I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Nowadays, all the civil and military officials in the court are deeply disturbed by the case that happened at the Songjiang Prefecture's Qianhu Office.

Many of them all bet their chips on Xu Jie.

In their view, Yan Song suffered from "dementia" and was unable to sort out political affairs, and was ill at home for a month. It was a natural thing for Xu Jie, the second minister of the cabinet, to succeed Yan Song as the new chief minister of the cabinet.

What's more, in the previous negotiations with the Chahar envoys, Xu Jie proved that he could shoulder the responsibility of the chief minister of the cabinet.

Both the government and the public were waiting for Xu Jie to formally ascend the throne and request the emperor to remove Yan Song from his position as chief minister of the cabinet.

But before everyone could wait for the memorial requesting Yan Song's dismissal from office, the case at the Qianhu Office of the Songjiang Prefecture came to light, and was brought to the emperor by Hai Rui, the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate.

After the emperor learned the whole story, Long Yan was furious and immediately ordered the case to be remanded for retrial. He appointed Hai Rui as the imperial envoy and rushed to Songjiang Mansion to thoroughly investigate the case.

At present, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xu Jie is dead. As the second assistant of the cabinet, Xu Jie will definitely be involved in the family.

Many officials in the court were actually aware of the things done by the family behind Xu Jie.

But the vast majority of people have chosen to turn a blind eye. Matters such as annexing land and participating in smuggling can only be regarded as commonplace because everyone is doing it secretly.

Moreover, for Xu Jie, the second minister of the cabinet, it was too late for everyone to rush to curry favor with him, so how could they offend Xu Jie for such a trivial matter?
But there is no need to smuggle now. As long as you have a sea trade certificate issued by the court, you can participate in sea trade reasonably and legally.

When transporting goods, you only need to pay a sum of silver ranging from a few thousand taels to ten thousand taels to be escorted by the imperial navy. After excluding the cost, you can make a large net profit.

Even if you no longer want to participate in sea trade, you can still choose to sell the sea trade certificate. After the buyer and seller agree on the price, they will go to the Sea Trade Department in the capital to change their name and re-register.

However, so far, no sea trade certificates have been sold.

Therefore, the maritime trade certificates issued by the Maritime Trade Department are still at the stage of having a price but no market.

After seeing how profitable sea trade was, many powerful families wanted to get involved, including families with high-ranking officials and nobles.

At present, there are only two ways to obtain sea trade certificates, one is to obtain them through auctions and complete fifty times of transporting supplies for the imperial court, and the other is to obtain sea trade certificates free of charge from the Sea Trade Department.

This part of the vouchers issued free of charge, outside of normal trade, must follow the relevant instructions of the court.

People who can obtain sea trade certificates issued free of charge by the Sea Trade Department can only be regarded as rare in the Ming Dynasty, and they need to go through layers of checks. Even the eighth generation of your ancestors must be clearly checked and registered.

Currently, those with connections are asking around when the imperial court will hold an auction to auction maritime trade certificates. Those with no connections can only create caravans and honestly complete the task of transporting supplies for the court.

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Jiajing was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the report from Lu Fang.

"Your Majesty, Hai Rui has officially set off for Songjiang Prefecture."

"Yes, I understand."

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, the expression on his face did not change much. He just nodded and spoke in agreement.

Then, a trace of hesitation flashed across Lu Fang's face. She lowered her head and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, in addition, I have also received some news. I don't know whether to tell it or not."

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, he raised his eyebrows, glanced over Lu Fang's body, and said: "I don't need to worry about anything here, but it doesn't matter."

Jiajing's words undoubtedly gave Lu Fang reassurance. After organizing the words in his mind, he told everything he knew about the situation.

"Your Majesty, I got the news that Mr. Gao Ge and Mr. Zhang Ge came to visit Mr. Hu Ge. They didn't know what they talked about. After that, Mr. Hu Ge went to Hai Rui's house in person. ”

"This Gao Gong is so perceptive, he actually sensed an opportunity so quickly!"

After Jiajing listened to Lu Fang's report, the expression on his face did not change much. He just gently stroked the carved dragon head on the dragon chair with his hand and said with emotion.

When Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, heard this, his pupils suddenly shrank, a look of shock flashed across his face, and he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you mean, Gao Ge's old plan..."

When Jiajing heard this, he glanced at Lu Fang quite indifferently, and explained in an unhurried manner: "Before this, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng relied on Xu Jie, which was nothing more than hiding their capabilities and biding their time, accumulating strength in secret."

"Now that they are full-fledged, there is no need to be controlled by Xu Jie anymore."

