Chapter 119 Reward? Could it be that... the ministers are excited! Yan Shifan: Damn, what are they smoking!
"The rectification of the civil service in the southeast region is very good." After everything that needed to be said and arranged was done, Jiajing raised his finger and said, "However, the civil service in the north and even the whole country also needs to be changed."
"Yes." They naturally understood that the rectification of official administration must start from top to bottom and across the country.
Of course it is impossible that the Southeast is the richest place, so they only want to rectify the Southeast officialdom, and termites are not limited to certain regions.
Moreover, these things cannot be stopped. Although the officialdom has been rectified and the Ming Dynasty is going to reform, both the Qingliu and the Yan Party have already begun a new round of layout.
After all, the fight between the two kings will not stop in a short time, and who knows how long the position of crown prince will last.
Therefore, for the sake of the people they support and for their own interests, they must re-cultivate their own people.
"I also know that this time the rectification of the civil service has wronged some people." Looking at the cabinet ministers below, Jiajing changed to a comfortable sitting position, feeling relaxed all over. "There were so many difficulties, but now we have overcome them. I am also sad to deal with so many officials."
Hearing this, everyone bent their bodies again.
"Fortunately, I still have capable and virtuous ministers like you around me, all of whom are good ministers," Jiajing said, raising his chin meaningfully, "As the saying goes, brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight in battle."
"Governing a country is like fighting a war. I am the ruler of this world, so I must work with you, my subjects, on the same page."
"They are all great. They haven't let me down." Looking at these people from the Qingliu and Yan party who were completely obedient and had clean backings, Jiajing was pleased with them.
In the present Ming Dynasty, all the rotten flesh and pus-filled sores have been drained away, and all that remains is to wait for the wounds to heal.
A brand new Ming Dynasty is about to reappear in his own hands. However, even the newest things will eventually become old.
As long as people remain human, their hearts and nature will not change.
The Yangtze River is a river, and the Yellow River is a river. The water of the Yangtze River is clear, and the water of the Yellow River is turbid. Many people don’t know that the Yellow River was also clear before the Western Han Dynasty, but it became turbid later, which is why it was named the Yellow River.
The Yangtze River is flowing, and the Yellow River is flowing too.
The water from the Yangtze River irrigates the fields on both sides of the river. The water from the Yellow River also irrigates the fields on both sides of the river in several provinces. The water should not be used inappropriately because of its clearness, nor should it be abandoned because of its turbidity. This has been the case since ancient times.
Therefore, Jiajing believed that even if the Ming Dynasty developed into an immortal dynasty, there would always be struggles, and the upright scholars would think about governing the country and realizing their ambitions and lofty ideals.
For example, the Yan Party will continue to engage in corruption, but sometimes it can also be a very useful tool, a pair of gloves that does not dirty your hands.
There are some dirty and tiring jobs that can be done by the Yan Party but not by the Qingliu. If the Yan Party does it, the Qingliu will start to criticize.
In this way, the emperor gained benefits and achieved his political goals, punishing openly and rewarding secretly.
So, even though the Ming Dynasty has been reborn, the fighting will not stop. Jiajing sees this clearly and he will not stop it.
However, when to fight, when to stop, who wins and who loses, all have to be decided by Jiajing.
Not everyone can win just because they want to.
In a great immortal dynasty, individual power is very strong, but what if there are hundreds of millions of Jindan armies, Yuanying armies, or even more and stronger armies of Nine Tribulations Loose Immortals?
Unless you are an immortal, no matter how powerful you are, you are just one person, and it is impossible for one person to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
Even if you are an immortal, so what? If you are an immortal, then I will develop an army of millions of immortals.
Just like the academy in the world of cultivating immortals.
Immortal cultivators do possess great personal power, and the gap between their realms is huge. However, one person in the Mahayana stage can kill hundreds of thousands or millions of people in the Qi Refining stage in seconds. Can you kill hundreds of thousands or millions of people in the same realm in seconds?
