The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 780 Returning to Beijing
In the next few days, Jia Ke accompanied the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager to Zhou's ancestral house.

This place was originally just a thatched hut. Later, because of the ancestors of the Zhou family, they left Jinling with Jia Yan, the first generation of Rongguo Gong.

Therefore, the thatched cottage has long been abandoned, but since this is their family's land after all, the land is still reserved for them.

When Jia Ke made his fortune, the members of the Jia clan in the south, in order to curry favor with Jia Ke, demolished the original thatched cottage and replaced it with several tile-roofed houses.

Since the people of the Zhou family in Jinling are not rich, the tile-roofed house has been snatched by the Zhou family to live in it since it was built.

Some time ago, when Zhou Wang, the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Zhou, returned to Jinling, he was also very angry when he found that his ancestral house had been occupied by the tribe.

Zhou Wang then posted a post to the prefect of Jinling, asking the prefect of Jinling to come forward to deal with this matter.

As soon as the prefect of Jinling heard that the man who sent him the post was the uncle of the dynasty, he took the yamen servants to Zhou Wang's ancestral house immediately, who dared to be negligent.

The owners who have already occupied the house are all clansmen. Where have you seen such a formation?He was immediately kicked out by these yamen servants, and even his things were thrown into pieces.

At this point, Zhou Wang let out a sigh of relief, and then ordered people to build a luxurious house around these tile-roofed houses, enclosing these tile-roofed houses in the middle.

Finally, under the persuasion of his wife, he calmed down, thinking that although these people of his clan were far away, their lives were not good, and his house could be regarded as a pillar.

So Zhou Wang spent money to build dozens of houses near his ancestral home, took all his clansmen over, and bought them hundreds of acres of land near the village, which was regarded as clan land for the clansmen to live on. .

At this time, the resentment of Zhou Wang's clansmen towards Zhou Wang dissipated immediately, and at the same time, they were even more angry with those clansmen who forcibly occupied the tile house of Zhou Wang's house. In front of all the clansmen, he was expelled from the house.

Naturally, everyone was happy after that, Zhou Wang gained fame, and now the people of the Chong tribe praised him endlessly.And the people of the Zhou family also have jobs, so they don't have to do odd jobs for others, or do small things in front of the old people of the Jia family.

When Jia Ke and the others came, the first thing they saw was this luxurious courtyard. After entering the courtyard and walking around for a long time, they came to Zhou's ancestral house.

Mrs. Zhou frowned when she came to these tile-roofed houses. She had heard from her father that their house was just a thatched house.

Finally, the Queen Mother Zhou sighed. Originally, she wanted to come back and take a look at the place where her ancestors lived, but now she seems to have taken it for granted.

Jia Ke was supporting the Empress Dowager Zhou, seeing his expression, she knew she was disappointed, so she dared to persuade her: "The empress mother doesn't need to be so sad, although the house is gone, why don't we pay respects at the ancestral grave of the Zhou family. It can be regarded as seeing the ancestors."

The Empress Dowager Zhou heard that it was true, so she rested in this ancestral house that day, and the next day, led by other clansmen, went to Zhou's ancestral grave to worship.

Finally, he reluctantly left this small village and returned to Jinling.

After the Empress Dowager Jia Kezhou was sent back to the palace, she then started setting up the Luanjia and patrolling around the south of the Yangtze River.

This time it's not like when I came here, I went to the mountains and rivers.

Everywhere Jia Ke went this time, he went deep into the folks to check on the sufferings of the people, and sometimes even called the chiefs of the village together to ask them if there was anything the court could do.

Although Jia Ke was a bit of a showman, the effect was good, because the ancient people were still very simple. Seeing that the emperor actually sat down with them and mingled with them, and asked about their sufferings, he burst into tears of gratitude.

And Jia Ke's inspection in the past month has also learned some folk affairs. These years, the weather has been smooth and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. In addition, Jia Ke changed the tax, and the common people can be regarded as a sigh of relief.

Although it is said that there are still some rich households who deceive others by their husbands, but there is no such thing as selling their sons and daughters because of the famine.

Seeing the current situation, Jia Ke is satisfied. After all, there is no absolute fairness in any dynasty or generation, as long as they can get by in general.

After a month of patrolling, Jia Ke's Luanjia returned to Jinling City, and now Jia Ke's mission is complete.

In the next few days, Jia Ke, accompanied by the prefect of Jinling and the wealthy households in Jinling, Jia's clan, visited all the places of interest near Jinling.

Moreover, during this period of time, Jia Ke had another happy event. The concubine Chuncao, who had not been pregnant for many years, became pregnant.

Originally, Chuncao hadn't been pregnant for so many years. He thought it was because her body was broken when she was in Xuanfu Town, and she would never have a child again in this life. Unexpectedly, after so many years of recuperation, and the lingering relationship with Jia Ke along the way, she She was pregnant.

After Jia Ke got the news, she was also very happy, because among these wives and concubines of Jia Ke, Chun Cao had been with her since she was a child.

