Since Jiajing last discussed with Zhao Zhenji about matters related to taking over Hu Zongxian's position, two more days have passed.

In the past two days, among the government and the opposition, the calm is abnormal, and there is not even the slightest wave!

In the evening, the Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Jiajing got up from the futon after finishing his daily meditation, and then, his eyes fell on the bookcase on the side, those that he hadn't had time to watch yet, but soon, Jiajing looked away and said secretly.

"That's it, let's wait until tomorrow to see, while it's still early, I have to go to the Ganlu Palace to see the situation of the Shen family."

Just as Jiajing was about to leave, he saw Lu Fang walking in with an extraordinarily eager step.

The moment he entered the Qianqing Palace, he subconsciously turned his gaze to Jiajing, knelt on the ground, and reported respectfully.

"Enlightenment...... Your Majesty, slave ...... The slave and maid have something important to report, and the ...... British ......"

Seeing that Lu Fang was so eager, Jiajing couldn't help frowning slightly, and turned to ask.

"Lu Fang, don't be in a hurry to say slowly, what's wrong with the British duke?"

After taking a deep breath and calming down her good mood, Lu Fang relieved herself and reported to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, the British Gong Zhang Rong is out asking to see you, saying that there is an extremely important matter to discuss with you!"

After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing's face suddenly showed hesitation, and after a moment of silence, he saw Jiajing come back to his senses and commanded.

"Well, I know, let him in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, Lu Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, did not stop in the Qianqing Palace, and immediately turned to leave.

At this moment, outside the Qianqing Palace, the British public Zhang Rong was waiting for Lu Fang's news quite uneasily.

Looking at the Qianqing Palace close at hand in front of him, Zhang Rong's thoughts had already drifted far away.

"Alas, I don't know if Your Majesty will agree to this proposal later, and if Your Majesty does not agree at that time, how should I explain to those clans and nobles who have high hopes for me!"

Just as Zhang Rong was still imagining the scene of the meeting with Jiajing later, Lu Fang had already quietly come to Zhang Rong's face, bowed to the ground, and said softly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked you to come over!"

After hearing Lu Fang's reminder, Zhang Rong came back to his senses and immediately expressed his gratitude to Lu Fang.

"There's Father-in-law Laolu!"

When Lu Fang heard this, a flattered expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he resigned repeatedly.

"Where, where, the British public is serious, you better go over as soon as possible, don't let Your Majesty wait!"

"Hmm."

When Zhang Rong heard this, he responded imperceptibly, and immediately stepped on the stairs of the Qianqing Palace.

Before officially entering the Qianqing Palace, I saw Zhang Rong pause suddenly, and after taking a deep breath and calming down his emotions, he took a steady step and entered the Qianqing Palace.

After Zhang Rong entered the Qianqing Palace, like those ministers, he knelt on the ground respectfully and said in a deep voice.

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing this, Jiajing immediately got up from the dragon chair, and then came to Zhang Rong in person, helped him up from the ground, and spoke.

"British Duke, you are the queen and pillar of my Ming Dynasty, you don't have to be like this!"

After that, I saw Jiajing look at the eunuch waiting on the side, and then ordered.

"Come, give a seat to the British!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, a eunuch soon stepped forward, prepared a seat for Zhang Rong, and intimately laid a soft cushion on the seat.

Although Zhang Rong had already imagined the meeting scene with Jiajing in his mind before, all this in front of him was still beyond Zhang Rong's expectations, especially Jiajing's intimate attitude towards him, which caught him off guard.

Soon, Zhang Rong reacted, arched his hand, and thanked Jiajing: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" ”

Jiajing didn't take this matter to heart, just waved his hand rather casually, and turned to speak.

"British Duke, you don't have to be so polite to me, your ancestors are all heroes who threw their heads and spilled blood for my Ming Dynasty, and they deserve to be treated like this!"

When Jiajing said this, he immediately pointed to the seat with his finger and commanded.

"Sit down!"

After receiving Jiajing's instructions, Zhang Rongfang sat down in his seat nervously.

Seeing Zhang Rong sit down on the seat, Jiajing nodded imperceptibly, and after that, I saw Jiajing sit back on the dragon chair, turn his gaze to Zhang Rong, and asked.

