Since the fifth year of Yuanyou's reign, the Jia family's happy events have come one after another.
As the family revives, the festive atmosphere becomes more and more fulfilling. Since early in the morning, the younger members of the tribe on West Street have been sending rice dumplings and other food made by themselves one after another. The old lady also ordered her maids to give them the fruits prepared in the house.
While Jia Cong vividly imitated his descendant Fahai's tattooed dragon and chanted the mighty Tianlong, Ni Er came to the gate of Rongguo Mansion.
"Master Gou, there is news from Jia Hua..."
Er Gouzi's eyes flashed coldly, and he sneered: "This white-eyed wolf finally showed its fox tail. Come on, follow me to see the Third Master."
The two of them quickly arrived at the gate of the inner courtyard, and the maid guarding the gate quickly spread the news to Rongxi Hall.
After Jia Cong heard about it, he did not disturb the family's interest in celebrating the festival. He just talked to Master Pardon and Jia Lian, and then told the story of Fahai, White Snake and Green Snake in a fragment, and came here in a hurry. Go east across the study.
After pushing the door open without any delay, he sat in the main seat and asked, "What did you find?"
Ni Er has been a disciple of Rongguo Mansion for several years, and has been entrusted with important tasks by Jia Cong. He secretly recruited a large number of knight-errants on the street, either to inquire about information, or to do things that were not easy to show publicly.
When Jia Cong asked, he clasped his fists and replied: "After the news in the palace spread, my subordinates asked people to watch the front and back doors of Jia Hua's house. Sure enough, he suddenly went out to the direction of Nancheng before noon, and his sons followed him there. Fazang Temple at the southernmost end of Chongnanfang."
"Fazang Temple?"
Jia Cong was a little unfamiliar with this temple, but Er Gouzi, a know-it-all in the capital, explained the mysteries of this temple to him.
Just listen to Er Gouzi say: "Third Master, although this Fazang Temple is small, it has a very special status in Buddhism. The abbot of Fazang Temple, Monk Yuanhui, comes from Shaolin, and is jokingly called the Beijing branch of Shaolin Temple."
Jia Cong was a little confused, why is it still related to the Shaolin Temple?
"Who did Jia Hua meet at Fazang Temple?"
Ni Er shook his head: "There is no way to visit Fazang Temple today. His subordinates arranged for several waves of people to enter the temple, but they did not find any chance to find out any precise information. But one thing is strange. He did not go to the guest house after entering the temple. Instead of resting, he went to the back hall of the temple. In other words, the person he met was of extremely high status, and the abbot of Xufazang Temple personally entertained him..."
"Or maybe the person he wants to meet is a Buddhist, such as the abbot of Fazang Temple, Monk Yuanhui!"
Jia Cong expressed his guess, which was beyond Ni Er's expectation. He has always set his sights on noble relatives and ministers, but has never considered outsiders like Buddhism.
But Jia Cong is different, because he has done many things against religions before, and many of them directly cut the flesh of these religions.
It's not surprising at all that you have harmed other people's interests and been targeted by others.
Compared with the princes and ministers in the court who were wary of the power of the Jia family, people like Buddhism who were unexpected outsiders were more likely to be ignored.
"It seems that Buddhism finally couldn't bear it any longer. I advised His Majesty on matters such as clearing the land and tightening control over religion. I'm not surprised at all that they took action against our family."
The corners of Jia Cong's mouth raised slightly. Compared to Taoism, the land under the name of Buddhism was larger than the land occupied by the royal family.
The Shaolin family alone occupies most of the land within a hundred miles below the foot of Songshan Mountain.
This year, the imperial court decided to comprehensively promote the clearing of the father-in-law's land and appointed Lin Bai, Tanchun's fiancée, as an imperial envoy to Henan.
Baoyu once reported extensively in newspapers about Buddhism's secret underworld activities, which had long ago offended Buddhism.
Therefore, it is very likely that the leader of Buddhism will stand up and take action against Baoyu.
"Continue to stare at Jia Hua and the Imperial College student..."
"Tian Feng!"
Ni Er reminded: "My subordinates have people keep an eye on Tian Feng in the places where he often goes. No matter what he eats, drinks, or defecates, someone will always keep an eye on him."
Jia Cong praised: "Well done, but Brother Ni still needs to think more about it to see if he can find out who Jia Hua met, and what they said and did. The clearer the inquiry, the better." "
This was a bit difficult for Ni Er, but since he had already become a disciple of Rong Guo, he naturally had to do his best.
When the matter is settled, the third master will be happy and drink blood wine with him, and he will become a retainer of the Jia family.
When he was alive, he was supported by the Jia family. When he died, he went to the Jia family's ancestral hall and enjoyed the Jia family's incense and offerings...
…
It couldn't be easier to hide someone in a temple, not to mention that Sono Makoto is the monk who hangs out at Fazang Temple.
After Jia Hua told him about the unexpected situation in the palace and the contact with the Rongguo Mansion, there seemed to be no change in Fazang Temple. However, Monk Yuanzhen visited various temples in Beijing openly and openly in the name of discussing Buddhism.
