The group climbed the steps and came to the door of the Purple Light Pavilion, and there was suddenly no trace of wind and snow here. The eunuchs on duty stepped forward one after another, helped the ministers remove their cloaks, and gently brushed the snow off their bodies with dusters

"Elder Yan Ge, come in quickly!" Huang Jin gently opened the main door of the main hall, walked out of it and said respectfully to Yan Song, who was the leader.

Yan Song endured his cough and saluted Huang Jin in return: "Father-in-law Huang, I'm tired!" ”

The inside of the Purple Light Pavilion was indeed warm, and the air was filled with a smell of sandalwood, which made it feel like spring here.

The group entered inside, but no one relaxed themselves, and followed Yan Song to the main hall cautiously.

Facing the empty dragon chair above, although there was no figure of Jiajing on it, everyone followed Yan Song to bow respectfully, and shouted "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

After the ceremony, all the officials turned around to face the thick veil on the right, and Yan Song sat on the embroidered pier sent by the little eunuch Feng Bao with the help of Yan Shifan.

The veil is slowly opened, and there is a fine house in front of it, and the front wall of the fine house is dedicated to the Sanqing tablet. Below the Sanqing tablet is a gossip-shaped platform, and a person wearing a plain white Taoist robe and a Taoist bun is fifty miles away, which is the Ming Emperor Zhu Houxi.

But at this time, Jiajing tapped the hammer with his hand, and a long copper chime sound came from the fine house.

Huang Jin already understood, and said to the officials seriously: "Everyone, let's start the discussion!" ”

"It's the end of the year now, and how to spend and approve the project next year, everyone is here to discuss it!" Yan Song first spoke, breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "If you can pass, everyone will follow the process!" If it can't be passed, we will discuss it now, and if it really doesn't work, we will put it on hold for the time being! ”

When it comes to money, the officials of the six ministries at the moment are particularly sensitive, and even the Shangshu of the Criminal Department wants to ask for more funds.

It's just that as soon as the words fell, it was Zhou Yan who took the lead in standing up and accusing: "The annual budget of the Ministry of Industry is 2 million, is it really impossible to treat the household department of the Ming Dynasty as your money bag?" ”

The spearhead is undoubtedly directed at Ouyang Bijin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but Yan Shifan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Industry, immediately jumped out and said: "Every one of my Ministry of Industry is a clear account, and these two million taels are not only next year's budget, but also the 150,000 taels that were filled in from other places last year to repair the three major halls, and the Ministry of Household will have to give enough money anyway." ”

In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, a natural fire broke out in the Forbidden City, burning the three major halls in one fell swoop. Although the emperor does not live in the Forbidden City, it is a matter of royal face, so it is naturally necessary to rebuild, and this is undoubtedly a bottomless pit.

Faced with Yan Shifan playing this card, Zhou Yan was angry and didn't dare to attack, but he accused: "If you really give your Ministry of Industry two million taels, then the other five departments don't need money, once a disaster occurs, what will the court do for disaster relief?" Nanjing's granary is still empty? Didn't your Ministry of Industry circle a lot of silver mines? You just work hard, dig out two million taels to fill it! ”

In May this year, Yan Shifan made every effort to launch the "silver ban", in order to "generate income" for Daming. It's just that excluding Yunnan and a few large mines, the official new silver mining is only tens of thousands of taels, which has provoked miners' riots in Jiangxi, Fujian and other places.

And now, this is already a "political stain" on Yan Shifan. Now Zhou Yan's words seem to have pointed out a "clear way" for Yan Shifan, but in essence, he is burying him.

Yan Shifan's fat face immediately turned red, and he angrily defended loudly: "The matter of the silver mine, it's too early to say that it's too early to conclude!" But I'm not like some people, I have the ability to pick bones in eggs, but I haven't done a single thing! ”

"I'm in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it's not like you, you can take care of everything!" Zhou Yan immediately insinuated the authenticity.

The officials felt a pang in their hearts, but they secretly looked at Jiajing and Yan Song's father and son. After Yan Shifan was ordered to enter the cabinet, he is now becoming more and more presumptuous, but he dares to intervene in everything, and he resolutely calls himself a "cabinet elder".

Yan Shifan replied loudly: "You are clearly 'everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the tiles of others', now I share the worries for the emperor and make good plans for the Ming Dynasty, what's the difference?" ”

Xu Jie was next to him, but he secretly gave Zhou Yan a look. Yan Shifan's participation in the big event of the vote has been praised by the saint, and it is not an ideal point of attack.

Boom......

In the retreat, a long copper chime sounded, resolutely representing a certain attitude, or even a certain dissatisfaction.

"Yan Shifan, if it is really so powerful, then you should think about solving the Ming finance in this way and increasing the income of the Ming finance, instead of opening your mouth to the lion of the household!" Zhou Yan understood what Xu Jie's meaning meant, and turned to attack Yan Shifan's personal ability.

Yan Shifan smiled slightly, but looked at Gao Yao, the head of the household, who was on the side.

In the current Ming Dynasty, the head of the household is no longer a noble position, or even a position that everyone regrets.

From Fang Blunt to Jia Yingchun, who was not good at financial management, to Ma Kun, who was forced to become a minister due to the turmoil in the Zhenwu camp, then Jiangdong, who was relegated to Nanjing, and then to Gao Yao today.

In just a few years, the head of the household has changed five places. Although there are some accidental factors in this, the frequent substitutions nowadays show that this position is a high-risk profession.

Only from the day Gao Yao took office, many people were not interested in the new head of the household department, and they didn't think he could do it for a long time. However, in the past few months, Gao Yao has put himself in the right position.

He is not pampered with his subordinates, he is obedient and flattering to his superiors, especially to the saints. Especially for Yan Shifan, he seems to be respectful, and there are not too many books.

Gao Yao understood what Yan Shifan meant, stood up and saluted Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yan Maoqing's salt administration of the four salt transportation divisions of Zhejiang, Lianghuai, Changlu and Hedong is quite effective, please increase the salt class by one million taels!" ”

Hey?

Everyone looked at Gao Yao, and then at Yan Shifan. If the matter of the silver mine is a stain on Yan Shifan, then the increase in salt and silver is undoubtedly due to Yan Shifan.

"Nonsense! Monkey business! Zhou Yan immediately accused loudly, and said with reasonable evidence: "The imperial court will levy more salt and silver, and those salt merchants will inevitably push up the price of salt, so that the people can only eat high-priced salt, and the poor people will not even have salt to eat!" Yan Shifan, are you going to bury mines for Daming? ”

"You're wrong! The increase in salt introduction is due to Yan Maoqing's proper sorting out of the salt administration in the four regions, which has led to a large increase in salt in the four regions! There are many things and cheap, so increasing the salt introduction is precisely a move for the benefit of the country and the people! Yan Shifan looked-for-tat, and at the same time counterattacked: "Lord Zhou keeps saying that I, Yan Shifan, have you temporarily thought about how to share the emperor's worries and help Daming increase financial revenue?" ”

Zhou Yan found that he was caught in passivity, but he was caught off guard by Yan Shifan, and Xu Jie coughed lightly, clenched his fist and put it to his mouth, Zhou Yan suddenly took the initiative to attack: "Yan Shifan, even if you are reasonable, the four places can increase the salt class silver!" But at the moment, there are at least hundreds of thousands of taels of holes, and these money are so solved? ”

"This is the account just submitted by the Guangdong City Bo Division, and it is all the tax revenue of this year, please take a look at it!" But at this time, Yan Shifan took out a notebook and presented it.