"The humble ministers bow to the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Gao Yao, who was wearing a crane patch and a first-grade official uniform, followed a young eunuch into the palace. He followed the palace attendant step by step on the smooth floor to the thick curtain, and looked respectfully at the inside through the curtain.

Kneel down and bow respectfully.

Today, the emperor is a different kind of person. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and is in charge of the wealth of the world. However, it is not easy to see the emperor. It is a great honor to be able to enter here today.

First, a familiar cough came from inside, which was definitely the cough of today's emperor. Then Huang Jin's slightly sharp voice came from inside: "Gao Shangshu, please get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!" Gao Yao knew that today's emperor cherishes words as much as gold, so he bowed politely and then stood up carefully.

Huang Jin's voice came out again, asking directly: "Gao Shangshu, why do you want to meet the saint?"

"Your Majesty, I am entrusted by Liu Ji, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, to make a special trip to present a small treasure to Your Majesty!" Gao Yao raised a delicate wooden box high and explained his purpose.

When Jiajing heard that it was a treasure offering, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the physical discomfort he had just felt had improved a lot.

Although Gao Yao claimed that it was a small treasure, the fire last year destroyed his many years of collection. It was the period when he was most hungry for treasures, even mosquito meat was still meat.

Huang Jin walked out and took the exquisite wooden box in.

As before, he did not submit it directly to Jiajing. He first put it on the case and opened the box to check, and saw that the box contained a white Ganoderma lucidum.

Treasures are naturally divided into three, six or nine levels, and although this white Ganoderma lucidum is not big and has been damaged several times, it is still a treasure.

There is a saying among the people that "a thousand-year-old tortoise has a thousand-year-old mushroom". Jiajing has always had a preference for Ganoderma, believing it to be a symbol of "longevity without borders". Therefore, officials donated Ganoderma lucidum one after another, and at one time the number reached 1,804.

Among many Ganoderma lucidums, White Ganoderma lucidum is the best. In the past, Wanshou Palace collected several White Ganoderma lucidum strains, but they were buried in the sea of ​​fire along with ambergris and other treasures. This White Ganoderma lucidum fills the gap in the current collection.

Under the service of several palace attendants, Jiajing had already put on a blue Taoist robe, resolutely looking like a thin Taoist priest. After seeing the white Ganoderma lucidum in the box, he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

Not to mention that his treasure house had been burned down, even if the treasure house was still there, this was still what he wanted. He expressed his joy and said: "Liu Fuyin is indeed commendable for his loyalty in offering such a treasure!"

Living in the Jiajing Dynasty, I don't know whether I should be happy or sad.

Today, the sage uses the quality of Qing Ci to measure the loyalty of ministers, and the importance of the treasure presented to him is used to measure the ability of officials. Therefore, everyone in the court is obsessed with obtaining the treasure.

Now, the appearance of this treasure has already changed the outcome.

"Your Majesty, Liu Fuyin has been reflecting on himself at home these days! Every time he thinks about the ocean of kindness from your Majesty, but he cannot relieve His Majesty's worries, he has trouble sleeping and eating. Therefore, he sent his servants to look around, and the hard work paid off, and finally

After obtaining this white Ganoderma, I asked the ministers to present it to the Holy One to show their loyalty!" Gao Yao finally let go of his hanging heart and said eloquently.

After agreeing to Xu Jie's request, he also racked his brains to think of ways to "save" Liu Ji. After denying various plans, he finally chose the method of offering a treasure in exchange for Liu Ji's "reinstatement."

Although the price to pay for this method is not small, this white Ganoderma lucidum is indeed a rare thing. Compared with Xu Jie's favor and Liu Ji's friendship, all this is nothing.

Jiajing seemed to be in a good mood, and immediately praised him and said: "Liu Fuyin is very loyal. Go back and tell him that I am very satisfied with his attitude of self-reflection and will issue an order to reward him in the near future!"

"Wei Chen takes the order!" Gao Yao was suddenly overjoyed and saluted loudly.

Although the current Holy Lord is not a wise monarch, he is undoubtedly a kind monarch. As long as the treasure is presented, even if there are some minor mistakes, he will be spared.

Jiajing had no impression of Liu Ji, and had no substantive contact with Liu Ji at all. The reason why he issued an oral order to order Liu Ji, who had just taken office, to self-examine at home was mainly to attack Liu Ji, the scapegoat, and thus to deal with Xu.

A kind of warning for the level.

He has not forgotten that more than twenty years ago, he was almost strangled to death by a group of palace maids in the palace, and his imperial brother also died mysteriously. And all of this seems to be related to civil servants.

Because of this, he could tolerate his officials being corrupt and bending the law, but he would not allow them to raise dead soldiers privately.

Today they can use dead soldiers to deal with a small magistrate of Ming Dynasty, but there is no guarantee that they will attack him as the emperor in the future. Therefore, after suspecting that the Xu Mansion murdered Chen Yinshan, he felt very angry.

But as time goes by, this suspicion has indeed decreased. The death of a small county magistrate may be related to various reasons, but it is not always the case that he died at the hands of a dead official.

The most important thing is that Jin Yiwei has just submitted the results of the investigation. It seems that Chen Yinshan's death has nothing to do with the Xu Mansion, but was caused by the remnants of the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus cultists are worse than the Japanese pirates in the southeast. They have existed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but they have been killing them incessantly. If it was the White Lotus cult, then he undoubtedly wrongly blamed Xu Jie.

After Gao Yao saluted and left, Jiajing did not rush to make a decision. Instead, he turned to Huang Jin and asked directly: "Huang Jin, how do you think Liu Ji should be rewarded?"

Jiajing had a rule that as long as officials could submit treasures to him, he would reward them. Now that Liu Ji actually presented white Ganoderma lucidum, he needed to give a certain degree of reward so that the officials below would work harder to pay tribute.

treasure.

It's just that when things got here, he was a little unsure whether Liu Ji should be "reinstated".

"Master, although Liu Ji has made mistakes, he has a good attitude towards admitting his guilt, and he is still a good minister!" Huang Jin is a good old man. He never offends anyone for what he does, and he rarely gets himself involved in political battles.

, so he answered tactfully.

Jiajing was not satisfied with Huang Jin's smooth answer. He frowned and said, "I'm not asking you whether Liu Ji is loyal or not, but I'm asking you, how should I reward him this time?"

"Then give him... some silver?" Huang Jin tilted his neck and looked at Jiajing, and said cautiously.
Chapter completed!