The center has been operating very quickly recently. The Ministry of Household Affairs has been clearing the fields of Gyeonggi Prefecture based on various data sent back by Xu Jin. At the same time, it has punished large households that occupy rivers, official fields and forests.
How big was the fire?
After the news from the capital reached Jiajiazhuangzi at the foot of Shijing Mountain, even the old lady exclaimed that the emperor was serious this time.
Because Shuntian Mansion issued a fine of up to 20,000 taels of silver to the Empress Dowager's natal family, Cheng'en Gongfu.
The fine was passed on to Cao Jiugong, the commander of the Long Imperial Guard, the governor. After Cao Jiugong sent the fine to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen with a dark face, all the families who had originally been against Xu Jin, without exception, gave in.
Those who should retreat from their fields and forests should return their fields and forests, and those who should pay a fine of silver should pay a fine of silver. Even the old lady endured the pain and returned the excessive official land on both sides of the dry river, and took the initiative to send thousands of taels of silver to Shuntian Mansion.
In the secret room dug by Wen Tongxuan under the bank of the Ministry of Revenue, the money he secretly saved has rapidly expanded from 5 million to 8 million taels, and is gradually developing towards 10 million taels.
The secret agent of the Dragon Guard sent news from the Ministry of Revenue. The emperor couldn't help but laugh after reading the secret report.
"Our God of Wealth is getting better and better at living life. In two months, the imperial court will spend all the money in the household department. The money he has saved will be enough to cover the imperial court's expenses for a year."
Xia Shouzhong responded with a smile and followed the emperor's words: "That is also the emperor's sage. Otherwise, how could there be a minister in this world who secretly hid money from the Treasury of the Ministry of Households?"
Hahahahaha~
The emperor was in a good mood, and the offenders of the Xu, Jin, and Manchu dynasties took money from those wealthy families. Now that the household department is full and the Forbidden Army has been reorganized, various major projects that were put on hold earlier can now be prepared to be implemented.
He wrote several handwritten letters in succession, stamped his private seal and handed them to Xia Shouzhong: "Daban, you secretly arranged for someone to send these handwritten letters out of Beijing. Especially the Xi'an Prefecture, let Hong'er take over the troops in Shaanxi, and quickly Rush to the aid of Lanzhou. Before winter this year, lock down the Hexi Corridor."
"Then should we let Uncle Yongfeng set off immediately to take charge of Yansui? After all, the generals there used to be subordinates of the Xianrong Kingdom."
The emperor shook his head: "No, almost all the men of the Jia family have left the capital, and there are always one or two pillars left behind. Let the old man go, he will be idle, and if he stays in the capital, I'm afraid he will bring trouble to the sky. It was exposed."
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"Jia Xiaosan, cut me a melon quickly, it's so hot!"
As soon as Liu Ke entered the Jia Family Courtyard, he shouted as loudly as if he had arrived at his own home to eat cold melon to relieve fever.
Lifting Jia Cong from the rocking chair, he lay down on his back.
"Ah, Shutan! Come on, come on, the melon must be chilled, and the wine must be chilled~"
Uh~
Jia Cong waved his hand to the maids to get ready. He lay down on another rocking chair and chatted with the man, without mentioning the reason for his sudden visit today.
Before the melon was delivered, Liu Ke couldn't help it.
He and Jia Cong complained for a while that the emperor was jealous of his leisure and sent him to eat sand in Jiubian.
Okay, I'm here to ask for help.
After the maid brought melons, fruits and wine, Jia Cong dismissed the servants in the courtyard and asked his own soldiers to guard the door.
"Your Majesty is going to take action?"
Liu Ke sipped a glass of wine, the cynicism on his face gone.
"It's true that Fourth Brother asked Brother Hong to go to Shaanxi to pay homage to the Yellow Emperor, and it's also true that he used this as a cover. The British father had already secretly transferred 30,000 forbidden troops to Shaanxi. Together with the army of guards in Shaanxi, it was enough to block the Hexi Corridor. , cutting off the connection between Xining Prefecture and the Central Plains."
Jia Cong nodded. In fact, when the emperor sent the prince out of the capital to worship Xuanyuan Mausoleum, he had already figured out a different flavor.
According to tradition, it was enough for the Ministry of Rites to send a minister to offer sacrifices on behalf of the emperor, but this time the emperor forced the young prince to brave the scorching heat of June and travel thousands of miles to Shaanxi.
Almost all the soldiers and horses of the Shaanxi Guard Station were taken away and rushed to Lanzhou, so Liu Ke's intention of going to Yansui Town was very clear.
Sit on the Great Wall to prevent the steppe Tatars from taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to invade the borders. Of course, this move also prevents some people from jumping over the wall in a hurry and colluding with neighboring generals to cause chaos.
"Thirteenth Master, please rest for now. I will go find my grandmother..."
The old lady did not hesitate, and the loyal and obedient king Liu Ke came to visit in person, which actually represented the emperor's wishes.
It was dictated by the old lady and written by Jia Cong. In about a quarter of an hour, Jia Cong wrote two full sheets of paper.
