Red Mansion Jia Enhou

Chapter 186 Your Majesty, have you ever heard of sitting on a mountain and watching a tiger fight? (Please subscribe!)

The emperor was reviewing the memorial, and Zhang Mingde came in to report.

When he heard that it was Jia She, the emperor's brows relaxed. He happened to be looking for him for something.

The Huainan Salt Merchant really gave him a headache.

However, this is a major matter for the people's vitality. He can't do it easily even if he wants to.

He must be treated well.

"Bring him in!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Mingde withdrew with a smile.

Jia She was brought into the palace by Zhang Mingde, and Zhang Mingde asked Jia She why he came.

Jia She told the story about Yuanchun with a helpless face. He entered the palace this time just to ask for the emperor's favor and exclude Yuanchun from the small selection quota.

Zhang Mingde was stunned.

"Xiao Xuan?"

Jia She nodded. Xiaoxuan was for selecting palace ladies, although they were not ordinary palace ladies.

But when it comes down to it, she is still a palace maid, but her status is a little higher.

The master cannot kill at will.

"The general's old lady is really willing to give up."

Jia She sighed helplessly.

For the sake of profit, people sometimes sacrifice themselves, let alone others.

Jia She followed Zhang Mingde to meet the emperor.

"Jia She, you are finally here!"

The anxious emperor saw Jia She as if he were a relative.

Jia She was slightly startled, and his intuition told him that the emperor had something to ask of him.

They had a collision.

"His Majesty!"

Jia She saluted the emperor, and the emperor nodded slightly and signaled the eunuch to bring a stool to Jia She.

After Jia She sat down and tea was served, the emperor spoke.

"I need your advice on something."

Jia She's face became serious. The matter the emperor wanted to consult with him was either government affairs or family matters.

And if this was a family matter, Jia She would not say it if he could.

"Look at this discount!"

The emperor took out the booklet from Lin Ruhai, and Zhang Mingde took it quickly and gave it to Jia She personally.

"General Pardon, please continue!"

Jia She took the folder and read it.

Lin Ruhai is very good at writing excerpts. He first told about his recent promotion of the salt-drying method in Yangzhou and its results.

Later, the salt merchants united to go on strike strictly.

Progressing layer by layer, the emotional rendering is full.

I have to say that Lin Ruhai is really good at writing.

Jia She put down the book after reading it.

"Enhou, is there any way to solve it?"

The emperor went straight to the point, and Jia She glanced at the emperor.

"kill!"

Jia She's eyes were firm, these salt merchants in Huainan must be killed.

Not killing is not enough to establish authority, and not killing is not enough to deter some people.

The emperor was shocked and showed a helpless smile.

How can this be killed? Now there are external and internal troubles.

The Tatars in the north, the Yue people in the southwest, and the Japanese pirates in the southeast are all worries that affect the foundation of Chu.

The salt merchants are rich, and now the White Lotus Sect is also rampant.

Although he has not yet found out the origin of the White Lotus Sect, he also knows that it is inextricably linked to those salt merchants.

Otherwise, without financial support, it will be difficult for them to expand further.

It is not a good time to kill people at this time.

The emperor sighed deeply.

"Is there any other way?"

Jia She smiled and shook his head, then nodded again.

"what do you mean?"

"If you have a solution, just say it quickly, and if you have a fart, hurry up. I'm really worried to death now."

The emperor looked like he had a headache, this Jia She was really good at selling things out.

He must be kept on tenterhooks.

Jia She smiled.

"I would like to ask Your Majesty, why are the salt merchants so powerful that it is difficult to eliminate them?"

The emperor looked seriously and began to think about why the salt merchants were so powerful that it was difficult to get rid of them.

Is it the person behind them?

The emperor shook his head in his heart. If they were just people in the court, they could be cured by just killing them, and the current battle would not be possible.

"I don't know!"

The emperor replied humbly, and Jia She smiled slightly.

"It's the resources in their hands. Your Majesty is afraid that they will use the money and food in their hands to support foreign thieves and demons to cause trouble in the country."

The emperor nodded.

"Yes, this is what I have in mind."

Jia She smiled slightly again.

"This is just one of them. Your Majesty is afraid that there will be no salt in the world for the time being."

“Eighty percent of the world’s salt is produced along the coast of Huainan.”

"Salt merchants have always been united. If you kill someone, they will be boycotted and protested collectively. Then you can only kill them."

"They are all the salt of the world. Without salt, the people will be temporarily without salt to eat."

"When the imperial court is transferred, I'm afraid the four regions will be provoked into rebellion."

"At that time, it will become a real internal and external trouble."

It makes sense for countries to resist monopolies. People's desires will only grow. When they monopolize an industry, they want to control a country.

The popularization of the sun-salting method will greatly harm the interests of salt merchants.

