"This bastard thing..."
"Grandpa Huang, calm down. Marquis Rong Guo did this to prevent his father from being embarrassed..."
"I scolded your father too!"
"ah?"
Liu Hong was holding tea and was about to pass it to the old man to calm down, but he didn't expect that the old man was not scolding Jia She.
The Supreme Emperor took the warm tea and drank it in one gulp, then smashed the tea cup to the ground with a bang.
Liu Hong looked at the broken porcelain fragments and twitched the corner of his mouth: Two hundred taels are gone!
The old man moistened his throat and continued to curse: "Your father is such a bastard. He can't even handle this matter well. He forced that boy Enhou to come back..."
"Grandpa Huang, this matter is not your fault. Zhou Ge once said that he would transfer Marquis Rong Guo back to the capital, but my father did not agree and just put the matter aside for further discussion."
It was okay if Liu Hong didn't talk about it, but when he did, the old man became even more angry.
"What a nonsense!"
I saw the Supreme Emperor banging the table and scolding: "Where is that place? It is thousands of miles away from the capital. How many soldiers have we sacrificed to knock it down? I really thought that everything would be fine after knocking it down. ? People in southern Xinjiang are brave. Others don’t know your grandfather, but I know it very well. Without Jia Enhou sitting there, it will turn into a mess in three to five years. "
The old man has been fighting for a lifetime and knows the surrounding vassal states better than anyone else.
Although the countries in the southern border are all small countries with few people, they are extremely brave to survive in a place filled with miasma.
It took two years of planning for the conquest to be successful, and the resistance everywhere has not been completely suppressed, so they are resorting to civil and military warfare again. Is it because they think Daxia's warriors have not died enough?
Confused!
And the emperor, can this matter be delayed?
If the trouble cannot be cut quickly, prophecies about the Jia family will be spread in the capital tomorrow. In a few days, Jia Enhou will be crowned emperor in southern Xinjiang and start his northern expedition to the capital.
It seems that the fourth child is far behind the elder brother in terms of fighting, and he still needs to practice more.
Oh, why is it so difficult for me? He is almost seventy years old and still has to worry about his son.
The Supreme Emperor's Qi returns to Qi. When you should worry about giving advice, you have to suppress your anger and give advice.
"Go tell your bastard father that if you don't want chaos in southern Xinjiang, let Jia She continue to stay in southern Xinjiang. He can't move for at least two years..."
"Father, my son has already written a secret letter and sent it to Southern Xinjiang along with the imperial edict. I plan to let Jia She also serve as the governor of Southern Xinjiang and sit in charge of Southern Xinjiang to prevent unruly people from causing rebellion and to take precautions. Western barbarians.”
When Liu Heng walked into the Huangji Palace, the old man didn't give him a good look.
snort!
"Fourth, this is not enough!"
The old man looked at Liu Heng with disgust in his eyes. This son usually seemed to be qualified, but why did he become so indecisive when it came to war?
Liu Heng also understood his shortcomings in the war and hurriedly bowed down and asked for advice: "Please give me some advice from my father."
"You, you, haven't understood the impact this matter will have if it's not handled properly."
The old man pointed to the chair beside him, and Liu Heng sat down and listened carefully to the instruction.
The Supreme Emperor asked, "Why does this old boy Zhou Jiong want to transfer Jia She back to the capital?"
Liu Heng replied tentatively: "My son thinks that Zhou Jiong is worried that the emperor is far away from the sky in southern Xinjiang, and Jia She has undue ambitions..."
"Fart! Being a bullshit king in a barbaric wilderness, how can you be as comfortable as the Duke of Daxia? Do you think Jia She is a fool? His family is still in the capital. Zhou Jiong is worried that Wu Xun will appear again. This Jia Daishan is such a heavyweight that they cannot hold their heads up!"
Seeing that Jia She destroyed three kingdoms at once and was about to become a prince, Zhou Jiong naturally thought of Jia Daishan, the Rongguo Gong who had suppressed the cabinet for forty years.
In peacetime, civil servants ruled the world, so why did Jia Daishan appear in the dynasty?
The butt determines the head. It is true that Zhou Jiong is a gentleman, but he is the head of the civil servants, so he naturally has to consider the interests of the civil servants.
In the year of Zhaowu, there was Jia Daishan, and the chief ministers and ministers of the cabinet were suppressed by him. In the year of Yuanyou, there must be no more Jia Enhou.
"Fourth, you have to remember one thing. The power of civil servants often grows inadvertently, while the strength of martial arts is only in the emperor's thoughts. The royal family should not share the world with the scholars, martial arts is the foundation of the royal family."
The Supreme Emperor taught Yin Yin. Although Liu Heng did not agree with this statement, he did not refute it.
"Zhang Yue is old, and the remaining people cannot be the military gods of Daxia. You need a general who can intimidate the civil servants and always stand by your side, so that the generals of Daxia will not have third-grade generals kneeling down and worshiping fifth-grade generals. The possibility of civil servants.”
