I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 48 Accident
As expected by Jiajing, after Pingliang Mansion was seized, in order to reduce the punishment, someone revealed the place where the corpse was hidden. Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion successfully found the hidden corpse according to the map, and the case was successfully concluded.

When the case was solved, the government immediately posted notices all over the streets and alleys of the capital for publicity, and the people in the capital cheered for a while.

In the early morning, Jiajing was sitting on the futon with his eyes closed, breathing out a meager spiritual energy.

With the circulation of the mana in the body to the whole body, the fatigue of the body is also eliminated. After Yan Song went back last night, he sent someone to send the silver to his inner money, and Jiajing entered his inner money for the first time since crossing Take a look.

In the internal funds, there are countless kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, and a variety of rare treasures can be seen everywhere. For example, Jiajing found a red coral weighing tens of catties in a corner of his internal funds. He doesn't care much, but what he cares most about is the many cultivation secrets collected by his predecessor.

The number of secret books collected by the predecessor was extremely large and quite heterogeneous. Jiajing used his spiritual sense to scan through the pile of books, and finally found a practice method called "One Qi Jue".

Jiajing was overjoyed, and quickly referred to the above exercises, and began to activate the mana in his body, and stayed up all night.

"With the help of exercises, it's much better than my simple breathing practice, and the speed of practice is more than doubled!" Jiajing finished today's practice, his eyes were shining brightly.

At this moment, Lu Fang walked in with silent steps, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Shen is asking to see you, and she has something important to discuss with Your Majesty."

Jiajing waved his hands after hearing Lu Fang's words, and said calmly, "Let her in."

Soon, the elegantly dressed imperial concubine Shen came in, and she saluted Jiajing's style, and said softly: "I have seen Your Majesty!"

Jiajing accidentally got a copy of the cultivation method. At this moment, he was in a good mood. He helped Shen up, and then let her sit beside him, with a smile on his face: "My concubine, get up quickly, what can I do with you?"

"Your Majesty, it's like this. Since the last time you came to the palace, the concubine realized that it has been a month since you came..." Shen Shi said, her face was full of shyness, seeing that Jiajing was still looking at herself, He lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Ai Fei means that I have a child! Did you call the imperial doctor to see it?" Jiajing heard that, his expression was ecstatic, and then he put his head lightly on Shen's stomach, trying to hear some movement.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing what Jiajing had done, Shen raised her head and looked around, and said coquettishly.

"Ahem, I'm being rude, what did the imperial doctor say?" After being cast a blank look by Shen Shi, Jiajing withdrew his head from Shen Shi's stomach and coughed twice to ease the embarrassment.

"The concubine has already asked Dr. Li to see her before. After the diagnosis, Dr. Li also said that she is almost inseparable. She should be pregnant." After finishing speaking, Shen gently stroked her stomach, her face was full of tears. The color of compassion.

"Okay, you have made great contributions to our Zhu family! I will reward you well." After Jiajing finished speaking, he hugged Shen Shi into his arms, and then kissed that smooth and tender cheek.

"Your Majesty!" Shen was a little embarrassed to be treated like this by Jiajing, and gently patted Jiajing's chest with her jade-like hands.

"Okay, the next thing Aifei has to do is to take good care of the fetus and strive to give birth to a big fat boy!"

"In addition, from today onwards, the imperial dining room will provide you with three meals a day. Don't touch other things of unknown origin. Even the incense used in the room must be replaced by a special person. Do you understand?" Jiajing looked at Shen Shi, who was lying in her arms with a happy face, couldn't help exhorting.

"The courtiers and concubines understand what your Majesty said." After listening to Jiajing's instructions, Shen could not help but feel a warm feeling in her heart, and she leaned even tighter on Jiajing's chest.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the cabinet meeting later." At this moment, Lu Fang's voice came from outside the room.

"Your Majesty should be diligent in state affairs, and my concubine will leave now!" Upon hearing this, Imperial Concubine Shen broke free from Jiajing's embrace and saluted.

"My concubine doesn't need to salute when she sees me in the future." Jiajing watched Shen's leaving back and exhorted.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shen's footsteps of leaving suddenly paused, and then responded.

After Mrs. Shen left, Jiajing called Lu Fang in from outside the room, and said calmly, "Let's go, let's go to the cabinet."

Silently along the way, Jiajing brought Lu Fang to the cabinet.

Today's cabinet is not full of quarrels, but full of dullness, only the sound of memorials being flipped.

"His Majesty is here!"

After being notified by the eunuchs outside, Jiajing took Lu Fang into the cabinet, and the cabinet members headed by Yan Song knelt on the ground inside.

Jiajing took a look and said lightly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the ministers returned the salute, and then sat in their seats. Jiajing also went straight to the back of the bead curtain and sat on his dragon chair.

"The matter discussed by the cabinet today is another severe drought in Gansu! According to reports from officials in Gansu, since there has been no rain for nearly three months, the grain planted by the local people has failed, and many families have been cut off immediately. Cooking, now the government is actively providing relief, and I hope the imperial court will allocate 130 million taels of silver for disaster relief." Yan Song stood up first, and read out the contents of the memorial.

"Hmph, money, money, money again, they only ask our household department for money! This 130 million taels is not a small amount." After listening to Yan Song's report, Gao Gong was the first to express his dissatisfaction.

"Then according to the wishes of the Minister of the Household Department, the disaster in Gansu will not be relieved?" Yan Shifan looked at Gao Gong and sarcastically said.

Seeing that Yan Shifan put on himself the big hat of opposing disaster relief, Gao Gong's eyebrows moved, and he retorted: "I didn't say that I would not provide disaster relief to Gansu, but it's just that places like Gansu and Shaanxi can't collect taxes every year. , it has to be supported by the central government’s finances, last year there was a severe drought, and this year there is another severe drought, how can there be such a coincidence?”

Xu Jie on the side also took advantage of the situation and said: "The money for disaster relief must be allocated, but how can there be a reason for severe droughts every year? In my Ming Dynasty, there are two capitals and [-] provinces, and Gansu has severe droughts every year. If it goes like this Come on, won’t the people there all die?”

Jiajing, who was sitting behind the bead curtain, heard what Xu Jie said, and felt that it made sense, and said in a low voice, "Bring me the records about Gansu."

The ministers who were discussing outside heard this and knew that the emperor was concerned about this matter. They called the officials one after another to find out the records of tax payment in Gansu and the records of the government's allocation of funds for disaster relief.

Jiajing went through the record from beginning to end, frowning more and more.

It is recorded above that since the Hongwu period, Gansu has been able to pay more than 400 million taxes for the imperial court every year, and then it has been reduced year by year. No taxes are paid.

"Let's see for yourself!" After Jiajing finished speaking, he handed over the record to everyone through Lu Fang's hand.

After everyone took the record, they thought about it in their hearts, and soon found something wrong!
Immediately afterwards, a terrible conjecture arose in everyone's mind: "Isn't this Gansu exaggerating the disaster situation and defrauding the imperial court of the disaster relief funds?"

Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, knelt down on the ground first, and then begged for orders: "Your Majesty, I request a thorough investigation of this matter! We must not tolerate it."

Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet, also knelt down immediately: "Your Majesty, I also request a thorough investigation of this matter!"

Seeing that the first and second ministers of the cabinet had pleaded for their lives, the others also knelt down and begged the emperor together.

(End of this chapter)