After Zhao Zhenji came out of the cabinet, the original respectful look on his face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by endless remorse.

What Zhao Zhenji didn't expect was that not only did he not throw out this hot potato, but instead made the Inspectorate a place for Yan Song and Xu Jie.

"It's really a recipe for stealing chickens and rice!"

"Alas, I knew that this official would not come to the cabinet, but now it's good, I didn't get rid of the trouble, and I made a fuss for myself!"

Zhao Zhenji complained as he walked in the direction of the Inspectorate.

And on the way back, by coincidence, Zhao Zhenji bumped into Lu Fang head-on.

Before Lu Fang could make any moves, Zhao Zhenji took the lead in getting out of the way, and immediately stepped aside and said respectfully.

"Xia Guan has seen Gonggong Lu!"

When Lu Fang heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he quickly withdrew his gaze from Zhao Zhenji's body, and asked.

"Well, Lord Zhao just came from the cabinet?"

Zhao Zhenji saw that Lu Fang asked him about it, and he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest, so he told everything about it.

"Oh, I see, impeachment of Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe, our family knows!"

After listening to Zhao Zhenji's narration, Lu Fang was thoughtful and immediately responded unhurriedly.

"Lord Zhao, our family still has some things to deal with next, so I won't talk about it much."

Seeing that Lu Fang was about to leave, Zhao Zhenji hurriedly spoke out and stopped Lu Fang.

"Grandpa Lu!"

"Well, what's wrong?"

Hearing this, Lu Fang paused suddenly, then turned around and looked at Zhao Zhenji with a puzzled expression.

Seeing that Lu Fang's eyes fell on him, Zhao Zhenji felt nervous for no reason, and immediately, he saw Zhao Zhenji pluck up his courage and ask Lu Fang.

"That...... Gonggong Lu, the lower officials want to ask, when will the imperial court issue a new issue of the newspaper? ”

Zhao Zhenji's voice fell, and Lu Fang, who had experienced strong winds and waves, and was accustomed to seeing the ugliness of human nature, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked.

"Lord Zhao, what did you just say?"

Helpless, Zhao Zhenji had to repeat his previous words again.

After listening to Zhao Zhenji's question, Lu Fang thought for a moment, and then responded.

"If it's a newspaper, it should be this time!"

After Zhao Zhenji learned the exact news from Lu Fang's mouth, his previous depressed mood obviously recovered a lot, and he immediately withdrew his gaze from Lu Fang and said respectfully.

"Thank you Gonggong Lu for solving the doubts of the lower officials!"

"Well, it doesn't matter."

Lu Fang waved his hand and immediately turned to leave.

And just after Lu Fang left, the previous problem came back to Zhao Zhenji's mind: "Should we send officials to Jiangxi to investigate as Yan Song and Xu Jie told just now?" ”

But soon, this idea was vetoed by Zhao Zhenji himself: "Hmph, if you send an official to Jiangxi to investigate, at that time, no matter whether this Cao Shunhe has a problem or not, this official will inevitably be hated by the other party!" ”

Immediately afterwards, a method that was not a way surged into Zhao Zhenji's heart: "Hmph, before the situation is completely clear, it's better not to make any moves yet, this official must hold on, just drag it out until this time passes!" ”

……

On the other side, after Lu Fang finished handling the affairs at hand, he did not hesitate at all, and walked in the direction of Qianqing Palace without stopping.

In recent days, Jiajing seems to be tired of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and often lives in the Qianqing Palace.

Lu Fang felt that if this trend continued, the emperor would move back to the Qianqing Palace sooner or later, so Lu Fang also specially told those eunuchs to prepare for the relocation.

"What about Your Majesty?"

Lu Fang looked at the empty Qianqing Palace in front of him, and turned to ask the eunuch on the side.

"Back to Gonggong Lu, His Majesty just left the Qianqing Palace not long ago, saying that he was going to relax."

After Lu Fang learned the news from the mouth of this eunuch, he also had a rough guess about the emperor's whereabouts in his heart.

After that, Lu Fang didn't stop for the slightest, and immediately hurried towards the place he guessed in his heart.

