The Red Mansions

Chapter 767 Zhen Qing: The Crown Prince Taibao, this is the East Palace for teaching...

Wuben ran away, the sun and the moon rotated, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

When Mrs. Zhen went to the funeral, many officials from Liangjiang went to pay their respects. There was an endless stream of vehicles and horses, and there were many officials and businessmen worshiping.

Jia Heng also went to the Zhen Mansion to pay respects in casual clothes, and then did not stay long, and then devoted himself to the full-scale training of the Jiangnan Camp.

Following Jia Heng's order to kill several generals of the Jiangnan Camp and hang their heads at the gate, the Jiangnan Camp's originally tepid efforts to weed out the old and the weak and hunt down corrupt ink undoubtedly sped up the process quickly.

Jia Heng sent a large number of civil servants from Jinyi Mansion's Experience Department to conduct quarantine inspections of more than [-] generals in Jiangnan Daying, mainly to verify the amount of money for corrupt soldiers from the early years of Chongping to the present.

This work is very cumbersome, because the general will not tell the truth, and it has involved some energy of the Jinyi Mansion. Fortunately, Jia Heng, through Annan Hou Ye's family and Zhen Shao and other relevant insiders, learned about the situation inside the Jiangnan camp. The encroachment on the vacancy is combined with the amount of military pay paid by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household over the years.

Afterwards, as the navy from the Jiangbei camp entered the Jiangnan camp, the recruitment and training of the soldiers of the Jiangnan camp were carried out in an orderly manner.

Jiangnan Daying still uses the six-guard system, and Zhenhaiwei has been changed back to Zhenhaiwei. It is still Feixiong, Baotao, Jinwu, Huben Left and Right Guards, and Zhenhaiwei.

Zhenshao's Feixiongwei Commander was originally appointed by the imperial court, but was not removed by Jia Heng. However, after the death of the old lady Zhen, Zhenshao mourned the funeral, and asked Ding You to serve 27 months of filial piety unless he regained his love.

In other words, there are six guards and [-] soldiers and horses in the entire Jiangnan camp, and the first rank of guard commander is vacant, and Jia Heng has not recommended candidates to the court.

On this day, Jinling and Ningguo Mansions
In the study room, the mid-noon bright sunlight falls on the desk through the carved window lattice, and the writing brush on the pen holder reflects its shadow on a slender, white hand like jade.

On the grand master's chair behind the desk, Jia Heng, who was wearing a green shirt and a blue scholar's square scarf, began to flip through the confession books of several officials of the Ministry of War delivered from the Zhenfu Division.

After a few days of interrogation and fixing relevant evidence, the corruption charges of the military arsenal and the Chejia Erqing official department have come to light.

Chen Xiao came over from the side, holding a plate of washed pears in her hand, and said, "What about the Ministry of War?"

Jia Heng put down the booklet in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, the memorial to the impeachment of Jiang and Meng was sent to the Secretary of General Administration in six hundred miles, and we are waiting for the news from Beijing."

After some interrogation of the Department of Cleaning up Officials in the Arsenal, the Department of Cleaning up Officials in Chejia and other related military staff members, the corruption facts of several people were basically investigated, and Jiang Sucheng and Meng Guangyuan, two ministers of the Ministry of War, were also involved.

Of course, only digging up to the early years of Chongping did not go forward to digging up the bad debts of the Nanjing Ministry of War. Some time is too far away, and there is actually no point in pursuing it.

As for the two ministers of the Ministry of War, they are both in their mansions in Jinling City, in a state of panic all day long, thinking about how to deal with them.

Jia Heng did not imprison the two ministers of the Ministry of War, but ordered them to suspend their duties and return home to wait for the imperial court's order, and at the same time sent Jinyi Mansion to protect them.

Because he is not the constitutional official who rectifies the administration of officials, nor can he kill ministers without authorization. Fortunately, because of the corruption case of the arsenal cleanup department, he can still talk about the lack of supply of arms, which delayed the military aircraft, sent two people home, and then impeached him.

If you count the previous impeachment memorial, this is Jia Heng's second impeachment memorial, but the last time it was a close one, this time it was delivered directly to the Secretary of General Administration.

It is equivalent to the last time it was a small report, this time it is directly bombarding the entire bureaucratic system.

Jia Heng put down the booklet and said: "I won't talk about it during the Longzhi period, but just say that since the current Yuji world, in the past 15 years, the Department of Cleaning Officials in the Armory of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and the Department of Cleaning Officials in Chejia have embezzled 800 million taels of military organs allocated by the Ministry of Households. Ju, this is only based on factual evidence, besides, the knowledge of the two doctors is also limited, and the whole leopard can be seen at a glance, and the two servants of the Ministry of War are the officials of the main department, and the corruption is even more serious."

