The Ningrong Jia family has a total of 20 people from the Jia family since the founding of Ningguo and Rongguo. In addition to Ning Rong's personal eight-fang clan in the capital, there are also twelve-fang clan members living in Jinling Prefecture, their ancestral home.
Whether it was the eight-bedroom apartment under the west corridor or the twelve-bedroom apartment in Jinling's ancestral home, with the blessings of the Ning and Rong mansions, the Jia family had the worst life, never being hungry or freezing.
During festivals, whenever a junior named Jia goes to Rongguo Mansion to kowtow to the old lady, he or she will be rewarded with a piece of silver, cloth, silk or something.
It can be said that although the old lady is sometimes confused and sometimes shrewd, her name of kindness is widely spread among the family and even in the capital.
And things like reputation are really useful sometimes.
For example, on this day, Jia Cong finally ended his confinement and went out from the side door to go to the west corridor.
I didn't expect that I had just walked out a few steps when I heard a scream from the second floor of the teahouse not far ahead.
When Jia Cong curiously walked up to the second floor of the teahouse, he saw a group of people forming a circle, raising their feet and stamping...
"Brother Cong, this is an assassin who wants to kill you."
"Uncle Cong, this bastard has been wandering around the west corridor for several days. My nephew has long noticed that this person is sneaky, so he asked his brothers to keep an eye on him. Sure enough, he took out this as soon as you went out. ..."
Jia Cong took a closer look and saw that it was a crossbow. Made of dark fine iron, the arrow shines with a strange green light.
"Brother Xuan, be careful, the arrows are poisonous!"
Jia Cong warned, Jia Xuan was so frightened that she almost lost her grip and fell to the ground.
After Jia Shiyi took it, he looked carefully. The hand crossbow should be specially made and did not have the markings of the Forbidden Army's standard equipment.
"Stop kicking, the person will die!"
With a crash, the surrounding crowd immediately dispersed and all turned their attention to Jia Cong.
"He was not kicked to death, he was a dead man. He had poison hidden in his teeth. He drank poison and committed suicide after being caught."
Jia Shiyi squatted on the ground and performed a simple autopsy: "The calluses on the tiger's mouth are very thick, he is a martial artist. There is a dagger hidden in the boots, and he is also smeared with poison. He is a ruthless person. Mr. Xuan, next time we meet Don't be reckless with this kind of thing, it's too dangerous."
ah?
"It's not an emergency. I'm afraid he'll hurt Uncle Cong. And I used this and opened it with just one click, without giving him a chance to resist."
Jia Cong watched the proud Jia Xuan show off with a slingshot, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Ever since he used a slingshot to save a man in Tienwang Mountain, countless brothers in the Jia family have started playing with slingshots.
Moreover, this group of men who are not short of money are all made of fine iron. If they want to attack people, it is enough to go to the county jail.
"Brother Xuan, don't be reckless next time. This time I was careless and didn't dodge. If my skin was scratched by this man's poisonous arrow, it would be too late to cry."
Jia Cong stood on tiptoe and patted his nephew, who was more than ten years older than him, on the shoulder. He said gratefully but earnestly: "Sister-in-law Seven, you are the only son like me, so be good. If you encounter similar things in the future, come to the house early." Tell me. Don’t you like to play with knives? I’ll go to the palace in a few days and see if I can get you a good knife.”
Jia Xuan was overjoyed when she heard this: "Really? That's great, nephew, thank you so much, uncle!"
"Really, really... You guys saved my life today. Let's go to Nanchifang City to have a drink and have fun!"
Jia Cong waved his hand, and the group of Jia brothers on the second floor of the teahouse immediately cheered.
A mighty group of people marched toward Nanchifang City. Before leaving, Jia Shiyi took a special look at the two people who almost left the teahouse together, and secretly ordered Erlang to follow them.
After Jia Cong returned to Rongguo Mansion after entertaining the guests, the soldiers had already thrown the unknown person who died in the teahouse to the Long Imperial Guard.
He held a plate of fruit and asked, "Did you find anything out while eating it with relish?"
Jia Shiyi handed over a letter: "It's a dead soldier of Dongping County Prince's Palace..."
"As expected."
Jia Cong took the letter and read it. Jia Shiyi continued to report: "Captain Cao arranged for someone to follow him all the time. Young Master Xuan's people were also alerted secretly by the Dragon Guards. This man was opening the ladle while Young Master Xuan was ,
In fact, he had been hit by the flying needle of the Dragon Guard. "
Um.
This is also expected. A creature like the Death Soldier cannot be easily attacked by a young master like Jia Xuan.
"Dudu Cao said that the young master should try not to leave the house recently. Your Majesty is here to go fishing. The Long Guards have been following the dead soldiers of the Dongping County Prince's Palace every day these days. They plan to follow the clues and catch all the dead soldiers trained by the Qian family. They have already found some clues. .”
"Then we won't go out. Since our Majesty is interested in fishing, let's just quietly use it as bait and see if the fish His Majesty catches are big."
