I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 276 Xu Jie Plans to Play in Person
"Wh...what, Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge of the cabinet, at the same time, recommend this humble minister to Your Majesty!"

After hearing Jiajing's words, Gu Yan couldn't hide the horror on his face.

"Well, yes, I heard that you are smart and capable, and you are extremely good at controlling your subordinates."

"Therefore, I intend to entrust you with the task of leading the fleet to sail around the world."

"I wonder if Aiqing is willing to share my worries?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he looked away from Gu Yan and said slowly.

But up to this moment, Gu Yan hadn't reacted yet, his whole body was still dizzy, what happened before his eyes was too dreamy for him.

Before that, I was obviously still working in the navy of the imperial court, how could I suddenly be valued by the chief minister of the cabinet and the second minister of the cabinet at the same time, and recommended to the emperor.

And even though Jiajing's tone was exceptionally peaceful, Gu Yan still heard a trace of indisputable meaning from it.

"If I refuse, I will definitely end up miserable!"

Gu Yan thought so, then knelt down on the ground with a 'plop', and said in a deep voice.

"Report to Your Majesty, I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty!"

"Well, not bad."

After hearing Gu Yan's answer, Jiajing nodded, and then glanced at Lu Fang who was aside.

The latter also quickly indicated that he would immediately come to the desk and bring the map drawn by Jiajing to Gu Yan.

"Your Majesty, you are..."

Gu Yan looked at the map in front of him, his face was full of puzzlement.

"This is the road you will go through next."

"In addition, I want you to find two things. The specific appearance, I have already drawn on the back of this map."

Seeing this, Jiajing looked away from Gu Yan, and then slowly explained.

After hearing this, Gu Yan put his eyes on the map in front of him, and saw that the markings on it were extremely detailed. When he turned the map over, he could still see two things drawn on it.

"It says corn and sweet potatoes..."

After carefully browsing the contents on the map, Gu Yan forcibly suppressed the horror in his heart, and immediately plucked up the courage to ask.

"Your Majesty, you want me to follow this route, and after completing the circumnavigation, stop by this place and find the two things you marked on the map, right?"

Jiajing nodded immediately after listening to Gu Yan's question, and responded.

"Well, that's right, besides completing the circumnavigation, your task on this trip is to find these two crops for me, Ming!"

"In addition, in this process, you can also carry out trade, and the profits you get, except for the part that must be handed over to the court, you can keep the rest for yourself."

"Every time I go to a place, I will record all the local customs, hydrological conditions, etc., and it will be of great use at that time!"

"do you understand?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, his mouth felt parched, and he picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.

"My minister is willing to lay down the ground for His Majesty, and I will not hesitate to die!"

Seeing the emperor's order, Gu Yan's face was full of excitement, and Dang even chose to kneel on the ground to thank the emperor for his kindness.

Jiajing had a panoramic view of the expression on Gu Yan's face, then chuckled lightly, and continued to add.

"After the renovation of the treasure ship is completed, you can directly lead the fleet to set off!"

"Whatever you need, just ask for it."

"If you can successfully bring the seeds of these two crops back to Daming, I will reward you a lot!"

Seeing that the emperor entrusted him with such an important errand, Gu Yan's expression froze, and he immediately responded in a deep voice.

"This humble minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's great trust!"

"Well, yes, you take this map down!"

"Go to the city to find a few craftsmen, and then copy a few of them. I don't want to make any mistakes in this, understand?"

Jiajing looked away from Gu Yan, and then followed up with instructions.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey!"

After Gu Yan responded, he respectfully took the map drawn by the emperor himself from Lu Fang's hand.

After Gu Yan put away the map carefully, Jiajing waved his hand and said so.

"Okay, there are only so many things I want to order, you go down!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

Before you know it, it's time to go down.

I saw Yan Song, Yan Shifan, father and son, one behind the other, walking towards the direction where their sedan chairs were parked.

"Father, what do you mean by what you just said?"

"Your Majesty, let us design a flag that can represent my Ming dynasty?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Yan Shifan immediately lowered his voice and asked Yan Song.

"Well, not only that, His Majesty also stipulated that the design of the flag must include the theme of both the day and the month."

"This matter will be discussed at the next cabinet meeting!"

Yan Song sighed helplessly and responded like this.

"Both the day and the month..."

On the other hand, Yan Shifan seemed to have realized something after listening to Yan Song's words. His brows were tightly frowned, and his pace also slowed down unknowingly.

When Yan Song saw this, he didn't say anything to disturb him, but stopped and waited in place.

After a long time, Yan Shifan slapped his thigh suddenly, with an inexplicable gleam in his eyes, and said excitedly.

"Father, my son already has some ideas about designing the flag."

"When I get home after a while, I will invite a painter to come and turn the ideas in my mind into reality!"

Seeing his son's excited appearance, Yan Song just nodded slightly, and then encouraged him.

"Forget it, since you already have some clues about this matter, let's go ahead and do it."

"Thank you father!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he responded immediately.

Afterwards, Yan Shifan followed the steps of his father Yan Song with three steps and two steps in parallel. The father and son quickly returned to Yan's mansion in their respective sedan chairs.

……

On the other side, Xu Jie also summoned everyone to Prince Yu's Mansion to discuss the next countermeasures together after the appointment.

In the study, looking at the people caught in the dispute, Yu Wang Zhu Zaixi's face was full of worry. He wanted to step forward to stop the dispute, but he felt unable to do so.

"Earlier, Yan Song proposed in front of His Majesty that the new cannons that are about to be developed by the Weapons Department should be installed on the treasure ship!"

"Yan Song, this old fox, must have no good intentions! If my guess is correct, he must want to embezzle the money used to transform the treasure ship."

Seeing Xu Jie flicking his sleeves violently, he said coldly.

"But, Mr. Xu Ge, we are currently short of manpower!"

"Most of the people are busy sorting out the files in Fujian, and they really can't spare themselves to deal with this matter."

Gao Gong on the side saw this, his face was full of helplessness, and he immediately explained.

"Should we just watch helplessly, Yan Party greedy for this money?"

Xu Jie didn't care about Gao Gong's explanation, but stepped forward and questioned.

"Mr. Xu Ge, Mr. Gao Ge is right. Right now we are indeed short of manpower, and we cannot continue to follow up on this matter at all."

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng put down the teacup in his hand, followed by admonition.

"Oh, forget it, I will personally follow up on this matter, so leave it alone!"

"You just need to concentrate on solving the affairs in front of you."

After a long time, Xu Jie sighed helplessly and said slowly.

(End of this chapter)