Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 120

"Don't dare. I will obey the order." Xu Jie answered in this way, and gently pulled out the ticket to hand it to Lu Fang.

When Lv Fang approved the paper draft, the red pen deliberately wrote very slowly, as if it was very heavy.

"Change an ice towel." Jiajing opened his eyes, looked at Lu Fang and said suddenly.

Because Lu Fang's red was very slow to criticize, she hadn't finished writing at this time, so she quickly put down her pen, washed her hands in the copper basin, twisted another face towel in the gold basin, and went over to replace the one on Jiajing's forehead. face towel.

Jiajing closed his eyes again: "The money is distributed to the army, and the money is also distributed to the officials. Shouldn't the money be distributed to the people of Zhen?"

"Your Majesty is as benevolent as heaven!" Xu Jie hastily praised the saint, "Jiangxi is the most affected by the disaster this year. Peach blossom floods occurred in March and all four prefectures and counties suffered floods. Since the beginning of summer, seven prefectures have suffered from drought. Please exempt these places from taxes this year, and ask the imperial court to allocate 300 million shi for food relief in other provinces..." Xu Jie stopped at this point.

"Finish!" Jiajing waved his hand.

"Yes." Xu Jie went on to play, "Since the second half of last year, some places have increased the taxation of the common people. For example, in the two counties of Wanping and Daxing in Shuntian Prefecture, the tax levied last year was three times that of previous years. , the people fled, and ten rooms and nine empty spaces." Speaking of this, Xu Jie became emotional, took out the silk scarf in his sleeve and printed it on his eyes: "The Ministry of Household Affairs, please allocate 200 million taels of silver and pay taxes to several provinces. Among the common people, Shuntian Prefecture will allocate 60 taels so that the exiled people can return to their hometowns to farm."

"Needless to say!" Jiajing removed the ice towel from his forehead and threw it aside, "Have you taken the county magistrates of Shuntian Mansion, Wanping, and Daxing?"

Xu Jie: "Your Majesty, he has been dismissed and is currently being interrogated."

Jiajing: "Confiscate their homes first, and pay back the people's money!"

"Yes. Just copying their homes is a drop in the bucket. In fact, the 200 million taels is not enough to refund the over-levied taxes, just to reassure people's hearts." Xu Jie replied, still drawing out the few papers asking for funding.

Lu Fang looked at Jiajing bewilderedly, and didn't immediately go to get the ticket in Xu Jie's hand.

"I'm willing to give up, so what are you pretending to be?" Jiajing looked at him negatively, "Dial, all of them are dialed. It's just that the place where I live is a little broken, and people in the palace are all wearing old clothes and going to the streets to beg for food!"

Lu Fang had no choice but to answer, and looked at Xu Jie: "Mr. Xu Ge, the Emperor's Longevity Palace has only been repaired less than halfway, and there are [-] mouths waiting to eat in the palace. Didn't the cabinet include this money?"

Xu Jie stood up: "No matter how hard it is, you can't suffer your father. The ministers and others have discussed it. The remaining more than 200 million taels will be submitted to the palace. Part of it will be built for the Longevity Palace, and the rest will be used for various expenses in the palace."

Jiajing closed his eyes, of course he wouldn't directly say the words to make Lu Fang popular.

Xu Jie and Lu Fang had no choice but to wait there, and the abode suddenly fell silent.

"There is a saying that the common people often say, to save money and eliminate disasters." Jiajing knew that the stolen property was used in these places. It's all divided, and God should let my illness be cured. Lu Fang, it's all approved."

Xu Jie immediately knelt down beside him, Lu Fang couldn't criticize him at this moment, so he quickly knelt down too.

Xu Jie: "Renjun Tianshou! But the sage also has to breath the dragon's body to comfort the thoughts of the common people in the world!"

Lu Fang: "The slave agrees with Xu Ge's words, God bless the master, and the master must also cherish the fairy body."

