"General Habayashi, the saint has been slowly transferring the final authority to His Majesty!"
Jia Jing took the tea cup that Jia Cong brought over, his deep eyes were shining brightly, and there was a smile on his face that was always calm.
He analyzed the rewards given to his nephew in the palace and said cheerfully: "It seems that brother Cong was so cruel this time that he drowned the entire Huo family in the river, which made the two saints extremely satisfied. If it weren't for that he was too young, Yu Linlang's You may not be able to get the position of Zhonglang General!"
Among the three thousand cavalrymen of Habayashi Lang, there is one general of the third rank, two generals of the fourth rank, three generals of the fourth rank, and six generals of the thousand households.
If Jia Cong reaches the age of becoming an official in the future and his holy heart does not fall, he is very likely to directly join Yu Linlang and command the strongest cavalry in Qian Daxia.
That's Mr. Habayashi, who wouldn't envy him?
No wonder after the imperial edict was issued, someone in the capital spread rumors that Jia Cong had the blood of a saint or the emperor...
Neither my son nor my grandson is so doting on me!
"Actually, I wanted to ask for a Duke title from His Majesty, but His Majesty said that I was too young and my merits were not enough. He said that when I grow up and become a wolf, he would grant me the Duke title, which would be hereditary. kind!"
puff……
The old patriarch, who had just taken a sip of tea, spurted out the tea in his mouth. He ignored the tea on the little fat man's face and burst into laughter.
"Okay, okay, my Jia family will have no worries from now on!"
The old Nan'an County Prince's Mansion has finally become history. The people in the capital all lamented that the King's Mansion had just disappeared into thin air. They gossiped about Jia Sanlang's bravery in fighting the rebellion alone and bombarding the prince. Then the topic changed to the reincarnation of Jia Sanlang's Seven Kills. Mainly killing, excessive murderousness, unfavorable for peace and so on.
After Jia Jing saw all the information collected by the spies in the mansion, he said with disdain: "It's such a dirty trick again. It's better to just say that I, the Jia family's son, was born with a jade in his hand, and he is a threat to me as a master!"
"Brother Jing, whose method do you think it is?"
Jia She also sneered and asked his cousin what to do.
Then Jia Jing smiled and said, "Brother Cong accidentally shattered the thoughts of those three families. It was probably these three families who did it. Don't worry about some rumors. Didn't Brother Cong save a lot of people in Fahua Temple?" Are you going to Beijing to prepare for the exam? Let's hold a poetry party in the snow and ask Brother Cong to invite these candidates to the meeting. With a little effort and Brother Cong's methods, there will be a large number of scholars someday. Let’s dispel the rumors for him!”
When Jia Cong heard about the poetry meeting, he was confused for a while.
It’s not easy to be a copywriter!
He sat on the sofa, with pen, ink, paper and inkstones on the Kang table in front of him. He bit his pen and frowned, thinking about how to write the invitation.
After a long time, Jia Cong still didn't know how to write this post and sighed: "It's so difficult. How should I write this post appropriately?"
Daiyu had already drawn up the list. When she saw that there was nothing else on the paper in front of Jia Cong except a drop of ink, she raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "The plum blossoms in Huifang Garden of Dongfu are blooming in full bloom. Drinking the meandering water and walking on the snow. Literati are all good at plum blossoms, appreciating scenery and reciting poems. You don’t need to worry about words, as long as you explain the matter clearly, those talented people will definitely be invited to the banquet."
Ning Rongjia's family is now very red. As long as they are not pedantic, they will definitely come here at the invitation.
In the list drawn up by Daiyu, not only were her cousin Lin Bai's friends of the same age, but she even asked people to go out and inquire about the situation in various provincial guild halls in Beijing. She recorded all the famous actions in the list, planning to take the opportunity to expand Jia Cong's reputation. social circle.
Jia Cong looked at the three large sheets of paper and felt a dull pain in his wrist.
He threw away the pen in his hand and rolled on the soft floor: "Ah ah ah, there are so many people, how many invitations should I write, so many words, I'm exhausted!"
Pfft...
Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled and said, "There's no point in wallowing. This poetry conference is for you. These people are your guests. Only if you write the invitation yourself can you show how much you value them."
After saying that, Daiyu reached out and pressed the rolling little fat man on the forehead, just like coaxing a child. Yingying smiled and said: "Good boy, get up and write quickly. After you finish writing, I will make plum blossom cake for you in the afternoon!"
Jia Cong feels his forehead
The warmth made his heart beat faster. He immediately stopped rolling and stared at Daiyu's pretty face for a while. He raised his hand and stretched out two fingers: "I want to eat red bean snacks and mince rice cakes too!"
Daiyu smiled when she heard this and pinched Jia Cong's chubby face: "Okay, what a glutton!"
Ning Rongjia's plum appreciation poetry party sent posts to almost all major halls in the capital.
The number of invited candidates was no less than seventy or eighty. Although it was still half a month before the poetry meeting was held, Wang Xifeng had already taken several girls and started preparations with Qin Keqing, Grandma Rong of Ningguo Mansion.
This is an unprecedented move by the Jia family. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Jia family of Ningrong, who has established himself as a martial artist, has held such a large-scale poetry gathering for the first time and invited so many scholars...
However, although the Jia family's poetry meeting was novel, it was still not as good as the grand court meeting on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.
Originally, we talked about a few insignificant things as usual, and sealed the annual leave and that was it. Unexpectedly, Emperor Liu Heng actually announced a decree at the court meeting that shocked both the government and the public.
"The dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and now I have the heart of all the people. Therefore, I tell the emperor and the empress dowager to allow the concubines, Jiao Fang, and their family members to enter the palace on the 26th of each month. Please wait and see." Chinese website
This is nothing. The family of the honorary relatives is naturally grateful for the emperor's great kindness, and the civil servants just shouted a few long live.
