I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

After listening to Zheng Michang's analysis, He Maocai's face was full of hindsight.

He Maocai knew that Zheng Michang was absolutely right. If he had to describe it, they were dancing on the tip of a knife.

If you are a little careless, you will end up dissatisfied with both parties, and you will end up with an extremely tragic end.

After all, as Zheng Michang said before, they are not Zhang Cong and Zhang Ge Lao, who can rise and fall in the position of chief minister of the cabinet.

If Zheng Michang and He Maocai were secretly assisting the emperor in investigating the land annexation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and accidentally leaked it, then they would probably end up like Ma Ningyuan.

Being able to commit suicide in prison and save his family is the best ending.

After all, the lives of the wealthy gentry and wealthy households are involved. Once the court decides to inventory the acres and inhibit land annexation, they, as vested interests, will suffer great harm.

Therefore, even if it was to kill chickens to scare monkeys, the wealthy gentry had to find ways to kill Zheng Michang and He Maocai.

In order to deter latecomers, the wealthy gentry could even dispose of their families as well.

Then, He Maocai came back to his senses, a trace of palpitations flashed across his face, he looked in the direction of Zheng Michang, and said slowly: "Old Zheng, when you say that, I'm a little scared!"

Hearing this, Zheng Michang glanced at He Maocai and said unhurriedly: "At this point, do we still have a way out? We can only go to the dark side in one way!"

After that, Zheng Michang looked away from He Maocai and urged: "Okay, let's go, the governor is still waiting for us!"

After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he walked out of the room without waiting for He Maocai's response.

Seeing this situation, He Maocai quickly took three steps and two steps at a time to keep up with Zheng Michang. He couldn't help but say: "Old Zheng, don't walk so fast, wait for me!"

Afterwards, Zheng Michang and He Maocai took their sedan chairs to the Governor's Mansion.

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At the gate of the Governor's Mansion, while the guards were coming in to report, He Maocai looked in the direction of Zheng Michang with a guilty look on his face and lowered his voice: "Old Zheng, do you think we can survive until the day we become official?"

When Zheng Michang heard this, he did not rush to answer. Instead, he looked away from a distance and said slowly: "Well, who knows, maybe one day the Dong Chuang incident will happen, we will be imprisoned in prison, and we will be punished according to the Ming Dynasty Law." Disposed of!"

When Zheng Michang said this, he paused for a moment, changed the subject, and continued: "But before that, let's live one day at a time!"

He Maocai was quite emotional when he heard this.

At this moment, the guards of the Governor's Mansion who had gone in to report earlier came to the two of them, leaned down and said in a deep voice: "My lords, the governor is waiting for you inside, you can go in!"

Hearing this, Zheng Michang and He Maocai responded and immediately stepped into the Governor's Mansion.

After entering the Governor's Mansion, the two of them did not hesitate at all and immediately headed towards the direction of the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion.

After entering the meeting hall, they saw Zhao Zhenji, who was sitting at the main seat and enjoying tea leisurely.

Seeing this situation, the two of them did not dare to be negligent at all. They immediately stepped forward, bowed to Zhao Zhenji and said, "I have seen the governor!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji glanced at Zheng Michang and He Maocai. Immediately, he put down the tea cup in his hand, waved his hand, and said: "No need to be so polite, everyone, sit down!"

"Thank you, Lord Governor!"

After answering, Zheng Michang and He Maocai were seen sitting down on the seats next to them one after another.

Shortly after the two sat down, Zhao Zhenji's slightly emotional voice was heard: "The money that was confiscated from the Yuan family in Jiaxing has finally been shipped out, and it has put an end to my worries! "

He Maocai on the side heard this and quickly responded: "The governor is right. The money has been counted and loaded on the ship successfully. The rest of it has nothing to do with us!"

Zhao Zhenji did not comment on what He Maocai said. Later, Zheng Michang summoned up the courage to look in the direction of Zhao Zhenji and asked cautiously: "May I ask why the governor came to us this time? ?”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji glanced at Zheng Michang, then took out a memorial from his sleeve, and then said: "Actually, there is no big deal for me to call you here this time. I just want to let you come here." Just read this memorial!"

Looking at the memorial in Zhao Zhenji's hand, he saw a look of hesitation on He Maocai's face. He mustered up the courage to ask: "Master Governor, this is..."

"Here is the memorial received by the Inspectorate. You will know the contents after reading it!"

Hearing this, an ominous premonition flashed through He Maocai's heart. Then, he stepped forward and took the memorial from Zhao Zhenji's hand.

