I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Unlike He Maocai who was startled, Zheng Michang not far away was obviously much calmer.

"Sure enough, it's still not as good as those salt merchants before!"

After finishing his emotion, Zheng Michang turned around, looked in the direction of He Maocai, and said, "Without further delay, let's quickly send someone to inform the governor of this news!"

He Maocai also deeply agreed with Zheng Michang's proposal. He nodded and said in agreement: "Well, we can sit back and relax from now on!"

In He Maocai's view, they could be said to have made a great contribution this time. Excluding the house deeds, land deeds, and antiques and treasures, they contributed nearly 13 million taels of silver to the national treasury.

You know, the taxes collected by the imperial court from the whole country last year were only 32.8 million taels!

But this time, they not only made great achievements and became familiar with the emperor, but also obtained the account books, eliminating worries.

After that, He Maocai called a subordinate and said in a deep voice: "Send someone immediately to inform the governor of the situation here. Go quickly!"

When the subordinate heard this, he immediately looked stern and said in a deep voice: "Yes, sir!"

After the subordinate walked away, He Maocai looked around, with a trace of regret flashing across his face.

Although a huge amount of property was confiscated from the Yuan family's home, neither he nor Zheng Michang dared to touch the money.

After all, the whole matter was carried out by the emperor alone. If anyone dares to tamper with it, it will be the old man who has hanged himself - he is too impatient to live.

After that, He Maocai suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, turned around, looked in the direction of Zheng Michang, and then spoke.

"Old Zheng, we didn't get much profit from this trip!"

"It doesn't matter, there will be someone coming up to give us money!"

Hearing this, Zheng Michang raised his head, glanced at He Maocai, and spoke unhurriedly.

Regarding Zheng Michang's words, He Maocai was a little confused for a moment.

Then, I saw him scratching his head, looking in the direction of Zheng Michang with a puzzled face, and asked: "Old Zheng, what do you mean by what you just said? What do you mean, someone is rushing to give us money?"

When Zheng Michang heard this, a look of helplessness appeared on his face. After picking up the teacup on the table and taking a sip, he explained the reason to He Maocai.

"Old He, look, we brought people from Hangzhou to Jiaxing without even saying hello this time. What would Wang Yongxian think?"

When Zheng Michang said this, he paused for a moment and continued: "He must have wondered whether the newly appointed governor felt that he was unreliable, so he didn't inform him in advance and sent us two Come here and take charge of the house search!"

"If he wants to keep his black gauze hat, he has to do something. He can't speak to the governor, so he can only start from us. Now we have his life in our hands!"

After Zheng Michang's reminder, He Maocai finally figured out what Zheng Michang's previous words meant.

Then, He Maocai showed a look of bewilderment on his face, and said to himself: "No wonder Wang Yongxian has been waiting outside since yesterday. It turns out that he has this kind of calculation!"

After that, He Maocai seemed to suddenly think of something, slapped his thigh suddenly, and continued to add.

"By the way, the Yuan family's crime is that they secretly concealed weapons with the intention of treason. Wang Yongxian, as the prefect of Jiaxing and a local official, was not aware of this. No matter what, he must be charged with dereliction of duty and negligence. If he continues to treat the past A review of the lawsuits..."

"Hmph, if he doesn't know what's going on, let alone keep his position as the prefect of Jiaxing, even if he loses his life, it will be because of his own carelessness!"

When He Maocai said this, he sneered and looked confident.

Zheng Michang took in the expression on He Maocai's face, nodded, and said in agreement: "Well, as far as I know, Wang Yongxian has collected a lot of money from the wealthy gentry and wealthy households in recent years, and we can't do it in vain. Come here, no matter what, you have to make some money, right?"

After that, Zheng Michang looked away from He Maocai and said slowly: "Old He, let's go, let's go meet this Wang Yongxian!"

After Zheng Michang finished speaking, without waiting for He Maocai to respond, he stood up from his seat and walked out of the room.

"Old Zheng, don't walk so fast, wait for me!"

Seeing this, He Maocai quickly took three steps and two steps at a time to keep up with Zheng Mi Chang's pace.

……

"The lower official, Wang Yongxian, has met these two adults!"

After receiving the report from his subordinates, Wang Yongxian didn't care about anything else. He quickly took three steps and two steps to come to Zheng Michang and He Maocai, leaned down and said respectfully.

At this time, Wang Yongxian looked extremely haggard. Since yesterday, he had been waiting near the Yuan family's residence without leaving even half a step.

He knew very well that his situation was very dangerous right now.

