I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 177

Soon, under the leadership of the guards, Hai Rui entered Gao Hanwen's residence.

"Hai Rui, my subordinate, I have met Mr. Gao."

As soon as he entered, Hai Rui respectfully saluted Gao Hanwen.

"It's okay, Hai Rui, what can you do with me?"

After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, he motioned for Hai Rui to sit down on the chair beside him. After a while, a servant stepped forward and brought Hai Rui a bowl of hot tea.

After Hai Rui took the teacup and took a sip, he began to describe the purpose of his trip to Gao Hanwen.

"My lord, the thing is like this..."

After listening to what Hai Rui said, Gao Hanwen subconsciously shook his head and said helplessly.

"I advise you to stop here and stop investigating! To tell you the truth, I discovered this situation when I was measuring the land in Zhejiang."

"and after?"

Seeing this, Hai Rui hurriedly asked.

"Later, I wrote a letter to my teacher, telling him all about the situation here! And the teacher also wrote in his reply that the imperial court would send people to investigate, but after that, there was no news. .”

"From then on, I understood that this matter must involve a lot of things, and it is a topic that must not be touched! You should leave here, and I can pretend that I have never seen you."

When Gao Hanwen said this, he paused for a moment and added another sentence.

"Don't you just have the heart to watch the people here work all day long, but can't even fill their stomachs? I've checked, and the imperial court has issued more than one notice to reduce or exempt people's taxes, but it has never been implemented!"

"What kind of sage book are you reading? You don't even care about the life and death of the common people!"

Seeing Gao Hanwen's reticence, Hai Rui couldn't help but angrily reprimanded him.

And Gao Hanwen couldn't help being touched by Hai Rui's words, and slowly got up from his seat, looking lost.

At this moment, in Gao Hanwen's mind, what his teacher Yan Shifan taught him earlier kept reappearing in his mind.

"Do you know what is the most important thing about being an official?"

"Teacher, the students don't know."

"Listen well, serve as an official and benefit one party, the most important thing is not to lose your heart!"

Gao Hanwen seemed to be trapped in memories, and kept muttering the word "sincerity".

"That's right, the teacher taught me earlier, don't lose your heart!"

"Gao Hanwen, how did you become what you are now? Didn't you say you want to benefit the people? Why are you only thinking about how to protect yourself wisely?"

Gao Hanwen questioned himself in his heart, and gradually his eyes became firm.

"I have the original record here, if you need it, just take it!"

Gao Hanwen turned around, then faced Hai Rui, and said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Mr. Gao, sir!"

Seeing that Gao Hanwen agreed to help, Hai Rui couldn't help being overjoyed, cupped his hands, and said joyfully.

"Let's go, follow me to get those files."

Gao Hanwen glanced at Hai Rui, then led him into the room where he kept his files.

After hearing a "squeak", Gao Hanwen pushed the door open and began to search through the pile of files.

"Phew~ I finally found it!"

Gao Hanwen took out a file and blew the dust off it, saying happily.

"Here is the dossier I compiled earlier. I originally planned to hand it over to the officials sent by the imperial court to investigate this matter! But afterward, there was no news of it, and I also forgot about it. "

After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, he stuffed the file into Hai Rui's arms.

Hai Rui opened the file and carefully browsed the contents. The more he scrolled down, the more Hai Rui frowned, because the contents of this file were too shocking, and it also confirmed his previous conjecture.

For a long time, the imperial government's policy of reducing and exempting people's taxes has never been implemented!
"Master Gao is so kind and virtuous, I will never forget this official! Please be respected by this official!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, just as he was about to kneel down, Gao Hanwen helped him up and spoke.

"No need, you are still thinking about how to report this matter to the imperial court! Right now, the official route must not be taken."

"That's right, the official way can't be followed, how should I report this matter to the imperial court?"

Seeing this, Hai Rui fell into deep thought and began to think about possible solutions.

At this moment, the guard at the door came to report.

"My... my lord, there is a person outside, and he said he is..."

"What are you afraid of? Who is this person?"

Seeing this, Gao Hanwen frowned, his face full of displeasure.

"He said he was Jin Yiwei!"

In the end, the guard summoned up his courage and revealed the identity of the person who came.

"What? Jin Yiwei!"

Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui looked at each other with shock on their faces.

"Why did Jin Yiwei come to my residence?"

Gao Hanwen then questioned the guard who came to report, wanting to get more information.

"Master Gao, don't be nervous, I'm not here for you."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps from outside the door, and a man dressed in coarse linen with an ordinary face showed his figure.

Seeing this, the guard on the side wanted to draw out his knife to protect Gao Hanwen, but the latter stopped him with his eyes.

"Oh, then who are you here for?"

Gao Hanwen raised his eyebrows, already having some guesses in his heart.

"Of course it's the one next to you, Hai Rui, the county magistrate of Chun'an!"

The visitor said so, and then he found a chair and sat down.

"You said you are Jin Yiwei, do you have evidence?"

Hai Rui, who was at the side, saw that the person was coming for him, and asked in a deep voice.

"Look, what is this?"

As the visitor spoke, he took off an ivory badge from his waist, and showed it to Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui each.

I saw that it was engraved with the words Jinyiwei Dongsifang No. 12!

And Gao Hanwen is also a well-informed person, he could tell at a glance that this waist card was made of extraordinary workmanship, and he also believed in the identity of the visitor.

"Since you said you are Jin Yiwei, what can you do with me?"

Hai Rui suppressed the tension in his heart, looked straight into the eyes of the visitor, and said in a deep voice.

"To be honest, I was ordered by His Majesty to go to Zhejiang to investigate this matter! It just so happened that I followed the clues and found you here."

The visitor glanced at Hai Rui and responded like this.

"What? Your Majesty! Your Majesty asked you to investigate this matter!"

Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui looked at each other with a look of shock on their faces.

They never imagined that His Majesty had already noticed this matter and sent Jin Yiwei to investigate.

And since the Jin Yiwei in front of him was sent by His Majesty, it proved that this matter was not simple. Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui both felt that they had been sucked into a huge vortex!

"Dare to ask His Majesty how..."

When Hai Rui saw this and wanted to ask for more details, the visitor put his index finger on his lips and said in a low voice.

"Shh, there are some things you should not know! Now, hand over the file to me."

"I will deliver him to His Majesty in person."

As the visitor spoke, he stretched out his right hand to Hai Rui, as if to take the file from his hand.

"You swear, you must hand over this dossier to His Majesty!"

But Hai Rui didn't immediately hand over the dossier to Jin Yiwei, but said so.

"why?"

The Jin Yiwei was puzzled by Hai Rui's behavior and asked in confusion.

"Because this file is related to the livelihood of countless people in Zhejiang!"

Hai Rui looked directly at the person who came, and said word by word.

"Haha, interesting, I promise you, I will send the file, how about it?"

After saying this, the visitor took the file from Hai Rui and put it away.

"Two, farewell!"

After the visitor finished speaking, he walked out of the room, but when Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui hurriedly chased him out, they found that the visitor had long since disappeared.

Everything that happened before was like a dream to the two of them, and Hai Rui looked at his empty hands in a daze, and said slowly.

"Is there someone here just now?"

"um, yes."

(End of this chapter)