Coincidentally, after Ni Er couldn't find any useful clues in Fazang Temple, he thought about it and expanded the scope of his investigation to the entire capital.
He arranged for manpower to go to various temples in the capital. This group of rangers who wandered around every day took advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival to worship Buddha and offer incense.
Ni Er followed Jia Cong's instructions and never thought about saving money.
The knights he recruited were all knights with a good reputation among the people, and they were generous. The monks in the temple naturally thought that Buddhism attracted the knights, and they never thought of avoiding them.
Soon, Jia Cong received the news.
There is an eminent monk from Songshan Shaolin Temple in Fazang Temple who is visiting various temples.
"Ah...discussing Buddhism~"
The Dharma conference in Beijing was very noisy these past two days, and many Buddhist officials in the court were invited to attend.
The Buddhists wanted to win over officials to build momentum for them, and planned to wrestle with the court to avoid the clearing of their father-in-law's land. They also wanted to trick these officials who believed in Buddhism into admonishing the emperor and asking the court to lift restrictions on Buddhism.
After listening to Ni Er's report, Jia Cong quickly appeared at the home of Cao Jiugong, the commander of the Long Imperial Guard.
Governor Cao has been very agitated recently. With the comprehensive advancement of the New Deal, there are endless incidents of resistance to the New Deal in various places.
In the southern province of Zhili alone, there were hundreds of conflicts between local gentry and the government.
As the largest intelligence organization in the country, the Dragon Guard sent thousands of official documents to the capital every day, which were considered the most important after being screened by thousands of local households.
He worked overtime when others were on holiday, and finally stayed up late to finish processing the pile of official documents. He just lay down and wanted to rest for a while, but he heard the disciples reporting the visit of Yongfeng Bo Jia Cong.
"I said, you kid, can't you just let me rest for a while..."
When Jia Cong saw Cao Jiugong after entering the door, he was startled by the two dark circles under his eyes.
"How long has it been since Dudu fell asleep?"
Cao Jiugong yawned and held out three fingers: "Three days, three whole days, I only slept for two hours!"
"Those who are capable should work harder. Your Majesty is indeed the most respected."
Listening to Jia Cong's embarrassing compliment and comfort, Cao Jiugong just curled his lips.
He took a sip of the strong tea, woke up and said, "Today is the last day of the three-day holiday. If you don't go play with Princess Wen'an, why are you here with me?"
Jia Cong chuckled, leaned closer and replied: "A good thing, a great thing. I came here this time to give Dudu credit..."
"No~"
Cao Jiugong almost had a psychological shadow on the word "merit", especially when he heard these two words from Jia Cong.
Jia Cong said the same thing last time, which caused him to go to Shanxi in the middle of winter and go back and forth between Taiyuan and the capital several times in the ice and snow. It was not until he eliminated the Northland cancer of the eight Shanxi merchants that he returned to Beijing to enjoy it. Have a peaceful life for a few days.
Jia Cong didn't care about this. Ni Er's methods were limited and he couldn't find out the specific situation, so he could only come to pull the dragon guards into the water.
Anyway, Buddhism harbors filth and is contrary to the country's major policies. Sooner or later, the Dragon Guards will take action against them.
In this case, it is better to start early, and save this cancer from sitting there and disgusting people.
Jia Cong told the whole story in one breath. Cao Jiugong had a headache at the beginning and became wary in the end.
In fact, the Dragon Guards have been keeping an eye on the Buddhist and Taoist families. The Taoist sects are under the control of Longhushan, Wudang and other Taoist sects, and they are still on the same line as the imperial court.
Moreover, authentic Taoism rarely interferes with the affairs of the court, and few Taoist temples occupy land and take in scum who violate the laws of the court.
On the contrary, the Buddhist sect, taking advantage of the fact that other sects did not have to pay taxes, deceived the common people into acquiring a large amount of land under its name, thus avoiding the imperial court's land taxes.
He even took in fugitives. He put down his butcher's knife and became a Buddha immediately, allowing many gangsters who harmed the people to hide in the temple with impunity.
Last time the emperor took advantage of the case of the Xing family's mother and daughter being kidnapped to officially take action against Buddhism, the Dragon Guards had already sent a large number of manpower to monitor the movements of Buddhism.
Unexpectedly, before the Dragon Guard could find any useful clues, Jia Cong sent him an excellent excuse.
"I told you earlier, I have a headache and have no good reason to attack Buddhism!"
Cao Jiugong took Jia Cong to the study and rummaged through a pile of official documents to find a letter sent from Henan.
"The Henan Prefecture sent a letter earlier, which was discovered by the Long Imperial Guard's spies in Dengfeng County. The Shaolin Temple wanted to transfer the land under its name to the Yu Prince's Palace, and the Prince of Yu, Liu Xun, agreed."
"Agreed? Does Prince Yu have something wrong with his brain..."
Jia Cong held back his complaints and said in surprise: "Normally, King Yu is also a well-known shrewd person in the royal family. He can't be so stupid. He is standing on the opposite side of the New Deal when His Majesty is determined to do so!"
