The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 771
Li Deshan got Jia Ke's instructions, and that night, while Li Gui was on duty, he came to Jia Yucun's house.

Jia Yucun was naturally happy about Li Deshan's arrival. Now who doesn't know Li's father-in-law's name, even the ministers of military aircraft should give him some points.

After Jia Yucun welcomed Li Deshan into his study, he ordered the servants to bring up fragrant tea, and then asked Li Deshan, "It's a military plane at the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, but there are some small celebrations, so I can't do it for Mr. Li."

Li Deshan sat there watching this villain in Jia Yu Village succeed, feeling full of disdain in his heart.If it weren't for the master's favor for him, Jia Yucun's unsteady character would have been dealt with long ago.

After Li Deshan finished thinking, he put the teacup on the table, and said in a shrill voice: "I really let you talk, you really can't win my boss with this matter, it is the Lord Long Live who asked me to bring you a message Son."

After Jia Yucun heard this, he quickly stood up and knelt down in front of Li Deshan: "Minister Jia Yucun, please obey the holy orders."

Li Deshan also stood up to watch, and looked down at Jia Yucun with a smile on his lips, "Sheng Angong."

Then Li Deshan continued: "The emperor ordered: tell Jia Yucun, let him be more honest with me, if you make such a publicity, I will take his skin off. I agree."

After Li Deshan finished speaking, he sat back on the chair, picked up the cup of tea, and slowly tasted it again.

It was only at this time that Jia Yucun dared to stand up, and then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a growl.

Then Jia Yucun hurried to Li Deshan's side, took out a few bank notes from his sleeve, and handed them to Li Deshan.

"Chairman, what does the emperor mean? Could it be that he is really annoyed."

Li Deshan held the bank note in his hand and laughed out loud. He knew it was a 3000 tael bill.

Li Deshan then put the banknote into his arms, and finally smiled, and said to Jia Yucun who was standing beside him: "It's nothing serious. You made too much trouble this time, it's too much." Show off. Look at the other ministers of military affairs, which one is as blatantly forming a gang as you are."

After Jia Yucun heard it, he suddenly realized that the emperor was not angry with him, but just kept himself low-key.

Seeing that Jia Yucun understood, Li Deshan put down the cup in his hand, then stood up and cupped his hands, "I still have something to do in the palace, so I won't delay here any longer. Master Jia, be more careful in doing things in the future."

After Li Deshan finished speaking, he turned and left the study, Jia Yucun hurriedly followed behind and personally sent him out, and Jia's mansion returned to the study.

After Jia Yucun received Jia Ke's warning, he immediately became honest, and went to work at the military aircraft department every day, and he was not as ostentatious as before.

On this day, Jia Ke finished his official duties in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and went straight to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to meet the Queen Mother Zhou in a small sedan chair. He has been busy with business these days, and he hasn't visited the Queen Mother Zhou for several days.

The courtyard of the Palace of Compassion and Ning that Jia Ke saw hadn't entered the main hall when Xia Mai, the personal maid of the Empress Dowager Zhou, had already come out to welcome her.

After seeing Jack, he quickly walked a few steps to come to Jack, gave a blessing, and then said softly: "Long live Lord, be careful when you go in, the queen mother is angry now."

"what happened?"

Xia Mai curled her lips and said, "It's not uncle Lao Guo. He went back to his hometown two days ago and was taken aback. He came to our queen mother this morning to show off."

Jia Ke thought for a while, and then said: "So that's what happened? I said why several people came to visit him in the past few days. It seems that he has made a lot of noise in Jiangnan."

"Long Live Lord, I'm talking. I heard that this time the old uncle's trip is very ostentatious. The local officials in the south of the Yangtze River are very respectful, which made him very popular. He even went to his family's ancestral grave to re- It’s settled for a while. That’s why our empress dowager is homesick.”

Jia Ke was so angry that she wanted to laugh. The Empress Dowager was born in the capital, and she never went back to her hometown, so she felt homesick.

The two of them were talking here, when they suddenly saw the door curtain raised, an old woman came out, saw Jia Ke and Xia Mai talking there, hurriedly stepped forward to salute Jia Ke, and then said with a smile on her face: "Long Live Lord, The Empress Dowager knew you were coming, but she never saw you entering the house, so she asked her servants to come out to have a look."

After hearing this, Jia Ke could only follow the old woman into the main hall.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhou was sitting on the bed crying. Seeing this, Jia Ke hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "What's wrong with the old empress? Who offended you? Tell me, my son will vent his anger on you."

The Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Jia Ke angrily, then turned her face away and continued to cry there.

Jia Ke could only touch his nose, and then sat on the other side of the Kang. Immediately, Xia Mai brought a cup of tea to Jia Ke's weaving, and then whispered to Jia Ke to Queen Mother Zhou, which meant to let Jia Ke persuaded him.

Jia Ke took a sip of the tea, and then asked nonchalantly, "Mother, I seem to have heard that Zhou Wang went to the south of the Yangtze River, and there was still quite a commotion. Now there are several censors attending him."

After hearing Jia Ke's words, Queen Mother Zhou really focused her attention, and asked with her eyes wide open, "What's the reason? I just went back to visit my relatives. What's the matter with those censors?"

