The night passed in the blink of an eye, and in the early morning, the palace was cleared.

At this moment, Jiajing put on his robe under the service of the personal eunuch, and soon after that, I saw Lu Fang coming to Jiajing with silent steps according to the usual practice.

"Your Majesty!"

"Hmm."

After this, I saw Jiajing frowning slightly, turning his gaze to Lu Fang, and then asked in a different way.

"By the way, Lu Fang, I heard that the celebrant has not been very quiet recently, and someone has sent a report to me, what is going on?"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, the expression on his face did not change at all, and he responded unusually calmly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slaves and maids are just dealing with those eunuchs who have made mistakes, so that they can have a long memory and know what to do and what not to do!"

"Well, I know, you can do it, as long as you don't make too much of a mess!"

After getting Lu Fang's answer, Jiajing had no intention of continuing to delve in, but just waved his hand quite casually and commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will pay attention!"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, a look of gratitude suddenly flashed on his face, and he responded respectfully.

At this moment, Lu Fang's heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface, and at this moment, the hands he hid in his sleeves were trembling slightly.

"These damn guys, they dare to come and complain to Your Majesty, it seems that I am still too merciful to you!"

"But fortunately, Your Majesty didn't care too much about this matter, but chose to leave this matter to me to deal with, wait, see how I clean up your group of worms!"

Lu Fang thought so, his face full of determination.

After this, Jiajing's ancient sound sounded in Lu Fang's ears: "Okay, it's almost time, it's time to go to the cabinet!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After that, I saw Lu Fang following Jiajing's steps step by step, marching towards the cabinet.

……

Since today is the day of the cabinet meeting, everyone came to the cabinet early in the morning, intending to take advantage of the fact that the emperor has not yet arrived, and deal with some notes in advance.

In the cabinet, I saw Yan Song put on his reading glasses tremblingly, and began to deal with the music in front of him in an orderly manner.

At this moment, Xu Jie, who was on the side, took the lead in provoking the topic.

"Elder Yan Ge, according to the news sent by Tan Lun, the Rakshasa delegation has already boarded the ship, if nothing happens, it should be able to reach the capital in a few days, do you need to let the Honglu Temple prepare in advance?"

When Yan Song heard this, his hand movements did not stop, he turned around, glanced at Xu Jie, and responded instead.

"This is natural, this group of Rakshasa people behaves vulgarly and does not understand etiquette, so they naturally need to be corrected by officials from Honglu Temple!"

"In case those Rakshasa people, when they meet His Majesty, they offend His Majesty because they don't understand etiquette, you and I can't eat and walk around!"

When Xu Jie heard this, he nodded imperceptibly and said in response.

"Well, I know, when I come down later, I'll send someone to inform the Honglu Temple!"

After that, the entire cabinet fell silent again, save for the rustle of paper as it turned.

Time passed slowly, I don't know how long it was, but I heard a sharp voice outside the cabinet.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

After a while, I saw Jiajing followed by Lu Fang and stepped into the cabinet.

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

Immediately, under the leadership of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, everyone got up from their seats one after another, knelt on the ground, and said in unison.

After Jiajing sat down in his own position, he swept his eyes from everyone one by one, nodded, and commanded.

"Well, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's consent, everyone slowly got up from the ground and sat back in their respective positions one after another.

At this moment, I saw Jiajing looking at Xu Jie on the side, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"By the way, Xu Jie, have you finished counting the silver sent by your household department?"

When Xu Jie heard this, he didn't dare to slack off at all, only to see him get up from his seat abruptly and report respectfully.

"Your Majesty, after days and nights, sleepless counting, the eight three million two hundred and twenty-five thousand two hundred and ninety taels of silver that arrived in the capital have finally been counted."

"Except for the part that has been allocated, the remaining six hundred and thirty thousand six thousand taels of silver have all been confiscated into the treasury!"

After listening to Xu Jie's report, Jiajing nodded and immediately spoke.

"Well, you've worked hard!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Xu Jie replied in a deep voice without thinking.

"Where, Your Majesty's words are serious, sharing worries for Your Majesty is the duty of a courtier!"

"Well, that's good!"

When Jiajing heard Xu Jie's words, he bowed his head slightly and commented.

After that, I saw Jiajing after looking around, then immediately looked at Lu Fang, who was waiting on the side, and nodded to him, and Lu Fang also quickly signaled, immediately stepped forward, and said in a deep voice.

"There are three main things to be discussed in today's cabinet deliberations!"

"The first thing is that the current Ministry of Rites has already made a good deal about the upcoming examination questions for the Yu clan and the nobles, this time it is to discuss a suitable candidate to serve as the chief examiner, the second thing is to receive the Rakshasa Mission, and the third thing is to reactivate the policy of changing the land and returning to the river during the Yongle period."

After Lu Fang's words fell, he saluted Jiajing respectfully, and then returned to his position and stood still.

Hearing this, Jiajing nodded, and immediately knocked on the jade pan beside him, accompanied by a crisp sound of 'ding', this cabinet meeting officially began!

"Do you have any recommendations for the next candidate to be the chief examiner?"

When Jiajing's words fell, the entire cabinet suddenly fell silent, after all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was not a good errand.

After all, this exam is different from the past, and the people who come to take the exam are all the children of the clan and nobles, and they can't treat these people as casually as before.

His Majesty is planning to take this opportunity to let the clan and nobles enter the official career reasonably and legally and participate in the government politics.

Let me ask, in case there is cheating during the exam, the following officials report it to you, do you deal with it?

If you don't deal with it, it seems that the exam is too child's play, not only will the image of the court be ruined, but it will also cause His Majesty to be dissatisfied, but if it is handled impartially, it is easy to be hated by the clan and the nobles.

And as the cabinet fell silent, Yan Shifan also became more and more restless, after all, not long ago, he had just served as the chief examiner and had experience in this area.

At this moment, he was looking at his nose and nose, and kept praying in his heart, hoping that Jiajing would not hand over this drudgery to himself.

Immediately afterwards, perhaps because he felt something, Jiajing saw Yan Shifan at a glance who was sitting on pins and needles at this moment, and immediately, he saw Jiajing clear his throat and speak unhurriedly.

"Yan Shifan, how about you to be this chief examiner?"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Yan Shifan couldn't help but shudder, and the expression on his face became extremely ugly.

(End of chapter)