When Lu Fang came to the location he guessed and saw Jiajing's figure from a distance, the whole person couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and quickened his pace.

At this moment, Jiajing was holding fish food in his hand, feeding the fish quite leisurely, accompanied by Jiajing throwing the fish food in his hand into the water, causing those fish to scramble, and the water surface also rippled.

Jiajing was not the slightest surprise at Lu Fang's arrival.

Maybe he was bored, but he saw Jiajing throw out all the fish food in his hand, and then cleaned his hands in the golden basin on the side, and after taking the handkerchief from the maid's hand, he turned his eyes to Lu Fang and asked.

"Lu Fang, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid take the liberty of disturbing you because you have something to report to you!"

After that, I saw Lu Fang come to Jiajing's side and retell to Jiajing that he had met Zhao Zhenji on the road and the reason why Zhao Zhenji had told him.

After listening to Lu Fang's narration, Jiajing also frowned: "This group of guys, they really have nothing to do!" ”

"No matter how much he Cao Shunhe is, he is also a feudal official appointed by me personally, how can he be falsely accused like this?"

When Jiajing said this, he paused, withdrew his gaze from Lu Fang's body, and continued.

"Besides, they can impeach Cao Shunhe today, Hu Zongxian tomorrow, and Tan Lun the day after tomorrow!"

"If it goes on like this, won't all the people who can be used in my Ming Dynasty have to be falsely accused by this group of corrupt people?"

Lu Fang immediately comprehended Jiajing's meaning, and immediately plucked up his courage and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what do you mean ......?"

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang rather indifferently, and then immediately commanded.

"These people's paws are too long, cut them off for me!"

"On weekdays, those corrupt Confucians provoked and slandered each other, and I didn't see it, but now it's good that I actually stretched out all my dog's paws to the feudal officials I appointed!"

"I have to draw a line for them, who can move and who can't, they have to know in their hearts!"

"Besides, even if there is really a problem with the feudal officials appointed by me, they can only be dealt with by me personally, and this group of corrupt people is not qualified enough!"

After listening to Jiajing's words, the expression on Lu Fang's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said word by word.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slaves will definitely let them learn a profound lesson!"

Jiajing was very satisfied with Lu Fang's attitude, nodded slightly, and immediately ordered.

"By the way, when the time comes, you can keep some of the property you got by raiding the house."

"But...... Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that she can do things for Your Majesty......"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, he subconsciously wanted to refuse, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jiajing.

"Anything polite to me, I let you hold it, you can hold it with peace of mind!"

"What's more, can I take back what I said?"

When Lu Fang heard this, a look of gratitude appeared on his face, and he knelt on the ground with a 'plop' and said in a deep voice.

"Slaves and maids are born as heads, and when they die, they will definitely go to the soup for Your Majesty, and they will never give up!"

"Well, get up!"

Seeing this, Jiajing immediately leaned over and helped Lu Fang up from the ground.

……

Jiangxi, Nanchang Province.

In the palace, Cao Shunhe looked at the confession in front of him, couldn't help rubbing his temples with his hands, and said helplessly.

"In the end, I still couldn't get any valuable clues from these messengers!"

Since Cao Shunhe had people escort down the group of servants and serve them with great punishment.

Soon, some people could not resist the torture and admitted that the "fire dragon burned the ship" was an excuse they had made up to avoid responsibility, but despite this, the group of officers still did not provide any valuable clues.

The murderer of the previous arson seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving no trace.

Just as Cao Shunhe was still thinking hard about where those murderers might hide, a knock came from outside the door to interrupt his thoughts.

Seeing this, Cao Shunhe had to stop thinking for a while and commanded.

"Come in!"

When the words fell, I saw a Xu official walk in and report respectfully.

"Lord Governor, this is a new notice from the Ministry of Households!"

After Cao Shunhe listened to the report of the officials, he couldn't help but be interested, and immediately ordered.

"Oh, there's a new notice issued by the household department, show it to the official!"

"Yes, Governor!"

Subsequently, I saw that the official came to Cao Shunhe respectfully, and handed over the new notice from the household department in his hand to Cao Shunhe.

After Cao Shunhe took the envelope from the hand of the official, he waved his hand and commanded.

