Daming Palace, inner study room
The sunlight in the winter afternoon shines through the red-painted horizontal wooden windows on the bookcase. The middle-aged emperor thought about what Jia Heng said and asked, "Can Ziyu help explain the situation?"
Jia Heng wants to go to Datong and Taiyuan military towns in person to check military affairs, which has revealed the seriousness of the matter.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, can you give me a map speech here?"
Emperor Chongping ordered: "Dai Quan, prepare the map."
Dai Quan responded to the order, and he and several inner guards around him lifted up a screen with a map hanging on it.
Jia Heng and Emperor Chongping walked closer to the map and said: "Your Majesty, the Jurchens conquered the Horqin Mongolia in their early years and married with them. Together with the Harqin Tribe, Inner Khalkha and other Mongolian tribes, the Jurchens formed the Eight Banners of Mongolia, but Chacha Harmeng was preserved during the Longzhi period due to King Beijing and the previous King of Zhou, but for more than ten years it was barely surviving under the iron heel of the Jurchens."
When the king of Zhou was mentioned, Jia Heng couldn't help but glance at the emperor, and saw that his expression was as usual, and his heart moved slightly.
"If the Jurchens want to invade the Central Plains and regain the two wings of Chahar and Mongolia next year, the Datong army will face the enemy's power. If the Datong army sits back and watches, the Jurchens can calmly annex Chahar Mongolia. If our army interferes, then the Jurchens will definitely This will restrain our army." Jia Heng said, pointing in the direction of Ping'an Prefecture, and muttered: "There must be a war here."
"But the Jurchens must have thought that our army would not dare to leave the city to compete with them."
Emperor Chongping looked at the direction of Ping'an Prefecture and Datong on the map, and said softly: "The Jiedushi of Ping'an Prefecture is Cui Ling. Can he detect the enemy's changes in advance?"
Jia Heng shook his head and said: "I don't know where the Jurchens will move from. Our army can only wait passively. If we send troops to the capital camp, we will have to go on an expedition. Therefore, after the spring begins, I want to go to Datong and Taiyuan and other military towns to reorganize the border preparations." Respond to the enemy's situation."
The current big man does not have the strength to take the initiative and can only defend the city and passes. Of course, he will also choose the opportunity to act.
Emperor Chongping muttered: "Ziyu, after the spring of next year, I will entrust you with full authority to supervise the army and make sure that the Taiyuan and Datong military towns are well prepared and there will be no oversights."
Jia Heng handed over his hands.
Just as Jia Heng entered the palace to meet the saint, Shuo Tuo opened two wooden windows in the post house, stared at the busy street, and asked Zhang Shang beside him: "Where is Prince Yu now?"
"Your Majesty, he is currently imprisoned in the imperial prison of Jinyi Mansion. The Han court has sent heavy troops to guard him," Zhang Shang said.
Shuo Tuo said coldly: "To deliver the news to the Han court, I want to see Prince Yu first."
Zhang Shang hesitated for a moment and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the Han court may not agree."
Shuo Tuo snorted coldly and said, "Then let's test it out first."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and asked, "Didn't the Qiao family say they had an appointment with the Young Master of the Yang family? Can they make an appointment?"
The third master of the Qiao family of Shanxi merchants is sitting in the Shanxi merchants guild hall in the middle of the capital. Firstly, he is taking care of the powerful people, and secondly, he is trying to find out what is going on in the capital.
As Chen Han's crackdown on smuggling has intensified in recent years, the life of Shanxi merchants has also been somewhat difficult, and they need to pay attention to the direction of the central trend.
Zhang Shangdao: "Your Majesty, the capital is keeping a close eye on us now. Mr. Yang will not see us, especially after the Marquis of Yongning comes back, it will be even more difficult to see us again."
When the son of the chief minister secretly met with the Jurchen envoy, no matter how stupid Yang Sihong was, he would not have carried out such a plan. However, Yang Sihong did have close relations with Shanxi merchants. He conveyed Yang Guochang's goodwill through the mouth of the Shanxi merchants and hoped that the Jurchen envoy could negotiate peace talks. concession.
