I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 180 The Emperor Already Knows Everything

After Hai Rui handed over the dossier, a few more days passed, and after traveling day and night, the former Jin Yiwei finally sent him to the capital.

The Forbidden City, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Jiajing put on his gown under the close-fitting eunuch's clothes, and then Lu Fang walked in with silent steps.

"Lu Fang, come and see for me, does this robe fit?"

Seeing Lu Fang coming in, Jiajing asked.

"Fit, fit, your majesty will fit everything."

After hearing what Jiajing said, Lu Fang complimented her.

"Okay, how did you do what I asked you to do earlier?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he sat straight on the dragon chair, covered the carved dragon heads on both sides of the dragon chair with his hands, and rubbed them carefully. An indescribable majesty emanated from Jiajing's body.

Seeing the emperor mentioning this matter, Lu Fang knelt down on the ground immediately, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, before this, the servant girl got the news that the Jinyiwei sent to Zhejiang has already found out the truth of the matter!"

"Counting the days, today should be here soon."

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she added another sentence.

"Well, you did a good job on this matter! I would like to see if the tax reduction and exemption for the people by the imperial court has been implemented for so many years?"

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and said calmly.

Sensing Jiajing's gaze, Lu Fang's whole body trembled slightly. For some reason, His Majesty's power became more and more powerful!

Sometimes just a look in the eyes can frighten people, making them dare not have any thoughts.

"Come on, Lu Fang, play chess with me, and wait for the news by the way!"

Jiajing looked away from Lu Fang and ordered.

"Slave, obey!"

Noticing that the emperor's gaze was removed from her body, Lu Fang only felt that the whole person was much more relaxed.

After Jiajing ordered, the eunuchs on the side had already set up the chessboard.

"Lu Fang, come and sit down."

Jiajing pointed to the position opposite him, and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Fang didn't refuse, and sat down directly opposite Jiajing.

"By the way, nothing happened in the capital recently, right?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he only heard a 'click', and dropped the black chess in his hand onto the board.

"Your Majesty, these days, the officials in the capital have been keeping their heads down! I don't know if they were frightened by the last time the Dongchang ransacked the house."

Seeing Jiajing's question, Lu Fang put the white chess in her hand on the board, and replied slowly.

"Hmph, how can this group of officials be safe! If you don't keep an eye on them, wouldn't the sky be turned upside down?"

After Jiajing listened to Lu Fang's answer, he chuckled and dropped the black chess in his hand onto the board.

After the two sides fought back and forth like this for dozens of rounds, there was a notification from the guards outside the hall.

"Report to Your Majesty, people have arrived."

After Jiajing heard the guard's announcement, he lost interest in playing chess, and threw the black chess in his hand into the chess basket, and said slowly.

"Okay, let's go down here for now!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A moment later, the previous Jinyiwei entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation under the leadership of a eunuch who was in charge of court etiquette.

I saw that as soon as he entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he knelt down on the ground and said respectfully as taught by the eunuch who was in charge of etiquette before the imperial court.

"My minister sees Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Well, get up."

Jiajing glanced at the visitor and said softly.

"Report to Your Majesty, here is the dossier to record the details!"

As the visitor spoke, he took out the file from his pocket and held it high above his head.

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang beside him, and the latter immediately understood, stepped forward, took the file from him, and handed it to Jiajing.

"Well, since the things have been delivered, you can go down and rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, a young eunuch stepped forward and took him down to rest.

Afterwards, Jiajing also opened the file in his hand and began to browse the contents carefully.

In the dossier, there is the content that Gao Hanwen sorted out earlier. The more Jiajing turned down, the more frowning his brows became. The dossier fell on the desk, angrily said.

"This group of insects, how dare they deceive me like this? The policy of reducing and exempting people's taxes promulgated by the imperial court has never been implemented!"

"And this group of insects still collect taxes according to the original amount! And the extra part goes into their own pockets!"

"My money!!!"

Seeing the emperor's anger, Lu Fang immediately knelt down on the ground, as if walking on thin ice, and comforted her: "I implore Your Majesty to calm down, don't get angry because of this matter."

"Lu Fang, go and call Zhao Zhenji to me right away!"

"Yes, the servant obeys!"

After receiving Jiajing's order, Lu Fang left quickly and went to the Inspector's Office.

……

In the Procuratorate, Zhao Zhenji, the supervisory censor, was processing the documents of the day, but unexpectedly heard a report from his subordinates, saying that it was Eunuch Lu, the supervisor of ceremonies, visiting!

As keen as Zhao Zhenji, she soon noticed something was wrong, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart: "Is there something serious going on?"

With such doubts in mind, Zhao Zhenji quickly led the officials of the Inspectorate to meet Lu Fang.

After Zhao Zhenji saw Lu Fang's figure, he quickly said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I have met Eunuch Lu!"

Unexpectedly, Lu Fang didn't mean to greet him, but said directly: "Lord Zhao, Your Majesty has something to do with you, so come with our house!"

"Please wait for a while, Eunuch Lu. The incident happened suddenly. After the next official has explained the rest of the affairs, I will go with Eunuch Lu to meet His Majesty!"

"No need, Mr. Zhao, let's talk about it when we come back."

Lu Fang glanced coldly at Zhao Zhenji, but did not agree to his request.

And Zhao Zhenji breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lu Fang's words.

Zhao Zhenji captured two pieces of information from Lu Fang's words. First, His Majesty didn't come after him, and he can return to serve in the Inspectorate in the future!Second, His Majesty is so eager, it must be because something important has happened!
"What happened to make His Majesty so anxious?"

Zhao Zhenji's thoughts were racing, and then followed Lu Fang's pace step by step.

……

"Your Majesty, Master Zhao has arrived!"

After Lu Fang brought Zhao Zhenji to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she stood beside Jiajing.

"Well, I see."

Jiajing nodded to Lu Fang and said softly.

"My minister, I greet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhao Zhenji knelt down on the ground and said respectfully to Jiajing.

"Well, get up, come, give me a seat for Mr. Zhao!"

Jiajing turned his gaze to Zhao Zhenji and said slowly.

"It's over, something must have happened! Your Majesty usually doesn't grant seats to people!"

With such a mood in mind, Zhao Zhenji sat on the seat brought by the eunuch beside him.

"Your Majesty, dare I ask you to tell me to come here, is there anything you want to tell me?"

Zhao Zhenji could no longer suppress her inner curiosity, and asked Jiajing.

"Well, I asked you to come here, there is indeed a very important thing I want you to do!"

"Lu Fang, show him something."

Jiajing glanced at Zhao Zhenji, and said this to Lu Fang who was beside him.

"The slaves obey."

Lu Fang responded, and then handed over the files on the desk to Zhao Zhenji.

But Zhao Zhenji looked at the file in his hand, but dared not open it for a long time, and asked instead.

"Your Majesty, this...is this?"

"Zhao Zhenji, where do you have so many questions? I'll let you see, so you can take a good look."

Jiajing glanced at Zhao Zhenji, his face was full of displeasure.

"Follow...obey, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that the emperor was already a little unhappy, Zhao Zhenji didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he opened the file and began to browse the contents above.

The content on the dossier was beyond Zhao Zhenji's expectations, and it was countless times worse than the worst that he had predicted before coming here!
The content in the dossier shows that the policy of reducing and exempting people's taxes promulgated by the imperial court in recent years has never been really implemented, and local officials still collect according to the original taxes.

"How did His Majesty know about this?"

This is what Zhao Zhenji was thinking at the moment.

(End of this chapter)