The original atmosphere in the imperial tent was not very good, because not long after the Holy Emperor left the capital, Jiangnan sent a six hundred mile urgent shipment.
The salt tax collected by the Yangzhou Salt Inspector's Office this autumn was robbed by water bandits on the canal. In a very shameless manner, they killed all the Caoding who were escorting the tax money and threw them to the bank of the canal to demonstrate to the court.
After receiving the news, Pei Weisheng, the governor of water transportation stationed in Huai'an Prefecture, worked with the four prefectures of Jinling, Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Xuzhou to search everywhere. For more than ten days, they could not find even the shadow of the water bandits.
Seeing that the time for escorting the tax bank to Beijing was approaching, Lin Ruhai, the Yangzhou salt inspector, sent people to urge him many times. Pei Weisheng knew that it could not be delayed any longer, so he could only report to the capital together with Lin Ruhai, and rushed 600 miles to the capital.
Two million taels of silver disappeared, hundreds of Caoding were killed, and so far the culprit has not been found. Can Liu Heng not be angry?
When Liu Heng was angry that the Dragon Guards, who were responsible for monitoring the world, could not find any clues after so many days, he casually smashed the tea cup at hand at the Dragon Guards commander Cao Jiugong.
Cao Jiugong was one of his own, and Liu Heng couldn't really smash it. The tea cup flew straight to the table nearby. It was the sound of the tea cup breaking that attracted Jia Cong to rush in...
The civil and military officials in the imperial tent were still very grateful to Jia Cong. Even though the emperor in front of him did not have much power now, it was not easy for the ministers to face the angry king.
Seeing Jia Cong lying on the ground and kicking his short legs, the emperor was amused. While the ministers were laughing with him, they also secretly remembered Jia Cong's merits in their hearts.
The fall was quite severe, especially his forehead and right arm, which were under him, were bruised by the helmet and armor. Coupled with the heavy Mingguang armor on his body, Jia Cong couldn't stand up on his short legs for a long time.
Cao Jiugong couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and reached out, picked up Jia Cong and placed him on the ground.
"Cao Dudu, someone wants to assassinate Your Majesty..."
Ever since Cao Jiugong met Jia Cong in the morning, he had always felt that something was wrong with the way Jia Cong addressed him. However, the officers and men under his command did call him Governor Cao. This may be because Jia Cong was young and could not pronounce clearly.
Cao Jiugong lifted Jia Cong's helmet, freeing Jia Cong's eyes that were suppressed by the helmet.
Well……
Only then did Jia Cong realize that he had made a big joke, and in front of more than ten important officials in the court.
"Okay, you go out and play, I'm still busy."
Liu Heng didn't know whether he should be angry or laughing. If it had been anyone else, he would have been dragged down and punished for his disobedience.
But Jia Cong is only eight years old, he is still a child! What's more, he is still a loyal child, how could I be willing to fight!
Jia Cong blushed, bowed and clasped his fists, covered his face and left. Liu Heng smiled and shook his head, and told Xia Shouzhong: "Go to the imperial doctor to ask for some ointment and give it to Jia Xiaosan to apply on it."
All the ministers in the tent began to flatter him one after another, saying that His Majesty was kind.
At this time, Jia Cong, who was standing outside the imperial tent, touched his round face and began to reflect. He was suddenly surprised to find that with the fusion of the two memories, his character not only contained the maturity of his previous life, but also the immaturity of this life.
And more often than not, my heart is full of cat-like curiosity, I often act silly, and I inadvertently reveal innocence and childishness that should not exist.
Logically speaking, his mental age should be eighteen... No, adding the past life to this life, his mental age should be twenty-six.
I can’t figure it out!
Jia Cong, who couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a while, looked down at his chubby hands, pinched his round face again, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"General Jia, are you still thinking about what happened just now?"
The soft voice woke up Jia Cong. When Jia Cong came back to his senses, he looked up and saw that it was the emperor's confidant, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Sixth Palace.
I saw Xia Shouzhong reaching out and handing over a medicine bottle: "Your Majesty asked me to go to the imperial doctor to get this. It specializes in treating bruises. When General Jia goes back, I will ask General Jia to apply it on you. You will not feel any pain tomorrow."
Jia Cong's eyes were really red this time, not from pain, but from emotion.
Regarding Emperor Liu Heng, Jia Cong originally thought that he was a tool used to change his fate against the will of heaven, but after contacting him in the past two days, Jia Cong felt that his original idea was a bit too immoral.
Dad, the emperor has been so kind to me that I am embarrassed to take advantage of him!
Jia Cong stuffed the medicine bottle under his breastplate and put it away, and thanked Xia Shouzhong: "Your Majesty is so kind and heartwarming. I don't know how to thank him. Of course, I also want to thank my father-in-law for taking the trouble to get it for me." Ointment, treat your father-in-law to the most delicious red bean cake in the capital another day..."
Xia Shouzhong narrowed his eyes and smiled. There were countless people in the palace who flattered him, complimented him, and gave him gold and silver treasures, but he felt that nothing could beat the red bean cake Jia Cong said.
Eunuchs are also human beings, and humans have seven emotions and six desires. Xia Shouzhong found the sincere words spoken by a child like Jia Cong very heartwarming.
"Just follow Your Majesty loyally and do things for Your Majesty."
Xia Shouzhong reached out and patted Jia Cong's helmet, said with a smile and returned to the imperial tent.
It happened that the emperor and his ministers discussed the loss of tax money, and most of the civil and military personnel in the account withdrew, leaving only Cao Jiugong.
Cao Jiugong hesitated again and again, but finally bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, I think that the identities of these water bandits are not simple. They may be members of a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, or even related to those in the capital. Your Majesty asked those in the south of the Yangtze River to I'm afraid..."
"I know!"
Liu Heng waved his hand and asked Cao Jiugong to sit down and talk. He said: "The salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River is the most important in Yangzhou. The salt tax in Huaihe and Zhejiang is corrupt. Now only Lin Ruhai, the salt inspector of Yangzhou, sends the salt tax to the capital every year. Most of the others Most of them were sent directly to Longshou Palace, and then they took advantage of the opportunity. This time the Yangzhou salt tax was robbed, needless to say I can also imagine that someone wanted to take action against Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor's Mansion. It's a pity that Lin Ruhai Great talent, I’m afraid his life is not saved.”
The salt tax sent to the capital alone amounts to more than two million taels of silver every year. Who wouldn't be tempted by the wealth of the Yangzhou Salt Class?
Cao Jiugong was silent for a moment and sighed: "It's a pity that Lin Ruhai belongs to the emperor. I have sent people to send messages many times before, but I have not received any response from him. Your Majesty, otherwise we will let them fight each other, and we will wait and see what happens."
Logically speaking, Lin Ruhai and the Jiangnan gang were all members of the Supreme Emperor, and there was nothing wrong in what Cao Jiugong said.
But Liu Heng shook his head: "It is true that Lin Ruhai was personally selected by the Emperor Father to explore the flowers, and promoted and trained him personally, but Lin Ruhai is not just a person for the Emperor Father. In addition to sending 500,000 salt after school money to Longshou Palace every year, The rest of the salt tax is sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs according to the system. If Lin Ruhai is really killed by that group of people, who will be the next Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor? Who will the two million taels of silver every year be sent to? Go to the house?"
well!
The emperor was sighing, and so were Cao Jiugong and Xia Shouzhong. The Supreme Emperor clings to the military and political power of the DPRK, and there are clan members who covet the dragon throne to stir up trouble. How difficult!
