Chapter 44 Xu Guangqi

  Seeing Li Ruhua rushing towards him, the Tianqi Emperor ignored him and walked straight into the government office, saying "Go ahead and speak!"

  After hearing the words of Emperor Tianqi, Li Ruhua was shocked. It seems that the emperor is not very happy, and he hasn't done anything wrong recently! He couldn't help but look at Chen Hong with a pleading gaze, this eunuch who was in high favor with the emperor, his relationship with him was still pretty good. When he saw Chen Hong didn't even glance at him, Li Ruhua's heart sank even more.

  Arriving at the Ministry of Revenue, looking at this dilapidated government office, Tianqi Emperor's anger grew. The country's money was all embezzled. Which official wasn't living in a grand house with a large entourage? Who were they trying to deceive by making the government office look like this? What were these officials thinking?

  "Minister of the Board of War, Li Ruhua, pays his respects: Long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, forever and ever!" Looking at Li Ruhua kneeling on the ground, Emperor Tianqi also didn't speak. At this moment, Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he wanted to drag this guy out and behead him. However, Emperor Tianqi knew that most officials in this era were like this, and there was no way to deal with it at present. He could only suppress the anger in his heart and slowly said: "Get up! Minister Li is not young anymore, go move a stool over here."

  When Li Ruhua sat down, Emperor Tianqi slowly said: "I have come here today for a matter."

  "Your Majesty, please speak, I will do my best to serve you." Li Ruhua's expression changed slightly. He had been confused by the Tianqi Emperor and originally thought he was coming to find fault with him, but unexpectedly, he was given a seat instead. Although his worries in his heart were slightly alleviated, he was still nervous and could only respond cautiously when he heard the Tianqi Emperor say this.

  "I don't need you to exhaust yourself, I just want to find someone." Tianqi Emperor said calmly, glancing at Li Ruhua who was being cautious.

  "Why did you come in person? Wouldn't it be enough to just summon me to the palace?" Li Ruohua's heart suddenly felt at ease after hearing Tianqi Emperor's words, and he smiled.

  The Tianqi Emperor looked at Li Ruohua with a hint of amusement and said slowly, "I didn't expect you to be so familiar with the talents of the world. You don't even need to check the old archives of the Ministry of Personnel. Well, the person I'm looking for is called Xu Guangqi. Have you heard of him?"

  When Li Ruhua heard the words of Emperor Guangqi, his heart sank slightly. He knew he might be in trouble. Indeed, when he heard Emperor Guangqi's question, he was stunned for a moment - Xu Guangqi, who is this person?

  The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of officials all over the world, and there are countless names that sound in their ears every day. If it weren't for the current high-ranking officials, it would be difficult to enter Li Ruhua's heart. Moreover, Xu Guangqi was a person who liked to study more than doing official business, and such people had never held high positions, so how could Li Ruhua remember him?

  Just as he was about to order someone to check the files, Li Ruhua saw the playful smile of Emperor Tianqi and suddenly remembered what he had just said. His old face turned red with embarrassment, and he said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I'll go and have someone check."

  The Emperor of Heaven nodded unknowingly, it seems that he couldn't wait for this old guy to resign on his own, and had to think of a way to make him roll away. This is the Ministry of Officials, with such a muddled egg, what kind of good officials can be selected?

  Before long, a clerk from the Ministry of Justice came in with a volume of documents and said to Li Ruhua: "Sir, it's been found."

  Before Li Ruhua could speak, Tianqi Emperor hastily said: "Read it."

  The official looked at Tianqi Emperor and thought to himself, what kind of identity does this young man have? How dare he speak like that. Subconsciously, he glanced at Li Ruhua beside him, in his impression, this lord had a lot of official power. But at this time, Li Ruhua was standing aside, not saying a word, occasionally making eye contact with himself.

  Seeing the appearance of Wen Li, Emperor Tianqi slightly furrowed his brow. At this time, in Emperor Tianqi's heart, he was eager to know where Xu Guangqi was and had no patience. Moreover, it was just a book official, Emperor Tianqi didn't even bother to look at him, let alone have the patience to observe his expression.

  Xu Guangqi, courtesy name Zixian, from Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, South Zhili. He was a jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli and his last official position was as a river defense circuit intendant in Henan, where he trained troops in Tongzhou before resigning due to illness.

  Because he knew that Tianqi Emperor was anxious in his heart, Chen Hong did not drag on and confirmed that it was Xu Guangqi's file after reading the last one.

  After hearing Chen Hong's words, Tianqi Emperor furrowed his brow, only knowing that he was a Shanghainese, but now no one knows where he is.

  "Your Majesty, I have something to report." Chen Hong said with a flattering tone, seeing the unhappy expression of Emperor Tianqi.

  "Say." Upon hearing Chen Hong's words, Tianqi Emperor was overjoyed and had to find Xu Guangqi as soon as possible. The sooner he found the opportunity to turn things around for himself, the better his chances would be.

  "The old slave thought that this Lord Xu was serving in Beizhili and had resigned due to illness, thinking that he would return to Shanghai County to recuperate. Or maybe he was recovering in Beizhili, but it's just that the Emperor found him afterwards?" Chen Hong didn't know why the Tianqi Emperor valued this Xu Guangqi so much, but as long as it was someone the Emperor valued, following him was naturally correct, and he couldn't help but be more polite when addressing Xu Guangqi.

  The Tianqi Emperor nodded slowly, and since what Chen Hong said also made sense, he ordered a guard beside him: "Go and bring Ruo Si Kong over." Because both the Eastern Depot and the Imperial Guards were busy investigating the factions of officials recently, the Tianqi Emperor did not want to trouble this commander of the Imperial Guards too much. However, at this time, there was no better solution, and this should be the fastest way.

  It wasn't long before Rong Si Gong arrived at the Ministry of Justice, and this military officer could be said to be dusty and exhausted. It seems that during this period, the commander-in-chief was very busy!

  "Your Majesty's subject, Ji Yin Yi Wei Du Zhi Hui Shi Luo Si Gong, pays his respects. May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, and ten thousand more years." Luo Si Gong said respectfully as he came before the Tianqi Emperor.

  "Lu Ai Qing, get up! Looking at your dusty and exhausted appearance, I think you've been very tired these days. Come on, have a seat." Tianqi Emperor smiled as he looked at Lu Si Gong, saying lightly.

  "I, your humble servant, do not dare to accept." Ruo Si Gong hastily knelt down after hearing the words of Emperor Tianqi. For a brocade guard like him to receive such praise from Emperor Tianqi was a great honor indeed.

  "My dear minister, sit down and let's talk." After he sat down, the Tianqi Emperor slowly said: "My dear minister, I want to find someone, do you have any good ideas?"

  "This is easy! Issue a warrant and have the Imperial Guards investigate secretly, they will definitely be able to catch them." After finishing speaking, Rong Si Gong suddenly discovered that the atmosphere in the great hall was somewhat off.

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