Jiajing was very impressed when he heard Xu Jie's words. At the same time, he asked why Yan Song and Lu Ben did not notice this. Before the news from the government came, he began to impeach Zhang Hao. Are they too anxious to do this? Is there any purpose?

"This, the emperor, I don't know what they think. I have advised them, but they said that they were worried that the lack of salt would cause panic across the country, so they were so anxious to impeach Zhang Hao. But if there is really a lack of salt, it has nothing to do with Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao has just started to rectify the salt business. If there is really a shortage of salt, it is something that happened before, not something that has happened now. So, what I mean is that they may want Zhang Hao to take responsibility for this matter!" Xu Jie bowed to Jiajing and said!

"Well, then you think, who should be responsible for this matter?" Jiajing nodded and asked Xu Jie.

"If you want to talk about responsibility, then the local salt inspector has the responsibility, and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have the responsibility. If there are other illegal acts inside, it is the matter of those salt merchants!" Xu Jie looked at Jiajing and bowed.

"Well, I understand the difference!" Jiajing nodded, then asked, "What do you think about Zhang Hao's reorganization of salt affairs this time?"

After hearing this, Xu Jie was also confused. He thought that Jiajing would summon the three of them today, but he didn't expect that he would summon him alone.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Hao has never managed the salt affairs after all, so it is really a bit embarrassing him to come to rectify it. It's just that the salt affairs part involves the interests of many people. If Zhang Hao hadn't gone, no one would dare to go. Even if he went, no one would dare to really rectify it!" Xu Jie immediately bowed to Jiajing and said.

"Well, this is the truth. No one dares to touch the interests of these people. Even if they dare to touch, those salt merchants will use money to bribe them. They are very rich. I don't believe in the impeachment of Zhang Hao this time. Those officials can learn these news at the same time without anyone deliberately telling them. Who is instructing them behind the scenes?" Jiajing stared at Xu Jie and asked.

"This, I dare not speculate, just say that there is something strange about this matter!" Xu Jie immediately answered honestly.

"Yeah!" Jiajing nodded a little disappointed when he heard his cautious answer. He knew that many of the ministers were pretending to be confused, but they just said nothing.

"Zhang Hao is your son-in-law. Look at this letter, it was written by Zhang Hao, reporting on the situation in Shanxi. You can finish reading it. In the capital, you still need to support Zhang Hao.

In the past few days, there are probably people who impeach Zhang Hao. I think you know that they want to kill Zhang Hao. You, a father-in-law, cannot watch your son-in-law be pulled down by them. The person behind you still needs to dig it out!" Jiajing said to Xu Jie,

When Xu Jie heard this, he didn't make a statement. He still needed to see what was written in the letter first. Immediately, Lu Fang gave Xu Jie a letter to him. Xu Jie took it over and looked at it carefully. The more he looked, the more surprised he became.

He didn't expect that Zhang Hao had searched so much salt, and the salt merchants had released it now, but their families were arrested. In addition, Zhang Hao had already started laying salt on the side of Zhang Hao. In the north of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Hao would lay it over. Next, Zhang Hao would go to other places to inspect the salt production in other salt fields, and see how much salt there is in the Ming Dynasty and whether it is enough for the people to use for a year.

"Your Majesty, this, this!" Xu Jie looked at Jiajing in surprise. He really didn't expect that such news would come.

"Are you surprised? I'm also surprised! It's said that salt is short, but those salt merchants have hoarded more than 4 million dan of salt, which is enough for me, the people of the Ming Dynasty, for more than half a year. However, those salt merchants have not sold it yet. The key is that these are just salt merchants in Shanxi. What if salt merchants from other places are added? How much salt have they hoarded? What is their purpose? Are they going to rebel? These salt merchants all listen to King Jin. What exactly does the King of Jin want to do?" Jiajing stared at Xu Jie and asked.

"This, the emperor, the King of Jin's actions are punishable!" Xu Jie immediately knelt down and said to Jiajing.

"But it's difficult. Look, how many officials he has bribed, ah? Impeach Zhang Hao? If Zhang Hao hadn't gone downstairs to search for the salt, the entire Ming Dynasty officials would probably be kept in the dark!" Jiajing sat there and said in a sigh.

"Your Majesty, I will impeach him. I cannot let him harm my Ming Dynasty in such a way!" Xu Jie fully understood what Jiajing meant. This time Jiajing was going to deal with the King of Jin, Zhang Hao was going to deal with the punishment in Shanxi, and Jiajing was going to deal with the punishment in the court.

"Well, you go and collect evidence. If there is no evidence, he will not be convinced!" Jiajing was still very satisfied with Xu Jie's excellence, but as the emperor, he could not instruct the people below to impeach each other, right?