When the voices of peace talks between the Qi and Zhejiang parties became louder, Shanxi merchants became more active, advocating that the Jurchens open border trade and build a century-old peace treaty.
"It's not necessary to meet him, but to ask him so that we can communicate with him." Shuo Tuo muttered, "What is the Emperor Han's plan?"
Zhang Shang said: "Then I will send someone to ask again."
Jinyang Princess Mansion——
After Jia Heng had a duel with the emperor, he left the palace and headed towards the Princess Jinyang's mansion.
At this moment, Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue had moved to the eldest princess's house in the morning, obviously to make traveling easier. Of course, Jia Heng was not aware of Princess Xianning's "sinister" intentions.
In the backyard of the eldest princess of Jinyang, in a spacious and elegant small hall, a ground dragon is burning in the room, steaming and warm as spring.
Princess Xianning was wearing a blue coat and skirt, with a beautiful green silk hair in a flying fairy bun. She stared at the young man and came closer. Under her curved eyebrows, her clear eyes were full of concern and asked: "Sir, have you ever seen your father?" Already?"
Jia Heng said warmly: "I've seen it."
Li Chanyue put down the embroidery in her hand, raised her eyes to look at the tall and tall young man in python suit, and asked softly: "Mr. Xiao Jia, has there been any news about my mother in Jinling?"
"It hasn't happened in the past two days." Jia Heng came forward and sat down next to the kang. He took the little princess's bare hand and touched the delicate skin, which felt a little cool to the touch. He asked, "Chanyue, why don't you wear thicker clothes?"
Li Chanyue looked at the young man and said softly: "I just came back. I didn't expect it to be so cold at home, so I forgot to wear it."
Jia Heng said: "I will keep you warm, and wear thicker clothes at home from now on. I don't know how worried your mother will be when you are in Beijing. I wish she had let you stay in Jinling."
As he spoke, he held the girl's hand to warm it with both hands. Chanyue's hand was slender and petite, as soft as jade, with delicate skin.
Li Chanyue lowered her head and said softly, "Hmm". Listening to the young man's words about nature, a warm current surged in her heart.
Jia Heng said: "Chanyue, I will write a letter to His Highness in your name later."
Li Chanyue's beautiful cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and she said, "Mr. Xiao Jia, do you want to write now?"
Jia Heng nodded and said, "You can also write a letter later and send it over together."
Chanyue blushes when she mentions Jinyang. What's there to be ashamed of?
Li Chanyue raised her eyes and said, "Then I'll ask the female officer to prepare the pen and ink."
Jia Heng nodded, picked up the fabric that Li Chanyue put down, looked at the girl who had left and returned, and asked: "Chanyue, what is this embroidered on?"
Li Chanyue blushed with a soft and gentle face and said, "I embroidered it for my mother."
Jia Heng understood immediately, smiled and said, "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. Why are you so anxious to embroider?"
Li Chanyue chuckled, Zangxing Yunyue's eyes sparkled, and said: "Boys and girls can use it."
Princess Xianning approached and said softly: "Sir, Brother Wei Wang said that he wants to meet you in the next two days and invite you to have a meal."
Jia Heng thought for a moment, looked calmer, and said, "In the next two days, I will go to the Five Cities Military and Horse Department to handle official business, and then talk to the King of Wei."
Princess Xianning pursed her pink lips, with a hint of hesitation in her clear eyes, and said softly: "Sir, the New Year will be celebrated in a while, when will you go to Jiangnan?"
Jia Heng said: "After the Chinese New Year, let's see if we can go to Jinling before the Lantern Festival. There have been too many things going on in Beijing recently. I can't think of going to Datong to organize border affairs in the spring next year."
Mopan would probably go crazy if he didn't go there.