Let alone a large army, even if there were three people of the same level, you wouldn't be their match.
The same is true of the principle that success comes from failure, so Jiajing needed his ministers to fight in order to consolidate his position.
Well, it's like a cricket fight?
You can't let one side win, and you can't let the other side lose. Only in this way, by keeping them in captivity, can you play for a long time.
Whether it is a mortal dynasty or an immortal dynasty, ultimately the underlying operating logic will not change.
If the people are oppressed too much, they will rise up in rebellion.
The only difference is that a group of independent cultivators, riding flying swords, or some dilapidated flying warships, are like ants trying to shake a tree, and are eventually ruthlessly suppressed. But this is also a kind of resistance!
As an emperor, he needs to see more and farther, and understand the meaning behind the resistance.
Just like in the current Ming Dynasty, there are still some peasant rebellions in various places, which were finally suppressed. Why are the loyal ministers all thinking that they can't survive behind the resistance, and will they die if they don't resist?
Even if the emperor couldn't see it, of course he could see it.
Sometimes, you see something and want to change it, but it may not be possible to change it.
The same is true in the imperial court. If there is a powerful minister who dominates the country, the power he controls will be greater and stronger, and will also threaten the imperial power.
Therefore, even if it is the Immortal Dynasty, the way to govern the country, for the emperor, will always be inseparable from the four fundamentals of imperial power, these four words, "the way to rule your subordinates"!
The natal star, the natal object and oneself are one and the same.
When one prospers, all others prosper and lose together. If you want to do well, you need to manage it carefully.
Governing a large mortal country is like cooking a small fish, and the same is true for an immortal dynasty.
"I have some good things here, I will reward you with some." Many thoughts flashed through Jiajing's mind. With a smile on his face, he raised his hand to signal.
Good stuff?! When everyone heard Jiajing's words, they were shocked and thought of a possibility.
At this moment, even Yan Song, who looked drowsy, with his head lowered and his eyes drooped, and remained silent, and Xu Jie, who looked calm and stood with his hands hanging down, could not help but be startled and began to look forward to it vaguely.
Prince Yu and Prince Jing, who were sitting below Jiajing, looked at each other, smiled, and looked to the front.
After Lu Fang understood, he immediately took a step forward and walked quickly towards the side hall. Everyone's eyes were almost glued to Lu Fang, watching him go to the side hall and then watch him come back.
To be precise, it was the jade box that Lu Fang was holding in his hand.
For a moment, even Yan Song couldn't help but straighten his back in excitement.
I want to look back, but I'm afraid of being unbecoming, so I can only endure the itching and uncomfortable feeling.
Well, at this time, the benefits of standing are reflected.
He could glance at it unscrupulously and stare at what was in Lu Fang's hand.
"Here are some medicinal pills. Eating them can cure diseases and hidden ailments in your body. I also have some fruits that are good. They are my reward to you. Eating them can help you maintain your health and strengthen your body."
Taking in the expressions of the crowd, Jiajing smiled and raised his hand to signal Lu Fang to give rewards to everyone.
Lu Fang smiled, looked at the eager cabinet, then looked at some people from the Imperial Household Department behind him, Chen Hong who was staring with his eyes wide open, and his godson Huang Jin behind him.
And, Shi San, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household, who had little presence in the Imperial Household Department. Although Shi San seemed to have never interfered in the affairs of the court, only Lu Fang knew that he was the one who spread the news in the palace.
Some of the news in the palace was blocked, and all kinds of matters were handled by him. For example, when the master was demolishing the backyard in the beginning, all the hard-working eunuchs were arranged by Shi San.
Although Shi San didn't know why the courtyard was demolished, not a single piece of information about Yuxi Palace was leaked.
Of course, this is due to the double insurance of the East Factory and the West Factory, but the fact that Shi San was able to accomplish such a task shows that he is extraordinary.
As for Chen Hong, well, the butcher knife in the master's hand is an already shaped object, so it is naturally useful.