When He Maocai returned to his seat and opened the memorial, his face suddenly turned pale, his whole body was trembling, and he trembled: "This... this, this, this is the impeachment memorial. Who went to the Supervisory Council to impeach us!"

Due to being too frightened, He Maocai had a thin stream of sweat on his forehead at this time.

Not only He Maocai, but also Zheng Michang's face looked very ugly.

Then, he stood up from his seat, walked quickly to He Maocai, grabbed the memorial from his hand, and read it word by word.

"Excessive taxation, wanton corruption, private punishment, preying on the common people, and disregard of the court's laws..."

The impeachment memorial in Zheng Michang's hand not only lists the relevant charges, but also comes with relevant evidence.

After Zheng Michang finished browsing the contents, his face turned pale. He knew that the crime of wanton corruption alone was enough to kill him.

Then, Zheng Michang was the first to react, kneeling on the ground with a plop, looking at Zhao Zhenji who was sitting in the main seat, and hurriedly explained.

"Sir Governor, I can swear to God that the charges listed in this impeachment memorial are pure slander. I have never done anything harmful to God!"

Seeing this, He Maocai on the side also knelt on the ground and added: "Yes, Lord Governor, this impeachment memorial is completely false and deliberately fabricated. The lower official is innocent!"

Zhao Zhenji saw the expressions on the two people's faces. After picking up the teacup and taking a sip, he stood up from the seat and personally helped the two people up from the ground.

After that, facing the extremely puzzled looks of the two people, Zhao Zhenji explained: "You don't have to worry, this matter has passed!"

"This is all the work of the Yuan family in Jiaxing. I saw that you were still reluctant to let go, so the Yuan family in Jiaxing used their connections in the court to impeach you two in a memorial, hoping to teach you a lesson."

"But, the court has investigated the matter clearly, and you two are innocent!"

When Zhao Zhenji said this, he changed the topic and continued to add: "Besides, the Yuan family in Jiaxing secretly hides weapons and intends to rebel. How can the evidence they submitted count? Are you right?"

When Zheng Michang and He Maocai heard Zhao Zhenji's words, the stone that had been hanging in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

There was an expression of surviving a disaster on his face, and he couldn't help but replied: "Yes, that's right, the governor is right, this is clearly a deliberate slander!"

At this moment, Zheng Michang and He Maocai knew very well that this impeachment memorial was deliberately revealed by Zhao Zhenji, with the intention of beating them and showing his strength at the same time.

"Look, I can handle such a difficult matter at will. Then just work hard for me!"

This is what Zheng Michang and He Maocai interpreted from Zhao Zhenji's actions at this time.

……

Thinking of this, Zheng Michang and He Maocai couldn't help but have bitter smiles on their faces.

Because from now on, they will not be able to get off Zhao Zhenji's ship.

After all, Zhao Zhenji was born as a Shuji scholar. This time he came to Zhejiang to serve as the governor-general of Zhejiang Province and the governor of Zhejiang Province. It was obviously the experience given to him by the emperor.

The content of the experience is to secretly inventory the acres of land and prevent land annexation.

Now Zhao Zhenji is like a wedge, firmly embedded in the territory of Zhejiang.

You know, the land annexation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was particularly serious, and the emperor naturally had high hopes for sending Zhao Zhenji to Zhejiang, and even gave him the right to kill first and report later.

It can be said that after Zhao Zhenji completes his mission, he will be transferred back to the capital and be reused. With his status as a concubine, it will not be difficult to even join the cabinet.

"Is it possible that His Majesty intends to use Zhejiang as a testing ground to accumulate experience, and when the time is right, he will conduct an inventory of acres across the country to curb land annexation?"

For no reason, such an idea suddenly flashed through Zheng Mi Chang's mind. Soon, Zheng Mi Chang was startled by his thought and broke into a cold sweat.

Only then did Zheng Michang suddenly remember that because of the change from rice to mulberry, all the fields in Zhejiang had been measured.

In other words, the emperor actually knew how many fields there were in Zhejiang.

The delay in taking action was because the time was not yet ripe and the emperor did not have so many obedient officials available.

The reason why the fields in Zhejiang were measured so smoothly before was because everyone in the Yan Party saw that there was profit in it.

After all, by converting rice into mulberry, they were able to annex the land in the hands of the people.

Those officials thought that since the land would fall into their hands sooner or later, they must take the opportunity to measure the land to measure every cent to avoid suffering losses.