Imagine that salt, which was originally sold for one tael of silver per catty, was reduced to twenty cents per catty.

One tael of silver is equivalent to a thousand pence, and the market is so big. Who can help but be crazy?

If he were a salt merchant, he would also be crazy.

This is the fundamental reason, and if they can cooperate with the court, the court may give them some bonuses.

But they wanted to kill an egg with a stone, so the court could only find a way to cure him.

"Jia Sheyou continues."

The emperor looked at Jia She with bright eyes.

Jia She continued: "After hard methods failed, the only option was to boil the frog in warm water. However, salt merchants have always been known for their shrewdness. How could they not see the court's methods?"

The emperor's head drooped.

"So what should I do?"

"It doesn't work hard, it doesn't work soft. Do I have to bow to them?"

The emperor's mood became more and more depressed.

Jia She couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Majesty, you are the Supreme Being and the Lord of the World. How can you bow to that despicable salt merchant?"

"Stop saying nice things and find a way for me quickly."

The emperor didn't want to flatter him at all, and Jia She's expression turned serious.

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have complimented Your Majesty!"

Jia She sat down and saluted the emperor, with no sign of admitting his mistake on his face.

The emperor was so amused by Jia She that he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Jia She, just tell me quickly!"

"When my father was carried away by anger, I always felt that the punishment you received was too much."

"You were supposed to be promoted to a marquis, but instead you were demoted and became a first-class general."

Jia She's eyes were full of recognition, and he felt the same way.

The Supreme Emperor's handling of the case of Prince Yizhong back then was really too much. No matter who was involved or not, as long as he had contact with Prince Yizhong.

He was beaten to death with a stick, his home was confiscated, or his head was beheaded.

He and his elder brother Jing were able to keep the title thanks to his father blocking the fatal arrow for the Supreme Emperor.

Without this arrow.

Maybe he, Jia She, is still the Duke of the country now, oh oh oh~

His father is so loyal.

Woooooooo~

The Supreme Emperor is old and has made many decisions that were not benevolent.

And if it weren't for a group of unruly ministers who blocked it, I'm afraid it would be another Li Longji. The Chu Dynasty is about to die.

A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a good minister chooses his master to do his work.

The Supreme Queen was mediocre during her period, so what would happen if she followed the Crown Prince.

They are die-hard princelings to begin with. Wouldn't it be better for them to be suspected and suppressed than later?

Jia She did not understand what Jia Daishan did, but he admired his loyalty to the emperor.

However, his loyalty was fed to the dog. How did he treat the Jia family later?

He and Jia Jing, who were not involved, were innocently involved. They were demoted and demoted, and those who abandoned their titles were abandoned.

It's okay for him, Jia She, to be able to lie flat with a title.

Jia Jing did not have such a good life. In order to preserve his lineage in the Ningguo Mansion, he became a monk and hid out of sight of the Supreme Emperor.

Thinking about it, Jia She was a little angry.

And this is not to mention his father-in-law's family, who are more resentful than his family. His father-in-law is just unlucky.

Just because he taught the prince, he was implicated?

The whole family suffered innocently. If he hadn't taken care of it and saved the Zhang family through his connections in the northwest, they would have been gone by now.

Even if the case was overturned, the Zhang family could not be found.

Where will the people exiled to the northwest be arranged to go?

One is the front camp for the charge, and the other is a coal mining mine. Neither of these places is for humans.

As for women, women are even worse off. It’s a good thing if someone can buy them.

"Enhou?"

The emperor gently called Jia She, who was full of resentment, and Jia She showed a wry smile.

"I thank you, Your Majesty!"

After reacting, Jia She saluted the emperor.

"Your Majesty's kindness to me will be kept in my heart. I am just a minister."

Jia She's tone became serious, and then tears filled his eyes, whether it was because of his own emotions or because Jia She had some feelings.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember Chen Yue's family and Grand Master Zhang's family?"

"You mean Master Zhang?"

After being reminded by Jia She, the emperor thought of the Zhang family.

The world's leading literary figure was once a member of the Zhang family, whose entire family was filled with scholars.

Jia She nodded.

"The Yue family is really unjust. Just because I am the teacher of Prince Yi Zhong, I was sent to the northwest by the Supreme Emperor's family."

"The Emperor's promise from the Ministry of Civil Affairs can be used to rectify the case of those who were wronged."

"The Yue family has been wronged by a villain, and I ask Your Majesty to overturn the case for the Yue family."

The emperor was a little silent. The person who wronged the Zhang family back then was none other than the current chief assistant, Li Buyi.

He relied on this to reach the position of chief assistant.

Today, because the emperor is in charge, although the power in his hands is not as good as before, it cannot be underestimated.

"Let me think about it!"

The emperor covered his head with a headache.

Is it worthwhile for the Zhang family to offend Li Buyu? Although his father has recognized him now, there are still few people he can use in the court.

