyal and loyal to the country. He is truly worthy of being a minister of the Ming Dynasty! The trial of these rebellious officials and traitors will be left to the Ministry of Punishment. I believe that the Ministry of Punishment will definitely give them a fair verdict." Jiajing General

Yan Song helped him up from the ground with a faint smile on his face.

"Okay, let's talk about how to spend these 15,620,000 taels of silver."

"Yes." Yan Song and Xu Jie looked at each other and accepted the order.

…

Night, Yan's study room.

"Father, you just said that His Majesty sent Jin Yiwei to search all the three families of King Hui, King Zhao and King Gui, and charged them with conspiracy."

"In addition, 15,620,000 taels of silver were confiscated!"

Yan Shifan couldn't help but be surprised after listening to Yan Song's story.

"Yes, and His Majesty asked the Ministry of Justice to take over the matter." Yan Song drank all the tea in the cup and said slowly.

"Just say hello to the Ministry of Justice then. Father, why are you so worried?" Yan Shifan looked at the solemn expression on Yan Song's face and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"I'm thinking that your Majesty can really be cruel enough to attack the clan! There have been many emperors who have wanted to do this since ancient times, but there are only a few who really dare to take that step. Your Majesty doesn't care what other people think of him, let alone

The comments in future history books remind me of the great ceremony that took place when His Majesty first ascended the throne more than 20 years ago!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he sighed deeply and continued: "His Majesty was the same at that time. He was talented and wise, and sometimes I even had the illusion that His Majesty seemed to be getting younger and younger as he lived?"
Chapter completed!