"Do you really think I'm sick?" Jiajing suddenly turned his face again, "Can I be sick?"

Since his illness, Xu Jie and Lu Fang have been exhausted by his almost crazy torment. At this moment, they could only kneel there with their heads deeply bowed, not daring to speak.

Jiajing stopped pressing them, and stood up from the reclining chair by himself.

"Master!" Lu Fang got up hurriedly, going to help him.

Jiajing waved him away, his footsteps were floating, but he still forced himself to go to the futon and sat down, crossing his legs.

Lu Fang quietly stood behind him, ready to help him at any time.Xu Jie also got up at this time, stood beside Jiajing, looked at him nervously, and prepared to help him if he was about to fall.

"People are sick, God knows?" Jiajing didn't fall down, closed his eyes and murmured such a strange sentence, and then began to exercise and practice Qi. After practicing, sweat dripped from his forehead, and his face immediately became ugly stand up.

"Your Majesty, master!" Both Xu Jie and Lu Fang changed their expressions, they both called out at the same time and went to help him.

"Pillion!" Jiajing sat there stubbornly, and burst out these two words from between his teeth.

"Let's call the imperial doctor!" Xu Jie shouted anxiously.

Lu Fang lost her mind for a while, so she wanted to call the eunuch on duty outside the palace.

"You, do you want me to die... pill!" Jiajing's sweaty face turned black when he said this.

"Hold it!" Lu Fang let go of her hand in a hurry, let Xu Jie support Jiajing alone, ran to the altar, opened the gold box, took out a bright red medicine pill, and ran over with the cup and gaiwan , "The master elixir is here!"

Jiajing struggled to open his mouth, and Lu Fang put the elixir into his mouth, supported his neck with one hand, and fed him the water in the bowl with the other.

Jiajing struggled to swallow the elixir with this saliva, and then pulled his body up, trying to straighten his waist.Xu Jie hurriedly helped him up.Jiajing started to get lucky again, the elixir had such a miraculous effect, after a while, he regained his energy, the sweat on his face slowly subsided, and his face was also red, but it was the kind of red that surged from blood!
Although Xu Jie and Lu Fang breathed a sigh of relief temporarily, their faces became more worried.

"Xu Jie." Jiajing's tone became peaceful again.

"The minister is here." Xu Jie answered very seriously.

Jiajing: "What did you just say, you want to call those people from Tai Hospital to see me?"

Xu Jie was moved: "The emperor is wise." After saying this, his eyes were wet.

Jiajing turned to look at Lu Fang: "Lu Fang, you also have the same meaning?"

"Master!" Lu Fang naturally had deeper feelings for Jiajing than Xu Jie did. At this moment, he no longer cared whether Jiajing was angry or not, and his voice was a little choked up, "As long as you eat five grains, even the Great Luo Tianxian will inevitably get sick. The servant is always the same as Xu Ge I dare to ask the master to grant the imperial doctor to show the master. If those people in the Tai Hospital are not good enough, they will visit another brilliant doctor from other provinces to show the master."

Jiajing looked at Lu Fang, and then at Xu Jie: "Come here, all of you." This call was very warm.

"Your servant is here." Both Xu Jie and Lu Fang hurriedly wiped their eyes and moved closer.

Jiajing said softly: "I am sixty years old this year. I have been practicing for so many years. Sixty is a test. After passing this test, I may not be able to live forever. Those quack doctors in Taiyuan Hospital can't help me, and no one can help me. You know ?"

This is the difference between Xu Jie and Yan Song. Although they both live in Zaifu, they are Confucianists after all. They did not agree with Jiajing's words, but just bowed their heads and remained silent.

Lu Fang's identity was different, and she felt uncomfortable for a while, but she had no choice but to reply: "The servant understands."

"Just understand." Jiajing still said softly, but suddenly changed the subject, "How is King Yu's illness? Which genius doctor did you invite to come to Beijing to see him?"

Lu Fang looked at Xu Jie.

