Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 78 Grandparents and grandchildren join forces to serve the country

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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

The four elders of the cabinet, as well as the ministers of the six ministries, the chief judge of the Supreme Court, the censor of the Censorate and others were all summoned.

As Jia Rong brought the tax silver into the capital, it was natural that regulations would be set for rewards and punishments for certain matters.

The Emperor has always adhered to:
Merits will be rewarded, mistakes will be punished!
First of all, the number one major event was naturally the Governor-General of Liangjiang beheading the Jiedushi of Jining.

The first person to jump out was an imperial censor.

Censor Li said righteously: "I impeach Zhang Maoye, the governor of Jining, for killing innocent people and taking credit for his crimes during his tenure, and for colluding with pirates to rob silver. His crimes are unforgivable!"

After saying this, he looked at Jia Jing provocatively.

At this time, some people couldn't bear it anymore.

Wu Ye, the deputy minister of the Dali Temple, said bluntly: "Who made the charge? Did you plead guilty? Did you sign and seal your name?"

Censor Li frowned and said speechlessly: "How can we confess our crimes and accept punishment when the person is dead?"

Liu Yan sneered, "The people are dead, and Lord Li is still impeaching?"

Censor Li gritted his teeth in anger: "You are just making up stories! You are shielding a traitor."

Liu Yan smiled and said, "You are being unreasonable, aren't you? You are impeaching a dead person. I am really enlightened!"

"伱......"

The two were about to quarrel.

The emperor above waved his hand and said, "I told you to talk about Hu Jiansheng, not Zhang Maoye. If anyone talks nonsense and goes off topic for no reason again, you will be punished with five strokes of the cane!"

The two of them retreated unwillingly.

Wen Ting, the cabinet's deputy minister, stood up this time and said in a serious tone, "The governor of Jining secretly colluded with the pirates to rob tax silver, and he deserves death. I think Hu Jiansheng, as the governor-general of Liangjiang and the minister of war, has the right to dispatch troops to deal with it directly, and he is not at fault."

The emperor took a look, then looked at Jia Jing and said, "The governor of Jining was promoted by Lord Jia, what do you think?"

Jia Jing said sternly, "Your Majesty, I don't agree with what Elder Wen said."

"Oh?"

The emperor took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Tell me about it."

Jia Jing said: "As a high-ranking official of the imperial court, even if the Jining Jiedushi committed a serious crime, according to the regulations, he must be tried by the three judicial departments before he can be convicted. However, Governor Hu executed him on the spot, which is against the rules."

Wen Ting shook his head.

"Master Jia is wrong."

"The evidence is irrefutable that Zhang Maoye, the governor of Jining, was secretly colluding with the pirates and intending to rob the silver. Hu Jiansheng beheaded him on the spot to deter rebellion. This is a mature and prudent move."

At this time, the elder Wu Nan suddenly laughed and said, "What do you mean by conclusive evidence of robbery? I only heard that it was sand? The tax silver has already been deposited into the national treasury."

Prime Minister Ye Gao said with a smile: "Lord Lin's use of the strategy of sneaking into Chencang to lure the bandits into his trap is indeed brilliant. At that time, the sand was the tax silver! Do you agree with this, lords?"

Jia Jing said: "What Lord Ye said is true."

"There is just one thing, Mencius said: Without rules, there can be no order."

"Today you executed a high-ranking official in an emergency. Can he also execute one in an emergency tomorrow? Can I also execute one in an emergency the day after tomorrow?"

"Your Majesty, this trend must not continue!"

Jia Jing said with a serious face.

Ye Gao's expression changed, and he thought to himself that this was not good.

Sure enough, when the emperor heard what Jia Jing said, he immediately became furious:
"Immediately order the Governor-General of Liangjiang, Hu Jiansheng, to come to Beijing!"

At this time, the emperor said again: "Regarding Zhang Maoye's killing of an innocent person and his collusion with the pirates, the Ministry of War must also investigate the matter. We can't just let it go because someone died."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Jia Jing bowed and accepted the order.

Ye Gao said nothing more, just looked at Jia Jing deeply.

This person is a great enemy!

After the punishment is over, it is natural to reward the merits.