"Anyway, the British Duke came here today, is there anything to do with me?"

When Zhang Rong heard this, after hesitating for a long time, he put on a posture of being out of the way and asked Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, I can't hide it, Weichen came this time, he was entrusted by the clan and Xungui, and he wanted to ask His Majesty for one thing!"

When Jiajing heard Zhang Rong's words, the expression on his face remained unchanged, but he had quietly pulled the vigilance in his heart to the highest.

After that, I saw Jiajing put on a look of indifference to this, and said slowly.

"It doesn't hurt to say that the British Duke says, as long as I can do it, I can promise you!"

After getting Jiajing's promise, Zhang Rongna's nerves, which had been extremely tense since he entered the Qianqing Palace, finally relaxed a little.

Immediately afterwards, after Zhang Rong finished sorting out the language in his mind, he cautiously proposed the purpose of his trip to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been entrusted by those clans and nobles this time, and I want to ask Your Majesty, can you give more places to the clan and nobles on the basis of the imperial examination?"

When Zhang Rong said this, he didn't wait for Jiajing to respond, and then cried.

"Your Majesty, don't you know, since you ordered the reduction of the clan's expenses and allowed the clan to engage in professions freely, due to the lack of the ability to make ends meet, many clansmen's lives have visibly become sad to the naked eye!"

"Before this, the population of their family was already large, and on weekdays, they counted on the silver issued by the imperial court and Lu rice to survive."

"And now, since Your Majesty has ordered the expenses of the clan to be reduced, can you give them some compensation in other aspects?"

"For example, in addition to the imperial examination, special examinations for the Yu clan and the nobles are organized, and available talents are selected from them!"

After listening to the proposal given by the British public Zhang Rong, the expression on Jiajing's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, and after thinking for a long time, he gave a response.

"If possible, in fact, I don't want to reduce the expenses of the clan, but the situation at that time is that the expenses of the clan have accounted for one-third of the treasury revenue, if there is no reform, my Ming Dynasty will not be able to survive sooner or later!"

Jiajing paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued to add.

"In addition, as mentioned by the British Princess, in addition to the imperial examinations, special examinations for the clan and nobles are organized, and talents are selected from them."

"I think you know very well in your heart that this matter is related to the interests of countless people, and it is not something that I can decide alone!"

After listening to Jiajing's explanation, the look in Zhang Rong's eyes suddenly became extremely gloomy, and he unconsciously lowered his head.

"Well, it seems that His Majesty is not going to take this proposal!"

Just when Zhang Rong thought that things had no turn for the better and planned to leave, Jiajing seemed to see what Zhang Rong was thinking, withdrew his gaze from him, and said to himself.

"Well, however, I plan to bring this matter to the next cabinet meeting to discuss, and when the time comes, I will do my best to try to negotiate a plan that is acceptable to everyone, what do you think?"

Seeing that Jiajing had already said this, even if he was reluctant, Zhang Rong had to pinch his nose and admit this fact.

After this, I saw Zhang Rong get up from the seat, arch his hand to Jiajing, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Shengming, since this is the case, Weichen will not disturb Your Majesty!"

When Jiajing heard this, he responded imperceptibly, and immediately ordered.

"Well, if there's any progress, I'll send someone to inform you!"

"Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen will retire!"

After Zhang Rong left, he saw Jiajing supporting his chin with one hand and began to think about the pros and cons of this matter.

After a long time, I saw Jiajing come back to his senses and muttered to himself silently.

"This matter is not easy to handle, after all, millions of clans are involved, as well as the interests of those nobles!"

"We have to come up with a way that is acceptable to both parties as soon as possible!"

Thinking so, Jiajing immediately got up from the dragon chair, waved his sleeves suddenly, and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as Jiajing walked out of the Qianqing Palace, Lu Fang, who had been waiting outside, greeted him and asked cautiously.

"Your Majesty, will you go to the Ganlu Palace next?"

When Jiajing heard this, he glanced at Lu Fang rather strangely, looked at the sky around him that was about to darken, and immediately spoke.

"Go, why don't you go?"