"Your majesty is wise." Xu Jie replied, "It was Li Shizhen, who used to work in the imperial hospital, who came to Beijing. Lord Yu took a few doses of medicine prescribed by him, and his condition has improved."

"The person who treated King Yu came to Beijing, and the person who treated me also came to Beijing?" Jiajing regained his confidence after taking the elixir, and his eyes became sharp again, "The one who prescribed the elixir for me in Liubiju Who is the person!"

When this matter was finally brought up, Xu Jie and Lu Fang stopped looking at each other and stood there silently.

Jiajing glanced at Xu Jie sideways: "What should be done in the afternoon, Xu Ge hurriedly came to play the right thing in the morning, isn't it just to see the prescription that that person gave me? Lu Fang, brought Chen Hong here Show him that letter."

Lu Fang had no choice but to go to the closet where the notes were kept, and took out the volume of calligraphy sent by Chen Hong, and handed it to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie unfolded and looked intently.

"Old Xu Ge." Jiajing called him.

Xu Jie: "The minister is here."

Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Your Minister, Your Envoy, how is this prescription?"

Xu Jie raised his head slowly: "Return to the Holy Master, I am dull, and I can't see what the emperor and ministers are supporting in this picture."

"Is it because you can't see it or you don't want to say it?" Jiajing's voice was sharp, "Aren't you rushing here just to speak to this person, King Yu?"

This is the extremely difficult part of serving the emperor: extremely sensitive!Very suspicious!Very suspicious!And leave no room for it!

How to answer this question?Xu Jie could only bow his head and remain silent.

"And Lu Fang." Jiajing's eyes turned sharply to Lu Fang again, "What did Zhu Qi ask you to say?"

"Return to the master. Zhu Qi came to report this incident to the servant." Lu Fang answered truthfully at all times.

"Chen Hong is in charge of the Department of Prosecution and Criminal Prosecution. It is not enough to report to Chen Hong. I still want to come to you?" Jiajing's words became sharper, "Now that I have found you, what do you think?"

Lu Fang: "Master Shengming. These are just a few nonsense words made by a new official in other places who don't know the heights of heaven and earth. Zhu Qi came to find the slave because he was worried that the master's body would violate the harmony, and he wanted the slave to give it to him first. The master played it clear, lest the master get angry and hurt the fairy body."

Jiajing: "I asked you what you think?"

Lu Fang: "Returning to Master, I have read these few words, and I have not committed any serious taboo, and it has nothing to do with Prince Yu."

"Has nothing to do with King Yu?" Jiajing sneered, "Which Yamen does this person work in, and what is his name?"

Lu Fang: "Master, I think his name is Hai Rui."

Jiajing stared at him quickly, and then glanced at Xu Jie: "It seems to be called Hai Rui? How many of the officials are named Hai Rui?"

Lu Fang: "Master Shengming. This Hai Rui should be the one transferred from Xingguo magistrate."

Jiajing: "Isn't that the Hai Rui recommended by my son? He also said that it has nothing to do with King Yu!"

Lu Fang had no choice but to kneel down, and Xu Jie also knelt down again.

Lu Fang kowtowed: "How dare a slave lie to the master, this Hai Rui entered Beijing this morning, and wrote these few words when he passed by Liubiju. Prince Yu has been recuperating from illness for a month, how would he know?"

Jiajing's face became calmer: "Then tell me, he knew that the word 'must' in 'Liubiju' was changed by Yan Song, why did he write these words?"

Xu Jie had no choice but to reply: "I will call him to the cabinet today and tell him to answer clearly."

Jiajing: "Now I want you to answer clearly. Why did he make such an article on the word I changed!"

Lu Fang had just explained that Xu Jie didn't know about this matter, so Xu Jie had no choice but to remain silent, waiting for Lu Fang to reply.

Lu Fang thought about it nervously, but it was actually something she had thought about long ago: "Master, this slave can't think through it. But this slave also asked Zhu Qi, and when Hai Rui asked these few words, he said, what is it for?" To straighten people's hearts And Jing Fuyan'."

