"By the way, I remember, wasn't there an official named Tang Shunzhi who gave me a lesson before?"

Jiajing put down the formation cheats in his hand, and then turned his gaze to Lu Fang on the side, and asked softly.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, at the beginning, this Tang Shunzhi, together with the court official Luo Hongxian and Hanlin edited Zhao Shi, handed you a note called "The Book of Congratulations to the East Palace", which was later ......"

Lu Fang saw Jiajing suddenly mention this person, and after recalling it for a while, he trembled.

"I remember that he was born in Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture, right?"

Jiajing took in the expression on Lu Fang's face, and after chuckling, continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At this moment, Lu Fang was completely confused about Jiajing's performance, and then plucked up the courage to say.

"Your Majesty, do you want to ......?"

"Well, that's right, I suddenly remembered this person, this person is full of wealth, and he can't just be wasted!"

"Find a time for him to come back."

After Jiajing finished speaking, he got up from the dragon chair and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave obeys."

Lu Fang saw that the emperor had already spoken, and hurriedly said yes.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the slave maid for saying too much, what position do you plan to grant this Tang Shunzhi?"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, his expression became more and more respectful, waiting for Jiajing's orders.

"Well, I have heard of this Tang Shunzhi, who is upright and honest and self-controlled, not worldly."

"At that time, let him go to Zhao Zhenji's inspectorate to take up his post!"

"It's just the right time to take this opportunity to rectify the rule of officials."

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will send someone forward!"

After Lu Fang responded, he left the Heart Cultivation Hall in a step.

……

Beijing, Yanfu.

At this moment, Yan Song was wearing reading glasses and dealing with the corresponding official business in the study.

'Knock knock'

I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in!"

Yan Song took off the reading glasses he was wearing, then turned his gaze to the location where the voice came from, and spoke.

only heard a 'squeak', the door of the room was pushed open, and Yan Shifan entered the study, his face full of joy.

Then I saw him walk quickly in front of Yan Song and said, "Father, what a good thing!" ”

"Oh, what's a good thing?"

When Yan Song heard this, his face was full of doubt, and he immediately asked.

"Father, Yan Maoqing, whom you recommended to Your Majesty earlier, has received news that he has completed the task of collecting salt taxes!"

"It is said that he collected a total of 15 million taels of salt tax this time."

Yan Shifan saw that his father Yan Song didn't know about it, so he showed emotion on his face, and immediately explained to him.

"yes, I see."

After Yan Song learned the news from Yan Shifan's mouth, he didn't have much turmoil in his heart, he just nodded and said slowly.

"In this way, this Yan Maoqing's fate is saved!"

"If my guess is correct, the salt tax in the future will also be collected by Yan Maoqing."

After listening to Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan's face was full of horror and hesitantly.

"Father, what do you mean ......"

"Well, that's right, if Yan Maoqing can't collect enough salt tax this time, then what awaits him is His Majesty's butcher's knife!"

"At that time, not to mention the confiscation of Yan Maoqing's property, even we will have to be implicated."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he put back on the reading glasses he had taken off earlier and explained to Yan Shifan.

"Father, do you mean that before this, Your Majesty was ready for both!"

"Once Yan Maoqing can't collect enough salt tax, then all his family property will be confiscated! While filling the treasury, by the way, use Yan Maoqing's head to calm the people's grievances? ”

At this moment, after Yan Song's explanation, Yan Shifan understood everything behind this!

At the same time, there was some chill down his spine, and his heart was full of fear.

"Now that you know, you should know what to do next, right?"

Yan Song's cloudy eyes reflected Yan Shifan's figure, and then said slowly.

"Well, father, the child knows what to do!"

After hearing Yan Song's explanation, Yan Shifan's whole body suddenly opened, and he also had a plan in his heart for the next action.

"Previously, Xu Jie proposed to His Majesty that a campaign to rectify the rule of officials would be launched, and after Zhao Zhenji returned from Zhejiang, it should be officially implemented."

"Don't forget to remind those guys to wipe their butts clean! Otherwise, their fate is only a dead end, understand? ”

Just as Yan Shifan was about to step out of the study, Yan Song's instructions came from behind him.

Yan Shifan's steps to leave slammed suddenly, and then he turned around and responded respectfully.

"Yes, father, the child knows."

……

Zhejiang, Hangzhou.

At this moment, Hu Zongxian was leading the local officials in Zhejiang to rush to the dock to see off Zhao Zhenji, the minister of the Imperial Mission.

Just like when he came, the team that came to see off Zhao Zhenji was quite huge! Along the way, there were soldiers who were responsible for guarding its safety.

All the officials who were qualified to come to see him off rushed to the scene, and when Zheng Michang turned his gaze to the figure behind Zhao Zhenji, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hai Jui!"

"Shhhhh

Seeing this, He Maocai on the side hurriedly lowered his voice and reminded.

"Uh-oh."

Zheng Michang looked around quite nervously, and only after seeing that no one cared, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"How could Hai Rui follow behind Lord Qincha, could it be that he wants to take a boat with Lord Qincha and rush to the capital to take up his post!"

When Zheng Michang said this, his face was full of envy.

"Looks like most of the time, but don't be discouraged."

"Sooner or later, you'll have this opportunity!"

Seeing this, He Mao immediately patted Zheng Michang's shoulder lightly and comforted him.

"Well, I hope so!"

After Zheng Michang sighed with emotion, he immediately looked away.

And Hu Zongxian and Zhao Zhenji walked at the front of the crowd and exchanged a few words of greeting from time to time.

"Your Majesty sent you to investigate the situation in Zhejiang this time, and I also hope that Lord Qincha will be able to say a few more kind words in front of Your Majesty at that time."

I saw Hu Zongxian stop, retract his gaze from Zhao Zhenji, and said slowly.

"Don't worry, I will tell Your Majesty everything I have seen and heard in Zhejiang!"

Hearing Hu Zongxian's words, the expression on Zhao Zhenji's face was stunned, and he immediately responded.

"Well, the lower official is here, thank you Lord Qincha!"

After Hu Zongxian finished speaking, he immediately saluted respectfully to Zhao Zhenji.

And many officials behind Hu Zongxian also followed Hu Zongxian and saluted Zhao Zhenji.

Hai Rui, who was on the side, felt a little at a loss about this.

It stands to reason that Hai Rui has not officially reported on his work, and besides, he has been a magistrate in Zhejiang for so long, so he should follow Hu Zongxian to salute Zhao Zhenji.

However, Zhao Zhenji is Hai Rui's top boss again! If Hai Rui followed Hu Zongxian and saluted, wouldn't it make Zhao Zhenji feel offended?

In this way, among all the people who saluted Zhao Zhenji respectfully, Hai Rui seemed quite abrupt.

And Zhao Zhenji on the side seemed to see what Hai Rui was thinking, and then said in a low voice.

"It's okay, this official doesn't value this."

After getting Zhao Zhenji's words, Hai Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, I saw that his expression was solemn, and like those colleagues before, he saluted respectfully to Zhao Zhenji.

(End of chapter)