I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 90 Strength Breakthrough
"Has the exact number been counted?"

Hu Zongxian turned to sit at the head, picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and asked.

"My lord governor, the specific amount has been counted out. It is 890 million taels of silver in total. There are countless other items such as fields, mansions, antiques, etc., and 580 taels were copied from the Zhang family alone. Ten thousand taels of silver! Here is the detailed list." After Qi Jiguang finished speaking, he took out a booklet from his pocket, which recorded the income in detail.

Hu Zongxian took the booklet from Qi Jiguang's hand, flipped through it roughly, put it aside, and said in a deep voice: "These moths, last year my Daming tax was only 3000 taels, so much money is equivalent to Half a year's income of the imperial court!"

Immediately afterwards, Hu Zongxian turned his gaze to Qi Jiguang, and said softly: "You have done a good job in this matter, and I will make it clear in the memorial!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang quickly bowed to salute, with an excited expression on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Governor!"

"Well, well, you go down!"

"Yes, I will leave at the end."

After Qi Jiguang left, Hu Zongxian spread out the pen and paper, and began to write a memorial to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the specific amount has been counted out, a total of 890 taels of silver, and the rest of the fields, mansions, antiques, etc. are not counted. In addition, the total amount of taels obtained this time is more than 3000 million taels! In addition, Qi Jiguang, the general under this minister, has contributed the most in this operation. The matter is very important, and please send Jin Yiwei to assist His Majesty!"

After the ink on the paper was dry, Hu Zongxian summoned his personal guards, and said in a deep voice, "The face is presented to His Majesty, without delay."

"Yes!"

……

At night, the Forbidden City, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Jiajing sat cross-legged on the futon, breathing evenly, and the essence of the world also resonated with him as he exhaled. All the energy was absorbed by Jiajing!
And Jiajing's complexion became more rosy, and his skin became as warm and fair as suet jade. The lavender mana in his body traveled through the meridians all over his body, and an aura gradually emanated from Jiajing's body.

Gradually, Jiajing's whole body was wrapped in lavender flames, and these flames were composed of the mana in his body, which did not cause any harm to him. Jiajing only felt that the whole person had entered an inexplicable state, and he was blocked before. The threshold in front of him has also been crossed unknowingly, and Jiajing has broken through to the third level of refining Qi!

Looking at the situation in his body, Jiajing couldn't help being overjoyed, the mana of the cyclone in his dantian had increased a lot compared to before!And the increase in mana means that at least it won't be like before, where it will collapse after using a few more lightning methods.

Jiajing casually pinched a thunderbolt, wanting to try its power, only to hear 'Boom boom boom! There was a muffled sound, and the night sky that was originally extremely clear and still dotted with stars suddenly darkened, and thunder rolled.

Seeing this, Jiajing quickly withdrew his mana.

And Lu Fang has been waiting outside the hall, looking at the sudden change in the weather, she couldn't help being surprised and said: "The weather in the capital is so strange recently, why is it thundering every now and then?"

After thinking for a while, Lu Fang put aside the messy thoughts in her mind and walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Jiajing was still awake so late, Lu Fang couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"I'm fine, I just don't feel sleepy for the time being, do you have any news to tell me?" Jiajing sat on the dragon chair, caressing the dragon head carved on the dragon chair casually.

"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, Jin Yiwei has already conducted an investigation on those who impeached Hu Zongxian. Here is the list. Please have a look at it!" Lu Fang said, knelt down on the ground, and held the list high. The top of the head, with a respectful look.

"Forget it, put it away, I won't read the list!" Jiajing waved his hand casually and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Fang said, and put away the list.

"I can't sleep, walk with me."

"The slaves obey."

……

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the news that Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet, personally impeached Hu Zongxian to the emperor quickly spread.

"Hey, have you heard? Xu Jie, the cabinet secretary, personally impeached Hu Zongxian?"