When Jiajing said this, he paused for a moment and then added: "Lü Fang, you might as well imagine how long Gao Gong would have to wait if Xu Jie was allowed to take the position of chief minister of the cabinet. ?”

"Right now, the chief minister of the cabinet is suffering from "dementia" and is unable to sort out political affairs, while the second minister of the cabinet is in jail and cannot protect himself. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is placed in front of Gao Gong. Anyone else would be excited. ”

"Gao Gong, like Zhang Juzheng, is a man of great determination, perseverance, fearless of hardships and perseverance, and I couldn't be more relieved that they will carry out the reform."

"If they don't have enough scheming and means, how can they defeat those courtiers, Lu Fang, don't you think so?"

When Jiajing finished speaking, Lu Fang's face was filled with a sincere expression. She leaned down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

……

Night falls, in the Forbidden City, in the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Today, it is still Feng Bao's turn to be on duty, and the orange candlelight in the room vaguely reflects Feng Bao's figure.

At this time, Feng Bao was holding a red pen and was particularly focused on criticizing the memorial sent from the cabinet.

At this moment, Feng Bao felt a figure appear in front of him, blocking the light.

Just when Feng Bao raised his head to see who was so short-sighted, he suddenly discovered that the person standing in front of him was none other than his godfather, Lu Fang, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.

Seeing that the person coming was Lu Fang, Feng Bao quickly swallowed back the words he had not yet spoken.

At this time, Lu Fang had a warm smile on her face, and behind Lu Fang, there were two little eunuchs holding food boxes.

Then, a look of panic flashed across Feng Bao's face. He quickly stood up from his seat and saluted Lu Fang respectfully: "My child has met his godfather!"

Hearing this, Lu Fang glanced at Feng Bao and asked with concern: "Why, is it your turn to be on duty again today?"

"Yes, godfather, it is indeed the child's turn to be on duty today!"

When Feng Bao heard what Lu Fang said, he immediately lowered his head and responded without thinking.

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang immediately stepped forward, stretched out her skinny hand, gently stroked Feng Bao's head, and said slowly with a tone full of blame.

"You, you, my godfather told you before to pay more attention to your health and not to overwork yourself."

"My godfather brought you some food, please use some!"

As soon as Lu Fang finished speaking, two young eunuchs carrying food boxes behind him came forward and took out the steaming meals one by one from the food boxes.

Looking at the delicious, delicious and steaming food in front of him, Feng Baodun felt hungry in his belly. With a look of gratitude on his face, he looked in the direction of Lu Fang and said respectfully.

"Thank you godfather!"

"Well, you use it first. When you're done, your godfather has something to tell you!"

Lu Fang took in the expression on Feng Bao's face, nodded, and gave instructions.

"Yes, godfather!"

Although he was very curious about what Lu Fang was going to explain next, Feng Bao still forced it down, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and ate hungrily in front of Lu Fang.

Lu Fang looked at Feng Bao's unscrupulous eating look, and the expression on her face gradually softened.

"Godfather, the baby is ready."

After rinsing his mouth with the tea in the cup, Feng Bao looked in the direction of Lu Fang, leaned down and said respectfully.

When the two young eunuchs saw this, they immediately stepped forward and put the remaining meals back into the food boxes. After bowing to Lu Fang, they left the ceremonial supervisor.

After the two young eunuchs left, Lu Fang pointed to the empty seat beside her and said, "Sit down!"

"Yes, godfather!"

When Feng Bao heard Lu Fang's words, he immediately looked stern and responded in a deep voice.

At this time, Feng Bao was not as calm as he seemed on the surface. This could be seen from his slightly trembling hands hidden in his sleeves.

Feng Bao had a vague intuition that Lu Fang's next words were extremely important to him.

Because of this, Feng Bao seemed a little restless at this time.

……

After Lu Fang looked Feng Bao up and down, he spoke slowly: "Feng Bao, my godfather has been cultivating you as his heir, and it has been almost a year since you entered the ceremonial department. one Year."

When Lu Fang said this, her face was full of emotion, and she said to herself: "Even Eunuch Shi has left the palace. I really don't know how he is doing now. I think back then..."

After a few words of emotion, Lu Fang came back to her senses, shook her head, and brought the topic back on track: "My godfather has taken note of your performance over the past year."

"My godfather is old and his health is getting worse day by day. You can make your own decisions on some things. You don't need to ask your godfather anymore." After Lu Fang finished speaking, a look of loneliness flashed across his face.

Perhaps because the news was so shocking, Feng Bao's brain fell into a state of shutdown.

