Soon, the cabinet announced that the imperial court would open more ports, as well as the specific fee regulations drawn up by the Maritime Trade Department, which aroused discussions among officials.
"Have you heard that the imperial court will soon open more ports to trade with foreign merchants?"
"I've heard about this a long time ago. Specific notices were distributed to various places as early as yesterday."
In front of the bulletin board, several officials were gathering together and chatting. When they saw the specific charging regulations summarized by the Maritime Trade Department, they were deeply shocked.
"What, I, the navy of the Ming Dynasty, only received five thousand taels of silver for an escort mission!"
"You are mistaken. It obviously starts from five thousand taels of silver, and the charges are based on the value of the goods transported and the degree of danger!"
"Not only that, these merchants must also bear the daily expenses of the soldiers on the ship."
"Hiss~ These businessmen are really rich!"
"Yes, if I could have purchased a sea-going voucher from the Maritime Trade Department, I would have issued it!"
An official sighed helplessly and said this.
"Come on, when the imperial court held an auction in the capital to auction off sea voyage certificates, the price was the highest, but it was sold for nearly 600,000 taels of silver each!"
"Even if I sell you, I won't be able to get so much money."
When the officials on the side heard this, they couldn't help but sneered.
"you!"
"Okay, okay, we are all colleagues, please calm down."
Soon, someone came up to smooth things over. After both parties snorted coldly, they turned away and stopped talking.
…
Forbidden City, Inspectorate.
After Zhao Zhenji confirmed Hai Rui's scope of responsibilities, he immediately sent someone to take Hai Rui to the Experience Department to report.
"Master Wang, didn't you say before that the Experience Department is always short of people?"
"No, the Censor has specially found a capable official for you to assist you!"
The person responsible for leading Hai Rui to report to the Experience Department greeted him like this as soon as he walked in.
After hearing this, Wang Jing, who had been burying his head in his desk and busy sorting documents, raised his head and turned his attention to Hai Rui.
"This is the Censor, the newly recommended person?"
After Wang Jing finished speaking, he asked the visitor.
"Yeah, that's right."
Hai Rui on the side looked stern when he saw this, and immediately saluted the king respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Hai Rui, have met you!"
"Okay, okay, okay, I finally have someone from the Experience Department!"
After Wang Jing looked Hai Rui up and down, he seemed quite excited and then spoke.
"Master Wang, I have important matters to attend to, so I would like you to take Hai Rui with you to get familiar with this place."
"If you please, leave the rest to me!"
When Wang Jing saw this, he bowed his hands to the stranger and said this.
After the person who had directed Hai Rui to come to the Experience Department to report left, Wang Jing sat on the chair and asked Hai Rui.
"Presumably, the Royal Censor has already told you about the responsibilities of the Experience Department before, right?"
"Yes, sir, the censor said that the responsibility of the experience department is to be responsible for the paperwork!"
Facing Wang Jing's inquiry, Hai Rui replied after thinking for a moment.
"Well, that's right. That's what I'm doing as an experienced person."
"I don't know what kind of luck you got, but I just asked Master Yushi to arrange you into this position!"
After Wang Jing finished speaking, his words were full of envy.
"Please let me know clearly!"
The respectful expression on Hai Rui's face did not change, and he immediately asked Wang Jing for the specific reason.
"To tell you the truth, our experience department does not have very heavy powers and responsibilities. We only need to be responsible for the paperwork!"
"The right thing to do is, if you do more, you will make a mistake; if you do less, you will make fewer mistakes; if you do nothing, it will be better!"
After Wang Jing paused for a moment, he continued to add.
"Officials like us only need to go to court on time, complete the work at hand, and be ready to serve when we are old enough."
After hearing Wang Jing's explanation, Hai Rui showed some gratitude on his face. He immediately cupped his hands and thanked Wang Jing.
"I would like to thank you sir for clarifying my doubts!"
After Wang Jing explained this to Hai Rui, he couldn't help but become curious about Hai Rui.
In his opinion, if you don't have a certain background, you will never be able to hold this position.
Immediately, Wang Jing picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and asked Hai Rui.
"Where were you serving as an official before this?"
When Hai Rui saw Wang Jing asking about this, he hesitated for a moment before choosing to answer truthfully.
"My lord, before this, I was serving as the county magistrate in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province!"
"What!"
When Wang Jing heard this, he lost his grip on the tea cup and dropped it to the ground.
"Sir, are you okay?"
When Hai Rui saw Wang Jing being so surprised, a look of worry appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but ask.
"It's okay, I just suddenly thought of something!"
Wang Jing waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.
"By the way, Hu Zongxian, the current governor of Zhejiang and governor of Zhejiang, is a student of Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet!"
"And this Hai Rui happened to be working in Zhejiang as a county magistrate before that."
"It seems that this Hai Rui has quite a lot of background. He is actually connected to the Yan family. He must have served in Zhejiang before just to accumulate experience in governing the local area!"
Thinking of this, Wang Jing's eyes narrowed slightly. He had already figured out everything behind it!
Then, Wang Jing stood up from his seat and saluted Hai Rui respectfully.
"Please take good care of me in the days to come!"
"Sir, what are you doing?"
Hai Rui was confused by Wang Jing's U-turn and quickly helped Wang Jing up, his face full of confusion.
But soon, Hai Rui figured out everything behind this.
"Your Excellency, you were so excited only after I mentioned that I once served as a county magistrate in Zhejiang."
"The Governor is a student of Yan Song, the chief minister of the current cabinet, and I once served as a county magistrate in Zhejiang!"
"Right now, I happen to be transferred to serve in the Inspectorate. It is easy for people to misunderstand that I am related to the Yan family."
After understanding all this, Hai Rui felt a sense of enlightenment.
Then, Hai Rui turned his attention to Wang Jing, shook his head, looked solemn, and then explained.
"Sir, you have misunderstood. The official has nothing to do with the Yan family!"
"Ah, what did you say?"
After listening to Hai Rui's explanation, Wang Jingze was even more surprised.
…
On the other side, while Zhao Zhenji was still dealing with the backlog of impeachment memorials, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
Zhao Zhenji frowned slightly and then ordered.
"Sir, someone is coming from the palace!"
When the subordinates who came in saw this, they immediately knelt on the ground and reported to Zhao Zhenji.
"What, someone is coming from the palace?"
When Zhao Zhenji learned the news from his subordinates, a look of surprise flashed across his face.
"Isn't there something wrong with the case I handled earlier?"
With this idea in mind, Zhao Zhenji immediately ordered his subordinates to invite the future people in.
"Master Zhao, Your Majesty asked you to come over and say that you have something important to discuss!"
After entering the room, the visitor did not make too many greetings, but went straight to the topic.
"Well, okay, I'll go right away."
(End of chapter)
