Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 172 Holding a big stick and holding a precious jade (two in one)

In the Ewha Courtyard, the moon is falling and the clouds are falling and the rain is beginning to pass.

Sleeping in the cold, I dreamed of entering Xiyao Xiaodao Mountain.

The flowers are deep and the people are quiet, and the curtain locks the royal fragrance, which is clear and eternal.

The red medicine is on the rails, and the jade case is in the spring breeze.

A night of light rain moistens the sky, and the servants in the Longshou Palace are cleaning the petals blown by the wind and rain last night. Two cats, one big and one small, are lying on the shore by the Taiye Pool, ready to go. carp.

Dai Quan helped the old man out of the Huangji Hall, and the slightly earthy breeze blew on his face, which made people sober up a lot.

Liu Ji looked at the sky beyond the red walls and green tiles, and suddenly told Dai Quan: "This year's rain will be more than last year. Although it will help spring planting, we must also be careful of the early summer flood. You can ask someone to tell Fourth brother, let him send someone to visit the embankment of the Yellow River..."

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

The cat was walking the cat. General Huwei Da Miao was having fun when he suddenly saw Liu Ji who was leaning on the railing and looking into the distance. With a flick of his long tail, he dragged Jia Cong to the front of the hall.

A half-grown cat is as strong as a calf, even if the little fat man suffered from various medicinal diets and baths since he was a child, he couldn't hold him back.

When the big cat ran to the Supreme Emperor, Jia Cong had already turned into a mud monkey.

Jia Cong looked at the gold gradation of the flower arm tattoo that was rubbing against the Taishanghuang's legs, and rushed over to break his head, and pulled his ears and said: "You lick the dog... no, you lick the cat!" You licking cat, it’s useless for me to be fed and walked by you these days, and when I see the sage, I will be thrown aside as a shit-shoveling officer.”

The tattooed one was really confident, he tilted his head and looked at the little fat man in front of him, muttering for a while, the big cat flicked its long tail back and forth, and finally saw that it was pitiful, turned over to expose his belly, and howled. Twice.

The big wet eyes flickered twice, as if to say: Shit shovel, come and masturbate, you will feel better if you masturbate twice!
Who could say no to a cat that big?
Sure enough, the soft belly solved a thousand grievances with a stroke.The little fat man stroked the cat contentedly, showing an idiot expression.

The palace people brought rocking chairs, spread out soft blankets, scented tea, and the emperor went up, and the whole Dragon Head Palace became leisurely and elegant.

"Little fat man, have you finished your homework yesterday? Recite it and let me hear."

Hearing the old man's words, Jia Cong immediately lost face.

He quietly turned over the sleeves, revealing the cheat sheet inside, glanced at it before beginning to recite.

"It is said that those who govern their country in a peaceful world are those who are old and the people are filial, those who are elders are the people who are fraternal, and those who are lonely and the people are not doubled. This is why the gentleman has the way of decency.

Uh... what is evil to the top, do not let the bottom do it; what is evil to the bottom, do not put it on the top; left; what is evil to the left should not be handed over to the right; this is called the way of cleanliness..."

Daishan's grandson is as good as him, Tao!
Liu Ji pretended not to see the little fat man peeking at the cheat sheet, and suddenly interrupted the recitation and asked, "Tell me what this means?"

It's beyond class!

Jia Cong's body froze, and he replied with a dry smile: "Master Saint, I just memorized it... Uh, yes, I just memorized it."

"Is it? lol."

Liu Ji raised his hand and pulled Jia Cong's sleeve, took out the cheat sheet inside, and threw it casually. The results of Jia Cong's half an hour's struggle last night were gone with the wind.

I saw the Supreme Emperor chuckled: "Continue to memorize."

Old man, you don't talk about Wude!
The little fat man is now a Muggle, and he continued to backtrack hesitatingly: "The "Poetry" says: 'Music is only for the gentleman, and the parents of the people.'

What the people like and hate, these are called the parents of the people.

"Poetry" says: "Jiebi Nanshan, meow meow meow."He He Shi Yin, meow meow meow... 'Uh... meow meow..."

Snapped!
Liu Ji heard the string of meows, raised his hand and slapped the little fat man on the head.

"Go back today and copy this article ten times!"

Immediately afterwards, he began to give lectures to Jia Cong: "The so-called Tao of integrity is emphasizing the exemplary role of leading by example. As Confucius said to Ji Kangzi, the virtues of the rulers are like the wind, and the virtues of the common people are like grass. As long as the wind blows on the grass, the grass will fall with the wind."

