I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 292 Hai Rui: Am I a big deal?
Soon, the cabinet announced that the imperial court would open more ports and the specific fee regulations formulated by the Maritime Trade Department, which aroused a lot of discussion among officials.

"Have you heard that the imperial court will soon open more ports to trade with those foreign merchants!"

"I've heard about it a long time ago, and the specific notice was sent to various places as early as yesterday."

In front of the bulletin board, several officials were chatting together, and they were still deeply shocked when they saw the specific fee regulations summarized by the Maritime Trade Department.

"What, my naval division of Ming Dynasty only received 5000 taels of silver for an escort mission!"

"You read it wrong, it's obviously starting from 5000 taels of silver, and the charges are based on the value of the goods transported and the degree of danger!"

"Not only that, these merchants must also bear the daily expenses of the soldiers on board."

"Hiss~ These merchants are really rich!"

"That's right, if I had been able to buy a certificate of going to sea from the Maritime Trade Department, I would have issued it!"

I saw an official sighed helplessly, saying so.

"Come on, when the imperial court held an auction in the capital to auction off the sea-going certificate, when the price was the highest, it sold for nearly 60 taels of silver!"

"Even if I sell you, I can't get so much money."

When the officials on the side heard this, they couldn't help but sneered.

"you!"

"Okay, okay, everyone is a colleague, let's calm down."

Soon, someone came up to smooth things over. After the two sides snorted coldly, they turned their faces away and said nothing more.

……

Forbidden City, Inspectorate.

After Zhao Zhenji confirmed Hai Rui's scope of duties, he immediately dispatched someone to bring Hai Rui to the Experience Department to report.

"Master Wang, didn't you say earlier that the Experience Department has always been short of people?"

"No, Lord Yushi specially found a capable official for you to come to assist you in handling affairs!"

The person in charge of leading Hai Rui to report to the Experience Department greeted him as soon as he entered the door.

Hearing this, Wang Jing, who had been busy arranging documents, had been buried in his desk all the time, raised his head and shifted his gaze to Hai Rui.

"This is Lord Yushi, the newly recommended person?"

After Wang Jing finished speaking, he asked the visitor.

"Well, that's right."

Upon seeing this, Hai Rui's expression turned serious, and he immediately saluted Wang Jing respectfully.

"Hai Rui, my lord, I have met you!"

"Okay, okay, okay, my experience department is finally here!"

After Wang Jing looked Hai Rui up and down, he seemed quite excited, and then he said.

"My lord Wang, I have important matters to attend to, so please take Hai Rui with me to get acquainted with this place."

"Please go ahead, leave the rest to me!"

Seeing this, Wang Jing said this after he cupped his hands to the visitor.

After the person who had guided Hai Rui to report to the department had left, Wang Jing sat on a chair and asked Hai Rui.

"Presumably, Lord Censor has already told you about the responsibilities of the Experience Department?"

"Yes, my lord, the censor said that the responsibility of the experience department is to be in charge of the documents!"

Facing Wang Jing's question, Hai Rui replied after thinking for a moment.

"Well, yes, I experienced the duties of the Secretary, that's it."

"I don't know what kind of luck you have had, that Lord Yushi assigned you to this position just now!"

After Wang Jing finished speaking, his words were full of envy.

"My lord, please clarify!"

The respectful expression on Hai Rui's face remained unchanged, and he immediately asked Wang Jing for the specific reason.

"Let me tell you the truth, our experience department doesn't have very heavy powers and responsibilities, we only need to be responsible for the correspondence documents!"

"There is a saying, do more and make mistakes, do less and make fewer mistakes, it is good not to do!"

After Wang Jing paused for a moment, he continued to add.

"Officials like us only need to go to court on time, complete the work at hand, and prepare to retire when the age is up."

After listening to Wang Jing's explanation, Hai Rui showed a little gratitude on his face, and immediately cupped his hands to thank Wang Jing.

"Thank you, my lord, for your clarification!"

And after Wang Jing explained this to Hai Rui, he couldn't help becoming curious about Hai Rui.

In his opinion, without a certain background, it is absolutely impossible to come to this position.

Immediately, Wang Jing picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and asked Hai Rui.

"Before this, where were you an official?"

Seeing Wang Jing asking about this matter, Hai Rui hesitated for a moment before choosing to answer truthfully.

"My lord, before this, I was a magistrate in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province!"

"what!"

Hearing this, Wang Jing lost the teacup in his hand and fell to the ground.

"My lord, are you all right?"

Seeing Wang Jing's sudden surprise, with a little worry on his face, Hai Rui couldn't help asking.

"It's okay, I just thought of something suddenly!"

Wang Jing waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

"By the way, Hu Zongxian, governor of Zhejiang Province and governor of Zhejiang Province, is a student of Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet!"

"And this Hai Rui, before that, happened to be working in Zhejiang as a county magistrate."

"It seems that Hai Rui's background is really not small, and he was able to get involved with the Yan family. Presumably, he worked in Zhejiang before, and he was just accumulating experience in governing the region!"

Thinking of this, Wang Jing's eyes narrowed slightly, he already figured out everything behind it!
Afterwards, Wang Jing got up from his seat and saluted Hai Rui respectfully.

"In the days to come, please take care of me!"

"Sir, are you?"

Hai Rui was dizzy by Wang Jing's 180-degree turn, and quickly helped Wang Jing up, his face full of doubts.

But soon, Hai Rui figured out everything behind it.

"Your Excellency, I was so excited after I mentioned that I used to be a magistrate in Zhejiang County."

"Your Excellency Governor is a student of Yan Song, the chief assistant of the current cabinet, and I once served as the magistrate of Zhejiang County!"

"Right now, I happen to be transferred to the Inspector's Office, and this is easily misunderstood. I have something to do with the Yan family."

After thinking about all this, Hai Rui felt a sense of enlightenment.

Afterwards, Hai Rui turned his gaze to Wang Jing, shook his head with a solemn expression, and then explained.

"My lord, you misunderstood, the lower officials have nothing to do with the Yan family!"

"Ah, what did you say?"

After hearing Hai Rui's explanation, Wang Jing was even more surprised.

……

On the other side, when Zhao Zhenji was still dealing with the backlog of impeachment memorials, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Zhao Zhenji frowned unobtrusively, and then ordered.

"My lord, there are people coming from the palace!"

Seeing this, the subordinates who came in knelt down on the ground and reported to Zhao Zhenji.

"What, is there someone from the palace?"

When Zhao Zhenji heard the news from his subordinates, a look of astonishment flashed across his face.

"Isn't there something wrong with the case I handled earlier?"

With such thoughts in mind, Zhao Zhenji immediately ordered his subordinates to invite people in in the future.

"Master Zhao, His Majesty asked you to come over, saying that he has something important to discuss!"

After the visitor entered the room, he didn't exchange too many greetings, but got straight to the point.

"Well, okay, I'm going right now."

(End of this chapter)