Along with the list, there was also a red-gold unicorn military flag handed over to Liu Ke. This was Jia Daishan's Chinese army flag. He once led his army across Mobei and was the most cohesive representative of the towns of Yansui and Datong. things.
Liu Ke solemnly and respectfully put away the general's flag and said goodbye to Jia Cong without saying anything else. Before leaving, he also said: "If your father had not gone to the south, and you were the only one in charge of your family, I would definitely take you away." I will be a lieutenant general."
…
The old lady was not in a good mood, because this incident meant that the four princes, eight princes and twelve princes were about to become history.
But soon she no longer cared about looking back on the past. News came from the Ministry of Punishment that they had already taken care of the affairs of the Baolinghou Mansion and the Zhongjing Hou Mansion, and sent someone to notify the Rongguo Mansion and ask the Jia family to send them as soon as possible. People pick people up.
As soon as the clerk of the Ministry of Punishment left the other courtyard, the old lady called Jia Cong to the main hall.
Only Wang Xifeng and Xiangyun were sitting in the main hall. As soon as Jia Cong came in, the old lady said: "Although the Shi family has been pardoned, it is not suitable to stay in the capital. Brother Cong, what do you think is a more appropriate placement?"
Jia Cong glanced at Xiangyun with a gloomy expression, thought for a while and said: "It's really not appropriate to stay in the capital. It's better to let them go back to their ancestral home in Jinling. The second brother is also in Jinling now, and there is a second brother to take care of him secretly. As long as the two As long as my aunt and cousins don't get involved in other things, a stable life is guaranteed."
The Shi family is also a family from Jinling, and the imperial court will not confiscate the Shi family's property. Coupled with the Rongguo Mansion adding some money, it is impossible to be rich and noble, and you can always live a stable life.
"Ancestor, let the second and third aunts take care of these shops in Jinling. Xianglan and the others will always have some money to spare when they get married."
Xiangyun had actually been hesitating for two days. Ever since Jia Cong brought the news back from the capital, she had thought about breaking off her relationship with the Shi family.
But she was soft-hearted after all, and deliberately picked out a few small but not small shops from her mother's dowry, preparing to give them to the Shi family's two bedrooms.
Now that he heard Jia Cong's proposal to send the Shi family back to their ancestral home in Jinling, he took out the deeds of the four shops in Jinling and placed them on the table in front of the old lady.
The old lady looked at her grand-niece complicatedly. She was silent for a long time before taking two of them and sighed: "You girl, these are your mother's dowry. No matter how poor the Shi family is, they can't let you, a little girl, worry about it." . But it’s good to do this, so as not to let anyone criticize you in the future.”
Reputation is something that cannot withstand people's deliberate distortion. Xiangyun had a difficult time in Baolinghou Mansion, which was no secret in the capital.
But now that the Shi family is in decline, if Xiangyun clings to her mother's dowry and lives a life of wealth and wealth, some people will say that she does not understand the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood.
Not long after, the old lady brought out a small wooden box again, and Jia Cong's lips twitched.
I don’t know how many small boxes like this the old lady has. Every time she encounters something, she can always take one out to surprise people.
The old lady opened it in front of several people. Inside were several land deeds and shop deeds.
"After all, I am also the daughter of the Shi family. Brother Cong, don't complain. This is all my dowry. Now that the Shi family is in trouble, I, as an elder, cannot watch their orphans and widowed mothers go begging for food. These days The Chuzhuangzi and the shop are not big, and together with the two shops owned by Yun Yatou, it is enough for them to live a stable and prosperous life in Jinling."
Jia Cong curled his lips and responded with a dumbfounded response: "You can make the decision for your things. Although our family is about to sever ties with our two uncles, the Shi family is your natal family after all, and it is impossible for your grandson to really I just want to watch my aunt and cousins suffer."
Wang Xifeng had the same idea and asked the maid to go to the room to get some banknotes and add them in. Even Yingchun, Daiyu and others also knew the news, and they all came to the main hall and more or less added a lot of money.
When the Ministry of Punishment escorted Shi Nai, Shi Ding and others to leave the capital a few days later, Jia Cong and Baoyu accompanied Xiangyun back to the capital to see them off.
Jia Cong didn't have the slightest fondness for Shi Nai and Shi Ding and was too lazy to talk to them. I just gave him the money prepared by the old lady, and told the escorting officials not to give him any preferential treatment or harsh treatment, as long as he was sent to Lingnan safely.
When the time comes for the pardon master to take over, Shi Nai and Shi Ding have killed so many Daxia soldiers, so just go to Jiaozhi to atone for your sins.
Xiangyun, on the other hand, cried so much that he lost all strength. After watching his uncle leave, he lay in Baoyu's arms without even raising his head.
After the female family member of the historian's family rested in Rongguo Mansion for half a month, the old lady did not care about the unstoppable heat of the summer and personally sent her out of Beijing and took a boat south to Jinling.
The emperor gave Rong Guofu face, and Rong Guofu could not rely on favor and be arrogant and ignorant of propriety.