Judging from various previous signs, Zhao Zhenji, the newly appointed governor of Zhejiang, obviously did not trust him. Otherwise, he would not have sent Zheng Michang and He Maocai to Jiaxing to take charge of the house raids.

Wang Yongxian felt that the purpose of Zheng Michang and He Maocai coming to Jiaxing this time was not pure.

It is said that there is no need to kill a chicken with a bull's knife. These two are the chief envoys and inspectors of Zhejiang. For such a trivial matter, there is no need for the two of them to take action personally!

Because of this, Wang Yongxian felt that these two people came to Jiaxing, on the one hand, to ransack their homes, and on the other hand, to inspect themselves.

After all, Zhao Zhenji had just arrived and didn't know much about the situation in Zhejiang. Perhaps rumors had reached Zhao Zhenji's ears, so Zhao Zhenji used the incident of ransacking his house to ask Zheng Michang and He Maocai to inspect him.

Moreover, the previous attitudes of Zheng Michang and He Maocai towards him were also very thought-provoking, as if they were businesslike.

In Wang Yongxian's view, only by getting rid of Zheng Michang and He Maocai can he keep the black gauze hat on his head and successfully escape from the sunken ship of the Yuan family.

After He Maocai looked Wang Yongxian up and down, he responded in a subtle way: "Yes."

"The two adults came to Jiaxing from Hangzhou. They were very tired all the way. Because of the Yuan family's affairs, they didn't take a moment to rest. They have been working hard until now. The lower official has ordered someone to prepare a banquet to take care of the two adults. Please also invite them. Your Majesty, please show your respect and patronage!"

After Wang Yongxian finished speaking, Zheng Michang and He Maocai exchanged glances with each other. Zheng Michang nodded and said, "Well, lead the way!"

Seeing that Zheng Michang and He Maocai agreed to his request, Wang Yongxian felt ecstatic and couldn't help but said: "Yes, sir, please come with me!"

……

One day later, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.

At this moment, in the study, Zhao Zhenji was methodically processing the official documents sent by the officials of the Governor's Mansion.

After a period of familiarity, Zhao Zhenji has become increasingly comfortable with many affairs of the Governor's Mansion.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji put the completed official documents aside and said: "Come in!"

After the words fell, the door of the study room was pushed open. Not long after, a subordinate came in, bent down and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zheng and Mr. He have sent people back from Jiaxing. Currently waiting outside!"

"Well, it seems that there is news from the Yuan family in Jiaxing!"

Zhao Zhenji thought so, and then came back to his senses, looked in the direction of the subordinate official, nodded, and said: "Well, I know, let him come in!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After the subordinate responded, he immediately left without stopping in the room.

Not long after, under the guidance of a guard, someone entered the study.

After the visitor entered the study, he subconsciously looked in the direction of Zhao Zhenji, leaned down, and said respectfully: "I have seen the governor!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji glanced at the visitor and asked, "Is everything going well with Mr. Zheng and Mr. He?"

When the visitor heard what Zhao Zhenji said, he did not dare to hide anything, and immediately told everything he knew about the situation.

"My Lord Governor, everything went well. Mr. Zheng and Mr. He confiscated a total of 12.82 million taels of silver from the Yuan family's home in Jiaxing. In addition, the total land owned by the Yuan family totaled ten Ninety-eight thousand acres!”

When the visitor mentioned this, he paused and continued to add: "In addition, there are countless house deeds, mansions, antiques and treasures!"

After hearing the news from the stranger, Zhao Zhenji couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground safely.

For Zhao Zhenji, with such an achievement, he could reluctantly submit a mission to the emperor.

In Zhao Zhenji's view, it is not important how much money was confiscated from the Yuan family. What is important is that the Yuan family is a living example that proves the seriousness of land annexation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

One Yuan family in Jiaxing has annexed nearly 200,000 acres of land, not to mention that there is more than one Yuan family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!

After that, Zhao Zhenji suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, turned his eyes away from the stranger, and said: "Well, I know, you can go down and rest!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After answering, the visitor left the study directly.

After the visitor left the study, Zhao Zhenji spread out his paper and pen. After thinking about it for a long time, he took up the pen and wrote.

"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you, Zhao Zhenji, that there has been some progress regarding the Yuan family in Jiaxing recently."

"Wei Chen sent people to search the Yuan family in Jiaxing, and confiscated 12.82 million taels of silver from the Yuan family's home, as well as countless house deeds, mansions, antiques and treasures. In addition, Yuan The land owned by our family totals 198,000 acres!"

"It can be seen from this that the land annexation situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is serious. Wei Chen feels that the next step should be..."