Just listen to the old man continue to say: "I trained Jia She for your eldest brother, and you know his temperament. As long as you treat him with sincerity, the Rongguo Mansion will always be loyal to you. The emperor cannot be without a knife in his hand, do you understand? "
Liu Heng still agrees with this point. The people in Rongguo Mansion are indeed easy to use. Whether it is Jia She, Jia Lian, Jia Cong, or even Yuan Chun in the palace, they all point to where to hit without being vague.
"My son has asked the cabinet to draft a decree to grant pardon to Jin Jia and Rong Guo's official position..."
"It's not enough. You have to make your attitude clear so that those in the government who want to suppress Jia She will shut up. Three people become tigers. Sometimes if there are too many rumors, you will be shaken."
Although the Supreme Emperor didn't make it too obvious, Liu Heng still understood what the old man meant.
Killing chickens to scare monkeys and curbing this evil trend with iron-blooded means can also be regarded as an explanation to Jia She and the generals who are fighting abroad.
"Son, I understand. I will pick a few good dancers in the past two days and give an explanation to the generals."
…
In fact, the battles in the court have never stopped. Even though the court can be said to be full of people, there are still all kinds of weird fights.
The emperor waited for two days, and sure enough, many civil servants found various reasons to impeach Jia She who was still in southern Xinjiang.
Although the killing and surrender were not mentioned in the official newspaper, everything that should be known is still known.
Several censors used this to impeach Jia She, and some even impeached Jia She for wearing a crown and a yellow robe in southern Xinjiang for being a loner.
This directly angered the emperor, who was already about to explode. During the court meeting, the emperor demoted several censors in front of the civil and military officials of the court, and even announced his handling of the affairs in southern Xinjiang in court.
Jia She, the general who conquered the south and the Marquis of Rongguo, had contributed to the destruction of the country. He was conferred the title of Fengtian Yiyun Pushing Sincerity and Propagating Forces, Military Minister Rongguo Gong, and was specially granted the title of Duke of Rongguo. He was also awarded Zuozhuguo and was promoted to Tejin Guanglu Doctor.
Jia She was also granted the title of Grand Governor of Southern Xinjiang, in charge of the military and political affairs of the states in Southern Xinjiang, and was given the Emperor's Sword, with the power to kill first and report later.
"The soldiers fought and sacrificed their blood for the country, but you are smearing them behind their backs with unfounded charges. It's shameful! If anyone dares to doubt the benefactor again in the future, I will definitely kill him without mercy!"
The emperor demoted several censors in one breath, stopped the evil trend with the force of thunder, and even frightened those who wanted to fish in troubled waters.
Zhou Jiong frowned and returned to the cabinet duty room with a sullen face.
Although the emperor did not say it explicitly today, he arranged the impeachment of Jia She in private. Everyone in the cabinet knew it, and the emperor also knew it.
He understood that what the emperor said at the court meeting was meant for him.
"Did I guess wrong?"
…
"The Grand Prime Minister is still thinking about it. His Majesty's mind is... well, how should I put it? His Majesty's preference for my brother-in-law is really enviable."
Lin Ruhai originally wanted to say that the emperor was broad-minded, but when he thought of the censors who were demoted today and the clear warning, he finally changed his mind.
"I have been on several missions to that place in southern Xinjiang, and there is no shortage of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves to feed. Jia She can temporarily suppress him in southern Xinjiang. If he comes back now, I don't know how much trouble will happen."
Xia Lingxing sipped tea leisurely and said cheerfully: "What your Majesty wants is the true surrender of Southern Xinjiang. As for Mr. Zhou Ge, he thinks that what your Majesty wants is the stability of the throne. Mr. Zhou Ge wants to be the second Wei Wenzheng, but His overall view is far from perfect. Our Majesty, when he trusts someone, he really digs his heart out!"
Lin Ruhai held up his hands for advice and asked: "Teacher, will this matter affect the cabinet? The New Deal has just begun, and the central government cannot be in chaos now."
Xia Lingxing shook his head: "No, His Majesty is just warning Mr. Zhou Ge that his position as chief assistant will not change for at least three years."
Lin Ruhai felt temporarily at ease after hearing this. Xia Lingxing, the deputy minister of the cabinet, was his examiner, and the two had a teacher-student relationship.
He didn't want his advisor to take over Zhou Jiong's position as chief minister of the cabinet. That would be a position that would take the blame for the New Deal, and most people really couldn't bear it.
Let's wait and develop for now, and wait until Xu Jin has finished clearing the land and the pain of the New Deal has passed, and then let the teacher take over and officially start the great cause of reform.
"Oh, right……"
Lin Ruhai took out a thick stack of memorials from his sleeve and handed it to Xia Lingxing: "This is the southern Xinjiang strategy drafted by the students. Take a look. The students believe that to conquer the hearts and minds of the people in southern Xinjiang, it is inseparable from the deterrence of a large army. , but we must also implement education, and we must start from now on..."
…
After arriving in Changping, Jia Cong visited Niu Geng's home the next day.