In fact, the Six Divisions of Nanjing still have meaning. According to the parallel time and space, it is precisely because of the Six Divisions of Nanjing that a small imperial court can be quickly established. If Jurchen enters the customs, Chen Han will probably be able to linger in the southeast for a while.

Chen Xiaoyu looked frosty, and said in a cold voice: "Officials are not only corrupted by the Ministry of War, but the other five government departments in Nanjing. The Ministry of Industry supervises the repair of mausoleums, palaces and other projects. , Which government office is not corrupt."

Jia Heng pondered: "It is beyond my power to rectify the administration of the six ministries. These need to be promoted by the imperial court. I didn't do this to investigate the relevant officials of the six ministries in Nanjing."

Except for the Ministry of War, none of the others were moved. This requires the emperor and the entire Shenjing court to reach a consensus.

And it's not a one-day or two-day problem, and it's hard to get back.

"You don't move them, but they are secretly colluding, planning to impeach you. In the past few days, quite a few Qingliu Yushi, who sympathizes with the officials of the Ministry of War, and other officials of the six ministries have conspired together." Chen Xiaoyou said.

Jia Heng looked at the girl with clear eyebrows and said softly, "It's okay, it won't make any difference."

When Jia Heng attacked Yangzhou salt merchants and Jiangbei Jiangnan Daying successively, the Liangjiang officials, who had been silent all along, finally took action and delivered impeachment and Chen Zoushu to the imperial court, not to overthrow Jia Heng, but to express a kind of dissatisfaction He wanted to use this method to make Emperor Chongping recall Jia Heng to Shenjing.

As for pirates wreaking havoc?

Didn't the Jiangbei camp have already defeated the pirates contacted by the Jurchen? Jinling is safe again, and everyone can rest easy.

"Every mouth makes money, and the accumulation of bones destroys bones. These people's criticisms are irrelevant. I heard that Hao Jiru, the former cabinet minister and minister of rites, said in public that you alone lead the Jiangnan and Jiangbei battalions, with [-] soldiers. Accumulate aspirations, the southern kingdom will be lost, and the country will be in danger!" Chen Xiaoyu said softly, her face moved slightly, her eyes were gloomy.

Jia Heng laughed lightly, and said, "Punishable words are nonsense."

At this moment, Chen Xiao handed over a pear and said softly, "Here, pear."

"En." Jia Heng thanked, took the pear handed by the girl, touched the fingertips slightly cool, and stared, it was obvious that this pear was the biggest one, and looked up at Chen Xiao with warm eyes , asked with a smile: "Xiaoxiao, don't you peel the skin?"

Unlike apples, unpeeled pears are completely inedible.

Chen Xiao: "..."

Just bring it to the front, but you still want her to peel it?Question, are you still making fun of her name?

"Do you still need me to feed you?" Chen Xiao's complexion was frosty, she glanced at the young man, and said sarcastically, the girl's cold and beautiful face puffed up slightly, and her powder was as greasy as snow.

Jia Heng looked at those cold eyes, took a bite of the pear, and said softly, "Forget it."

Compared to Xianning's cold outside and hot inside, Chen Xiao is actually the real cold beauty.

Jia Heng put down the pears he had eaten, and continued: "The memorandum of their impeachment said that I was arrogant and domineering, and that I was tortured indiscriminately. With party feathers everywhere, no one in the imperial court will believe a county king who responds to everyone."

The so-called stone smashing dog barking, with the people of Jinyi Mansion, a large number of people entered the office of the Ministry of War to check the old accounts. Not only the people in the Ministry of War were a little panicked, but even the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the other five ministries felt that Jia Heng had been investigating for 30 years. It looks a little creepy.

Coupled with Jia Heng's "criminal record" in Henan, Huai'an and other places, if Jia Heng were to investigate, no one would be able to escape.

And in the past few days, under the instigation of the two ministers of the Ministry of War and people with good intentions, an undercurrent of "reversing businessmen" has faintly formed in Jiangnan officialdom.

Among them, the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the ministers and ministers of the Six Departments of Nanjing impeached Jia Heng.

Chen Xiaoqing said in a clear voice: "The memorial was delivered to the palace, and because of the trust in you, that person probably stayed in it, but it can't let them form a trend, especially the latter's discussion, which may affect your entire army."