After the last word was finished, Zhao Zhenji put the brush in his hand back to its original position. After checking it several times and confirming that there were no errors or omissions, Zhao Zhenji felt relieved.

When the ink on the paper was dry, Zhao Zhenji put it into an envelope, then called his confidants and gave instructions: "Submit this letter to His Majesty as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

Naturally, the confidant did not dare to violate Zhao Zhenji's words. He took the envelope solemnly and said in a deep voice, "Yes, sir!" After that, Zhao Zhenji looked away, waved his hand, and spoke. He ordered: "Without further delay, let's set off as soon as possible!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After the confidant left the study, Zhao Zhenji picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, with an inexplicable look on his face.

Zhao Zhenji knew very well that in a while, the news that the Yuan family in Jiaxing was ransacked would spread to the capital.

By that time, he will inevitably be pushed to the forefront, and those rich and wealthy people who feel a sense of crisis will definitely try their best to impeach themselves.

"Next, there should be no peace between the DPRK and China!"

……

Ever since Xu Jie realized that the whole matter was closely related to Hai Rui, the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, he ordered his men to stop the impeachment of Zheng Michang and He Maocai.

After Xu Jie stopped, those officials who had received money from the Yuan family or had been favored by the Yuan family also stopped impeachment one after another.

In the eyes of those people, Xu Jie must have smelled something unusual, and then he chose to stop.

Those officials who had received money from the Yuan family and promised to help impeach Zheng Michang and He Maocai were the first to stop.

For them, keeping the black gauze hat on their heads is a top priority. As long as the black gauze hat on their heads is still there, the money will continue to roll towards them.

As for those officials who had received favors from the Yuan family - come, feed the young master some cake.JPG.

Because of this, the government and the public gradually calmed down, and the time came to mid-November.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting on the dragon chair, casually flipping through the memorials sent by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

"That's right, it's almost the end of the year. Who doesn't want to take this opportunity to boost performance?"

Jiajing said with emotion after reading the memorandum from the Inspectorate in his hand, putting it aside.

After that, Jiajing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, rubbing his chin with one hand, thinking this way.

"By the way, since the end of the year is coming soon, I might as well take this opportunity to ask the cabinet or the Ministry of Personnel to come up with a ranking."

"Then give a year-end bonus to the Sixth Department, the Fifth Army, the Five Temples, the various departments, and other departments according to their rankings!"

"In this way, it can be regarded as paving the way for the examination method that will be implemented in the future. With such a layer of paving the way, the resistance to its implementation in the future will also be much smaller. Now we might as well let them taste the benefits first. When the time comes, It’s a big stick!”

The more Jiajing thought about it, the more feasible it became. At this moment, Lu Fang walked in quietly.

After Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace, she subconsciously looked in the direction of Jiajing, leaned down, and said respectfully: "I have seen your majesty!"

Jiajing was very happy for Lu Fang's arrival. He waved to Lu Fang to come forward: "Lu Fang, you came at the right time. I have something that I want to hear your opinion on!"

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang had no choice but to swallow the words she had yet to say back into her stomach.

He came to Qianqing Palace to deliver the autograph letter sent by Zhao Zhenji to Jiajing's hands.

After that, Lu Fang's face was full of humility, and she responded: "Your Majesty, I am stupid and may delay the state affairs..."

Before Lu Fang finished speaking, Jiajing interrupted impatiently: "Okay, there's no need to be humble, it's just a small thing!"

When Lu Fang heard this, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. After that, she heard Jiajing's slightly excited voice ringing in her ears.

"Lu Fang, it's almost the end of the year. I plan to ask the cabinet or the Ministry of Civil Affairs to make a ranking, and then distribute year-end bonuses to the Sixth Ministry, the Fifth Army, the Five Temples and other departments according to the rankings!"

When Jiajing said this, he immediately added: "Of course, your Chief of Ceremonies is also among them!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid. What does the year-end bonus mean?"

After listening to Jiajing's narration, Lu Fang showed some doubts on his face and asked.

Jiajing took in the expression on Lu Fang's face and explained in a leisurely manner: "This is a new word I just came up with. As the name suggests, it is the reward given by the imperial court to those departments that work efficiently and conscientiously at the end of the year. !”

After listening to Jiajing's explanation, a look of surprise appeared on Lu Fang's face.

After that, Lu Fang gathered her thoughts, raised her head and looked in the direction of Jiajing, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I think this strategy is very good. In this way, not only the civil and military officials in the court will be able to have It is a hope and can improve work efficiency to a certain extent.”

