This case, which caused a lot of trouble in the capital, was solved, and soon the government posted a public notice explaining in detail the whole process of the case and the handling of these craftsmen.

"If you want me to say, the government is still too merciful to them!"

"It's good to pull all the craftsmen who dare to make trouble to cut off their heads, but now what are you doing only to punish the head of the evil and never ask?"

"Boring, I want to see rivers of blood."

……

In the prison, Ren Shiwang huddled in the corner, motionless.

Even though Lang Zhong was invited by the government to treat him, his leg was broken forever and he could no longer stand up!

Thinking back to everything before, he couldn't help but start to resent himself: "Why didn't you kill a few more officials? ”

In a trance, he dreamed of his son's appearance again, dreamed of a family at the dinner table, happily eating, only to hear a few 'pops', a few tears fell.

"Why, he still refuses to eat?"

Outside the cell, there was a voice.

"Yes, my lord, the culprit has not been willing to eat since he was imprisoned, and it seems that he intends to die on a hunger strike!"

The jailer on the side saw his boss asking, and hurriedly responded respectfully.

"Then what are you doing here? We can't let him die in our prison, even if it's hard stuffing, we have to pour something into his stomach! ”

"It's not time to ask for beheading, if we die in prison, we won't be able to get out of it!"

"Yes, my lord, I'll do it later!"

Then, with a squeak, the door of the cell opened, and several strong jailers walked in with a food box.

"Don't be delusional, I'm never going to eat!"

Seeing the jailer come in, Ren Shiwang's face showed a look of determination, and then he said in a deep voice.

"Hold him down, stuff something in his mouth!"

As soon as the words fell, Ren Shiwang was controlled by the jailer and his limbs were unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, one jailer broke his mouth open, and another jailer opened the food box and kept stuffing the food inside into his mouth, perhaps for fear that he would choke to death, and fed him a spoonful of soup from time to time.

"Hmm."

Ren Shiwang kept struggling, but his mouth was already stuffed with food, making him speechless.

After a long time, the food in the food box had bottomed out, and the jailers let him go.

As soon as he was free, Ren Shiwang put his index finger down his throat and tried to induce vomiting, but all this was stopped by a fast-eyed jailer.

"Tie him up and don't let him move!"

"Yes, sir!"

After these jailers responded, they tied up Ren Shiwang's whole person.

……

And the matter of the Sea Trade Division, after a period of fermentation, has officially come to an end today!

Early in the morning, the Ministry of Officials announced the list of members of the Maritime Trade Department, and this naturally aroused discussion among the ministers of the DPRK and China.

"Hey, have you heard? There is already an exact list on the side of the Department of Maritime Trade? ”

"When did it happen, how did I not know?"

"This kind of news, an official of rank like ours is usually the last to know, and most of them don't have our share!"

"Yes, are you angry? Let's get over with this hot face, and people don't even want to stick our cold butts to us! ”

"I heard that last time, after the news that the imperial court was going to set up a maritime trade department, many officials came to visit that night, and they wanted to find an official and a half-position in it, but without exception, they all failed!"

"I've heard about this matter, and I don't even seem to have seen each other, but Elder Gao Ge personally recommended a candidate to His Majesty, it seems to be called, Yang Zongtai is here?"

"Yes, yes, it's this Yang Zongtai, it seems to be a county order in Quanzhou before! I don't know what kind of luck I was able to recommend in person. ”

……

Cabinet, everyone is reviewing today's recital.

"In other words, this matter of the Maritime Trade Division has caused a lot of discussion among the ministers of the DPRK and China!"

Yan Song got up and poured himself a cup of hot tea, looked around, and said so.

"Yes, in a department like this, which is extremely powerful and has a lot of oil and water, any official wants to squeeze in and get a piece of the pie!"

"In recent days, the people who came to visit were about to break the threshold of these people."

Hearing this, Xu Jie, who was on the side, turned his gaze to the remaining three and said slowly.

"But they miscalculated, this department was personally ordered by His Majesty, if anyone dares to do something behind his back, His Majesty's side will definitely not be spared when the time comes!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he drank all the tea in the cup and said slowly.

"yes, these guys, they really miscalculated."

After listening to Yan Song's words, Xu Jie also opened his mouth to respond.

"When the Maritime Trade Division is established, if you collect taxes, will it still follow the past practice?"

"Well, let's go as before, one percent of rough goods (daily necessities) and two percent of fine goods (luxury goods)."

Xu Jie nodded after hearing this, and said so.

"At that time, the Maritime Trade Division will officially sell the corresponding sea certificates, how much should it be priced?"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he suddenly made a mistake and began to ponder.

After a while, I saw Gao Gong stand up and say loudly: "Why don't we switch to the form of auction, a certificate for going to sea, with a reserve price of 10,000 taels of silver, and there is no cap!" How is it? ”

After listening to Gao Gong's proposal, everyone's eyes flashed with an unknown light, and Yan Shifan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, got up from his seat, and added.

"In this way, the Department of Maritime Trade first temporarily released thirty certificates for going to sea, and then released the news to the outside world, and there are only thirty certificates for going to sea at present!"

"And these thirty certificates for going to sea are all sold in the form of auctions, with a reserve price of 10,000 taels of silver, and there is no upper limit! If the auction price is less than 200,000 taels of silver, the auction will be void. ”

"In this way, not only can I immediately contribute at least six million taels of income to the imperial court, but I can also take this opportunity to greatly enhance the influence of the Maritime Trade Division."

After listening to Yan Shifan's additional words, everyone was also quite amazed by this.

"Yes, yes, if we can act according to this, not only will we be able to get the Maritime Trade Division on the right track as soon as possible, but Your Majesty's side will also see results soon! It's really a win-win ”

After listening to Yan Shifan's measures, Xu Jie also agreed.

"In that case, then the matter is settled, and when the time comes, choose a good day and officially conduct the auction!"

"By the way, at the next cabinet meeting, I will also mention this matter to Your Majesty."

Seeing that everyone had no objections to this, Yan Song finally made the decision and made a decision.

……

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon at the moment, his eyes seemed to be closed, and the purple qi around him was surrounded.

The exercises he practiced worked automatically, and between one exhale and one inhalation, the purple qi around him was absorbed into Jiajing's body.

At this moment, Jiajing's whole person was wrapped in lilac mana, and after those purple qi were absorbed by him, they passed through the meridians of the whole body, and finally converged in the dantian.

After perceiving that the mana that could be contained in the dantian was about to reach its limit, Jiajing gradually stopped cultivating and slowly opened his eyes.

"Looks like we've hit a bottleneck!"

After sensing the situation in his body, Jiajing muttered to himself silently.

Immediately after that, Jiajing poured out the pills in the storage bag, and looked at the few round pills, and couldn't help but recall the tragic situation when he swallowed the pills last time.

"Wait until the next time you cultivate, swallow the pill, and then break through the realm in one go!"

"At that time, the Ecstasy Array will be drawn, and then the formation will be engraved on the banner, and after the reform of the guard system is completed, it will be handed over to my Ming army."

"In this way, my Ming will really be invincible in the world!"

Thinking so, Jiajing immediately put the pill back into the storage bag and slowly got up from the futon.

When Jiajing pushed open the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he found that Lu Fang had been waiting for his instructions outside the hall all along.

And when Lu Fang saw Jiajing coming out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty! ”

Jiajing just nodded, and then said, "Lu Fang, let's walk around with me." ”

"Slaves obey!"

After Lu Fang responded respectfully, he followed Jiajing's footsteps step by step.

(End of chapter)