If there is really a suspicion of public opinion in Beijing, and then remind the person in the palace, maybe they will send a supervisor or deputy, which will not help him to rectify
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "I plan to write a memorandum for self-identification. In fact, the idea of ​​rectifying the camp in the south of the Yangtze River has already been delivered to Beijing."

In fact, he also knew the list of several people who impeached him. In addition to the cabinet scholar and former minister of rites, Hao Jiru, there were Fang Yaochun, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, Jiang Nan, the left deputy governor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Qiao Sizan, the right deputy governor. There are also officials from the other six ministries.

Chen Xiao said: "Will the imperial court send another military aircraft to counter balance?"

Xu Shi paid too much attention to Jiangnan Daying's right to speak, and the girl was obviously worried.

Seeing that the boy put down the pear again, Chen Ling picked up a dagger and peeled the pear.

Anyway, he is her cousin, and it's okay if she peels the fruit for him.

The girl's fingers are as dexterous as a butterfly, and her knife skills are quite good, the skin of the peeled fruit will not break.

Thinking appeared on Jia Heng's face, and he said softly: "The Son of Heaven probably won't, and among the courtiers, the King of Nan'an County and Marquis Baoling just came back from the investigation, and there is no suitable person, don't worry."

He still knows the emperor, so he probably won't send anyone over. If he is suspicious at this time, then he will underestimate the emperor's level of power.

In particular, he did not recommend any high-ranking generals to the imperial court, who looked like they were loyal to the country and dedicated to the country.

Besides, Xianning and Jinyang are already on their way.

"That's good." Chen Xiao said "um", lowered her head and peeled the pears.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "In the past few days, the details of the deficit delivered by Yangzhou have also been collected. The money owed by the salt merchants in Yangzhou will be reconciled, and the penalty interest for these years will be added to a bill, which should be made up. It is time for the whole army to need money."

Because Liu Shengzao has confessed, although the specific amount is not very accurate, there is more or less a basic amount of money owed by each company to the salt transport company's warehouse, and the four salt merchants in Yangzhou are also selling their farmland and mansions to make up for the shortfall. .

As for the other four salt merchants, their property will naturally be confiscated.

"Accordingly, the military report you delivered to Beijing has already arrived, and the imperial decree of reward should also arrive in Jinling right now, and I don't know what he will reward you." Chen Xiao said softly, her fair-skinned hands that were not painted with phoenix flower juice, Take the peeled pears and put them on the table.

Then, he took the pear that Jia Heng took a bite of.

Looking at the bitten pear on it, he frowned, and for some reason, a sense of humor arose in his heart. In fact, this person is sometimes like a child.

Suppressing the weirdness in his heart, he picked up the dagger and peeled the fruit.

Jia Heng took the pear and took a bite, the pear skin was gone, and the mouth was sweet. After a while, he said softly: "The award is just like that, the credit is not enough to be a Marquis, and there is nothing to look forward to. ...I don't want to be named Marquis, but I hope Haibo will be peaceful."

Chen Xiao: "..."

Don't think she hasn't heard these words, this is what Qi Shaobao said before the Ming Dynasty and later after the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Jia Heng finished eating a pear, put the pear core aside, and said softly: "After autumn, it is easy to get angry, and you often suffer from cough and illness. Eating pears can relieve fire and asthma. Don't peel it for me. You can eat it." .”

"You eat the rest, you eat it yourself." Chen Xiao put the pears on the desk and said angrily.

When it was almost noon, at this moment, Mammy said, "My lord, Princess Chu and Princess Beijing came to visit. "

In the past few days, the Zhen family has been busy with the funeral, except for the day when Mrs. Zhen's funeral was held, Jia Heng hadn't seen Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue for several days.

But at the same time, because Zhen Shao was involved in the adjustment of the soldiers and horses of the Jiangnan camp, Zhen Qing wanted to come over to test Jia Heng's tone. As for whether she had other thoughts, it is unknown.

When he came out this time, he brought not only Zhen Xue, but also his younger sister Zhen Xi to find Daiyu.

Jia Heng got up, looked at Chen Xiao, and said, "Xiaoxiao, I'll go and have a look."

Chen Xiaoning looked at the young man, her clear eyes flickered coldly under her beautiful eyebrows, and she asked, "She's not at home at this moment in charge of the funeral, what is she doing here?"

Jia Heng said indifferently: "The funeral is over, maybe I want to eat well...well, I want to eat pears."

It's not that he's talking nonsense, compared to Zhen Xue, Zhen Qing's addiction is indeed greater.

Chen Xiao: "???"

I don't know what it means for a while.