There are four clansmen in the Zhenguo Gongfu in Changping Prefecture, and the Niu Geng clan is the most noble. His father Niu Geng is now serving as a fourth-rank official in the Xuanfu, and his mother is the daughter of Su Zhengda, a great scholar in Gyeonggi Province. This is also the reason why Niu Geng was able to pass the college examination at a young age.
Otherwise, the reading talent of Lao Niu's family...tsk tsk... just look at Niu Ben and Niu Mang.
The Niu Mansion occupies a large area. Both his father and ancestors were high-quality military generals, and they built a large courtyard with four entrances in Changping City.
Before the soldiers knocked on the door, Jia Cong suddenly heard a loud and earth-shaking sound.
Bang!
"Fuck! Rub your hands into a nuclear bomb?"
Jia Cong couldn't help but curse, because a huge fireball appeared over Niu Mansion, followed by a burst of smoke...
"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"
"The ground is shaking, run, run, run!"
"Mom, save me, it's so scary!"
Without waiting for the disciple's reaction, Jia Cong pushed him away and ordered the soldiers around him: "Hurry and see what's going on. Someone must be injured. Hurry and ask for a doctor and notify the state government to appease the surrounding people!"
There is no doubt that this movement must have been caused by gunpowder, and it is more powerful than the most powerful gunpowder in Daxia at the moment.
Before Jia Cong walked around the screen wall, a large group of people appeared in front of him. Several servants rushed over carrying a man who was covered in black and missing half of his arms, clamoring to take him to the hospital.
Are you kidding me, carrying such a serious injury to the hospital...
"Stop, put the person down. Ah Yuan, go disinfect and bandage quickly!"
Jia Cong did not wear official uniform today, but he still looked noble and noble. A shout made the originally chaotic crowd quiet down instantly.
Private soldier Jia Shiyuan is the person with the highest medical skills around Jia Cong, and he is best at treating trauma.
After hearing Jia Cong's order, he immediately stepped forward to check the man's wounds.
"General, I need a clean room, hot water, liquor, clean cloth..."
"Why are you still standing there? Just listen to this doctor and hurry up and make arrangements!"
At this time, a dark man with curly hair came out from behind the screen wall. He didn't bother to inquire about the identities of Jia Cong and others, and urged the people around him.
Although he could not clearly see the appearance of this "nigger", Jia Cong was almost certain that this person was the real owner he came to visit today, Niu Geng, the young master of Niu Mansion.
"Burdock?"
"It's me, who is this noble person?"
Niu Geng rarely went to Beijing, and he never saw Jia Cong's true face. Naturally, he didn't know that the person standing in front of him was Jia Cong, Yongfeng Bo, the "son" of the Second Saint.
Jia Cong raised his hand and returned the greeting: "Jia Cong of Rongguo Mansion."
ah?
The expression on Niu Geng's dark face was unclear, but his suddenly widened mouth still showed his shock.
Not caring about the pleasantries, Jia Cong asked Jia Shiyuan to do a simple check on the burdock. He didn't know whether this guy was just lucky or whether it was a "disaster for thousands of years". The burdock that he had just rubbed into the "nuclear bomb" turned out to be blackened. His face was singed and his hair was singed.
"When the alchemy furnace exploded, I escaped by hiding here."
Jia Cong looked at a bronze tripod exposed in the collapsed house, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
This guy is really lucky. When he used gunpowder to make an elixir, the elixir furnace exploded, but he actually saved his life because of the copper tripod.
Even if I took pity on that servant, I didn’t know if he could be saved.
"Where did you get the gunpowder? This is a forbidden substance controlled by the imperial court. Did your father secretly give it to you?"
Niu Geng hurriedly washed his face with cold water and did not bother to clean up. He carefully stood half a step behind Jia Cong.
Hearing Jia Cong's question, Niu Geng smiled bitterly and said: "How could my father give these to the students? These are all the students have saved little by little on weekdays. Originally, I just wanted to try to see if I could refine the golden elixir recorded in the book, but I didn't I thought it would explode."
"Nonsense! That's gunpowder, the kind that ignites instantly. You actually used fire to burn it, and you're still in a sealed alchemy furnace. That's not how you seek death!"
Jia Cong really didn't know what these "science monsters" were thinking in their minds. They actually took an ancient book with an unknown author and unknown dynasty and followed the few words in it to make elixirs.
I've never done this before, sir!
Jia Cong took the ancient book handed over by Niu Geng and flipped through a few pages. They were all filled with strange methods of refining alchemy.
What dragon bones, phoenix gallbladder, saltpeter, sulfur...
hiss! Is this alchemy?
Bang!
Jia Cong threw the ancient book directly into the burning beams and pillars. Niu Geng resisted the urge to pick it up and stood beside Jia Cong uneasily, not daring to speak.
"It's extremely ridiculous. The elixir made from that thing will only eat dead people and won't make you an immortal!"
Niu Geng, who was scolded by Jia Cong, raised his head in surprise and replied in surprise: "The student doesn't want to become an immortal. The student just heard that there is a pill in this book that can make Samadhi. Even the real fire cannot melt it." I want to refine it out of gold and iron and use it in students’ steam boilers..."
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I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