But then the emperor's edict brought by Dai Quan of Longshou Palace caused an uproar in the entire Fengtian Palace.
"The emperor is extremely filial and benevolent, and his body is in harmony with the heavens. However, if Jiaofang's family members enter the palace, there will be state rituals and regulations, and the mother and daughter will not be able to enjoy themselves. I specially instruct all Jiaofang's noble relatives, in addition to the grace of entering the palace on the 26th, to memorialize Please invite the palace to welcome the concubines back home to visit relatives. Order the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Husbandry and the Zongzheng Temple to build a special courtyard for relatives and friends at your relatives' homes."
If the concubines and their relatives come to the palace to see them, it is not bad to see their relatives. After all, this is a reflection of the royal family's emphasis on filial piety.
But isn't it nonsense to build a residence for relatives and let the concubines go home to visit relatives? How to determine the rules for visiting relatives? How much money would it cost to build a provincial residence with so many concubines? What should we do with the provincial residence that was built with so much money? What if an accident happens to the concubine during the wedding ceremony?
There are too many issues to consider. Can the etiquette department be exhausted just by formulating the rules and procedures?
Throughout the dynasties, except for special circumstances, no dynasty has ever had concubines visit their relatives.
Although there was an uproar in the main hall, several big shots in the cabinet were squinting their eyes and covering their hands, as if they were asleep.
Among the officials of the six ministries, except for the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Rites, who also wanted to struggle, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment had nothing to do with their own affairs, and some imitated others, squinting their eyes and pretending to sleep.
Only the Ministry of Industry and Engineering heard that they were living and making money. They bowed down happily and shouted long live the Second Saint. The Ministry of Industry and Engineering will go all out to build a garden for all the empresses to save their relatives.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were confused. I just wanted to take a good vacation to celebrate the New Year, but the Second Saint gave me such a big job. With only a few people in the Ministry of Rites, it was very tiring!
Of course, it was not just the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites who opposed the decree of provincial relatives. For example, more than half of the people in the six subjects were opposed to the decree.
After all, to build a family-friendly garden that meets the specifications, those noble relatives must go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to borrow money. This kind of borrowing money that only goes out but does not come in has many officials worried that it will drain the national treasury. What if there is no money during the spring and summer flood season next year?
Civil servants still have strong opinions on this matter of only giving honor to noble relatives.
But this time the two saints should have discussed it long ago. With the two decrees suppressed, it was useless for Liu Ke to return the decree.
After returning the imperial edict twice, Longshou Palace once again preached the edict: I am very unhappy, and the consequences will be serious!
At this time, the opposing officials finally shut up, and the cabinet drafted the imperial edict as quickly as possible, stamped it with a jade seal, and made it known to the world.
In just half a day, the prices of wood, stone, and rare ornaments in the capital skyrocketed.
Xia Shouzhong, dressed in foreign clothes, walked around the capital, returned to the palace happily, and reported everything he saw outside the palace to Emperor Liu Heng.
"Your Majesty, as you expected, not only the prices of wood, stone and other items have doubled, but also the prices of those rare calligraphy and paintings have quadrupled. The old slave has asked our people to prepare
Well, as long as the nobles come to buy it, the price will go up..."
Liu Heng drank the fine wine in the cup happily and laughed loudly: "Go and tell Lao Pixiu that as long as someone goes to the Ministry of Finance to borrow money, don't pick it up, just let it go, and he will let you know when the time comes. They spit it out one by one!"
When the decree of provincial relatives was announced to the world, Jia Cong's first reaction was not whether to build the Grand View Garden, but thought of returning the money owed to the Ministry of Revenue.
Ning and Rong had borrowed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and now they wanted to build a garden for relatives. It was impossible to build it without two or three hundred thousand taels.
But where did the Jia family get two or three hundred thousand taels?
Just the few things in the treasury can make up to one hundred thousand taels.
Go to the Ministry of Accounts to borrow money again? Don't be kidding, the plan to collect the arrears must have been on the emperor's desk. When he came back from Tongzhou a few days ago to have an audience, the emperor had already complained to him about the lack of silver in the transfer department and wanted to collect the money from various nobles and relatives. I owe money.
In the Hall of Rongxi, Mother Jia's face was glowing. Even though she had a headache and not enough money, she still cheerfully put forward her suggestions.
"If the money is not enough, then the Ministry of Revenue should borrow another hundred thousand taels. After all, it is for the sake of the empress. The royal family must not lose its face. The saints have said that the Ministry of Revenue should help each family build a wedding garden..."
"Absolutely not!"
Before the elders sitting in the hall could speak, Jia Cong shouted.
Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang looked unhappy, especially Mrs. Wang. If Jia Jing and Jia She hadn't been present, she would have almost cursed.
Jia Jing, on the other hand, asked thoughtfully: "Brother Cong, tell me the reason."
Jia Cong said bluntly: "Our family owes the Ministry of Household Affairs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If we borrow more, what will we get to pay back in the future?"
"Do you still want to pay this back?"
Mrs. Wang exclaimed: "We are building a garden for the empress, and that is for the royal family. Isn't it natural for the Ministry of Household Affairs to provide money? Why should we pay it back?"
Even Mrs. Jia blushed at these words. Naturally, she didn't want to pay back the money she got. She would delay it if she could, but no one was as stupid as Wang to say it openly.
Just as she was about to stop this second daughter-in-law from being stupid again, she heard Jia She curse with disdain: "Stupid woman, if this word gets out, believe it or not, Mr. Wen Pai Xiu will write a poem to make you infamy forever!"
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