Everything that happened in the capital naturally couldn't escape Jiajing's eyes, and at this moment, he was leisurely playing Go with Lu Fang.

Listening to the 'click', Jiajing dropped the black chess pieces in his hand into the chessboard, chuckled, and said slowly.

"These guys, I really can't hold my breath, I haven't spoken here yet!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately dropped the white chess piece in his hand next to the black chess piece, and said a peaceful word.

"Your Majesty, these officials have long been well versed in the way of pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, how can they put themselves in danger?"

After listening to Lu Fang's words, Jiajing took out a black chess piece from the chess basket on the side, dropped it into the chessboard again, and spoke.

"It's human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, which is understandable, but these guys are too eager!"

"People like this, whether it's me or Yan Song, can't tolerate them."

When Jiajing said this, he forcibly stopped the topic and immediately instructed Lu Fang.

"Tomorrow, you will personally go to Yan's Mansion and call Yan Song to me!"

When Lu Fang heard this, his expression immediately turned grim and he responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After that, the master and servant began to play Go again, and neither of them spoke.

Time passed slowly like this, and the battle on the chessboard became fierce, and in the end, I saw Lu Fang shake his head, sighed, put the two chess pieces in the lower right corner of the chessboard, and said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, I admit defeat!"

I saw Jiajing withdraw his gaze from the chessboard and ask with a smile.

"Would you like another plate?"

Seeing this, Lu Fang had no choice but to nod yes, and then the two sides re-set up their posture and began to fight.

After Lu Fang dropped the white chess piece in his hand, he asked Jiajing a question that had plagued him for a long time.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the slave and maid, what is the next thing you want to tell Yan Ge Lao?"

Hearing this, Jiajing dropped the chess pieces in his hand into the chessboard and said quite plainly.

"I want to implement the integration of officials and gentry to pay grain."

"What!"

Hearing this, Lu Fang's face suddenly turned pale, as if he was frightened by something, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and asked Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

Seeing this, Jiajing didn't have half of the annoyance on his face, and asked with interest.

"Oh, Lu Fang, tell me, why not?"

Sensing that the emperor's gaze had fallen on him, Lu Fang had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell his opinion.

"Your Majesty, this initiative you put forward is undoubtedly digging the roots of that group of scholars, and the resistance it will encounter will be unimaginable!"

Lu Fang paused when he said this, and then added.

"Your Majesty, the reason why people in the world are so keen on being an official is, in the final analysis, nothing more than fame and fortune!"

"But not everyone has the lofty ideals of Kuang Fu Sheji and after death, the vast majority of people just look at the benefits and conveniences that they can have after becoming an official, and by doing so, you are completely standing on their opposite."

"Although they don't dare to resist you on the surface, but behind the scenes, there will definitely be a phenomenon of yang and yin disobedience, prevarication and procrastination, and they are like this, constantly involving Your Majesty's energy, so that you can retreat from the difficulties."

"His Majesty Taizu once hated corrupt officials, and even used torture such as skinning and filling grass to deal with corrupt officials in the court, but after him, those regulations were quickly abolished."

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he was quite uneasy in his heart, quietly waiting for the emperor's disposal.

Who knows, after listening to Lu Fang's words, Jiajing not only did not show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face, but instead helped Lu Fang up from the ground and laughed loudly.

"Haha, yes, yes!"

Lu Fang was quite puzzled by Jiajing's reaction, it stands to reason that His Majesty should not be furious, and then deal with himself severely?

Jiajing sensed the doubts in Lu Fang's heart, and immediately explained.

"Lu Fang, I know what you said in my heart."

When Lu Fang heard this, he blurted out without thinking: "Since this is the case, then why do you still ...... Your Majesty?"

Jiajing took in the expression on Lu Fang's face and quickly explained.

"I don't expect to be able to complete this matter overnight, I just want these officials to know in advance that I have this plan, maybe one day, I will officially announce it!"

"Besides, the last thing I need now is time."

After listening to Jiajing's words, Lu Fang's face was full of hesitation, and he couldn't help but say to himself.

"What does Your Majesty mean by that, what does it mean that the most important thing is time?"

Just as Lu Fang was still racking his brains to think about the meaning contained in Jiajing's words, a eunuch walked in from outside the Heart Nourishing Hall and reported respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the person sent by Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, is waiting outside the palace at this moment!"

Hearing this, Jiajing immediately glanced at Lu Fang, and both saw a strong look of doubt in the other party's eyes, Jiajing quickly came back to his senses and commanded instead.

"Well, let him in, there's no need to report it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After listening to Jiajing's instructions, the visitor quickly left the Heart Cultivation Palace.

A moment later, under the leadership of the guiding eunuch, the visitor entered the Hall of Heart Cultivation.

As soon as he entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, he knelt on the ground with a 'plop', carefully took out the envelope from his arms, held it high above his head, and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, this is the letter entrusted by Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, to personally deliver it to His Majesty!"

Hearing this, Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang beside him, and the latter quickly understood, and immediately came to this person's face, took the envelope, and came to Jiajing's side to stand still.

Jiajing took the envelope, turned his gaze to the visitor, and commanded.

"I've received the letter, you can go down and rest!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The person who came kowtowed a few times in gratitude, and then left the Heart Cultivation Hall under the leadership of a little eunuch.

Jiajing didn't rush to open the envelope, but turned his gaze to Lu Fang and asked.

"Lu Fang, you might as well guess, Hu Zongxian wrote a letter to me at this time, what was the content of the letter?"

Although Lu Fang already had a rough guess about the content of the letter, he still looked like he didn't know anything on his face and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the slave is too ignorant to guess the contents of the letter."

Seeing this, Jiajing suddenly felt bored, and immediately withdrew his gaze, opened the envelope, and began to browse the contents of it word by word, only to see that it was written.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has screened those widows as you instructed before, and selected those who are willing to be loyal to my Daming......"

"In addition, as more and more ports are opened by the imperial court, the number of pirates in the southeast coastal area has become less and less!"

"At present, Zhejiang has reopened the port of Ningbo, and the number of ships going to sea is increasing day by day, and the taxes paid are gradually increasing, so we implore Your Majesty to send officials from the Department of Maritime Trade to Ningbo Port to take charge of specific matters."

"In addition, the conversion of rice to mulberry is also being steadily implemented, and if everything goes well, the order of 500,000 pieces of silk from the Weaving Bureau will be delivered smoothly by the end of the year at the latest."

"Minister Hu Zongxian, goodbye!"

After Jiajing finished reading the contents of the letter, he put it aside, his face was full of smiles, and he said in a deep voice.

"This Hu Zongxian, well done!"

(End of chapter)