"Alright, you can go down!"

"Yes, Governor!"

When the official heard this, he did not stop for the slightest, and immediately turned around and left the room, and when the official left, he also took the door of the room with him.

After the officials left, Cao Shun and Fang refocused their attention to the new notice issued by the household department in front of him.

"Hmph, let the official see if there are any new instructions from the household department!"

Cao Shunhe sneered, opened the envelope in his hand, and began to browse the contents on it.

The above content is very simple, in the final analysis, let Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe transfer grain to Zhejiang as soon as possible.

"Interesting, really interesting!"

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he put the letter in his hand aside, supported his chin with one hand, and continued.

"Not long ago, the household department also issued an order that the official should not transfer food in any form, why did he change his rhetoric in the blink of an eye, could it be that something happened in the middle?"

After Cao Shunhe poured himself a cup of hot tea, he immediately followed this train of thought and continued to think.

"Right now, Qingliu definitely doesn't want the official to transport the grain to Zhejiang smoothly, and because of this, they will definitely obstruct it in every possible way and try their best to make trouble for the official!"

"And not long ago, the arson of the ships that were docked near the dock to carry grain is a living example!"

"If the household department does not issue this latest notice, the previous behavior of this official can be defined as disobeying the order of the imperial court and transferring grain without permission."

"When the time comes, it only takes a few impeachment letters to kick this official away from this position as the governor of Jiangxi!"

Thinking of this, Cao Shunhe picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and continued.

"In other words, someone stepped forward and forced the household department to change its decision."

"And this person, in the entire Ming Dynasty, there is, and there is only one, and that is His Majesty the Emperor!"

"In this way, everything makes sense, after His Majesty learned of this, he personally came forward to force the household department to change the decision, so that the official can logically transfer grain to Zhejiang!"

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps from outside the door, and I saw a guard hurriedly enter Cao Shunhe's room and report respectfully.

"Lord Governor, the guards you sent out earlier to search along the river have made a discovery!"

Hearing this, Cao Shunhe suddenly got up from the seat, turned his gaze to the person who came, and immediately asked.

"What did you find?"

Seeing that Cao Shunhe was so eager, the guard finished thinking the words in his mind before replying.

"Lord Governor, it is said that near a narrow river, they encountered several suspicious-looking bandits, and when they saw the officers and soldiers, they looked so nervous that they did not even have time to take the baggage they were carrying, and fled in a hurry."

When Cao Shunhe heard this, the look on his face became even more anxious, and he immediately asked.

"Did they catch the bandits?"

When the guard heard this, the look on his face suddenly became ugly, and he immediately hesitated.

"Your Excellency, they didn't catch the bandits, but from the baggage that the robbers were carrying, they stumbled upon a copy of this wrinkled, water-soaked and ill-written certificate."

"Later, after looking for someone from the government to inspect it, I found out that the voucher was issued by the imperial court when it was responsible for escorting the official salt."

"What, the voucher for escorting the official salt!"

After listening to the guard's report, Cao Shunhe couldn't help but have a 'boom' in his mind, and immediately exclaimed.

Cao Shunhe did not forget that not long ago, more than 20 boats responsible for escorting official salt capsized inexplicably while passing through a narrow local river.

The thousands of catties of official salt escorted on the ship, as well as the personnel responsible for escorting the official salt, are gone!

Although the official salt that disappeared later was found in the warehouses of those salt merchants, the personnel responsible for escorting the official salt have not been heard from so far, as if the world has evaporated!

Although after that, Cao Shunhe repeatedly sent people to investigate the matter, but to no avail.

And now, by the nearby river, there is such a coincidental certificate to escort the official salt, which makes Cao Shunhe have to suspect that someone is deliberately trying to divert his attention.

Despite this, Cao Shunhe still had luck in his heart, and he wanted to check down in this direction to see if he could gain something.

Immediately, I saw Cao Shunhe come back to his senses and give instructions to the guard in front of him.

"Passing on the order of the official, more guards will be dispatched, and the officials of the government will also be dispatched to search along the place where the bandits are found, and see if they can find their traces!"

"Yes, Governor!"

(End of chapter)