Jia Cong followed the good example, put away the letter and went to Rongxi Hall. After telling the old lady about this, the grandfather and grandson got together and sent someone to the Tai Hospital to ask for an imperial doctor in the afternoon.
The wife of Rongguo Mansion was "sick" again, which even alarmed the palace.
Empress Dowager Cao gave a lot of supplements and medicinal materials, and people from both Ning and Rong mansions, including Jia Zheng, went to the Yamen to take leave of absence on the grounds of illness.
The days of loosening inside and tightening outside lasted until the winter months. When the cold wind blew through the capital and the stoves and kangs were lit in Rongguo Mansion, a major event suddenly broke out in the capital that shocked the government and the public.
On the 11th night of the winter lunar month, the Dragon Guards raided the Dongping County Prince's Mansion, and the fighting only subsided in the middle of the night. All the houses in the square spent the night in fear. Before dawn the next day, the Jingyang Bell rang in the palace.
Jia Lian stayed away all night, and only when the bell rang did he return home. He pulled Jia Cong out of his warm bed and said, "Hurry up and put on your court clothes. We are in for a great event!"
Jia Cong was in a daze, and his mind was not very clear.
He rubbed his eyes and didn't even notice that Jia Lian was wearing armor with blood on it.
"What a happy event? Second sister-in-law is pregnant again?"
Snapped!
A blow on the head immediately made Jia Cong sober up.
Just listen to Jia Lian say: "The Qian family is finished. Yesterday, Governor Cao called me over and mobilized an army to raid the Dongping County Prince's Mansion. Although the Qian family got the news from nowhere and escaped one step ahead, from then on, there was no Dongping County in Daxia. king!"
This is such a happy event!
The fire dragon has also been burned in the Fengtian Palace. Jia Cong looked at the Wu Xun standing around. At this time, only Qi Wenhua, the king of Xining County, was left among the four kings with different surnames.
There are only three or two big cats and kittens among the Eight Dukes and Twelve Marquises. The only one who can be regarded as a big boss is Wang Ziteng who is standing in front of him.
"Qian Kangshi colluded with the Jurchens and had evil intentions. I have ordered the palace of the Prince of Dongping County to be raided and the entire Qian family to be arrested."
boom!
There was an uproar in the palace. Liu Heng looked extremely angry. He threw a bunch of papers in his hand to His Majesty Dan and roared: "The Qian family has been colluding with the Jurchens, Goryeo and even the Japanese for a long time, but you have done nothing about it." As far as I know. The Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, Longjing Guard... there are so many supervisory offices in the imperial court, but there is no news at all, which is simply ridiculous. Is it because you are derelict in your duties or are you rebelling against the Qian family? Together?"
"Your Majesty will be relieved of your sins!"
"Calm down your anger? I can calm down my anger, but where does the stability of the country and the stability of the people come from?"
Liu Heng suddenly flicked his sleeves: "Wang Ziteng..."
"I'm here."
When his name was suddenly called, Wang Ziteng immediately stood up and bowed in response.
"You are the governor of nine provinces. You visited Liaodong before and told me that everything was fine in Liaodong. Now that the Jurchens have rebelled, they secretly helped the Qian family to rebel and escape from the capital. You go to Liaodong. When will the Jurchens be pacified? Kill the Qian family for being rebellious, and you will come back?"
Wang Ziteng secretly thought that it was not good, he was the commander of nine provinces, but he did not have many soldiers under his command.
Nowadays, most of the troops in Liaodong are under the command of Liu Yi, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, and the Jurchens are quite powerful now. The total number of large and small tribes can control tens of thousands.
Moreover, Liaodong is not his home field. If he goes to Liaodong, he, the ruler of nine provinces, may become a piece of meat on the chopping board and be slaughtered by others!
Seeing Wang Ziteng's delay in responding, Liu Heng snorted: "What? Wang Aiqing, don't you want to go?"
prince
Teng Qiang endured the resistance, his face was full of loyalty.
"Your Majesty Prince Teng accepts the decree!"
"The situation is urgent, Wang Aiqing, don't delay, let's go now."
Liu Heng first did not send troops, and secondly he did not give the king a flag or even a tiger talisman to mobilize troops. He asked the prince to vacate Beijing and go north.
Several martial artists who were close to Wang Ziteng almost all took a deep breath and quietly shrank their necks.
Wang Ziteng knew that this matter was unavoidable. If he hesitated at all today, his home might be the next one to be ransacked.
He bowed and promised, then resigned from the palace and took the time to return home to make arrangements for his departure from Beijing.
The storm in the main hall was not over yet, Liu Heng targeted the Xining County Prince's Mansion again.
"King Xining, I heard that a stone turtle was dug up in Hexi, with the inscription 'Xuanwu came out of Hexi, Xining will be king of the world. Qi Aiqing thinks, how should I deal with this matter?"
With a thump, Qi Wenhua knelt down without hesitation, and there were three "dong-dong-dong" sounds: "Your Majesty, the Xining Palace is loyal to Your Majesty and has never had any different intentions. Someone is framing me!"
