Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 287 Emperor Anping Suspects the Cabinet

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"Let's not talk about last year for now. What do you think we should do this year, Brother Jia? Should we wait and see or send a large army to support us? Let's first come up with a plan from the cabinet."

"Does the emperor know?" Jia Jing asked.

"I don't know yet." Ye Xiang said, "It's mainly because the Tartars' movements are unclear, so I didn't dare report it. I thought I'd report it when I got the results."

Jia Jing immediately understood the meaning.

This is to pull him along.

Hey.

"Brother Ye, do you have any plan?" Jia Jing asked with a smile.

Ye Xiang thought for a moment and said, "I don't have a particularly good plan. What I mean is to continue to transfer He Qiuyuan over there, and Niu Jizong to send 20,000 troops from the Beijing camp to provide support. This way, no matter what the Tartars do, we can prevent future troubles."

“This is a mature and prudent move.”

Jia Jing nodded to show his cooperation.

He did not intend to compete with Ye Xiang for power on the issue of the Nine Frontiers, as the interests there were not even a little bit inferior to those in Nanyang.

Nanyang is the future of Ningguo Mansion.

There is countless gold wealth there.

"The yellow-haired guys in Southeast Asia have forgotten the pain after their wounds healed and have started to behave themselves again. Not only do they dare to rob our Great Xia of its power, they even fund the Japanese pirates to invade our Huaibei coast again." Jia Jing said worriedly.

Who is Ye Xiang? He immediately understood what Jia Jing meant.

I will not interfere in the nine northwestern borders, but Southeast Asia belongs to me.

"That makes no sense."

Ye Xiang slapped the table and said, "The yellow-haired people are rampant, and the Japanese pirates are even more hateful! Brother Jia, do you have any countermeasures?"

Jia Jing thought for a moment and said, "What I mean is to let the Lianghuai Coastal Defense and Penglai Navy attack together to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates and restore peace to the Jiangnan coast."

"By the way, we must also use force to intimidate the Western yellow-haired people and enhance the prestige of our Great Xia nation."

Ye Xiang nodded.

"Lord Jia's plan is far-sighted and I admire it, but..."

Jia Jing: "What?"

Ye Xiang said worriedly: "We are fighting on both the north and south fronts at the same time, and the military pay seems to be a little insufficient."

Da Xia has a population of tens of millions and plenty of soldiers, but no money.

Jia Jing smiled and said, "The Japanese pirates have been insignificant in the past two years. I don't think they will need much military pay. The national treasury will give priority to supplying the northwest."

Ye Xiang was overjoyed.

That's it!
If all goes well, he can add a few more titles to his subordinates this year. Who wouldn't follow him wholeheartedly?
As for Nanyang, after Jia Jing has cleaned up everything, he can just pick up the ready-made ones, isn't that good?

The two smiled at each other, each with his own calculations, and began to write the book.

Will Emperor Anping agree?

You have to agree even if you don't agree.

If you don’t believe in the cabinet, what else can you believe in?
Jinyiwei?

Killing a person and confiscating his property might be okay, but as for other things...first read through the Confucian classics on governing the country, such as the Four Books and the Five Classics.

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Soon, the seven-year strategic plan for Anping, customized by the cabinet, appeared on the desk of Emperor Anping.

The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department brought a pot of tea to Emperor Anping, and then stood aside obediently.

That’s right, the eunuch’s job is to serve tea. As for the higher-level eunuch, who is not as good as him, he has already gone home after get off work.

Emperor Anping felt that only a foolish ruler would use eunuchs to review memorials, and he would never do that. Even though his son had just passed away, he did not delay for a single day.

I am so diligent!

"That's unreasonable!"

Emperor Anping could hardly contain his anger when he read the document handed over by the cabinet.

"We just won a great victory in the northwest last year, and this year we are sending more troops to the northwest. Are you kidding me?"

"Anti-Japanese pirates? The Japanese pirates have only been stable for two years and haven't invaded our borders, and you're going out to provoke us. Are you looking for trouble?" His blood boiled.

