Yan Manor.
A few burly men carried several large boxes of things into the manor. These were all generous rewards from the palace. Not only did they belong to the Emperor, but they also belonged to the Empress Dowager. Some of them were even sent over by the Princess.
2000 taels of gold, 100 bolts of silk, and all kinds of pearls and jade.
Yan Nian was in high spirits and kept flattering him."Old Master is really amazing, and he has so many rewards.”
Yan Song actually felt that this reward was just average, but when he thought about how Bao Zheng could not even fork out 300 taels of silver, compared to his generous reward, he felt extremely happy.
"Ding ~~ Quest: To avenge Princess Heyu and restore her reputation. Complete…"
"Ding! Obtained 1000 points. Empress Dowager's favorability increased. Princess Heyu's favorability increased. Emperor Jiajing's favorability increased.”
"Ding ~~ You have obtained a chance to draw a historical figure.”
With the 1000 points, he had 4000 points.
"Let's draw it now," said Yan Song.
"Ding…drawing historical figures…"
"Ding…drawing complete, obtained historical figure-Advisor: Feng Ji."
"Feng Ji-a second-rate strategist, a figure of the Three Kingdoms, a wise man, decisive and self-serving, a loyal minister, intelligent and resourceful.”
"Note: Historical figures have a default loyalty of 100%. They will be automatically implanted with memories and their identities will be automatically generated.”
Yan Song was delighted." It's Feng Ji. He's quite lucky."”
Yan Song knew Feng Ji's abilities. He was an outstanding strategist under Yuan Shao. He was loyal and good at strategy.
"System, where is he now?"”
The System said,[Feng Ji's new identity is a disaster victim. He was originally a yamen official. Yesterday, he entered the disaster victim area temporarily set up in Beijing. He will come to surrender in two hours…]
Yan Song was satisfied. He didn't expect it to come to him on its own. Moreover, its loyalty was 100%.
He instructed the gatekeeper to let Feng Ji or Feng Yuantu in if they came.
Two hours later, the gatekeeper brought a middle-aged scholar in. He had a moustache and a long beard on his chin, looking quite ancient.
Greetings, Grand Secretary Yan!" The moment they met, Feng Ji gave Yan Song a big bow.
"Are you the Painting of Fengji Fengyuan?"
"Yes, I am."
Yan Song nodded." In the future, you'll be my strategist. Change your name to The Epoch. I'll usually give you some things to handle. After you get familiar with it, you can help me plan and do some things.”
"Yes!" Feng Ji nodded.
Soon, Feng Ji changed into a set of good clothes and found a place to settle down in a remote house.
Feng Ji's arrival gave Yan Song a sense of security. In the future, he could completely hand over the schemes and plots to Feng Ji. Of course, one Feng Ji was not enough. In the future, he would gradually increase the number of strategists. This way, Yan Song could slack off.
In addition to the strategist, Yan Song also hoped to draw business talents, such as Shen Wansan, Hu Xueyan, and so on. Of course, Ma Huateng was not impossible. At this time, Ming was in the period of capitalist development, and the capitalist class had gradually begun to make its own voice.
At this time, Yan Song had two things hanging in the balance. One was to be the emperor himself, and the other was to lead the trend of this great maritime era and become the ruler of this era. At that time, he would destroy Great Ming and become an iron-blooded ruling empire similar to Germany. He would become a capital magnate and then bring the entire Great Ming under his control. He would even raise the country's strength and participate in the development of the world's oceans. He would compete with Spain and Portugal for the world's overlord.
This was something that Yan Song had been thinking about for the past few days.
It was useless to follow the emperor. Even if Jiajing treated him well now, what would happen after Jiajing died? After the new emperor ascended the throne, there would inevitably be a round of purge, and people like Yan Song, who was hated by everyone, were naturally the first target to be eliminated.
Every day, the emperor will have a courtier.
The best way was naturally to grasp even more powerful power. Even if the emperor was replaced, there was nothing they could do to him. They could even become the emperor themselves.
However, all of this had to be planned out slowly.
"Other than the administrative and commercial strategists, we also need some generals. It is also important to have control over the army.”
Thinking of this, Yan Song wanted to quickly accumulate points. Every 10,000 points could draw a historical figure to accumulate his own team. If it wasn't his own people, he wouldn't feel at ease using it.
……
The next day, the court session continued, and then he dealt with some government affairs in the cabinet.
Currently, there were three most troublesome administrative matters.
Firstly, the Ministry of Revenue had no money. They even owed the Jin merchants more than three million taels of silver, with interest.
Secondly, there was the problem of the Japanese pirates, drought, and refugees in Quanzhou, Hangzhou, and Fuzhou along the southeast coast. The army was corrupt, and there was a lack of food for disaster relief. The Japanese pirates were rampant, and they even attacked a county city arrogantly.
Third, the north was restless, and he didn't know if winter would invade the north.
The first and third questions were old problems that could not be solved in a short time. The second task was the most urgent, but he didn't know how to solve it.
Sometimes, Yan Song even wondered if he should send Bao Zheng to the southern region and let him stir up the stagnant water in the south. Well, Hai Rui could do that too, but they were too small. They were just a county magistrate, so they didn't have the right to do so.
After dealing with these court affairs, Yan Song returned to the Yan Manor.
Yan Nian, who was sent out to scout for information, came forward to report,"Master, we found a clue. Qin Xianglian's matter was done by that old bastard Qian Qianyi.”
"Qian Qianyi? The one from the Donglin Party?"
Yan Nian nodded.
Yan Song immediately thought of the famous story of 'the water is too cold to water'. Qian Qianyi was simply a shameless hypocrite at the peak. He shouted that he wanted to fight for the country and the people and vowed to fight against the treacherous officials. In the end, the entire Ming Dynasty was brought into trouble by them. In the end, when the Qing army arrived, they immediately knelt down and licked his boots.
" It's actually him…" Yan Song smiled.
Right now, Qian Qianyi was not the leader of the Donglin Party. He was only the Right Qian Imperial Censor of the Inspectorate (Grade 4). There were four officers above him, the Left and Right Imperial Censors (Grade 2), and the Left and Right Deputy Imperial Censors (Grade 3).
(Note: The Inspectorate, one of the Ming Dynasty's prosecutor's offices, but the people inside are all pure mouth cannons.)
"Is there a woman called Liu Ru by his side?"”
"Liu Ru?" Yan Nian was confused. No? However, I heard that Spring Breeze Building has a top star called Liu Ru.”
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