"Hmph, what Hu Zongxian has done right now can be regarded as arousing public outrage! I heard that there is almost no room for the papers from Mr. Zhao, the supervisory censor."

"What do you know? Hu Zongxian is a student of Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet. As his teacher, can Yan Song stay out of the matter? I heard that he has already secretly greeted..."

"Oh, really?"

……

In Yan's mansion in the early morning, Yan Song and Yan Shifan were also unavoidable, and the father and son discussed this matter.

"Father, why do you think Xu Jie made such a foolish move? He clearly knows that Hu Zongxian is being favored by His Majesty..." After Yan Shifan finished speaking, the maid beside him peeled a grape and put it into Yan Shifan's mouth.

"Well, there is nothing Xu Jie can do. The memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian, he can get it, and he can get it if he doesn't!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he took the ginseng tea from the maid at the side and rinsed his mouth.

"Why?" Yan Shifan was quite puzzled by this.

"What do you think the Xu family relied on to make their fortune? He is conveying an attitude to those behind him." Yan Song didn't answer, but made a point.

"Father, what do you mean to say that the Xu family is also involved in the smuggling along the coast! This is..." Yan Shifan was shocked when he heard what his father said.

"His Xu family is not only involved in the smuggling along the coast, but also the biggest backstage of those smuggling families!" Yan Song became angry as he spoke, pointing at Yan Shifan's nose and cursing.

"You idiot! You don't know what everyone in the civil and military courts knows. How many times have I told you to stop running to your concubine's room every day and let you know more about it? Listen, you have to piss me off..."

"Father, it's not that the child doesn't know, but..." Seeing his father getting angry, Yan Shifan hurriedly explained.

……

Soon it was time for the cabinet meeting, but today Xu Jie was frowning and fidgeting.

"His Majesty is here!"

With a shrill voice, Jiajing led Lu Fang into the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, my ministers, long live my emperor!" Everyone bowed and saluted when they saw the emperor coming in.

But Jiajing just glanced over the crowd and said calmly: "Get up."

After Xu Jie got up, everyone realized that Xu Jie was trembling unceasingly, and beads of sweat kept dripping from his forehead.

"Old Xu Ge, this is not the first time for you to attend a cabinet meeting. Why are you so nervous?" Jiajing asked with interest after seeing Xu Jie's gesture after sitting in his seat.

Hearing the emperor's words, Xu Jie trembled even more. Just last night, he received the news that the people who had previously participated in the impeachment of Hu Zongxian were ransacked by Jin Yiwei and taken to prison for investigation!

If Jin Yiwei makes a move, even if you have no problems, he will have to find out some problems for you. In addition, those people’s buttocks are not clean. Severe punishment!
Thinking of this, Xu Jie knelt down with a 'plop', and said with tears running down his face: "I report to Your Majesty, I am guilty of a crime, and I should not have given that memorial! Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Hearing Xu Jie's words, Jiajing secretly thought it was funny, but at the same time, his face showed a blank expression: "What memorial? I didn't receive it? Did Xu Aiqing hand me the memorial?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Lu Fang who was aside. Lu Fang also understood immediately, coughed twice, and explained: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? At that time, you were not feeling well, and this servant did not send Xu Ge to you. It is the servant's fault that the old memorandum is handed over to you, so please punish me!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she knelt down on the ground.

"Oh, that's all, I think you are the first offender, so I will forgive you this time." After Jiajing finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling Lu Fang to get up.

"Then since I didn't look at it, and Mr. Xu Ge said he made a mistake, then take it back." Jiajing then turned his gaze to Xu Jie who was kneeling on the ground, and said calmly.

"Thank you for your majesty's grace, and I hope your majesty will take good care of the dragon body!" Xu Jie heard what the emperor said, but he didn't know that it was the emperor letting him go, and then thanked him.

"I hope Your Majesty will take good care of the dragon's body!" After Xu Jie passed, the rest of the officials also knelt down and said respectfully.

(End of this chapter)