"Yes, the emperor, I will write a letter to Zhang Hao, and let Zhang Hao reply to me!" Xu Jie said to Jiajing.

"Well, it's getting late, so you go back and have a rest early, right? Go!" Jiajing said to Xu Jie, and Xu Jie immediately bowed his goodbye.

Needless to say, Jiajing no longer needs to be said, Xu Jie can know how to do it.

Xu Jie was also very surprised. He did not expect that Jiajing would actually deal with King Jin like this. It was not enough to send Zhang Hao to the court, but he still had to deal with him in the court. If he really came to the court, then whether the King Jin could still be kept or not is a question. At that time, the King Jin would be deeply hit.

After Xu Jie left the palace, he rushed back home quickly, then sat at home, started writing letters, and wrote letters to Zhang Hao. He needed Zhang Hao to reply to him, even if he wrote the same content as Jiajing, so that he could impeach King Jin. After Xu Jie finished writing, he pretended and put it on himself.

When he woke up the next morning, Xu Jie called one of his servants and asked him to go to Taiyuan immediately to find Zhang Hao, and at the same time he took his own greetings. Zhang Hao's servant saw his visitings and could not let him in. They all knew that he was Zhang Hao's father-in-law. Then Xu Jie went to the cabinet.

After arriving in the cabinet, Xu Jie saw many ministers impeaching Zhang Hao. Xu Jie was very annoyed. Why did those officials do this? They didn't know what happened. They dared to impeach them when they heard others say it, and they were one after another.

"There are so many impeachment memorials, I said, Mr. Xu, why don't you send them there?" Lu Ben said with a smile at Xu Jie.

"Let the officials send it? I can't send it there. I still need to avoid suspicion!" Xu Jie waved his hand immediately and said, still a little surprised. Lu Ben actually said such words and asked himself to send a memorial to impeach his son-in-law?

"The emperor summoned you last night, probably to discuss how to deal with these impeachment memorials? Didn't the emperor give me any advice?" Lu Ben continued to smile and said to Xu Jie. Xu Jie heard it, but it was not surprising that anyone who went to see Jiajing would know quickly.

"It's not about Zhang Hao's affairs, it's about salt affairs. The emperor is considering how to solve the problem of salt. After all, how to deal with Zhang Hao has to face the problem of salt shortage!" Xu Jie smiled at them and said.

"Is there a way?" Yan Song asked at Xu Jie.

"What can I do? I'm not familiar with the situation in the Ministry of Revenue. I guess the two cabinet masters may have a solution!" Xu Jie bowed to them and said.

"You have to say goodbye. What can I do? However, this problem of salt really needs to be solved. I mean, let the Ministry of Revenue send ministers to major salt farms to urge them to get salt out as soon as possible to alleviate the urgent needs of the people!" Lu Ben said, touching his beard.

"Well, but it's Zhang Hao who is rectifying the salt affairs now. Zhang Hao's affairs have not been decided yet. What should we do? We can't interfere now unless the emperor asks us to do it!" Yan Song also touched his beard and said,

When Xu Jie heard this, he sneered. There was no shortage of experiments. It was all done by the salt merchants themselves. What was the point of copying their homes? This time, they might have to destroy their three tribes. Moreover, the people who commanded behind them would be unlucky, but Xu Jie could not say these things.

"Okay, let the officials send it over? Xu Jie, you have to persuade the emperor, you can't delay this matter. The more you delay, the more you delay it, the more you will be unfavorable to Zhang Hao. Take advantage of the current time when the salt shortage in various places is not very serious, don't be the imperial envoy. Let the Ministry of Revenue solve this matter. Although the Ministry of Revenue may not be able to solve it, it is better than letting Zhang Hao bear all the responsibilities?" Lu Ben sat there, looking at Xu Jie and said.

"Hey, I think so too, but the emperor may not listen to me. So, what will happen in the end? Who can know?" Xu Jie smiled again and said,

Yan Song and Lu Ben heard this, but didn't care. Anyway, dragging on them would be very unfavorable to Zhang Hao.

In the evening, after Zhang Hao received Xu Jie's letter, Xu Jie wrote it very clearly in the letter. He was afraid that Zhang Hao would not understand it, so he directly said that he wanted Zhang Hao to provide evidence that King Jin manipulated those salt merchants, and he wanted to write a letter to impeach King Jin!

When Zhang Hao saw it, he knew that Jiajing had taken action. He took action on his own. Jiajing took action in the capital and was about to start to deal with King Jin. At this time, the inquiry letter from the Censorate also arrived. Zhang Hao also reported his situation in Shanxi truthfully.
Chapter completed!