The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 749 The Inheritance Begins

After Jia Ke learned about Jia Baoyu's current situation, she couldn't bear it.

If you want to say that Jia Baoyu's feelings for Lin Daiyu are really deep, I can't compare with Jia Baoyu in this regard.

So Jia Ke was silent for a while, and said to Li Gui who was beside him: "Let him go about this matter, and you can go to the Ministry of Rites and those people at Yushitai to talk about it, and then don't pursue this matter."

The reason why Jia Ke gave this order was because if Jia Baoyu was in a hurry to continue after Lin Daiyu's death, those censors who wanted to be famous would immediately jump out to impeach Jia Baoyu, and the royal family would lose face. Lost it all.

After that, Jia Ke put her mind on national affairs again.

Now the world is fairly peaceful, and there are not many urgent matters for Jia Ke to decide by himself. What Jia Ke worries about now is the problem of the Tatars.

During the last Northern Expedition, Jia Ke thought that relying on the sharpness of firearms, advancing troops from two directions would surely wipe out the Tatars.

Unexpectedly, Meng He could make up his mind so much that he gave up one road and attacked the other road with all his strength, so that the plan of the Northern Expedition came to an anticlimactic end.

Although the current Tatars seldom harass the border, their strength has not been lost. The 36 countries in the Western Regions are still the territory of the Tatars.

Now that the dynasty is strong, the Tatars can still be honest. Once the court becomes weak in the future, these Tatars will never let go of the opportunity to invade the south.

For the sake of future generations, Jia Ke had to find a way to completely wipe out the Tatars and turn the grassland into a pasture for the Manchu Eight Banners. This would also prevent the emergence of another ethnic group that was not under his control on the grassland.

In order to win the first battle in the second Northern Expedition, Jia Ke began to order the firearms workshop to produce firearms on a large scale, so that all the soldiers on the nine sides could also become firearms soldiers.

In addition to making firearms, Jia Ke also began to forge large-scale cannons. The last time the Northern Expedition was heavy and inconvenient to transport, so the firearms were not accompanied.

Jia Ke has already seen that if he does not use all his strength, it may not be possible to completely wipe out the Tatars, so Jia Ke decided to use all available weapons in the next Northern Expedition.

And Jia Ke is here to prepare for a Northern Expedition with all his strength, and the Tatars are not idle.

Although Jia Ke's last action did not hurt the vitality of the Tatars, it also made them feel ashamed.

Arslen Khan and Meng He had a deep memory of the new musketeers that appeared in the Central Plains Dynasty.

The musketeers lined up and moved forward slowly, firing gunpowder non-stop, which woke them up several times in their dreams.

In the end, Arslen Khan thought that he must also have such a firearm, so he sent the captured muskets to the artisan camp, and asked them to imitate the same musket in the shortest time.

At first, those craftsmen looked at the simple structure of this musket and thought it was foolproof, but they didn't know the difficulty until they started making it.

First of all, the barrel of the gun scratched their scalps, and they couldn't make the same look.

The gun barrels made by the Tatar craftsmen are completely cast with molds, which cannot be guaranteed to be straight at all, and the thickness is not uniform.If this thing is brought to the battlefield, even soldiers may not want to use it.

It can be said that Arslen Khan was worried about the musket, and even sent people to gather all the skilled craftsmen from the 36 countries in the Western Regions to imitate it together.

The result was still unsatisfactory, they cast the gun barrel, but they were stumped by the drilling procedure.

Because there is no metal harder than steel on the Tatar side, Arslen Khan finally became cruel and donated many diamonds in his collection to make drill bits.

This allowed the craftsmen to barely process a musket.

As a result, only four or five rounds were fired during the test of the gun, and the barrel of the gun exploded, crippling the soldier who used the musket.

Arslen Khan was completely discouraged when he saw this. He only now realized the gap between the Tatars and the Central Plains.

This gap cannot be made up by Wu Yong at all, it is the all-round gap between the two countries in terms of national strength and technology.

And after Meng He knew that the production of muskets was in trouble, he knew that Jia Ke would be fired again, and by then there would be no such people.

So Shangmenghe secretly visited Arslen Khan on a dark and stormy night.The two talked from late at night until dawn.

It is not clear what tribe the two talked about, but in the next period of time, the Tatars began to move important tribes and people westward.

And this important information was quickly delivered to Jia Ke's desk.

When Jia Ke saw the content of the information, he already understood what Arslen Khan wanted to do.
This is the same pattern as the Xiongnu's westward migration. It seems that Ars Lenghan has discovered the danger and is looking for a way out for himself.

In this way, even if they are defeated by themselves on the grassland, they can still take the people to the west, Arslen Khan can still be his khan, and his life may even be better than now.

Jia Ke didn't want to let Ars Lenghan leave easily, so he stepped up his military preparations, trying to inflict serious damage on Ars Lenghan before he moved westward.

