At this moment, Xia Yan thought a lot. Since becoming the chief minister of the cabinet, he has not reflected so deeply.

He found that he did ignore many things, such as Yan Song, and the villagers under his command, he had hardly deliberately understood what others were doing and what they were thinking about.

Originally, he thought that he would have no worries about becoming the prime minister of the cabinet. Who knew that after becoming the prime minister of the cabinet, he would have more and more troublesome things. Before he became the prime minister of the cabinet, he could still accomplish something, but after becoming the prime minister of the cabinet, he achieved nothing.

At this time, he had already clearly felt Jiajing's dissatisfaction. If he had accomplished nothing, the cabinet chief minister would have done the final result. After all, the cabinet chief minister's duty is to assist the emperor in governing the country. If nothing can be done, which emperor can use it!

So, why did he accomplish nothing?

He thought it was very simple, because no one assisted him, what could he do alone?

For example, Yan Song in front of him was originally his right-hand man, but at this time he became his opponent. His most capable assistants became his opponent. What else could he do?

So, what's going on? Why did Yan Song become his opponent?

He thought about it and found the reason, because he ignored his subordinates.

He has become accustomed to others taking the initiative to ask him. If others don’t ask him, he will basically not pay attention to him. Gradually, these people will naturally become alienated from him.

So, how can we get our subordinates to get closer to him again?

This seems not difficult. As long as he can show some concern to these people, these people should be close to him, at least that's what he thinks.

As for whether Yan Song has ambitions, maybe, but what does it matter? People use each other to use each other? As long as he can use Yan Song to get things done, his position as the chief minister of the cabinet will be stable. What else can I worry about?

Thinking of this, he secretly adjusted his mentality, pretended to be gentle, and said kindly: "Yizhong, I did misunderstand you before, and I hope you don't take it to heart."

Hehe, it seems to be done.

Yan Song quickly pretended to be grateful and said excitedly: "The Chief Supervisor is so serious, how could the lower officials be so petty."

Xia Yan nodded slightly, picked up Yang Cong’s memorial, and said with concern: “Weizhong, you came to me this time for the wealthy family of maritime merchants, right?”

Yan Song pretended to be embarrassed, carefully took the memorial from his hand, looked carefully, and then gritted his teeth and said, "The official has long heard that Yang Cong wanted to use the Japanese pirates to get along with us. He didn't expect that this guy was so shameless and repeatedly used such despicable means."

Yang Cong is shameless?

Didn’t these maritime merchants have colluded with pirates and Japanese pirates?

He asked subconsciously: "Is Yang Cong really so shameless?"

Yan Songtian said shamelessly: "Of course, he didn't know where to find out last time. A Mubin who ran away from my mansion was a fellow villager with the Japanese pirate leader Wang Zhi. He caught the man and beat him to death, forcing others to confess, saying that I ordered the pirates and the Japanese pirates to rob the southeast coast! Only shameless people like him can make up such words. These pirates and Japanese pirates have a long history and have them before I was born. Why should I order them and why should they listen to me?"

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Do you think Luo Longwen is a rude move?"

Yan Song nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, I heard that Luo Longwen was beaten to death before he was imprisoned in the imperial prison."

There is something like this!

Xia Yan couldn't help but say, "What do you mean is Li Baldhead's retort?"

Yan Song gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Yang Cong just wanted to use this confession to frame the wealthy maritime merchants and lure the emperor to issue an order to catch all the maritime merchants and wealthy maritime merchants and wealthy maritime merchants and wealthy maritime merchants and wealthy maritime merchants and wealthy maritime merchants could not even wash them off at that time. After all, Tu Qiao had such a good relationship with us when he was in office. With this alone, Yang Cong's shameless man could have made countless articles."

this!

True or fake?

To be honest, Xia Yan couldn't tell whether Yan Song was right or wrong, because he had never been to the Southeast, and he was not very clear about the relationship between the wealthy maritime merchants and pirates.

Now Yang Cong and Yan Song are the ones who are right and the ones who are right. How can he clearly distinguish who is right?

However, this matter seems to have little to do with him, because he has nothing to do with the wealthy maritime merchants. Yang Cong can't bite him even if he wants to bite him.

His purpose is to win over Yan Song and make him serve him again. The truth or falsehood of this matter does not seem to be so important. No matter whether he is true or false, as long as he can win over Yan Song, it will be done.

Thinking of this, he nodded slightly and said, "Well, you are right. We can't let Yang Cong succeed that shameless man."

After saying that, he took out a blank ticket and wrote it down.

Yan Song quietly touched and looked at it, and saw that the guy wrote on the ticket plan: How can the bandit leader’s words be trustworthy? He planned to use Li Guangtou to set up a warning to others.

Hehe, it's done, with Xia Yan carrying this stupid hat, this matter is almost over.

He knew that although Jiajing had many dissatisfaction with Xia Yan, he still recognized his character. Xia Yan was never corrupt and never used his power for personal gain. Everyone in the court knew this, and Jiajing never doubted that once the pirates and Japanese pirates were related to Xia Yan, Jiajing would definitely not listen to Yang Cong’s “nonsense”.

Sure enough, after Jiajing saw Yang Cong’s memorial and Xia Yan attached it to the note, his mind suddenly became muddy.

If this vote was written by Yan Song, he would definitely suspect that Yan Song used his power for personal gain and excuses the wealthy maritime businessmen, because the last time Luo Longwen's incident had already laid a knot in his heart. Although he did not pursue it in the end, he still had a little doubt about Yan Song.

After all, he is not a fool. If Luo Longwen is a craftsman, how could he make pirates and Japanese pirates without any background? Although Yan Song may not be instructed to plunder the pirates and Japanese pirates to the southeast as Luo Longwen said, it is unlikely that Yan Song has nothing to do with pirates and Japanese pirates.

Because of this knot, he didn't believe Yan Song when it comes to pirates and Japanese pirates, but the effect of this vote was written by Xia Yan was different.

There was a conflict between Yan Song and Xia Yan, which was not a secret in the court. Jiajing naturally had heard of it for a long time. He also knew that the wealthy maritime merchants had already attached themselves to Yan Song. If Xia Yan thought that the wealthy maritime merchants were really suspicious, he would definitely take the blame and step on Yan Song. However, Xia Yan's vote was intended to say that "the words of the bandit leader are not trustworthy", which proves that Xia Yan believes that the wealthy maritime merchants are not so bad yet.

So, is the words of the bandit leader trustworthy?

Jiajing pondered for a long time, but still chose not to believe it. It was a joke, because a word of "the bandit leader" would capture all the so-called "maritime merchants" in one go. Isn't it ridiculous?

Finally, he still approved the memorial: Li Bald, the bandit leader, was to rectify the Dharma on the spot to serve as a warning to others!
Chapter completed!