Mingshi

Chapter 896 What is he going to do?
"The minister was wronged, the minister was really wronged!"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Zhang Shijie coldly and said nothing.Zhang Shijie lay on the ground, crying and yelling for injustice.However, as time passed, without the slightest response from Emperor Jiajing, his shouts gradually disappeared, leaving only crying.Then the crying became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into sobbing, and finally the sobbing disappeared, and he lay on the ground like a dead person.

"Finished crying?" Emperor Jiajing's voice was so steady that there was no fluctuation at all.

Zhang Shijie's body trembled, and he struggled to say: "I am wronged..."

"Are you wronged?" Emperor Jiajing's voice was as cold as ice: "I entrusted you with a good company, this is my trust in you, but you have failed my trust. When Luo Xin was here, it was one-third less. Zhang Shijie, don't you and your master have too much appetite?"

"I... I am wronged!" Zhang Shijie couldn't admit it until the end, let alone Emperor Jiajing named his master?

Who is his master?

Xu Jie!
"Your Majesty, since I arrived in Hangzhou, I have worked hard, worked hard, dedicated myself, and walked on thin ice..."

"Speak human!" Emperor Jiajing said coldly.

Zhang Shijie's body trembled: "I... I have failed His Majesty's trust, but... But... This is not my disloyalty to Your Majesty, nor my greed. It's... It's..."

"But what?"

Zhang Shijie swallowed a mouthful of spit and said: "Your Majesty, before I left the capital, I knew that I had been an official in the capital, and I had no experience as a local official, let alone running a city ship department. Do well, so when I arrived in Hangzhou, I went to visit Luo Xin. I asked Mr. Luo how to run the Shibo Department well. Mr. Luo told me that everything in the Shibo Department was on the right track, as long as we followed the original rules and used The original people are fine.

The minister believed it!

However, those people...those people...the bullying ministers didn't understand these things, and they listened to Master Luo's words and had full trust in them, so they were taken advantage of by the people below, colluded with each other, and even used the banner of the ministers until now Only then did I know that they dared to smuggle.My minister... I have little talent and learning, and I have failed His Majesty's trust.Your Majesty, please punish me. "

"Tch..." Emperor Jiajing sneered and said, "Smart words."

"I dare not!" Zhang Shijie said tremblingly.

"Don't dare? Then where did my money go?"

"Chen...Chen..." Zhang Shijie burst into tears again and said, "Your Majesty! I didn't know how difficult it was until I arrived in Hangzhou. Hangzhou has been controlled by Lord Luo like a monolith, and the minister's decree can't be issued at all. In the Yamen, no one listens to the ministers at all. Those people colluded together to empty the ministers, how to do whatever they want. Smuggling wantonly, harming the public and private interests. Originally, the ministers thought this way, first give up their interests for a period of time, rectify the administration of officials, and wait until the moths are eliminated , and then grasp the management of the Shibo Division. Even the money given to His Majesty was won by the minister through untold hardships."

Emperor Jiajing frowned, and a thought emerged in his mind, could it be that Luo Xin's people left Hangzhou, but the Shibo Department is still in Luo Xin's hands?But he still didn't give Zhang Shijie a good face.

"When Luo Xin was in Hangzhou, he encountered more difficulties than you. If Luo Xin can overcome it, why can't you overcome it?"

"Your Majesty! Lord Luo had Qi Jiguang's army at the beginning, but I have nothing! Without an army, those yamen servants have not been subdued for a while, minister... minister... bitterness..."

"Then why don't you play?"

Zhang Shijie didn't think of a reason for a while, so he lay there with his head down and remained silent.

"answer!"

Looking at Zhang Shijie's appearance, and thinking of the money he lost, Emperor Jiajing felt an unknown fire in his heart. Following his loud shout, his brain was buzzing, and his whole head felt bursts of one after another. Shrink, as if about to explode.

Emperor Jiajing, who had been calm all this time, suddenly yelled so loudly that Zhang Shijie couldn't help but tremble. He didn't dare to keep silent anymore, and immediately said:

"Your Majesty, the collusion between officials and businessmen in Hangzhou, the collusion between officials and bandits, and the collusion between business and bandits are intricate. Before I figure out these joints, I dare not rush to report. Don’t dare to be sure about the accuracy, and harm the country and the people, I can’t afford it!”

"Of course you can't afford it. You are a small prefect of Hangzhou, and you are the governor of the city. It is not up to you to harm the country and the people. It is the cabinet's business."

Emperor Jiajing's expression began to turn pale, his mind felt dizzy, and his heart began to become irritable.

"Xu Jie recommended you to be the magistrate of Hangzhou, and the Shibosi recommended you. Within half a year, the Shibosi doubled the number of merchants in the vassal state, but the tariff was reduced by one-third compared to the original one. You actually corrupted more than four hundred Wan Liang. Xu Jie recommended well, and you are worthy of Xu Jie. But, are you worthy of me? Do you only have Xu Jie in your eyes, but not me?"

Zhang Shijie's heart beat violently, and the uneasiness in his heart was expanding.

What does it mean?
Is this His Majesty's punishment for Xu Jie?

No!

Absolutely not!
I'm done, as long as there is Xu Jie, I will make a comeback.However, if Xu Jie is finished, I am really finished.Zhang Shijie shook his heart, raised his head suddenly and said:
"Your Majesty, the minister is not greedy, neither is Xu Ge. Both the minister and Xu Ge are wronged."

Emperor Jiajing's breathing became heavy, looking at Zhang Shijie's figure was a little blurry, but he felt a fire burning in his heart.It became difficult to speak.

"Your Majesty, although the war in the north is now peaceful, when Huang Taiji invaded Daming, Daming was devastated for thousands of miles, the people were destitute, and disaster victims were everywhere. Now there are Japanese pirates appearing in the southeast. Those Japanese pirates have already occupied Ryukyu. I don't know when they will invade Daming. The chieftain of Bashu made rebellion, the drought in the south and the flood in the north, these things are all the things that Mr. Xu Ge devoted himself to. How could such a loyal and loyal Mr. Xu Ge be greedy?"

"Before the minister left the capital, Elder Xu Ge called the minister to him, and told him not to stretch out his hand, otherwise he would be caught. He warned the minister not to be greedy, and to work conscientiously for His Majesty."

"Crack!" Jiajing slapped the table and said, "You are not greedy, neither is Xu Jie, my money ran away by itself?"

"It's all because the minister didn't do things well, didn't control the Shibo Department, and gave the people below a chance."

Zhang Shijie brought up the old story again, and Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but think of Luo Xin again, and an idea came to him uncontrollably.

Could it be that Luo Xin is really holding on to Shibosi?
Although he has been transferred back to the capital, he is still the master behind Shibosi?
What is he doing?
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(End of this chapter)