In this way, the peace between the two sides lasted for another year. When the spring was warm and the flowers bloomed in the second year, almost all of Jia Ke's elite nine sides had been replaced by musketeers, and after a winter of intensive training, they were able to adapt to the war. Modern firearms for combat.

Jia Ke believed that the time had come and he could not wait any longer, so Jia Ke decided to conquer the Tartars this time.

This time, Jia Ke proposed in the court that he wanted to go to the court in person, but there was not much strong opposition.

Because during the first Northern Expedition, Jia Ke had just ascended the throne, and the court was still a little unstable, so the ministers disagreed with Jia Ke's personal conquest.

But this time, six or seven years have passed, the court has been stable, and Jia Ke already has four sons, so he is not afraid of turmoil in the court after Jia Ke's accident.

Then the next thing is which prince supervises the country.

The princes in the harem soon got the news about Jia Ke's personal conquest and leaving a prince to supervise the country.

Among them, there are two princes who are bound to win this position.

One of these two people is Jia Zhi, king of Chu, and Jia Mao, king of Wu.

These two princes are both more than ten years old. Among the imperial family, they are already fully mature at this age, and they already have a certain understanding of tactics.

In addition, the people behind them explained to them that they already understood the importance of this position, and as long as they were to supervise the country this time, they might become princes in the future.

Since the death of her mother, Queen Qin Keqing, King Jiazhi of Chu has lived with Concubine Li Ruizhu, and Ruizhu Nianzai has a deep love for Qin Keqing's master and servant, and is obedient to King Jiazhi of Chu.

Therefore, the current king of Chu, Jia Zhi, has become somewhat rebellious. He considers himself the eldest son of his father, and he is the future crown prince.

Therefore, he is very vigilant against other brothers who are spying on the crown prince, especially Wu Wang Jia Mao, who has now become the confidant of Chu Wang Jia Zhi.

Just because King Wu Jia Mao was about the same age as him, and his mother was the niece of Queen Mother Zhou, and King Wu Jia Mao was raised by Queen Mother Zhou herself when he was young.

The Empress Dowager Zhou never concealed her support for Wu Wang Jia Mao. Even during several gatherings of the Huang family, the Empress Dowager Zhou blatantly asked Wu Wang Jia Mao to sit beside Jia Ke.

But King Jia Zhi of Chu was still young and hadn't opened a government office, so he had absolutely no way to deal with this matter.

However, King Jiazhi of Chu has a good teacher, and that is Li Wenbin.

This Li Wenbin was Jia Ke's mentor back then, and now he is a lecturer at the Imperial Academy, responsible for the education of King Jia Zhi of Chu.Therefore, Li Wenbin is naturally a member of Jia Zhi's school.

In fact, Li Wenbing was not very optimistic about King Jia Zhi of Chu, because although he was the queen's direct son, the queen was from the blood of the previous dynasty and had no influence left. It would be even more difficult for him to inherit the throne.

But now he is the teacher of Chu Wang Jiazhi, and it is impossible to change his family anymore, so he can only do his best to advise Chu Wang Jiazhi.

For example, this time, Jia Ke wants to conquer in person and leave a prince to supervise the country.

King Jiazhi of Chu invited his teacher Li Wenbin to discuss countermeasures.

After Chu Wang Jiazhi and Li Wenbin took their seats in the upper study, Chu Wang Jiazhi couldn't wait to ask: "Teacher, do you know the news that Father Huang wants to go to the Northern Expedition these days?"

Li Wenbin nodded, he had also heard in the court these days that Jia Ke wanted to conquest in person.

"My minister has received news that the emperor wants to wipe out the Tatars this time."

"The teacher thinks that this king can supervise the country."

Li Wenbin frowned immediately. He had actually thought about this matter, but he really didn't think Chu Wang Jiazhi had any advantage.

Seeing Li Wenbin frowning and not speaking, Chu Wang Jiazhi felt cold in his heart.

"Teacher, is it really powerless to return to heaven?"

Li Wenbin was silent for a while, and then said: "My lord, my own disadvantages are already very clear after thinking about it. We should use our strengths to avoid weaknesses now."

"Also ask the teacher for advice."

"When the emperor was young, he had already fought on the battlefield, but he only left home because he had no choice. In his heart, he values ​​family affection very much. Since the prince has no other advantages, it is better to start on this."

"The plan will come out?"

"In the past few days, the prince doesn't need to show off his talents when he sees the emperor. Just think about it. Every time the emperor goes to battle with blood stained robes, the danger involved is just to express some concern and sorrow. If you want to come to the emperor, you will know the prince's filial piety." .”

Chu Wang Jiazhi immediately smiled when he heard it, and then clapped his hands and said: "This is a good idea. Father knows my filial piety, and he will definitely remember it in his heart. This time, you don't have to be outstanding in learning to compete for the crown prince. As long as he agrees with the emperor's heart, he can still become the crown prince."

(End of this chapter)