"The queen mother may not know that it's all right for Zhou Wang to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but he shouldn't occupy the people's land by force. I heard that the disturbance in the local area is very unpleasant."

The Empress Dowager Zhou lowered her head and pondered for a while after hearing this, and then said: "Your uncle has made a mistake in this matter. It is not easy for ordinary people. How can you take other people's fields by force? I still have 3000 taels of private money here. You can take it. Ordering people to be sent to the south of the Yangtze River is my compensation to the sufferer."

After hearing this, Jia Ke smiled all over her face. His mother was indeed the kind woman she was before, and she did not forget the sufferings of the people because of her high position.

"Since the Empress Dowager cares about the suffering of the people and wants to compensate those who suffer, it is better to send the money to them personally, and let those people know the empress dowager's compassion."

"What did you say? I'm in the deep palace, how can I go to Jiangnan?"

Jia Ke smiled and said, "Son, I've been thinking about it for a while, and I'm planning to go to Jiangnan to check the people's conditions in Jiangnan. Why don't my mother go with me and go back to my hometown to take a look? Isn't there a chance to make up for those who suffer?"

When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes lit up immediately, "It's true, you won't lie to me, will you?"

"Mother, don't worry, it's true. In a few days, I will announce in the court hall that the Ministry of Rites will prepare for our trip to the south of the Yangtze River."

Upon receiving this news, the Empress Dowager Zhou now had a smile all over her face, grabbed Jia Ke's hand, patted it lightly and said, "I know you are a filial person, as long as I can go back to Jiangnan to have a look in this life, I will Even death is worth it."

"What did mother say? Your future blessings are still great? Just enjoy your blessings."

The Empress Dowager Zhou laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, and the maids and old mothers next to her also came to make fun of her, saying that the Empress Dowager Zhou was the luckiest person in the world.

Jia Ke returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation after visiting the Empress Dowager Zhou.

But Jia Ke didn't know that the big things in the palace were strictly controlled, but the small things were spread quickly.

In less than a day, everyone in the palace already knew that Jia Ke was planning to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

So many concubines who wanted to go to Jiangnan to see, all ran to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, interceded with the Queen Mother Zhou, and wanted to follow to Jiangnan to have a look.

As expected, Jia Ke did not break his promise. Three days later, he made a big court and publicly announced that he would go to the south of the Yangtze River to observe the people's sentiments.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had heard the news a long time ago, and now that Ting Jia Ke said it himself, he was not much surprised.

If it was in the past, due to the shortage of money and food in the court, if Jia Ke wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River, countless ministers would naturally jump out to persuade him.

But since Jia Ke reformed taxation, the imperial court now has an annual income of 8000 to 1000 million taels.In addition to the various expenses of the imperial court, there is at least a surplus of [-] million taels of silver every year, and this money is piled up in the treasury, and it is almost moldy.

And if the money is not active, how can the officials of all sizes make a fortune out of it? So after Jia Ke proposed to go to the south of the Yangtze River, the ministers did not object. He is a rare Mingjun in the world.

In fact, these ministers knew in their hearts that Jia Ke wanted to visit the mountains and rivers when he came to Jiangnan.

Sitting on the throne, Jia Ke saw that the ministers below all agreed to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and the smile on his face never stopped.

In all these years, although Jia Ke has become the emperor, he has never traveled far except for wars.

Jia Ke also yearned for Jiangnan very much, and always envied Emperor Qianlong's visits to Jiangnan. Now that he can finally follow suit, the delicacies and beauties in Jiangnan may have been waiting impatiently.

Now that he is going to go to the south of the Yangtze River, the affairs of the court will naturally have to be arranged.

It has been several times since Jia Ke was not in the imperial court in Beijing, so he is naturally familiar with the road. Fan Kang is still in charge of the capital, and Sun Yan, the chief minister of the military aircraft department, accompanied Jia Ke.

And this time when Jia Ke went to Jiangnan, he would definitely bring his concubine with him, so Xue Baochai could not be allowed to sit in the palace anymore, and he had to choose a supervisor among the princes.

As for the candidates to supervise the country, everyone has to think about it. Among the adult princes, only Chu Wang Jia Zhi and Wu Wang Jia Mao have this qualification. The others are either young or mediocre.

So the ministers proposed these two options for Jia Ke to choose.

In fact, Jia Ke had already had an idea in his mind. When it comes to the candidate to supervise the country, Jia Ke still hoped that it would be Wu Wang Jia Mao, but Chu Wang Jia Zhi was the eldest son after all.

And Jia Ke also wanted to test Chu King Jia Zhi this time, to see if he did any tricks when he was not in the capital, whether he was dedicated to the public or was hiding his narrow-mindedness.

So Jia Ke made an order in court that Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, would supervise the country on his behalf while he was away.

But just in case, Jia Ke still issued an imperial decree. During the period when Jia Ke was not in the capital, if the ministers of civil and military affairs in the capital felt that the matter was important and Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, could not realize it, he could submit the secret book by himself. The 800-mile delivery was expedited to Jia Ke.

(End of this chapter)