With this purpose in mind, all the acres of land in Zhejiang were cleared, and the numbers cleared this time were extremely accurate.

The land that came out of Qingzhang in Zhejiang totaled 869,252 hectares!

The final result greatly exceeded the expectations of everyone in the Yan Party.

Not only did they fail to take advantage of the opportunity of converting rice into mulberry to annex land in the hands of the people, but they also successfully implemented the conversion from rice to mulberry without annexing the land. And some people benefited from it, and more people joined the ranks of planting mulberry seedlings after seeing how profitable it was.

When their plan failed, those people came up with another plan. They simply joined forces with merchants to maliciously lower the price of raw silk, and then purchased it at a low price.

After all, as the price of silk becomes more and more popular, the price of raw silk as a raw material has also skyrocketed. Just buy it from the people at a low price, and then resell it, you can make more than ten times the profit!

But this time, their plan was shattered by Zhao Zhenji, the newly appointed governor of Zhejiang Province and governor of Zhejiang Province.

Not only did they fail to get any profit from it, but they also suffered a lot of additional losses. After seeing the death of Yan Maoqing, who was responsible for this matter, these people were frightened to death.

Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the emperor trying to scare the monkeys and warn them to stop.

After that, those people ceased their activities one after another, and had no choice but to suffer this loss, and no longer dared to make any small moves behind their backs.

Because of this, situations like Zhejiang cannot be replicated.

If officials don't see the benefits, they will never do their best to implement the court's policies. But with the lessons learned from Zhejiang, many officials will be more cautious.

After all, not only did they fail to achieve their goals, but they also measured the fields in Zhejiang for the emperor, and this time the data was more real than ever before!

……

Then, Zhao Zhenji looked away from Zheng Michang and He Maocai. After pondering for a moment, he continued: "To tell you the truth, the impeachment memorial against you was suppressed by His Majesty's personal instructions to the Inspectorate. !”

Hearing this, Zheng Michang and He Maocai's pupils suddenly shrank, with a look of disbelief on their faces.

Then, He Maocai raised his head, looked in the direction of Zhao Zhenji, and said tremblingly: "Xun...Governor, you...what did you just say?"

Not only He Maocai, but also Zheng Michang not far away had a look of disbelief on his face.

He originally thought that Zhao Zhenji ordered Hai Rui to suppress this matter, but who knew that the emperor was actually involved!

Facing the two people's doubtful eyes, Zhao Zhenji's face was full of inexplicable expressions. He knew that the slaps had been finished and now it was time to give him a sweet date.

After that, I saw Zhao Zhenji finishing the words in his mind, facing the two of them, and explained: "Actually, before this, I have already reported your two contributions to your Majesty truthfully!"

After Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said no more.

Although Zhao Zhenji's sentence is very brief, the amount of information contained in it is unimaginable.

The most important message contained in it is that the emperor already knows the contributions you two have made, so he has ordered the Supervisory Council to suppress the impeachment memorial.

In other words, they were now familiar with each other in front of the emperor. Although they were not able to occupy a place, it was still a good start.

At least, the emperor could remember their names and knew that there was a chief envoy and an inspector in Zhejiang, who were diligently investigating the land annexation in spite of the disapproval of the world.

At this time, Zheng Michang's body began to tremble uncontrollably due to his excessive emotion.

When he saw the impeachment memorial, he thought he was about to die soon after the incident. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, things would change for the better. They took huge risks and all their efforts were rewarded. The emperor's approval.

This sudden ups and downs made Zheng Mi Chang feel a little dazed.

Then, Zheng Michang pinched the back of his hand hard, and the clear pain coming from the back of his hand silently told him that all this was real.

After doing this, Zheng Michang came back to his senses, looked at Zhao Zhenji, who was sitting on the throne at the moment, and said solemnly: "I will go through fire and water as the governor, and I will not give up even if I die!"

After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he bowed to the ground with unusual solemnity and said no more words.

Seeing this, He Maocai on the side also followed Zheng Michang's steps and saluted Zhao Zhenji respectfully.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Zhenji stroked his beard lightly, glanced at the two of them, and thought: "Well, these two people are a bit greedy, but they do a good job!"

Then, Zhao Zhenji calmed down, looked away, and said: "Well, everyone, sit down!"

Zheng Michang and He Maocai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

At this moment, both of them knew very well that after this incident, their relationship with Zhao Zhenji would reach a higher level.

It can even be said that it has reached a point where both are prosperous and suffer losses!

After all, being officials in the same dynasty is like riding on the same boat.

