With the second thing being discussed, everyone present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This means that the hardest time is over.

Sure enough, after resting for a while, Lu Fang stood up as before, and after looking around, he spoke.

"The next thing to be discussed is the specific matter of sea trade!"

Lu Fang's voice fell, and Jiajing added immediately.

"Before that, Hu Zongxian wrote a letter to me."

In the letter, Hu Zongxian mentioned that after the imperial court officially lifted the sea ban and reopened the port of Ningbo, the number of ships going to sea increased day by day, and the taxes paid were also considerable.

"For this reason, Hu Zongxian also specially requested me to send officials from the Maritime Trade Department to Ningbo Port to deal with affairs related to maritime trade!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, his gaze fell on Gao Gong's body intentionally or unintentionally, and immediately asked: "Gao Gong, as the Minister of Maritime Trade, what do you think?" ”

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Gao Gong stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, not long ago, Weichen received a letter from his subordinates, and he also clarified this matter in the letter. ”

Gao Gong paused for a moment, then added.

"Wechen originally planned to take advantage of this cabinet meeting to bring up this matter in person, but now it seems that there is no need for this at all."

After Gao Gong finished speaking, he took out the letter that Yang Zongtai had written to him earlier from his sleeve and held it high above his head.

Seeing this, Lu Fang on the side immediately stepped forward quickly, took the envelope from Gao Gong's hand, and then handed it to Jiajing's hand respectfully.

Jiajing did not rush to open the letter, but looked at the signature on the letter, and after thinking for a moment, he asked Gao Gong.

"This Yang Zongtai, is it the person you recommended to me before?"

Hearing this, Gao Gong bowed slightly to Jiajing and replied respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this Yang Zongtai is currently the prefect of Quanzhou!"

After getting the exact answer from Gao Gong, Jiajing nodded, opened the envelope, and skimmed through the contents.

Jiajing quickly finished reading all the contents of the letter, put it aside, looked around, and asked.

"Well, I feel that it is indeed necessary to send the officials of the Maritime Trade Department to serve in those ports that have been opened!"

"It's better to lighten the burden on the local officials appropriately, what do you think?"

Seeing this, Yan Song expressed his attitude almost immediately, only to see him get up from his seat and say respectfully to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen thinks that the matter of sea trade is very important, and it should be taken seriously!"

Jiajing was noncommittal about Yan Song's unusually positive statement, and turned his gaze to Xu Jie, who was on the side, asking for his opinion.

"Xu Jie, what do you think?"

When Xu Jie heard this, his brain spun rapidly and began to weigh the pros and cons.

"Sending officials from the Department of Maritime Trade to local posts means that the powers of the Department of Maritime Trade will be further expanded."

"And Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, one is the Minister of Maritime Trade, and the other is the Governor of Maritime Trade, two to one, the advantage is mine!"

Xu Jie quickly came back to his senses and replied respectfully.

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't have any opinion on this!"

Jiajing saw that Yan Song and Xu Jie had successively stated their positions, so he couldn't help but nodded, withdrew his gaze, and said in a deep voice.

"Since you have no opinion on this, I announce that after the conclusion of this cabinet meeting, I will send officials from the Department of Maritime Trade to take up their posts, and their rank will remain unchanged, mainly responsible for handling maritime trade disputes and taxation and other matters!"

Seeing that the emperor had made a decision, everyone present said in unison.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Jiajing swept his gaze from everyone present one by one, nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he continued.

"And then there's the last thing, which has to do with the official's holiday!"

Hearing this, perhaps because they were too excited, everyone present couldn't help but start to get nervous.

Due to Zhu Yuanzhang's experience in the early years, he did not have any good impression of the group of officials.

Therefore, the officials of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the lowest in all dynasties, even the vacation is the least, in addition to the fixed few days of vacation every year, the officials of the Ming Dynasty can almost be said to be continuous, there is not much rest time.

And right now, His Majesty is willing to give officials one day off a week, which is simply unheard of!

Jiajing saw that everyone was looking at him with anticipation, and immediately restrained his mind and seemed to smile instead of laughing.

"I plan that from now on, officials will have one day off every week, regardless of rank, to rest!"

"What do you think?"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Yan Shifan immediately stood up and complimented.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is very much in favor of this initiative, there is a way that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools."

"In this way, the officials can devote themselves more wholeheartedly to their daily work, so as to better share the worries of His Majesty!"

After Jiajing heard Yan Shifan's words, he turned his gaze to the others and asked rather casually.

"What about a few of you, do you think the same way?"

Seeing this, the rest of the people had no choice but to nod their heads in agreement.

"Well, this matter is decided, and later your cabinet will sort out the things discussed today and officially announce it!"

When Jiajing said this, as if he suddenly remembered, he turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng, and then asked.

"By the way, Zhang Juzheng, how have you implemented the matter I ordered you earlier to rebuild the Shenji Battalion?"

Seeing that the emperor asked him about this, Zhang Juzheng responded only after organizing the language.

"Your Majesty, at present, Wechen has selected five thousand brave men from the guards all over the country to join the Shenji Battalion!"

"And at present, these people, Wechen is arranging their training intensively, and they should be able to see results soon."

After Jiajing learned the specific progress from Zhang Juzheng, he was also relieved, and immediately waved his hand and ordered.

"I'm a little tired, so I'll get here today!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he got up from his seat and walked outside the cabinet, and Lu Fang, who had been waiting beside Jiajing, saw this and hurriedly followed Jiajing's pace.

Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, everyone knelt on the ground in unison, saluted respectfully towards the back of the emperor leaving.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

After the emperor could no longer be seen, everyone got up from the ground and immediately sat down in their respective positions.

I saw Xu Jie turn his gaze to Yan Song, and sighed helplessly, as if asking for his opinion, and asked him.

"Elder Yan Ge, what should we do next?"

When Yan Song heard this, his face was full of helplessness, and he withdrew his gaze from Xu Jie's body and said slowly.

"Let's do as Your Majesty orders!"

……

Soon, Yan Song and the others sorted out the matters discussed by the cabinet today, and then announced them.

Not surprisingly, the integration of the officials and gentry, and the fact that the officials will get one day off every week, have caused an uproar in the capital and attracted countless officials to discuss!

In front of the bulletin board, several officials were gathering to discuss the contents.

A tall official asked a colleague on the side after reading through all the contents on the bulletin board.

"What does it mean that the gentry pay grain in one, is it possible that we have to pay taxes honestly like those ordinary people, doesn't it mean that the gentry are exempt from paying taxes?"

When the colleague on the side heard this, he glanced at the person with disdain and replied.

"Do you still need to ask, aren't all the bulletin boards written in black and white?"

When the tall official heard this, he couldn't help but clench his fists, and the whole person seemed to have all kinds of pride, posing as if he was looking at death as home, and said in a deep voice.

"Hmph, Your Majesty must have been deceived by traitors, so I'm going to persuade Your Majesty to take back your life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was sneered at by his colleagues on the side.

"I see, you better not go, when the time comes, your majesty will be angry, I see what you should do?"

At this moment, a gray-haired old man couldn't help but burst into tears after reading the contents on the bulletin board.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

(End of chapter)