Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Ji Benchang hurried his steps and went straight to the imperial study.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, wondering what important matter the emperor had today that made him so anxious to be summoned to the palace to see him.

When the person who came to summon him wanted to find out a few things, only after finding out the Holy Spirit's intention could he better deal with the situation.

If it's a good thing, I won't say anything. But if His Majesty finds fault with his Ministry of Revenue again, then...

But who would have thought that today the man was like a gourd with its mouth sawed off, and no matter how he asked, he remained silent.

At that time, Ji Benchang understood in his heart that if His Majesty had not given a special order, these people would not have been so tight-lipped.

The more this happened, the more uncertain he felt.

But no matter what is waiting for him today, if His Majesty summons him, he has to go even if he is unsure!

Just as he was walking quickly, he heard a shout from behind.

"Minister Ji!"

As soon as Ji Benchang heard the person behind him, he knew who it was. After his steps froze for a moment, he started jogging without looking back.

It's gonna be bad!

He knew that today was going to be bad because he encountered this plague god!

Maybe, this plague god was crying poor in front of Your Majesty again, so Your Majesty summoned him into the palace!

He cursed in his heart and his pace became more hurried, as if he could keep the Ministry's silver as long as he was not caught up by the people behind him.

The people behind him saw Ji Benchang's evasive back and knew what he was thinking.

But today, Ji Benchang was wrong. Yue Zhenchuan did not ask His Majesty for help in summoning him.

Moreover, he was suddenly summoned by His Majesty, asking him to go to the palace to meet the Emperor immediately.

Just now, he was just like Ji Benchang, secretly thinking about whether there were any mistakes or omissions in his Ministry of Works' recent actions. But when he looked up, he saw Ji Benchang in front of him, and his heart was immediately relieved.

If His Majesty summoned him alone, he would really be unsure, but now seeing Ji Benchang also heading towards the Imperial Study.

Your Majesty summoned the two ministries at the same time, probably to discuss important matters.

Yue Zhenchuan picked up his robe and trotted along, wanting to have a verbal exchange with Ji Benchang, but he was fast, and Ji Benchang was even faster!

He had no choice but to stop, panting. The combined age of the two was over a hundred years old. What would it look like to chase each other in this palace?

He looked at Ji Benchang's back and said loudly, "Minister Ji! I'm not here to see you today! Please walk slowly!"

Ji Benchang paused slightly when he heard his words, but did not stop, as he was still afraid of a trap.

He just said without turning his head: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get to the palace!"

Yue Zhenchuan shook his head helplessly when he heard this. The reason why they disliked him so much was because he had asked for money a few times...

After a moment he was stunned again.

That's not right. Not only did he not get a single penny during those times, he was also scolded by Ji Benchang several times!

If anyone dislikes someone, it should be him who dislikes Ji Benchang!

It’s still the Ministry of Revenue. It might as well be renamed the Ministry of Stinginess!

......

Ji Benchang and Yue Zhenchuan looked at each other in front of the hall, and then snorted twice.

The two of them squeezed in together, neither of them giving way to the other.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!"

The emperor looked down at the two people kneeling in the hall, suppressed the corners of his mouth, coughed lightly and said: "My two beloved ministers, please stand up."

After they stood up, they saw Yu Shizhang sitting next to them and were both stunned.

Hasn't this old fellow stopped interfering in court affairs a long time ago? Why is he here today?

And judging from his expression, he should know why Your Majesty summoned the two of them today.

The two of them immediately began to feel nervous. If it were anyone else, they could still make a guess, but Yu Shizhang was a little different.

Moreover, they had no interactions with him in the past, so what was going on today...

The emperor saw that the two were distracted, so he tapped the table with his fingers and called out, "My two beloved ministers."

The two men came back to their senses, bowed their heads and replied, "Your Majesty."

They lowered their heads and waited for a moment, but the emperor did not speak, and they couldn't help feeling confused.

The emperor who was sitting at this time was also a little conflicted. He had just thought that when the two men came in, he would throw the two cloth bags in front of them and let them open their eyes and take a good look at what was inside.

And when the two of them entered the hall just now, he had already made his moves, but when he picked up the cloth bag, he couldn't help but hesitate.

It’s not that he felt that the action was an insult to the old minister, but he felt sorry for the rice in the cloth bag.

It was already scattered like that, if he threw it again, would it still be okay?

So after hesitating for a moment, he put the cloth bag on the table.

This rice plant is the only one in Shangjing, so you must take good care of it!

In the end, the emperor chose a gentle approach and said to the two men, "My dear ministers, today you presented me with two items. Unfortunately, my eyesight is not very good, so I can't see them clearly. You two are also veterans of the Second Department and have seen a lot. Come, take them and show me what is in the cloth bag."

After hearing this, Ji Benchang and Yue Zhenchuan no longer cared about fighting with each other. They looked at each other secretly and were both shocked.

They have been with the emperor for many years, so how could they not understand the sour meaning in his words?

Not very good eyesight?

If you talk about old, can Your Majesty be as old as these two?

If we really have to say that their eyesight is bad, then it should be these two who have bad eyesight.

But their eyes were still cast towards the cloth bag on the table, and they were secretly wondering what exactly did the Earl of Yongning present to His Majesty today that caused His Majesty to summon them immediately and also be so sarcastic to them.

Yue Zhenchuan couldn't help but cast his gaze at Yu Shizhang, trying to see some clues from his expression.

Who would have thought that he would look at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, as if he had nothing to do with it.

Yue Zhenchuan felt helpless and could only look at the cloth bag that Eunuch Hong brought over.

Eunuch Hong handed the small cloth bag to him, and then handed the big one to Ji Benchang who was standing beside him.

He couldn't help but be stunned. It turned out that it had already been decided which cloth bag should be given to whom.

He took the cloth bag and weighed it gently in his hand. It was weightless and he had no idea what was inside.

The emperor saw that the two men did not move after taking the cloth bag, so he urged them, "My dear ministers, please open it and take a look."

The emperor had spoken, so how could the two of them disobey? They stood where they were and opened the cloth bags in their hands.

The cloth bag in Yue Zhenchuan's hand was small and had not been rewrapped by the emperor just now, so he saw the objects inside it before Ji Benchang.

"This is!!!"

His scream caused Ji Benchang, who was standing beside him, to stop what he was doing and look over.

When the emperor saw Yue Zhenchuan's loss of composure, a smile appeared on his lips, but he suppressed it after a moment.

He steadied his voice and asked, "My dear, how can you shout like that in my palace? What did you see?"

At this moment, Yue Zhenchuan was so focused on the object in his hand that he didn't even bother to answer the emperor's words.