Surrounded by several female officials and maidservants, Zhen Qing came to the hall at this moment. This seductive beauty did not look like she used to have the beauty of makeup, fragrance, jewels, but now she was dressed in a plain dress with black hair like clouds. With a simple yet exquisite hair bun, pinned to a beaded hairpin, the beautiful and beautiful face that is as gorgeous as peaches and plums has not been powdered, elegant and graceful, and is talking to Youshi and Daiyu.

Zhen Xue, who was sitting on the embroidered pier beside her, was also wearing a plain white dress, and she did not see any jewels on the cloud bun, holding little loli Shui Xin.

As for Zhen Xi who was not far away was talking to Li Wen and Li Qi, they were all of the same age, so they had a lot to talk about together.

"Master is here."

At this moment, accompanied by the voice of the nanny, several people looked up, only to see the slender young man in a green shirt and straight skirt entering the inner hall.

Princess Chu Zhen Qing stared at her. It turned out that her narrow, clear phoenix eyes did not see the rose-red eye shadow of the past. The eyes were flowing, and a pure and quiet charm flowed silently. For beauties, it is undoubtedly very rare.

On the other side, Zhen Xue was also barefaced, holding Shui Xin's hand at this moment, staring at her, her beautiful eyes full of autumn water seemed to be full of words.

In fact, the two sisters are only 24 or [-] years old.

Because of the new funeral of Mrs. Zhen, although she is among the people, her eighty is already a happy funeral, but the two concubines have no smile lines on their faces, and their expressions are dull.

"Godfather." At this time, little Luoli Shui Xin ran over with joy on her face, and broke into Jia Heng's arms like a dexterous lark, and pecked Jia Heng's cheek.

Jia Heng hugged Shui Xin, smiled lightly and said, "Xin Xin, do you want to be a godfather these days?"

"Think." Shui Xin raised her two small arms, hugged Jia Heng's neck tightly, and said in a waxy voice, "Mother has been crying for the past two days, and Xin Xin has also been crying."

Witnessed a funeral, although the child didn't know what it meant, and even had no relationship with Mrs. Zhen, but the sadness and pain of the adults came back and forth in front of her eyes, which undoubtedly made the little girl grow a lot.

Jia Heng approached with Shui Xin in his arms, and said softly, "Xin Xin, how about staying with godfather for a few days this time?"

Shui Xin happily said: "Okay."

Zhen Xue got up, her eyes were as bright as water, and she said, "Zi Yu, let me hug her."

Speaking of which, this gentle and gentle young woman Huaxin kept calling Jia Heng's name, but because Jia Heng accepted Shui Xin as her goddaughter, and the relationship between the Zhen and Jia families, there was nothing wrong with it.

"It's okay, I haven't hugged Xinxin for a long time, it's getting heavy." Jia Heng held Shui Xin with one hand, gently pinching little Lolita's cheek.

When she raised her eyes, she looked at Zhen Xue with gentle eyes.

Farewell between life and death undoubtedly makes people grow, not only Zhen Xue, but also Zhen Qing, the intellectual elegance and marital style accumulated over the years, like a pure and honest fairy wine, just looking at it, you are already intoxicated in your heart.

Zhen Qing stood up gracefully, under the willow leaf eyebrows that seemed to be cut by a knife, her beautiful eyes were as bright as water, and asked softly: "Brother Heng, why didn't you go to the office today?"

The voice is close to nature, gradually becoming like an old couple, but couples who have not been through years can't hear the naturalness.

Facing the staring eyes, Jia Heng smiled lightly and said, "Take a rest today and rest at home."

While talking, several people sat down, Qingwen offered tea, and slowly stepped aside.

Jia Heng looked at Daiyu, Li Qi, and Li Wen, and met Daiyu's starry eyes for a moment, and then when his eyes fell on the Li sisters, the two little girls were obviously a little shy, but they didn't look too much.

The two little girls lived in the mansion for a few days, and they didn't live here all the time. They lived for three days and went back for two days. During the period, they played with Daiyu, but it didn't affect his intimacy with Daiyu. .

On the contrary, Lin Ruhai came to live for a day because of condolences to the old lady Zhen, and honestly stopped for a few days, and lived in the mansion, waiting for the salt affairs meeting of the household department to be held in the past few days.

Jia Heng turned to look at Zhen Qing, and asked, "Princess, is the matter in the house settled?"

Zhen Qing sighed softly, and said: "It's almost there, father is still seeing off the guests, the old lady left, and the family is quite uneasy."

People always have to look forward, and Mrs. Zhen is over 80 years old, and she has cried many times, and the members of the Zhen family have gradually recovered from their grief.

