Duan Fei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, which dynasty has there ever been a lack of corrupt officials since ancient times?" Corrupt officials actually have the value of their existence, Suzhou taxes add up to only millions in ten years, and the emperor raised Wang Tang for ten years, once he slaughtered it, he got more than 10 million taels of silver, isn't it good? The minister cleaned up the corrupt officials and bullies in Suzhou for the emperor, and the people of Suzhou were grateful to the emperor and spontaneously shouted Long live the emperor. ”

Zhengde smiled on his face and said: "Well, the more than 10 million taels of silver blocked the mouths of many people in the court, more than 10 million, enough to cover my Ming Dynasty's more than four years of taxes, and this year I got a sum of money from King Ning, many things that could not be done can be done, disaster relief in Shandong, Henan, Xuanfu, Datong garrison owed for several years have also been issued, solving a lot of imminent problems, Ah Fei, your credit is so great, what kind of reward do you say I should give you tomorrow." ”

Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, Duan Fei was only arrested in April, and he had to meet the emperor in June, and he was awarded the Jiangxi Punishment and the Inspector of the Imperial Envoy for no merit, and he was favored by the Governor Wang, and recommended me to be the right capital of the Tianfu Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then Zhou An's case, the emperor's grace was mighty, and he ordered me to be the governor of Nanzhili, and it was only less than three months, Duan Fei was promoted several levels, and he was already terrified, Duan Fei did everything he could, how dare he invite merit again?" Tomorrow to return the holy decree, the emperor will arrange a pragmatic yamen for me, and let me do more things for the emperor. ”

"Pragmatic yamen? Well, with your abilities, don't overdo it. Zhengde smiled: "Let's not mention this matter for the time being, do you know why I am in a hurry to summon you back?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "The minister doesn't dare to speculate. ”

Zhengde smiled: "It's okay if you don't know, lest you can't sleep tonight, I'll tell you tomorrow, don't go back tonight, just rest in this leopard room, what about Zhang Rui?" How did you go for so long? ”

Zhang Rui hid at the door and eavesdropped on the conversation between the two, and when he heard the call, he hurriedly trotted in with something wrapped in brocade, and said, "Your Majesty, the old slave is back, what does the emperor command?" ”

Zhengde pointed to the low table and said, "Put the chess pieces on the table, you go and arrange for Ah Fei, he won't go back tonight." ”

Zhang Rui was stunned for a moment and asked, "The emperor wants to ...... with Lord Duan?"

Zhengde waved his hand and said: "No, arrange it for him casually, rest and recuperate as soon as possible, and there may be a hard battle tomorrow morning...... Well, Wang Shouren got right, and I feel more and more that the court is like a battlefield. ”

Zhang Rui breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left after putting down the military flag, and Zhengde said: "Untie it and take a look, this thing was handed over by Wang Qiong, the official book, Bao Daxiang's latest gadget, but I heard that they have changed their name, what is it called China Entertainment Company, it is really inexplicable, since you have come to the capital, if you have any good things in the future, you will directly bring them to me, so as not to make the old Wang Qiong ramble for a while." ”

Wang Qiong, that is, when Zhengde cut officials after the battle of King Ning, because Bang Bao Daxiang offered a telescope, and he was an old minister of the Three Dynasties, Zhengde recalled him to Beijing to suppress the formation, and served as the secretary of the ministry, Wang Qiong desperately attacked Yang Tinghe and the local forces after taking office, Xie Zhijun and their last officials in Yangzhou Mansion were dragged down in this way.

Hearing Wang Qiong's name, Duan Fei immediately remembered this incident, and he smiled without leaving a trace: "Lord Wang is an old minister of the three dynasties, so he naturally hopes that the emperor will be more diligent and play less of these things, but people are not machines, the combination of work and rest is right, and the emperor has not missed the right thing, and playing chess and cards in his leisure time is also an intellectual sport, what's not bad?" ”

Zhengde said happily: "Exactly, I have a cabinet to discuss politics, and a eunuch with a pen wearing red, and I can solve political affairs in less than half an hour every morning, and Wang Tang is also full of things." ”

Duan Fei smiled: "Lord Wang is more than sixty, right?" It's normal for the old man to be a little verbose, just listen to the emperor, huh......"

