"Your Majesty, the ministers have been wronged!"

Seeing that the emperor did not talk about martial arts and wanted to put himself on the big hat of Tongwei, all the ministers rushed to kneel on the ground and wept.

"The major affairs of the country of soldiers, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked! Your Majesty is cautious. "The ministers said, and bowed again.

"You don't have to persuade anymore, I've made up my mind." Jiajing looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, his words full of undoubted meaning.

"Zhang Juzheng, I will hand over the task of building the second water division of my Ming Dynasty to you, how much silver and how many people are needed, and when the time comes, make a report and submit it to the household department."

Jiajing turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng and spoke.

"Wechen obeys!" Zhang Juzheng forcibly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and responded.

Seeing that the emperor had announced the appointment, the rest of the people did not refute and returned to their seats.

"Okay, the first thing is over, it's time to discuss the second thing." Jiajing picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip.

Hearing the emperor's words, the hearts of the ministers instantly rose to their throats.

After Jiajing finished drinking the tea in the cup, he poured himself another cup: "This second thing is the question of the chief examiner of this year's imperial examination." ”

Hearing the emperor's words, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and then became sad again, how should the chief examiner of the imperial examination be decided?

"Do you Aiqing have any suitable candidates to recommend to me?" Jiajing's gaze swept over everyone, and his tone was flat.

"This ...... This ...... "A few adults, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't make up my mind for a while."

Jiajing didn't mean to urge them, just rubbed the dragon head carved on the dragon chair and waited for the result.

"Your Majesty, the chief examiner of the imperial examination, should not be able to settle for the time being." In the end, it was Yan Song who took the lead and spoke.

"Yes, yes, there is such a thing, now this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, who would dare to serve as the chief examiner!" Xu Jie, who was on the side, also followed closely to help him.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter should be considered in the long run!" Yan Shifan on the side followed up and said loudly.

And Yan Shifan's speech successfully made Jiajing shift his attention to him.

I saw Jiajing say lightly: "Yan Shifan, how about you come to be this chief examiner?" ”

Hearing the emperor's words, Yan Shifan was instantly shocked, and refused loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is only a shallow learner, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on such a heavy responsibility, please choose someone else!" ”

"I think you're quite suitable, isn't it rumored that you have the ability to never forget, and you can still memorize the entire Ming Law backwards?"

"It's decided, you will be the chief examiner of the imperial examination!"

The more Jiajing thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, his eyes lit up, and he commanded.

Seeing that the emperor had already given an order, and the matter was irreparable, Yan Shifan had no choice but to bow down and say, "Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen obeys the order!" ”

"Okay, since everything we have discussed today has been discussed, so be it." Seeing that the matter was perfectly resolved, Jiajing was in a good mood, and immediately walked out of the cabinet with Lu Fang.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Behind Jiajing, there were ministers kneeling on the ground and speaking in unison.

……

On the way back to the Palace of Cultivating the Heart, Jiajing suddenly remembered that he hadn't been to see the Shen family for a long time, and immediately moved to the Ganlu Palace.

Along the way, all the eunuchs and palace maids they met knelt respectfully.

"Niangniang, Your Majesty is here!" Just as Shen was enjoying the scenery outside the window, he suddenly heard a report from his personal maid.

"How? Is there anything wrong with my makeup? Is there any wrinkles in the skirt? Help me figure it out. After hearing the news from the personal maid, Shen immediately got up, came to the bronze mirror, and repeatedly confirmed his makeup.

"Mother, don't worry, your makeup is very good." Seeing that Shen was so nervous, the personal maid on the side comforted her.

At this moment, the room where Shen was was was pushed open, and Jiajing slowly walked in.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty." Just when Shen wanted to subconsciously salute Jiajing, he was stopped by Jiajing.

"Didn't I say that before? In the future, you won't have to salute when you see me. ”

Jiajing helped Shen up, looked reproachful, and spoke.

Seeing this, the maid on the side hurriedly left the room lightly, and closed the door by the way.

After the maid left, the two looked at each other and said nothing.

"I've received all the news I asked Lu Fang to inform you about before, right?" Jiajing was the first to speak, breaking the silence.

"The concubine already knows, the major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong, the concubine will go whatever she says." Shen said, gently withdrew his hand from Jiajing's hand, picked up the teapot, and poured a cup of tea for Jiajing and himself.

"I happened to be passing by here after attending the cabinet meeting, so I came to see you." After Jiajing finished speaking, he found a place to sit down.

"Poof!"

Hearing Jiajing's words, Shen couldn't hold back and laughed.

"What's the matter, is there anything wrong with what I said?" Seeing that Shen was smiling so happily, Jiajing tilted his head, his face full of doubt.

"No, it was the concubine who just thought of a very funny thing."

Shen prevaricated, although Jiajing said that he was just on the way, but Shen knew that Ganquan Palace, the cabinet, and the Heart Cultivation Hall were not on the way at all, and what Jiajing said was obviously just a pretext.

"How have you been feeling lately, is there anything uncomfortable? If there is anything uncomfortable, go directly to the hospital! Jiajing then turned his gaze to Shen's stomach and asked softly.

"Your Majesty, everything is fine with the concubine." Shen sat down beside Jiajing and said softly.

"In recent days, I have been busy with affairs and have neglected you, so I hope you don't blame ......"

Before Jiajing's words were finished, his lips were blocked by Shen's fingers.

"Your Majesty should be diligent in state affairs, and it is nothing for a concubine to be wronged, as long as Your Majesty has me in his heart."

Shen leaned his head on Jiajing's shoulder and said softly.

……

After the day was on duty, Xu Jie summoned everyone to Yuwang's Mansion to discuss the next countermeasures.

In the study, Xu Jie took the lead and said: "I don't know what happened to Tan Lun recently, and none of the letters sent to him by our people have been replied to!" ”

"Could it be that Tan Lun has just taken office and has a lot of affairs?" Gao Gong on the side took over the conversation and proposed such a possibility.

"Well, wait a little longer, and we'll talk about it later." Xu Jie glanced at Gao Gong and nodded, reluctantly agreeing with Gao Gong's opinion.

"Right now, the Yan Party is sending the left deputy capital Yu Shi Yan Maoqing to collect the salt tax, and for this reason, Yan Song also made a military order to His Majesty, saying that if the salt tax collected by that time is insufficient, it will be at Your Majesty's disposal!" Xu Jie skipped the topic of Tan Lun and spoke instead.

"Elder Xu Ge means that we can do something in this regard?" Zhang Juzheng on the side comprehended the meaning of Xu Jie's words and asked.

"That's right, we can make that Yan Maoqing unable to collect enough salt tax, and then we can use this to suppress Yan Song a little." Xu Jie nodded and said in a deep voice.

"It's just that the matter of salt tax is quite important to Your Majesty, if it angers Your Majesty at that time, how can it be good?" After listening to Xu Jie's words, Gao Gong couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Don't worry, maybe you don't need us to tell us, someone will handle this for us!" Xu Jie glanced at Gao Gong and explained aloud.

(End of chapter)