I made a fortune by marrying a sickly woman!

"Promoted again?"

Song Jin looked at Qin Chi in surprise, "What happened in the court today?"

"An imperial censor has reported to Director Yan."

Qin Chi told Song Jin what happened in the palace today, and also told him that Emperor Ming Cheng had promoted him again. "In the end, Dean Yan and I were fine, but Mao Shaojie was dismissed from office and imprisoned, and was caned fifty times in court."

"If you don't hold back, people will be beaten to death."

Song Jin thought that the emperor's last breath was actually to save Mao Shaojie's life.

Qin Chi took a sip of the warm tea and said, "Now I have another grudge against the Yuan family."

"Even if this matter is gone, they have no intention of letting my husband go."

Song Jin knew that the Yuan family would not let Qin Chi go easily for the sake of their own reputation.

Emperor Ming Cheng will not take a hard approach for the time being.

It would be difficult to say in the future, so he had to climb up while Emperor Mingcheng still paid attention to him. He had to climb to the level of attention of Emperor Mingcheng and to a high position where the Yuan family could not easily touch him.

Song Jin looked at Qin Chi worriedly.

This kind of thing cannot be said to his face, so as not to put more pressure on him.

Old Li and others on the side were not optimistic after hearing this.

Old Li said worriedly, "Sir, are you going to work in the Ministry of Industry? Do you really have to go?"

"It's a concurrent position. I have to do what I'm responsible for. I usually stay in the Ministry of Works or the Hanlin Academy, depending on the situation." Qin Chi thought about the things that belonged to him in the Hanlin Academy. There were not many things to do to begin with, and the reason he was busy before was purely because someone was deliberately making trouble.

The Hanlin Academy is just a government office with little financial resources.

It was a common practice for officials with the bachelor's degree to concurrently hold positions in the six ministries. Think about the ministers in the cabinet, which one of them did not hold several positions concurrently? Yan Xianqing, as the head of the Hanlin Academy, also held the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, although it was a sinecure.

Qin Chi smiled and said, "You don't have to worry too much. If the enemy comes, we will stop him. If the water comes, we will block it with earth. Minister Yuan is still under house arrest and reflecting on his actions."

Even if the Yuan family wanted to take action against Qin Chi, they would not dare to do so openly.

Song Jin thought of another thing, "Why did that person in the palace send my husband to Yu Hengsi?"

After she asked this.

Everyone else looked at Qin Chi.

Qin Chi wanted to say that the person had bad intentions. "There was a corruption case in the Yuheng Division before. The silver that should have been allocated was embezzled, and the military uniforms and weapons that should have been sent to the military camp were all defective. I don't know how, the Yang family got evidence of Yuan Shangshu and asked me to report it to Emperor Mingcheng."

“So this is where the pit is.”

Song Jin just wanted to say that there is really no good person among the emperors.

In the end, the doctor in charge of the Yuhengsi took all the blame for the case. Of course, it was because he himself was not clean and was caught by someone. If Yuan Shangshu wanted to save himself, he had to sacrifice someone. Of course, it is unknown what promise Yuan Shangshu made to the other party.

Song Jin asked with concern: "Husband, are you really okay?"

"It's okay. If I can't even manage a department, how can I continue to climb up in the future?" Qin Chi's ambition is not limited here.

This is just the beginning of entering the court.

Qin Chi looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "Yuhengsi is indeed a mess now. No one wants to take over, but this is also an opportunity, right?"

"Sir, please let me know if you need our help."

Song Jin immediately understood what he meant.

Qin Chi said bluntly: "I need a batch of cotton to make military uniforms and send them to the northwest in winter."

"Using public power for personal gain?" Song Jin blurted out.

Qin Chi's expression froze, and then he looked at Song Jin quietly, "Is this what my wife wants from her?"

Song Jin turned his eyes away and denied, "No, I was distracted just now. I'll pass the message down and ask someone to help you buy cotton. Cotton is picked at different times in different regions, but the earliest picking time is July. My fleet happens to pass by, so I can buy some cotton while I'm there."

"Then I'll trouble you, ma'am."

Qin Chi knew that Shunan Trading Company would also make acquisitions every year.

It’s just that the quantity is limited, and usually the people who grow it will sell it to familiar buyers.

Song Jin’s fleet is different.

They will purchase what they can, and if they can't, they will barter for goods, and local merchants often fall for this.

Song Jin thought that Yu Hengsi was in charge.

But the more I thought about it, the more my brows furrowed.

"What are you thinking about, madam?" Qin Chi glanced at her furrowed brows.

Song Jin did not hide it. "I was thinking about what Yu Hengsi is responsible for. If the other party wants to trip you up in the future, how will they do it? I thought about it and found that Yu Hengsi is responsible for a lot of things."

"Of course there is a lot of work to do in a department, but it's not all done by me alone. There are also officials and managers. I am just responsible for management. If there are hard tasks, I will let others do them. Don't worry, my lady. After all, I am... not in good health."

Qin Chi spoke the last sentence with particular seriousness.

Song Jin just wants to ask, do you have any shame?

Responsible for supervising the harvesting in mountains, forests, rivers and lakes. This description is very general. It is in charge of harvesting meat, leather, bones, horns, feathers, etc. of birds and beasts in mountains and lakes, and is also in charge of manufacturing military uniforms and weapons, firing ceramics, smelting utensils, etc.

If Qin Chi had to do all these things.

Qin Chi couldn't finish the work even if he worked twelve hours a day.

However, there are indeed more things to do in the Ministry of Works than in the Hanlin Academy, especially the Bachelor of Attending Studies, which generally speaking is the Bachelor who accompanies the emperor in his studies.

Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty was already old.

I seldom read books.

As for why he had so much work to do in the first month after he took office, Qin Chi now thinks it seems to be man-made. Not only was Mao Shaojie giving him things to do, but there seemed to be someone above him pushing him forward.

Of course, they did it in a very shady way.

In the afternoon, the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department arrived to deliver the imperial edict. Along with him came not only the imperial edict, but also the official seal and uniform of the Langzhong of the Ministry of Works. The one who came to deliver the edict was Jixiang.

This was the job he stole.

"Sir Qin, congratulations. The Emperor said that you were frightened this time. You can report to the Ministry of Works in three days." Jixiang said with a gentle smile, very friendly.

Qin Chi stuffed him with a big red envelope.

He also gave him the money from the last imperial edict, saying it was money for tea.

Jixiang thanked him with a smile, said a few nice words, and then took his people away from the Qin family.

Many curious people came to watch outside the Qin family.

The onlookers were whispering.

Even the door of Mr. Dong’s house across the street was opened, and someone was looking in.

"Someone from the palace is here? What happened to Qin Zhuangyuan?"

"He looks like a eunuch delivering an imperial decree."

"Come out, come out!"

"Could it be that Qin Qi'an has been promoted again? I just took a look and saw the eunuch behind him holding what looked like an official hat and uniform."

"You are bragging, it's all covered by the red cloth, what the hell are you looking at?"

The people outside the gate were all guessing, but when they saw Jixiang and his group coming out, no one dared to step forward to ask.

This is a eunuch in the palace.

They looked down on eunuchs, but they dared not offend them.