The historian has committed a crime. If a person who has committed a crime still stays in the capital and enjoys the glory and wealth, it will be a slap in the face of the laws of the country.
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After spending a month leisurely on Zhuangzi, the people from Rongguo Mansion finally returned to the capital.
It's not that living in Zhuangzi is uncomfortable, the main reason is that the pardon master has written again, and Jia Cong has to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War to keep an eye on it. He is worried that someone will hinder him and delay the development of the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi.
The red sun was scorching, and the capital was as hot as it wanted. As soon as Jia Cong entered the household department, he went to Wen Tongxuan's duty room and lay paralyzed. Two cups of cold fruit juice could not relieve the heat.
"After all, you are a hereditary uncle, so you can't pay attention to your image."
Jia Cong waved his hand lazily: "God of Wealth, I am still a child. It is really difficult for me to have to worry about national affairs on a hot day."
Wen Tongxuan flipped through the account book in his hand and frowned more and more. He called the scribe and asked him to pick up the official documents sent from Dengzhou, Songjiang and Guangzhou in recent days.
"Your father wants 200,000 people as soon as he opens his mouth. How can I conjure up people to send them to him?"
Jia Cong sat up straight and stared at the old man.
After a moment, he spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Don't look at me like that. I'm just a child. You still have to figure this out."
"hehe……"
Wen Tongxuan was too lazy to quarrel with Jia Cong, so he opened the official documents sent by the clerk and compared them carefully.
After a long time, he looked up at the sky and sighed: "Damn it, I didn't expect that one day our country would be short of people everywhere."
The emperor ordered the secret establishment of three major construction corps in Japan, Jiaozhi, and the Western Regions. In the past few days, Dengzhou and Songjiang have been transporting military households and civilians to Japan.
Guangzhou was also urging the Household Department to mobilize grain and grass. It was said that Prince Mu's Mansion had recruited 20,000 people for Jiaozhi and planned to formally send them to the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi.
And Mr. Pardon expanded the front line in South Vietnam. As the territory occupied became larger and larger, Mr. Pardon suddenly found that there were fewer and fewer people under his command.
Moreover, the people of South Vietnam are not necessarily obedient, and the people of Thang Long Palace are not fools. They have deployed many people to the territory of the Chief Envoy of Cochin, and riots broke out every few days.
In order to strengthen his rule over the occupied areas, while suppressing the situation with iron and blood, Mr. Pardon continued to write to the Central Committee, asking for people, money, and soldiers!
And as soon as he opened his mouth, 200,000 people almost scolded Wen Tongxuan, forcing the old man to call Jia Cong to complain. At the same time, he also wanted Jia Cong to use his brain to see if there was any other way.
It's not that Jia Cong didn't want to answer the question, it's actually that most people in the Central Plains have the idea that it's hard to leave their homeland. In addition, in the eyes of the people in the Central Plains, places like Jiaozhi are a land of smog and barbarians. He couldn't think of a good way to recruit people to go south.
The two of them sat in the duty room of the Ministry of Households and sighed. Not long after, Lin Ruhai rushed back from the Ministry of War. As soon as he entered the room, he complained: "Minister of Finance, the Ministry of War has no more recruits. Dengzhou just left 50,000 military households. , for a while they couldn't gather many people at all. Moreover, Wang Chenghai brought news to the capital. The Japanese country was in civil strife, and he planned to take advantage of it... Ahem, he planned to lead the Jinghaiwei Navy to land in Satsuma Domain to mediate the Japanese country. Civil unrest.”
So, Wang Chenghai is here to ask for money again?
Most of the people who wanted to leave in Dengzhou were the killers who had been withdrawn from Jiubian. Before the release, just placing this group of people was enough to give the Ministry of War a headache.
Unexpectedly, as time went by, this group of killers has now become a hot commodity, and Japan, the Western Regions and Jiaozhi are all vying for this group of people.
Wang Chenghai used the huge silver mine underground in the newly established Japanese Chief Minister's Department to rob these people, which left Mr. Pardon with no one available.
Jia Cong came to Wen Tongxuan's side and flipped through the booklet on the table.
The men and horses in Liaodong are not enough for their own use, so it is impossible here. Jia Cong suddenly saw a record in the booklet, and his eyes lit up.
"Sir, uncle, these people in the Jiangnan camp that was abolished last year must not have been properly resettled yet..."
Dong dong dong~
The clerk sent an official document. After opening it, Wen Tongxuan only glanced at it and almost cursed out loud.
"It's a letter from Wang Chenghai, the commander of Jinghai Guard. He complained to me that the court didn't want to see him, a man with a pirate background, and kept dragging Jinghai Guard's personnel to replenish money and food. He wanted the court to send the former Jiangnan Grand The soldiers who retired from the battalion were sent to Dengzhou, and the Dengzhou Navy sent them to Japan. This will help him capture the Satsuma Domain and the two surrounding feudal towns in one fell swoop, so that our Daxia can completely establish a foothold in Japan."
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I’ll stop updating here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night.
(End of chapter)