"The world's morals and people's hearts, the up and down follow. The key is to see what you say, what you advocate, and what you do. The power of role models is infinite, and the power of leaders is even more immeasurable. Therefore, people who govern the country must have the right way... ..."

This lecture lasts for an hour, and the old man has a wide range of experience, even the teacher Xu Jin can't match it.

The Supreme Emperor drank the tea in his cup and concluded: "There are five points in governing the country in Ping Tianxia. First, a gentleman should have the way of integrity; second, if he wins the crowd, he will win the country; The country is lost; the third is that virtue is not rich; the fourth is that only benevolent people can love others and can hate others; the last point is that the country does not take profit for profit, but righteousness for profit.”

Jia Cong listened very seriously, and kept nodding.

The Supreme Emperor suddenly asked: "Just like your father-in-law Lin Ruhai, this time I asked him to go south to implement the new law on salt administration. What do you think it is for?"

Jia Cong thought for a while and replied: "Get rid of the disadvantages of the salt administration, crack down on illegal salt merchants, and increase the royal revenue."

"wrong."

The old man shook his head, and said leisurely: "Actually, my idea is very simple, so that ordinary people can afford salt!"

People can't lack of salt, but the high price of salt makes many people can only buy green salt, earth salt and nitrate salt.

Green salt is okay, at least it won't poison people to death.However, soil salt and nitrate are different, they are made from alkaline soil in saline-alkali land or from nitrate soil.

The salt produced by these two methods has complex components, not complete table salt (sodium chloride), but a variety of salts containing sodium components, such as sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, and sodium chloride and so on.

The quality of this kind of homemade salt is definitely not as good as pure table salt, and sometimes it will eat people to death.But the poor people can't help it. After eating a little strength, they can still farm and work to get some food, eat enough to eat, and live on.

Why did Liu Ji go to Jiangnan six times in the first place?One of the biggest reasons is to deter the salt merchants in Lianghuai and Zhejiang provinces. Unfortunately, the salt production method limits the production of salt. Relying on force to deter them will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

It wasn't until Lin Ruhai's exposition of the salt drying method that he saw hope again.

"Brother Cong, when the price of salt was the lowest, one catty of salt could buy twenty catties of grain, and at the highest, it could be exchanged for more than a hundred catties. I have been in the imperial court for fifty years, and I don't know how many people are swollen, dizzy and dizzy. .”

Liu Ji's deep eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he said firmly: "I must drive down the price of salt. A king is a boat; a commoner is water; water carries a boat, and water capsizes a boat. The common people I can't even afford salt, how can I feel at ease?"

It is worthy of being the Lord of the Great Xia who has been the emperor for 50 years, and he was able to give up the huge temptation of salt tax.

Jia Cong's opinion of the old man was further improved. He got up and straightened his clothes, and said: "The sage is merciful, and I congratulate you for the Great Xia!"

Liu Ji waved his hand indifferently: "As a king, it should be like this. Back then, in order to cut off the threat of the desert and stabilize the overall situation in the south of the Yangtze River, I let the salt merchants in the two Huaihe Rivers and the two Zhejiang provinces live freely for so long. I am already ashamed of all the people in the world. This time, let your father-in-law take care of these monsters for me."

……

Lin Ruhai has been away from Beijing for more than half a month, so he should have arrived in Yangzhou by now.Because Jinse was pregnant, it was even more impossible for her to go south with her. Although the old lady felt a little depressed, she still complied with Lin Ruhai's request and left her in the Rongguo Mansion to take care of her.

Ningrong and Rongfu, which had been cleaned up by Jia Jing and Jia She, are much cleaner now.Wang Xifeng specially cleaned out the guest courtyard near her own yard, and let Jinse and Lin's servants live in it.

Mrs. Fengsheng died of illness in Jinling, and the Ministry of Rites sent people south to pay her respects.

Ding You of the Zhen family, the post of President of Jinling Institute of Physical Education was completely abolished.The emperor issued a decree to add the Fusi of Jinling Township of Dragon Guards to be in charge of the Thousand Households of Dragon Guards in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces.

The post of governor of Jinling town eventually fell to Jia Lian who was still in Pingwo, Zhejiang.

Don't look at this position as a military officer of the fourth rank, but it can't stand that this is the Dragon Guard, the emperor's pro-army.Moreover, the imperial decree stated that the Fusi of Jinling Town only needs to be responsible to the emperor and the commander of the Dragon Guards.

The flowers are blooming and falling, and the wind blowing into the study along the window gradually brings the heat.