"Qian Kangshi also said such things to his father, and the same thing happened to the Huo family that sank into the canal!"
Liu Heng did not dwell too much on this issue, and just said coldly: "The four kings with different surnames are divided into the east, west, south, and west of Daxia. The royal family has never treated you badly. I don't want the palace of Xining to enter the Huo family and the Qian family one day." Follow in the footsteps!"
Dong dong dong...
Qi Wenhua broke into a cold sweat and kowtowed to show his loyalty: "I will remember your Majesty's teachings and will never imitate those rebellious officials and betray the divine grace!"
The Prince of Dongping County betrayed Daxia, and this turmoil swept the entire capital.
After searching the palace, the Dragon Guards found a large number of letters. After screening, a large number of Dragon Guards came out from the four gates and ran into the distance.
Not many mansions in the capital have been raided. The Qian family has aroused the dislike of the Second Sage since the year before last, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that they cannot be friends with them.
What can be broken has been broken long ago, and what cannot be broken has long been secretly explained to the emperor about the relationship between the two houses.
"Jia Xiaosan, how's your reading going?"
After approving the papers, the emperor put down the ink pen in his hand and suddenly came over and knocked Jia Cong on the head, who was wandering around with dull eyes.
Jia Cong, who had woken up, quickly replied respectfully: "Ah? Your Majesty, the teacher said that I have passed the government examination well enough, but there are still some shortcomings in policy analysis. I have just been assigned a lot of homework recently, so that I can go more often." I walked around the city and observed the sentiments of the people, saying that only by traveling thousands of miles can I have something to say in policy discussions. Otherwise, it is just empty talk and superficial words."
"In that case, I give you a task..."
Liu Heng walked to Long's case and took out a memorial and handed it to Jia Cong: "This is the memorial submitted by Shuntian Mansion yesterday. Since the 35th year of Zhaowu, a large number of refugees will flock to the capital every winter in Gyeonggi. Please live. I have ordered the prince to take charge of this year’s relief work. You are an official of the East Palace, so just go with me."
Jia Cong only glanced at the various data recorded in the memorial, then closed it and bowed to make a promise.
I don't want Liu Heng to continue: "I'm not just asking you to assist the prince in relieving the refugees. The most important thing is to find out why these refugees arise and how to eradicate them, rather than simply giving out food and relief. Fangshan County has the largest number of refugees. Now that the food arrangements are in place, you and the prince can set off for Fangshan."
This time, Jia Cong's face became much more solemn, and he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Jia Cong, has received the decree and will definitely investigate this matter and share your worries!"
Before Jia Cong left the Qinzheng Hall, he was summoned to the East Palace by Prince Liu Hong, who had been waiting for a long time.
Liu Hong said straight to the point: "Mr. Qingteng secretly investigated Fangshan County. Because it is adjacent to Xishan, there are many royal relatives and nobles in Beijing who are competing for land in Fangshan. They use coercion and inducement to force the people to donate land at low prices or even for free. Even This summer, we dug up river embankments and flooded most of Fangshan, creating a natural disaster and forcing the people to sell their land to survive. This time, our first stop will be Fangshan to see who dares to do such a cruel thing at the feet of the emperor. matter."
Jia Cong already had the answer in his mind. The teacher was really generous. He could actually
Such a big move in such a short period of time.
Not only was he able to conceal his purpose of investigating the Wang family, but he also uncovered the scandal of those unscrupulous powerful people who were trying to enclose their land.
Is this the teacher’s second shot at the land annexation issue?
Jia Cong dealt with the crown prince who was full of confidence and sense of justice, and rushed to the Xu Mansion as soon as he left the palace.
Xu Jin had been waiting for him in the mansion for a while. As soon as he entered the study, he threw a large stack of account books to Jia Cong.
"These are the statistics of land property classification, ownership and abnormal transactions in Gyeonggi states and counties during the past few days. Take it and take a closer look. Before the end of the year, you must make a detailed and effective strategy on how to alleviate our government. The issue of land annexation.”
ah?
"Fight the local tyrants and divide the land."
"Everyone in the world cultivates the fields together!"
Snapped!
Xu Jin couldn't help but slap his apprentice on the head.
"Your family is rich, so you want to divide your own land? Also, it is a good idea for everyone to farm the same land, but it is not practical."
Jia Cong scratched the back of his head. The best solution to land annexation was actually to nationalize the land owned by the great ancestor of the previous life, and then implement the household contract responsibility system.
But this method has no ground for implementation at present.
The Central Plains dynasty has always attached great importance to farming, and people regard land as the most valuable thing. As long as they have money, the first thing they do is buy land.
Alas, this really gave Jia Cong a headache. Looking at the thick stack of account books, he asked his teacher bitterly: "The student has thought about this and also thought of several ways in his mind. But teacher, Students have always had a question. Those who have reformed have never had a good end. Teacher wants to start a wave of reform again and again, so don't you worry about following in the footsteps of Shang Jun? "
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