As far as feelings are concerned, Qin Keqing may be considered Jia Ke's lover, and Chuncao is like Jia Ke's relatives.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was also very happy that Chuncao was pregnant. When Chuncao was a six or seven-year-old child, she came to the Empress Dowager Zhou to serve her.

At that time, it was said to be serving, rather than throwing a burden to the Queen Mother of Zhou, so last week, the Queen Mother raised Chuncao as her daughter.

Jia Ke passed the decree immediately after Chuncao became pregnant, and made Chuncao a noble concubine.

And Jia Ke's action made Qiaolian very dissatisfied with herself. She had already given birth to a son for Jia Ke, and she was so old, and she had never seen Jia Ke seal herself. , Isn't this watching people order dishes?

So Qiaolian went to the Empress Dowager Zhou several times, wanting to ask her for an explanation.

The other one is Concubine Shu Lanxiang. Although she already has a daughter, who doesn't want to have a son? Now that Chuncao is pregnant, she is also greedy, so she often meets Jia Ke in the garden during this time.

And Jia Ke also knew a thing or two about the minds of these concubines, so he has been exposed to rain and dew these days.

As a result, although Lan Xiang had several incidents, there was no movement. On the contrary, Third Sister You was also pregnant after several incidents.

If you say that Third Sister You is considered pretty among these women, plus she has a fierce nature, and she can let go when she is with Jia Ke, so she has been favored all these years.

The only thing that Sanjie You regrets is that she has not been pregnant for so many years, and this time she finally got her wish.

Seeing that two of her women were pregnant again, Jia Ke was not in the mood to stay in Jinling any longer, so she set off for Beijing.

Jia Ke boarded the boat from Jinling, traveled northward along the canal, followed the same route, and finally disembarked at Tongzhou.

When we arrived in Tongzhou, there was already a mountain of soldiers and a sea of ​​soldiers.

It turned out that Jia Ke was afraid of another accident at this time, and when he was still on the dragon boat, he had already sent someone to deliver an order to the three major battalions, ordering 5 horses from the Xiaoqi battalion to go south to Tongzhou, where he would welcome him all the way back to the capital.

With so many people and horses protecting her, Jia Ke was naturally fine. When he returned to the capital, Fan Kang and Jia Yucun came ten miles out of the capital to greet him with all the civil and military officials at the gate of the capital.

Jia Ke just nodded to the ministers on the imperial chariot, and then went back to the palace.

Jia Ke had just returned to the palace and sent the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, back to the Palace of Compassion, and immediately received a word from the Supreme Emperor Jia Zheng, asking Jia Ke to go to the Palace of Kangning immediately to discuss matters.

As soon as Jia Ke heard it, she understood that this was Jia Zheng wanting to ask Chu Wang Jia Zhi what mistake he had made.

Jia Ke didn't waste time either. After coming out of Empress Dowager Zhou's Compassionate Palace, Luanjia immediately turned to the direction of Kangning Palace. When he came to the entrance of Kangning Palace, there were already eunuchs waiting for him. Followed the eunuch all the way into the main hall of Kangning Palace.But here, Jia Zheng was already anxiously waiting in the hall.

As soon as Jia Zheng saw Jia Ke coming in, he immediately went up and asked, "What happened? Why did you imprison Jia Zhi?"

Jia Ke was silent for a while, and finally said in a low tone: "Father, my son was assassinated twice along the way, and one of them was poisoned by someone. If it wasn't for the son, he would have died with some time left." gone."

Jia Zheng was also taken aback when he heard this. He is not a fool, and now he understands the reason why Jia Zhi was imprisoned.

And Jia Zheng also had a new understanding of Jia Zhi's boldness. He originally thought that Jia Zhi had done something against Jia Ke at most, which made Jia Ke angry. He didn't expect Jia Zhi to kill his father. offense.

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng let out a long breath, and said, "Then what are you going to do in the future?"

Jia Ke's face was gloomy, and finally said slowly: "Although he wants my life, he can be ruthless, but I can't be ruthless. I want to imprison her in the palace and let him live like this for the rest of his life." .”

Jia Zheng is satisfied after listening to Jia Ke's promise. What he is most afraid of now is father and son killing each other. Since Jia Ke has let Jia Zhi go, he should be punished. Who made him do such a heinous thing? .

It was only now that Jia Zheng sighed and began to comfort Jia Ke, "Don't be too sad. Since ancient times, there have been fewer such things in the royal family? Let's talk about the former emperor and the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor and the former prince, which one has been calm? ?”

Jia Ke nodded. Since ancient times, fathers and sons have fought against each other in the royal family. For that throne, some people will do anything.

Jia Zheng then said: "Jia Zhi is imprisoned by me now, you can take him away in a while."

After Jia Ke finished listening, a fierce light appeared in your eyes, and finally said in a dark tone: "I don't want to see this traitor."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she ordered Li Deshan next to her, "Send this rebellious son to Jiapi Road and imprison him. No one can visit him without my order."

Li Deshan bowed and retreated immediately after hearing Jia Ke's words.

(End of this chapter)