Xia Yan fell into trouble. In the competition for the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing, he lost to the Yangming lineage for no reason.

He really didn't expect that the person Yan Song recommended him would be a corrupt official. When he built the altar in the suburbs of Beijing, he thought that Liu Boyue was a good talent and was quick and good at doing things.

Now that I think about it, it's all the effect of silver. It's not that Liu Boyue is so powerful. Just kidding. Two altars can be repaired in just over 100,000 taels. Liu Boyue spent more than 200,000 taels. If he couldn't build it well, he would be an idiot.

This time he really threw the person to his grandma's house. Not only did Liu Boyue be thrown into prison, he was implicated by the matter and was scolded by the emperor. If the emperor hadn't known that he was a "grand integrity official" with integrity, he would have been doomed this time.

Life is like this, with ups and downs. A moment ago, he was still proud of Mao Bowen, Nie Bao and Zhang Shiche. The next moment, he was almost accompanied by Yangming and his people.

Sometimes it would be nice to believe that a traitor would not be cheated to death if he was cheated. Xia Yan is a typical example. Liu Boyue is still a small problem. Before he could even put his ideas on him, Yan Song behind Liu Boyue was different. That guy really could kill him.

Yan Song didn't expect that Liu Boyue would fall like this. He had just received Liu Boyue's letter of help. Before he could figure out how to save this guy, he was directly sent to prison. Immediately afterwards, the emperor promoted Zhang Shiche, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War to the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing, and he had no chance to turn the tables.

This time, Jiajing was really angry. The reason why he quickly promoted Zhang Shiche to the position of Minister of Revenue in Nanjing and hurriedly ended the secret struggle between Xia Yan's party and Yangming lineage was to warn Xia Yan not to be too proud.

Even if you dare to recommend a corrupt official as a position as such an important one in Nanjing, you will be a little arrogant. This is not good, so you must be exterminated with him.

Zhang Shiche successfully took office, and the share of salt induction under the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue naturally fell into the hands of the Yangming lineage. However, there were really no corrupt officials in the Yangming lineage. They were not fighting for the position of Shangshu, but to reduce the price of salt and benefit ordinary people.

Of course, the salt price cannot be reduced by just saying it is reduced. There are too many links involved and there are more interest groups involved. If you really want to reduce the salt price, not only will the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue have to control it, but the border generals, local governors, and even the salt inspectors and other relevant personnel have to be replaced with honest and honest people, otherwise, it will be difficult to reduce the salt price.

The Yangming lineage means that they don’t want the share of salt induction at all, but the Duke of Wei, Duke of Ding, Duke of Jingshan, Duke of Wuding, including Yang Cong and Lu Bing, must reduce the benefits required when allocating salt induction at least half, so that the salt price can be reduced by about 10%.

Yang Cong had no objection to this. Anyway, he only had 10% of the share, and this share was directly given to his father, so there would be no benefit in the middle.

Lu Bing is easy to say, so he asked him to hand over the share of 10% to his father. Then he would just give him the dividend of this share directly. This dividend must be more than the benefit fee, so Lu Bing naturally agreed happily.

As for Duke Wei, Duke Ding, Duke Jingshan and Duke Wuding, Yang Cong suggested that each family directly account for 20% of the price, and the benefit fee would be charged at half of the original one. In this way, they would not lose much in their income, and the salt price could be reduced by 10%.

He had just distributed the share of salt ingot with someone, and news from his parents also came. It turned out that his parents were raising food and supplies in the town of Shanxi, preparing to exchange salt ingots. When they exchanged it for salt ingots, they would come to the capital.

His parents meant that the wedding was held in the capital. After all, the Lu family and the emperor were both in the capital. They must want Lu Linger and Yang Cong to get married in the capital. As for the Yang family and the Zhang family, it is nothing compared to the emperor. They must first make the emperor's idea.

Yang Cong was really excited when he received the news. After all, he had never seen his parents in this life. He even planned to go to Bian Town, Shanxi to greet his parents to show his filial piety.

However, before he could ask for leave, something big happened in the court.

The prince and the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Cong, suddenly fell ill, and his condition was quite serious and he was about to fail.

Now Yang Cong dared not leave because Zhang Cong fell ill and the position of chief minister of the cabinet was vacant. Naturally, Jiajing could not play with others and ask for help but quit. If he plays with others, he will be burping.

When Zhang Cong got off the stage, the position of chief minister of the cabinet was probably going to fall into Xia Yan's hands. Then Yan Song would definitely climb up as the pole and return to the capital to serve as the six ministers of the cabinet or even the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

The officialdom in the capital will soon become the world of Xia Yan and Yan Song. At that time, those who offended Xia Yan and Yan Song will definitely not have any good results. What should we do?

Yang Cong hadn't figured out how to deal with it yet. Then, another great event happened in the capital. Concubine Wang actually gave birth to a prince for Jiajing!

This is even more amazing, because Jiajing's fertility is really urgent. He has been in the throne for more than ten years. In the twelfth year of Jiajing, Concubine Yan gave birth to a prince for him, and the prince died less than three months after he was born.

In the next few years, let alone the son, he couldn't even make a daughter.

Since then, he began to invite alchemists to serve as a temple, worshiping and practicing, hoping to give birth to another prince to inherit the throne.

Unexpectedly, it really came true. Last year, Concubine Wang and Concubine Cao Duan became pregnant one after another. Now, Concubine Wang gave birth to a son for him, so he was naturally very happy.

Perhaps, this is why he was superstitious about alchemists.

In fact, this is not a good thing, at least it is not a good thing for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Because Jiajing was superstitious about alchemists, he was inevitably bewitched by alchemists to pursue some illusory immortality.

If he could not give birth to a prince, he might gradually not believe these alchemists. However, at this time, he gave birth to a prince, and he trusted the alchemists even more, which laid the groundwork for him to be obsessed with the way of immortality and abandon political affairs in the future.

Of course, he hadn't realized this at this moment, and he didn't even realize it in the future. He only knew that his worship and cultivation had an effect, and he finally had a future again.

The birth of the prince is a major event in the country. To put it bluntly, the prince is the cornerstone of stability in one day, because there are too many people who are quite emperors. If there is no prince in one day, many people will have ideas. If there are more people with ideas, the court will be in chaos. After the prince is given, others will basically have nothing to think about.

Jiajing naturally had to celebrate such a big happy event, and this sacrifice was indispensable for the ancestors and ancestors. Therefore, Jiajing decided to worship the imperial tomb. Yang Cong, because he wrote good Qing Ci and was the top scholar in the new academic year, was named by Jiajing and must follow him.
Chapter completed!