Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 389 Jinling

"That princess isn't making any noise, is she?"

Hua Lan said with a smile: "The princess is gentle and elegant, how can she make a fuss?"

Jia Rui nodded, and then turned his attention to the scenery outside the ship again, "Have all your people been sent out? Have everything been arranged?"

"Don't worry, uncle, my people have already gathered in Jiangnan. We can launch immediately as soon as the uncle gives the order." Hua Lan said firmly.

"Let them try their best to sneak into the homes of those rich and powerful people. Don't act rashly for the time being. Wait for my orders at any time." Jia Rui has already made arrangements for the people of the Shadow Killing Group. When necessary, they will be a decisive victory team. Negative power.

The imperial envoy's official ship sailed down the Grand Canal, and all merchant ships and passenger ships must have arrived on both sides. Therefore, Jia Rui's ship was very fast and had reached Yangzhou in a few days.

After arriving at Yangzhou Magistrate Jia Rui's temporary rest, Jia Rui secretly contacted various generals in the south of the Yangtze River through the Emperor's gold medal order arrow.

These generals were worthy of being arranged by the Emperor for decades, and they were still so loyal to the Emperor. After seeing the gold-medal arrows, they all expressed their determination that as long as Jia Rui gave the order, they would be dispatched immediately.

Seeing that the gold medal made the arrow effective, Jia Rui felt a little more relieved.

The reason why he tested the gold-medal arrows in advance in Yangzhou was because he was afraid that these generals would be corroded after staying in Jiangnan for a long time, and they would rebel against the yin and yang.

Now it seems that my thoughts are redundant.

However, for the sake of his own safety, Jia Rui ordered the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy to immediately mobilize the Yangtze River Navy to come to Yangzhou to protect him.

Just ten days later, nearly 6,000 Yangtze River navy troops gathered in Yangzhou and guarded Jia Rui's official ship.

And Jia Rui also met the Yangtze River patrol envoy.

The Yangtze River patrol envoy's name was Tang Zhen. He was probably in his forties, and his beard was already a little gray, but he was very energetic and spoke very loudly.

When he met Jia Rui that day, Tang Zhen still looked down on Jia Rui. After all, his Yangtze River patrol envoy was shot with one knife and one shot, while Jia Rui only achieved his high position today by flattering others.

If it weren't for Jia Rui having the Emperor's gold medal command arrow, Tang Zhenli would have ignored Jia Rui.

Sitting in the middle of the cabin, Jia Rui could see that Tang Zhen didn't care about him, but Jia Rui still spoke in a gentle tone and asked Tang Zhen to sit down.

"General Tang, has it been safe on the Yangtze River in recent years?"

"Sir, with my Yangtze River Navy here, no matter what happens, the road will naturally be smooth and there will be no water pirates."

"That's good. This time I asked General Tang to lead the troops. Do you understand the reason?"

Tang Zhen glanced at Jia Rui, who was sitting in the middle, and felt a little disdainful. Wasn't he just afraid of death?

But no matter how much he looked down on Jia Rui, he couldn't say anything inappropriate to his face, so he could only reply with a smile: "Invigorate the imperial army."

What he said was ambiguous, even a bit misleading.

Jia Rui smiled, stood up and walked to Tang Zhen's side. Tang Zhen also quickly stood up. Jia Rui patted Tang Zhen's shoulder and asked Tang Zhen to sit down again.

Not long after Tang Zhen sat down, he suddenly felt an unbearable itching all over his body. Then he felt that the itching was mixed with a trace of pain, and the pain became more and more severe.

At the end, Tang Zhen could no longer hold on and lay on the ground, screaming.

Hualan, who was following Jia Rui closely, was very disdainful of Tang Zhen who was rolling on the ground.

She has also suffered from this life and death talisman, but with her own perseverance, she has never been so rude.

After a long time, Tang Zhen was about to faint, and Jia Rui stepped forward and kicked him.

Following Jia Rui's kick, Tang Zhen felt the pain in his body disappear quickly, and it disappeared completely after just a few breaths.

At this time, Tang Zhen, who was lying on the ground, was still breathing rapidly and was covered in sweat.

After a while, Tang Zhen finally recovered, but now he was looking at Jia Rui as if he were looking at a demon.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to rebel?" What has Tang Zhen realized?

Jia Rui shook his head gently, and then said: "I don't want to rebel, I just want to protect myself."

Tang Zhen stared closely at Jia Rui's eyes, trying to tell whether he was lying.

However, Jia Rui's demonstration was very good. Tang Zhen didn't see any clues from it. He finally let out a long breath, got up from the ground, and kowtowed respectfully to Jia Rui.

"The general is incompetent, and I am willing to die for you."

Tang Zheng already understood Jia Rui's intention, so he no longer hesitated and simply went to Jia Rui.

This is not because Tang Zhen's will is not strong enough, but the life and death talisman is too powerful. Even the top masters in the martial arts world cannot hold on, let alone an ordinary person like Tang Zhen?

There was a smile on Jia Rui's face. He stepped forward to help Tang Zhen up, "General Tang is so polite."

Then, Jia Rui personally helped Tang Zhen back to the chair, and then Jia Rui sat next to Tang Zhen.

