As Jiajing expected, after the raid of Pingliang Mansion, in order to reduce the punishment, someone explained the location of the hidden body, and Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion successfully found the hidden body according to the map, and the case was successfully concluded.

When the case was cracked, the government immediately posted notices on the streets and alleys of the capital for publicity, which attracted a burst of applause from the people of the capital.

In the early morning, Jiajing was sitting on the futon with his eyes closed, circulating and inhaling meager spiritual energy.

With the circulation of mana in the body to the whole body, the fatigue of the body has also been eliminated, after Yan Song went back last night, he sent someone to send the silver to his inner pocket, and since the crossing, Jiajing entered his inner treasury for the first time to take a look.

For example, Jiajing found a red coral weighing dozens of catties in the corner of his inner treasure, Jiajing didn't care much about these things, what he cared about the most was the many cultivation cheats collected by his predecessor.

The number of cheats collected by the predecessor was extremely large and quite mixed, and Jiajing used his divine sense to sweep through the pile of books, and finally found a book of exercises that could still be cultivated, called "One Qi Decision".

Jiajing was overjoyed, and soon referred to the above exercises, and began to operate the mana in his body, and he didn't sleep all night.

"With the help of the exercises, it's much stronger than my simple breathing cultivation, and the cultivation speed is more than twice as fast!" Jiajing finished today's cultivation with a glint in his eyes.

At this moment, Lu Fang walked in with silent steps, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine Shen asked to see her, saying that she had something important to discuss with Your Majesty. ”

After listening to Lu Fang's words, Jiajing waved his hand and said lightly: "Let her in." ”

Soon, the gracefully dressed imperial concubine Shen walked in, only to see her salute Jiajing, and said softly: "Concubine, I have seen Your Majesty!" ”

Jiajing unexpectedly obtained a book of cultivation exercises, and at this time he was in a good mood, helped Shen up, and then asked her to sit beside him, with a smile on his face: "Aifei, hurry up, what's the matter with me?" ”

"Your Majesty, that's the case, since the last time you came to the palace, the concubine found out that she hadn't come for a month......" Shen said, his face was full of shyness, and seeing that Jiajing was still looking at himself, he lowered his head embarrassedly.

"I mean that I have a child! Did you ask the Imperial Doctor to see it? When Jiajing heard this, his expression was ecstatic, and then he gently pressed his head against Shen's stomach, wanting to hear some movement.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing what Jiajing had done, Shen raised his head and looked around, and said coquettishly.

"Ahem, it's abrupt, what did the Imperial Doctor say?" After being glanced at by Shen, Jiajing withdrew his head from Shen's stomach and coughed lightly twice to relieve the embarrassment.

"The concubine has already asked Imperial Doctor Li to see her before, and Imperial Doctor Li also said after the diagnosis that she should be pregnant." After Shen finished speaking, he gently stroked his stomach, and his face was full of love.

"Okay, you have done a great job for our Zhu family! I want to reward you well. After Jiajing said that, he took Shen into his arms, and then kissed the smooth and jade-like cheek.

"Your Majesty!" Being treated like this by Jiajing, Shen was a little embarrassed, and gently patted Jiajing's chest with a small hand like jade.

"Okay, the next thing Concubine Ai has to do is to take care of the fetus and strive to give birth to a big fat boy for me!"

"In addition, from today onwards, the imperial dining room will provide you with three meals a day, and other things from unknown sources should not be touched, and even the incense used in the room must be replaced by a special person, you know?" Jiajing looked at Shen who was lying happily in his arms, and couldn't help but admonish.

"What Your Majesty said, the concubines all understand." After listening to Jiajing's advice, Shen couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart, and leaned closer in Jiajing's chest.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the cabinet to meet later." At this moment, Lu Fang's voice came from outside the house.

"Your Majesty should be diligent in state affairs, and the concubine will retire!" When the imperial concubine Shen heard this, she broke free from Jiajing's arms and saluted.

"Concubine Ai won't have to salute when she sees me in the future." Jiajing looked at the back of Shen's departure and admonished.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shen suddenly paused as he left, and then responded.

After the Shen family left, Jiajing summoned Lu Fang from outside the room and said lightly: "Let's go, let's go to the cabinet." ”

Silent along the way, Jiajing took Lu Fang to the cabinet.

There is no quarrel in today's cabinet, but it is full of dullness, only the sound of twists and turns.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

After the eunuch outside reported it, Jiajing took Lu Fang into the cabinet, and the cabinet members led by Yan Song knelt on the ground.

Jiajing glanced at it and said lightly: "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers returned the salute, and then sat down in their seats, Jiajing also walked straight behind the bead curtain and sat on his dragon chair.

"What the cabinet is discussing today is that there is another great drought in Gansu! According to a report from officials in Gansu, since there has been no rain for nearly three months, the grain planted by the local people has not been harvested, and many families have immediately cut off their cooking. Yan Song took the lead in standing up and read out the contents of the fold.

"Hmph, money, money, money, they will only ask our household department for money! This is not a small amount of 1,320,000 taels. After listening to Yan Song's report, Gao Gong took the lead in expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Then according to the meaning of the household servant, there is no relief for this disaster in Gansu?" Yan Shifan looked at Gao Gong and said sarcastically.

Seeing that Yan Shifan had buttoned himself up with a big hat against disaster relief, his arched eyebrows moved, and he opened his mouth to retort: "I didn't say that I wouldn't give disaster relief to Gansu, it's just that every year in places like Gansu and Shaanxi, they can't collect taxes, and they have to rely on the central government's finances to support them. ”

Xu Jie, who was on the side, also took the opportunity to say: "The money for disaster relief must be allocated, but how can there be a reason for a great drought every year?" I have two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a great drought in Gansu every year, if it comes like this, won't the people there die? ”

Jiajing, who was sitting behind the bead curtain, heard what Xu Jie said, and also felt that there was some truth, and said in a low voice: "Bring me the records about Gansu." ”

When the ministers who were discussing outside heard this, they also knew that the emperor was concerned about this matter, and they called the officials one after another, and found out the records of the tax payment in Gansu over the years, as well as the records of the imperial court's appropriation for disaster relief.

Jiajing flipped through the record from beginning to end, his brows furrowed even more.

I saw that it was recorded that since the Hongwu period, Gansu could still pay more than 4 million taxes for the imperial court every year, and then decreased year by year, and in the end, it was due to drought, locust plagues, and poor harvests of the people, and paid less or even no taxes at all.

"See for yourselves!" After Jiajing finished speaking, he handed over the record to everyone through Lu Fang's hand.

After everyone took the record, they summed it up a little in their hearts, and soon found out that something was wrong!

Immediately afterwards, a terrible conjecture arose in the hearts of everyone: "This Gansu will not exaggerate the disaster situation and cheat the imperial court of disaster relief funds!" ”

Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the lead in kneeling on the ground, and then asked: "Your Majesty, Weichen requests a thorough investigation of this matter!" It must not be appeased. ”

Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, also knelt down after him: "Your Majesty, the minister also requests a thorough investigation of this matter!" ”

Seeing that the first and second assistants of the cabinet had asked for their lives, the others also knelt down and asked the emperor for their lives.