"Want to speak up for me?" Jiajing looked at Lu Fang and then at Xu Jie, "It seems that there are quite a lot of rumors about me outside!"

Xu Jie had to answer: "The emperor is wise. King Wen ruled Yi, and Zhou Gong ruled rites. At that time, there were rumors all over the world. At that time, the emperor asked Yan Song to inscribe Liu Biju, and it was also for the stability of my world. Foolish people know the sacred heart! This year In May, Yan Shifan waited for the execution, and the plaque inscribed by Yan Song was still hanging there, so some false rumors were inevitable. The minister thought that Hai Rui's inscription of these few words, as he himself said, was to 'correct people's hearts and calm false rumors'. "

This performance was sincere and decent, and Jiajing gradually accepted it, but the suspicion in his heart still persisted: "A head of the household department who was born in Juren, so many officials did not come to appease this nonsense, but he came to appease this nonsense. .This person is very capable!"

Xu Jie couldn't answer, and lowered his head again.

Jiajing knew that Lu Fang would not answer this question in order to avoid suspicion, so he called his name again: "Lu Fang, it seems that Xu Jie will not understand the answer, you answer my sentence."

"Back to the master, what kind of ability can a small official of the sixth rank have? It's rare for him to have such a heart." Lu Fang was willing to tell the truth.

"What's the matter!" Jiajing asked forcefully.

Lu Fang: "The heart to speak for the master."

Jiajing looked down at Lu Fang again: "Is he speaking for me, or are you speaking for him, or for my son?"

Lu Fang raised her head, her eyes full of sadness: "Master, anyone who really thinks of master, the servant will think that he has at least some conscience. These few words written by Hai Rui can indeed play a role in rectifying the master's heart, but It’s a bit more courageous. It’s not like some people who go to one class today and another class tomorrow just to gain a reputation.”

Jiajing's gaze slowly moved over, his face still gloomy: "In my Ming Dynasty, there were many courageous people, but not many conscientious ones. As for what kind of heart this Hai Rui has, whether he has a conscience, I don't know, maybe King Yu I know. Since he is used by King Yu, you should send these few words written by him to King Yu, and let King Yu copy it himself, sign the money, engrave a plaque, and send it to Liubiju to hang it. Let's see what lies there will be!" Having said that, he lifted up the roll of paper in his hand.

Lu Fang picked up the paper with both hands.

"You don't need to go, tell Chen Hong to come in." Jiajing shouted him away.

Lu Fang withdrew her hand, only then did she know that Chen Hong had already been waiting outside the hall, so she had no choice but to walk to the door of the abode: "Master has an order, is Chen Hong here?"

Chen Hong walked in from outside the hall like a ghost with his body bent, went to the door of the jingshe and knelt down: "Return to the words of the master Long Live, the slave Chen Hong is waiting for the order."

Jiajing: "What are you doing kneeling at the door? You won't be able to enter here!"

Chen Hong kowtowed, stood up and walked in like a little daughter-in-law with his head down.

Both Lu Fang and Xu Jie lowered their heads and did not look at him or Jiajing.

Jiajing: "Three things: First, send the picture written by Hai Rui to King Yu and ask him to copy it, and engrave a plaque with his money and send it to Liubiju to hang it."

"Yes." Chen Hong replied in a low voice, walked over, and took the roll of paper with both hands.

Jiajing: "Then go to the Zhenfu Division and tell those servants that the Criminal Prosecution Division and the Zhenfu Division are under your control, and you can only report to you if you have something to do. If anyone goes past you to complain to others, you know what to do."

"Yes." Chen Hong deliberately answered slowly and in a low voice.

"Answer louder." Jiajing deliberately forced him.

"Yes!" Chen Hong answered loudly with reason.

Jiajing: "There is one more thing you understand, I won't talk about it."

"Yes." Chen Hong answered neither high nor low.

(End of this chapter)