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Volume Four, Chapter 9, Three Birds with One Stone

Jiajing left the government and went to concentrate on his practice. However, he threw out the prince Zhu Zai-ri, who was only eleven or twelve years old, and called the State Administration of Responsibility, but in fact he just made a decoration.

The prince Zhu Zaijie was not well-known in history. He had done nothing in history, and there was no record of what he had done. This shows that he was like an ordinary child and had no special talents at all.

How could he be a child of eleven or twelve years old? He could have played with the cunning Yan Song?

This is actually Yan Song’s plan to kill three birds with one move!

The prince Zhu Zai's house cannot be regarded as a bird, nor can it be regarded as a stone. In this matter, he can be regarded as a fish that has been affected by the disaster.

So, what are the three birds?

The first bird was naturally Xia Yan, the foolish bird. Even Jiajing had to deal with the matter of replacing the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. He did not discuss it with Jiajing, and it was inappropriate to mention it rashly in the morning court.

Sometimes Xia Yan is really a bit stupid, especially when facing the cunning Yan Song, he can't tell him secretly.

Jiajing is not dead yet, and the prince Zhu Zaijie is just a decoration. If you let an eleven or two-year-old child make the decision for such a big deal, isn’t it obvious that you “bully” someone’s youth and ignorance?

It's not the turn of Zhu Zai's decision to make the decision. Even if the morning court really settled the matter this time, if Jiajing knew about it later, Zhu Zai's position as the prince would probably be in danger, let alone Xia Yan, the chief minister of the cabinet who took the initiative to instigate the prince.

Yan Song's move was really fierce. He was trying to push Xia Yan into the fire pit, but Xia Yan was still stupid and jumped in without knowing it.

As for this second bird, it is Yang Cong, the shrunk bird.

Although Yang Cong was not present at this moment, this matter had a great relationship with him. The position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing involved the distribution of salt indicative share, and their Yang family accounted for a sufficient percentage of the salt indicative share, which was a profit of millions of taels per year. Can this matter have nothing to do with Yang Cong?

Yan Song wanted to test Yang Cong through this matter. Isn’t you going to retire? This salt share is the largest piece of fat in the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom. You said you retired and you still have this big piece of fat in your mouth. What do you call retirement?

He just wanted to see whether Yang Cong vomited or not this big fat piece of meat. If Yang Cong honestly spit out this big fat piece of meat, it proves that Yang Cong really wants to retire. If Yang Cong bite this big fat piece of meat and refused to release it, then retirement is just a bullshit!

The last bird is the position of Minister of Revenue in Nanjing. Yan Song's party members have long been salivating about this position. He naturally knows how much profit it is. It is millions of taels a year, which is enough to make a fortune. He can also use this to win over many officials who are tempted by money. He is naturally bound to win this position.

Crown Prince Zhu Zai-ri didn't know that this was a conspiracy, and he didn't know that his pond fish would suffer. In the face of Xia Yan's aggressive aura and with the constant hints of officials from the Zhanshifu Office, he almost agreed to replace the Nanjing Minister of Revenue Zhang Shiche during the morning court.

Fortunately, at this time, Xu Yande, Duke of Ding, suddenly ran out of the general's train and lay in the middle of the imperial road and said loudly: "Your Highness, I think this matter is of great importance and should not be dealt with hasty. I suggest that Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I will choose a day to organize the court discussion and ask the emperor to decide."

This sentence awakened the dreamer. Crown Prince Zhu Zai-ri suddenly realized, yes, how could he make the decision to replace the six ministers of the six ministers? Even the six ministers of Nanjing cannot do it.

If he makes decisions without authorization, it would be strange if his father doesn’t deal with him!

He nodded quickly and said, "Di Gong of Ding is reasonable. This matter is of great importance. It is not appropriate to deal with it hasty. I will wait until my father starts to report to the court."

Damn, damn, ah!

When Yan Song heard this, he was wrong and didn't spit out an old blood.

What does this Duke Ding Guo Xu Yande mean? He actually ruined his good deeds!

Now, you can kill three birds with one stone, and you will be ruined.

Xia Yan's stupid bird was determined to fly. As long as this matter was passed by the court and Jiajing, it had nothing to do with Xia Yan. After all, he was the chief minister of the cabinet, and he still had the power to replace the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. As long as the final decision was made, it would be possible to pass Jiajing.

And Yang Cong, the bird with a head-hook, didn't know if he would stick his head out. After all, he had retired and could not participate in the court meeting. How much does the battle in the court meeting have to do with him at that time?

As for whether the position of the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing can still be in the pot, it is also hanging. Who knows how Jiajing will make the final decision?

You little chi, what's wrong with eating after eating? You dare to ruin my good things.

Although Yan Song stood there and didn't move, his eyes were staring at Xu Yande, as if he wanted to swallow him in one bite.

The Duke of Nanjing, Xungui, occupied a certain share of salt indicia. He knew this, but he didn't know that the Duke of Beijing, Xu Yande, also participated in it. Moreover, Xu Yande of Ding, occupied more salt indicia than Yang Cong. His attempt to seize the position of Minister of Revenue in Nanjing was simply a stake with others for money.

You old coffin, you actually want to steal the money from your country’s Duke. Damn it!

Xu Yande, Duke of Ding, could not stare at Yan Song at this moment. If he could stare at Yan Song, his eyes would probably swallow him.

This matter seemed to have passed like this. The court adviser still didn't know when it was decided. Everyone seemed to do whatever they should do, as if there was no slight turmoil. However, at night, the Lu Mansion was scolding the whole world.

Duke Xu Yande of Ding, Cui Yuan of Jingshan, and Guo Xun of Wuding, and Guo Xun of Wuding, were swearing and greeting his ancestors.

Of course, they were not scolding Lu Bing or Lu Song, they were scolding Yan Song for his soul.

This soul is too shameless. The emperor just let go, and he wanted to take advantage of the young and ignorant prince to seize the position of Minister of Revenue in Nanjing.

They all account for a lot of salt indicative share. Once the position of Minister of Revenue in Nanjing changes hands, each of them will lose at least hundreds of thousands of taels a year!

Hundreds of thousands of taels, how much is that? They are not Yang Cong. If they lack these hundreds of thousands of taels, how can they raise so many of their subordinates?

Yang Cong came too, but he did not scold these dukes, Hou Xungui, and even he had no angry expression on his face.

Duke Xu Yande of Ding, Cui Yuan of Jingshan Marquis Cui Xun and Guo Xun of Wuding were so angry that they gritted their teeth and cursed them endlessly, but he looked calm and gentle, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Seeing this, Lu Bing finally couldn't help asking: "Qingfeng, what should I do about this? If we lose the share of salt, we will probably have to drink the northwest wind."

This is not an exaggeration at all. Lu Mansion is counting on the 10% salt induced share income. Once it is gone, he will really drink the northwest wind.
Chapter completed!
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