Now, they have the same interests as Zhao Zhenji, and they are all making preparations for the upcoming inventory of land acres and the suppression of land annexation.

If something goes wrong inadvertently during this process, then not only will Zhao Zhenji lose the opportunity to go further, but they will also have to face a counterattack and pay the price with their lives for what they have done before.

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After that, the atmosphere in the meeting hall became obviously much more relaxed.

Zheng Michang also took this opportunity to report to Zhao Zhenji on the recent situation in Zhejiang.

"My Lord Governor, the price of raw silk has dropped somewhat recently. The price of a pound of raw silk is around two or three yuan, but despite this, the supply still exceeds the demand!"

"It is worth mentioning that a type of people have recently appeared in Zhejiang. During the busy farming season, this type of people are farmers. In their spare time, they work as weavers in the homes of machine farmers. It is said that they are very profitable! "

Zhao Zhenji did not comment on Zheng Michang's words. After all, before this, the emperor had issued an edict to exempt taxes for one year.

No matter how much these people earn, the government does not have the right to collect taxes for the time being. It will have to wait until after next year to levy taxes on this group of people.

Then, as if Zhao Zhenji suddenly remembered something, he looked in the direction of Zheng Michang and asked: "By the way, how is the situation at the Weaving Bureau recently? The order for 10,000 pieces of silk must be delivered before the end of the year!"

Since Pang Qian, the eunuch in charge of the Weaving Bureau, was taken to the capital, the Weaving Bureau was temporarily managed by the Zhejiang government.

So far, nothing has gone wrong and everything is running normally.

After Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, Zheng Michang, who was standing beside him, thought about it for a moment before giving a response: "Your Excellency, the governor, there are 480,000 pieces of silk in the warehouse of the Weaving Bureau, and there is only a gap of 20,000 pieces of silk. Got it!"

"There is no way that these 20,000 pieces of silk can be completed before the end of the year, and there can even be a surplus!"

When Zheng Michang said this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. After all, this business was negotiated by Yang Jinshui.

Tan Lun and Hu Zongxian were also present. Now Yang Jinshui was crazy, Tan Lun became the governor of Hu Jian, and Hu Zongxian was transferred to the capital by the emperor, appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and also joined the cabinet.

After working on it for a long time, it seems that I am the only one who is staying put and still holds the post of chief envoy in Zhejiang.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eyes, Zheng Michang accidentally glanced at He Maocai beside him, and he felt a little comforted in his heart.

"Well, fortunately, I'm not alone!"

Because He Maocai was thinking about something else at this time, he did not notice the way Zheng Michang looked at him.

After listening to Zheng Michang's report, Zhao Zhenji nodded and said in agreement: "Well, as long as we can complete this order before the end of the year!"

After that, Zhao Zhenji looked away from the two of them, waved his hands, and then ordered: "Okay, I still have things to deal with, if nothing happens, you can leave! "

Hearing this, Zheng Michang was about to stand up and say goodbye to Zhao Zhenji. Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he pretended to inadvertently mention to Zhao Zhenji the matter of Wang Yongxian, the prefect of Jiaxing.

"By the way, Lord Governor, I suddenly remembered that Wang Yongxian, the prefect of Jiaxing, seems to have a close relationship with the Yuan family in Jiaxing, and he often helps them deal with the aftermath. You see..."

After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he lowered his head, said nothing, and waited uneasily for Zhao Zhenji's decision.

When Zhao Zhenji heard this, after thinking about it for a moment, he waved his hand and said casually: "Okay, you two can handle this matter!"

When Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, a look of excitement flashed across the faces of Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and then the two of them looked stern and responded in a deep voice: "As you command, Lord Governor!"

"Okay, that's it for today, you can leave!"

"Yes, Lord Governor, I will resign immediately!"

After bowing to Zhao Zhenji, Zheng Michang and He Maocai immediately left the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion without any hesitation.

Zheng Michang understood that Zhao Zhenji had tacitly approved their next actions.

"I don't know if the governor will accept it or not. Alas, I don't care. After I get the money, let's test the governor's tone first!"

Thinking of this, Zheng Michang couldn't help but quicken his pace.

After Zheng Michang and He Maocai left the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Zhenji looked back, slowly stood up from his seat, and then went straight to the study of the Governor's Mansion.

"When things here are over, I, Zhao Zhenji, may be able to go one step further and join the cabinet smoothly like Hu Zongxian!"

After that, Zhao Zhenji restrained his mind and methodically dealt with the official documents sent by the officials of the Governor's Mansion in front of him. (End of chapter)