"Datong?" Princess Xianning sat down, took one of Jia Heng's arms, and said, "Then I will go with your husband."
Jia Heng said softly: "We will see when the time comes. Datong is more dangerous. Even if I take you, Concubine Rong will not agree to it. Swords and guns have no eyes, so it will be bad if you get injured." "
"Sir, you approved of me becoming a female general at the beginning." Princess Xianning's clear eyes flashed under her beautiful eyebrows, and she chuckled and scolded: "Since I followed you, your husband only cares about the beauty hidden in the golden house, and doesn't care about me."
Like her cousin, she became her husband's right-hand man, spending time with him day and night, instead of being a caged bird and a canary, or playing mahjong at home.
I heard that my husband built a garden at home, presumably for the two sisters Xue and Lin, but she didn't want to live in it.
Jia Heng smiled and said: "What kind of beauty is hidden in the golden house?"
Princess Xianning joked: "I heard on the way that my husband built a garden in his mansion. Now it is completed. All the girls in the mansion are going to move in. How about I move in too?"
Jia Heng: "..."
Seeing the young man's astonishment, Princess Xianning chuckled, her eyebrows furrowed, and said: "I was joking with you sir. During this period, my mother-in-law has arranged for craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build the princess mansion. I was the chosen one." Xinglong Street, which is separated from Ningrong Street by a wall, has now started to be built, and the palace will be opened next year."
As Xianning gets older, it is no longer suitable to live in the palace. He will open a mansion and live outside in the spring of next year. Since he is determined to marry Jia Heng, he will build a house near Xinglong Street to facilitate future travel.
Jia Heng said warmly: "Let's go take a look in two days so I can identify the door."
Princess Xianning nestled her little head in Jia Heng's arms and said resentfully: "Sir, you haven't been with me for a long time from the time in Henan to now."
She is now worried that her husband will run in both directions in the future and she will not have time to take care of him. Moreover, even if he is made of iron, he will not be able to stand up to so many people.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said: "You have nothing to do in the palace these days. Change your clothes and follow me to the Jingying and Jinyi Mansion for business. You have been focusing on martial arts recently."
Xianning is becoming more and more obsessive by pestering him every chance he gets, and needs to be corrected, otherwise the path will be too narrow.
Moreover, he still has great expectations for Xianning. If all the emperor's sons are unable to help him in the future, will Xianning be the empress?
Princess Xianning's clear eyes flashed and she asked: "Then next year when your husband goes to Datong, I will go with you."
Jia Heng said: "Let's see how your martial arts goes. Let Xiaoxiao come back after the Chinese New Year and teach you more kung fu."
Since the emperor has entrusted the assassination of King Chu to the old man Jinyi from the Chongping era, it would be inappropriate for Xiaoxiao to be placed in Jinling. Moreover, it seems that he is not used to not having Xiaoxiao around.
Tan Chun and Zhen Lan are still too young to follow him around.
"Xiaoxiao? You are really kind to call me cousin." Princess Xianning's slender hands were lowered, and her eyes were full of tears, and her eyes were as charming as silk.
As soon as the weather gets colder, there is no longer the dance of the past. The girl comes up and goes straight to the topic.
"Xianning, please stop making trouble first." Jia Heng took Princess Xianning's bare hand and made the girl sit on his lap. He looked at the clear and beautiful face. When it comes to appearance, Xianning is actually not as beautiful as Xue Lin. Next, especially the quiet eyebrows, cold face, and slender legs poked him a bit.
In later generations' words, Xianning had a high-class face.
He wanted to kiss Xian Ning, otherwise he wouldn't be able to use his mouth to kiss her again later.
Princess Xianning was stunned for a moment, and immediately met the young man's gaze. Immediately, a warm and soft breath approached her, and she closed her bright eyes slightly, her eyelashes trembling.
Li Chanyue was sewing a small coat. She looked at the two people who were infatuated with each other. Listening to the strange sounds that kept chattering, her delicate body couldn't help but soften half of her body. The delicate body that was originally afraid of the cold gradually gained a little warmth. The palms and the center of the legs are a little damp and warm.