"More importantly, all civil and military officials will definitely be grateful to Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Jiajing pondered for a moment and then gave instructions: "Well, in that case, find a time to call Yan Song and Xu Jie over and discuss it carefully!"

Seeing that Jiajing had made a decision, Lu Fang lowered her head and respectfully said: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

After that, Lu Fang unhurriedly took out the letter sent by Zhao Zhenji from his sleeve, handed it to Jiajing, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is the letter sent by Zhao Zhenji. Your letter!"

Jiajing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then took the letter from Lu Fang's hand.

"Zhao Zhenji wrote to me. There should be news from the Yuan family in Jiaxing!"

Jiajing said this, then opened the envelope in his hand, and read the content on it with special concentration, only to see what was written on it.

"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you, Zhao Zhenji, that there has been some progress regarding the Yuan family in Jiaxing recently."

"Wei Chen sent people to search the Yuan family in Jiaxing, and confiscated 12.82 million taels of silver from the Yuan family's home, as well as countless house deeds, mansions, antiques and treasures. In addition, Yuan The land owned by our family totals 198,000 acres!"

"It can be seen from this that the land annexation situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is serious. Wei Chen feels that the next step should be..."

Time passed by slowly. I don’t know how long it had passed. I saw Jiajing put down the letter in his hand and said with emotion: "This Zhao Zhenji did a pretty good job!"

Since Jiajing just started browsing the letters in his hand, Lu Fang has been beside him, secretly observing the expression on Jiajing's face. At this moment, after hearing Jiajing's emotion, Lu Fang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately, he organized the words in his mind and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, is there any good news from Zhao Zhenji?"

"See for yourself!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he handed the letter in his hand to Lu Fang's hand.

After Lu Fang respectfully took the letter from Jiajing's hand, she began to browse the contents.

The first sentence on the letter shocked Lu Fang.

"What, Zhao Zhenji actually led people to ransack the Yuan family's home in Jiaxing without saying a word, and confiscated 12.82 million taels of silver and nearly 200,000 acres of land!"

"If this news spreads, it will definitely cause an uproar in the government and the opposition. By then, he, Zhao Zhenji, will be pushed to the forefront and become the target of public criticism. I'm afraid..."

Just when Lu Fang's expression was gloomy and uncertain, Jiajing's voice without any emotion sounded out: "Lu Fang, what do you think?"

After Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, she carefully considered her words before responding carefully: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I feel that if this matter is spread, it will definitely arouse heated discussion in the court. When the time comes, Zhao Zhenji will Being pushed to the forefront!”

"In addition, as far as I know, the relationship between the Yuan family in Jiaxing and China is complicated. It is inevitable that officials will come forward to criticize..."

After listening to Lu Fang's narration, Jiajing nodded and said, "Lu Fang, I understand what you said, but I just want to see how strong the resistance is to this matter!"

After that, Jiajing looked away from Lu Fang and gave instructions: "In the recent period, keep a close eye on me. If there is any movement in the court, report to me immediately!"

When Jiajing finished speaking, Lu Fang looked stern and responded in a deep voice: "As you command, Your Majesty!"

……

Night falls, in the Forbidden City, in the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

In the duty room, Huang Jin, Feng Bao, and several other eunuchs from the ceremonial department were busy criticizing the memorials sent to the ceremonial supervisor.

At this moment, Lu Fang entered the check-in room with silent steps.

When everyone saw Lu Fang's arrival, they all stopped what they were doing, stood up from their seats, bowed to Lu Fang and saluted: "Old ancestor!"

After hearing this, Lu Fang glanced at everyone and sat down on her own.

After that, Huang Jin stepped forward and asked extremely respectfully: "Ancestor, why do you have time to come to the Supervisory Ceremony today?"

Facing everyone's curious gazes, Lu Fang waved her hands and said slowly: "We are here this time to tell you some news in advance!"

When Lu Fang said this, he paused for a moment and continued: "It's almost the end of the year. His Majesty said that the cabinet or the Ministry of Civil Affairs will take the lead in coming up with a ranking, and then according to the The ranking will be given to the Sixth Department, the Fifth Army, the Five Temples and other departments, and year-end bonuses will be given out!"

"Our Chief of Ceremonies is also among them, and we can also receive the year-end bonus from His Majesty!"

Feng Bao on the side had a look of confusion on his face when he heard Lu Fang's words. Immediately, he summoned up the courage to ask: "Godfather, what does this year-end bonus mean?"

When Lu Fang heard this, she looked in the direction of Feng Bao, shook her head, and explained: "You don't even know this. This year-end bonus, as the name suggests..." (End of Chapter)