Emperor Anping felt dizzy, but fortunately the dizziness came and went quickly and he soon felt better.

"What's wrong with the emperor? Should we call the imperial physician over?" Xia Shouxin asked fearfully. Just now, Emperor Anping suddenly turned pale, as if he was having a serious illness.

"It doesn't matter."

Emperor Anping waved his hand calmly: "I have been too tired these past two days. I should take a good rest after the matter of the second son has come to an end."

Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to say much, and only whispered to comfort him: "Your Majesty, the dead cannot be resurrected, you must mourn and take care of your health."

"I know."

Emperor Anping put his worries aside and continued reading the memorials.

Prime Minister Ye is preparing to station troops in the northwest to guard against future troubles, and Lord Jia is preparing to wipe out the Japanese pirates to enhance the prestige of our Great Xia nation. Both are for the sake of the imperial court, and there is nothing wrong with them.

With a wave of his hand, it’s accurate.

I have no one available now, so I'll just follow you guys.

I will settle the accounts with you in detail later.

"Announce Jinyiwei Commander Zhao Quan."

Soon, Zhao Quan came led by the young eunuch.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Quan bowed respectfully.

"My dear minister, please don't be so polite. How is the investigation into the second son's assassination case going?" Emperor Anping asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Quan said: "There are some clues."

Emperor Anping was stunned. He did not expect that the Jinyiwei could solve the case so quickly when the three judicial departments could not. They are indeed the pillars of my country.

"What are you talking about? Explain it clearly."

Zhao Quan said respectfully: "I had someone carefully identify the dead female assassin and found that she was not a maid in the mansion, but was deliberately brought in by someone."

Emperor Anping frowned slightly: "My dear minister, what you mean is..."

Zhao Quan said: "Among the people who attended the poetry gathering that day, there was an undercover agent from the White Lotus Sect, who brought the woman in disguised as a servant."

Emperor Anping was somewhat incredulous for a moment.

Passed the imperial examination and became an undercover agent of the White Lotus Sect?
Are you crazy?

"In addition to the thirty or so new scholars who came to attend the ceremony that day, His Royal Highness the Second Prince also invited many young men from noble families. It is hard to say who exactly they are among them, and I am still investigating." Zhao Quan said again.

"Investigate! You must investigate thoroughly!"

Emperor Anping slammed the table with a grim look on his face.

If you dare to kill my son, all nine generations of your clan will be killed!
Zhao Quan bowed respectfully.

"I will definitely live up to the emperor's expectations."

"Okay." Emperor Anping nodded: "But I still have a few things for you to do."

"First of all, I have received a secret report that the prefect of Shaanxi was corrupt and embezzled relief grain. I have sent an imperial envoy to investigate but to no avail. Please take some time to go there in person and conduct a secret investigation."

"The second thing is that you take people to secretly investigate the northwest border, especially to find out whether there were any false reports of military achievements in the great victory in the northwest last year."

"Third, send someone to Nanyang to see if there's anything unusual. Elder Jia seems to be very concerned about that place."

"The latter two matters are not urgent. Your first priority is to deal with the assassin, and secondly, to investigate the corruption case in Shaanxi."

"The minister obeys the order."

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The document from the Ministry of Personnel has finally arrived, and Jia Rong needs to report to the Hanlin Academy today.

Originally, there should be three people, but unfortunately, the top two candidates were involved in the assassination of the second prince and could not come for the time being. Therefore, only Jia Rong came to the Hanlin Academy to report today.

"Mr. Jia is a young and talented man. His presence at the Hanlin Academy today is truly an honor to our humble abode."

The person responsible for receiving Jia Rong was none other than Xie Jiwen's father, Xie Qiu, who had now given birth to a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, a fifth-rank scholar.

If he goes one step further, he can either be promoted to the president of the Hanlin Academy or the vice minister of the Ministry of Rites, either of which will have a bright future.

(End of this chapter)