Mr. Jia and his cousin are also true.
After a while, Jia Heng gently stroked Xianning's reddish cheeks and asked, "What does His Highness, King Wei, want from me?"
"Brother King Wei wants to go to the Ministry of Rites to observe the government after spring, and the queen mother is more in favor of it." Princess Xianning said in a low voice with a slight look in her eyes.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said, "What about the affairs of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division?"
Princess Xianning raised her eyebrows, pursed her glossy lips, and said softly: "Brother King Wei also wants to take charge of the errands of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, so as to share the worries of the father and the emperor. The queen asked me to tell you, Let’s see if I can recommend Brother Wei Wang, I don’t know what to say, my mother insists on letting me do it.”
She didn't want to be the bridge between her husband, her mother, and brother Wei Wang, which would tarnish the pure friendship between her and her husband.
Jia Heng pondered and said: "What does the Queen mean by saying that I resigned from my job and recommended you to the King of Wei?"
Princess Xianning looked gloomy and said in a low voice: "I don't want to say it, sir, I insist on getting to the bottom of it."
What should she say about such things? On the one hand, she is her man, and on the other hand, she is her mother.
Jia Heng took the girl's shoulders, looked at her lips, and said: "Xianning, you are my wife, you have something on your mind, and I want to ask, what will happen to you in the future? Just say it.”
I thought, it's you who want to get to the bottom of it, and I'll get to the bottom of it.
When Princess Xianning heard this, a warm current surged in her heart, and she murmured: "Mr."
Jia Heng smiled and said: "We are a family, and there is nothing taboo about these. I will recommend to the Holy One another day that King Wei should appoint military envoys from the five cities."
Originally, the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division listened to Jin Yang's words and left a way out for themselves, so they did not resign.
But it would be inappropriate to stay in Lianzhan now. As he was granted the title of first-class Wuhou and became very popular in the court, the fact that he was in charge of the Jingying, Jinyi Mansion, and the Five Cities Army and Horses Division would definitely be worried about the state of the country. It attracts people's attention, and it is too eye-catching, so you need to hide your capabilities and bide your time and endure it for a while.
But it does not mean that if the Wu Chen Bingma Division is handed over, there will be no possibility of getting it back in the future.
There is also Empress Song. Although she asked Xianning to convey it and gave him enough face, it was actually Empress Song's test to test his attitude towards King Wei.
Empress Song had always stood by his side during her marriage to Xianning. Obviously, she didn't want nothing. Today is the interest.
When he became a first-class Wuhou, defeated the Jurchens, and captured Duduo alive, his marriage to Xianning was actually a big battle away.
Seeing that the young man was thinking and his eyes were dark and unclear, Princess Xianning said worriedly and softly: "Sir, if I reject the Queen Mother, then it will be said that I didn't say anything."
Jia Heng said: "I want to deal with the captive affairs wholeheartedly. I originally wanted to resign from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division. King Wei has been working hard in the Wucheng Army and Horses Division this year. He is a prince and should be in charge of a government office alone." .”
This is something that cannot be stopped. With the fall of King Zhongshun, the emperor's sons have been watching the government for a long time. Not only will the King of Wei be in charge of a government office, but the King of Chu and the King of Qi will also be used in important ways.
The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs are indeed short of two ministers.
Jia Heng suppressed the thoughts in his heart, stared at the girl standing in front of the desk, with a thoughtful look on her face, and said softly: "Chanyue."
"Mr. Xiao Jia, the pen and ink are ready." Li Chanyue stood behind the desk and said softly.
Jia Heng said: "Chanyue, I have my manuscript delivered to Hanmo Studio for engraving and printing. Is it ready now?"
When he was with Xianning and Chan Yue, he actually tried not to cool down Chan Yue.