"General Tang, let's open the sky and speak frankly. I have no choice but to do this. When the day comes, General Tang will definitely have no worries." Tang Zhen didn't really believe what Jia Rui said, but now his own fate If Tang Zhen doesn't believe it, what can he do if someone pinches it?

Therefore, he quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, sir. I will live up to your trust and manage the Yangtze River Navy well for you."

Jia Rui smiled and waved his hand, asking Tang Zhen to sit down again, "You will be of great use in the future, and the navy of Fujian will also rely on you in the future."

The reason why Jia Rui is so anxious to take control of Tangzhen is also for the sake of the Fujian Navy.

Although the Prince of Nan'an was captured, the main force of the Fujian Navy was not injured in any way. However, the generals in the Fujian Navy were all the confidants of the Prince of Nan'an. In other words, they were all the confidants of the emperor. These people, Jia Rui, were not Dare to use it.

Therefore, Jia Rui turned his attention to the Yangtze River Navy.

Although this navy is inferior to the Fujian Navy in terms of numbers and equipment, it has existed for decades.

His generals all have some experience in naval warfare. As long as he gets this unit and then disperses the generals to the Fujian Navy unit, he should be able to regain control of the Fujian Navy in a very short time. And the combat effectiveness of this force will not be weakened.

In the next few days, under the arrangement of Tang Zhen, Jia Rui met with important generals of the Yangtze River Navy, and Jia Rui also tried his best to win over these people.

Of course, Jia Rui also secretly controlled those who were capable and held some real power.

In this way, during the half month that Jia Rui was anchored in Yangzhou, he had controlled the entire Yangtze River Navy.

Only then did Jia Rui leave Yangzhou with confidence and go straight to Jinling.

When he arrived at Jinling Pier, Jia Rui saw dozens of officials standing on the pier, including the governor of Jiangsu and the Daotai below.

However, Jia Rui also saw a man standing side by side with the Jiangsu governor in the crowd.

Although he was not wearing official uniform, his dignity was not small at all. Even the governor of Jiangsu had to step back half a step when standing next to him, as if to give way to this man.

Tang Zhen, who was standing guard beside Jia Rui, said softly to Jia Rui: "Sir, the leader is Mr. Zhen Dianlun of Jiangning Zhizao."

It turned out to be him?

No wonder he is so majestic and pompous that even the governor of Jiangsu wants to give him a thumbs up?

His status is no worse than that of the current Jia Rui. This guy's official title is the President of Imperial Envoy Jinling Provincial Tiren Academy.

It can be seen from this name that he is also an imperial envoy and Jia Rui is on an equal footing.

The ship docked at the pier, and Jia Rui got off the official ship with the help of Hua Lan. The officials who greeted him immediately swarmed up.

Especially Zhen Dianlun has walked in front of Jia Rui.

"Brother Jia, he has been famous for a long time. It is such a blessing to meet him today." Zhen Diangling said with a smile.

Jia Rui did not put on any airs, greeted the other party, and then said a few words to other officials. After that, the group entered Jinling City.

Jinling is a prosperous place in the world. When the imperial envoy arrived, he naturally prepared a trip.

That night at the imperial envoy's palace, Jia Rui held a banquet for all the prominent officials in Jinling City.

In this way, in the next few days, Jia Rui started to socialize in Jinling City, as if he had forgotten to send the princess to Nanman.

The officials of Jinling City seemed to have forgotten this, because everyone guessed that Jia Rui didn't want to go to Nanman, so he wanted to stay in Jinling for a while, and he delayed leaving until he couldn't hold it off any longer.

In fact, Jia Rui was not staying here. He had already used the Emperor's intelligence agency in the south to start a thorough investigation of the wealthy families who had connections with pirates.

At the same time, Jia Rui gave an order, and Tang Zhen also led a part of the Yangtze River Navy southward to take over the Fujian Navy.

At the same time, Jia Rui also ordered the troops in the south of the Yangtze River to conduct strict interrogations at various passes through the gold medal order, and to block the pirates' channels for selling stolen goods on land.

However, Jia Rui also knew that these wealthy families were deeply entangled in Jiangnan. If they could not be wiped out quickly, there would be turmoil in Jiangnan, so Jia Rui did not take action easily.

In this way, Jia Rui stayed in Jinling for a month. Even the emperor in the capital couldn't bear it anymore and issued an imperial decree asking Jia Rui to send the princess to the Nanman as soon as possible because the Nanman side had already urged her.

On the surface, Jia Rui accepted the order respectfully, but when he returned to the imperial envoy's residence, he threw the imperial edict aside and ignored it.

And this is in the main building of the huge building complex of Zhen's family in Jiangnan. Zhen Dianlun is discussing Jia Rui's purpose with an old lady.

"Old lady, why don't you think Jia Rui is leaving?" Zhen Diangling asked tentatively.

The old lady in the middle is the ancestor of the Zhen family in Jiangnan and the nanny of the current emperor.

It is because of her relationship that the Jiangnan Zhen family has been able to enjoy peace in the past fifty years.

"Do you really think he is sending the princess to Nanman?"

(End of this chapter)