In Feng Bao's view, what Lu Fang wanted to express couldn't be more obvious, which was to transfer some power to himself and start the handover.

After calming down, Feng Bao's first reaction was whether Lu Fang was testing himself on this matter.

Thinking of this, Feng Bao had a look of panic on his face. He immediately stood up from his seat, knelt down on the ground with a thump, and said respectfully: "Fuck... Godfather, your body is still strong, and the child still wants to continue." Stay with you and serve you as a filial piety!”

After Feng Bao finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to the ground three times.

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang shook her head imperceptibly, then stepped forward in person, helped Feng Bao up from the ground, looked directly into his eyes, and said coldly.

"Why, you don't even listen to your godfather?"

Feng Bao had never seen Lu Fang show such an expression before. He didn't know what to do for a moment. His throat seemed to be blocked by something, so he could only hesitate and say: "Fuck... godfather..."

After helping Feng Bao back to the chair and sitting down, Lu Fang looked very calm and said, "As my godfather said before, my godfather is old and his health is getting worse day by day."

"You are my godfather's favorite person. Since the time is almost here, it is also time for you young people to take over."

"You can make your own decisions about many things in the future. If you are unsure about something, you can ask your godfather."

Only then could Feng Bao be sure that Lu Fang really planned to transfer some of his power to him and prepare for the handover.

After the handover is completed, Lu Fang will step down from the position of eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies. At that time, he will be able to take one step further and succeed Lu Fang and become the new eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies.

Then, Feng Bao suppressed the excitement in his heart, leaned down, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, godfather!"

Lu Fang took in the expression on Feng Bao's face, and there was an inexplicable look on his face, and he said to himself: "The godfather may be sent by your majesty to guard the imperial mausoleum, which will be a good job. "

"My godfather has served His Majesty all his life. I don't want to be too far away from His Majesty. My godfather needs to stay where His Majesty can see him."

After that, Lu Fang came back to her senses, looked in the direction of Feng Bao, waved to him, and said: "Come, Feng Bao, come here, my godfather has a few more words to tell you."

When Lu Fang finished speaking, Feng Bao knelt on the ground without thinking, and moved to Lu Fang on his knees, with a look of respect on his face.

"Godfather, please speak!"

"Ah."

Looking at Feng Bao's performance, a hint of relief flashed across Lu Fang's face. After thinking about it for a moment, she spoke solemnly.

"First of all, Feng Bao, you must always remind yourself that everything you have is given by His Majesty."

"So no matter what time, you must stand clearly on His Majesty's side and be unconditionally loyal to His Majesty. Do you understand?"

"Yes, godfather, the child understands!"

When Lu Fang finished speaking, Feng Bao lowered his head and answered without thinking.

After that, Lu Fang's voice was heard again: "In addition, you have to remember that Jinyiwei and Dongchang are the same family. There is me in you and you in me."

"If nothing goes wrong, Lu Yi, Lu Bing's son, will take over the position of Commander of Jinyiwei in the future. You must have a good relationship with him and communicate frequently to coordinate the work of Jinyiwei East Factory."

"Besides, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are the sharpest knives in His Majesty's hand. When dealing with those courtiers, you must not show any mercy. Catch those who deserve to be caught and kill those who deserve to be killed. Once Your Majesty feels that your sword is not good enough, If it works, your death will come."

When Feng Bao saw Lu Fang pouring his money into the teacher, his face was full of gratitude. He immediately lowered his head and said in response: "Thank you godfather for your advice. I will remember it."

After hearing Feng Bao's words, Lu Fang pondered for a moment and then continued: "Next, it will be Gao Gong's turn to take the position of chief minister of the cabinet. After Gao Gong, he will be Zhang Juzheng. Next, they will be supported by His Majesty. , implement reforms.”

"Don't go against them, even when your interests are harmed. You can even provide some help when necessary."

Hearing Lu Fang's words, Feng Bao's pupils suddenly shrank, and his face was full of disbelief, because before this, Feng Bao had never received any news about the reform.

If Lu Fang hadn't mentioned this matter, he might not have known about it until now.

At the same time, Feng Bao also keenly captured the news from Lu Fang's words, that is, Xu Jie, who was originally going to succeed Yan Song and become the new chief assistant of the cabinet, was finished.

Then, Feng Bao came back to his senses, looked in the direction of Lu Fang, and asked tentatively: "Fuck... godfather, Mr. Xu Ge's side..."

When Lu Fang heard Feng Bao's words, she just glanced at him, shook her head, and explained unhurriedly: "Now that things have happened, don't you understand why your Majesty sent Hai Rui, an imperial minister, to Songjiang?" The purpose of the government's investigation is to give Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng a place."

