Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 208 Touring Gansu

Jia Rui immediately knelt down and thanked him, "I have more trust from the Emperor, and I will definitely live up to the Emperor's trust."

"Okay, you go home and rest for three days, and then take the gold medal I gave you and secretly go to Gansu for inspection."

After saying this, the Supreme Emperor paused for a moment, and then asked: "Do you still have any difficulties?"

"Go back to the Supreme Emperor and ask the Supreme Emperor to write down an imperial edict so that I can mobilize the troops from Gansu and Shaanxi when necessary."

In fact, with Jia Rui's current strength, there is no need for the Supreme Emperor to pass the imperial edict at all. As long as he says a word, he can dispatch the armies in Gansu and Shaanxi.

But now Jia Rui didn't dare to reveal his strength, so he still pretended to ask the Supreme Emperor for instructions.

The Supreme Emperor nodded, "Dai Quan!"

"The servant is here."

"Write an imperial edict to Jia Aiqing. If necessary, he can mobilize the troops from Shaanxi and Gansu with full authority. At the same time, it states: If officials in Gansu are corrupt and bend the law, they do not need to go to Beijing. Jia Aiqing will deal with it on the spot."

Dai Quan did not hesitate and immediately asked eunuch Bingbi to write an imperial edict and have it read in front of the Supreme Emperor.

After the Supreme Emperor had no objections, he used the jade seal to make a copy of the archive.

"Jia Aiqing, don't let others know about your trip to Gansu. When people ask you why you left the capital, just say that you went to inspect the imperial palaces in various places."

The Supreme Emperor thought of a reason for Jia Rui. After all, Jia Rui was still the Minister of the Interior, so it was normal for him to visit various imperial palaces.

After Jia Rui agreed repeatedly, he left the Dragon Head Palace with the imperial edict.

After coming out, Jia Rui did not go to work immediately, but waited for a while until Dai Quan got off work and came out of Longshou Palace, then he went forward to greet him.

"Old Prime Minister, walk slowly."

When Dai Quan saw that it was Jia Rui calling him, he quickly took a few steps to greet him.

"Brother Jia, why haven't you left the palace yet?"

Jia Rui smiled and pulled Dai Quan to a remote place and whispered a few words in his ear.

Dai Quan nodded repeatedly, "Brother, you are still thinking of us!"

It turns out that Jia Rui promised Dai Quan benefits. After the matter in Gansu was over, he would also get tens of thousands of acres of land for Dai Quan.

Although Gansu is not a fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, it produces a lot of output every year. From tens of thousands of acres of land, you can get one to twenty thousand taels of silver every year, which is also an income.

The reason why Jia Rui gave Dai Quan benefits was to win over him.

If he leaves Beijing this time, the news will be leaked, and Gansu officials will take care of it in Beijing.

At that time, it will be up to Dai Quan to put in good words for himself in front of the Supreme Emperor.

Although the Supreme Emperor has complete trust in him, isn't there still an emperor?If the Supreme Emperor fails to take care of it, wouldn't he be in trouble?
With Dai Quan watching over him, he would be safe.

Naturally, Dai Quan will not have any objections. One is that Jia Rui is in his own party, and the other is that Jia Rui has promised such great benefits. If Jia Rui's matter is not completed, then his own benefits will not be in his pocket. inside.

In this way, the two people formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

After settling the matter, Jia Rui hurried back home.

After returning, Jia Rui immediately ordered Xue Baochai to prepare a bag for him.

Xue Baochai was also a little confused, why did he want to go out at this time?

"Uncle, it's already the autumn harvest, and the Chinese New Year will be here in a few months. Why are you going out now?"

Although Xue Baochai was Jia Rui's pillow, with the emperor's instructions, Jia Rui naturally couldn't tell the reason.

"Hey, you don't know. This year, many places in Huangzhuang reported production cuts. The Supreme Emperor thought there was something wrong with it, so he asked me to go and inspect it."

Xue Baochai was helpless after hearing this. Who allowed his eldest son to also be the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? This is also his responsibility.

"How long will it take to go this time? Can you come back before the Chinese New Year?"

"That's not necessarily the case. The Imperial Manor this time is a bit far away. One of them is even in Jiangnan."

Xue Baochai blinked. When she heard that Jia Rui might go to Jiangnan, she began to murmur.

Jiangnan is a place where people gather together and there are countless talented people and beautiful women.

Their eldest son was so favored by the Supreme Emperor again. If he went to Jiangnan, the local officials would not try their best to fawn over him.

And their uncle is a person who can't stand temptation. If this is not good, by the time he comes back from Jiangnan, there will already be several more sisters around him.

This will not work.

Xue Baochai rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "It will take me so long this time. I won't worry if there is no one around to take care of me."

"What are you worried about? Wangcai and the others are taking good care of you!"

"Although their service is okay, after all, they are not as careful as women. How about letting the third sister go with the uncle?"

Xue Baochai wanted Sanjie You to go to Jiangnan with Jia Rui. With Sanjie You's temper, she would not let other women get close to her at all.

