The atmosphere in the hall changed quietly, and the Ming emperor Jiajing recovered from that casual state. His eyes did not deliberately show deterrence, but it was this carelessness that showed the supremacy of imperial power.

He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen. He personally created the Zuoshun Party bloody case after only three years of ascending the throne. He opposed the opposition and elected Zhang Cong as the chief minister. Since then, all the chief ministers have followed the leader.

Even Yan Song, the old dog who had served him for twenty years, kicked him away mercilessly after realizing Yan Song's age and Yan Shifan's misconduct, and then supported Xu Jie, who was also loyal to the throne.

Although Jiajing was addicted to practicing Taoism, he had always had a strong control over the court. Whether it was Xu Jie, Yang Bo and Yan Ne, when he thought he was no longer loyal to him, he would also change it mercilessly.

It is this powerful and cold-blooded style that makes the officials in this court seem to have been castrated, and the court bosses are in awe of this king from the bottom of their hearts.

Huang Jin served Jiajing for the longest time, and was the one around Jiajing. He keenly captured the changes in Jiajing, but he carefully stepped back and bowed to stand next to the red lacquer pillar.

The fragrance of sandalwood is stronger, but the tension suddenly rises.

Xu Jie also felt something was wrong, but his focus on being "silence is gold". He has always been cautious in the face of Jiajing, and he also stood aside and quietly observed the development of the situation.

Yang Bo has been living in the officialdom for many years. Although he seems careless on the surface, he is actually a meticulous person. At this time, he also realized that things were a bit unusual, so he did not act rashly.

Yan Ne looked at Xu Jie and Yang Bo silently, and just stood up again, so he had to bite the bullet and bow, "I am not talented, I am willing to share my worries for the emperor!"

"Share the worries? If you really share the worries for the emperor, why should I be so hindered in the practice of Taoism?" Jiajing put down the eight hundred miles of 800 miles in a hurry, looked up at the four important officials in front of him and questioned him.

"I am afraid!" Xu Jie and others realized that Jiajing's spearhead was pointing at them. Although they were not sure why Jiajing was so angry, they hurriedly knelt down and admitted their mistakes.

Jiajing pressed his hand on the memorials of Chen Fengyi and others, and glanced at the four important officials, saying meaningfully: "Lin Weiran mobilized Songjiang Guard, but it was not because he had surpassed it, but because some people were worried.

It scares some people!

this……

When Yang Bo heard this, a layer of cold sweat surged on his back. He felt that the emperor's spearhead might be pointing at him. He swallowed secretly, but he still clenched his teeth and bowed to Jiajing and said, "I am stupid, please make clear.

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A sense of uneasiness surged in Xu Jie's heart, and he looked up carefully at Jiajing, feeling that things were getting weirder and stranger.

According to the current situation, even if Lin Qinran is so clever, it will not change the fact that he mobilizes Songjiang Guards. Even if Lin Qinran really cleans up a group of bandits in Wusong River for the sake of the people of Songjiang, it would be impossible to achieve success.

By default.

As a mature king, he never values ​​how much achievements the official has made, and often pays more attention to whether the official abides by the rules. If the official does not abide by the rules, the stronger his ability, the greater his achievements, and the more he will be, the more thorn in the king's side.

Xu Jie believed that he was the one who touched the emperor's character the most thoroughly, and knew that Jiajing was a king who paid great attention to his own interests.

But the strange thing is here. No matter how many bandits Lin Qingran cleared out, he was already touching the rebellion. The emperor should have punished Lin Qingran instead of choosing to protect him.

Although Wu Shan did not have such a deep understanding of Jiajing, he only keenly noticed the change in Jiajing's attitude. He looked up and looked at Jiajing quietly, and his face couldn't help but look confused.

"Lin Qingran not only mobilized Songjiang Guards, but also Zhenhai Guards and Yangzhou Guards, but... he was very mobilized, very good!" Jiajing said word by word, and suddenly his fist hit the case with a "bang".

The punch was not small, and the sound made echoed in the hall.

Xu Jie and others felt as if their hearts were hit hard, and they immediately felt the anger that Jiajing hadn't seen for a long time.

Especially Xu Jie, he spent the longest time with Jiajing as the king and his ministers. Even if Jiajing was really angry, he would often directly and ruthlessly send a killer, and would not be openly angry like now.

Jiajing's eyes fell on the four important officials and said harshly: "If this were not the case, how could he help me find out the cancer of the Ming Dynasty, and how could he intercept a total of ten thousand stones of private salt on Chongming Island!"

Cancer? Ten thousand stones of private salt?

When he heard this number, Xu Jie and others opened their mouths slightly, looking up at Jiajing in disbelief, shocked by the sudden incident and amount.

The private salts of the Ming Dynasty are still banned, but they are actually not banned.

Due to the complex terrain in various places, salt owls of all sizes can always find rugged mountain roads to circumvent the switchboards, and there are many merchants carrying them through goods, or directly opening joints for smuggling.

Many powerful people are also greedy for salt profits and will also participate in it. They even have the right to openly smuggle salt to make profits. The "Beijing official salt" even lets them go to the Beijing yamen to indirectly participate in salt smuggling.

Unless the court voluntarily gives up salt profit and opens up the salt franchise. As long as the huge profits of salt exist, there will be people taking risks and the smuggling of salt cannot be eradicated.

It's just that such a huge number of smuggling cases have never been heard of.

A full ten thousand stones of salt is nothing to the base of salt production in the Ming Dynasty. However, this batch of private salt is really invested in a wealthy place in the southeast, so with the salt price in the southeast, it can reach a sales of 400,000 yuan.

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What does 400,000 taels mean? Yan Maoqing raised the salt tax in Lianghuai from 600,000 taels to 1 million taels, which caused the salt merchants in Lianghuai to "resentment" and helped Xu Jie overthrow Yan Song.

Now there is such a huge smuggling group hidden, and it is no wonder that Jiajing was furious and chose to protect Lin Yanran.

"Your Majesty, is Lin Qingran mobilizing Songjiang Guard to arrest private salt dealers?" Yan Ne was stunned by the sudden news, swallowed and spitted hard, and asked for confirmation in shock.

Xu Jie and others also looked at Jiajing. At this time, their brains were buzzing, and they also had some doubts about the truth of the matter. After all, the news was too shocking, and Lin Qingran simply threw out a king bomb.

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Chapter completed!