"When I came back yesterday, I asked shopkeeper Liu of Hanmozhai. They have already printed and distributed them, and he also gave me a few sample books." Li Chanyue said with a calm face, "The sample books are still in my room, I'll go Get it for you."
Jia Heng looked at the beautiful little princess and said with a smile: "Chanyue, it's cold outside, just ask the maid to get it."
Chan Yue was actually quite smart. Seeing him and Xian Ning talking about the Queen in the Palace and King Wei, she stepped aside without saying a word. This girl was actually smarter than anyone else in her heart.
Li Chanyue responded and said softly: "Sir, the pen and ink are ready. Let's write a letter to my mother."
Jia Heng nodded, got up, sat down on the Grand Master's chair behind the writing desk, and prepared to write a letter to Princess Jinyang.
Princess Xianning came close enough and said softly: "Sir, the members of the Gao family are still entangled in the palace recently. They asked to see the mother and concubine yesterday afternoon, and it seems that they want to discuss the marriage again."
Jia Heng asked: "How did Concubine Rong return to the Gao family?"
Princess Xianning smiled and said: "My mother-in-law did not agree and said that she had already promised me to someone else. However, when Mrs. Gao asked me, I said, I will ask Marquis Yongning later."
Jia Heng: "..."
I really confessed my love to the girl, but the girl said I should go back and ask my husband?
"You are not afraid that the Gao family will hold grudges." Jia Heng said softly.
Princess Xianning said: "If you have a grudge, just hold it. I don't believe that the Gao family won't inquire about my husband and me."
Jia Heng was about to speak, but suddenly he was stunned, looked at the beautiful face, and said, "I'm writing a letter, Xianning."
"Sir, you are writing, I am busy with mine." Princess Xianning knelt down and untied Jia Heng's jade belt, her slender jade hands as dexterous as butterflies.
Jia Heng: "..."
Who is Xianning taking revenge on? Forget it, let her vent her anger. She was probably "bullied" by Jin Yang in Jinling.
Li Chanyue glanced at Princess Xianning at this moment, her heart was beating wildly, she also picked up the brush, spread out the letter and wrote it to Princess Jinyang.
Cousin Xianning was too naughty. She had to explain it to her mother in a letter.
The girl picked up her pen to write, turned her eyes and glanced at the young man who was looking increasingly weird, thought about it, and finally gave up.
If you continue to be angry, it will be bad if your fetus is moved because of this matter.
After Jia Heng and Li Chanyue finished writing the letter, they put down their brushes and looked at the letter. The handwriting in their hands was neat and smooth at first, but as time passed, it seemed to become more and more sloppy.
Anyway, he will copy it later, so he will scribble a little bit more.
After a while, Jia Heng put down the brush, picked up the tea cup, and handed it to Princess Xianning. He looked at the girl with rosy face and charming eyes, somewhat helpless, and asked: "This is how you have endured humiliation and heavy burdens for many days, and you can feel proud and proud for one day." , but my Xianning family has been wronged badly."
Princess Xianning took a sip of tea, her expression was high, and she said with a touch of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth: "Now I'm just collecting some interest, sir, I haven't served me yet."
Jia Heng said softly: "Well, let's go to your room."
"Sir, just go to her room." Princess Xianning raised her head, a look of determination on her beautiful face.
Jia Heng: "???"
What kind of hatred is this? What kind of resentment is this?
Princess Xianning put down the tea cup and took Jia Heng's arm. She said with a cold and beautiful smile, "Sir, if you promise me this time, I won't be angry with her."
Jia Heng thought for a while, looked at Chan Yue whose cheeks were as red as a blush, and said, "Chan Yue, lead the way."
Li Chanyue felt shy, put down the brush in her hand, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Xiao Jia, I haven't finished writing yet."
Princess Xianning ran over, took Li Chanyue's hand, and said softly: "My good sister, let's go quickly. You are my aunt's good Chanyue. I am not as interesting as you."
Li Chanyue: "???"
No, what does this mean?
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