As for Huang Jin, needless to say, his godson, when he was in the palace, he followed his master around as a playmate.
So, while everyone in the cabinet was watching anxiously, Lu Fang quietly came to the side of his own people in the Imperial Household Department.
Seeing this scene, Yan Shifan, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji and others glared at each other in tacit understanding.
Well, at this moment, several people seemed to have a common hatred and a common enemy.
What do you mean, Lü Fang? From changing rice to mulberry, to stationing troops to promote agriculture, to the current rectification of officialdom, you have sacrificed so much for the country. What have you done for the Imperial Household Department? Why should the rewards be given to you first?
The Emperor and the two princes are watching, and you are doing something shady?
Facing everyone's glares and feeling the knife-like gazes behind him, Lu Fang felt nothing in his heart.
He opened the jade box slowly, and the moment it was opened, a gust of fresh breeze blew out.
In the Imperial Household Department, Chen Hong and others were stunned at first, and then suddenly, as if instinctively, they began to inhale violently.
After a moment, Chen Hong closed his eyes comfortably, and felt a sudden inexplicable relaxation all over his body.
Some of the pain that had been carried for a long time seemed to disappear at this moment as he swallowed this mouthful of "fairy air".
Yes, that’s right, in their opinion, what just came out of the jade box was the fairy spirit!
"Damn, what are they smoking!" Young cabinet minister Yan Shifan anxiously stretched his neck and leaned hard against Gao Gong, wanting to see clearly what was in the box.
Gao Gong tried to push the box open several times in disgust but failed. However, he was also curious about what had just slipped into the box.
Well, he felt that something must have escaped from the box just now and was eaten by these eunuchs!
It was a pity that the good stuff was given to the eunuchs first. As for the attitude towards the eunuchs, especially the things that Chen Hong had done, he was very unhappy and disliked it.
Naturally, Lu Fang ignored everyone's thoughts. He first took out a jade gourd, then closed the jade box and placed it on the table.
Yan Shifan, with sharp eyes, took a quick glance and saw the green fruit, which was slightly larger than an egg, lying quietly in the jade box.
Fruit? Yan Shifan was stunned, but then he became excited, thinking that there must be "immortal fruit" inside.
"What?" Seeing Yan Shifan's stunned look, Gao Gong knew that he had seen it, and immediately asked in a low voice.
"Hmph!" Yan Shifan, who had come to his senses, first glanced at Gao Gong, then snorted coldly from a distance.
Gao Gong: “…” This made Gao Gong hate him to death.
Damn you Yan thief, you didn't have this attitude when you leaned against me just now! Down with Yan, you must down with Yan!
"Stretch out your hands." Lu Fang unscrewed the lid of the jade gourd. Chen Hong understood and quickly stretched out his hands, waiting carefully.
Others also looked at him enviously. Even Huang Jin, whose turn was about to come, was the first one to be given the "magic pill" by Chen Hong.
At this moment, everyone in the hall was waiting excitedly, and no one questioned the emperor's gift of the elixir.
Although the emperor did not explicitly say that this was an elixir, he only said that it was some kind of elixir that could prolong life and remove disease, but they are not stupid.
Now the Emperor has received the magic from the immortals and has embarked on the path to immortality. Even Prince Yu and Prince Jing have also begun to cultivate immortality.
Although the emperor and even the royal family have never announced it to the outside world, it is no longer a secret to the cabinet.
As for the officials from the six ministries outside the cabinet, after half a year of fighting, they had already forgotten what happened in the past.
Therefore, they knew without even thinking about the elixir bestowed by the emperor that it must be the legendary elixir.
Chen Hong looked at the pill in his hand. It was plain and had nothing special about it, but he felt extremely excited.
It seems that this elixir is not even as good as the elixirs given by the fake Taoist priests by the master in the past. But at this moment, Chen Hong understood what the real good things are, which are always simple and unpretentious.
