I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 64 Uneven Distribution
Hu Zongxian, as the imperial court's chief official in frontiers, had a very high priority on the papers he submitted. Soon, due to the heavy rain in Zhejiang for days, the papers that collapsed the dam were sent to Jiajing.

"Go, call Jin Yiwei Lu Bing to me! I have something to tell him."

After reading the contents of the memorial, Jiajing looked calm, put it aside, and then gave instructions to Lu Fang behind him.

"Yes, I will inform you now, servant girl." Seeing Jiajing's calm expression, Lu Fang secretly thought that something was wrong. As the closest person around Jiajing, Lu Fang knew that it was okay for the emperor to be angry. If the emperor looked calm, then It means something big is going to happen.

After Lu Fang left, Jiajing stood up from the dragon chair, looking at the booklet that Hu Zongxian handed over, his eyes were disillusioned.

"Sir, Lu Bing, Commander of Jinyiwei, has met His Majesty!"

"Excuse me, get up." Jiajing waved his hand and said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Lu Bing got up and met Jiajing's eyes.

Jiajing didn't speak, but silently looked at his own brother and the person who saved his life with his eyes. After seeing the white hair growing on his head, he sighed: "Sit."

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, an eunuch immediately prepared a seat for Lu Bing. After Lu Bing was seated, Jiajing personally handed over the memorial that Hu Zongxian had handed over to him.

"Look at it."

"Ah."

After Lu Bing responded, he opened the memorial and carefully browsed the contents above.

"Your Majesty!" After Lu Bing finished browsing the memorial, he said in a deep voice.

"Well, let your subordinate Zhu Qi and the others investigate this matter. How could the embankment built by the court with so much money collapse under the heavy rain? After finding out the result, report it directly to me."

"Yes, I'll do it right now!" Lu Bing said, ready to take orders and leave.

Unexpectedly, Jiajing stopped him: "Wait, don't worry, we haven't chatted for a long time, let's chat with me."

Hearing Jiajing's words, Lu Bing stopped on the spot, turned around and replied, "Yes."

After a while, the whole Hall of Mental Cultivation was filled with the fragrance of tea, and only Jiajing and Lu Bing sat opposite each other in the huge Hall of Mental Cultivation.

……

Capital City, Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Our strategy has succeeded! The dams on the Zhejiang side have been destroyed, and the progress of changing rice to mulberry will be greatly delayed this time. We can use this gap to plan other things!" After receiving a letter from a subordinate , Xu Jie's face was full of joy.

"It's just that in this operation of destroying the embankment, there was no obstruction. The whole plan was implemented very smoothly. Could this be a trap of the strict party?" After a moment of joy, Gao Gong proposed a possibility.

"This Yan Song is treacherous and cunning, you have to guard against it! Order me to get rid of all the people responsible for this matter. Remember, you must be clean from the beginning to the end, and you can't leave any excuses." Xu Jie frowned after listening to Gao Gong's words, and ordered road.

"I will order people to go down and do it." After Gao Gong took the order, he left straight away.

"It's really a pleasure to let the strict party be deflated this time! Although they can't be uprooted for the time being, it can be regarded as a blow to their arrogance." Hearing this, King Yu Zhu Zaixi looked excited.

Since Zhang Juzheng argued with Gao Gong last time, he has become more and more taciturn, and he is sitting on the sidelines, watching with cold eyes.

……

At this time in the Yan Mansion, after receiving the letters from Zheng Michang and He Maocai, Yan Shifan rushed to his father Yan Song's room to report without stopping.

"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!" There was another hasty knock on the door.

"Come in, don't knock!" Yan Song's impatient voice came from the room.

"Father, what a happy event! As expected, the dam on the Zhejiang side was destroyed by the Qingliu faction. Are we ready to start the next step?" As soon as he entered the door, Yan Shifan sent Zheng Michang and He Maocai over. Pass the letter to Yan Song.

Yan Song took the letter, and after carefully browsing the contents above, his brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Idiot! What's the rush now? Now that the dam in Zhejiang has been destroyed, the imperial court will definitely investigate to the end, and make them keep their tails between their legs!"

"Yes, my child, I will order it now."

……

Today's cabinet is quite dull, no one dares to speak, especially after the emperor brought Lu Fang into it.

The emperor just kept stroking the dragon head carved on the dragon chair, without any intention of speaking, and Lu Fang stood beside Jiajing like a statue, motionless.

In this suffocating silence, I don't know how long time passed, finally Jiajing sighed, and broke the silence first: "I think everyone should know about the collapse of the dam in Zhejiang, right? "

"Your Majesty, I knew about the collapse of the dam in Zhejiang before I came here, and I am currently discussing countermeasures with my colleagues, and will come up with a detailed disaster relief plan soon." Hearing Jiajing's words, Yan Song got up from his seat and spoke road.

"Your Majesty, last year the imperial court spent 400 million taels of silver to build this embankment! Right now, a heavy rain has washed away the embankment. There must be some tricks in it. I request a thorough investigation of this matter!" After Yan Song's speech, Xu Jie Then he opened the mouth and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there must be something wrong with it. It must be that someone corrupted the project money during the construction of the embankment." Gao Gong also stood up and advised Jiajing.

"When the imperial court built the Zhejiang dam last year, who was in charge of supervision?" Jiajing turned his gaze to Lu Fang beside him and asked.

"Your Majesty, it is Li Xuan who is in charge of supervising the repair of river dams." Lu Fang replied with a respectful face.

"Okay, then send someone to Zhejiang to bring back this Li Xuan and other people related to this matter, and have a thorough trial! Don't let anyone go." After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing waved his hand, Give the order down.

"Your servant obeys." Lu Fang responded with a slight bow.

"Next, let's talk about how to relieve the disaster. How much is the estimated cost of the disaster in Zhejiang? Xu Jie, you are the Minister of the Household Department. Tell me." After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Xu Jie and said.

"Your Majesty, according to my rough estimate, the collapse of the dam will endanger the nine counties below, and 10,000+ people will need about 300 million taels!" Xu Jie gave the answer after pondering for a moment.

"Now that the national treasury is full, it is no problem to take out 300 million taels of silver! Besides, after a while, it will be time to collect the salt tax." Xu Jie added after finishing the exact figure.

"Give Hu Zongxian whatever money he wants. In addition, let Zhao Zhenji, the supervisory censor, send someone down to thoroughly investigate this matter, and don't let anyone go!"

"Yes!" All the ministers took orders.

……

At this time, Zhejiang, the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang Province.

With the efforts of everyone, the gap in the dam was finally blocked, and the rain gradually stopped. Due to the timely response, the collapse of the dam only endangered the two subordinate counties, Jiande and Chun'an.

At this time, in the study, Hu Zongxian was buried in his desk, writing a detailed report on the collapse of the embankment to the imperial court.

"My lord, since the previous magistrate of Chun'an County was impeached! The new magistrate of Chun'an County has not yet taken office yet, and Wang Yonghe, the magistrate of Jiande County, has occupied most of the share that originally belonged to Chun'an County. Right now, the victims of the disaster in Chun'an County There's trouble outside."

In the hall, some officials reported the matter to Zheng Michang.

"What? What does Wang Yonghe want to do! It's a troubled time right now, let him quickly return the share of Chun'an County." Zheng Michang frowned when he heard this, and ordered.

"Then what is the name of the new magistrate of Chun'an County? Why hasn't he taken office yet?"

"My lord, it seems to be called Hai Rui."

(End of this chapter)