The newly appointed Minister of Personnel stepped forward calmly.
"Your Majesty, I have a report to make."
"explain."
"I accidentally learned that the place where Jiangnan South Road and Lingnan East Road meet has been engaged in overseas trade for thirty years. The total amount of wealth earned and taxes paid is inestimable, but the local area has become a school of its own. My classmate and good friend once worked there, and now..."
【Now he seems to be dead.】
[Alas, even a powerful dragon can hardly suppress a local snake, let alone your friend who is not a powerful dragon. If you don't join them in corruption, then you will become a potential destabilizing factor.]
[After learning that a huge amount of tax revenue was embezzled by the local people, the good friend of the Minister of Personnel reported the matter to the local governor. Who would have thought that the governor was just the same as the prince, and it seems that the guy has not been beheaded by the prince yet, and is still jumping around. ]
[The good official who would rather die than surrender was killed by them. Alas. ]
Many people in the hall fell into silence.
The old emperor sighed in his heart: If there were more good officials like this in Daye, such a situation would not have happened.
"Yanchen, tell me, who would be the best person to handle this matter?"
[Hey, the old emperor called me so affectionately, most of the time he called me "Ai Qing", why do young people start calling me by longer and shorter names? ]
Shen Zhiyi felt a chill, not daring to think about it, it was more important to hug herself quickly.
The old emperor's face darkened instantly.
The newly appointed Minister of Personnel pondered and said, "This matter..."
【I think you should go by yourself.】
"I am willing to go and handle the matter and resolve it before the next imperial examination."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole court was in an uproar.
Another official who was unhappy with the new Minister of Personnel stood up.
"Humph, you are so arrogant, such an important matter was solved in just over a month. It would take you a long time to get there even if you rode a fast horse."
"How to solve this problem is my business, and I don't need the Right Censor to say more."
"you!"
The Right Censor's neck turned red with anger.
【Wow, fight, fight! 】
【Ole Gei, Ole Gei! 】
All the civil and military officials in the court said: Shen Zhiyi, you really just want to watch the fun and not mind the trouble, you are just afraid that the world will not be in chaos.
The Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief also stood up.
"Your Majesty, it is understandable that the Minister of Personnel is a little high-spirited as he has held such an important position at such a young age. However, the issue of local officials concealing tax revenue is very serious and cannot be dealt with perfunctorily. I think we need to find another candidate for this matter."
[To put it bluntly, you are just jealous. ]
Right Censor and Right Deputy Censor: Bah, that’s impossible!
[Besides, you two don’t have the nerve to talk about this. ]
The Right Censor and the Right Deputy Censor became popular again.
How can they say that it is incredible!
[The Supervisory Office has thirteen censors, three of whom are in Jiangnan. The thirteen censors who are supposed to supervise the illegal behavior of officials inside and outside the country first failed to discover the severe drought in Jiangnan, and then failed to discover the tax evasion. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, how long has your Supervisory Office been established? Do you really think that writing a small essay for others every day is enough, and sometimes you can travel around the country at public expense? Haha. ]
Shen Zhiyi sneered repeatedly.
The old emperor's face was gloomy.
The old emperor thought of the memorials submitted by the censors, which made the whole Daye seem peaceful and harmonious.
I didn't expect there are so many chronic diseases.
If there is pus on your body, you have to dig it out.
The matter finally fell on the shoulders of the newly appointed Minister of Personnel, who was accompanied by people from the Censorate. In addition, the old emperor even assigned some people from the Dragon Scale Guard to provide protection.
This shows how much importance the old emperor attached to this matter.
[Now that the tax fraud issue over there has been resolved, will the old emperor still allow overseas trade? ]
Old Emperor: Why not do something that can make money?
[Overseas trade can make a lot of money, so naturally many people will choose this path, and the number of farmers will be reduced. Tsk, will the tragedy of the maritime ban happen again here? ]
[Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with me. I am just a small salted fish, thinking about eating and sleeping every day. It would be better to find a big sister to take care of my daily life. ]
To be honest, Chen Zhiyi gets up earlier than the chickens and goes to bed later than the dogs. His home is as messy as a dog's, truly worthy of the name.
[Why are all the prostitutes sold at the East Market Brokerage Office so young? They are younger than me. This is not okay.]
[Is there an older sister who is not fatherless, childless, has no dead husband, no poor relatives, and has good character? Can you please pick one for me? ]
Everyone: You have quite high requirements for finding a big sister.
But Shen Zhiyi doesn’t even have a servant in the house?
Nowadays, anyone who lives in the capital, even a lowly official of the ninth rank, has to have an old servant who pays nothing to show off his wealth.
Shen Zhiyi, you should have some self-awareness. You are a sixth-rank official, not a small one!
[Oh, it's so hard to find, am I too demanding? ]
Everyone: Aren’t your requirements high?
The old emperor's angry mood brightened up a lot because of Shen Zhiyi, and he began to continue what he needed to discuss today.
"Minister of Rites, how is the imperial examination going?"
[On the 23rd, the emperor inquired about the imperial examination.]
"Your Majesty, everything went well."
[The Minister of Rites replied that it went smoothly.]
The pen falls...
[It went smoothly. It really went smoothly.]
Listening to Shen Zhiyi’s sarcastic tone, the Minister of Rites was unhappy.
He has held the imperial examinations so many times that he knows the procedures by heart, so it should go smoothly.
"Your Majesty, the imperial examination is proceeding in an orderly manner, including the accommodation for the examinees, the layout of the examination room, and the preparation of the examination papers."
【Where does the candidate live? 】
Shen Zhiyi carefully watched the surveillance and found that everyone who came to Beijing to take the exam would be sent to Dajing by the government, and accommodation would be arranged in Dajing City.
She loves watching TV dramas and her face is filled with confusion.
[Ah, this damn TV show of yours has misled me again. What about a poor scholar going to Beijing to take the imperial examination? You are not worthy of being a poor scholar. Besides, most of the successful candidates are wealthy businessmen who are willing to invest. There will be no such thing as someone living in a dilapidated temple.]
Shen Zhiyi shed bitter tears.
[Can some screenwriters respect the facts a little when writing something? ! ! ! ]
[Forget it, I don’t show respect when I edit my own stuff. ]
The Minister of Rites thought of the previous swearing by Master Shen Zhiyi, and the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK.
I don’t know what that TV series is about, it misled Shen Lang about a lot of things.
Apart from anything else, this "adult" is right.
It’s a pity that Shen Zhiyi doesn’t even shout now.
[But what about the layout of this examination room? ]
The Minister of Rites' eyelids jumped, and he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Examination Hall is carefully cleaned before the examination every year to ensure that the candidates have a comfortable examination environment."
[Are you sure? ]
Shen Zhiyi looked at the determined eyes of the Minister of Rites hesitantly, deeply suspicious.
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