The young talent Jia Rong skillfully cooperated with the salt inspector Lin Ruhai to transport the salt ingots and tax silver to the capital smoothly and safely, and killed hundreds of bandits and captured important bandit figures...

赏：
A set of four treasures of the study bestowed by the emperor.

Two palace fans.

Two jade pendants.

The reward is not generous.

First, Jia Rong was too young to be admitted as a scholar, and only had the title of a student. Second, the extra credit could not be escaped, and it must have been attributed to Jia Jing.

Ye Gao glanced at Jia Jing again.

These two, grandparents and grandchildren, are powerful enemies!
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Ningguo Mansion, Jia Jing's study.

Although Jia Rong brought Xue Ke to see him, Jia Jing obviously did not have any extra thoughts on Xue Ke. He encouraged Xue Ke with a few words and asked him to go down and prepare to go to the Ministry of Revenue to get the documents for registering as a merchant tomorrow.

Even so, Xue Ke was deeply moved.

He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jia Jing.

"Thank you for your support, Master."

Jia Jing nodded, looked at Jia Rong and asked, "Did you have a smooth journey?"

Without the outsiders around, Jia Rong became more relaxed. He first stepped forward to serve Jia Jing a cup of tea, then found a seat downstairs and sat down, smiling, "It's basically going well."

Jia Jing took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Have you seen how powerful the pirates are?"

Jia Rong said, "I have seen them, but they are not as good as the elite troops in our Duke's Mansion."

Jia Jing shook his head and said, "To put it bluntly, the pirates are just some disaster victims who are unable to survive and are instigated by others. Naturally, their fighting power is not very strong."

"However, even with such low combat power, the imperial court has been suppressing them for more than ten years, but there has been no progress. In recent years, the number of them has increased."

Jia Rong didn't respond.

It is obvious that more and more people are unable to survive.

With food and drink available, who would want to become a pirate if they had no time to live?

"This year Shandong is suffering from a severe drought again..."

As Jia Jing spoke, he began to shake his head.

The current Ministry of Revenue is like a miser. If we expect them to provide money for disaster relief, the victims would have starved to death long ago.

Last time he proposed recruiting soldiers in the northwest to deal with the southward advance of the Tartars and allocated 2 million taels of military funds, but when he submitted the proposal to the cabinet, he didn't even receive a reply. It seemed that the plan was stillborn.

After all, the fire had not yet reached his eyebrows, and no one else in the court was anxious about the military affairs of the Northwest except him, the Minister of War.

There are also Japanese pirates in the south.

There are also traitors.

There were also some people in the court who were trying to trip him up.

Being the Minister of War is also a difficult job!

"Forget it, let's talk about these troubles later. You must be tired after the long journey. After dinner, go back and rest."

Jia Rong stood up, went forward to add tea for Jia Jing, and said with a smile: "My grandson is fine, but you must take good care of your health. Only with good health can you serve the country better."

"Haha, you!"

Jia Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm in good health. I'm still waiting for you to pass the imperial examination and become an official. We can serve the country together as a grandfather and grandson."

Grandparents and grandchildren join forces to serve the country!
Jia Rong thought so too!

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After leaving Jia Jing's courtyard, it was already time to light the lamps, and Jia Rong came to the east wing.

A father worries about his son even when he is away from home. Now that you are back, you should naturally pay your respects to your father.

"uncle."

Peifeng looked at Jia Rong coming in and smiled.

Jia Rong stepped forward and asked with a smile, "How is the master doing lately? Is he feeling better?"

Pei Feng smiled and said, "I have been taking the medicine prescribed by Mr. Zhang for more than a month, and I have gradually gotten better. I cough less and less. Yesterday, I even walked for a while on crutches."

"Oh!"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "That's great."

"I want to go in and see the master."

Pei Feng opened the curtain and said with a smile, "Sir, please come in."

Jia Rong put away his fan and walked into the house respectfully.

Jia Zhen had just finished his meal and was now lying on the bed.

Because he ate and slept all day long and did nothing else, he gained a lot of weight and his face was even as big as Baoyu's.

...It could also be puffiness.

(End of this chapter)