The Zhang family used to be from a scholarly family, and more importantly, Master Zhang.

Master Zhang has a much higher status among scholars than Li Busha.

Maybe he should really bring him in to suppress him.

"Zhang Mingde!"

"His Majesty!"

Zhang Mingde bent down and the emperor said a few words in Zhang Mingde's ear.

Looking at Zhang Mingde hurriedly leaving, Jia She knew that the emperor was tempted to help.

But whether or not to help depends on the benefits brought by the Zhang family.

After a while, Zhang Mingde came back, holding a secret guard's file in his hand.

The emperor opened the file, and it clearly recorded what the Zhang family had done in the northwest.

Jia She arranged for someone to buy the Zhang family.

Few people in Shenjing didn't know that it was precisely for this reason that the emperor wanted to see what the Zhang family did.

What if the Zhang family takes advantage of the Jia family's influence to create trouble in the northwest?

The northwest is not Shenjing. There are many noble people in Shenjing, and you can kill several of them by throwing a stone.

After seeing that the Zhang family, with the help of Jia She, became self-sufficient among the people, opened schools, and helped the people in the northwest, the emperor's eyes couldn't help but brighten.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the twenty people from the northwest who passed the imperial examination this year?"

The emperor nodded.

"In previous years, it was not easy to produce ten Jinshi from the northwest."

"This year there are twenty, which has doubled."

Zhang Mingde smiled slightly.

"Of those twenty people, eight of them came from Master Zhang's sect."

"Master Zhang is truly a great Confucian!"

Zhang Mingde was so impressed that he taught eight Jinshi at one time.

I wonder who else in this world can do it?

Jia She thought of Jia Jing. Before Jia Jing became a Jinshi, he followed his father-in-law on a raid.

His father-in-law is really good at teaching people.

Not only did he teach the Supreme Emperor's princes to be extremely talented, but he also taught his brothers-in-law to be good ministers who would be generals on horseback and prime ministers on horseback.

He still remembers the throw over his shoulder that his brother-in-law gave him.

It hurts, it really hurts.

What would a scholar do with such high levels of force?

The emperor's eyes were full of satisfaction, the Zhang family could be saved.

"Jia She, wake up!"

The emperor asked Jia She to rise up, but Jia She couldn't afford it.

"Your Majesty, I am from the Yue family."

The emperor glanced at Jia She.

"Help me!"

Jia Shehuan stood up happily, it was definitely worth saving him.

His brother-in-law and brother-in-law are both upright and capable people. After being rescued, they will definitely be loyal ministers.

"Zhang Mingde, go and hide the order from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to help the Zhang family reverse the case."

"Yes!"

Zhang Mingde retreated. It seemed that some people were destined to be unable to sleep tonight.

"Jia She, let's continue talking about salt merchants."

"How do you think I should deal with them?"

The emperor asked Jia She, and a cunning smile flashed in Jia She's eyes.

"Who is your Majesty?"

"Take care of them, someone will take action!"

Someone takes action?

Who took action, could it be his father?

His father is now semi-retired. Apart from investigating the affairs of his former prince and brother, he has almost given up on other matters.

Who else will take action?

The emperor frowned.

"Jia She, tell me quickly, don't be like civil servants!"

Jia She smiled and said, "Let's learn!"

It was too easy to get and not cherished. He, Jia She, had the idea to give him some reward.

As mentioned above about the title, Taizu established the ancestral system as early as the founding of the country.

What do you mean by saying that no knighthood can be awarded except for merit on the battlefield?

Even if you don't go to the battlefield, no matter how great your achievements are, you can't get a title, which directly blocks the road to civil service.

It is almost impossible for a civil servant to get the position of duke by relying on his own merits in civil affairs, unless you can create such auspiciousness as high-yielding crops.

The example of the Confucian sage is mentioned above. When the time comes, not only will the emperor be obedient to you, but even the great ancestor will have to bow his head in front of you.

But can an innocent civil servant be punished?

impossible.

Today's Confucian disciples are no longer what they were in the pre-Qin period.

At that time, they worked hard with real swords and guns. When you get to a place, if you don't triple the income of the local people, you are not a qualified Confucian disciple.

This is why during the Warring States Period, although the kings of various countries did not like to see Confucianists, they very much welcomed the Confucian disciples to join them.

They are really good at education and people's livelihood.

The style of restoring pre-Qin scholars should be severely punished.

Especially the current Confucian disciples should let Sage Kong come out of the coffin and slap him in person, so that these unfilial disciples who are not good at learning and privately change the sage's holy words should be taught a lesson.

Change this bad trend.

The emperor was about to become anxious. Jia She had no intention of hanging on to the emperor and said, "Does your Majesty know what it means to sit on a mountain and watch tigers fight, dogs bite dogs?"

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