Cao Jiugong nodded: "That's the problem. Last year, the King of Yu sent the crown prince to Beijing to express his position to His Majesty, and he was willing to cooperate with the imperial court to clear the land... By the way, the King of Yu once wrote to His Majesty, saying that it was He is old and has only one son and one grandson at his knees, so he has no intention of participating in the enfeoffment of overseas lands."
"The attitude has changed so much. It's really strange. Dudu didn't let someone check it out?"
Hearing Jia Cong's question, Cao Jiugong shook his head helplessly.
Just listen to him say: "How can we not check, but after all, it is the prince's palace, and Prince Yu is of the same generation as the saint, so the Dragon Guards can only check it secretly. There is no reason, it is difficult for the Dragon Guards to enter the palace Investigate.”
After speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Jia Cong, smiled and continued: "But you came just in time..."
Jia Cong immediately became furious and shook his head repeatedly: "If you don't go, I won't go. My second sister is getting married. Don't want me to go to Henan!"
Cao Jiugong comforted the furious Jia Cong in a funny way and laughed.
"There is no need to go to Henan. Prince Yu will come to Beijing next month. Then I will find an excuse for you to get to know Prince Yu and his grandson."
That's not bad...
Jia Cong felt relieved and grinned.
"That's okay...but I already helped Dudu, so Dudu can help me too. Regarding Monk Yuan Zhen's matter, I ask Dudu to take action. After all, Dragon Guard is the best at inquiring about information."
Cao Jiugong nodded: "It's natural. Even if you don't mention it, I still have to investigate. If you dare to take action against the imperial official, it's such a shady and shady means. How can I let it go so easily!"
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After leaving the Cao family, Jia Cong felt much more relaxed.
When the Dragon Guard took action, the relationship between Yuan Zhen and Jia Hua, as well as Yuan Zhen's every move in the capital, were delivered to Jia Cong's hands by the Dragon Guard's spies.
Even how many bowls of rice Yuan Zhen ate and how many times he went to the toilet every day were recorded by the spies.
Unless they were in a secret room, the contents of Yuan Zhen's conversations with others were clearly detected by the Dragon Guards.
Sure enough, Yuan Zhen instigated Jia Hua to do what happened to Baoyu.
It's not that Jia Hua became a lackey of Buddhism, but that the two parties worked together.
Jia Hua, a white-eyed wolf, saw that Liu Ke stayed in Jiangnan and forgot about him, so he wanted to re-enter the Jia family's way up.
But the Jia family is now extremely wary of him and has not given him a chance at all. This made Jia Hua think that Ning Rong's Jia family had abandoned him, and his character had been completely distorted, so he set his sights on Jia Zheng, the most scheming person in the Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Zheng's weakness is obvious. He has a son named Jia Baoyu...
And Jia Baoyu's weakness is also extremely obvious, lustful...
Taking advantage of this, Jia Hua originally wanted to use Tian Feng's hand to drug Baoyu and let him "have an affair" with Tian Feng's wife.
With this handle, shouldn't Jia Zheng and his son be at his mercy?
But after all calculations, Baoyu never expected that since he woke up, Baoyu would abide by the rules at home every day, and rarely stay out overnight unless there are special circumstances.
On that day, Tian Feng took the opportunity to get acquainted with Wei Shangyue, a member of the Information Department, and invited Wei Shangyue and Baoyu to his home for a banquet, so that they could take advantage of the opportunity.
Unexpectedly, when Wei Shanle went to invite Baoyu with the wine given by Tian Feng, the news that the Xing family's mother and daughter were safe happened to come back to the capital, and Baoyu was eager to take the good news home...
Due to a strange combination of circumstances, Baoyu did not "have an affair" with a married woman, but instead slept with Xiren.
And what role did Monk Yuan Zhen play in this matter?
Tian Fengneng and Wei Shanngle met and interacted, and it was Yuan Zhen who helped them connect. Both of them are Buddhists. Yuan Zhen, as a Shaolin monk, has demonstrated profound Buddhist teachings in Buddhist rituals.
Even the special jar of apricot blossom wine was provided by Yuan Zhen. As for Yuan Zhen, a monk and a bald monk, how could he have such obscene things?
On the surface, Amitabha looks like a Buddha, but secretly he is a drunkard and a promiscuous person.
Huh, is this weird?
Jia Cong read on the last page of the intelligence that Yuan Zhen wanted to persuade various temples in the capital to unite to fight against the imperial government's control of religion.
Moreover, I don’t know if this person is so jealous of the special status of Western religions that he actually wants to establish a weird system in Daxia where religion is greater than imperial power.
Not only did they not get any response, but they frightened many temple abbots to the point where they took the initiative to secretly send messages to the Dragon Guards.
Jia Cong couldn't help but sneered and said to himself: "Not everyone is so greedy that they have no brains. The Buddha in your family can't control the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. I really think that Shaolin Temple is the Holy See of Daxia~"
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
After dinner, I received a call that a relative at home had died of illness.
This year is really unlucky. This month alone I have already experienced two innocent things.
The next few days will be very busy, and the update may be very late or delayed by a day. I hope all readers can understand.
I’ll stop updating here tonight, good night~
(End of chapter)
