I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 157 He Maocai's Suggestion
Soon, Hai Rui and Ma Ningyuan came to the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang Province one after another.

In the Governor's Mansion, Hu Zongxian was dealing with the official duties of the day when he suddenly heard a report from his subordinates.

"Report to the governor, your student Ma Ningyuan and Hai Rui, the magistrate of Chun'an county, are seeking an audience outside!"

"Oh, let them come in." Hu Zongxian nodded and ordered.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

The subordinate took the order, then left quickly, and put Ma Ningyuan and Hai Rui into the Governor's Mansion.

Hu Zongxian sighed, put down the brush in his hand, and then walked to the meeting hall.

"What do you two want to do with me?"

Hu Zongxian sat at the head, picked up the teacup at the side, and took a sip.

"Teacher, I..."

Seeing Hu Zongxian's questioning, Ma Ningyuan had no choice but to reply falteringly.

"It's better to be an official to speak for Ma Zhifu."

Seeing this, Hai Rui glanced at Ma Ningyuan, and then said.

"Well, well, it's up to you."

Hu Zongxian put down the teacup in his hand and said loudly.

"Report to the governor, the matter is like this..."

Seeing this, Hai Rui confessed everything that happened in Wangjia Village.

After hearing Hai Rui's report, Hu Zongxian's face turned ashen, and then he turned his gaze to Ma Ningyuan who was aside, and asked in a deep voice, "Did you do this?"

"Teacher, I just want to..."

Seeing that the expression on Hu Zongxian's face was not right, Ma Ningyuan was about to explain, but was interrupted by Hu Zongxian.

"You bastard! How did I teach you before? What do you think of ordinary people! Huh?"

Then there was a crisp sound of 'bang', and Hu Zongxian smashed the teacup beside him to pieces!
Seeing this, Ma Ningyuan on the side also knew that he had done something wrong, so he knelt down on the ground and pleaded guilty to Hu Zongxian: "Teacher, this is a student who did something wrong. It doesn't matter how you want to punish me. Don't be angry. Body."

"I, Hu Zongxian, don't have a student like you, so get the hell out of here! Deal with the matter you caused yourself."

After Hu Zongxian finished speaking, he turned his back angrily, as if unwilling to talk anymore.

"Teacher, I..." Ma Ningyuan hesitated for a long time, but did not say a word.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Ningyuan kowtowed his head three times to the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Teacher, since I provoked this matter, it should be settled by me, and I will go to the inspector's office."

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, before Hu Zongxian had any reaction, he turned and left.

"Ugh!"

After Ma Ningyuan left, Hu Zongxian turned around and sighed helplessly.

"Hai Rui, you should leave as well. I still have work to do!"

"Yes, my lord governor, I will retire now."

After slightly bowing to Hu Zongxian, Hai Rui left the Governor's Mansion.

……

Ma Ningyuan didn't break his promise either. After coming out of the governor's mansion, he went straight to the inspector.

After a while, Ma Ningyuan finally arrived at the Procuratorate. The guard at the gate saw that it was Ma Ningyuan, the magistrate of Hangzhou, and he couldn't help but speak in a respectful tone: "Master Zhifu, please wait a moment, and I will report to my lord right now!"

After finishing speaking, he hurried into the yamen and reported to He Maocai.

At this time, He Maocai was dozing off on the desk. Seeing a report from his subordinates, saying that Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, had come to visit, he immediately wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and ordered: "Let him wait in the living room first. arrive."

"Yes, Master Inspector! This subordinate will inform him immediately."

After the guard finished speaking, he left quickly.

"Master Zhifu, my lord asks you to go to the waiting room and wait for a while, he will be there soon!"

"Well, the officer knows, let's lead the way."

Ma Ningyuan nodded and ordered.

"Master Zhifu, please."

Under the leadership of the guard, Ma Ningyuan came to the waiting room of the Inspector General and waited.

As soon as Ma Ningyuan sat down, a small official came forward and brought him a cup of good Longjing.

After a while, I saw He Maocai walking out with a smile on his face, and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ma, just now I am correcting the official document. If there is any place where the hospitality is not good, please bear with me!"

"Where is it, I am coming to visit suddenly, please trouble Mr. He!"

Ma Ningyuan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and responded.

"Master Ma, what's the matter? What's the matter? If you have anything to say, you can tell me."

And He Maocai also saw that Ma Ningyuan's mood was not right at this time, so he quickly comforted him.

"Oh, Mr. He, the thing is like this..."

After Ma Ningyuan sighed, he told the whole story.

"Hey, I thought it was a big deal, didn't it just kill a few unscrupulous people? If you want me to tell you, these unscrupulous people should be dealt with severely!"

"Don't worry, you are the Governor's student, what he just said was just angry words, you don't have to take it to heart."

After listening to Ma Ningyuan's narration, He Maocai patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.

"However, I will teach you a method that will definitely bring these unruly people into obedience!"

"Oh, what way?"

Hearing He Maocai's words, Ma Ningyuan became interested in an instant.

"If these unscrupulous people are unwilling to change rice into mulberry, then they will be fined, severely punished! After a while, it will be time to collect land taxes. At that time, you will separate these unscrupulous people who do not want to change rice to mulberry. Put on a list and collect double the tax from them."

"You don't have to come forward in person about this matter, just hand over the list to the officials in charge of tax collection. They know how to deal with this matter."

"Let me tell you, these officials responsible for collecting taxes have a lot of tricks! Will they be able to deal with these unruly people at that time? Even the transformation of rice into mulberry can be carried out smoothly."

After He Maocai finished speaking, his mouth felt parched, and he immediately picked up the kettle on the side, poured himself a cup of cold white water, and drank it all in one gulp.

"How about it?"

After He Maocai put down the cup, he raised his eyebrows, waiting for Ma Ningyuan's evaluation.

"This method is wonderful, thank you Master He for your guidance!"

After hearing He Maocai's plan, Ma Ningyuan slapped his thigh suddenly and said excitedly.

"Everywhere, we are all colleagues, and we should help each other!"

Seeing that his strategy was recognized, He Maocai couldn't help feeling a sense of pride in his heart, and responded with a smile.

……

At night, in the capital, at the home of Li Chunfang, Minister of Rites.

"My dear, what's the matter? Since you came back today, you have been frowning. What happened?"

Li Chunfang's wife brought him refreshments. Seeing that her husband was so worried, she couldn't help asking.

"Didn't the home of eight officials be raided by the East Factory without any warning?"

"Yeah, I know about this, what's wrong?"

After listening to Li Chunfang's wife, she didn't notice anything wrong.

"Hey, you don't know. Today, Mr. Yan Ge announced in front of everyone that the officials whose homes were raided by Dongchang were all criminals, and they deserve to die in this fate!"

"And these officials have all visited our house before this. Do you think it is His Majesty's side..."

Li Chunfang thought for a long time, and finally put forward her conjecture to his wife.

"I don't know anything about the officialdom! But I know that as long as your beloved is sincere and not greedy for money, you will definitely not fall into this situation."

"Well, what you said, my husband will remember."

After Li Chunfang finished speaking, she hugged his wife in his arms and said softly.

(End of this chapter)