When Lin Haoran followed Jiang Ronghua and was happy to meet, there was another heavy rain in the sky of the capital, and the face of Yan Shifan, who was on duty in the cabinet, looked gloomy and terrifying.

Because he had more military reports from the Ministry of War, the miners in Jiangxi and other places raised anti-flags, and some of them even expanded to tens of thousands of anti-thieves.

It is worth mentioning that gold and silver trading was prohibited in the early Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court did not mine silver mines.

It's just that with the indiscriminate issuance of Ming treasure banknotes by Ming Chengzu, which led to the collapse of the national monetary system, so that gold and silver gradually became the official currency, the imperial court naturally did not allow the people to finger the silver mine.

However, the most important silver-producing area in the Ming Dynasty is far away in Yunnan, and except for a limited number of large silver mines in the southern provinces, other silver mines do not have much mining value. With the low mining efficiency of the government, some silver mines are even unable to make ends meet, but they have fattened some maggots for nothing.

However, private mining is still profitable, after all, the production costs of the two are not at the same level, it is the hope of some landless people to survive, and it is the only way for them to leap from the peasant class to the landlord class.

It is precisely because of this that the private mining of silver mines by the common people is not a phenomenon that only appeared in the Jiajing Dynasty, but a problem that has always existed. For example, when Xu Jie, when he served as the magistrate of Yanping Mansion in Fujian, he also encountered repeated prohibitions on local silver theft, and also severely cracked down on mine thieves.

Although the Ming Dynasty has always been very resolute in its attitude towards silver mines, for various reasons, the efforts to crack down on private silver mining have never been too active.

If there is any difference between this ban on silver and the past, it is mainly because the party is strict, which leads to the passage of the political order.

In order to better enforce the ban, the local government even locked up the mountains for several miles in the vicinity of the silver mines, and expelled the people who had settled in the surrounding areas.

"How so?"

Yan Shifan looked at the military report presented, how could he not know that the matter was precisely in this silver ban, and it was this strict silver ban that forced these miners to rebel, thus causing this big fluctuation.

Like Li Er in Jiangxi, in just a few days, he has grown from a few hundred to tens of thousands, and has become a great reactionary force. In Fujian, because of the miners' riots, and the Japanese chieftain Hong Zezhen tried to take advantage of the situation, the situation in Fujian suddenly deteriorated.

I have to admit that the people's base of the Ming Dynasty is already very weak, so that many people are willing to participate in the movement to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and they are willing to risk their heads.

Although this was absolutely bad news, Yan Shifan still honestly reported to Yan Song.

"It seems that Wang Bai and Lin Haoran have thought it through, knowing that this kind of thing can't be rushed, let alone really kill the miners!" Yan Song heard the war report, but sighed slightly.

Yan Shifan stood aside and waited for his father's idea, and immediately complained when he heard this: "Dad, when has this been, why are you still praising those two disobedient things?" ”

"Yan Shifan, you are a little smart, but your eyes can't tolerate people! You look down on this, you look down on that, but why don't you fight for the imperial examination? Yan Song said with a straight face.

Although Yan Shifan was called a small pavilion elder by the government and the opposition, and even played with some important ministers of the court, he had a fatal weakness, he entered the government as the lowest prisoner.

This kind of background is not to mention compared with Lin Haoran, and it can't be compared with ordinary Ming officials, so he didn't even dare to accept the position of the Ministry of Industry that the Holy Lord gave him at the beginning.

The Ming officialdom has strict rules of the game, non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet, the upper limit of ordinary Jinshi is six departments and nine qing, and the upper limit of lifting people is the county, and officials cannot be officials.

It's just that Yan Shifan is in his fifties after all, where can he still listen to these preaching words, but he plucked his ears and said impatiently: "Dad, you always talk about these things, are you annoying?" Now it's time for us to do something, you should give me a word? ”

"The ban on silver can no longer be enforced, but it can't be revoked by official documents! You say hello to all places, let them take a proper break, and take a good look at what Guangdong is doing! Yan Song pondered for a moment and said slowly.

Yan Shifan rolled his eyes, but said disapplausively: "I have already suspended Wang Bai and Lin Haoran!" The two of them do not act according to the laws and regulations of the imperial court, even if the imperial decrees are improper, they cannot escape the blame! ”

"What! You...... You suspended them? When Yan Song heard that Yan Shifan had made an unauthorized proposal to suspend Wang Bai and Lin Haoran for investigation, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he was really angry in his heart!

This is not only Yan Shifan's assertions, but he now chooses to trust his son unconditionally, but his son turns out to be a disobedient man. With Yan Shifan's character of having no one in his eyes, sooner or later he will cause trouble.

"Dad, are you so angry like this?" Yan Shifan watched his father blow his beard and glare, but felt that his father was making a fuss and complaining.

Yan Song saw that his son was so unrepentant, raised his dry fingers and said breathlessly, "You...... You're really angry with me, I'm ...... The foundation laid by the Yan family will be destroyed by you as soon as possible...... Hand on it! ”

"Dad, don't be angry, how can this matter be so serious as you say!" Yan Shifan was actually still filial, and stepped forward to help the old Yan Song and whispered.

Yan Song was really angry, and it wasn't until a long time that he regained his strength, and said irresistibly: "Let Wang Bai and Lin Haoran resume their powers, and let the two of them preside over the mining affairs in Guangdong, otherwise there will be chaos in Guangdong!" ”

"Dad, I'll say hello to Zhang Zhen, there will definitely be no chaos in Guangdong, what about the two disobedient things?" Yan Shifan was very unwilling and wanted to fool this matter.

Yan Song looked at his son, and finally sighed and said: "Now the miners in Jiangxi and other places are rioting, but the miners in Guangdong have not moved!" If you want to investigate Wang Bai and Lin Haoran for the crime of seizing and banning silver, are you giving them a credit? Or do you want to punish them? Don't forget, don't talk about Wang Bai, can this matter alone suppress Lin Haoran? ”

When Yan Shifan heard this, he was immediately slightly stunned.

Things are really like what Dad said, once these two people are really guilty, if they are re-talked about afterwards, I am afraid that it will be regarded as their merits, and it will be a big joke to punish them.

Yan Shifan compromised in his heart, but after all, he still wanted to save face, so he took a step back and said: "Dad, we still have to support Zhang Zhen, and let the two of them be reinstated in two days!" ”

"You always have so many reasons, I hope you don't be smart but are mistaken by cleverness!" Yan Song closed his eyes and said helplessly.

Yan Shifan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that things had achieved a good result.

Three days later, the military department sent another latest military report, so that when Yan Shifan saw the military report, the whole person was like being struck by lightning.