Pan Yun had a convenient way to contact the Emperor. She had written a talisman to tell him about last night's events first thing this morning.
Now, she could also condense Xue Shao's thoughts and tell the Emperor, letting him prepare in advance.
That was the advantage of an information gap.
While all the court officials remained utterly unaware, the Emperor already knew everything that had happened in Guangdong.
He could arrange matters ahead of time according to his own wishes, selectively revealing useful information to certain people and discussing with them in advance what needed to be done.
Pan Yun had been right, and the Emperor's thinking had been correct as well. It was only in choosing the right people that an accident arose.
Or rather, no one had expected an accident at all.
The Emperor chose to tell Yu Qian about it.
Yu Qian had always been upright, incorruptible, and fair. The moment he heard that such massive corruption had occurred in Guangdong's garrison districts, he was furious and immediately began discussing with the Emperor whom to send to take over.
As for Xue Shao's proposal to use part of the stolen funds to soothe the military households, redistribute the garrison farmlands, grant some compensation, and exempt them from thirty percent of next year's military grain levy, he agreed without much thought.
Part of the shortfall in that thirty percent of military grain would be covered with the confiscated dirty silver from this case, while the rest would have to be figured out by the newly appointed Regional Commander.
"Censor Xue mentioned having the navy escort merchant ships through Nanyang in exchange for payment. This is inappropriate," Yu Qian said. "Protecting the people's interests is the state's duty. It is only right for the Ming Dynasty's navy to