"Without further ado, let's go now!"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, she forcibly suppressed the joy in her heart and responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After that, I saw Jiajing riding the dragon and marching in the direction where the Ganlu Palace was located, while Lu Fang followed Jiajing step by step as before.

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Along the way, the eunuchs and palace maids on both sides of the road, seeing the emperor traveling, avoided a road, and those who couldn't avoid it knelt on the ground on both sides of the road, lowered their heads, and waited for the dragon that the emperor was riding to leave.

Soon, the dragon ride that Jiajing was riding stopped in front of the Ganlu Palace steadily.

Jiajing got down from the dragon, glanced at Lu Fang beside him, and commanded.

"Come in with me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Lu Fang responded, he immediately followed Jiajing's footsteps and stepped into the Ganlu Palace.

As early as the moment when Jiajing's dragon arrived at Ganlu Palace, a eunuch reported the matter to the personal maid of the imperial concubine Shen.

At this moment, in Shen's room, her personal maid was reporting the corresponding situation to Shen.

"Niangniang, Your Majesty has arrived!"

After listening to the report of the personal maid, the expression on Shen's face did not change much, but he responded quite calmly.

"Well, this palace knows, you go down first!"

After Shen finished instructing the maid, he immediately faced the bronze mirror, combed his ivory comb, and combed his hair unhurriedly.

Soon after Shen's personal maid left, only to hear a 'squeak', the door of Shen's room was pushed open, and Shen followed the prestige, only to see Jiajing step into the room.

Hearing this, Shen stopped combing his hair, put the ivory comb in his hand back into place, turned his gaze to Jiajing, and said respectfully: "The concubine has seen Your Majesty!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, she responded imperceptibly, and immediately came to Shen's face, picked up the ivory comb that she had put back in place earlier, and continued to comb her full hair.

Seeing this, Shen Shi suddenly had a touch of red on his face, and said shyly.

"Your Majesty!"

Jiajing took in the shyness on Shen's face, kept moving his hands, and joked with a smile.

"It's an old husband and wife, and you're still so shy!"

When Shen heard Jiajing's words, the shyness on his face became even worse, and he lowered his head embarrassedly and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, this ...... In this matter, the concubine can come by herself! ”

When Jiajing heard this, he gently stroked Shen's soft hair, and then spoke.

"The state affairs are busy, and I don't have much time to accompany you on weekdays, so I've worked hard for you!"

Hearing this, Shen shook his head imperceptibly, snuggled in Jiajing's arms, his face was full of happiness, and said softly.

"As long as Your Majesty still has a concubine in his heart, the concubine will be satisfied!"

At this time, Shen's big eyes were staring at Jiajing in a blink of an eye, unwilling to leave for a moment, for her, the man in front of her was all she had, her whole world.

Seeing this, Jiajing couldn't hold back his feelings anymore, and immediately kissed him.

For a long time, the lips parted.

The atmosphere in the room became ambiguous with the naked eye, and after that, I saw Shen, who was blushing, gently breaking free from Jiajing's arms.

Perhaps to dilute the rippling atmosphere in the room, I saw Shen Shi pointing to the teapot on the table next to him and asked Jiajing.

"Does Your Majesty want tea?"

Jiajing saw Shen's belly, which was already obviously bulging under the cyan and cyan silk robe, and immediately spoke.

"Forget it, let's do it!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, I saw Shen Shi shake his head slightly and said slowly.

"Your Majesty is diligent in political affairs on weekdays, and for such a trivial matter, it is better for the concubines to do it for you, Your Majesty, just sit down!"

After Shen finished speaking, he picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of hot tea for himself and Jiajing.

Jiajing looked at the appearance of the Shen family when he poured tea, but his thoughts had already drifted far away.

Just as Jiajing was stunned, Shen's voice pulled him back to reality.

"Your Majesty, please use tea!"

"Hmm."

When Jiajing heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, and immediately picked up the teacup from the table and took a sip.

Suddenly, a mellow and long taste spreads in the mouth, and at the end, there is a hint of sweetness.

Jiajing's eyes lit up, put down the teacup in his hand, and praised him.

"Well, that's good tea!"

(End of chapter)