"In addition, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hu Zongxian, and even Li Chunfang, who just joined the cabinet, all wear a pair of trousers. Will they watch Xu Jie survive this crisis safely?"

After listening to Lu Fang's explanation, Feng Bao felt a chill down his spine. With the help of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui's trip to Songjiang Mansion to investigate the case would be smooth.

Whether it is something that should be investigated or something that should not be investigated, even those old things will be uncovered. By then, Xu Jie, as the second assistant to the cabinet, will inevitably be implicated.

After that, Feng Bao suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, looked in the direction of Lu Fang, and said respectfully: "Thank you godfather for clearing up the child's doubts. The child understands!"

When Lu Fang heard this, the expression on her face did not change much. After taking a sip from the tea cup on the table, she said with emotion.

"My godfather is not a saint. He has also done many wrong things. He just hopes that from now on, you can learn your lesson and not make the same mistakes as your godfather again. Do you understand?"

When Feng Bao heard what Lu Fang said, he immediately understood. He knew very well that this was Lu Fang hinting to him that there was no need to mention the wrong things in the past.

In other words, he needs to cover up those things that are not good for him for Lu Fang. This is the last test for him.

Then, Feng Bao suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, raised his head, and solemnly made a promise to Lu Fang: "Such a small matter, you don't need your godfather to tell you, the child will do it on his own." Properly posted!”

When Feng Bao finished speaking, a look of relief flashed across Lu Fang's face, she nodded and said slowly: "Well, I feel relieved."

After that, Lu Fang withdrew her eyes from Feng Bao, stood up from her seat, waved her hand, and spoke casually.

"Okay, it's getting late. Godfather still has things to deal with, so I won't stay here any longer!"

"Godfather, walk slowly!"

It wasn't until Lu Fang's back was gone that Feng Bao raised his head. What can be foreseen is that after the transfer of power is completed, he will take over the responsibility from Lu Fang and become the superintendent of ceremonies with all the power in the government. Palm print eunuch.

Who would have thought that a precarious little eunuch could climb all the way to the position of eunuch in charge of the ceremony?

At this time, Feng Bao's face was full of smugness, and he clenched his fists and muttered silently to himself.

"Haha, I have finally waited for this day. From now on, it will be my era, Feng Bao!"

……

On the other side, Zhejiang, the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang Province.

While comforting Zheng Michang and He Maocai and letting them focus on the matters at hand, Zhao Zhenji did not relax his attention to the situation in the capital.

At this time, in the study room.

Looking at the letter sent by his eldest son Zhao Dingzhu, Zhao Zhenji frowned, with an incredible look on his face.

The eldest son Zhao Dingzhu mentioned in the letter that the situation in the DPRK has changed drastically.

The previous case of soldiers rioting at Songjiang Prefecture's Qianhu Station came to light. Someone used the help of Hai Rui, the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, to bring the case to His Majesty.

After His Majesty learned the cause of the incident, Long Yan was furious and ordered the case to be remanded for retrial. He also sent Hai Rui as the imperial envoy to immediately rush to Songjiang Mansion to thoroughly investigate the case.

After browsing the contents of the letter, Zhao Zhenji only had one thought in his mind, and that was that Xu Jie was finished.

Zhao Zhenji knew very well in her heart that Hai Rui was upright and honest, hated evil as much as hatred, and could not tolerate sand in his eyes.

When he arrives at Songjiang Mansion, he will definitely investigate this case thoroughly, and it will inevitably involve the family behind Xu Jie.

Xu Jie and the family behind him were both prosperous and devastated. Even Xu Jie, as the second minister of the cabinet, was not immune to the disaster.

"Oh, Mr. Xu Ge, you made a bad move. In the end, you fell into Mr. Yan Ge's trap because of your carelessness!"

When Zhao Zhenji thought of this, a trace of sadness flashed across his face, he put down the letter in his hand and said silently to himself.

Because he stayed out of the incident, Zhao Zhenji could see the fire clearly and see the clues at a glance.

In Zhao Zhenji's view, Yan Song is the only person in the government and the public who can do this.

After all, only your enemies know you so well and know where your weaknesses are.

"Mr. Yan Ge, you really hide everything, and you are actually able to deceive so many people!"

After finishing his emotion, Zhao Zhenji shook his head, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

"Since Mr. Xu Ge is no longer likely to take the position of chief minister of the cabinet, his attitude towards Zheng Michang and He Maocai can also be changed."

"You have to keep them and continue to work for me." (End of Chapter)