Jia Rui did not expect that Xue Baochai also started to use tricks. He also thought that Xue Baochai was concerned about his own body, so he readily accepted it.

"Okay, then let Third Sister accompany me." Xue Baochai immediately happily ordered Ying'er to go and send a message to Third Sister You, asking her to pack her things and set off with Jia Rui tomorrow.

Sanjie You was also very happy when she got the news.

Jia Rui also went out several times, but he never took a woman with him. This time, he allowed himself to follow him, which showed that Jia Rui loved him.

On the other hand, Jia Rui went to Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang and reported that he was going to travel far away.

Jia Dairu was not too worried about Jia Rui going away. Instead, he seriously taught him that he should be loyal to the king and not miss his family.

But Mrs. Wang is a little sad. How many months will she not be able to see her grandson?

Jia Rui has grown up beside Mrs. Wang since he was born. Mrs. Wang loves Jia Rui to the core. Every time Jia Rui goes away, Mrs. Wang has to suffer for a long time before she can recover.

Early the next morning, Jia Rui dressed up, went to Longshou Palace to bid farewell to the Supreme Emperor after breakfast.

After that, he left with Sanjie You, several personal servants of Wangcai, and a dozen guards.

After leaving Beijing, Jia Rui did not travel far immediately, but went to the Beijing camp first.

Since officials from all over Gansu Province were deceiving the court this time, Jia Rui was afraid that his life would be in danger. He first used the intelligence channels in the Beijing camp to spread the news to his own troops in Gansu and Shaanxi, so that they would be prepared.

Jia Rui was thinking that if anything went wrong, he would immediately run to the army.

Now that Jia Rui is an official, he becomes less courageous.

When he didn't have much power, he single-handedly broke into the enemy's camp with his magical powers. How many people did he kill?

Now that he is in a high position and has power over the entire government, Jia Rui has also begun to pay attention to his personal safety. Although he is excellent in martial arts, if he does not protect himself, he will be assassinated, so it is better to make arrangements in advance.

After arranging these things, Jia Rui set off, still riding the fast horse he brought back from Gansu. Third Sister You also rode a mare gracefully, following Jia Rui.

Of course, Jia Rui thought that Sister You was still in excitement. After a few days, she would say she couldn't ride a horse anymore.

Therefore, Jia Rui prepared a large carriage for a rainy day, just so that she could ride away in the carriage when Third Sister You complained.

In this way, Jia Rui led people all the way west.

When passing through Shanxi, Jia Rui did not contact the local military officials. Instead, he passed through Shanxi and crossed the Yellow River into Shaanxi.

After arriving in Shaanxi, he met his subordinate Huang Gun, the military governor of Shaanxi, in Xi'an Mansion.

Huang Gun is Jia Rui's most important chess piece on the northwest border.

With him in Shaanxi, Jia Rui can easily control the military affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces through him.

Because anyone who did not surrender to Jia Rui would be given idle status in the army and would not be able to actually lead troops at all.

Only people from Jia Rui's lineage can lead an army and take charge of a local area.

Huang Gun was naturally ecstatic about Jia Rui's arrival.

As a die-hard fan of Jia Rui, Huang Gun has not seen his master for several years.

Now that I saw Jia Rui again, he was naturally very attentive. Fortunately, Jia Rui asked to keep a low profile and not to reveal the news. Otherwise, Huang Gun could have invited all the dignitaries in Xi'an City.

Even so, Huang Gun vacated his back house and let Jia Rui and Sanjie You live in it.

Jia Rui rested in Xi'an for two or three days to wash away the fatigue from the long journey, and then left Shaanxi again and entered Gansu.

This time, Jia Rui kept a low profile. He dressed up as a tea businessman.

It is very common for merchants to sell tea in Gansu, because there are many grassland herdsmen here and many of their sources of dietary fiber are tea.

Therefore, no one doubted Jia Rui along the way.

On this day, Jia Rui came to a small roadside hotel next to a small town.

Jia Rui saw that it was getting late and the sun had already risen high, so he invited everyone to have lunch in a small hotel and rest before moving forward.

The waiter in the small hotel was very attentive. When he saw Jia Rui and his group coming in, he knew that there was a big deal today, so he hurried forward and bowed to Jia Rui while patting the dust on his body with floating dust.

"Sir, these are from Guan Nei."

"Yes. I heard that the price of tea here is good, so I bought a batch from my hometown and came here to try it out."

The waiter led Jia Rui and others to the table, wiped the table with a towel, and replied to Jia Rui:

"Then uncle, you are going to lose money this year."

"What does that say?"

"This year, we have good weather in Gansu. Businessmen from other places know that the herdsmen have money, so they all come in droves. This is because the price of tea has dropped."

"Impossible! Let me tell you, I have people in the court. Didn't Gansu Shangzhezi say that there is a drought in Gansu this year? Why are there people rushing here to sell tea?"

There was a trace of disdain in the little boy's eyes, "Uncle, you are a little ignorant of current affairs. Didn't you also rush over?"

Jia Rui opened his mouth, but was speechless.

(End of this chapter)