"Zhao Zhenji, as the supervisory censor, do you know about this?"
Jiajing's voice was not loud, but in Zhao Zhenji's view, it was a naked reminder of his death! If an answer is not good, I have to explain it here today.
Zhao Zhenji had already organized the words in his mind, knelt on the ground, and cried: "Your Majesty, I am wronged! The minister had not received any relevant memorials before this, so naturally he had no way of knowing about it. "
"If Your Majesty wants to punish Wei Chen for this matter, Wei Chen will admit it. After all, Wei Chen, as the Supervisory Censor, failed to perform his corresponding duties, causing Your Majesty to be deceived. Wei Chen deserves death!"
"I beg your Majesty to punish the humble minister!"
Zhao Zhenji extricated herself from this whirlpool with just a few words.
When he cried to Jiajing that he had not received any notice in this regard, he was conveying this message to Jiajing: Your Majesty, the officials below have united to deceive you. Wei Chen does not know about this, and the whole matter has nothing to do with Wei Chen. !
In addition, Zhao Zhenji took the initiative to admit his fault to Jiajing, saying that it was because he failed to perform his corresponding duties that Jiajing was deceived!
After all, anyone in the entire Ming Dynasty could make mistakes, but the emperor could not. The emperor was always wise and mighty, and even if he made a mistake for a moment, it was because of the deception of a villain.
Zhao Zhenji took all the blame on himself, on the one hand to give the emperor a step down, and on the other hand to show his loyalty to the emperor in disguise.
"Well, that's fine. Since you sincerely admit your mistake, there is no need for punishment!"
"Besides, I still have an important thing to entrust to you."
Jiajing turned his gaze to Zhao Zhenji, who was kneeling on the ground, and said loudly.
"This humble minister is stupid, please speak clearly, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Zhenji forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a deep voice.
"I will appoint you as the imperial envoy and rush to Zhejiang to investigate the case thoroughly. What do you think?"
Jiajing's voice was not loud, but there was an undoubted meaning in his words.
Zhao Zhenji knew that he had won the bet! The previous performance has been approved by His Majesty, and this matter now is a test given by His Majesty.
If this thing is done well, I will completely enter the emperor's sight and gain the emperor's attention! If this matter goes wrong, the emperor will throw himself out like trash to calm the anger of many officials.
It can be said that this is a big gamble, and it is a big gamble related to Zhao Zhenji's future official career! The winner gets everything, the loser gets nothing, and there is no third outcome.
Zhao Zhenji's breathing gradually became rapid. He was hesitating whether to accept the emperor's appointment or not! After a long time, Zhao Zhenji's breathing gradually stabilized, and he said with a firm expression: "I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty!"
"Okay, in that case, go down and get ready! After all the matters regarding the Inspectorate are completed, we can set off directly."
Jiajing was not very surprised by the choice made by Zhao Zhenji. In his opinion, Zhao Zhenji usually dealt with things very smoothly, just like a loach, and no one could offend him.
But he could somewhat sense that Zhao Zhenji had always been holding back some energy in his heart.
For a person like Zhao Zhenji, as long as he is given a suitable opportunity, he can soar into the sky! Of course, it doesn't matter if you fail. There is not only one "Zhao Zhenji" in the officialdom, there are many people waiting for opportunities.
"Your Majesty, I am retiring!"
After Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Jiajing and then walked in the direction of the Inspectorate.
"This Zhao Zhenji is quite interesting."
Jiajing looked at Zhao Zhenji's leaving figure and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Your Majesty, do you want me to be a slave..."
Lu Fang on the side saw this and lowered his voice.
"No need, let us see what this Zhao Zhenji can achieve."
"In addition, I have a handwritten letter here, and I will ask him to deliver it to Hu Zongxian when the time comes."
"Your Majesty, do you need me to send someone to his house?"
"No need, just send it to the ship he will be on when the time comes!"
Jiajing waved his hand and rejected Lu Fang's proposal.
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
Lu Fang then bowed slightly to Jiajing and said softly.
…
As soon as Zhao Zhenji returned to the Inspectorate, the officials below gathered around and expressed their concerns.
"What happened, sir?"
"Are you okay, sir?"
"Sir, is His Majesty not satisfied with the progress of our work?"
Zhao Zhenji was upset by the noise and said in a deep voice: "Okay, okay, stop talking! I have something important to announce next."
Seeing that their immediate boss had something to announce, these officials stopped talking and looked at Zhao Zhenji with expressions of great expectation.
"Ahem, I was appointed as the Imperial Envoy by His Majesty! I will be investigating a case in the near future, so I will leave this place to you for the time being."
Zhao Zhenji said this after clearing his throat.
"Sir, don't worry. During your absence, we will definitely do the work of the Inspectorate well!"
"Yes, sir, you can go with confidence! With us here, there will never be any mistakes."
"Yes, sir, if others can't believe it, why can't you believe us?"
Zhao Zhenji looked at his subordinates with dark lines on his face, and then he bit the bullet and ordered: "After I leave, the daily work of the Inspectorate will be..."
…
Soon, this matter was leaked out by someone unknown. For a time, officials throughout the capital were in a state of panic and panic!
Capital City, Yan Mansion.
"Father, father, something bad is going on! Something serious is going on!"
After Yan Shifan learned the news, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kept knocking on Yan Song's door.
"What's so noisy about?"
Yan Song opened the door to the study room, looked at his son who looked extremely panicked and had a bloodless face, and said slowly.
"My father is not good, something big happened this time!"
Yan Shifan looked anxious and kept repeating this sentence.
"You should tell me what happened!"
Yan Song was also frightened by Yan Shifan's performance and asked quickly.
"Your Majesty has learned that the policy of tax reduction and exemption for the common people promulgated by the imperial court has never been implemented!"
"What did you say? Say it again!"
Even Yan Song, who had been immersed in official circles for many years and whose city was unfathomable, was also shocked by the news brought by his son!
Yan Song felt dizzy for a while, his limbs couldn't be used, and then he fell straight back! Fortunately, Yan Shifan had quick eyes and quick hands and helped Yan Song up. Otherwise, it would have been more of a disaster.
"Father, father, are you okay?"
Yan Shifan helped Yan Song up and said anxiously.
"It's okay, I'm fine. Help me to the bed and rest for a while."
Yan Song barely supported his body and ordered Yan Shifan.
"Hurry up and bring a bowl of honey water! Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and go!"
After Yan Shifan helped Yan Song to the bed, he ordered the maid beside him.
"Yes, please wait a moment."
After hearing Yan Shifan's instructions, the maid rushed to the kitchen as quickly as possible. A moment later, a bowl of honey water was brought into the room.
"Get out of the way, let me come!"
Yan Shifan then took the bowl of honey water from the maid's hand, picked up the spoon, and slowly fed the honey water in the bowl to Yan Song.
"Father, are you feeling better?"
After Yan Song drank all the honey in the bowl, Yan Shifan put the empty bowl aside and said with concern.
"I was just excited for a moment, but now I'm fine."
Seeing that his son cared so much about him, Yan Song couldn't help but feel a flash of warmth in his heart, shook his head and replied.
(End of chapter)