Good things don't need to be embellished with anything fancy, such as various medicinal scents, or patterns.
"Don't eat yet. Listen to my instructions later." Lu Fang did not forget that when he and Lu Bing took the pills, they vomited a lot of dirty blood on the spot.
Well, he would prepare a spittoon for each of these people later, and let them spit into the spittoon to prevent mortals from polluting the sacred place of practice of the master with blood.
Soon, under the eager gaze of the crowd, several people from the Imperial Household Department held a pill in their hands and waited quietly.
Then, Lu Fang walked slowly to the end of the Qingliu. Well, he distributed the pills in an "S" shape.
The Qingliu faction's standing from front to back were Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Yan Shifan and Zhao Zhenji.
In this way, the first person to receive the elixir became Zhao Zhenji.
Looking at Lu Fang walking towards him, Zhao Zhenji stared with eyes wide open and immediately stretched out his hands excitedly. Is it my turn to be rich and powerful first?
Although he also knew that there was actually no difference in the order, as the medicine must be the same, but at this moment he thought that this was the elixir, and if he could get it one step ahead of others, he would at least feel relieved.
However, just when Zhao Zhenji was excited, he was not paying attention and was directly taken away by Yan Shifan, who squeezed him lightly and said with a smile: "Thank you, Eunuch Lu."
Well, this set of movements can be said to be flawless and smooth, neither abrupt nor out of place. Everything looks so silky, smooth, and natural!
Combined with the smile on his face and the words he said, the feeling he gave people can be described in eight words: well-versed in human nature and well-versed in the world.
At this moment, the smile on Zhao Zhenji's face was still there. Looking at himself who was suddenly replaced, his expression suddenly became extremely wonderful.
"Heh," watching this scene, Lu Fang couldn't help but chuckle, then ignored it, took the jade gourd and poured a pill into Yan Shifan's hands, then walked towards Zhao Zhenji and said:
"Zhao Butang, you must be vigilant at all times in the future."
Generally speaking, if someone was in charge of one of the six ministries, Lu Fang would use the title of "Ministry of State" in the palace, which seemed cordial and appropriate.
If a person did not hold a concurrent position in a certain department, Lu Fang would simply call him "Scholar". For example, Zhang Juzheng would be called "Scholar Zhang".
Like other officials, they privately call these people in the cabinet "Grand Master So-and-so" to show respect and affection.
"Cabinet elders" is a customary respectful title used by lower officials to address their superiors. If someone is taken out individually, he will be called cabinet elder.
Even the real cabinet ministers are only the chief minister and the second chief minister.
But in the officialdom, all that matters is that it doesn't matter if the official is high or low, just shout at each other when you meet.
Of course, you have to be careful about the degree. If you call a ninth-rank official "butang" or something like that, you can forget about getting by.
Now that he is in the cabinet and in the palace, Zhao Zhenji also serves as the Minister of Revenue, so it is naturally most appropriate to call him "Minister of Finance".
"Thank you, Eunuch Lu..." Zhao Zhenji restrained his smile, thanked Lu Fang while holding the pill, and then blew it towards Yan Shifan.
In response, Yan Shifan looked like he was in a state of helplessness.
"Lord Yan, this is for you." Soon, Lu Fang sent it to the last one, Yan Song.
For the immortal cultivator Lu Fang, there are only three people in this hall who need his attention, namely the Emperor, Prince Yu and Prince Jing.
These three people are the masters, so they are naturally different.
Others, like Yan Song or Xu Jie, are all mortals!
So when he was distributing pills to everyone, he didn't pay attention to positioning. He just walked in an "S" shape which was comfortable and convenient.
"Thank you, eunuch." Yan Song took the pill and remained calm, but his voice was somewhat uneasy.
"After taking this pill, some of the miscellaneous matters, hidden diseases, and toxins in your body will be expelled from your body." At this time, Jiajing raised his finger jokingly after looking at the people below, "So, Lu Fang asked you to wait, this old man is afraid of the trouble of cleaning up."