The relatives' garden gradually took shape, the eldest son was away, Jia Zheng was not good at common affairs, the youngest son not only went to the palace to accompany the old man, but also studied with Xu Jin, and almost all the trivial matters at home were on the shoulders of the old man.

Fortunately, with Jia Jing's help, nothing major went wrong.

"Mr. Hu's name really lives up to his reputation. Brother Jing, look, here... the main hall is full of royal style, and the small courtyards around are like pearls dotted in the royal garden."

After roughly visiting the family-speaking garden that had begun to take shape, Jia Amnesty was very satisfied with the garden built by Shan Ziye.

He flipped through the ledger in his hand, and sighed: "Up to now, it only cost 23 taels of silver. In about a hundred thousand more, our garden will be completely built. I heard that the Zhou family spent 50 taels." , just here, I haven’t seen half of the erected pillars yet. Hey!”

"Brother Pardon, raise another 20 taels of silver and send it to the household department, and our family will pay back part of the owed silver!"

Jia Jing roughly estimated the money of the two prefectures, and had a calculation in mind.He raised the corner of his mouth and said with a chuckle: "Your Majesty is worrying about money, to share your worries, how can the Ningrong Jia family not do their best?"

Fighting is fighting for money. Wen Tongxuan went to the Palace of Qinzheng every day to ask for money, and the emperor almost couldn't help beating him out with a big stick.

There is no money in the household department, so does my internal treasury have it?

Jia Jing was sure that the emperor would be short of silver. Although 20 taels was not much for the household department, it would definitely warm the emperor's heart.

The children and grandchildren in the south of the Yangtze River are working hard for the country, and the old people in Beijing are still trying their best to raise money for you.Your Majesty, do you think my Jia family is a loyal minister of the court?

With the pacification of the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, the children of the various families who followed the forbidden army to the south did not make many meritorious deeds, but there were many casualties, and the Jia family made several limelights.

First, Jia Lian became famous in the first battle, and then Jia Rong accidentally destroyed the food and grass for the Japanese reinforcements...

Speaking of Jia Rong's credit, he really picked it up. Jia Rong, who was originally assigned to transport grain and grass, led five hundred miscellaneous soldiers to escort him by boat to the island east of Dinghai.

On this island, one of the Zhoushan Islands, there are [-] Dinghai Zhongwei soldiers stationed.After Jia Rong went to the south of the Yangtze River, because of lack of bravery, she kept doing the work of collecting grain and escorting grain and grass, but she did well.

Unexpectedly, when they went to sea this time, they ran into a reinforcement of nearly [-] Japanese pirates.

Fortunately, it was a heavy fog at that time. After quietly destroying a Japanese pirate boat that was lagging behind, Jia Rong saw herself trapped in the middle of the Japanese pirate fleet. She gritted her teeth and asked the officers and soldiers to pretend to be Japanese pirates and sneak into the grain and grass team.

There was a big fire at night, and the Japanese pirates docked on a small island watched their food and grass boats burnt to nothing.

With the help of the sea breeze, the fierce fire oil even ignited the ships near the grain and grass boat. In one night, not only the grain and grass disappeared, but also hundreds of people were burned to death, and as many as a thousand people were missing.

After the Japanese pirates reacted, they finally realized that people from the government had been mixed into their team.

It's a pity that Jia Rong had already led five hundred miscellaneous soldiers and galloped towards Dinghai for more than [-] li under the cover of thick fog.

The fire burned all the food and grass for the Japanese pirates' reinforcements. Now let alone supporting the accomplices who were huddled in Ningbo Mansion, it was a question of whether they could safely land on the shore.

After all, if the officers and soldiers can burn their own food and grass without anyone noticing, they will have the ability to infiltrate into their own team to cooperate with each other.

The Japanese pirates who had made do with each other immediately fled hundreds of miles away and fled back to the base camp.Ningbo Mansion was finally successfully retaken by the government army, and the Japanese pirates huddled in the city either died or surrendered, and they were all sent to dig river channels.

When Liu Heng saw the specific battle report sent by Jiangnan, he said dumbfoundedly: "General Wei Lie Jia Rong is quick-witted and dares to do it. Feng Qingche Duwei, Longxiangwei Qianhu..."

In this way, Ningguo Mansion finally had hope again.After Jia Jing went to the Xuanzhen Temple outside the city and smoked his son who was "refining alchemy and cultivating Taoism", he dragged Jia Amnesty to drink all night.

Of course, Jia Lian and Jia Rong were not the only ones who made contributions in the war against Japan.For example, Feng Ziying, the son of Shenwu General Feng Tang, also made military achievements in beheading eight people, plus his father's one or two operations, he went directly from a white body to a loyal lieutenant from the sixth rank.

