I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 91

"Alright, all of you are my humerus ministers of Ming Dynasty, get up quickly!"

Jiajing looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground and said softly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After the ministers finished speaking, they got up and sat down in their seats.

Jiajing then turned his gaze to Xu Jie and asked, "Old Xu Ge, how is the distribution of the supplies needed by the frontline soldiers?"

Xu Jie immediately got up from his seat, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, the military, food and grass, payment and bank departments needed by the officers and soldiers ahead are in the process of emergency deployment, and they must arrive in Zhejiang tomorrow. In addition, the household department has allocated an additional 150 Menfranc cannon!"

"Well, your household department will take care of you during this time, and don't make any mistakes!" Jiajing said calmly after listening to Xu Jie's report.

"Your Majesty must be devastated, and I will die!" Xu Jie said in a deep voice, and then returned to his seat.

"Zhang Juzheng, what's going on with the Ministry of War?" After Xu Jie finished asking, Jiajing turned to Zhang Juzheng and asked.

"Your Majesty, I have recently received a letter from Governor Hu. He hopes that our Ministry of War will send a navy to cut off the Japanese pirates' retreat. At present, I have approved this matter." Zhang Juzheng immediately went out to report to the emperor.

"Well, Yan Shifan, where are you?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials has issued all the personnel transfers!" Hearing the emperor's call, Yan Shifan followed closely and said in a deep voice.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have my own report!" Yan Song, who had always been there, suddenly stood up and said.

"speak."

"Your Majesty, when you said at the court meeting last time that you wanted to rectify the administration of officials, I made my own claim and cleaned up a large number of officials recently. Here is the list, please have a look!"

As Yan Song said, he raised the memorial in his hand high above his head. Seeing this, Lu Fang beside Jiajing quickly took the memorial from Yan Song and passed it to the emperor.

"This Yan Song is really ruthless!" Seeing this, Gao Gong couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Everyone present knew that all the people on this list were hard-core members of the strict party, but Yan Song was able to be ruthless and clear them all!Ask yourself, if they were placed in Yan Song's position, they would definitely not be able to do such a cruel thing.

Jiajing took the list from Lu Fang and browsed through it a few times. The first name on the memo was the governor of Kaifeng. He was impeached by his subordinates for accepting bribes and hiring assassins to kill people. After verification, he was sentenced to death. All property confiscated!
Jiajing just glanced at it briefly and then lost interest. He put it aside and said in a deep voice, "Well, my husband Yan Ge is loyal to the country and works hard. He did a good job. Insects like this should have been eliminated long ago." !"

"The humble minister just did what the humble minister should do." Yan Song bowed, his face full of humility.

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After the cabinet meeting was over, Jiajing returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and continued to try to build the spirit-gathering array. Through the part of the text translated by Li Lisheng's master and apprentice, coupled with Jiajing's painstaking research, the formation of the array can already be said. It's the first glimpse of the way, at least it won't be built once and fried once like before.

"Calm your mind and drive out distracting thoughts!" Jiajing forced himself to calm down, and began to build the Spirit Gathering Formation that was recorded in that book.

According to the explanation in the book, Jiajing slowly injected mana. At first, the lavender mana gathered into a singular point, and then the mana gathered at one point quickly spread out and turned into countless lavender silk threads. Under Jiajing's control, an obscure formation gradually formed. After the formation was completed, it gradually expanded to cover the entire Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Successful!" Seeing this, Jiajing was overjoyed. Just as he was about to take out the spirit stone from the storage bag and put it in the eye of the formation, the formation that had been built before collapsed and disillusioned in front of him.

"Failed again, the 130th eighth time." Jiajing sighed helplessly, and had no intention of continuing to build the spirit gathering array.

At this moment, Lu Fang's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, this is Hu Zongxian's memorial to you!"

"Bring it in." After Jiajing finished speaking, he picked up the teapot beside him and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Fang said, then pushed open the door, walked quickly to Jiajing's side, and handed the memorial to the emperor.

Jiajing slowly opened the memorial, and after seeing the content on it, he couldn't help taking a breath: "Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-two thousand taels! There are also fields, mansions, and antiques?"

"Your Majesty?" Seeing that the emperor was so surprised, Lu Fang was also curious about the contents of the memorial.

"Look at it for yourself." After Jiajing finished speaking, he handed over the memorial to Lu Fang, and when Lu Fang saw the numbers above, her pupils shrank suddenly, and then she knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, this is really a blessing!"

"Hmph, 890 taels, and counting the remaining fields, mansions, etc., 3000 taels is more than enough. Last year, the imperial court's taxes were only 3000 taels! If I suck blood from my Da Ming, I will kill them all sooner or later." Jiajing said with a gloomy face, word by word.

"Smuggling alone can make so much money. If the sea ban is lifted, wouldn't the court be able to collect more? Lu Fang, you say, should I open the sea?" Jiajing said, turning his gaze to Lu Fang , quietly waiting for his answer.

At this time, Lu Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, fell into an ice cellar. He knew that if he could not answer this question well, it would be a trivial matter to offend His Majesty, and it might even cost his life!

After thinking for a while, Lu Fang quickly organized her words, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this servant agrees to lift the sea ban. This move is beneficial to both the court and the common people!"

"After the sea ban is lifted, the imperial court can collect a fixed tax on ships going out to sea, which can greatly relieve financial pressure, and at the same time, residents on the seaside can also go to sea to make a living. As long as the people have a bite to eat, they will not think about causing trouble! The pirate infestation along the coast can also be completely eradicated, which is a great thing that benefits both the country and the people, but..."

As Lu Fang spoke, hesitation appeared on his face. Seeing this, Jiajing couldn't help urging: "Just what? Don't fool me!"

"It's just that it's not a good time to lift the sea ban. There are frequent occurrences of pirates along the coast right now. If the sea ban is lifted rashly, the gain may not be worth the loss! Not only will the court not be able to collect any taxes, but it will further deteriorate the law and order near the coast."

After Lu Fang finished speaking tremblingly, her back was already wet with cold sweat.

"You, you, you have the same idea as Mr. Yan Ge." After listening to Lu Fang's words, Jiajing said lightly.

"I don't dare, my servant just said what I said from the bottom of my heart, I hope Your Majesty will see clearly!" Lu Fang heard what Jiajing said, and kowtowed on the ground to plead guilty.

"Get up, I don't mean to blame you, I understand what you said! I just feel displeased with this group of moths lying on my body and sucking blood."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for your boldness. If we only want to wipe out the Japanese pirates in Fujian, the imperial court only needs to send 4000 people! Now Zhejiang is recruiting elite soldiers from various guards, and the number of soldiers has reached as many as 1." , and also used Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun and other generals."

"I think you can't kill a chicken with a butcher's knife, or do you want to say, Your Majesty..."

At this moment, an extremely terrifying conjecture suddenly emerged in Lu Fang's mind. Could it be that His Majesty wants to use the excuse of the Japanese suppression to clean up all the powerful gentry forces along the coast.

Lu Fang raised her head abruptly, only to see Jiajing looking at herself with a playful expression.

"Now that you know, then shut your mouth and stop talking nonsense." Jiajing said, caressing the dragon head carved on the dragon chair.

"Yes, this servant knows, this servant will definitely rot this matter forever!" Lu Fang was frightened and kowtowed like garlic.

"By the way, later you will inform Jin Yiwei to send someone to Zhejiang to transport the money back to the treasury."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)