Seeing Jiajing's relaxed words, everyone understood Lu Fang's intention. As for Lu Fang's fear of cleaning up the trouble? They naturally understood that this was just an excuse from the emperor.
As Jiajing's joke died down, Prince Yu and Prince Jing also chuckled at the right time, and the atmosphere in the hall relaxed.
No one was surprised as to why Prince Yu and Prince Jing did not have any elixirs. This was obvious without even having to think about it.
The Second King had already started cultivating immortals, so naturally he no longer cared about these elixirs. Perhaps he had also eaten a lot of the spiritual fruits in the jade box.
After a while, Lu Fang came in with a group of young eunuchs holding spittoons and came to everyone in the Imperial Household Department and the Cabinet.
"Let's start." Lu Fang glanced at everyone and said.
Hearing this, Yan Song and the others all swallowed the pills in their hands. After a while, everyone's faces changed. Chen Hong was the first one who couldn't hold it in, and he directly held the spittoon and spit out the dirty blood.
Afterwards, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji and others could not bear it anymore and started vomiting into spittoons.
For a moment, a strong fishy smell filled the hall. Jiajing had already used spiritual energy to isolate his mouth and nose. At the same time, a faint spiritual energy was attached to his body to isolate the filth.
Prince Yu, Prince Jing and others could only cover their mouths and noses with white handkerchiefs.
Lu Fang had just achieved a breakthrough and was not yet able to control his spiritual energy so delicately, so he could only cover his mouth with a handkerchief.
On the other hand, Yan Song and the others felt refreshed all over at this moment, as if they had returned to their prime.
Although the wrinkles on Yan Song's face did not change, the spots disappeared completely, and his hunched back straightened. Xu Jie was almost the same.
Feeling the changes in their bodies, everyone was shocked. Just one pill caused them to have such amazing changes. What if they were cultivating immortals?
For a moment, the desire in everyone's hearts could no longer be suppressed.
They also want to cultivate immortality!
"Go away." Lu Fang waved his hand. The little eunuch holding the spittoon could only suppress the nausea and vomiting and leave quickly.
Well, at this time, Yan Song and others also noticed the stench in the hall, and immediately looked at Jiajing apologetically.
"We are guilty. We were blessed by heaven, but we defiled the emperor's palace. Please punish us." As they said this, they all knelt down.
Well, besides gratitude, they also felt guilty.
"No need. You are all my subjects, the backbone of the Ming Dynasty. How could I despise you?" Jiajing said, and chuckled, "Old man Lu Fang will clean up."
As Jiajing finished speaking, Lu Fang smiled slightly, took a step forward, and then, under the puzzled gaze of everyone, a small talisman appeared on his fingertips and he waved his hand, and suddenly a strong wind surged.
"Hua, hua, hua!" In the entire Yuxi Palace, the gauze curtains fluttered, and the documents and memorials on the desk turned pages automatically.
The hair, beards and robes of Yan Song, Xu Jie and others were rustling at this moment, and they squinted their eyes and could hardly open them.
But everyone, at this moment, stared with eyes wide open in horror, looking at Lu Fang's back. At this moment, they seemed to have seen a god.
Then, they had a thought in their minds: Lv Fang also cultivated immortality! ?
Suddenly, everyone was startled, and then they looked at the emperor who was sitting comfortably on the throne, and the two princes on both sides of the emperor.
They saw an unquestionable imperial mountain!
And on top of this imperial mountain, there is only one emperor, overlooking all his ministers and the Ming Dynasty!
Although the emperor did not use any means, they knew that if Lu Fang could have such means, how powerful would the emperor be?
For a moment, everyone seemed like ants looking up at the sky.
Without seeing the cultivation, worshiping the emperor is like seeing green mountains. With seeing the cultivation, seeing the emperor is like an ant looking up at the sky, with only endless awe and fear in the heart.
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(End of this chapter)