What Wu Xun in the capital often talks about recently has gradually shifted from the gardens of various noble relatives to Erlang who is about to return to Beijing to receive awards.

Some laughed and some cried, including poor Second Master Bao.

Jia Cong had just returned home from his teacher Xu Jin, when he heard that the yard was in a mess.

"Take precious jade! Take a big stick! Take a rope and tie it up! Close all the doors! Someone sends a message to go in and kill him immediately!"

Um?Second uncle is going to beat Baoyu again?
Quickly bypassing the screen wall, I saw the mess outside the front hall, Baoyu was pressed on a bench by two strong servants, and the servant girls at the side were begging the second master.

Jia Zheng was so angry that his face was like gold paper, and he shouted: "If someone persuades me again today, I will hand over the crown and furniture to him and Baoyu! I will not be a sinner and shave these troublesome temple hairs Go, find a clean place to go, and avoid the crime of humiliating your ancestors and giving birth to a rebellious son."

Baoyu's mouth was tightly gagged at this time, and when he saw Jia Cong walking in while struggling, he begged for help.

"Second Uncle, what's the matter? Why did you take Brother Bao to fight again?"

Jia Cong hurried forward, pushed the two servants who were holding Baoyu down, bowed to Jia Zheng and said, "Second Uncle, Second Brother Bao has always been well-behaved and sensible, why did you get so angry?"

I saw that Jia Zheng saw the imperial gift of his nephew, the golden crown and jade belt, which was very majestic.He glanced at his only surviving son again, feeling sad from the bottom of his heart.

Unconsciously, he let out a long sigh, sat down on the chair, and burst into tears.

"What evil did I do in my previous life, but today I am so humiliated because of my lax parenting... I, Jia Cunzhou, have insulted the family style of Jia's family. I might as well go back, I might as well go back..."

hiss!
Jia Cong might as well take a deep breath, the second uncle will be ashamed, what happened?

Seeing that Jia Zheng couldn't say anything useful, he turned his head to look at Ou Jinglun, who had been following Jia Zheng all this time.

"Mr. Jinglun, what happened? Who dares to insult my second uncle?"

Ou Jinglun glanced at Jia Zheng, who was in a state of grief and couldn't help himself, then at Baoyu, who was lying on the bench, and sighed: "Mr. Zheng went to the Princess Deqing's mansion to attend a poetry meeting today, but was beaten by Prince Dongping... Alas, Lord Dongping said that he saw Second Master Bao behaving intimately with an actor in the opera garden, and said that the Jia family has such a good family style, that they have raised a son who is...so manly!"

Jia Cong frowned and looked at Jia Zheng, only to see that his second uncle was already angry and ashamed, lifted and put down the stick in his hand, finally wiped his tears, and sighed: "I am incompetent, I can't teach you this evil... If Brother Zhu is still alive, why would I have to end up where I am today, being humiliated in front of the honorable officials of the capital!"

Baoyu's face was full of tears, she kept shaking her head, and her gagged mouth kept whining.

Jia Cong removed the rag from Baoyu's mouth, and before he could catch his breath, he asked in a deep voice, "Second Brother Bao, tell me the truth, is what Qian Kangshi said true?"

"Woo... I don't, I don't. Before, I went to the opera garden to listen to operas. That Qiguan and Jiang Yuhan are famous actors in the capital. I like to listen to operas, and I became friends with them after coming and going."

Baoyu felt extremely wronged, so he cried and explained to Jia Cong: "A few days ago, I went to the opera garden with Ruolan and Brother Liu to listen to an opera. On Qiguan's birthday, we drank together to celebrate. During the banquet, I met Prince Dongping. Speaking of going to the palace to sing a song for his concubine..."

Baoyu had a wide range of friends and never shy away from his background, so it was only normal for him to be friends with an actor.

Jia Cong confirmed again and again, and asked the servant girl who had been following Baoyu all the time, and it was finally confirmed that he and Jiang Yuhan were indeed innocent.

As for what Qian Kangshi said, he simply used this matter to disgust Jia Zheng, or to disgust Ningrong Jia's family.

"Second Uncle, it seems that you have wrongly blamed Second Brother Bao."

Jia Cong helped Baoyu up, and said solemnly to Jia Zheng, "Second Brother Bao has always been well-behaved and obedient. What kind of disaster has he caused over the years? How many noble sons in the capital can compare with Second Brother Bao? Kang Shi's move is provoking trouble!"

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