Duan Fei unveiled the splendid chess box wrapped in it, and a golden and shiny chess box appeared in front of him, Zhengde smiled and said, "How is it?" Surprised, right? This is the chief craftsman of Bao Daxiang Zhou Zhe personally created, even the chess pieces share ninety-five taels of gold, five hundred gems, take the ninety-five supreme, five blessings to hold the meaning of longevity. ”

Duan Fei opened the lid of the box inlaid with pure gold and gemstones, and sighed again, if his box of boxwood chess pieces was worth 500 kilograms of gold after five hundred years, the value of this set of pure gold inlaid jewels in front of him was only more than ten times, and it was worth considerably in itself, plus it was personally created by Zhou Zhe, the leading jewelry craftsman today, and it was a tribute, and he was loved by Emperor Zhengde, maybe he could also be stained with the nobility of Liu Guifei, Princess Yongfu and even the emperors of the future dynasties, and it would be unreasonable not to sell it for a sky-high price!

Seeing that he looked stunned, Zhengde didn't know how much he could sell for in five hundred years, and said with a smile: "How about it?" Would you like to have a plate? ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the hour is not early, I better rest early, tomorrow is my first day in the court, don't be in good spirits and be flattened by the adults of the Manchu Dynasty, there are many opportunities to play chess, don't rush at this time." ”

Zhengde said happily: "That's right, then you better go and rest early." ”

Duan Fei withdrew and breathed a sigh of relief when he went downstairs to see Hua Ming, who greeted him and asked, "My lord, how is the situation?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Fortunately, I have already visited the emperor, he left me to rest in the leopard room, if it is convenient for you, go and talk to Rong'er." ”

Hua Ming said with a smile: "Convenient, in addition to the guards in this leopard room, it is our brocade guard, it is very convenient, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely pass it on as soon as possible." ”

Duan Fei snorted and said, "Then you can go over, bring my Qincha robe and holy decree, and I will go directly to the palace early tomorrow morning." ”

……

Early in the morning, Duan Fei woke up and began to prepare to enter the court, he was really a little unaccustomed to not being served by Su Rong, Hua Ming had brought him everything last night, and also told him in detail what he needed to pay attention to when going to the court, so although Duan Fei was a little apprehensive, he didn't mess up after all.

To Duan Fei's surprise, Zhang Rui not only personally arranged a lodging for him last night, but also came early in the morning, and he introduced the rules of the early dynasty to Duan Fei in more detail, which was even more kind and attentive than Duan Fei's teacher before the college entrance examination.

There is no special ill feeling towards this Zhang Rui Zhang Gonggong Duan Fei, Wang Tang is dead, there is no biggest obstacle between the two, since the Zhengde Dynasty, Liu Jin first made trouble, and then Qian Ning Jiang Bin fought for power, Dongchang Zhang Rui has no evil deeds, if Zhang Rui is willing to let him go, he doesn't care about the past grievances.

Therefore, Zhang Rui showed favor to him, he took the opportunity to apologize to Zhang Rui, and asked by the way: "Miss Guan doesn't know where she went, she hasn't seen anyone for a few days, but she is busy with the affairs of Dongchang?" ”

Zhang Rui smiled and said: "I don't know, Miss Guan is different from the general stall head, she is a guest, sometimes I don't know what she is doing, wait for her to come back and ask her yourself." ”

Listening to Zhang Rui's words, Duan Fei was stunned in his heart, because this was unreasonable, either Zhang Rui lied to him, or this Guan Xiaohan had an extraordinary background, and even Zhang Rui didn't have a problem with her, she ...... Is it really a member of the Demon Cult?

At the same time, Duan Fei was also a little smoky, since Zhang Rui had no way to order Guan Xiaohan, then she volunteered to be a maid by his side, as a man, Duan Fei still had a sense of superiority.

Zhang Rui smiled: "Lord Duan slept well last night?" ”

Duan Fei replied: "I slept soundly, thank you for your concern." ”

Zhang Rui nodded with satisfaction and said: "Lord Duan, today the emperor will reward you in the court, and it is no problem to be promoted to a second-grade official and then knighted with your merits, but those officials are jealous of the adult's talent, and will never let the adult go smoothly, Lord Duan must be prepared." ”

Duan Fei said: "Thank you father-in-law for your advice, Duan Fei expected it. ”

Zhang Rui asked again: "Does Lord Duan know why the emperor is in a hurry to order you to return to Beijing?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "The emperor originally wanted to say it yesterday, but he couldn't help but say it, does Grandpa Zhang know why?" ”

Zhang Rui smiled: "Since the emperor doesn't want to tell you in advance, he must want to surprise you, how dare I expose it in advance?" Don't worry, it's a good thing, but there will be some twists and turns, and some clowns will get in the way, but with our family to take care of it, unless the emperor is going to be difficult for you, you don't have to worry. ”

PS: I was wrong, I misunderstood everyone, it's all because my mind is not pure, I apologize...... In fact, I have been arranging opportunities for Duan Wolf, but unfortunately the women around him are too shrewd and powerful, and they are not so easy to start, now I know what it means that a woman is virtuous if she is talentless, and this is for incompetent men......