As Zhen Qing spoke, her beautiful eyes looked at Jia Heng, and she said: "I was about to talk to Brother Heng about my second uncle, he is now in the mansion keeping a filial piety for his mother, and now pirates are causing trouble and harassing Haijiang, it's really a dilemma between loyalty and filial piety. "

Because there was a funeral in the Zhen family, Zhen Shao was staying at home to guard the spirit. At this time, not only civilian officials had to guard the spirit, but military commanders did the same, unless seizing love, and this seizing love, um, how could it be possible for Emperor Chongping to seize love for Zhen Shao?
It's hard for Jia Heng to say, pirates are raging, what's the relationship between harassing Haijiang and the Zhen family?
After pondering for a moment, he said, "It's okay to rest at home for a while longer. The imperial court Dingyou will be in mourning for 27 months. Now that the situation of pirates causing trouble has eased, there is no need to worry."

In fact, he really didn't want to use Zhen Shao anymore, but Zhen Qing guessed that she was acting like a moth again, and this time she brought Zhen Xi.

When Zhen Qing heard this, her jade face, which was crystal clear like snow, froze slightly.

This bastard clearly knew what she was thinking, so he insisted on pretending to be confused.

At this moment, a mother's voice came from outside, saying: "Master, the angel is here."

As soon as this remark came out, the complexions of everyone in the hall changed slightly, and they were all startled and uncertain.

Daiyu stared at Jia Heng, and asked with concern: "Brother Heng, what is the imperial decree from the palace?"

Jia Heng paused, got up, smiled and said: "It's nothing, Sister Lin and Sister-in-law You are here to accompany the princess, I'm going to receive the imperial edict."

Seeing Jia Heng's relaxed expression, everyone gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhen Qing's beautiful eyes flickered, she squeezed the handkerchief in her palm, and thought to herself, is this the imperial court's imperial edict to reward Haimen's great victory?

After a period of rushing, the imperial decree to confer Jia Heng as the crown prince and Taibao finally arrived in Nanjing. The imperial decree was not as good as the previous imperial decree in terms of military affairs. He ran [-] miles in a hurry, so the journey was a little slower. I ordered some, and it just arrived today.

When Jia Heng came to the front hall, he finally saw the dusty angel. He was still a young eunuch with fair skin and slender eyes. Seeing Jia Heng, he stood up with a flattering smile on his face. Said: "Uncle Yongning, there is a decree in the palace."

Jia Heng hurriedly asked someone to prepare an incense case for the inner eunuch to read the imperial decree, and then asked the inner eunuch Sheng Gong.

After the incense case was set up, the inner eunuch stood in the hall, cleared his throat, and said, "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: If the country records the labor of the ministers, he must thank his father. If the son is the latter, he will bless his father. Since we are equal to life, but to extend grace to them, there is no need to slow down..."

There are two imperial edicts in total, the first one read first is a posthumous posthumous posthumous title for Jia Heng's father, and the second one is to confer Jia Heng the title of crown prince and Taibao.

Jia Heng received the two imperial edicts, shouted long live, and obeyed the order respectfully, while bowing his head, he couldn't help thinking secretly, thinking that after this edict, the undercurrent in Jinling City should be able to calm down for a while.

Although this official title was not issued after the impeachment, it is enough to show his holy family.

After getting up, he ordered people to invite the inner prisoner to rest, gave him money, and then returned to the inner hall of the backyard.

At this moment, the backyard has inquired about the news through the nanny and passed it to the inner hall of the backyard.

Youshi turned to look at Daiyu, with a smile on his face, he explained softly: "This is the conferment of the crown prince and Taibao, which is the official title of a civil servant."

"That's what the eunuch said." The nanny laughed.

Daiyu's eyes were shining, and she said softly: "This is really a happy event."

Zhen Xue was holding her own daughter's plain hand at this moment, and she felt a little bit of joy in her heart, but the young woman's face was not showing the slightest bit.

Zhen Qingying's lips moved, and she murmured the words "Prince and Taibao" in her heart, her phoenix eyes shone brightly under her willow-leaf eyebrows, and her mood fluctuated for a while.

The crown prince Taibao, this is teaching the East Palace... What does it mean that the emperor sealed him?
That's right, whoever gets his support can stay in the East Palace!
In fact, it’s not just Zhen Qing who thinks this way, even the three kings of Qi, Chu, and Wei who were in Beijing were all very excited when they heard that Jia Heng had won a battle in the south of the Yangtze River, and Emperor Chongping granted Jia Heng the title of Crown Prince and Taibao. a bit.

(End of this chapter)